Bravo, LTHS Musical...

My three and 1/2 year old and I attended the musical on Friday night.  The Sound of Music is one of her favorite films/musicals.  The talent in this school district is top-notch, and that was evident in the performance and preparation of all involved.  Congrats.

Although my daughter loved the performance and lip-sync'd many of the songs, I did hear her tell her mother that "they missed a few parts from the 'movie': the puppets and the 'wedding'...ahhhhh, young critics.....

Science Runs Wild at Schick...One Brick at A Time.....(Grade 1)

Yesterday, Mrs. Reitz's first grade class hosted students and professors from Penn College.  The guests talked to the students about brick making.  As part of the FOSS unit, Pebbles, Sand, and Silt , students made bricks with Mr. Wayne Sheppard and his students from PCT majoring in construction management. First grade students have been learning about earth materials ranging in size from silt to boulders. Students have screened rocks by size and learned the different characteristics of rocks. Yesterday students were making their own bricks using clay, straw and water. Mr. Sheppard explained about the differences in bricks and how bricks are made in factories.

STATE OM TEAM COMPETES

Our OM Team on Saturday was calm, cool and collected before their presentation. 

They did a great job.

CheeseHead!  A Packers Fan!?!

A 'Beary Bad' Car Crash....

Hey, Penguin from Pittsburgh!

Evaluation and Clean-up.

Great Job, Students and Parents! 

You make Schick Proud!

I may look cool....

...but, boy did my mouth hurt yesterday after I had two cavities fixed.  This is me in between having my fillings repaired.  I took this picture during my surgery and sent it to Mr. Rhoads and Mrs. Greevy...they thought that I looked cool...my cheeks are still swollen this morning...

Hey.....

HAVE A ROCKIN' WEEKEND.

I got "Car Washed" Today

Mrs. Morehart's class today gave me a "car wash."  You can see me sitting in the chair.  This responsible class gave me such exquisite compliments.  Mrs. Morehart wheeled me through the carwash.  Each volunteer said nice things about me.  Each student was responsible and said what they adore about Mr. Greevy.  They made me not feel melancholy.  You will see Mrs. Morehart in one picture protecting her rules sign.  Exquisite job, Kindergarten.

It made my heart sparkle....positive comments are so nice to hear.  Thanks, Mrs. Morehart's room!

The bolded words are the Robust Vocabulary words this week.

Did I Show You this picture....

What are your weekends like???

Middle School Teachers at SAS training

Those Middle School teachers outstandingly

represented their school and their school district.

Here's the SAS Framework from the Department of Education.

check it out:  http://www.pdesas.org/

Off to Training Today

I am headed out of town for the next two days to learn all of the in's and out's of the PA Department of Education's Standards Aligned System to become an Integration Trainer.   The two-day train the trainer roll-out program sponsored by PDE (according to the information packet) "will introduce participants, through intense hands on utilization, to the Standards Aligned System's (SAS) features, functions and resources. The workshop will include suggestions for presenting and training others on the use of the SAS site and resources."

I am participating with three middle school teachers, Mr. McNaughton, Mrs. Krout, and Mrs. Bomboy.  Can't wait to bring this back to Schick.

Finally Saw Avatar

What an amazing film.

I jokingly told my wife that the only

thing missing from this movie was the

clan of Ewoks.  I could not believe

the cinematography.  I may see it again.

Schick Rocked Today!!!

Mr. Rhoads and I were spending a reflective conversation about today at Schick and some events of the day stood out.  Some were captured on film, while others were just gently noticed.  Check out The Little Lancer Blog to see article after article about today at Schick.  

Those gently noticed moments not caught on film?  Well, the kindergarten teachers were seen caroling outside of Mrs. Dunlap's room because it was her birthday, our intervention specialists were forging relationships and making visits to homes of some special kiddos, one teacher discovered and celebrated a new way to reach a hard-to-reach student, individual learning plans were being implimented, a veteran teacher shared a magical moment from her instructional day, one student who was moving had hugs from teachers and administrators all throughout the day, the librarian was compiling a favorite book list from the teaching staff while working on how to make those books part of her permanent collection, a book on trains was donated to the library by a vendor, a parent dropped off a basketball pump so the playground basketballs could be 'pumped up,' parents attended an afterschool music clinic, Mrs. Cooley worked Cooley Magic all day with many lifesaving acts that benefitted kids, and an usher at the Community Arts Center gave the greatest compliment of all about our 1st and 2nd grade students' behavior....I could go on and on, but today was a great day to be a LITTLE LANCER.

Check out these Olympic Hopefuls!

I passed this Motley Crew on its way to the OLYMPIC COMPETITION

in the Gymnasium.  Check out Mrs. Mitstifer's Dreadlocks.

Smile, Mr. Gerber!

Great Job, Schick!

Our Curriculum leaders did a great job tonight!

Congrats!

Curriculum Team Meeting

Nonviolent Crisis Intervetion Training

Mr. Cuff and I spent the day at BLAST IU17 learning how to identify and difuse problems and issues that arise here at Schick.  We learned verbal techniques to de-escalate behavior and to prevent acting-out behavior.  The purpose for the training is to provide the best possible Care, Welfare, Safety and Security for everyone involved in our school.

Here, Mr. Cuff demonstrates how he would do the One-hand Wrist Grab Release.

Here, I'm pretty sure he's doing the Bite Release which uses the parasympathetic response as an aide.
ALTHOUGH....it could be perceived that he is using the "Pee-Eww Response to the Stinky Shirt Sniff..."

Mr. CUFF a.k.a. THE SANDMAN

For those of you who don't know, Mr. Cuff is our local talent.  His radio program began again this week on 88.1 FM.  Check out Mr. Cuff on Fridays from 6 to 10 PM.  You can read about him on http://www.thesandmanshow.com/

Check him out!

Where do we begin...?

We had a very restful holiday break? Happy New Year.
Boy, it has been a cold month...?
We've been healthy and we've been sick...
Let's just say we're busy. Here is a short photo explaination of the past month....

It took us a while to find the perfect treat for our puppy, Brody.  Needless to say, it took some coaxing to convince Char that he didn't need this big of a treat...we got out of the pet store with one small bone and a water bowl...

The hospital finally knocked down our "old" house on Rural Avenue.  Char and I got some bricks to use for our future fire pit.  We love toasting marshmellows in the summer.  Here she is (with safety glasses on) knocking some of the mortar off of the blocks.

Char's buddy Teagan had a birthday and Char got to play where the big girls take tumbling.

Chef Greevy made her own tacos (and our's too!!!).

We went to the PSU v. Wisconsin basketball game and loved sitting up high, but kept looking for the Nittany Lion.  We love him (from a distance).

This week we've been sick.