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
First Graders participated in an instrumental petting zoo yesterday. Students just finished their unit on instrument families, and the high school band members were more than excited to share their talents and instruments with the children.
High School Spanish students made their monthly visit to all of the Kindergarten classes to teach them some Spanish words related to Valentine's Day. They also had a special surprise for each of the children. Gracias to all of the high school students for the valentines!
Miss. Hunter's First Grade class teamed up with the Mrs. Zysset's Parenting class for a fun project. Second graders drew characters and wrote a story to go along with it. The Parenting class students turned their characters into stuffed animals that they were able to take home as their own!
Ms. Rhodes' class took time on Friday to celebrate their 100th day of growing smarter in 2nd grade. First, Ms. Rhodes hid 100 Hershey Kisses and Rolos around the room. After finding them all, the students had to figure out how many equal shares they each got out of those 100 pieces. The class also made their 100th day snack out of cookies and created themselves as a 100 year old.
Here are our musicians of the week: Marisa Rarig from Mrs. Spotts' class and Ethan Daubert from Mrs. Hower's class! Both students showed respect in Ms. Holtzman's room and were big helpers this week when it came to keeping the class on track and focused in the music room. Way to go you two!
