January 2026 Newsletter

Please note the following important dates in January and early February:

• Wednesday, January 14: End of 2nd Marking Period, School IS in session for DHEMS

• Monday, January 19: No school for students - Teacher in-service day

• Saturday, February 7: DHEMS Card Show (10 AM - 4 PM)

Our RAPS team will be hosting the second annual Lewisburg Card Show on Saturday, February 7, 2026. Please see the flyer below for details. We hope to see you there!

As part of their study of the novel Holes, students in Ms. Acker’s 7th grade ELA class brought the story to life by creating their own yellow-spotted lizards. In the novel, these lizards are dangerous creatures that inhabit the dry lakebed where the main character is sent, symbolizing the harsh conditions and challenges faced by the characters. By designing and modeling the lizards, students deepened their understanding of the novel’s setting, symbolism, and themes while engaging in a creative, hands-on learning experience that made the text more memorable.

Congratulations to our December students of the month! These students were selected by the faculty for consistently following school expectations of being Respectful, Accountable, Prepared and Safe.

6th Grade: Lukas Muchler, Emma Semanoff

7th Grade: Benjamin Haber, Natalia Jimenez-Ramirez

8th Grade: Adelle Harris, Jonathan Zawisky

Related Arts: Ryan Haefner, Mia Keefer

The holidays and the return to school in January can bring up big emotions for kids and parents alike. If your child is feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or struggling with transitions, this webinar is for you.

Join Cartwheel and Alex Hirshberg, Psy.D., for a free, live webinar on helping kids handle big feelings and build confidence on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, from 7–8pm ET. You will learn simple, practical ways to support your child through uncomfortable emotions, everyday stress, and change.

Parents and caregivers will leave with tools they can use right away at home and as kids head back to school.

See the attached flyer for details and register here.

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is counting on kids in grades K through 6 who care about having clean places to live and play to become LITTER HAWKS! Through essays, art, and videos, they can help people see how litter and trash hurts our environment through art, words and video. Litter Hawks help people KEEP COMMUNITIES LITTER FREE and inspire them to dispose of their trash and recycling properly. Click here to learn more about this program!

As award-winning children's author Kate DiCamillo said, "Stories give kids the language to talk about things that matter." Mr. Haussener's and Mrs. Pauling's lesson focused on picture books as 'wizards of compact precision' that establish character, create setting, develop plot and resolve conflict, all in less than 40 pages. Our picture books for older readers often tackle sophisticated themes and tough subjects or illuminate the lives and accomplishments of famous women and men. An activity in the lesson saw students pairing up to read a picture book of their choice together as well as analyzing text and images before and after reading.

As part of our RAPS positive behavior program, students from each grade level were recognized with a special cookie decorating activity. Five winners from each grade earned the opportunity to bring a friend and enjoy decorating (and eating) cookies together. This fun celebration helps us to recognize our students for doing the right thing. We loved seeing students connect, laugh, and celebrate their successes together.

DHEMS will be IN SESSION on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. This is a school day for elementary and middle school, and a teacher in-service day for high school. All DHEMS students should report to school!

At this time, our snow days from December 2, 2025 and December 23, 2025 will not be made up. Any changes to this plan or calendar modifications due to future weather-related closings will come through official communication from LASD.

The LASD Ski Club will once again have trips to Montage Mountain and Elk Mountain!

Montage Mountain: January 10th and 24th

Elk Mountain: February 7th

Registration will open two weeks prior to each trip.

Additional information can be found at the following link:

https://lahs.lasd.us/students/ski_club/local_ski_trips

Our 8th grade students and teachers made the annual visit to Sun Area Technical Institute in New Berlin, PA. Students toured the school and rotated through three different technical programs, where they had the opportunity to learn by doing. Projects included building custom tool boxes in Carpentry, wiring Ethernet cables in Computer Networking, creating FM radios and Bluetooth speakers in Electrical-Mechanical Technology, crafting mini model cannons in Precision Metalworking, and many others.

Our visit was featured in the Daily Item and the Standard Journal, with some great quotes from our students about the visit. Check out the articles by clicking on the hyperlink! SunTech also shared a photo album with many action shots of our students in the nineteen programs that were available to explore. Parents/guardians, please view the parent letter (attached below) that was provided by SunTech.

This experience highlights the strong partnership between the Lewisburg Area School District and SunTech, giving students early exposure to career pathways and real-world skills. A huge thank you to the Green Dragon Foundation for their generous financial support, which makes opportunities like this possible for our students.

On December 19, our junior high wrestling team took on Wellsboro during a school-day assembly, creating an unforgettable atmosphere in the gym. Cheered on by the entire student body, our wrestlers demonstrated determination, sportsmanship, and school pride on the mat.

A special thank you to our Dynamic Dragons, under the direction of Mrs. Tiede, for their beautiful performance of the National Anthem, which set the tone for a meaningful and exciting event. We are grateful to our student-athletes, coaches, staff, and students for making this assembly such a memorable showcase of teamwork and community spirit.

DHEMS is participating in the Weis4School program, where you can earn money for DHEMS simply by linking your club card to the middle school. Please click here and follow the steps to link your club card to DHEMS. Please note: we are listed as D H Eichhorn Middle School (we will not show up if you search Donald...). You can also type 87592 and DHEMS will show up as an option. Thank you for your support!

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