Paws Applause:

Congratulations to the Boys Basketball team and coaches who won the Holiday Boys Basketball tournament earlier this evening. They beat Susquehanna Township in the finals 74-61!

Go Greyhounds!!!

Paws Applause:

The students of Nancy Grayson Elementary School partnered with the employees of DB Schenker (Procter & Gamble Warehousing) to exchange banners encouraging each other to be safe while at school or work.  The quote by Dr. Seuss "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world" is used as a reminder that we have special people in our lives who want us to be safe and not get hurt.  The students signed a banner for DB Schenker and the employees of DB Schenker signed a banner for the students.  Signatures showed support of being safe, not only ourselves, but for others who love us.  The goal of this project is to have the students be safe while at school and to have the employees of DB Schenker reduce work related injuries.

Paws Applause:


Kudos to the elementary and middle school students in Shippensburg who created a card for children in the Children's Hospital in Hershey!  Over 1,000 were created!  This feat was the idea of Caden Yonish, a SAMS student, who provided coordination and collection of the cards with the help of his parents and siblings.


See the attached pictures.  Caden and family delivered the cards to Hershey earlier today!


Go Greyhounds!

Paws Applause:

For the second consecutive year, Shippensburg Area Senior High School has made the Advanced Placement District Honor Roll.  The honor consists of 433 school districts in the United States and Canada.  These districts have achieved both increases in access to Advanced Placement courses as well as maintained or improved the rate at which their Advanced Placement students earned scores of 3 or higher out of a possible 5 on an Advanced Placement Exam.  Congratulations to the faculty, staff, and students at Shippensburg Area High School for this honor! 

Paws Applause:

Each year, the Division of Federal Programs honors the top performing Title I schools in Pennsylvania.  This year, the Shippensburg Area Intermediate School was selected to be a Title I Distinguished School.  SAIS was selected based on PSSA composite scores of math and English Language Arts (ELA), using the Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System (PVAAS) indices for the schools, participation and graduation/attendance objectives. 179 Title I schools were selected to be named Distinguished Schools.  We are proud of our academic growth and recognize our students and staff for their hard work and commitment!

 

 

 

Paws Applause:


Shippensburg Area High School raised over $700 to assist a family in need this week.  Students dropped coins in the jar of the High School employee they wished to see kissing a bovine.

There was a tie for the winners who were Mr. Levy and Mrs. Paula Morris!  Thanks to both for their willingness to participate, all for a good cause!

Also, thanks to Christine Helm, SASD alumnae Krystal Helm, and their parents for providing the Hereford steer for the event, the transportation to and from school, and all the preparation involved!

This steer will be shown by Christine and sold at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg in early January and has special well-wishes from Mr. Levy and Mrs. Morris!

Just in case you missed this article in the Public Opinion . . .

 

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/12/18/area-school-districts-get-state-report-cards/95103902/

PAWS Applause:

The Greyhound Award which is given to the Shippensburg Area School District school with the largest increase in the school’s SPP score each year was presented to the High School in October but the “physical award” had not arrived yet. 

It has now arrived and I want to thank Mr. Kurtz at SAHS for crafting the base and attaching the Greyhounds to it . . . see the attached picture. 

The Greyhound Award will be on display at SAHS.  The question now is, “which school will host The Greyhound Award” for 2017-18?

Thank you Mr. Kurtz and Congratulations to everyone at the High School!

Paws Applause:

Several Shippensburg Area School District School Administrators have recently served as mentors for aspiring future School Administrators.  Thank you to the mentors and congratulations and good luck to the mentees!!

Paws Applause:


Congratulations to students who read 300 minutes or more during the month of November. Today students enjoyed a snuggly read aloud in their pajamas with Mrs. Barrett. at James Burd Elementary School. 

We would like to recognize Mrs. Serena Gibbons for 26 years of outstanding service to the SASD.  Mrs. Serena will be retiring effective December 22nd.  Serena will be dearly missed by the staff and students of JB.

*Submitted by Mr. Shapiro, JBES Principal

Paws Applause:

We are pleased to announce that James (Jim) Smith, a Senior at Shippensburg Area High School has been selected as one of only two students to represent Pennsylvania as a delegate to the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) to be held in Washington, D.C. March 4 – 11, 2017.  Jim will also receive a $10,000 college scholarship.

 

The USSYP was founded in 1962 through Senate Resolution and each year two of the highest-achieving students from each state, the District of Columbia and the Department of Defense Education system overseas are selected through an extremely competitive merit-based selection process held at the state departments of education nationwide.

 

Congratulations to Jim and his parents, Steve & Jan Smith! 

 

Go Greyhounds!!

 

 

Paws Applause:


SAIS was selected as a Title I Distinguished School for the 2016-2017 school year based on student growth, achievement and participation/attendance. SAIS will be listed in the program as a Distinguished School in the upcoming state Title I conference.  The SAIS Faculty, Staff, and Principal recently sent in a proposal to present a session at the conference and are eagerly waiting to see if their session is selected. 

We are proud of the continued growth at SAIS!

Paws Applause:

Congratulations to Amanda Addlesberger, the PBIS team, and the entire James Burd staff for being awarded two Pennsylvania Department of Education PBIS grants. The total amount for both grants is $10,800. In addition, James Burd is now recognized as a PBIS model school. As a model school, James Burd will serve as a demonstration site for other schools to visit that are looking to implement PBIS.

Congrats to the entire JBES team!!

Paws Applause:

Middle School PE Programs Promotes Lifetime Fitness!!  Thank you Cabela's!!!

A huge thank you to Cabela’s for their donation and support of our hiking unit at the middle school. They were excited to hear about our program and what our students are learning.   Our students will benefit from their equipment for years to come.    Kudos to Fitness & Wellness teachers Mr. Jason Hoover and Mrs. Lauren Yost for incorporating the hiking unit into their curriculum!

Shippensburg Area School District

Employee Spotlight Program

 

Mr. Jesse Haller – December 2016

 

Name and current position:

 Jesse Haller

Health and Physical Education Teacher

 

Building(s) served:

 Current: Nancy Grayson Elementary

Previous: Shippensburg Area Senior High School and Luhrs Elementary

 

High School attended:

 Gettysburg Area High School

College(s) attended (if applicable):

Lock Haven University

 Year started at SASD and position:

 2009

 Most unusual incident on the job:

 A student found a tooth in the gym and brought it to me. Apparently the student who lost the tooth was having so much fun they didn’t realize they lost it until I asked the class who it belonged to.

 Extra assignments:

Bus duty, recess coordinator, PBIS team member, emergency response team member, safety care response team member, wellness initiative team member.

 Hobbies:

Anything outdoors: hunting, fishing, hiking, etc.

Riding my motorcycle

Working on construction projects

 Your hero:

 My grandfather

Pet peeve:

 Being on time (myself and others)

Five minutes with:

 The President

 Favorite movie:

 Sandlot

What would people find surprising about you?

 I am more than just a “gym teacher” J

 

 

 

Congratulations to Mr. Haller!!