Issue: 5        
February 24, 2015

SCASD eNews 
In This Issue
Teacher Feature
Helping Hands Fair
State High Project
Camp Registration
Follow us on Instagram!
Straight Talk for Parents
Academic Calendars
Weather-related Notifications
Quick Links

Upcoming Events


DECA 64th Annual State Career Development Conference

Feb. 24-26

Hershey, PA 

 

Corl Street Elementary EXPO (snow make-up) 

Feb. 25, 6 p.m. 

 

Radio Park
SLAM Fair

Feb. 25 

 

PMEA Region III Chorus Festival

Feb. 25-28

Central Mountain High School 

 

Ferguson Township Elementary Art and Science Expo

Feb. 26


Regular Board Meetings
March 2 & 23, 7 p.m.
131 W. Nittany Ave.

Inaugural Literacy Festival 

March 2
Mount Nittany Elementary

Family Literacy Poetry Coffeehouse Night 

March 2, 6:15-8p.m.
Houserville Elementary

First Day of
Spring PIAA Practice
March 2

Helping Children Get Along with Others  

March 4
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Schlow Memorial Library

Spring Break-No School
March 9-11

Teacher In-service Day
March 11

Board Work Sessions
March 16 & 30, 7 p.m.
131 W. Nittany Ave.

Straight Talk for Parents: Managing Spirited or Strong-willed Children
March 17, 7-8:30 p.m.
Mount Nittany Middle School

Managing School Days
March 18
Noon-1:30 p.m. 
Schlow Memorial Library 
























 

 


Just twenty-four days 'til spring! News from around the district includes design work for the State High Project, school events and achievements, along with the latest Straight Talk for Parents topic.

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Teacher Feature
  
Introducing one of the District's many wonderful teachers each month

Andy Cunningham, Academic Literacy Teacher

Cunningham, 36, teaches eighth-grade Academic Literacy classes, blending literary analysis, discussions, blog-writing, creative research projects and even drama into an engaging potpourri aimed at sharpening interpretive skills, making connections with the world and expanding horizons.

 

"He's just really fun," said Hannah Cropper, who's in one of Cunningham's five classes. "He makes the class fun by having different activities."

Program gives high school students chance to do hands-on lab work with Penn State faculty
female high school student in lab  
Through the State College Area High School Health Professionals program, high school students can earn two non-degree credits at Penn State and two credits at State High by spending two semesters in a lab at University Park under the direction of a Penn State faculty member.

Helping Hands Fair at Easterly Parkway

For the eighth year, Easterly Parkway's teachers and PTO organized the evening fair as a means of showing students the importance of community service. About 20 stations set up in the gym, hallways and classrooms offered chances to construct something for the benefit of mostly local nonprofit organizations and human service agencies.

 

Joined by their parents and siblings, students roamed among the stations amidst excited shouts and laughter.  

 

State High Project
Drawings such as these give a new dimension to the State High Project. To download and view more project drawings, please see:  www.scasd.org/statehighfuture/files
 


Submit your questions or comments about the State High project here. A project team member will get back to you. 
   
Our community. Our children. Our future. 
Summer camp registration is now open!

Registration for District summer camps opened Monday. This includes popular camps such as Sports 'n Shorts and Art in August, new camps for middle-school age children and more!

For information, see: http://www.scasd.org/SummerCamps
To register, see http://www.scasd.org/CommunityEd
Follow us on Instagram! @StateCollegeSchoolDistrict
Straight Talk for Parents Series:
Managing Spirited or Strong-willed Children
Tuesday, March 17 - 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Mount Nittany Middle School  
Presenter: Rachel Love

Additional resources can be found online at Schlow Library. 
School will be in session May 22, June 8 & 9
 
calendar
For your planning convenience, here are the links to the approved academic calendars for 2014-15 and 2015-16:

School will be in session May 22, June 8 and June 9 to make up for snow days.
Weather-related notifications
Notifications of weather-related school closings and delays are made through these channels:
For more information please see our Guidelines for Weather-related Closings and Delays. 
We hope you enjoy this news from SCASD. Let us know your comments at info@scasd.org.

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Sincerely,
State College Area School District