The Board of Education met last night for its regular meeting. Here is a summary. Superintendent Dr. Thomas Reardon praised Schalmont’s Transportation Department, thanking them for their outstanding work last week getting every student home safely despite an afternoon storm that was worse than forecasted. Board members also spoke proudly of the Transportation Department’s dedication, …
Schalmont would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to our amazing Transportation Department for all they do to ensure our students get to school and back home safely each day. This dedicated team spent Wednesday evening together reviewing important school transportation precautions to help ensure the safety of our students. The professional development takes place …
Students in Career & Financial Management classes enjoyed sharing everything they learned about career paths that interest them Friday during the High School Career Fair. Standing before presentations they made for the semi-annual event, High School students discussed how much education their chosen career requires, typical salaries, and other information they researched in class. Students …
Schalmont 7th graders sharpened their debating skills last week as Ms. Harvey’s ELA classes held classroom debates about school dress codes. Students prepared for the debates by studying the 1969 Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines, a landmark case dealing with free speech in schools. For many of the students, it was their first …
Congratulations to Schalmont Middle School’s Engineering Club who won two awards at Saturday’s Future Cities Regional Competition! Their city, Trumonopolis, won Best Transportation Planning and Best Public Transportation System at the competition. Future City is a competition that challenges students to use their creative and innovative imaginations to design a city of the future. Students …
Students learned about American Sign Language this week as guest presenter Kaitlyn Desautels visited several Jefferson Elementary classrooms. Ms. Desautels, who is fluent in ASL, taught students how to spell their names and shared her experiences working with people who are deaf. “The only thing people who are deaf can’t do is hear,” Ms. Desautels …
Congratulations to the Varsity Indoor Track Team of Gianna Amoroso, Zara Kushner, Caelyn Eiser and Abby Hughes who broke the school record for girls 4×200 relay with a time of 1:51.72 at The Armory in New York City!
