December 4, 2015 Northeastern School District

BOBCAT PRiDE

Mount Wolf kindergarten and first grade students enjoyed a time of friendship and thanksgiving at their annual celebra-tion. This year the children read Thanksgiving stories, sang songs, danced, created headdresses, and played games. In keeping with Mt. Wolf tradition, our honored guest Linda Himes kicked off our feast by singing "My Country 'Tis of Thee." Thanks to the generous families of our school the kids truly had a feast! The surplus in donations will be donated to the Northeastern Food Pantry. What a time to be thankful!

Mrs. Walker’s 7th grade students at the middle school read the short story “The War of the Wall” by author Toni Cade Bambara. To prepare the students, Mrs. Walker assigned the students a Google Classroom assignment in which they watched a news clip about “the wall of respect” movement in the 1960’s lead by a group of African American art-ists. These artists would come together to paint murals as symbols of their respect for different groups. These “walls of respect” soon started to pop up all over the country and even small towns in the south such as the one in which the story “The War of the Wall” takes place. As an extension, Mrs. Walker’s 7th graders wrote dedications to a person who they respected a great deal and hung them on the “Yellow Team’s Wall of Respect” as a dedication.

Sofia Herbst, Northeastern High School freshman, to dance lead role in The Nutcracker Ballet at Strand Capitol Perform-ing Arts Center of York. Sofia is a member of Midstate Ballet Company with Greater York Dance where she has been danc-ing since the age of four. Sofia was cast in her dream role of Snow Queen for this years Nutcracker. She will dance along side Shea Johnson, a professional from the Dallas Metropoli-tan Ballet. Show times: Saturday, December 12 @ 7:00pm Sunday, December 13@ 1:00pm Ticket information: Visit strandcapitol.org 717-846-1111

Hello FOR Clubs! Only a few days away from Thanksgiving! A time to be thankful and give thanks, so we feel like the timing is more than appropriate to share with you Rachel's Closet & Pantry by Northeastern Middle School - FOR Club. This project has gone far beyond what we could have ever imagined, but we truly believe it's something a lot of schools could do and so many students would benefit from.

To top it all off, both Rachel's Closet and Pantry are ran and maintained by the students, who find joy and pur-pose in doing so. The adult leaders at NMS were kind enough to create a PowerPoint presentation to give you detailed guidelines on how they make this work! Please take a moment and look through it...you can view it HERE. Maybe your school or club is already doing something similar? If so, please share it with us!! And THANK YOU Northeastern Middle School for creating such a spectacular concept!

These students decided to transform an old empty classroom into a 'retail/grocery store'. Students, facility and community members donate clothing, shoes, school supplies, personal hygiene items and gym uniforms to Ra-chel's Closet. Students that are in need can then go 'shopping', typically by themselves to insure confidentiality. Not only do these students walk away with new clothes or gear, they walk away with smiles, which is what it's all about. Rachel's Pantry is very similar to any food pantry, where non-perishable food items are accepted and students can take home some meals, if they need to do so. They decided that plastic, easy to prepare items would work best, as canned goods can be heavy and hard to carry for students.

GUIDANCE GOES DIGITAL The NMS counselors are using technology to offer a new service to students. The counselors have created an online Google Help Center for students to increase help-seeking behavior, confiden-tiality, and ease of access to counseling services. Students may use the Help Center to request to see their counselor and access guidance related announcements/resources. The Help Center is confiden-tial. Students may also use the Help Center to fill out a Bully Card, NEAT Card, or Note to Ra-chel on their Chromebook, or on their smart phone with the Google Classroom App. In addition, QR codes, very similar to bar codes, have also been placed in student restrooms by the cafe for students to request to see the counselor. Students can use their smart phone to scan the QR code and will be linked to a request to see the counselor. Counselors are visiting all classrooms to instruct students on how to use the Help Center and to review the various student resources at NMS.

The Intermediate Holiday Concert was a smashing success! Over 150 students participated in singing and playing a combination of classic and uniquely arranged Holiday pieces. The 5th and 6th Grade Band is un-der the direction of Mr. Jack Mackley. 5th and 6th Grade Orchestra is under the direction of Mrs. Rebecca Miller. The 5th and 6th grade Chorus is under the direction of Ms. Julie Myers and Mrs. Rebecca Miller. Congratulations to all who participated!

Mt. Wolf Elementary was thrilled to welcome so many parents on Parent Visitation Day!

Talented Northeastern musicians prepare for their York Junior Symphony Concert on Sun-day 11/22. Pictured: Rachael Eckenrode (cello), Sebastian Naylor (percussion), Alex Shipley (cello), Wil Welch (bass), Taylor Forry (violin) Not pictured: Ben Oldenberg (bass) & Ryan Schick (cello)

Shallow Brook Chamber Ensembles are preparing for their concert on Dec.3rd.

Several students from NHS volunteered to work at the concession stand during the Mt. Wolf PTO's American Girl Bingo event on Friday. They were a busy and hard-working group!

Mt. Wolf Elementary completed a 3 week Pennies for Patients cam-paign to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. We set a goal for each classroom to raise $100 and succeeded our goal raising $1,925.00! We are so proud of our students and families for their contribution to this worth cause.

Field experience teacher Mrs. Nancy Poteet, answered students' questions from the perspective of a Native Ameri-can during a Q & A session in Mrs. Welker's 3rd grade class at Mt. Wolf Ele-mentary.

Congratulations to senior Destiny Eisenhour! She recently found out she was accepted to Princeton University with a full scholarship, valued at over $50,000 per year! We are proud of Destiny’s hard work and determina-tion! She will make a fantastic Tiger!

Conewago’s Newest Bobcat Sadie Lynn Kramer November 22, 2015

8lbs. 10oz.

Students in Mrs. Zortman's sec-ond grade class help decorate the Christmas tree in the lobby at Mt. Wolf Elementary.

Mt. Wolf Elementary School held its first Writing Assembly of this year on Wednesday, November 25. Two stu-dents were selected from each class-room to read an original writing in front of the students, staff, and guests. The picture includes the students who shared their writing today!

Ms. Jennifer Fertenbaugh- English teacher- was recently named Central PA Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Woman of the Year. If you are driving through the Harris-burg area, you may see bill-boards featuring her and the other winners. Ms. Fertenbaugh earned the title through her outstanding fund-raising in support of LLS and to defeat blood cancers.

Senior Katie Kann is hosting an art show featuring her origi-nal work at St. Peters Lutheran Church at 947 N. George St., York on Dec. 6 and Dec. 13 from 10:30-2:00. A meal will be served to those who come to the show on Dec. 13. Please come support her!

Mansi Patel, gr. 11, was recently featured in the York Daily Record performing in dances celebrating the In-dian holiday of Diwali at Central York Middle School.

Mansi, the third student from the right, dancing for Diwali.

"Vote for the National Art Honor Society winter mural at Miller's Nursery on Indian Rock Dam Rd , York Pa. The mural competition between area high schools ends on Dec 19th. The more votes for NHS - the larger the cash award to our school! Don't be a Grinch....vote NHS!" Voting takes place at Miller’s Nursery.

Winter sports are starting this week at NHS! Boys and girls basketball, wrestling, cheerleading, and swimming & diving will all be competing. The Dec. 3 York Daily Record featured their annual basketball preview. Follow the link to an interview with Coach Eyster who leads the boys basket-ball team. http://www.gametimepa.com/story/high-school/york-adams/boys-basketball/2015/12/01/q-northeastern-boys-coach-jon-eyster/76087774/ Follow this link for photos of Players to Watch in the YAIAA. Bobcats Kobi Nwandu, gr. 12, and Jordyn Kloster, gr. 12 are both highlighted. http://www.gametimepa.com/picture-gallery/high-school/2015/11/30/photos-30-players-to- watch-in-2015-16-yaiaa-basketball/75966244/

Sarah Edwards, NHS senior spoke to the NMS FOR Club today about how to prevent bullying. Sarah did the pres-entation as part of her senior project. She would like to be a professional presenter in the future.