Who: Middle School and High School Students and Staff🍂
What: Thanksgiving Spirit Days 🦃
When: Next week!🥧
Please see the attached flyer for more details.
Family and Consumer Sciences students have been busy in the kitchen this week. Cooking on Your Own students whipped up brownies from scratch and International Foods students prepared eye-catching crepes.
On Saturday, November 11, the Choir, Band, and Encore students are hosting a "Whodunnit?" Dinner Theatre! There will be a murder mystery play titled "Dead Men Don't Need Rehearsals." The other students will be your waiters, waitresses, and hostesses for the evening. We will be serving Lasagna, Chicken Tenders, Salads, and of course, desserts.
Adult tickets are $30.00 and children 10 and under are $10.00. A table at this event seats 8, so try to fill up a table with you and your friends! If interested please contact Lexi or Nick McWilliams, Shelley Pfirman, or Samantha Eyer (her number is on the flyers).
Happy Veterans Day from Mrs. Roulin's High School Art students and Art Club members!
Art students made placemats for the Veterans Day dinner hosted at the school, and Art Club members helped design a banner that is on display to welcome our local Veterans who will be honored at SCA on Friday.
The elementary building will be holding a food drive all of next week and throughout both parent conference days. Please see the flyer for more information!
On Monday, Lura Good from Hanna Radio collected the Penny War jugs that 3rd and 4th grade have been competing to fill. Lura is pushing a grocery cart for 32 miles starting today and ending Friday to raise money and awareness for the Central PA Food Bank. We are waiting to hear which grade level collected the most money in order to win a pizza party from Weis Markets.
We head back over to the Middle School for our next edition of "Together We’re Tigers."
Standing (Left to Right):
Mike Venna: 5th Grade Math Teacher with 23.5 years at SCA
Mike Keefer: Middle School Principal with 16 years in education and he's in his 1st year at SCA
Robert Visnosky: 6th Grade ELA and Social Studies Teacher with 23 years in education and 21 years at SCA
Seated (Left to Right):
Janelle Burcicki: 7th Grade ELA Teacher with 14 years in education and 9 years at SCA
Danelle Klebon: 7th Grade Learning Support Teacher with 24 years in education and 11 years at SCA
7th Grade Science students wrapped up a unit of learning about cells by examining some of their very own cheek cells under a microscope!
G.C. Hartman Elementary School Thanksgiving Spirit Days will be taking place next week! You can view the schedule in the attached file. 🦃🥧🍂
We're headed back to the Elementary School for this week's first installment of "Together We’re Tigers."
From Left to Right:
Elise Gledhill: Speech Pathologist with 11 years in education and 2 years at SCA
Katrina Venna: 4th Grade Teacher with 9 years in education and 7 years at SCA
Cassandra Gum: Elementary Emotional Support Teacher with 18 years in education and 8 years at SCA
Allison Shiko: Learning Support Paraprofessional with 16 years in education and 15 years at SCA
Here are some photos of 6th Grade Halloween fun from last week! 🎃
Reading is Sweet in 6th grade! Students who earned 25 AR points in the 1st marking period were treated with a donuts and & hot chocolate provided by Dunkin and SMART!
On Thursday, November 16, the Southern Columbia High School Varsity Club will be hosting the Powderpuff Game. The cost for spectators is $3 and only cash will be accepted. Come out and enjoy a great night of flag football!
In Elementary Library, Third and Fourth Grade students were treated to a virtual author visit from R.L. Stine, "The King of Horror" on Halloween. Stine read excerpts to our students from the first book of his Goosebumps "House of Shivers" series called "Scariest.Book.Ever." This book was just released last month. Students were also able to interact with Stine and ask him questions, and they played trivia at the end of the visit. Third and Fourth Grade students received a copy of the book as a gift from our librarian to have as a memory from the visit.
We invite all local business and industry leaders, parents, educators, and community members to attend the upcoming Local Advisory Committee meeting for Career and Technical Education (CTE) at Southern Columbia Area High School on Monday, November 20, 2023, at 6:45 PM in the Southern Columbia Area High School Library, located at 812 Southern Drive, Catawissa, PA. Your involvement and input are crucial in shaping the future of CTE programs in our district.
Agenda Highlights:
-Review of current CTE programs and their impact
-Updates on program growth and development
-Opportunities for community partnerships
-Program Expansion
-Open Discussion
Why Attend? Participating in this committee meeting provides a platform to:
-Influence the direction of CTE in our school district
-Learn about the latest developments in CTE education
-Share your valuable insights and perspectives
Your engagement is vital in ensuring that our CTE programs continue to meet the needs of our students and align with industry standards.
It is that time of year again. G.C. Hartman's Fall Book Fair is almost here! The fair will take place in person on your child's library class day from Monday, November 13 through Friday, November 17. Members of HART, or parents/guardians who have their clearances on file with the school, can sign up to help work the fair. Please follow this link to the Sign-Up Genius if you are interested. There is also information on the HART page as well.
Thank you for your time and help in making sure our kids have a successful fair!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F49AFAA28A0FF2-45856104-book
Pictured are the winners of the Family and Consumer Sciences carved and painted pumpkin contests. Child development students were tasked with painting a pumpkin based on a children's book. Students in foods classes were tasked with using their knife skills to carve a pumpkin. Pumpkins were voted on at the SCA Trunk or Treat night.
The third installment of "Together We're Tigers" takes us to the high school.
Standing (Left to Right)
Alec Sharrow: Technology Support Specialist in his 1st year at SCA
Kristen Vitkauskas: High School Science Teacher 27 years in education and 22 years at SCA
Dean Brewer: Physics Teacher with 32 years in education and 30 years at SCA
Andrea Borys: World Language Teacher with 20 years in education and 11 years at SCA
Linn Robinson: Spanish Teacher with 22 years in education and 19 years at SCA
Seated (Left to Right)
Richard Roughton: Technology Education Teacher and Cooperative Education Coordinator with 15 years in education and 4 years at SCA
Shannon Troutman: Mathematics Teacher with 29 years in education and 26 years at SCA
Maria Nunkester: Mathematics Department Head and HS Math Teacher with 29 years in education and 27 years at SCA
Tina Kistler: High School Math Teacher with 27 years in education and 23 years at SCA
Here is our next edition of "Together We’re Tigers"!
Standing (Left to Right)
Dave Fegley: 6th Grade Math Teacher with 10 years at SCA
Jena Nestico: Middle School Learning Support Teacher with 14 years in education and 11 years at SCA
Tiffany Bloom: 6th grade ELA Teacher with 19 years in education and 14 years at SCA
Cheryl Gipple: ACCESS Secretary with 20 years at SCA
Julia Frey: Learning Support Teacher with 17 years in education and this is her 1st year at SCA
Connor Fulmer: Middle School Emotional Support in his 1st year at SCA
Seated (Left to Right)
Connie Lupold: Fifth Grade Science and Math Teacher with 31 years in education and 22 years at SCA
Tammy Toczylousky: Middle School Teacher with 34 years in education and 28 years at SCA
Gwen Yost: Paraprofessional with 2 years working at SCA
Michele Petro: 8th Grade Learning Support with 30 plus years working at SCA
Fifth Grade has had a week filled with learning and fun. Good behavior was recently celebrated with a lively game of rock paper scissors in the gym. Fifth Grade Science students were also introduced to the scientific method this week through the use of a pendulum experiment.
