The pper Adams UpdateDistrict Newsletter - Spring 2016 Superintendent’s Message The 2015-2016 school year has been a busy year for Upper Adams School District. As the year is coming to a close, we would like to provide an opportunity to share some of the many reasons Upper Adams School District is a great place for students. Please take some time to review the contents of this newsletter to celebrate with us. As graduation approaches, we are excited for our seniors to utilize what they have learned in their post-secondary plans. We look forward to sharing in the graduation celebration with our seniors and their families. We hope that you will enjoy the contents of this newsletter. Continue to visit our district web page at www.upperadams.org for additional good news and celebrations. On behalf of the staff, faculty, administration and school board directors, please accept our sincere thank you for your continued support and cooperation. Working together we will continue to make Canner Nation strong for our students and larger school community. Have a safe and relaxing summer! Sincerely, Wesley T. Doll Superintendent Page 1 BHS Mini -THON The Biglerville Student Council/mini-THON Committee held a paint night on March 8th to raise money for the Four Diamonds Fund. The class was taught by Biglerville High School Art Teacher Lisa Harman. Biglerville High School had their 3rd annual mini-THON on March 19th, 2016, and raised over $7500 for the Four Diamonds Fund, which supports children with pediatric cancer at Penn State Hershey Hospital. Ninety-five students participated in the event which lasted from 2-10 PM. Events included a volleyball tournament, a dodgeball tournament, a soccer tournament, Minute to Win games, a dance, and an obstacle course. Page 2 BHS Solutionaries By Jennifer Peglow The Sweet Case Fundraiser provides foster children with a nice duffle bag, pillow pet and “filler items” like coloring books, crayons, and a hygiene kit instead of using trash bags for personal items. Sometimes foster children are taken abruptly from their homes and are given little or no time to pack their belongings in a trash bag. Once at a foster home, these children must unpack their “trash”. This idea is so demoralizing to children who are victims of their situation. The Together We Rise Organization has provided a unique opportunity for every community member to help foster children experience a better transition. From their web site: Together We Rise is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization comprised of motivated young adults and former foster youth. Our vision is to improve the lives of foster children in America, who often find themselves forgotten and neglected by the public. We collaborate with the community partners to bring resources to foster youth and use service-learning activities to educate volunteers on issues surrounding the foster care system. TWR works with hundreds of foster agencies, social workers, CASA advocates, and other partners to bring our programs to foster youth across the nation. Our foundation has allowed us to provide thousands of foster youth across the country with new bicycles, college supplies, and suitcases so that children do not have to travel from home to home with their belongings in a trash bag. Here at BHS, the Solutionaries took the Sweet Case challenge and raised $250 to provide 10 sweet cases to foster children. The cases were delivered to BHS and Solutionaries members built the cases to donated to April Laue from Adam’s County Children & Youth. It was important to the Solutionaries that our donations remained local. Page 3 Jump Ropes & Hoops February was JUMPROPE & HOOPS for Heart month across the Upper Adams School District for the three Elementary Schools. The event taught participants about the benefits of regular exercise and a healthy lifestyle, while promoting teamwork and building school spirit. We were really excited about this year’s JUMP & HOOP event and the experience that it offered our students. Students who participated in the event during their Physical Education class, raised $7,817.21. District wide that will benefit the American Heart Association. Thank you gifts were distributed based upon the amount of donations collected. Thank you for being part of this lifesaving and educational event! A special thanks to the parents for supporting our elementary students as they raised money to fight heart disease and stroke. The physical education department will also benefit by receiving vouchers to purchase equipment for use during Physical Education class. We are very pleased we had 183 student “Heart Heroes” raise money during our event! *Sam Gano most donations overall for Arendtsville Elementary *Zachary Taylor most donations overall for Bendersville Elementary *Caden Kessel most donations overall for Biglerville Elementary Mrs. Yargar-Reed & Mrs. Gaston Congratulations to Sam Gano a 4th grade student at Arendtsville Elementary School. I am proud to announce that he is the student that has raised the highest donation for Arendtsville Elementary School as well as Adams County for his participation in the Hoops for Heart Event which raises money for the American Heart Association. For his efforts, Sam has won 4 complimentary tickets to attend a Hershey Bears game. He will also have the opportunity to watch the Hershey Bears during pre-game from the Penalty Box area. The Hoops event teaches participants about the benefits of regular exercise and a healthy lifestyle, while promoting teamwork and building school spirit. Pictured in photo are: Left to Right- Deborah Yargar-Reed, Physical Education Teacher & coordinator Hoops for Heart event, Teresa DeVono, Youth Market Director, American Heart Association, Sam Gano, 4th grade student, Sonia Buckley, Acting Principal Arendtsville Elementary School Page 4 Upper Adams Annual Elementary Spelling Bee From L-R: Hailey Steele, Ben Wicker, Chance Davis and Samuel Fee The Upper Adams School District held its annual school spelling bee competition on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Ben Wicker of York Springs, son of Amanda and Shannon Wicker, won the competition and competed further in Harrisburg in January. Also moving on to that competition was 2nd place Samuel Fee of Aspers, son of Chris Fee and Allison Singley; 3rd place Hailey Steele of Aspers, daughter of Dustin Steele and Lori Johnson; and 4th place Chance Davis of Arendtsville, son of Chris and Jessica Parker. Page 5 Teacher Spotlight Ms. Kathy Anthony Gulden was nominated by Ann During the 2014-2015 school year, Ms. Gulden served Wolfe, Principal and was selected by the First Capital the Upper Adams School District by holding down Pennsylvania Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa to receive three positions, Instructional Support Teacher, English the 2015-2016 Outstanding Educator Award. As an as a Second Language Teacher, and Learning Support award winner, Ms. Gulden was recognized at the Annual Teacher . working well into each evening to manage Chapter Initiation and Awards Program that was held the work load, as well as, tutoring students at the end on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. of each school day. Additionally, Ms. Gulden has been in education in the Even though Ms. Gulden has many years in as an Upper Adams School District for the past 31 years. educator, she constantly strives to improve student She has worked throughout the years as a Learning learning each year and Support Teacher, Instructional Support Teacher, Literacy expand her professional Coach, and an English As A Second Language Teacher, development. plus many other duties when called upon to meet the district’s needs. Mrs. Ashly Wilkinson was nominated by Sonia Buckley, She is a true role model of an outstanding educator Acting Principal and was selected by the First Capital in both her professional and personal life. Ashly Pennsylvania Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa to receive has taken a lead role on several committees within the 2015-2016 Outstanding Educator Award. As an the Upper Adams School District; the Mathematics award winner, Mrs. Wilkinson was recognized at the Committee, Report Card Committee, School Annual Chapter Initiation and Awards Program that Improvement Committee, and the building math was held on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. meetings. She is a Student Council Advisor, and is a facilitator for one of our student Book Clubs. Each of Ashly was a graduate of the Biglerville High School. these responsibilities she takes seriously and works to She has been teaching for six years at Upper Adams her maximum capacity. and is currently teaching fourth grade at Arendtsville Elementary School. She has since obtained her Ashly promotes positive school culture. She willingly Masters in Education and openly shares ideas and strategies that have been through Walden successful in her classroom and organizes after school University. social events for the Arendtsville faculty and staff. She understands the value of integrating technology into Not only is Ashly an instruction. excellent educator, but also an active member of the community. Page 6 Teacher Spotlight Mrs. Ann (Grim) Showers a Biglerville High School graduate and a now a teacher at BHS, will be inducted into the Lock Haven University Hall of Fame on June 5, 2016. According to the LHU website, “this is the second class to be enshrined into the LHU Athletics Hall of Fame. The LHU Athletics Hall of Fame was established to celebrate the rich history, pride, passion and tradition of LHU Athletics by honoring the school’s greatest athletes, coaches and supporters from the school’s founding in 1870.” As reported on the LHU website, Mrs. Showers, a 1984 LHU graduate, was a standout three-sport athlete at Lock Haven, competing in field hockey, basketball and lacrosse. She played on two National Championship teams and one national runner-up field hockey team, and was a two-time First Team All-American in the sport.