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During the FAME week, students recycled paper from the art scrap box. They tore it into small pieces, added water and blended it into new pulp. They used recycled materials, like tin cans, window screening and hardware cloth to make new paper. The new paper was collaged into a permanent piece of art to hang in the school. Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers inspired the artwork.

Submitted by: Susan Joseph, Art Teacher F. A. March Elementary School

Last week’s mystery voice was the voice of

DAVE CAPPS!

Many of you were able to recognize his voice, but the first person to guess correctly was

KAREN BORGHI

from Tracy School!

March Elementary School has settled into its new location on 12th Street. The students and staff unveiled the theme for the new school year: Rebuild, Reuse, and Return. The students and staff are excited by the renovations taking place on Reeder Street, as the building is being REBUILT for the next 100 years.  They are grateful to share and RE-USE the Middle School space this year. As a result, the children are enjoying wider hallways, lockers, and the beautiful pond outside the cafeteria, as well as, new playground equipment, and more exercise as they navigate the space on a daily basis. They have comfortably settled into their new home and all are anticipating the RETURN trip to March during the 2009-2010 school year. They are anxious to see updated pictures as the renovation progresses. To help kick-off the school year theme, the students were given t-shirts by the PTA with the Little Leopard mascot promoting the recycling theme.  Susan Joseph, the Art and Technology Specialist at March School, designed the t-shirt logo. 

Submitted by: Elyse Costello 3rd Grade teacher

                                F. A. March Elementary School

REBUILD, REUSE, RETURN at March

AUSTRIAN STUDENTS visit EAHS GERMAN STUDENTS

The German classes in the World Language Department at the High School had the pleasure of hosting a group of 12 Austrian students and their English/Math teacher during the week of September 16-23.  Organized by Frau(Mrs. Doerr), the Austrian students lived with host families and attended school with either their host brother/sister or a German student “buddy”.   Teachers across the curriculum welcomed our guests into their classrooms as well,  allowing them to participate in gym classes, science labs, fashion merchandising, computer programming, and math, to name just a few.  Lunch time was apparently a favorite among both our students and the Austrians –time was spent socializing and comparing cultures.

Faculty and staff also benefited from this visit.  Ms. Judy Koch, Math Department, was kind enough to host Frau Stuckler, the Austrian teacher.   Frau Stuckler spent time in Ms. Koch’s classes and also visited other Math classes.  Brenda Hinz, (math), Mr. Semanek, Mrs. Carannza (both science), Mrs. Overhiser (security), and Mrs. McNamara (learning support), all hosted a student or students.

Students exchanged cellphone numbers and e-mail addresses and are already contacting each other.  The American students were all quite impressed with the Austrians’ command of  English – and it seems to have motivated our students to practice their German!  It was a pleasure to see the students interacting and it was obvious both sides did not want to say “Auf Wiedersehen”.

During their stay in the Easton Area, the group also visited Martin Guitare, Lehigh University, saw “The Dark Knight” and went shopping.  But when asked what the favorite part of their visit was, they all responded, “spending time at school”!!  Isn’t that wonderful?

News from Team 7 - 5

This week in Mrs. Kinney’s English classes, students are typing up the final draft of their Personal Narrative essay on the laptop computers.  In Mrs. Blake’s math classes, students are beginning to implement the process of writing open-ended questions and are continuing to work on Study Island.  In Social Studies, Mrs. Childs’ students are studying The Declaration of Independence and the impact it had on the United States, as well as, on the current government.   Miss. Kurylak’s students are creating a timeline on the laptop computers in order to plot the early events of United States history.  In Science class, Mrs. Gardner’s students are continuing their cytology unit by studying plant and animal cells.  In Mrs. Coon’s reading classes, students are typing up their book responses in MLA format on the laptop computers and other students are reading independently in order to prepare a journal entry for class on Friday. 

Summit on Underage Drinking

September 30, 2008

A Summit on Underage Drinking was recently held at Lafayette College.  Participants from local school districts discussed their efforts to effectively communicate to students, parents, and the community about teen drinking.  Attending the event were high school administrators, counselors, SADD Advisors and students, as well as Diana Heckman (ALERT) , DR. Silvestri (Lafayette College), and event organizer Patty Schultz.  Dr. Greenfield, Nan Sell Parry, and Kerri Leonard Ellison spoke to the group about the Alcohol Oversight Committee and the Social Norms Campaign being held at the High School.

Hosted by ALERT Partnership many valuable ideas were shared.

Pictured below, left to right -

Front: Kerri Leonard Ellison, Patty Schultz, Dr. Silvestri, Nan Sell Parry,

Dr. Greenfield  Back:  Christina Homfelt, Diana Heckman