THE VIKING VOICE THE VIKING VOICE THE VIKING VOICE “We’re All in This Together” NLHS High School Musical Performance SPRING 2018/2019 New in this Issue... Regular Features... Students of the Month Jan./Feb./March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . 20 King of Hearts Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 FFA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/5 Snoball Dance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Viking Sports Update . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MiniThons #For the Kids . . . . . . . . . 8 Middle School News . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 East Hanover Happenings . . 9/10 Fredericksburg Focus . . . 11/13 Limelight at Lickdale . . . 14/16 Jonestown Journal . . . . . . . . . . . 17 NL Foundation Golf . . . . . 18/19 Senior Citizen Luncheon . . . . . . . 20 A newsletter to the residents of Northern Lebanon School District On March 7th, 8th, and 9th the Northern Lebanon High School per- formed the very popular show, High School Musical. This colorful show was full of energetic dance moves, upbeat music, and contained a positive message about working together for the greater good. With a cast and crew of 70+ students and a team of four adults with little to no musical experience, the show came together with an amazing amount of hard work and teamwork! Congratulations to everyone who made this show a success! After all, “We’re All in This Together!”
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Regular Features...Students of the MonthSept./Oct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . 15A newsletter to theresidents of NorthernLebanon School District
THE VIKING VOICETHE VIKING VOICETHE VIKING VOICE“We’re All in This Together”NLHS High School Musical Performance
A newsletter to theresidents of NorthernLebanon School District
On March 7th,8th, and 9ththe NorthernLebanon HighSchool per-formed thevery popularshow, HighSchool Musical.This colorfulshow was fullof energetic dance moves, upbeat music, and contained a positive message aboutworking together for the greater good. With a cast and crew of 70+ students and a team of four adults with little to no
musical experience, the show came together with an amazing amount of hard workand teamwork! Congratulations to everyone who made this show a success! After all,“We’re All in This Together!”
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NLHS Student Council Holds a Fundraiser for a Local Charity/AKA King of Hearts Dance On Saturday February 16, 2019, the Northern Lebanon HighSchool Student Council held its 2nd annual King of HeartsDance. This fundraising event was to benefit the LebanonCounty Christian Ministries who provide a wide range ofservices to needy individuals and families in Lebanon County.The semi-formal event raised money for the local organizationin two ways. First, all of the profits of the dance went to toLCCM. In addition to the dance profits, nine male high schoolstudents competed against each other to collect donations forLCCM. Each male student chose a female partner to help col-lect donations. All of these students were part of the King ofHearts Court. The second part of the fundraiser was coordinat-ed by Lindsay Keiser. The entire court raised $1,040.00 forLCCM.
There was plenty of music and food, which was enjoyed byall of the students. Student Council would like to thankthe following staff members for chaperoning the dance:Ms. Brooke Bomberger, Ms. Christina Boltz, Ms. JenniferHassler, Ms. Holly Plummer, Ms. Ronda Sowers, Ms. JenniferZemba, Mr. Michael Koval, and Ms. Amy Hillegas.
Freshmen Members (L-R): Henna Kalumbu, Bryce Bomberger, Harlee Kushmanick, Ethan Ebersole(Sachi Patel stood in for Harlee Kushmanick in the photo)
Junior Members (L-R): Lindsay McFeaters, Gage KrallBaylee Madilia, Ethan Borcky
Senior Members (L-R): Cassidy Ritchie, Fred Hickok, Madison Taylor, Josh Lyons
Sophomore Members (L-R): Jason Morales, Alex Shenk, Tessa Berdinka, Joseph BeidlerJocelyn Mertz, Benjamin Bomberger
Reminder viking-for-life Features @norleb.org/community/viking-for-life
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Jan./Feb./March – STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
High School
Jonestown
L-R): Erin Shuey, Jordan Troup, Grace Bomgardner (sponsored by Northern Lebanon County Rotary Club)
(L-R): Front Row: Bryce Deiter, Ella Bortz, Kiersten LeedyBack Row: Erika Wenger, Evelyn Shaffer, Elizabeth Innes
(L-R): Jordan Berger, Nathaniel Lum, Kimberly Imler, Erin Krieger, Seth Ebersole, Brooke Graby(sponsored by the Fredericksburg and Jonestown Lions Club)
Teacher Luncheon On Friday 3/22, the FFA held a luncheon for all theteachers and staff. We wanted to show them that theFFA appreciates them for supporting us. We hope thestaff loved the spread that was put together for them.
Five members from Northern Lebanon FFA competed for jackets.They did this by writing an essay and competing with otherpeople from the state. The students selected to win for ourchapter were Maddison Bomgardner, Crystal Bomgardner, NatalieHeagy, Mitchell Hetrick and Haley Blair!!! We are so proud ofthem and hope they can use those jackets soon.
Meet Officer Hannah BlattHannah Blatt is the Historianfor the Northern Lebanon FFA.She is a also a senior. She hasbeen apart of FFA since fresh-man year. Hannah has beenriding horses since she was 3years old. After high school,she is going to a trade schoolfor horse shoeing.
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Jacket Winners
ACESAbout 30 FFA members went to the ACES conference put onby PA FFA. They went to different workshops to expand theirknowledge on agriculture and leadership. Many different chap-ters went from across the state so everyone had the opportuni-ty to meet new people. After the workshops and events, theyhad a dance. Everyone had fun time going to different work-shops, meeting new people, and expanding their knowledge.
Ravyn Bashore is the Parliamentarian for the NL FFA.She is a sophomore and planning to run for anotheroffice. She has been a part of FFA since freshman yearand a part of 4H since she was 8. After high school sheplans to stay in the farming industry.
Meet the Officer
Keystone Degrees Four FFA seniors received their Keystone Degrees. In order toreceive their Keystone Degrees, they had to write down every-thing they did in FFA throughout the years. The Keystone recipi-ents were Erin Krieger, Hannah Blatt, Nick Goodyear, and SethEbersole. They have been working on this for a few months andall their hard work paid off.
Congratulations to each of you!
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Gretchen Oberst – Recipient of theWomen Promoting Agriculture AwardLebanon County Woman's Hall of Fame 2019 recipient of the WOMENPROMOTING AGRICULTURE Award – Lebanon County Commission forWoman – GRETCHEN L. OBERST Nominator: Debra Tice
“I believe in the future of agriculture with a faith born not of words but ofdeeds.” E.M. Tiffany
Gretchen Oberst lives the motto of the FFA (Future Farmers of America)daily. She is in her 36th year of teaching Agricultural Education at NorthernLebanon High School and is well-loved by many past and present students.Teaching agriculture has allowed her to take something that she is passion-ate about and use it to inspire and provide her students with the knowledge, information, andconfidence to achieve their goals.
She has always done her best to be a good role model for her students, expecting the same dedicationof them as would herself. Her greatest joy is to see them succeed after graduation. Several years ago,one of her students was even chosen as the National FFA President, the highest office an FFA membercan achieve. Another student, Jennie Maulfair Balmer, has become an Agricultural Education teacherand now teaches alongside Gretchen at Northern Lebanon.
When Gretchen was hired, there were very few females teaching agricultural courses and she met a lotof opposition. She continued to forge ahead and has made the Northern Lebanon FFA and AgriculturalDepartment something of which to be proud. Happily, females now make up more than half of theAg teachers in Pennsylvania. There are only two other females teaching Ag in our state longer thanGretchen.
When she began teaching at Northern Lebanon, there were about 45 students in the program with oneteacher. Now, they have 188 students and two teachers. They have added a large pole barn facility tohouse large animals and rabbits; a new greenhouse, tripling the size of the previous one; a secondclassroom; and a food science lab to educate students about food safety and development.
Gretchen was a finalist in 2008 for PA Teacher of the Year. While this was quite an honor, she appreci-ated being in school and teaching a new class about rabbits, small animals, or floriculture. She hasserved on several committees state-wide representing Agricultural Education. In addition, Gretchen haspresented workshops on integrating Animals into Curriculum and How to Train a ParliamentaryProcedure Team.
One of her favorite activities is working with the Parliamentary Procedure Team. She has had severalteams go to the national contest, held annually at the National FFA Convention. Also, she lovessharing her passion about the FFA with others. The FFA responds to requests to provide a variety ofpresentations to the elementary schools, as well as others in the community. She is even the co-chairof the FFA State Scrapbook Contest. In addition, Gretchen is a member of the Lebanon County FairBoard.
Gretchen carries her love of agriculture to her home life. She lives on a 22-acre farm where she has asmall herd of beef cows, a small flock of breeding sheep, and a few chickens. Yes, she does indeed livethe motto of the FFA daily, and her students and our community reap the benefits of her dedication.
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Snowball Dance was a great time for all studentsand faculty (chaperones). Although postponed to anew date, we had a great turnout and the DJ wassuper lit! The court members included: VeronicaWarren and Jason Morales (Queen and King), AleyShenk and Brock Lechleitner, Jocelyn Mertz andBen Bomberger, Sonieliz Delgado Cruz and IzaacCostanzo, Emma Bomberger and Kirby Kornhaus,and Ellie Wallace and Nate Shirk.
Emma Bomberger and Kirby Kornhaus
Mrs. Bentz and Mrs. Rayman,Snoball Advisors
Queen Veronica Warren andKing Jason Morales
Ellie Wallace and Nathan Shirk Sonieliz Delgado and Izaac Costanzo
Aley Shenk and Brock Lechleitner Jocelyn Arnold and BenjaminBomberger
2019 Snoball Dance was a “flurry” of Activity andGreat Time for All!!
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VIKING Sports UpdateThe Viking spring season has officially started!!! Please come out and support the Viking athletes!!
We want to congratulate some of our athletes from our winter season!!Congratulations to our LL Section Champions, Wrestling and Bowling!
Ice Hockey wrapped up their re-inaugural season with victories over Milton Hershey and the Hershey Jr. Bears.
Swimming sent three swimmers to Districts: Madison Hoerner, Olivia Cheslock, and Brookelle Anderson. Olivia andBrookelle swam and placed at the LL Meet.
Girls' Basketball qualified for the PIAA District 3 tournament, but fell on the road at Bermudian Springs in the finalminutes of the game.
Bowling sent Ambrose Shirk, Fred Stahley, Bryce Lentz, Aliza Shirk, and Lillie Letizia to Districts. Aliza was LLrunner up in girls' singles as a freshman!
Wrestling sent six wrestlersto Sectionals: Colin Leonard,Nick Winters, Nick Good -year, Brandon Breidegan,Seth Ebersole, and EthanHerb. Colin won the 132-pound weight class atDistricts, Nick Wintersfinished 2nd at 152, Ethanwas 3rd at 160, andBrandon, Seth, and NickGoodyear were 5th. LarsonStichler placed 8th atDistricts also.
Congratulations to ourwinter athletes! We are veryproud of you!
AUTISM AWARENESS WALK 2019
Unfortunately, the Autism Awareness Walk that was previouslyscheduled for Saturday, 4/27/19 will not be held; however, look forinformation in regards to the community/county wide AutismAwareness Walk 2020 that will be held in Lebanon County.
Thank you for your support in the past and the future! We lookforward to seeing you in 2020!
Sincerely,Allison Gosch, Social Worker
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NLMS Has a Fun-Filled Mini-ThonThe Northern Lebanon MiddleSchool students held their firstever mini thon and had a grandtotal of $19,655.00!!!
Advisors for the first ever NLMiddle School Mini Thon are Mr.Benjamin Baird and Mrs. HollyPlummer. A huge thank you to allwho have volunteered their timeinto making this night a success!!
MLMS and NLHS Double the Fun with MiniThons!! #For the Kids
NL Middle School Holds Annual Spelling BeeOn November 30, 2018 twenty of the best spellers in the middle school competed inthe school's annual spelling bee! After 34 grueling rounds and a total of 163 words,four students came out on top. Fourth place went to 7th grade student, JosephEscobales. Third place went to 8th grade student, Taryn Rorabaugh and second placewas captured by 8th grade student, Jordan Troup. The grand champion of theNorthern Lebanon Spelling Bee was 8th grade student and reigning champion,Gurleen Singh, with her winning word "cohesive." All four students will receive acash prize and had moved on to the WITF Spelling Bee in January!! We wished themluck as they continued to spell their way to the top!! Congratulations to all those whocompeted in the spelling bee!! We are very P R O U D of you all!!!
Gurleen Singh, Mr. Ryan Stewart, Jordan Troup
NL Mini-Thon 2019NLHS’s 5th Mini-THON is right around the corner. Our theme this year is RoaringAway Cancer and our high school students are getting excited about joining thefight against Pediatric Cancer. This year’s Mini-THON will be held on March 30thfrom 7 PM continuing overnight and ending at 7:00 AM on March 31st. In addi-tion we will be holding our annual Mini-THON Community Night on Friday, March 29th from 5-8 at the High School.Community Night consists of games and activities, Hresko’s Bar-B-Q and lots of fun! Tickets for the BBQ can bepurchased ahead of time by contacting the High School Guidance Office. We are offering a Chicken Leg Quarter,Baked Potato, Apple Sauce & Roll for $7.50 or Pulled Pork, Baked Potato, Coleslaw & Roll for $8.50. Walkups willbe available on a first come first serve basis. Hopefully you can join us for this fun filled night! #For the Kids
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EAST HANOVER HAPPENINGS
During the month of March, East Hanover is celebrating Read Across America and kicking off our “Hit the Books”program sponsored by the Harrisburg Senators! On March 1st, students and staffcelebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday by dressing up as their favorite Dr. Seuss charactersand participating in classroom activities like making green eggs and ham! Everyoneparticipated in a school-wide book buddies activity to read Dr. Seuss in the afternoonand Mrs. Hogg’s second grade even “camped out” with a good book! The followingweek, Joellen Litz read to fourth and fifth graders and talked about her work as aLebanon County Commissioner. Rascal, the Harrisburg Senators mascot, read to pri-mary grades and popped in to visit the older students to get everyone motivated toread and excited about attending a Harrisburg Senators game in May! We are thankfulfor our wonderful AFP who have joined in our efforts to motivate students to read!They have organized an evening for all students who participate in the “Hit theBooks” program to attend a Harrisburg Senators game with their families. Studentswill have the opportunity to march in a parade of readers with Rascal as part of thepre-game activities!
East Hanover Recognized Read Across America Week
Student of the 2nd TrimesterAmong the best and brightest!Great job, Lyndsie!!!!Lyndsie Bomgardner is a student who always strives forsuccess. As a student who comes to school every daywith a positive attitude, she is always ready to delve intolearning. Taking a leadership role, Lyndsie is alwaysgiving of her time and knowledge. Lyndsie will assistothers in the learning process and provide a hand ifsomeone is in need. A great role model all around isLyndsie Bomgardner!!
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First Graders are 100 Days Smarter!!!First grade celebrated the 100th day of school on Friday February8th. During the 100th Day of School, first graders enjoyed variousactivities throughout the day involving 100. They also dressed upas if they were 100 years old! What a sight! Some of the activitiesour East Hanover students were involved in on the 100th Day ofSchool were making a tie using 10 groups of ten showing 100stamps, counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s to reach 100 with their col-
lections of 100things, and writ-ing about whatthey might dowith 100 dollars.This is a culmination activity whichreinforces our studies of various numberpatterns, our hundreds chart and tensand ones value. We had a BLAST!
EH-Geographic Geo Bee Congratulations to our brightest of the bright who competed in the 2019 National GeographicGeo Bee at EH on Tuesday, January 13th, 2019. The questions were tricky and our students roseto the challenge. It was a spectacular day at East Hanover as our students were challenged ontheir knowledge of Geography! Great job to all of our participants and spectacular work to ourthree finalists, Sam Webb, Kaiden Beamesderfer & Lyndsie Bomgardner. Super Congrats toLyndsie for taking first place! You rock!!!!!!!
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1st Grade Celebrates the 100th Day of SchoolOn February 4th, first grade came together to celebrate the 100th day ofschool! Students arrived to school dressed like they were 100 years-old!The day began with reflecting back on what the students have learnedand accomplished since the beginning of the year. Students were excitedto share all that they’ve done on mobiles that are now displayed in thehallways of the school. Next, students had the opportunity to share their100th Day of School posters they created with their families. First graderswere asked to create a poster using 100 items of their choosing! Studentsgot creative and used objects such as popsicle sticks, dog treats, balloons,and more to create structures and pictures on their posters!
Finally, 1st grade embarked on a mission to save Zero the Hero. Theyreceived their Secret Agent badges and were “scanned” into Spy Head -quarters. From there, students received instructions on how to save Zerothe Hero. The students moved through different case files around theroom and completed tasks that led them to clues about Zero’s last-knownlocation. The case files included writing numbers 1-100 with spy pens,using magnify glasses to count tens/ones, building structures to supportthe weight of 100 pennies, among others! After completing all the casefiles, students reassembled to put their clues together. We discovered hewas last seen “where you run and eat” (the gym!).
To everyone’s excitement, Zero the Hero left a special snack in the gym:Ice Cream Sandwiches! First grade loved the activities!
Fredericksburg Focus
Fredericksburg Elementary Geography BeeOn Thursday, January 17th, Fredericksburg Elementary held their annual Geography Bee. Each student in fourthand fifth grade participated in a classroom bee to determine which students would participate in the school bee.Mr. Mays’s fourth grade classroom was represented by Kassidy Showers, Tayten Stevens, Bryce Martin, and DaxxDunlap. In fifth grade, Mrs. Long’s classroom was represented by Rachel Troup and Madyson Field, and Mrs.Mays’s classroom was represented by Makayla White and Chase Mohn.
During the bee, the students answered questions relating to cities, land formations, bodies of water, historic build-ings, and climate around the world. The school Geography Bee began with five rounds of questions designed toreduce the number of participants to two. During the fifth round, the third-place winner,Chase Mohn, and fourth place winner, Tayten Stevens, were determined. The final twostudents, RachelTroup and BryceMartin, movedonto theChampionshipround. After acloseChampionshipround, RachelTroup wascrowned theGeography Beechampion, withBryce Martinplacing second!
Girls on the Run, Is So Much Fun!!!Girls on the Run is a fun, empowering program in its second year of being offered after school for girls in grades3-5 at Fredericksburg Elementary School. This season we are so excited to have many returning girls and ourbiggest team yet! For ten weeks Mrs. Boyer, Mrs. Butz-Tobias, Mrs. Hulse, Mrs. Hillegas, Mrs. Smith, andMs. Routch have volunteered their time to be a coach, and will help guide the young ladies through powerfullyengaging lessons. The mission of Girls on the Run is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident by using afun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. The lessons each week are set up to helpgirls gain confidence in themselves. We will also be doing a community based project where we do somethinggreat for the community. This year, as a team, we chose to help a student here at Fredericksburg who is battlingcancer. At our next Fredericksburg movie night, we’ll have a Girls on the Run bake sale. All proceeds will godirectly to the family to help with medical expenses. The girls truly learn the value of giving with this project. Atthe end of the ten weeks of practices, we will all be participating in a 5K race together at Cumberland Valley HighSchool on Saturday, May 11! Many other Girls on the Run teams from all over the area will be there to join us!
As a team if we can help each girl realize their limitless potential and show her how she is free to pursue herdreams, then we have truly done our job! Girls on the Run is so much more than an exercise program, there aremany core values that will be taught throughout this 10-week program (see below). This is the second year thatwe have been able to offer this program at Fredericksburg, but we were pleasantly surprised with the amount ofreturning AND new interest we have had! We hope this program will be offered here for many years to come!During our first few practices, we have already had many lessons learned, goals met, new friends made, and moreimportantly a lot of smiles and giggles!
Girls on the Run honors its core values. We strive to:• Recognize our power and responsibility to be intentional in our decision making• Embrace our differences and find strength in our connectedness• Express joy, optimism and gratitude through our words, thoughts and actions• Nurture our physical, emotional and spiritual health• Lead with an open heart and assume positive intent• Stand up for ourselves and others
Social Emotional Learning Through Literature Companion ActivitiesSocial and self-awareness are foundational skills of social emotional learning. In developing the emotional sup-port program here at Northern Lebanon, students are working on identifying and demonstrating these skills. Acompanion unit based on “The Bad Seed” by Jory John helps students understand everyone has bad days but itis the good we find in these bad situations. The ability to accurately recognize one’s own emotions, thoughtsand values and how they influence behavior. Students are working on recognizing that there is good in every-thing, even stuff that seems bad atfirst. Understanding how to correctlycorrelate emotions with a situation isa skill being developed through sever-al activities that each student isadding to their “Becoming the BestSeed You Can Be” file folder andgraphic organizers. Students work onexpressing their views of their ownself awareness and how it connectsto being socially aware of how theiremotions affect other situations intheir daily life.
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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! First grade celebrated with our first ever book swap. Students broughtbooks to school that they no longer were reading at home. The books were displayed on long tables,and every student browsed the selections to find 5 “new” books to take home with them. After every-one found their treasures, students spread out around the room to read. The school-wide Februarybehavior reward for great behavior in the classroom was an ice cream treat. So, what better way to“chill out” with our new books then to enjoy ice cream while we read. It was an awesome way to kickoff Fredericksburg’s Read Across America week!
Book Swap
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CONGRATULATIONS toMrs. Carey – 4th Grade Teacherat Lickdale for receiving Teacherof the Month – March issue inAll About Families. Submitted byBrooke Kleinfelter.
Teacher of the Month
Geography BeeOur annual Geography Bee was held on January 22nd. All of our participants worked hard on answer-ing questions about so many countries. They did an awesome job!!!
IN THE LIMELIGHT AT LICKDALE
What does a PA state trooper, a meteorologist and a retired teacher havein common? They all love to read to students on Read Across AmericaDay! Each year, the students and staff of Lickdale Elementary Schoolcelebrate the birthday of the popular author, Dr. Seuss, with a wide rangeof activities. And this year was no exception!
Classrooms were visited by guest readers who not only read a story tothe students, but shared personal experiences of how reading impactstheir daily lives. We were very fortunate to have the following excitingvolunteer readers:
• Tom Russell (CBS21 meteorologist)• Beccah Hendrickson (WGAL 8 Reporter)• Rascal (Harrisburg Senators Mascot)• Trooper Sanger (PA State Police) • Judge Kim Wolfe (Magistrate Judge)• Mary Lou Colyer, Thelma Boyer and Deb Kern (Retired NorthernLebanon teachers)
• Staci Murray (NL School Board)• Dr. Bentzel (NL Superintendent)• Dr. McInerney (Lickdale Principal)
All students also had the opportunity to choose a free book to take homefor their personal library. The Lickdale Association of Faculty and Parentspurchased the books and fun gel pens through book fair credits andother fundraising efforts. The day concluded with reading activities withour cross aged Reading Buddies! What a great ending to an amazing day!
Read Across America Day at Lickdale Elementary
Antonia Triantafyllou(1st), Alexis Schreckengost(2nd), Lia Almer(3rd) Congratulations to all!!
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The elementary schools are set to promote the Jump Ropefor Heart Program to fight against Heart Disease and Stroke.All monies collected will go to help local families that are apart of the American Heart Association and are in need ofmedical assistance. The schools will be having a fantasticpromotional assembly on March 25th and 26th to kick offthis year’s event. Schools will start the process of askingfamily members and friends for donations using various strategies includingonline and envelopes to increase revenue for this great cause. A victory cele-bration in their perspective schools will occur after the program collectionwindow ends. We hope you will be a part of this process as each schoolattempts to reach their goals for the year.
Please think about giving to this excellent program! Students collectingdonations will receive awesome Thank-You gifts as a token of thanks fromthe American Heart Association. All students who collect money will receive these gifts later in the schoolyear during Physical Education classes. Please encourage your child(ren) to participate in this excellentopportunity. Please visit the following web-site to set up a donation for your child.
http://american.heart.org/kidsheartchallenge/, then search for your child’s school.
Please contact us for questions regarding this program.
Mr. Gray-Lickdale and Fredericksburg Elementary Schools:[email protected]
Please be on the lookout for your child’s Jump Rope for Heart informational flyer and envelope afterthe assembly.
Collecting Tips and important information:1 – Do not SEND CASH in your child’s envelope, instead deposit cash in your account and write a
check to the American Heart Association.2 – Please do NOT allow your child to collect money door to door.3 – Check with your work place as some companies offer matching donations.4 – DONATE ONLINE by setting it up online with the instructions given after the assembly.5 – Have fun and allow your child to experience the gift of giving!!
Thank you in advance for being a HEART HERO!!
Mr. Gray, and Mrs. CollHealth and Physical EducatorsNorthern Lebanon School District
Jump Rope for Heart 2019
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The past few weeks have been a flurry of activity and learning for Mrs. Henne's first grade class.Living history occurred for President's Day when we had a surprise visit by President Lincoln, whoread aloud to our class and shared many historical events and artifacts with us. We loved learningabout history through our personal interactions with this local reenactor!
Contraction Surgery was also on the schedule recently as a fun and engaging way to learn how toread and write contraction words. Our classroom "surgeons" suited up in their lab coats, face masksand safety gloves to perform this exciting and necessary procedure to better understand some of thetricky words we use in the English language.
The Love of Reading was a big focus during the month of February. Each week our class chose twoauthors/book series to read, discuss and compare. At the end of each week the students voted forwhich author/series they "loved more" and shared their opinions and reasons with one anotherthrough very lively book talks. We then asked the students in other grade levels to share their opin-ions about the chosen authors/series and asked them to vote for their "most loved" author/series.First grade was so excited to see what their peers chose and how it compared to their votes.
During the final week of February, the students had a blast celebrating Dr. Seuss Spirit Week!Students showed their excitement each day wearing fun hats, socks and special shirts. Some studentsreally went above and beyond, creating unique t-shirts for each day's activity. Read Across AmericaDay culminated a week of fun with a special guest appearance by the Harrisburg Senators' mascot,Rascal, who came to read to our class. We also had a terrific time reading and sharing a special snackwith our Book Buddies!
All this first grade fun has kept the winter blues away!
First Grade Flurries!!
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Jonestown Journal
These students worked hard to earn a spot in our school’sGeography Bee and finished top 3! Our first place winner,Hope, moved on to take a state qualifier exam. Great job toall participants and congratulations to our finalists!
Jonestown’s Geography Bee
Jonestown Student CouncilIn February, Jonestown’s Student Council came in to school early two days to celebrate “No NameCalling Week” and “Random Act of Kindness Day”. The students spread positive messages through-out the school to build and support positive culture. They also took beverage orders and handdelivered coffee and hot chocolate to staff and bus drivers!
Pictured (from left to right):Isabella Fiore, Connor Koch, Hope Murphy
As part of our PA Career Readinessrequirements, we used our Februarycareer day to encourage students todress the part of what they mightaspire to be when they grow up.Thanks to all of our students whoshowed up in their awesome outfits!
Kindergarten CelebratingCareer Readiness
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3/29 E. Hanover Spring Picture Day4/2 School Board Committee Meeting; 7:00 PM4/8 High School Spring Picture Day4/9 School Board Meeting4/10 Senior Citizen Dinner; 1:00 PM – NLHS Cafeteria4/14 Palm Sunday4/17 School In Session – Snow Make-up Day4/18 Early Dismissal –Easter Break4/19 Good Friday – School Closed4/21 Easter4/22 School in Session – Snow Make-Up Day4/26 NLHS Jr./Sr. Prom5/2 NLMS Environthon; NLHS Pops Concert-7:00PM; NLMS Book Fair5/3 NLMS Book Fair; E. Hanover Art Show5/4 High School/Middle School Band Concert; 7:00 PM5/6 Fredericksburg/Lickdale Chorus Concert; 7:00 PM5/7 School Board Committee Meeting; 7:00 PM5/8 E. Hanover/Jonestown Chorus Concert; 7:00 PM5/9 NLMS Chorus/Pops Spring Concert; 7:00 PM; NLMS Unified Arts Festival5/10 NLHS 9th Grade Class Trip5/12 Mother’s Day5/14 School Board Meeting; 7:00 PM5/15 Elementary Spring Band Concert; 7:00 PM5/16 NLHS Academic Awards Program5/18 NLMS 8th Grade Formal; 5:00 PM5/21 NLMS Recognition Program; 7:00 PM5/24 Jonestown Elementary Art Show5/27 Memorial Day – School Closed5/28 Incoming 6th Grade Parent Orientation; 6:30PM5/31 NLMS 6th Grade Trip to Levitz Park; 7th Grade Field Trip; 8th grade Field Trip
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Northern Lebanon School District is an equal op por tu ni ty ed u ca tion in sti tu tion and will notdis crim i nate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion, and disability in its activi-ties, pro grams, or em ploy ment practices as required by Title VI, Title IX, and Section 504. District con-tact person is Su per in ten dent of Schools, 865-2117.
NorthernLebanonWeb Site
http://www.norleb.k12.pa.us
EMERGENCY SCHOOLCLOSINGS/DELAYSCancellation of school because of inclementweather or other emergencies will be announcedon local radio and television stations. Emergencyclosings are announced on the followingstations:
Upcoming Senior CitizenLuncheon• April 10, 2019 at 1:00 pmNorthern Lebanon High SchoolCafeteria
All area seniors are invited.
SUBSTITUTE STAFF NEEDED!The district is in need of instructional assistants, personal careassistants, secretaries, nurses and custodians.
If you’re interested in working as a substitute for the NorthernLebanon School District, please call 865-0541 ext. 2502 for moreinformation.
For reservations, contact the senior citizen group you belongto. If you do not belong to a group and would like to attendthe luncheon(s), please call Pat Martin, 865-0541, ext. 2501.
