Mr. Hauer’s and student teacher Mrs. Ivey celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with students by recognizing good deeds. Each time a good deed was recognized, the students were able to deliver a new holiday accessory to elementary school principal Mr. Fetterman.
The following students have all been awarded "Musician of the Week" by Ms. Holtzman over the last few weeks. These students showed respect, helped others, listened well, followed rules, and participated in class. They served as great role models for their classmates.
Congratulations to Kennedy Devine, Chase Keefer, Madalyn Visnosky, Haley Hampton, Landon Persing, Hailey Gemberling, Levin Greco, and Ethan Heiser.
Students in Ms. Habowski's Second Grade class practiced math concepts to help build fruit loop rainbows in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.
Additionally, students from Mrs. Rhodes and Ms. Habowski's Second Grade classes participated in an AG reading activity. Miss Ashley from Rohrbach's came to read to the students, and she did a small activity with the two classes.
Southern Columbia Area School District proudly presents "Bye Bye Birdie." The show will be performed March 23-25 at 7:00pm. Below is the link to purchase tickets for the show. Any questions can be sent to lholtzman@scasd.us. Community members can also come on Monday 3/20, Tuesday 3/21, and Wednesday 3/22 from 5pm-7pm in the New Gym Lobby to purchase tickets.
https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/12-1234567/63c033a642555d3eba0828cb/tickets
Lucky the Leprechaun visited Mrs. Higgins's classroom today. The students created a leprechaun trap, wrote letters to the leprechaun, and together with Mrs. Gledhill, the students observed and tasted "ALL THINGS GREEN." They enjoyed green pancakes, green gummy bears, green juice, green beans, green kiwi, green apples, green peeps, and green Jell-O. The students wrote about their observations and shared them with the class.
Mrs. Hower's 3rd Grade class had plenty of St. Patrick's Day spirit too!
First Grade had a reading challenge over the weekend and was rewarded by getting to "pie" their teacher on Pi Day!
Read Across America Week concluded today with a variety of guest readers across a number of different classes in G.C. Hartman Elementary School. We are so thankful for all of the readers who volunteered their time throughout the week.
Our second installment of "Teachers of Tomorrow" takes us to G.C. Hartman Elementary School, where Madison Hiltpold is student teaching with Mrs. Petro. We hope you enjoy getting to know our aspiring educators over the next couple of months.
FINAL REMINDER: Have you ordered your 2023 Yearbook yet? If not, visit the link below and search for your school(s) of choice. Books for G.C. Hartman Elementary, Southern Columbia Middle School, and Southern Columbia High School can all be ordered from the same site, but make sure you are ordering for the correct school if you are placing multiple orders. Thank you! https://www.jostens.com/yearbooks/students-and-parents/about-yearbooks#affiliate
School Nurse Mrs. Spade and School Police Officer Kent Lane both read to Mrs. Pfirman's Third Grade class yesterday. The entire grade was also surprised with a special visit from Thing 1 and Thing 2 (also known as Mrs. Spotts' brothers) while their mother read to the students.
Freshman, Michaela Williams, will represent our school by playing her violin on WBRE TV station's "PA Live" program this afternoon, which will air from 3:00 - 4:00 PM. Be sure to catch her performance! Congratulations Michaela!
It has been a fun and eventful past week in First Grade. Events included Mr. Fetterman visiting the classroom and reading to students for Read Across America week, taking advantage of nice weather to practice comparing numbers with chalk outdoors, and a completely unplanned match amongst four students in totally different classes on "Fancy" day.
Third Grade students visited the High School on Friday to participate in Presidents' Day activities including an art activity, critical thinking, and writing. The Third Graders were assisted by Miss Hoffman's 9th graders, and the proceedings ended with students singing a song about presidents.
On Friday, the SCA Class of 2025 hosted the 4th annual Daddy/Daughter Dance in the G.C. Hartman Elementary Gymnasium. Girls in grades K-5 attended the event with their fathers, or other special someone, and enjoyed music, dancing, and refreshments with their friends.
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! The Elementary Library is celebrating "Read Across America Week" by making Dr. Seuss a birthday cake. Cakes may not contain any food items and must be made with the intention of a book, author, reading series, or Dr. Seuss theme. Be creative, just like Dr. Seuss! Cakes are being collected this week and the last day to submit a cake is Friday, February 24. Winners will receive a $10.00 voucher to use at the spring book fair.
Parents/Guardians take a few minutes to view the mid-year Technology Update from the Tech Office. The link provides updates in addition to a demo of learning tools to help students. View the update at the following YouTube Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn3xm2kIn_8
Students in 2nd grade have been learning about our world. Mrs. Rhodes' students created a human compass rose to learn directions.
Students in 2nd grade recently completed research about Pennsylvania. They learned how to do a Google search for our state tree, flower, and animal. They then went on to research some fun and interesting facts about PA.
February is Heart Awareness Month. Hudson, a second-grade student in Ms. Habowski's class, read a book and presented information on Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) in honor of his little brother.
Southern Columbia Area School District proudly presents "Bye Bye Birdie." The show will be performed March 23-25 at 7:00pm. Below is the link to purchase tickets for the show. Any questions can be sent to lholtzman@scasd.us.
https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/12-1234567/63c033a642555d3eba0828cb/tickets
