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District News
Volume 38, Issue 3
Conewago Valley School District| 130 Berlin Road| New Oxford, PA 17350
April-May, 2015
Art Department News and Honors
Senior Amanda Wood received an Honorable Mention in the High
School Division of the 2015 Youth Wildlife Art Contest, held at the
Pennsylvania Game Commission. A formal presentation of the
awards at the Pennsylvania Game Commission Commissioner’s
meeting will be held on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at
9:30. Amanda’s artwork will be on display in the lobby of the Pennsylvania Game Commission, located at 2001 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA, from March 16 through April 10, 2015. The hours are
Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Senior Michael Burlingham received an Honorable Mention for his entry in the Magic Show cover competition. His entry will be featured in the program.
Junior Danielle Johnson's art picture was chosen to represent Greencastle Ladies Auxiliary Post # 6319 in the
Patriotic Art Contest. The next step is to be sent forward to State level for judging. Her art work represents
two of our very own faculty members, Mr. Todd Hirneisen and Mr. Colby Frantz, serving our country
Congratulations! Thank you for participating and using your talents to benefit our community!
CVIS SPRING CONCERTS
MUSIC LOVERS - SAVE THESE DATES: The
CVIS 4th Grade Spring Concert is on Thursday, May
7, 2015 in the district auditorium at 7:00 PM.
Performing groups are the 4th grade band, 4th grade
chorus, and 4th grade orchestra. The directors will
give the performing students exact report times,
places, and concert dress a few weeks before the
concert.
The CVIS 5th and 6th Grades Spring Concert is
Thursday, May 21, 2015 in the district auditorium at
7:00 PM. Performing groups are 5/6 band, 5th grade
chorus, 6th grade chorus, and the 5/6 orchestra.
Again, the directors will give the students, who are
performing in this concert, an exact report times,
places to report, and concert dress a few weeks
before the concert.
Donate Blood for
all the Little Reasons
Blood Drive in
Memory of Madalyn Jacoby
and in
Honor of Bekah Tuckey
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
from 1 - 8
At Conewago Valley Intermediate School
Call Patty Musselman at 717-624-2157
to schedule an appointment
Walk ins welcome,
but appointments are encouraged.
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DISTRICT LIBRARY NEWS: NOMS
Lock - In Events Benefit the Middle School Library
Team Discovery (7-3/8-3) and 8-2 teachers and students participated in a Lock-In Event to update the library’s
collection of books. Students assisted the librarian, Mrs. Foreman, with collection development in the
following ways: recommending specific titles, authors and subjects, reading book reviews in professional
journals, utilizing an online curriculum support tool to locate appropriate middle level books, and perusing the
Best Books of 2014 reading list.
Students are currently demonstrating their artistic skills with designing a bookplate to represent their team
donation. All books will be identified with this bookplate and also a Team Donation spine label. The students
raised $2,000 to purchase new books for the library. Check out the Team Discovery donations by accessing
Destiny Quest: Resource Lists.
http://destiny.conewago.k12.pa.us/quest/servlet/presentquestform.do?site=103&alreadyValidated=true
CTE Celebrates Dr. Seuss’s Birthday
In celebration of Dr. Seuss’s birthday, the Conewago Township Elementary School students participated in a
school-wide used book drive on March 3, 2015. Each of CTE's 24 classrooms competed to see who would
bring in the most gently used books and CDs. This valuable lesson stressed recycling and charitable giving.
The books were collected by the Friends of Guthrie Memorial Library in Hanover to be resold at their
Annual Used Book Sale on April 24th and 25th. Each child who brought in a donation received a Cat in the
Hat book mark and stickers. Every student at CTE will receive a coupon for a free book at the book sale in
April.
Close to 1,000 books were brought in by the enthusiastic students. Two classes will enjoy a pizza party for
bringing in the most books! Congratulations to Ms. Hoffman's class and Ms. Groft's class, who were the
lucky winners with over 500 donated books between the two. Thanks to all who participated in this very
successful event!
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8-2 Happenings
Middle school teachers love to have fun while offering rewarding and challenging programs for their students. The teachers on 8-2
are no exception and this year, because of the great kids on the team, 8-2 has had more fun than ever!
Our Dress for Success program just finished its second session. On D days, students who want to
participate dress in business casual clothing; this is recorded in homeroom for each of seven cycles.
Students who dress professionally for five of the seven days earn a pizza lunch. This time around,
we had 45 students participate, with nineteen students dressing for success often enough for pizza:
Kamdyn Balko, Austin Brotherton, Julianna Feuerstein, Bryli Lookenbill, Jackson Saner, Briar
Sauble, Kaylee Swift, Dru Harlacher, Rileigh Smith, Daelyn Stabler, Liliana Medina, Citlally
Aguilera, My-Hoa Do, Cory Hess, Sydnee Loy, Dylan McFeaters, Jissel Quinteros-Ventura, Rohan
Rashid, and Brennan Romanoff. Research shows when students feel good about themselves, they
perform better in school, and 8-2 students are lookin’ good!
As the second trimester came to a close, the 8-2 teachers wanted
to do something fun for the students who regularly do what is
expected of them, while at the same time, they wanted to offer
extra support for those students who needed it. A March
Madness day was planned in which students who earned it,
participated in academic and athletic challenges. Students who
needed support were given time in the computer lab to work on
missing and/or challenging assignments. Mr. Heird hosted a 24
Challenge tournament as his academic event, and Justin Gruver
was the winner. Other winners included Rachel Cole, Shaylin
Bentz, Tony Lua, Acxel Alvarez, and Wyatt Taughinbaugh in
the Tower of Power; Bryli Lookenbill, Nick Gutshall, Kaylee
Swift, and Sarah Wise in the Ball Catcher competition; Citlally Aguilera, Sydnee Loy, Ally Culp, My-Hoa Do, and Kayla Starling
in Scrutineyes; Dakota Reid and Dylan McFeaters in Fishbowl; and Caleb Brown, Sam Garrison, Briar Sauble, and Nathan
Armstrong in History Hodgepodge Trivia. The scores from the morning events were combined with the athletic events in the
afternoon; with four academic and three athletic first places, Mr. Steenstra’s homeroom won the prize of breakfast from
McDonald’s.
8-2’s originally scheduled Lock-in was cancelled due to weather; it was rescheduled for
March 13-14 and went off without a hitch. Lock-ins are fundraisers; this year 8-2, following
the lead of the blended team, chose to support the middle school library, which had no money
in its budget for new books. The lock-in unofficially started at Infinito’s with a fundraising
event. A number of students and their families, as well as the 8-2 teachers, gathered for dinner
before heading to the school for the rest of the evening. Forty-six students had signed up for
the lock-in and by 7:45, they were ready to go. The evening started with trivia, an 8-2 lock-in
tradition. The game was made up of pop culture, academic, and internet questions, and was
won by the team of Tre Hooper, Maria Robinson, and Andrew Lippy. Next up, students could play board games upstairs or take a
turn at a human version of Hungry, Hungry Hippo in the gym. Hannah Shearer, Sydnee Loy, and Bryli Lookinbill beat the teacher
teams of Mr. Heird/Mr. Starner and Mr. Harned/Mr. Angelini to win the overall
event. The Scavenger Hunt in the dark was next; the team of Tyler Raubenstine,
Tre Hooper, Kamdyn Balko, and Sarah Wise won with the best score ever recorded
in this event! Soon after, it was movie time and then lights out. Students were
awakened at 7:00 am with Reveille played over the PA system. They ate fresh
donuts generously supplied by the New Oxford Coffee Company and were picked
up and on their way home by 8:00. The 8-2 teachers agreed – this was one of the
best lock-ins ever. Not only because the team raised enough money to buy Mrs.
Foreman’s entire library book wish list, but also because the students who attended
were there to have a good time and that makes all the difference!
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CTE & NOE Career Day
On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, both Conewago Township
Elementary and New Oxford Elementary hosted a Career Day for
all third grade students. We had numerous businesses in our area
volunteer their time to present to our students including, but not
limited to, Elsner Engineering, Ghostechs, JoBo Holstein Farm
LLC, Lincoln Bus Lines, Olde Glory Contractors, Penn Township
Police Department, and S.A.V.E.S Medic 46. We also had the
privilege to have Adams County Tech Prep come and speak to the
students.
At the elementary
level, the career
readiness goal of the
Guidance Department is to make the connection between
individual interests and career choice. We encourage our
students to find that spark of interest and explore where that can
lead. Each third grader was given the opportunity to choose
three career presentations in which they had an interest. During
the sessions, the presenters shared background about their
particular business, a description of their work environment,
skills needed to perform their job, training needed to prepare
them for the job, and the interests they had that led them to this
career choice. Our third grade students enjoyed a successful
day!
Jump Rope for HEART
Valentines for Veterans
Students from CVSD participated in Jump Rope for Heart
from February 20-27, 2015 during their physical education
classes. The students had a lot of fun jumping rope! They
participated in a variety of activities which included single
rope jumping, partner jumping, and group jumping.
Students in Mrs. Bollinger's second grade
class at New Oxford Elementary traveled to
the Brethren Home to make valentines for
some of the residents there. The residents
were veterans who served in one of the
branches of the Armed Forces. The students
learned many things about the veterans
while enjoying making enough valentines
for them to enjoy and share. The Brethren
Home residents were thrilled to have the
visitors. They received many well wishes
and valentine greetings during the activity.
The day was a great way to celebrate
Valentine’s
Day
and
Veteran’s Day
during
the
month
of
February.
The total raised was $2,851 (CTE), $2,233 (NOE), $8,884
(CVIS) and $290 (NOMS).
Total for the District was
$16,447. The money was donated to the American Heart
Association.
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Romanoff chooses college
Keegan Romanoff will be attending Alderson Broaddus University to play football. Alderson Broaddus University, informally known as "A-B", is a private, four-year liberal arts university, located in Philippi, West Virginia. Alderson Broaddus
University is a member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) was
approved by the NCAA Division II Membership Committee in
February of 2012 as a member conference and earned active
status in July of 2013, after completing an educational assessment program in 2012-13. The conference began competition
as the 24th active NCAA Division II conference in 2013-14.
District News
Art students honored
during Youth Art Month
In honor of Youth Art Month, the following students are to be commended for
their exceptional artwork displayed at
Cross Keys Village, The Brethren Home
Community. Artwork from Conewago
Township Elementary, New Oxford Elementary and Conewago Valley Intermediate School were selected by the students’ art teacher for this exhibit. Congratulations to these students for their
outstanding efforts in the study and creation of art!
New Oxford Elementary: Lillia Green,
Evan Batts, Cami Wentz, Jayden Wolf,
Jose Zavala, Sara DeHaven, Quiana Lee,
Annalie Frantz, Madelin Hockensmith
Conewago
Township
Elementary:
Drake Boyer, David Duncan, Hillary Christner, Ashton McMyne, William Schuck,
Jamison Cluck, Zoi Tsourakis, Laya Srour,
Madelyn Greenholt, Rylee Boyer
(seated L to R: Derek Romanoff (father), Keegan,
Danielle Romanoff (mother); standing L to R:
John Slage (position coach) and Jason Thurston
(Head Coach)
Conewago Valley Intermediate School:
Zoe Brown, Carlee Starner, Payton Diggins,
William Saner, Hayley Miller, Keagon LuaRyder, Ben Weaver, Caleb Yates, Dayaniz
Ramos, Leah Cool, Isabelle Kirkpatrick,
Riley Dodrer, Adam Reindollar, Brando
Gonzalez, Juliana Madrigal, Evelyn Martinez, Shaely Stabler, Braden Carver, Cloe
Shermeyer
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Athletic physicals for 2015-2016 will take place in June
Athletic physicals for students in grades 7 to 12, in the upcoming 2015-2016 school year, will be held on Monday,
June 8 and Thursday, June 11 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm in the high school lobby. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY TIME
ATHLETIC PHYSICALS ARE OFFERED FOR ATHLETES AT SCHOOL. There is a cost of $12.00 per student for physicals (subject to change).
Students with the last name beginning A-M should report June 8 and students with the last name beginning N-Z should
report June 11. Please see the cover sheet of the athletic physical packet for exact times. Physical packets will be
available on the school website under the sports section, in May.
IF THE STUDENT DOES NOT ATTEND THESE PHYSICAL DATES, IT WILL BE THE PARENTS’ RESPONSIBILITY TO GET A PIAA ATHLETIC PHYSICAL FOR THEIR CHILD (note: athletic physicals and
school physicals are two different types of paperwork).
ALL ATHLETES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PHYSICAL (DATED AFTER JUNE 1, 2015) BEFORE
PARTICIPATING IN ANY PIAA SPORT.
THE PIAA COMPREHENSIVE INITIAL PRE-PARTICIPATION PHYSICAL PACKET MUST BE COMPLETED. WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY OTHER PHYSICAL PAPERWORK.
If your question is not answered on the instruction page of the physical packet, you may contact the athletic trainer at 6242157.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Conewago Valley School District, in partnership with family and community, is to
educate students to their fullest potential so they grow to be productive and responsible citizens.
District Administration Office
130 Berlin Road, New Oxford, PA 17350
Phone: 717-624-2157 Fax: 717-624-5020
www.conewago.k12.pa.us
Dr. Russell Greenholt, District Superintendent
Dr. Christopher Rudisill, District Assistant Superintendent
Dr. Janet Trimmer, Supervisor of Special Education
Dr. Karen Sipe, Supervisor of Educational Programs
Mrs. Lori Duncan, Business Manager
Ms. Bobbi Miller, Transportation Director
Mr. Steven Long, Coordinator of Computer Services and Technology
Mr. Jeffrey Murren, Head of Maintenance
Mr. Brian Eckert, Head of Grounds
The Conewago Valley School District does not discriminate or deny services in its educational programs or activities nor in its employment practices on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, age, religion, ancestry, sexual orientation, disability, limited English proficiency, or any
other legally protected category as defined by: Title VI Civil Rights Act 1964, Title IX Educational Amendments 1972, Section 504 Rehabilitation act 1973, Age Discrimination in Employment Act 1967, Americans with Disabilities Act 1190, and Department of H.E.W. Office of Civil
Rights Guidelines. Any questions concerning the non discrimination policies, please contact the Assistant District Superintendent.