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Shippensburg Area Intermediate School receives an award for "High Progress" and have been named a "Distinguished Title I School" for the nation.

Kudos to all involved and to the SAIS group who attended the conference to present their school program and receive the award!

 

 

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http://play.smilebox.com/SpreadMoreHappy/4e4455774e4451354d7a46384d54417a4f5451794f5445350d0a


This will make you SMILE!

Turn your volume up!

This is a brief video of the SASHS Children's Lit class visiting Miss Ringling's class at Nancy Grayson to develop the Book Buddy program on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. Please turn your speakers on for fun music. Enjoy this wonderful video demonstrating the building of relationships across the district! SASHS Children's Lit students are starting to write the rough draft of their books this week. We are planning to return to read our completed books before the end of the 3rd marking period.
Have a fantastic day!

Jaime Shirk

Kudos to all involved!  Great High School/Elementary School partnership!

Thanks for encouraging the joy of reading!!!

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Congratulations are in order for your Shippensburg Greyhound Wrestling Team.  Our Greyhounds have qualified for the District III Team Wrestling Tournament for the first time in school history.  We have included the link for the District III Team Wrestling Bracket for you to follow along at home.  Go Greyhounds!

 

http://piaadistrict3.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/WR-3A-TEAM-BRAX-4.pdf

Information courtesy of Mr. Montedoro, Athletic Director

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Shippensburg Area Intermediate School is proud of the 5^th grade students that graduated from the DARE program this past week.  We had a wonderful DARE graduation ceremony on Tuesday evening.  Each classroom had their essay winner honored at the ceremony.  Students read their essays, pledging to make positive decisions for the future.  Students received a certificate and a DARE t-shirt. Thank you to Corporal Jeff Shubert and Sergeant Pat Taylor for their continued support of the program and the community support that makes the program possible!

 

 

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The SAIS PBIS committee, making connections with older SASD students, held their January celebration day last week and the Sr. High basketball team talked to our students about being Respectful, Responsible and Safe – both on and off the court.  Our students and a few staff members got to challenge them on the court too!  Thank you to Coach Ray Staver and Coach Cressler, who also talked to students about the importance of working as a team and having goals!   

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Lydia Wallace the SASHS Blood Drive Coordinator with the American Red Cross has notified us that Emma Torija is one of just 3 Pennsylvanian high school  students who have completed the Level 3 requirements for the High School Leadership Program. This is quite an accomplishment!  Emma has helped to coordinate the High School blood drive for three years and even held her own drive this past summer.  She is the president of Student Council, a member of the National Honor Society, and a student representative to the school board and Shippensburg Chamber of Commerce.  We are proud of you, Emma!

 Kudos to Emma and her Advisor/Coach Mrs. Elizabeth Minnich!

 

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Congratulations to Chalaina Potts, a 7th grader at SAMS, who won a Gold Key for her poem "Call Me" in the Scholastic Art and Writing Contest.  Students who won regional Gold Keys will have their entries advanced to the national level for possible recognition.  Over 2300 writers and more than 70 schools competed in this prestigious contest!  Way to go, Chalaina!

Kudos to Chalaina and her Coach/Advisor, Mrs. April Hoover!!!

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January is School Director Recognition Month

 Pennsylvania public schools educate nearly 2 million students and 3,420 are in the Shippensburg Area School District.  Each one of those students has an individual story and a different path they are taking into adulthood. The roads to success are as varied as the students, but they are not traveling this path alone. Parents, teachers, admin­istrators, school bus drivers, classroom assistants, coaches, and all support staff all play a vital role in the success of students.

In January, we also pause to salute another group of nine people who spend dozens of hours each month voluntarily leading our schools and making difficult decisions – they are the school directors.  These elected officials spend countless hours reviewing budgets, approving curriculum and textbook choices, adopting policy, and evaluating the academic and operational results of the district. They are our neighbors, friends, community leaders and engaged senior citizens doing a necessary job for the benefit of our children.  As we continue to celebrate the success stories in our schools, let’s not forget our elected school directors who play a significant role in creating the environment where those successes can happen.  Please take a moment to thank your School Board members when you see them or give them a call or send an email.  Pennsylvania has 4,500 school directors with its 500 school districts.  

 

 

Shippensburg Area School District School Board 

Front Row, left to right:  Dr. Thomas Enderlein, Charles Suders, Dr. Geno Torri, Mark Buterbaugh, President, Drew Alosi, Vice President, Hunter Meredith, Susan Spicka 

Back Row, left to right:  Austin Taylor, Junior Student Board Representative, Cristy Lentz, Board Secretary/Business Administrator, Dr. Chester Mummau, Superintendent, Dr. Matthew Strine, Assistant Superintendent, Emma Torija, Senior Student Board Representative 

Not Pictured:  Herbert Cassidy and Dr. David Lovett

 

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Congratulations to Luke Hershey, Shippensburg Area High School student, for winning a Gold Key for his entry in the humor category of the 2017 South Central Pennsylvania Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Luke's entry, titled "What! It Needed a Title? My Car Has a Title; Do I Need to Register My Paper Now? Geez!" will now be entered in the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards contest. Best of luck to Luke as he moves on to the highest level of this prestigious award.

Kudos to Luke and his Advisor/Coach, Mr. Brian Smith.

Go Greyhounds!

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Congratulations to Danny Kennedy who was named the Champion of the Middle School National Geographic Geography Bee!  This is Danny's 2nd time winning the Bee!!

Danny will now take a computer based test to see if he qualifies for state level competition.  The Faculty, Staff, and Administration are proud of the sportsmanship, respect, and caring attitudes displayed by all contestants during the competition!  Go Greyhounds!!

Danny Kennedy, 1st place, Aaron Culbertson 3rd place, and Colin Langella, 2nd place

 

 

All Contestants of the SAMS Geography Bee

 

Danny Kennedy, 1st Place Champion of the SAMS Geography Bee

 

Danny Kennedy, with Mrs. LaVergne, Coordinator of the SAMS Geography Bee

 

Kudos to all involved!!

 

 

 

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The Volvo Path (sidewalk) is almost complete at the rear of the Shippensburg High school property.  See the attached pictures.  Volvo Path is the result of a School-Business Partnership with Volvo and the school district.  SASD provided the real estate and Volvo provided the materials and labor to install the sidewalk.  It will be used by Volvo employees to walk between the plant and the Customer Care Center and by students/athletes, primarily the Cross-Country team.

More progress!

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Shippensburg coach Ray Staver earns 350th win with a 69-42 win over Boiling Springs!


Congratulations to Coach Staver!

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The Geography Bee was held earlier today at Shippensburg Area Intermediate School for 4th and 5th graders from SAIS and GBLUES.  The winner of each class competed for the title of 2016-17 Geography Bee Champion for the Shippensburg Area School District Intermediate level.

Congratulations to all participants and to the Champion and Runner Up!!

Christian Pimental was named the 2016-17 Geography Bee Champion and Aryan Gaonkar was the runner up.

Further competition will occur at the next level.

A special thanks to Mayor Bruce Hockersmith for moderating the contest, and to Mrs. Vanessa O'Shea and Mrs. Mowery for coordinating the contest along with all teachers of 4th and 5th graders!

Congratulations to Christian and Aryan!!!

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Greyhounds Continue to Excel and Achieve Goals


The Keystone Degree is the highest award a FFA member can achieve on the state level and a small % of PA members earn it.  Congratulations to Luke, Christine, and Brianna and their Advisor, Mrs. Bier!

On Monday, the Shippensburg FFA traveled to the PA Farm Show to participate in the Mid-Winter Convention, and Ag Issues Forum.

The day started with the Agricultural Issues Forum LDE Team presenting their issue on "Veterinary Feed Directive". The team consisted of Klarissa Cohick, Kerstin Cohick, Colin Myers, Sadie Rickard and Chelsey Wise. They did a great job adding to their public speaking experience. 

Three senior FFA members received their Keystone FFA degree at the Mid-Winter Convention- Luke Byers, Christine Helm & Brianna Miller. Six First Year Members received their first FFA Jackets from the PA FFA Alumni- Claudia Carbaugh, Chelsey Wise, Kara Haines, Jess Diehl, Jasmine Jenkins, and Garrison Riley (not pictured).

Picture 1: From Left to right - Keystone Degrees - Bruce Levy, Brianna Miller, Luke Byers, Christine Helm, Kelly Bier

Picture 2: From left to right: First Year Member Jackets- Jasmine Jenkins, Kara Haines, Bruce Levy, Claudia Carbaugh, Jessica Diehl, Chelsey Wise

Picture 3: from left to right: Ag Issues  - Chelsey Wise, Klarissa Cohick, Colin Myers, Sadie Rickard, Kerstin Cohick, 

*Information provided courtesy of Mrs. Bier, Agricultural Instructor and FFA Advisor

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RE:  Rebecca Laubs & Patricia Mari

Information shared courtesy of Randy and Marcie Taylor, Drew Michael Taylor Foundation

I wanted to express my appreciation to SASHS senior students, Rebecca Laubs and Patricia Mari.  Both of these outstanding young ladies volunteered with our Drew’s Hope grief support program during our seven fall sessions as part of the community service hours required of N:ational Honor Society students.  These young ladies were such a help to our organization and the grieving families that we serve.  They assisted with meal set up, serving and tear down and they provided childcare and any other assistance that was needed during our grief support sessions.  Both young ladies plan to come back and volunteer with our Spring 2017 sessions too.

 

We cannot stress enough how grateful we are for their help and we wanted to make you aware of it.  Kudos to Mrs. Lawrence and the National Honor Society students (especially Rebecca and Patricia) for being so generous with their time and talents.

 

Click on the link below to see numerous pictures of Ship students (and staff) over the past few years.  The pictures were taken by Mr. Bill Slattery, Jr. and he is offering them FREE of charge to anyone who wants to download them.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/billslatteryjr/albums

Thank you Mr. Slattery!!  If you'd like to drop him a Thank you, his email address is:

billslatteryjr@yahoo.com

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Congratulations to Shippensburg Area High School Senior FFA member, Christine Helm, who had the Champion Hereford Market Steer at PA Farm Show earlier today in Harrisburg. This will be Christine's last year showing a market steer at the Farm Show. She will sell her steer, Cooper, at the Sale on Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. 


Another Greyhound excelling above the district level!  Congratulations to Christine and her FFA Advisor, Mrs. Bier, who was there to support her today!

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Shippensburg High School Teacher Assists Family in Iowa

Read the article below to learn more about Mrs. Yonish's outreach!

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/sports/2017/01/05/foot-notes-ship-native-gives-back-running/96214320/

Go Greyhound's!!

P.S. ABC 27 will air on 1/12/17 during their Daybreak Show.  Set the DVR if you cannot be near a TV at that time!

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The Shippensburg Area School District collected items for the Ronald McDonald House coordinated by Mr. Hoover and Mrs. Yost, Middle School Physical Education teachers , for the 2nd year in a row. They have organized this event in their Physical Education classes during their basketball unit and Hoops for Heart.  Because of the huge outpouring by the District,  they had to rent a U Haul truck to collect all the items for the RMH and deliver them right before Christmas.  "Our student's take a lot of pride in helping families out that may need it, especially over the holiday," says Mr. Hoover.  The donations will be able to help hundreds of families that stay at the Ronald McDonald House while their love ones are at Hershey Medical Center. 

Kudos to all involved!!

Shippensburg Area School District

Employee Spotlight Program 

Mrs. Elizabeth “Beth” Denning – January 2017

Name and current position: Elizabeth Denning, Certified School Nurse

 

Building(s) served:  Shippensburg Area Middle School

 

High School attended:  Belle Vernon Area Senior High School, Belle Vernon, PA

 

College(s) attended (if applicable):  West Virginia Wesleyan College, Penn State University

 Year started at SASD and position:  Started in 1995 as the Elementary School Nurse for all the elementary school buildings in the district, the parochial schools and the home-schooled students.

 Most unusual incident on the job: Can’t really say because most of the things that happen within this position are confidential….sorry. 

 Extra assignments: No extra assignments… anything can be a “usual” part of this job.

 Hobbies: Travel and kayaking.

 Your hero:  My parents because they raised a family on a lot of love, little money and with grace, respect and courage.

 Pet peeve:  People that do not speak open and honestly to me.  

 Five minutes with: If I could spend five minutes with anyone, it would be my ninety-one year-old mother at a time period when both of us were younger and she did not have dementia.

Favorite movie:  No all-time favorite, but I like light-hearted comedies.

What would people find surprising about you? I love rock and pop types of music. 

 Congratulations to Mrs. Denning!