Tuesday, January 31, 2012

State Representative Sandra Major Visits BRSD!


Rep. Major recently visited Blue Ridge School District on January 30, 2012 to meet with the Blue Ridge school board, administration, faculty, students and community members. During her visit, topics such as school funding, Senate Bill 1 (voucher program), and the impact of natural gas drilling in the region were discussed. Pictured is Rep. Major with some Blue Ridge High School students.
(Pictured (L-R) -- Tama Galu, Rep. Major, Kevin Carey, David Miller)

Monday, January 9, 2012

Art That Helps



Blue Ridge Fifth Grade Art Club is getting ready to launch this year’s Hexagon Project. Students created hexagon donation containers that they will place in local businesses. The money collected will be donated to Susquehanna County Interfaith and they will distribute the funds to people who need help heating their homes through the cold winter months.
Last year Blue Ridge Students collected $455.00 in total and also won the Community Partnership Award at the Interdependence Day Art Exhibit. This year, students hope to top that total. After the donations are counted, the containers will be headed to the art show in the fall where they will be on display at the 2012 Interdependence Day Exhibit.
When you see a hexagon shaped donation container please try to add some change and help keep someone warm this winter.
For more information on the Hexagon Project and Interdependence Day visit www.interdependencedaynepa.org
To make a donation, please contact Sarrah Dibble at dibbles@brsd.org or 570-465-3141, ext. 548.

Top row from left to right: Luis Tobon, Bobby Reynolds, Micah Mullen, Sarah Vogel, Kaleb Folk, Kyra Powell, Tommy Gudykunst, Danielle Goff, William Rudick, Autumn Perrington. Bottom row: Taylor Brant, Anna Bonner, Makayla Philllips, Mary Kerr, Tabitha Cramer, Karris Fazzi, Avy Mudge, Adam Roe.
Absent from Picture: Ben Gudykunst, Sierra Brown, Ashley Mirra, Jillian McAulliffe, Natasha Johnson, Jerni Schell, Alec Martin, Matt Glatzel, Daniel Tierney, Zachary Smith, Krystal Hepler, Todd Hand.

The Kindergarten classes at Blue Ridge Elementary School constructed a piñata shaped as the Grinch to celebrate Los Posadas. As part as our Holidays Around the World unit, the kindergartners learned how children from different parts of the world celebrate the holidays. As pictured, students used liquid starch and newspaper to form the piñata. In addition to history and art, science was integrated into this project as the students predicted what would happen to the balloon after it was covered with several layers of newspaper and glue. On piñata breaking day, Mr. Button, our elementary principal offered his assistance to the kindergartners in breaking the piñata!










Monday, January 2, 2012

OPEN HOUSE for Susquehanna County Literacy Program!

When:
Saturday, January 14th, 2012
10am to 2pm

Come Check us out!

Susquehanna County Literacy Program
(570) 465-2880 or email sclp@epix.net

You can find us on Facebook or at susqctyliteracy.org

Education IS the only way to end Poverty…

Miss Dibble's 6th Grade Hexagon Project Gets Recognized!

Click on the link below:
http://insea.org/publications/volume-3-number-3-news.

The 6th Grade Hexagon Project was mentioned in an article in "The International Society for Education Through Art publication".

Click on "Articles" on the right then scroll down to find the article.