Issue: June | 2016
Congratulations to
the Class of 2016
On June 12, 2016, the Emmaus High
School Class of 2016 walked across
the stage at Lehigh University’s
Stabler Arena to receive their
diplomas. This graduation ceremony
is the highlight of the EHS academic
year. It is a time for staff, parents,
and families to join the graduates in
celebrating their successful completion of high school. Joining in this year’s celebration was the
returning Class of 1966.
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Middle School Student Username Change
As of June 14th, middle school student’s network usernames have been changed from their 6
digit user id number to their first initial followed by their last name and the last 2 digits of their
graduation year. e.g. John Smith in 7th grade is now jsmith22.
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Emmaus High
School
Recognized for
Innovative
Practices in
Student Success
Hobsons Announces Finalists for
2016 Education Advances Awards
ARLINGTON, VA (PRWEB) JUNE
13, 2016
Hobsons is pleased to announce that
three K­12 schools and districts and
three higher education institutions have been selected as finalists for the 2016 Hobsons
Education Advances Awards, recognizing their innovative work to improve outcomes for
students.
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Lincoln
Elementary
Kindergarten
Students Learn
About Product Management
Every year, Karen Gennaro’s Lincoln Elementary School full day kindergarten class learns about
product management by creating a product, marketing it, and selling it to their elementary school
consumers. The money students earn each year is always donated to a local charity.
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Shoemaker Art
Club Skypes
Ghostbusters
Director, Paul Feig
When you want an amazing
experience for your elementary
school students, who ya’ gonna call?
Mr. Shreck! This year’s art club
experience took off on a fantastic
journey the students will never forget. The Shoemaker Art Club was able to squeeze in one final
mural painting at the Carmike Theater on Sunday, May 29th from 9:30am­1:30pm. Students
painted a "Summer Movie Mash­Up" of Sony's Ghostbusters and Pixar's Finding Dory! Mr.
Shreck came up with the Ghostbusters theme after he and his wife, Mrs. Shreck, a second grade
teacher at Shoemaker, acted as extras this fall on the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot.
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Shoemaker
Elementary
Students Skype
with Author,
Lauren Tarshis
Miss Baranovich’s 4th grade
Shoemaker Elementary students
have been reading Storyworks
magazine all year. One of her
students' favorite authors, Lauren Tarshis, is a writer for the magazine. Students also began
reading her "I Survived" books, one after one. The class sent her an email a while back
requesting to have a Skype meeting towards the end of the school year.
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WES 4th Grade
Students
Participate in Daily
STEAM Sessions
Wescosville Elementary School’s 4th
grade students participated in daily
STEAM sessions during the month of
June. Students worked
collaboratively to practice STEAM
skills and 4th grade science/technology standards through STEAM activities such as boat
building, K’Nex Building Challenge, Lego Robotics, Matchbox Challenge, Code.org, and marble
ramp building.
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LMMS Students
Selected to Read
Winning Flag Day
Essays
Two LMMS students have been
selected to read their essays at the
Emmaus Flag Day program on
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.
at Emmaus Community Park.
Congratulations to student, Alexa Ryan, who was selected as the first place winner for her essay
by the Emmaus Community Park Flag Day Program Committee Judges. Also, congratulations to
student, Matthew Ninesling, who was selected as the third place winner for his essay.
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Paul Mogianesi
Nominated for the
Congress of
Future Science
and Technology
Leaders
Paul Mogianesi, a Junior at Emmaus
High School of Macungie, will be a
Delegate of the
Congress of Future Science and
Technology Leaders in Lowell, MA on
June 29th – July 1st, 2016.
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Macungie Girls on
the Run
This spring, fifth grade girls, Nicole
Armstrong, Cadance Banyas, Braelyn
Bednar, Hailey Capizzi, Cheyenne
Fenstermaker, Sierra Frey, Madeleine
Hess, Georgia Kotze, Sophie Kreiner,
Analeigh Pursel, Kira Sanders, and
Jasmine Tiedeman participated in the
Girls on the Run program. Girls on
the Run is an international organization with a chapter which services Lehigh County.
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WES Pilots
Flexible Seating in
Fourth Grade
Classroom
Wescosville would like to celebrate
the success of their recent SWPBS
award given to them by the state by
highlighting a special initiative started this year. Over the past year school year, Kendy Schiffert,
a fourth grade teacher at Wescosville Elementary School, has piloted flexible seating in her 4th
grade classroom. Flexible seating gives students a choice in what kind of learning space works
best for them and helps them to work collaboratively, communicate, and engage in critical
thinking.
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Alburtis
Elementary School
Holds Memorial
Day Celebration
Alburtis Elementary held an outdoor
Memorial Day Ceremony on May 27,
2016. Students, staff, and families
“planted” a hill of more than 800
American Flags for their veterans that
have passed.
This celebratory event had many other wonderful activities including:
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