#SummerinASD: Joseph Baker (rising 8th grader, AMS) and his brothers, Jaxson and Jason (entering 4th and 2nd grades, Rydal Elementary), spent July 4th in West Virginia. They toured a coal mine in Beckley and enjoyed the spectacular view from Grandview at New River Gorge National Park.
Danny McGinn, rising Senior High 10th grader, and his sister Abby, entering 3rd grade at McKinley Elementary, spent a week in Florida hunting for shark teeth fossils and enjoying the water! #SummerinASD
#SummerinASD: Morgan and Jocelyn Gillette (entering grade 9, ASHS, and grade 6, AMS) with their sister Riley (upcoming 3rd grader at Copper Beech Elementary), enjoyed the beautiful landscape of the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee.
Parents/guardians received an email this morning under ASD's new mass communication system! The system is integrated with Skyward, so if you did not receive the message, check that your contact information is up to date, and/or make sure the email did not go to your spam folder.
Roslyn Elementary students are enjoying some quiet time on a recent train ride, diving into their summer reading. Great job! #SummerinASD
The McKinley Elementary garden brought a bountiful harvest of colorful blooms this year, and an abundance of sweet summer strawberries! Students enjoyed the fruits of their labor, and learned about caring for their plantings and about the ecosystem of their garden pond. #SummerinASD
Isabelle and Everett Groves, entering 2nd grade and kindergarten at Roslyn Elementary, hiked to the summit of Hawksbill Mountain in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. #SummerinASD
#SummerinASD: Willow Hill Elementary rising 5th grader London Green took the Auto Train down to Florida for two weeks! The first stop was Fort Myers to visit her cousins, then onto Disney World and Animal Kingdom for the first time ever!
#SummerinASD: Nick and Alex Boscaino (entering grade 8 at AMS, grade 3 at Copper Beech) visited the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. They learned about ancient Egypt and saw gems, minerals, and dinosaurs, including the first T. Rex specimen ever discovered.
Jake McCreery, future 5th grader at Highland Elementary, recently vacationed at Frontier Town in Maryland. #SummerinASD
On June 27th the Board approved the senior citizen tax rebate program, which provides homeowners age 65+ living in Abington Township or the Borough of Rockledge the opportunity to receive up to 40% of tax relief for 2023-2024. Visit www.abington.k12.pa.us/rebate for more info.
#SummerinASD: Rydal Elementary students Julia and Jacob Lewis (entering 3rd and 1st grade) started summer with a trip to our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.
Willow Hill Elementary students Chase and Abby McDonald (future 4th and 2nd graders) spent time this summer learning about the wild horses and island conservation at Assateague Island National Seashore. #SummerinASD
ASHS future senior, Nicole Chen, is spending a week in the St. Joseph University physics lab. Students and teachers from across the country are researching problems from the International Young Physicists Tournament. Nicole's team is studying a friction oscillator. #SummerinASD
#SummerinASD: Charli Miller, rising 2nd grader at Roslyn Elementary, began the Summer of 2023 by experiencing the thrill of parasailing!
Caleb and Connor Lamb (entering 5th and 1st grades at Roslyn Elementary) kicked off their summer break by taking a road trip to Montréal and learning French! #SummerinASD
#SummerinASD: Evan and Audrey Vizza (Grade 3 and Kindergarten, Copper Beech Elementary), enjoy gelato with their brother Gabe (Grade 6, Abington Middle School) in Florence, Italy.
Scarlett Dunn, a Roslyn student entering 4th grade, begins her summer reading on the beach in North Wildood, NJ. #SummerinASD
The #SummerinASD series is back for the summer of 2023! Share photos and a description of your student’s summer adventures, whether they’re catching up on summer reading, attending camp, learning a new skill, or traveling out of town! Don’t forget to send their name, school and grade they will be entering next school year. Email CR@abington.k12.pa.us.
As teachers and school staff wrap up their 2022-2023 school year today, we want to extend a warm THANK YOU to our ASD team, our students and their families! See you in the 2023-2024 school year! #ASDProud
