April 10, 2015 Northeastern School District

BOBCAT PRiDE

The National Aquarium in Baltimore presented an Ocean Themed Day for students at SBI today for our AR reward!

Seen here is York Haven's Emo-tional Support Class working on an Easter project with the Head Start program in the school. The older kids had a chance to be mentors for the younger stu-dents to help guide them in the steps of the project.

The York Rotary recognized Northeastern juniors Autumn Wil-hide and Christopher Lee as Students of the Month during their April 1 luncheon meeting. Autumn was accompanied by her par-ents Gregory and Crystal Wilhide, grandmothers Judy Wertz and Lorreta Wilhide. and her school counselor Kris Hach. Christopher was accompanied by his mother Susan Misiolek-Lee and his school counselor Bethany Gamber.

Jen Fertenbaugh, her student teacher Katherine Lindner, and Eric Bierker helped prepare Autumn and Christopher for their speeches. Autumn spoke about her passion for animals and Chris-topher shared about his life changing experience at HOBY, the Hugh O'Brian Leadership Seminar, last Spring. Both Autumn and Christopher did a great job on their speeches and we are very proud of their hard work, achievements, and personal character.

Special thanks to Matt Gay for hosting and students Chris Wickline and Coulson Miller for providing assis-tance with all technology used in the auditorium.

Overall, it was a great evening and everyone got to take home an ABC27 Weather Almanac that were signed at the end of the evening.

Northeastern received a ton of positive press from ABC27 by the weather segment being broad-casted live at 5, 5:30, and 6 pm from our parking lot. Overall, there were about 100 attendees including many community members and the local Girl Scout troop. The Girl Scout troop also held a public survey on air quality as attendees entered the auditorium. The forum started by discussing record breaking cold lows this winter, continued with how the weather is actually forecasted, and concluded with tornado formation, historical area events, and what to do in case of severe weather outbreaks.

NHS art teachers Ms. Gainer and Mrs. Schedin and their students have registered for the York County Solid Waste Authority’s Earth Day Recycled Art Contest. The students will be designing art from trash. The public reception and awards ceremony will be held Wednesday, April 22 at 6:30 PM at YorkArts’ CityArt Gallery. We are looking forward to seeing some of the great artwork created by Northeastern students!

Two NHS students will be competing in York County’s Distinguished Young Women Scholarship Program! Jun-iors Emily Myers and Ashli Glatfelter are both preparing for the event. Placing an emphasis on excellence, this program recognizes and rewards young women for scholastic achievement. This year’s 50th Distinguished Young Women Program will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Central York High School. We wish both of them the best of luck!

Many of you are already familiar with our No Child's VISION Left Behind program with ModernEYES Optical and have been taking advantage of our group discount on your glasses. In total, our faculty has saved over $2100 on their glasses and ModernEYES has PROVIDED 12 FREE PAIRS OF GLASSES for Northeastern students in need (value totaling $2300). Thank you for making this program a success! We are hosting our 2nd ModernEYES Eyewear Event to raise money for the NESD Heartwarming Fund AND provide eyeglasses for our students in need! The event will take place on Wednesday, April 22 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the HS Annex Lobby (former Middle School).

Wondering what to expect at an Eyeglass fund-raiser? Copy and paste this address into your internet browser http://www.meoptical.com/charity-events.asp. You may share this infor-mation as you wish. Fly-ers will also be sent to the buildings.

This event is open to all staff, parents, and commu-nity members, including your friends and family. THIS IS THE ONE CHANCE FOR THE PUB-LIC TO RECEIVE OUR 20% OFF FACULTY DISCOUNT on their eyeglasses from ModernEYES! You can find your new look for 2015 and help one of our families in need!

Welcome Baby Knezic! Clara Lane Knezic was born on

March 17th at 6:31PM Clara weighed in at 7 lbs 7 oz,

21 inches long Congratulations Emily!

Third Graders at Mt. Wolf Elementary recently completed their Annual Math Madness Competition. Students in each 3rd grade class completed math problems individually and in small teams for nine days in a row. Each day, after completing their problem of that day, the students would gather together and find the correct solu-tion to the problem with their teachers. The following day, they would be presented with a new problem of the day. At the conclusion of the competition, students were recognized at an awards assembly. Students earning the highest points were awarded with a trophy (for places 1-3) or a medal (for places 4-10). Congratulations to all of our third graders on a job done well, and especially to our top ten finishers! Thanks to our third grade team for their work to organize this fun event each year!

6th Grade students at SBI are celebrating Youth Art Month by creating a permanent installation piece for their building. The artwork is based off the history of Friendship Quilts. Students learned that during the Westward Expansion many friends and families moved westward in hopes of land ownership and a better life. Not knowing if they were ever going to see each other again, loved ones would decorate squares of fabric and piece them to-gether to make a beautiful quilt. SBI students are putting a wire twist on the tradition. After learning about the characteristics of the wire medium such as being measured in gauges and the importance of using annealed wire for their armature, each student decorated his or her square in as a remembrance of each student as they broaden their horizons and move on to Middle School. Upon completion these squares will be joined to make a beautiful installation piece that will be on display in the Art Lobby of SBI.

On April 8th, Abigail Tabachini received her award at the State Capitol for being one of 50 winners from across the State (850 entries) selected as a PLCB Poster contest winner. She was also honored as being one eight students from across the State as a "Grand Prize" winner. Grand prize winners received a certificate, a $100.00 check, and their posters will be displayed in PLCB locations across the State in the upcoming months. Also, Keith Gilespie, our rep stayed the entire time and presented Abigail with Certificate of Achievement from the House of Representatives.

Floor Games Johnny Cakes

Blind Man’s Bluff Calligraphy

Conewago Elementary held its Cool Cub Club Dance Party for all students that exhibited positive behavior during the 3rd marking period. The students were able to dance and have fun, while Conewago’s very own Mr. McNeil (3rd grade teacher) served as our DJ.

8th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

7th Grade

Following their attendance at  the Title I Improving Schools’ Performance Conference in Pittsburgh, PA Mrs. Gina Leiphart and Mrs. Casey Kramer participated in a presentation to the Conewago faculty.  When presenting, they in‐troduced the many instructional strategies and activities they learned while attending various workshops at the con‐ference.  Following the presentation, teachers had the opportunity to make all of the items introduced by Mrs. Leiphart and Mrs. Kramer.

James Filizzi from the Engineering Society of York visited fourth grade students. His interactive presentation taught the students about electricity.

Conewago received a grant from Longwood Garden for our second graders to tour the garden and partici-pate in a 90 minute program about recycling. They saw a real tree house, plants that grew on walls, car-nivorous plants, and planted their own corn seed. The smells and sights of the garden were amazing and something the children will always remember.