Blue Ridge Elementary’s Super Reader program was selected to be showcased at the 19th annual Pennsylvania Education Excellence Fair during the Pennsylvania School Board Association Conference. The Fair took place on October 19 in Hershey, Pennsylvania
Pictured (l-r) are: Mrs. Janelle Tench, Emily Gorham, Sarah Gorham, Mrs. Brandy Gaylord
Mrs. Janelle Tench, elementary librarian and Mrs. Brandy Gaylord, reading specialist shared programs which they have developed that create reading ties between home and school. Emily and Sarah Gorham, 4th grade students, represented Blue Ridge Super Readers by sharing details about how the programs work with school administrators and school board members from across the state. The Elementary “Super Reader Program”, which encourages and motivates students and families to read each night and “Bedtime Stories Night” which brings students and parents into the school to help foster an increase in parent involvement were highlighted during the Fair.
Halloween is the season for scares and horror movies. Students at Mt. View High School are getting ready for their fall play, “Horror Movie 101”, by Steven Stack. The play spoofs those tried and true clichés, such as “don’t pick up anyone on the side of a dark and lonely road”.
The play features 5 short vignettes, each one spoofing a different cliché. In “Heirlooms”, the characters are fond of some rather unusual family heirlooms and their effect on others. “The Girl on the Side of the Road” tells what happens when you pick up someone and take them home to Mother. “The One” features a group of friends who visit a haunted house, only to find all is not what it seems. In “Isolation”, friends deal with a zombie-inducing virus. Lastly, “David and Delaney’s Guide to the Perfectly Nifty Prom”, a newly back-from-the dead girl hopes to attend the prom she and her best friend have meticulously planned since age 6, only to discover that those plans may have changed a bit.
The cast features students in grades 7-12. Performances will be held on Friday, November 3 and Saturday November 4 in the Norman J. Maza Auditorium of Mt. View High School, 11749 State Route 106, Kingsley. All seats are $5.
Sarah Longacre, a senior English education major at Bob Jones University, is serving as a student teacher this semester at Mauldin High School in Mauldin, South Carolina.
Longacre, a resident of Hallstead, PA, is gaining hands-on experience by teaching over 170 high school students. Her responsibilities include creating lesson plans, teaching the students, writing tests and quizzes, grading assignments, and managing the classroom.
"My student teaching experience at Mauldin High has been crucial to my education," says Longacre. "Teaching high school students with diverse needs and backgrounds has greatly developed my skills as an educator."
