Eastern York School District

October to December 2017

The East York Rotary spon-

sored 5 Eastern York High

School students to attend The

RYLA, (Rotary Youth Leader-

ship Awards Conference), at

Messiah College in mid-June.

Approximately 140 juniors

from 7 Rotary Districts in

Pennsylvania attended this 5

day, 4 night conference. RYLA

provides Leadership training

for outstanding young men

and women from public and

nonpublic schools. The daily

schedules at the conference

consist of speakers, career

seminars, a challenge ropes

course, team building activi-

ties, a conference band and

chorus, and much more. The

East York Rotary raises funds

to be able to completely spon-

sor our students. They pay

$475 per student and are com-

pletely invested in Eastern

York School District and help-

ing out students. This year’s

participants include (L-R )

Zachary Falk, Cameron

Dedrick, Ethan Quinones, Lak-

yn Meeder and Taylor Currier.

The East York Rotary honored

the participants at a breakfast

on September 13th, and en-

couraged them to share their

experiences from the confer-

ence which included positive

feedback.

On September 8, Eastern York High School students joined students and

staff from 17 different school districts across York County for the first

Youth Mental Health Conference at the Pullo Center at Penn State York.

This conference was a culminating event organized by the members of

The York County Mental Health Alliance, known as “The Silence Ends

Here”. This organization began last year with the goal of ending the

mental health stigma and to focus on mental health awareness. Seven

Eastern York High School students and counselor Mrs. Monaghan,

participated in the day’s activities. The morning started with Keynote

Speaker Travis Lloyd, who is a leading authority on the topics of overcom-

ing adversity, foster care, and mental health. He is a qualified Crisis Inter-

vention Specialist and has spoken at high schools, colleges, nationally

recognized conferences and professional development events. He

sparked interests of many students with his personal stories as well as

entertaining them with rap songs that he writes and performs himself.

He involved many students in discussions and invited them to look at

some of their own issues with which they are dealing. Travis then led a

panel of 6 students who were brave enough to share their own personal

struggles in life and more importantly how they became the people they

are today. Students gave advice on how to move on from trauma and

tragedy and feel secure with who you are in life. This panel sparked

immense feelings from the audience which ranged from tears, to smiles,

and even cheers and applause. After Lunch, the students and staff heard

more personal stories from speakers from “Minding Your Mind”, a

mental health organization out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that helps

reduce the stigma surrounding mental health issues and helps others

who are suffering to know they are not alone.

L-R Alyssa Hileman, Rebecca Clubb, Natalie Heiland, Jaxson Oberlander,

Nolan Reichard, Bailee Merril, Olivia Flaharty

Rotary Youth Leadership

Student Panel

Travis Lloyd engaging

& involving students.

Little Free Library Now Open at Canadochly Elementary School

As of September 11, 2017, Canadochly Elementary has had an official Little Free Library operating inside the school. Little Free Library is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to books for people of all ages. Canadochly’s Little Free Library has books for students in kindergarten through 5th grade. Students are welcome to borrow books as well as donate books to the library. Books can be borrowed for an unlimited amount of time and returned whenever students are finished with them. We have a mixture of fiction, nonfiction, joke books, poetry books, and so on. The books in Canadochly’s LFL have been donated by teachers and students.

We decided to start a LFL in order to get more books into the

hands of our students. The more they read, the better they

become at reading, understanding vocabulary, and spelling. We

are encouraging our students to become lifelong learners and

passionate readers. We are encouraging our community of East-

ern York School District to consider adding a Little Free Library to

your neighborhoods! Check it out at littlefreelibrary.org.

This year the students at Canadochly Elementary are singing praises to our beloved veter-

ans. Thirty three students in grades three through five have volunteered their after school

time in order to produce the Veteran’s Day Musical, We Honor The Brave. The students will

be singing, acting and dancing their way through a Veteran’s Day Parade honoring those

who served in the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Marines. Kindergarten teacher,

Mr. Young, and music teacher, Ms. Hostetter, are guiding the students through this tribute.

We Honor the Brave is a fifty minute musical written by

Dave and Jean Perry.

The show takes place during a Veteran’s Day Parade where we

meet three students, their “Gramps” and Bill. Gramps and Bill

are both veterans and teach the kids a thing or two about the

history of United States Armed Forces and the sacrifices that

so many have made for our great nation. Following an

in-school assembly, the students will perform the play for the

public on Friday, November 10 at 6:30 pm. If you have any

questions, please email Mr. Young at jyoung@easternyork.net.

All veterans are welcome. If you know one, bring one along.

They deserve the honor!

Clifford, the Big Red Dog and Kreutz Creek Librarian Susan Nenstiel recently

visited the first graders at Canadochly. Ms. Nenstiel shared a Clifford story

and Clifford greeted each student. The visit was part of the “Grade One at

the Library” program. This program promotes the practice of children

receiving library cards so they can enjoy all the library has to offer.

On September 18 an assembly was held at Canadochly

Elemntary to kickoff the “Coins from Canadochly” program.

Monies collected will be used to help those who are suffer-

ing the devastation from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. At

the assembly Mrs. Winter and Mr. Young talked about

aempathy and shared a few pictures of what happened in

the areas where the hurricanes hit. Students have been so

inspired that they must empty their classroom containers in

the buckets in the office daily.

Dawson, Mason & Noah emptying

their classroom containers.

EYMS student council sisters,

Rory and Kendal Hengst, are

hanging posters for the student

council fundraiser. All of the

money raised will be used to

support middle school activities

throughout the year. Purchases

may be made for the remainder

of the school year at www.gaschoolstore.com. Eastern York’s

online ID # is 2667426. Sorry, but sales after September 25 will

not count toward student prizes.

The election results are in and here are the new 6th grade student council representatives. All candidates had to write an essay, get signatures from 25 classmates, and give a live televised speech to the entire 6th grade.

Front L to R-Allison Cook, Rylee Barmore, Emery McCombs. Back L to R-Russell Williams, Aiden Evans,

Rory Hengst, Felicity Clites, Lauren Galvin.

Brody Hinkle (left) and Bree Grim (right), co-

presidents for this year’s EYMS student council,

show their new student ID cards. Distribution of

the lanyards and cards was the first phase of the

new middle school security system which will help

the administrators in the event of an emergency.

Students are expected to wear their ID card when-

ever they are in school.

Dancing the night away! Over 250 Eastern York middle school students attended the first dance of the Year. The Back to School Dance was held in the middle school gym. Along with great music, students could purchase pizza, Rita’s Italian Ice, and have their picture taken and printed.

Eastern York School District would like to thank the organizations that support the students and staff of the district. In today’s environ-ment of limited resources, these groups provide valuable financial and volunteer support to the district. Their contributions include dona-tions for computers, classroom supplies, furniture, playground equipment, athletic equipment, band equipment, and valuable scholar-ships for our graduates. In addition, they sponsor activities for the students, such as field trips, May fairs, book fairs, and, “fun knights”.

Eastern York School District is grateful for the contributions from the following support groups that are actively engaged in enhancing the learning experience of our students.

Canadochly Elementary PTO

Kreutz Creek Elementary PTO

Wrightsville Elementary PTO

Middle School PTSO

Athletic Booster Club

Band Booster Club

Performing Arts Booster Club

Golden Knights Football Parents Club

Eastern York Dollars For Scholars

Eastern York School District also recognizes the following businesses that have provided support to the district through the Golden Knights Champion Sponsor Program:

OSS Health

River Valley Landscapes, Inc.

Stock and Leader, Attorneys at Law

Susquehanna Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram

Frey Lutz Corp.

Sager, Swisher and Company LLP

Thank You

to Our

Supporters

DANCE

DANCE

DANCE

Seniors vs. Juniors Powder Puff Game Tuesday, October 24th

UNDER THE LIGHTS 6:00 PM

ON THE TURF

FREE ADMISSION. FOOD AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE. BRING THE KIDS.

EASTERN YORK VARSITY CLUB CHICKEN BBQ

PICK UP AT HOAK’S 4 WD

11 AM TO 1 PM $10 = 1/2 CHICKEN, BAKED POTATO, ROLL,

APPLESAUCE, DRINK, BUTTERS, PLASTICWARE Get tickets in advance (highly recommended) by emailing:

Varsityclub@easternyork.net

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST

If you didn’t have a chance to stop by the Varsity Club table at the

Football games to get your “Worst Knightmare” T-shirt or sweatshirt,

you are in luck. We are offering people the opportunity to place

orders if you would like to own one of these gems. This is our own

original design and it includes every sport in which Eastern York

participates. ORDER BY 10/13/17.

We offer white or gold shirt colors in sizes ranging from Youth Small to Adult XXXlarge. This will be our last round of

ordering until next year. Prices vary.

Email: varsityclub@easternyork.net

Eastern York Soccer Hellam Youth Night

The Eastern York High School Soccer Team hosted Hellam Recreational soccer teams at the game

Thursday, 9/21/17 vs Kennard Dale. Kids were able to walk on the field, get introduced over the

loudspeaker, meet the team, and watch warm ups down on the field. Photo credits: Michelle Robbins

Eastern York Middle School’s Marley Reinhold scrambles for

control of the ball during Eastern York’s recent game with

Dover.

The Lady Knights came away with a 2-0 shutout thanks to

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Back Row: Carl Carbaugh, Yanni Dalaperas, Zachary Falk, Morgan Winter as the Knight, Logan Kline, Brennen Shenk, Bryce Smith

Front Row: Madison, Nalls, Lauren Kauffman, Katelyn Myer, McKenna Keller, Madison Zinobile, Justise Lewellyn, Aurora Ravelli, Emmi Pajasmaa

Welcome to the New EYSD Staff Members

Professional Teaching Staff Leah (Kroll) Barninger– Middle School Learning Support

Victoria Keller – Middle School Math Jonathan Lacy – Middle School Band

Jamie-Lynn Sloan - Canadochly 5th Grade Antonia VanVliet – High School Math

Shani Walters – Wrightsville Kindergarten

Professional Teaching Long Term Substitute Staff Danielle Potter– Kreutz Creek Learning Support

Jeffrey Eckert – Canadochly 5th Grade

Support Staff – Teacher Assistants Jennifer Berndt – Kreutz Creek Learning Support

Amy Collier - Wrightsville Personal Care Marcine Deshong – Middle School Personal Care

Ivan Gonzalez – High School Learning Support/Technology Maureen Nanfelt – Kreutz Creek Library

Jennifer Poirier – Wrightsville Learning Support Therese Reape – Canadochly Learning Support

Jennifer Smaling – Kreutz Creek Classroom Amanda Smith – Canadochly Classroom

Brittany Wade – Wrightsville Personal Care Britny Wylie – Canadochly Classroom

Support Staff – Clerical

Tara Ruppert – High School Attendance Secretary Kyle Hinkle – Secretary to Director of HR

Support Staff – Cafeteria

Beatrice Herman – High School Alesha Katalinas – Kreutz Creek

Lisa Turner – Kreutz Creek Sheryl Wickenheiser – High School Morgan Fryberger – High School

Support Staff – Custodial

Sherry Bailey – District Courier Donald Barshinger – District Grounds Keeper

IMPORTANT DATES Monday, October 9th—School Closed

Wednesday, October 18th—Early Dismissal—12:45pm MS, HS & 1:30pm Elementary

Monday, November 20th—Parent Conferences (5pm—8pm)

Tuesday, November 21st—Inservice Day—No School for students—Parent Conferences (9am-9pm)

Wednesday, November 22nd through Monday, November 27th—School Closed

(District Closed Thursday, November 23rd and Friday, November 24th)

Friday, December 22nd—Early Dismissal—12:45pm MS, HS & 1:30pm Elementary

Monday, December 25th through Tuesday, January 2nd—School Closed

(District Closed Monday, December 25th and Tuesday, December 26th)

Eastern York School District Board Meetings

October 19, 2017

November 16, 2017

December 7, 2017**Reorganizational meeting

School Board meetings will be called to order

at 6:00 p.m. in the Eastern York School District

Administrative Offices.

Happy Holidays

HELP WANTED

Interested in working part-time for Eastern York School District?

We are looking to fill Support Staff posi-

tions that are available in our schools

working in the office and with students as a classroom assistant.

All applicants must apply through the

EYSD online application program at:

www.applitrack.com/eyork/onlineapp

Please call 717-252-1555, press 9 if you have questions or do not have access to a

computer.

EOE

Mrs. Carla Myers—Director of Human Resources