Updated Employee Telephone Numbers 

Although our community has already experienced our first snow fall, the HR department is encouraging all employees to make sure their  telephone numbers, listed with the district, are current. If your number has recenlty changed, please update it by accessing the following form: www.chambersburg.k12.pa.us/phonechange. This will ensure that you continue to receive calls from our instant notification system in the event of a school closing, delay, or emergency.

Hamilton Heights Elementary, Project: TEAM 

HATS, GLOVES, & SCARVES DRIVE: Under the direction of Mrs. Linsey Covert, Guidance Counselor, Project: TEAM and Hamilton Heights Elementary successfully collected over 200 items (30 scarves, 100 hats, & 130 pairs of gloves), all of which will be distributed among our local schools and community.

FOOD DRIVE: Project: TEAM also organized a food drive during the months of October and November.  Nearly 400 items were colllected and donated to the Chambersburg Food Pantry.

TEAM TIMES: In addition, Project: TEAM has created a student  newspaper. The paper, created and run by a group of eight to ten students, covers the monthly success of Project: TEAM, as well as upcoming school events, study tips, and "spotlights" an adult in a leadership position. December's "spotlight" is an interview with Principal Nelson. The idea of the newspaper developed from a discussion between students Emma Wolfe & Drew Wible. The students will run their first issue in late December.

Project Tomorrow: Speak Up Survey

Chambersburg Reads

Across the district, students and our community participated in the "Chambersburg Reads" program. The program was established as a joint effort between the combined arts (fine arts & literature) to encourage reading and inspire service in our communities.

In celebration of the program, the school district purchased six different books (Listen to the Wind, The Two Bobbies, Pennies for Elephants, Letters for Soldiers, Have You Filled a Bucket Today, & Weezer Changes the World)  from the recommended reading list for all the elementary libraries.

Two guest readers, from the Conococheague Players, read to students at Benjamin Chambers and Andrew Buchanan Elementary Schools. The Conococheague Players read Listen to the Wind  by Greg Morteson. This is a picture book version of Three Cups of Tea,  an inspirational story about how (against many odds) Mr. Morteson built schools in Pakistan. 

After reading Letters to Soldiers  many students across the district wrote letters to deployed soldiers across the U.S. and around the world. This is a perfect example of authentic literacy, which is when student learning corresponds with real-world application. 

CASD Foundation Announces Recipients 

Chamberburg Area School District Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of its December round of teacher/staff grants. Seventeen proposals requesting over $72,000 in funding were reviewed by the CASD Foundation Board. The Board awarded $14,300 from its General Fund to fund seven projects at the elementary and secondary levels, an additional $13,040 from the Mary B. Sharpe Trust (held by the Foundation) to fund four additional projects in the District, and $3,340 from the Edna Stanley Trust (held by the Foundation) for a project at CASHS. This came to a grand total of $30,680 in grants.  

District Staff and Teachers Participate in

Angel Tree Campaign  

Thanks to the generosity and caring of our district staff,  teachers, and parents, families in our schools will experience the joy of  Christmas. Several schools, as well as the administration buidling, had "Angel Trees" placed in their lobbies, which were covered with tags. "All of the tags were taken off of our tree," stated Mrs. Linsey Covert, Guidance Counselor for Hamilton Heights Elementary. Mrs. Covert, Mrs. Brubaker, Mrs. Hultin, Mrs. Altland, and several other teachers spent the afternoon of December 20th wrapping gifts. It's clear that our staff and teachers are dedicated to our students-beyond the classroom, beyond the office.  

Hype Dance Team: Faust Jr. High School 

Getting everyone in the spirit of the season, the Hype Dance Team decorated the Christmas tree at the Chambersburg Cold-Weather Drop-In Shelter. 

Under the guidance of Mrs. McCollum, the students also worked together to make blankets.  

The students then donated the blankets to Craig Newcomer of Maranatha Ministries on December 15th.