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Word from the Super
College Financing Seminar
Students of the Month
Lurgan PTO Yard/Vendor Sale
Teacher Contract
Armed Forces Day
HACC Schedule
CASHS Art Exhibit
Buchanan Students Visited Shook Home
CASD Dental Screenings
FLC Annual Student Art Exhibit
CASD Foundation: Golf Tourne
Scotland Second Graders Plant a Tree
Guilford PTA Rocks!
Building Temperatures
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May 6, 2011
 

 

Word from the Super

 

  

The community is invited to CASHS auditorium on May 27th, from 12:30  

until 2:45 pm, to celebrate the senior class announcements and their  

college selections.

 

--Joe 

 

 

Worried About Paying for College?   

 

 

 

Patriot Federal Credit Union is holding  

a seminar called "College Financing"  

on May 17 at 7 pm. This seminar will  

be held at 800 Wayne Ave in  

Chambersburg and is open to the public.

 

 

 

Pre-registration is recommended but not required. You may  register  

online at www.patriotfcu.org/seminars.php or call 263-4444.  

 

 

 Students of the Month --April 

Elementary:  

Hamilton Heights - Alexandra Cason - 5th & Jeremiah Hubler - 5th 

CAMS:

Chaston Kunkleman - 6th & Hannah Zychal - 7th  

FAUST:    

Julienne Mack - 8th & Emily Decker - 9th  

CASHS:

Ian Dale - 12th & Jessica Kirwan - 11th  

FCCTC:  

Leah Morris - 11th & Cody Whitfield - 11th

 

 

 

 

 

  

Lurgan PTO Yard Sale

 

Lurgan Elementary School is hosting a Community Yard/Vendor Sale on  

May 21st from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm. Click here for a flyer with all of  

the details.     

  

Teacher Contract  

 

The teacher contract is now available online and can be found on the  

Human Resources site under Professional Staff Links:  

www.chambersburg.k12.pa.us/hr/professionalstafflinks.  

 

 

Letterkenny Armed Forces Day  

  

May is Military Appreciation Month, and in celebration Letterkenny Army  

Depot is sponsoring Armed Forces Day on May 21, 2011.

 

Letterkenny is soliciting participation from the public, vendors, and  

non-profit organizations alike to help make Armed Forces Day a huge  

community success.   

 

Armed Forces Day is a fun day for the family and is free to the public.

 

http://www.letterkenny.army.mil/afd.html

    

The Point of Contact for this event is: 

 

Specialist Jacqueline Gilbert

Comm: 717-267-5272

Jacqueline.m.gilbert@us.army.mil
 

Click on the following links to access the appropriate flyer:
AFD Nonprofit Registration Flyer 
 
AFD Profit Registration Flyer
AFD Vendors Registration Flyer
AFD Golf Tournament Registration Flyer 
 
 

HACC 

 HACC

Don't forget that HACC is enrolling for summer and fall courses.  

 

You may contact either:  Heather Watt, HACC Recruiter, hnwatt@hacc.edu or 717-337-3855, Ext. 3015 or Evelyn Weaver, esweaver@hacc.edu or 717-385-2821. 

 

Classes are being offered at FCCTC, CASHS, and the CASD building. Click here to view the fall schedule or go to www.hacc.edu and search "Franklin County" for course listings.

 

 

 CASHS Annual Art Exhibit 

 

Enjoy art? How about free admission? Well then, you're in luck. The annual CASHS Art Exhibit is still on display in the auditorium lobby at CASHS now through Sunday, May 8.  

It's open daily from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. 

 

 

The show features 13 senior art students as well as paintings, drawings, pottery, sculptures, prints, and digital and mixed media from dozens of other CASHS art students.  There will be approximately 75 students represented in the show.   

 

The CASHS seniors featured this year are: Chelsea Champion, Laura Guarriello, Marc Jacobs, Alex Swisher, Taylor Curfman, Erica Horn, Rachel Kilgore, Heather Myers, Zack Myers, Dustin Potteiger, Tori Ricker, Kevin Roth, and Allison Weaver.  

 

Support the arts and our students by stopping by CASHS this weekend.  

 

 

 

Andrew Buchanan Students Visit Shook Home   

 

On February 11, 2011, Andrew Buchanan students and their families spent the evening dancing and playing games at Shook Home with the assisted living residents. Each student that attended the dance gave a homemade Valentine Card to the residents. The cards were hand stamped by some of our students during "Stamp Night" the Friday before.  

 

Andrew Buchanan PTA has organized visits to Shook Home for the past two years. Our visits have also included Christmas caroling. In the spring, the residents will visit Buchanan for their musical programs.

 

 

 

 

 

CASD Health Services- Mandated Dental Screenings 

   

Important information regarding change to mandated dental screening program:

 

Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, the Chambersburg Area School District will switch from a dental hygiene program to a mandated dental screening program.

The mandated dental screening program consists of dental screenings for all students in kindergarten, 3rd grade and 7th grade only. 

 

What changes will teachers notice? 

·         The dental hygienist will no longer be giving classroom demonstrations or lessons in dental care to the students. 

·         At the elementary level, only those students in kindergarten and third grade will be given a dental screening if their private dentist has not seen them.

·          Seventh grade students were not given dental screenings in the past.  Under the mandated dental screening program, a dental professional at some point will screen all seventh grade students who are not seen by their family dentist during the school year.  

 

   

 

Franklin Learning Center's Annual Student Art Exhibit

& Musical Performance by Woody Wolfe

 

On Thursday, May 12th artwork created by students ages 5-21 will be showcased in the Franklin Learning Center at 2397 Loop Road.  The exhibit will display an array of artwork created from a variety of media.  The pieces were produced over the recent year and focus on the "ABC's of Art," providing a colorful and educational journey for viewers of all ages.  The free exhibit will last from 6-8pm and feature a musical performance by the children's singer and songwriter, Woody Wolfe.

 

Wolfe is a co-founder of  Heart to Hand Ministries Inc., a program providing musical outreach to children's hospitals, orphaned children, and those with special medical needs.  The fun folk musician currently provides music weekly in four Pennsylvania hospitals.  They are Janet Weis Children's Hospital in Danville, Penn State Children's Hospital in Hershey, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 

 

For more information please contact the Franklin Learning Center at 717-263-2700.

 

Below is a chalk pastel drawing titled "Pastel Daisy," created by Brandon Plantz.

 

 

 

 

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CASD Foundation Deadlines:

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Just a reminder:

 

17th Annual CASD Foundation Golf Tournament: Monday, May 9th, 1 pm: 4-person scramble at the Chambersburg Country Club.  Sponsors & golfers wanted!  Contact Beth Luka at 709-4091 for registration.  Limited to 120 golfers.

 

 

 

Scotland Second Graders Celebrate Arbor Day

 

On Friday, April 29th, the second grade class of teacher Theresa Reichard participated in a tree planting event to celebrate Arbor Day. After reading books about trees and discussing Earth Day with CASD Energy Manager, Connie Kelley, the students worked together to plant an ornamental plum tree purchased at Snavely's Garden Center.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The tree arrived by truck from the Frank J. Schmidt Nursery in Oregon. It should grow to about 14 or 15 feet in height and be visible to students throughout the years as a reminder of their efforts to help promote the benefit of trees in our world.

 

 

 

  

Guilford Hills PTA Rocks!  

 

In early April, Joann Vessah, Muriel Tukey and Katie Kough attended the annual Pennsylvania State PTA Convention in Scranton, PA.  

 

At the Saturday evening banquet, they accepted the award for the highest increase in male membership. In other words, no other PTA in the entire state signed up more men (percentage, not raw number)  from 2010 to 2011 than Guilford Hills.   

 

The PA State PTA reported that their increase (approx. 9%) was higher than the national average. For their efforts they will receive a FREE WatchD.O.G.S renewal kit for next year.

 

  

Building Temperatures   

 

The following temperatures settings are approved for the CASD buildings:

 

Heat: 68-72 degrees

Cool: 74-78 degrees

 

 

Board Docs

 

For more information about school board

business, including meeting agendas and related documents, visit BoardDocs under the school boardlink on the district website.

 

 

 
If you have news about student achievement, an upcoming school event, or other information of interest to the CASD community, visit www.chambersburg.k12.pa.us/sharethenews.

 

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