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York City
School The
District
Monday
Memo Volume 3, Issue 16
Jan. 8, 2018
Caring and Sharing at Hannah Penn
This year Hannah Penn held it’s first
“Caring and Sharing Event.” Every stu-
dent in the building was given an assign-
ment requiring them to think of a per-
son who cares for them and to do
something (write a letter/ essay, make a
card, draw a picture, create a video) to
thank the person for caring. The crea-
tion would be shared with the person
who cares during an Open school
event on the last day before the break.
Students took time to complete the
assignments, knowing that the project
would be presented to the person they
selected.
Once the assignments were complete,
we opened our doors and invited those
individuals in so that the child could
share the assignment with the person
selected. Over 200 parents and family
members came to participate in the
event. The students were excited to
show off the person who cares for
them to staff members and were proud
to share the products they designed in
honor of the person. Parents and family
members were overcome with emo-
tion as the students explained why each
person was chosen as a person who
cares.
There was an award for each class-
room winner and all students were
surprised at the end of the day with
two gifts arriving to their classrooms to
take home for themselves. This was
the schools attempt to let students
know that we care. The event was time
consuming and challenging but with the
support of the staff members, their
families, friends, churches, local busi-
nesses and organizations, it was a suc-
cess.
- Christina Greene, Assistant Principal
Gingerbread pirates and slime!
Mrs. Jennings MDS classroom read the “The Gingerbread Pirate,” by Kristin Kladstrup and was amazed by the spirited pirates and Captain
Cookie. Dr. Shillinsford and Mrs. Means assisted the students in making gingerbread slime for the upcoming winter holiday. The students
counted, mixed and stirred the ingredients in the bowl and made beautiful glittery gingerbread slime. The students were able to squeeze, roll,
peel, poke and pull apart their slime. It was such a great fine motor exercise and memory that the students will carry with them for years, not
to mention they all smelled like gingerbread.
More holiday fun!
On December 20, 2017 shortly after breakfast the
sound of jingle bells inundated the main office at Jack-
son. Upon emerging from our offices we noticed a
large gentleman dressed in a red and white suit and
sporting a long white beard. Could this be who we
think it is? Yes!!! – it was Santa Claus himself – in
person. Santa arrived at Jackson to wish all the staff
and students a wonderful Holiday. Santa spent time
having his picture taken with the students and even
some of the staff. Santa also gave out small gift bags
to the students. It was an exciting day and everyone
loved the experience. Below are some pictures of the The Devers After School Program spent time crocheting
happy students.
Christmas gifts for teachers!
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Girls on the Run at STEAM 3rd through 6th grade girls at the Smith STEAM Academy participated in Girls On The Run this fall. The goal of the program is to unleash confidence through accomplishment while establishing a lifetime appre- ciation of health and fitness. The program culminated with the girls completing a celebratory 5K running event with schools across York County. Congratulations, girls, on your awesome achievement! Page 3
Goode student wins statewide art contest
Congratulations to Talen Brown from Goode K-8, whose artwork was chosen for the 21st Annual Attorney General Drug-Free Cal-
endar Contest out of 840 entries. Each year, in conjunction with National Drug Prevention Month, the Pennsylvania Attorney Gen-
eral’s Office sponsors a Drug-Free Calendar Contest. The contest, is open to fifth grade students across Pennsylvania.
Talen and his family attended a luncheon at the Attorney General’s office in Harrisburg during December, with Joe Shapiro, Pennsylva-
nia’s Attorney General and Joe Torsella, Pennsylvania State Treasurer.
Literature arts fair at Jackson
The 5th and 6th Graders at Jackson K-8 held their Literature Arts Fair on Friday, December 15, 2017 in the gym. Students chose a theme
from the book they were reading and defended their choice of theme by using text evidence and examples from the book. The students also
had to answer five questions relating to their book (What rating from 1-10 would they give their book and why, would they recommend it to
a friend and why, their favorite character and why, their favorite part and why, and would they read another book from the same author and
why). Most of the students displayed their project via poster board however two students did powerpoint presentation and one student
dress up like the character in their book. The fair was open to parents. It was well attended. The students were excited and proud of their
accomplishments.
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WP students leave 80+ scarves for those in need
3rd Annual Scarves in the Park event. Communities In Schools Site Coordinator from McKinley were joined by students from William Penn to
tie scarves around trees and light poles in Penn Park. We received over 80 scarves this year, doubling last years donations. Student Council
member at McKinley learned about giving back to their community and enjoyed the whole event, one student was disappointed when we ran
out of scarves to tie! Thank you to all that donated and participated this year.
William Penn student ‘Got Talent’
Brandon Lyles recently took a trip to
New York so he could audition for
“America’s Got Talent.”
After his audition, the judges smiled, nod-
ded and told him he’d receive his next set
of instructions in February, his mother
Pauline said.
“This kid keeps me so busy with all of his
auditions for plays, TV, dance teams etc,”
Pauline told administrators. “Just last
month he auditioned for a regional dance
competition but wind up being selected
by judges for a National Dance Team.
I don’t know how we're going to get so
much done and still get to California for
him to audition for bigger roles. A lot of
his friends have been so supportive.”
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