Blue Ridge Elementary Kindergarten Students

Each year Pennsylvania commemorates Local Government Week, which focuses attention on the need for strong, independant, and active local governments. Pennsylvania recognizes the valuable contributions their elected officials make in our communities.

The New Milford Township likes to bring awarness and celebration of community to the Blue Ridge Elementary students through it’s annual Local Government Week contest. This year the students were challenged to support our Service Men and Women by donating Dept. of Defense approved goods to be shipped overseas to those currently serving our country. Items were collected March 18th - March 22.

The Kindergarten students collected the most items. They were awarded for their participation with patriotic goodies, as well as a movie ticket to a show of their choice at the Montrose Theater.

The theater helped co-sponsor the event by donating a portion of the tickets.

Blue Ridge Elementary celebrated Read Across America on Friday, March 1st, with an afternoon assembly. This event is sponsored by the National Education Association and always takes place on or near March 2nd, which is the birthday of Dr. Seuss. This year’s book was Dr. Seuss’s ABC’s, a book about two dogs, Ichabod and Izzy, who journey through the alphabet and meet characters that begin with each letter. At the assembly, the students enjoyed the book read in a variety of ways. First for enjoyment, then acted out by some of our elementary students and teachers, and finally a Readers’ Theater activity where different grade levels read certain pages. Facts about the famous Dr.Seuss, or Theodor Geisel were shared as well as a mini lesson on the figurative language device of alliteration.

Pictured are Elementary Students who performed parts in the book Dr. Seuss’s ABC’s (l-r): front row - Ryan Scott, Clayton Whitney, Garrett Conklin, KayLeen Conklin, Alanna Thornton, Olivia Martin, Carli Thornton; back row - Morgan Mansfield, Ryan Mills, Tori Auckland, Andrew Scott, Madison Swisher, Sarah Marble, Jacob Morris.

Pictured are elementary students Acting out the Nn page “Big N, little n, What begins with those? Nine new neckties and a nightshirt and a nose”: Jacob Morris, Olivia Martin, Ryan Mills, Alanna Thornton, Clayton Whitney, Andrew Scott, Morgan Mansfield, Ryan Scott, Sarah Marble.

To highlight the importance of reading, students joined librarian, Mrs. Tench, in reciting “The Readers’ Oath”. The day was made extra special by the PTO purchasing Cat in the Hat pencils and ABC cookie treats for every student. Back in the classroom while eating their ABC cookies, Mrs. Wolfe’s 5th grade class was able to spell a total of 257 words as they compiled a list on the board. A day of fun and learning was had by all! We look forward to next year’s Read Across America which will be celebrated on Monday, March 3rd.

Following are the Blue Ridge Elementary Student Standouts for February 2013.

Pictured (l-r) are Grades 3rd thru 5th: front row – Andy Colwell, Breanna Derrick, Lydia Andusko, Angel Alvarez, Kaylyn Lewis; back row – Alison Marshman, Madison Swisher, Tyler Hillard. Absent from photo – Samantha Kupst.

Pictured (l-r) are Grades 4K thru 2nd: 1st row – Kayden Frantz, Corey Shaw; 2nd row – Kaelynn Brant, Troy Henke Jr, Jayzuelle Irizarry-Rivera, Hailie Carter; 3rd row – Pheobe Shaw, Jocelyn Cole, Emmalyn Buchanan; 4th row – Christiana Mock, Dezden Gunn. Absent from photo – Jacob Galusha, Talan Brewer, Brendan Marvin, Baleigh Knopick.

Pictured are (l-r): top row - Danni-Lee Brown, Garrett Conklin, Caiden George, Calvin Brown, Dylan Dorunda, Mason Conklin; bottom row - Olivia Colwell, Sierra Bross, Marissa Derrick, Peyton Gelinger, Brandon Gentile, Tommy Gibson, Anthony Dissinger, Holly Geyer.

Blue Ridge Fourth Graders have just finished their annual Sea Turtle Project in Ms. Sarrah Dibble’s art class. Fourth graders learned about these endangered creatures, created an awareness poster, and built a sea turtle out of clay.

During art classes in the month of February, students collected coins and made a donation to the Sea Turtle Conservancy to adopt a Sea Turtle. The newly adopted sea turtle is named “Pearl” and you can track her via satellite telemetry using the website www.conserveturtles.org.

The following is Elk Lake Elementary "Students of the Month" for the March, 2013.

Pictured are (l-r): front - Seth Aukema, Janie Bishop, Jace Caines, Andrea Ridall, and Tyler Pullen; midlle - Peyton Eberlin, Austin Stark, Elijah Harshbarger, Destanee Colwell, Logan Robbins; back - Zane Shupp, Caden Miller, Jaedyn Morreale, Jordan Bennett, Kolebi Reed. Absent from the photo were: Levi Tyler and Donovan Ritz.

Robert Presley, principal at Mountain View High School announces the following students named as Students Of The Month for February 2012-13 school year.

Pictured are Robert Presley (principal), Stephanie Virbitsky, Amanda Moran, Morgan White and Donna Porter (guidance counselor).

Mr. Robert Keyes, Principal of Susquehanna Community Elementary School, announces the “Student of the Month” for February for Grades Kindergarten, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth.

Pictured (l-r) are Grades K-3: row 1 - Deegan Reid, Ava James, Sean Herschel, Sydney Donahue; row 2 - William Lawrence, Colin Seman-Valentine, Paytyn Sellitto, Alyssa Giannunzio; row 3 - Adam Payne, Joshua McAuliffe, Reilly Potter; row 4 - Paige Halesky, Adriana Zebrowski, Meghan Kiernan.

Pictured (l-r) are Grades 4-6: row 1 – Robert Wolf, Kyle Baker, John Adams, JD Heckman, Garrett Decker; row 2 - Preston Zablocky, Airyll Rockwell, Amanda Iveson, Steven Brown; row 3 - Matthew Baker, Rodney Foote, Justin Belvedere, Peyton Cowperthwait, Paige O’Hara.