NHS Seniors Receive Prestigious Community Awards
NHS seniors, Paige Sullivan and Faith Murray, have earned the highest award in Girl Scouting, the Girl Scout Gold Award, for the 2023 Gold Award class. The Gold Award process not only enables girls to help their communities, but also provides tangible benefits such as building professional skills, scholarship opportunities, network building, and monetary incentives for girls interested in joining the military.
Senior Elizabeth Anthony has earned her Stars and Stripes Award through American Heritage Girls. The goal of the Stars & Stripes Award is the experience and the realization of the servant’s heart that is needed to lead with integrity and humility. The award procedure and project benefit a candidate’s community and develop her skills in organization, communication, time management, and project management.
Congratulations Paige, Faith, and Elizabeth!
Pictured above, L to R : Faith Murray, Paige Sullivan, Elizabeth Anthony
'Noteworthy' News from Northern Middle School....
CONGRATULATIONS to 8th grader Abigail Kim for her participation in the Pennsylvania Music Educator District Honors band this weekend. Abi auditioned in December and was ranked 2nd among 8th to 12th grade students from over 30 school districts! Other high school students pictured include (from L-R) Abigail Kim, Mackenzie Golden, Elizabeth Anthony, Liam McCartney, Mahi Patel, Cathleen Saunders, Kylie Oyler, Adeline Lusk
You make us polar bear proud!!
NMS Students Attend Choral Festival
Six students attended the York County Choral Festival on February 3rd: CJ Duncan, Caleb Greenawalt, Aliyah Melhorn, Lee Snyder, Brylee Myers and Lily Hayes. They had a wonderful experience working with a master choral conductor, Dustin Cates, from Temple University. It was a full day session of rehearsals culminating in a concert for parents and the community.
Pictured L to R: CJ Duncan, Caleb Greenawalt, Aliyah Melhorn, Lee Snyder, Brylee Myers and Lily Hayes.
NMS Future Problem Solvers
Eight of our middle school students have qualified to advance to the state-level competition of Future Problem Solvers in Camp Hill at the end of March. Northern Middle School will be represented well by our 7th grade team consisting of Randyn Rupp, Lucas St Clair, Lisseth Hershey, and Maya Patel, as well as our 6th grade team consisting of Joanna Valladares, Lila Worley, Luke Pietropola, and Michael Kertis. We are proud of their efforts. Well done!
Pictured above: Seventh grade FPS team
NHS Civics Experts
Starting in the spring of 2022, high school students in the state of Pennsylvania are required to take an end of course Civics test. The exam looks similar to the US Naturalization Test that is required of people who are working to become US citizens. The following ten seniors (pictured at right) received a perfect score: Seth Gilbert, Wyatt Hazen, Jacob Varner, Hailey Powers, Angelina Marlowe, Lauren Harriman, Alexandra Heckman, Zoe Kreider, Spencer Sieber, and Levi Hinote. Way to go!
Dillsburg Elementary 3rd Grade Celebrates Valentine’s Day
Students in Mrs. Hertz’s third grade class at Dillsburg Elementary participated in a Valentine’s Day Engineering Design Challenge which was to design and create a container to hold their Valentine’s Day cards. The container had to contain a slot or opening, must be able to open or close, be able to be held or carried with one hand, and contain at least 4 different types of decorations. The students did an amazing job using their creativity and critical thinking skills!
Pictured above: Calvin McDonald who recreated the Hollywood Tower of Terror from Holly Studios.
NMS 8th Grade Super Bowl
The Philadelphia Eagles did not claim the Vince Lombardi Trophy this year, but their name alone gave them the lead in Mrs. Albert’s eighth grade English classes. The opposing teams became the focus of an English class challenge the week leading up to Super Bowl LVII. While examining Greek and Latin roots, students learned that the names Philadelphia and Chiefs both come from root words, ‘phil’ meaning love and ‘chiev’ meaning head or top of. Students raced the clock to record words containing these two roots, with the option to support one team’s root over the other. So even though the Eagles fell short on Super Bowl Sunday, students rounded up more words related to Philadelphia than Chiefs. More importantly, students made connections between their language and the real world and multiplied their vocabulary in the process. Students submitted some impressive words such as philosophy, anglophile, bibliophile, philosophical, toxophily, philology, philharmonic, hemophiliac, mischievous, handkerchief, chieftain, chiefdom, and achievement, just to name a few. The final score: Philadelphia Eagles 126, Kansas City Chiefs 75.
Polar Bear Foundation Updates
For their Annual Campaign, the Polar Bear Foundation is sharing the district's message of BeCome BeLong Be Northern by offering a yard sign to those who donate $30 or above. Donations can be made at http://www.polarbearfoundation.net
PBF is beginning to plan for the gala after a three year hiatus! If you are interested in helping please reach out to smoose@northernyork.org.
Northern York County School District
Email: ssentman@northernyork.org
Website: www.northernpolarbears.com
Location: 650 South Baltimore Street, Dillsburg, PA, United States
Phone: 717-432-8691