On Friday, Roslyn Elementary School hosted a March Out Cancer Walk in collaboration with the Sunshine Committee's "Pennies for Patients" fundraiser. Each student was given a luminary bag and glow stick to dedicate to anyone who may be battling or affected by cancer. #ASDProud
Thank you to @foodchasers and @foodchasers_kitchen for visiting Ms. Vanassche's classroom at @AbingtonSrHigh last week for a culinary-focused Career Chatter with students. #ASDProud #ASDPathways
Members of the National Junior Honor Society at Abington Middle School returned to Overlook Elementary School last week to share the personalized children’s books that they made for their kindergarten buddies. Each kindergartener received a book from their NJHS buddy that was made just for them and featured some of their favorite things, as well as, the sight words that they are learning. This was a wonderful culminating event that encouraged a love of reading, a love of learning, and lasting memories for all students involved. #ASDProud
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Thank you to @abingtonpolice officers Gontowski and DaCunha (with K9 Leo), who visited Roslyn Elementary 1st grade classes to talk about Leo, policing, and general safety tips. The students ended their visits by receiving their very own Junior Police Officer badges! #ASDProud
Abington Middle School celebrated Say Something Week, sponsored by @sandyhookpromise, with different themes each day and activities that included writing a letter to a trusted adult. Thank you to our students and staff for participating in #SaySomethingWeek and identifying their "safe person"! #ASDProud
At Tuesday's meeting of the Board of School Directors, the Abington Middle School and Abington Senior High School theater departments were honored for their successful spring musical productions. Watch at https://youtu.be/Z-FOTF9ci6Y
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Dr. Fecher invited Dr. Brown to join students for today's meeting of the Superintendent's Student Advisory Council. #ASDProud
Happy Pi Day from Roslyn Elementary School, where 5th grade students held the annual "Pie a Principal" (plus Mr. Staszkiw) fundraiser! #ASDProud #PiDay
Congratulations to the Hotshots who won against the Kool-Aid Jammers in last week's floor hockey championship match at McKinley Elementary School. The teams are made up of 4th and 5th grade students. #ASDProud #ASDAthletics
Mrs. Fatovic's 4th glade class at Roslyn Elementary School enjoyed a special visit from master electrician, Robert Raggi, last week. He spoke to her class about the electrical trade and taught the students how to construct series and parallel circuits. #ASDProud #ASDPathways
Winter's not over yet! ASHS and the Class of 2023 were Freezin' for a Reason today to support @specialolympicspennsylvania. Eleven staff members dared to sign up to potentially "take the plunge," and students donated $2 each to vote to soak a staff member in freezing cold water. Mr. Palmer received the most votes, followed by Mr. O'Donnell and Mr. MacNair. #ASDProud #PolarPlunge #BeBoldGetCold
Ms. DiMaria’s kindergarten class at McKinley Elementary School created stuffed animals that were sent to Abington Middle School to be stuffed and sewn together by students in Ms. Cantwell’s Family and Consumer Sciences classes. The students were so excited to have their final creations returned today! #ASDProud
Copper Beech Elementary School just concluded their last chess club meeting with members of the @abingtonsrhigh Chess Team. They were very valuable partners who were patient and kind, teaching and helping the younger students along in their games. #ASDProud
Congratulations to Rohan Gonzalez, grade 7, who took first place in the Abington Middle School Geography Bee. Initially developed by the National Geographic Society to promote geographic knowledge among young people in the U.S., the GeoBee tradition has continued with our AMS geography students who compete by answering trivia questions about U.S. and World Geography. One winning student from each class advanced to the overall competition held in the library. #ASDProud
The @abingtonsrhigh garden club is exhibiting for the 16th year at the @phsgardening Philadelphia Flower Show. This year’s theme is "garden electric," and the students are exhibiting in the interiorscapes class, “Sweatpants Not Included," where they were challenged to create a home office.
The members of the Garden Club chose to create a playroom, because play is the work of the child. They titled their exhibit, “WORK IS PLAY IS WORK". #ASDProud #FlowerShow
Congratulations to our @abingtonsrhigh orchestra students on their many recent accomplishments! Kaileb Kim, 12th grade violin; Kiran Anderson, 10th grade violin; and Alexander Hilliard, 9th grade viola, participated in the PMEA District 11 Orchestra Festival hosted by Perkiomen Valley School District. Kaileb and Kiran will go on to represent Abington at Region VI Orchestra, to be held at Bayard Rustin High School later this week.
Additionally, last month, Eugene Lim, 10th grade trumpet, represented Abington at the PMEA District 11 Band Festival hosted by Central Bucks School District, and River Hoffman, 12th grade Tenor 1, represented Abington at the PMEA Region 6 Choir Festival, held at West Chester University.
#ASDProud #ArtsinASD
March is National Social Workers month and the first full week of March is National School Social Work Week! The theme for 2023 is “We Rise,” reflecting on how School Social Workers rise up to support their students, families, and school communities. #ASDProud #SSWWeek2023
Congratulations to the 8th grade boys basketball team for a very successful season! The team went 11-2 overall, and made it to the championship! Team captains included Xander Grasty, Kyler Pickron, and David Robbins. #ASDProud #ASDAthletics
Thank you to the guest readers who came to Overlook Elementary on Friday to kick-off this year's One School, One Book initiative! Each reader went to classrooms throughout the school to read the first chapter of this year's book, "Ways to Make Sunshine" by Renee Watson. #ASDProud
