District News Summer 2014

Conewago Valley School District| 130 Berlin Road| New Oxford, PA 17350 Volume 37. Issue 4

Athletic Physicals for the 2014-15 School Year

Athletic physicals for students in grades 7 to 12, will be held on Wednesday, July 30 and Wednesday, August 6 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm (high school football players should attend July 30, 4-5pm if possible). THIS WILL BE THE ONLY TIME ATHLETIC PHYSICALS ARE OFFERED FOR ATHLETES AT SCHOOL. There is a cost of $12.00 per student for physicals.

Students with the last name beginning A-M are on July 30 and students with the last name beginning N-Z are on August 6. Please see the cover sheet of the athletic physical packet for exact times. Physical packets are available on the school website under the sports section.

IF THE STUDENT DOES NOT ATTEND THESE PHYSICAL DATES, IT WILL BE THE PARENTS’ RESPONSIBILITY TO GET A PIAA ATHLETIC PHYSICAL FOR THEIR CHILD (note: athletic physicals and school physicals are two different types of paperwork).

ALL ATHLETES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PHYSICAL (DATED AFTER JUNE 1, 2014) BE-FORE PARTICIPATING IN ANY PIAA SPORT.

THE PIAA COMPREHENSIVE INITIAL PRE-PARTICIPATION PHYSICAL PACKET MUST BE COMPLETED. WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY OTHER PHYSICAL PAPERWORK.

If your question is not answered on the instruction page of the physical packet, you may contact the ath-letic trainer at 624-2157.

Congratulations to the New Oxford Envirothon team of Christine Bair, Justin Klunk, Ben Powell, Grayson Stuber and Ryan Wallen for qualifying for and competing in the PA State Envirothon competition held May 19th and 20th at PPL Montour Wildlife Preserve. This is the first time that a team from New Oxford has com-peted at the state level in the high school event They com-peted against all public, private, charter and home schooled students throughout the state. Our team finished 20th over-all. Their score was a culmination of 6 events: a ten minute oral presentation, (for which they had one hour to prepare), on sustainable agriculture, then 40 minutes for identification and written tests at five stations.

The station topics were aquatics, current issues, forestry, soils and wildlife. Mr. Hall is the advisor for the schools envirothon and would like to extend his thanks and gratitude to Mr. Brian Campbell and the New Ox-ford FFA organization for sponsoring the team.

Envirothon Team Competes at State Level

Pictured left to right are Justin Klunk, Ben Powell, Grayson Stu-ber, Ryan Wallen, Christine Bair.

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Operating Budget for 2014-2015

Direct Instruction 64.8 cents Instruction includes expenditures for salaries and fringe benefits of teachers and aides in the classroom, textbooks, teaching supplies, audio visual materials, spe-cial programs, conference expenses, classroom instruction equipment and re-pair. Also included are costs of tuition at special schools, and the Vo-Tech pro-gram.

Pupil Personnel Services 2.6 cents In this category are activities designed to assess and improve the well-being of students to supplement the teaching process. Included are salaries and fringe benefits of school counselors and psychologists, their secretaries, supplies and expenses of the guidance department, and the cost of testing and evaluation of students.

School Support Services 3.5 cents This category includes the salaries and fringe benefits of librarians, their secre-taries and aides, library books, supplies, and equipment. It also includes all au-dio visual services (materials and equipment) used by the District. Curriculum development services are also included in this category.

Administrative Services 5.7 cents The administration of educational programs includes all school board expenses, the salaries and fringe benefits, supplies, and expenses of the central and build-ing administration staff, and their secretaries. The salaries and expenses of tax collectors, the cost of legal services, and community relations are included.

Health Services 1.2 cent Activities are designed to provide physical and mental health services, which are not direct instruction. Included are salaries and fringe benefits of nurses, salaries of school doctors, and materials used in the operation of health services for public and parochial schools.

Business Services 0.7 cents The business services include the directing of fiscal services of budget planning, formulation, control and analysis, as well as payroll purchasing, business com-puter operations, and duplication services.

Operation and Maintenance 6.2 cents The activities concerned with keeping the physical plant open, comfortable, safe for use, and keeping the grounds, buildings and equipment in effective working condition and state of repair. Included are the salaries and fringe benefits of custodians and their supervisors.

Transportation 6.3 cents Pupil transportation expenses include the cost of transporting students to and from public, non-public, and special education schools. Field trip expense is also included in this item.

Student Activities 1.9 cents Includes salaries and materials expended in the operation of co-curricular activi-ties such as athletics, music programs, dramatics, etc.

Debt Service 7.0 cents Included in this category are the principal and interest payments on bond issues for school building construction.

Other Services 0.1 cents Includes District support of the Lincoln Intermediate Unit General Operating Budget.

Total $1.00

The Conewago Valley School District’s ten-tative budget for 2014/15 school year is set at $49,703,574. This represents a growth in the budget of 5.19%. Major areas of ex-pense that are driving the budget this year are pensions and Charter Schools. Cuts were made in property and supplies, general sup-plies, books and personnel. To finance the budget real estate tax rate was set at 11.1807 mills. In addition to the real estate tax, other taxes are: a $10 or $52 occu-pation tax dependent on municipality of resi-dence, $10 per capita tax, 1% real estate transfer tax, 5% amusement tax, and an earned income tax of 1.5% (school district share of 1%). Over 65% of the revenue to support the school district comes from these local sources with about an anticipated 34% com-ing from the state and 1% from federal gov-ernment. Unfortunately, the state continues to fund school districts without a fair, equita-ble and predictable funding formula. The district continues to provide a quality educa-tion to its students, despite being under-funded by the state. For every dollar of revenue, the following amounts are spent: (See next column)

CVSD Budget

Summer Office Hours

Summer office hours for the Cone-wago Valley School District build-ings are Monday thru Thursday 7am – 4pm. All Offices are closed on Fri-day.

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Dollars of Revenue Fed State Local

THE USE:

INSTRUCTION:

Regular Programs 23,304,393

Special Education 6,268,659

Vocational Education 1,750,374

Other 877,525

Total Instruction (64.8 %) 32,200,951

Pupil Personnel Services (2.6%) 1,286,659

School Support Services (3.5%) 1,717,394

Administrative Services (5.7%) 2,849,311

Health Services (1.2%) 586,420

Business Services (.7%) 371,514

Operation and Maintenance (6.2%) 3,022,581

Transportation (6.3%) 3,127,542

Student Activities (1.9%) 947,938

Debt Service (7.0%) 3,502,264

Other Services (0.1%) 76,000

Community Services 15,000

TOTAL EXPENSES: (100%) 49,703,574

THE SOURCE:

LOCAL:

Real Estate (11.1807 mills) 23,007,878

Public Utility Realty 33,724

Current Per Capita 184,996

Occupation Privilege 38,802

Earned Income (1.0%) 5,239,389

Real Estate Transfer (1%) 265,586

Amusement Tax (5%) 45,675

Delinquencies 633,228

Earnings from Investments

12,285

IDEA/ACCESS 570,632

Misc. 1,172,802

Fund balance 1,053,452

TOTAL LOCAL REVENUE: 32,258,449

REVENUE FROM STATE SOURCES: 16,809,118

REVENUE FROM FEDERAL SOURCES: 636,007

TOTAL REVENUE: 49,703,574

Academic Credit Denial

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Educator of the Year

Attention to all Parents and Students 17 years of age or older. School Board Policy #223, academic credit denial will take effect during the 2014-2015 school year. Accord-ing to Board Policy #223, academic credit will be revoked after students have accumulated 7 unexcused ab-sences during a semester. This policy simply means that students17 years of age of older will not receive credit for any classes in which they have accumulated more than 7 unexcused absences during a semester. More information along with Board Policy #223 will be included on the high school web page in the near fu-ture. Should you have any questions contact the high school office.

Middle School teacher, Mr. Anthony Angelini, (center) is shown with (left) Mr. Chris Bowman, NOMS Assis-tant Principal and right, Dr. Rebecca Harbaugh, Super-intendent CVSD, after receiving the Educator of the Year award from the Gettysburg Adams Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Angelini teaches social studies and language arts classes. He is also an advisor to the stu-dent council, volunteers at fundraisers, supervises dances and secures grants so students can attend field trips. He also serves on the school improvement team and is a union representative.

The Conewago Township Elementary School stu-dents collected non-perishable food items for their building’s Annual Feed a Friend event. This year 4,421 items were donated for the New Oxford Food Pantry. The first Feed a Friend was held in the fall of 1984 and moved to the spring in 1990. Congratulations CTE on 30 years of community service helping to feed the hungry.

CTE Feed the Hungry

Wolfe Postumulosly Honored at Alumni Banquet

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The New Oxford High School Alumni Association presented this year’s Alumni of the Year Award posthumously to ‘Bud’ Ruelle W. Wolfe (January 4, 1914 – June 29, 2000) at the annual Alumni Banquet held in the high school cafeteria by the class of 1963. Accepting the award on behalf of Mr. Wolfe was his daughter Sally W. Kemp. Wolfe was a life-long, fourth generation resident of New Oxford. He graduated, at age 16, from NOHS in 1931. While in high school he let-tered in basketball, was active in the drama club and played alto Saxophone in the town band. He earned his college degree from Columbia Technical School in Washington, D.C. As a teenager he worked at his father’s livery stable and during the depression his father’s oil tank business. He partnered with William Alwine, Jr. during the war years, in designing and building Winter Gardens, Inc. Additionally he designed eight private homes in New Oxford including his own on Lincoln-way East. He not only designed his home but helped hand cast the bricks for it. He joined Aero Oil Company in 1939 and retired at the age of 80, having held all offices there, (president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, and mem-ber of the Board). While with Aero, he designed and built twenty-two service stations which served as distributors for Atlantic Petroleum, Phillips 66 and Getty Oil. He served his community in many ways a few of which we mention here: New Oxford Borough Council for over 40 years, Council president

New Oxford Municipal Authority member New Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce, Past president New Oxford Cemetery Board of Directors

On April 8, New Oxford Elementary School hosted an information-filled evening for the parents of the Hispanic students of New Oxford Elementary School and Conewago Township Elementary School. The event was well attended by many enthusiastic fami-lies. The families who attended had the opportunity to hear presentations about topics such as the impor-tance of education, our school-wide behavior support plan, information available through our school web page and programs and resources available within the community. Snacks and door prizes were pro-vided. A special thank you to Dr. Gretchen Gates, Matt Wensel, Nallely Acosta from the LIU Migrant Program, Erika Alvarez and the Hispanic American Center for providing information that eve-

ning. Childcare was provided by New Oxford High School students, books were donated by Direct Brands, and Chick Fil-A provided snacks.

Elementary Hispanic Parent Night

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GRAB Program Enjoyed at CTE

Conewago Township Elementary School students recently participated in the GRAB program. GRAB (Get Really Awesome Books) allows all CTE stu-dents the opportunity to hear a reader and then choose a book to keep for their very own.

Enzo Grob and Colten Ensor participated in this program and are seen here enjoying their books. This year the GRAB program was held twice.

Students chose a book at the end of the year to kick off the summer reading program.

Shown here in Paris are (left to right): Front row - Chris Wingert, Sharon Wingert, Marissa Misner, Saman-tha Koontz, Morgan Christopher. Second Row- Stevie Voss, Kaitlin Mock, Brianna Worley, and Amanda

Wood. Third Row- Brandon Bankert. Last row- Avery Frank

Visiting Paris

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OX STRONG at NOMS

MARCH 7-1 Victoria Richter 7-2 Diana Simpson 7-3 Jissel Quinteros 8-3 Brianna Ditzler 8-2 Jake Breighner 8-1 Seth Staub

APRIL 7-1 Abby Wynne 7-2 Jaden Klinedinst 7-3 Seamus Waggoner 8-3 Dalton Hughes 8-2 Cecilia Carbaugh 8-1 Olivia O'Brien

As part of the Ox STRONG Program (School-wide Positive Behavior Intervention Support Program), each month, grade level teams nominate a representative that most exemplifies the characteristics of the 5 Ps (Participation in Learning, Perseverance, Promptness, Preparedness, and Politeness). These students receive a special lunch in their honor held in a special location outside of the cafeteria. The Sub Stop donates $10 per student and allows all six students to order from the menu. The food is delivered by an administrator during both lunch periods. Students also receive a certificate that is displayed in a cafeteria showcase for the entire month. Parents are sent a letter of notice and recognition regarding their students being awarded the honor of Student of the Month

Senior Self Improvement Awards

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Senior Self Improvement Award is a $500 cash award which is given to a high stu-dent who demonstrates overall self-improvement during his or her senior year. A $100 cash award is also pre-sented to four additional students who have shown self improvement. Improvement in the students grades, school attendance, behavior, attitude, effort and service to others are critical elements for receipt of the awards. This year we had five students vie for the award, and in our eyes they are ALL winners. Patrick Nye was named by the selection committee as the first place prize recipient this year. Amber Gladfelter, Destiny Houck, Ireland Maempel, and Lindsay Tosh were each runners up. Congratulations to all five of these Co-lonials, they each have done an excellent job here at New Oxford High School. Left of the students are: Kevin Thomas, HS principal, Becky Harbaugh, Superintendent and Brad Trostle, far right, HS Dropout Prevention.

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NAHS /The Memory Project

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Colonial Cares

An end of the year assembly featuring the 5th and 6th grade band and orchestra, the 6th grade chorus, numer-ous prize recipients, and a grand prize winner highlighted the yearlong Colonial CARES project at Cone-wago Valley Intermediate School. With a committee of teachers and staff trained in School Wide Positive Behavior Support, CVIS developed a program that centered on the implementation of school-wide rules known as the P5 (Productive, Polite, Posi-tive, Prepared, Prompt). Not only were all students taught the significance of these rules but the entire staff including bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians, instructional aides, secretaries, teachers, counselors and administrators were involved in its implementation. The entire focus of the initiative was to recognize the positive behaviors our students exhibited. Each week student’s names were drawn and prizes such as "first in the lunch line"; "prison ball in the gym"; or "reading the announcements" were awarded. Student pictures were displayed electronically in the cafeteria as well. Additionally, at the end of each marking period stu-dents participated in the Colonial CARES celebration featuring a wide variety of events. Planning is already underway for next year to further develop our positive behavior program for our students at CVIS. Finally, congratulations to Grayson Miller whose P5 ticket was selected from over 15,000 tickets earned by the students. His name was drawn by the 2014-15 Student Council President, Mikayla Gebhart. Grayson re-ceived a party for 8 featuring all the attractions at Hickory Falls in Hanover.

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E. Jerry Brooks Academic

At the NOABC All Sports Banquet in May the E. Jerry Brooks Academic Excellence Awards were presented to: Harrison R. Anderson Karissa A. Floyd, Jenna G. Doron Haley A. Eash Amanda N. Fuhrman Emily A. Gouker Madison L. Harman Carly N. Jarvis Austin L. Kibler Nicholas G. Lawrence Joel B. Luckenbaugh Kamden T. Merwede Samantha A. Morrow Cynthia J. Santoyo Logan M. Smith

York Adams Academic All League

Harrison Anderson Shane Hoff Danielle Bahou Carly Jarvis Katherine Bateman Dallas Keeney Bonaire Berry Brian Keffer Matthew Bixler Austin Kibler Courtney Brown Molly Kindschuh Tiffany Brzenk Samantha Koontz Stephen Clabaugh Nicholas Lawrence Jack Clark Anthony Lippy Jenna Doron Jaide Litzelman Haley Eash Joel Luckenbaugh Karissa Floyd Kamden Merwede Katelyn Fore Kirsten Miller Brianna Forry Samantha Morrow Amanda Fuhrman Justin Moul Emily Gouker Cynthia Santoyo Amanda Groft Curtis Smith Owen Groft Logan Smith Madison Harman Rebeccah Zehall Rahel Hicks-Assefa Joseph Zero

Below Athletes pose for All League Awards

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May Day AwardsChild Development – Children’s books 1st Becky Barnes- “Tommy, the Green Monkey” 2nd Ashley Groft- “The Giant Wake-Up Call” 3rd Amanda Groft- “Jerry’s First Job” 4th Lily Becker- “The Purple Elephants Struggle to Play” 5th Haley Wilder- “The Ugly Caterpillar” HM Hannah Guth- “Firehouse Field Trip” HMAriadne Cardenas- “Loneliness” HM Alexis Fodor- “Cameron’s Dentist Visit” HM Riley Shermeyer- “Melly’s Day of Dress-Up” Foods I Apple Pies 1st Grace Sanchez, Marcos Garcia, Nick Hawkins, Jamie Staub 2nd Corey Beamer, Connor Rhodes, Tyler Pope, Derek Smith 3rd Esteban Banda, Amber Dugan, Korbin Rummel 4th Bryanna Parks, Rigo Tula, Shannon Spencer, Zach Reaver 5th Hannnah Hash-Zinn, Alexis Kirk, Francisco Azarte, Brianna Ravenscroft HM Jamie Zephyr, Michelle Ingram HM Danny Aguilar, Nezir Krdzic, Ben Ibisevic, Kevin Lua HM Bryce Labreck, Jarrett Peck, Aaron Becker, Bailee Jenkins Specialty Foods -Cakes 1st Katie Wildenstein, Guy Nitchman, Zach McMaster 2nd Kayla Guinto, Donovan Rowland, Elliot Trimmer, Daulton Snyder 3rd Alex Nunez, Cat Otero, Emily Lawrence, Locan Collado 4th Bre Gaugler, Jesse Diaz, Shawn Corridori, Priscilla Mendoza HM Ally Gimble, Quinton Rebert, Maddy Evans Independent Living – Homemade Cookies 1st Dominic Grimes, Sammi Loy, Tori Reck, Alex Breighner 2nd Emmy Lua, Lindsay Menges, Amanda Taylor 3rd Jon Weaver, D.J. Stockman Preschool – Children’s posters 1st Kyla Wolfe 2nd Lauren Coan 3rd Brooke Moreland 4th Alexis Kirk 5th Cheyenne Miley HM Ana Cosio HM Kara Klunk Foreign Foods- Danishes 1st Garrett Arney, Emily Brown, Donovan Rowland, Slade Storm 2nd Roy Martinez, Annie Miller, Kaitlyn Philipsen, Michael Rud-isill 3rd Will Altland, Alec Miller, Kirsten Miller, Christopher Reichart ELECTRONICS Electronics I Electronics II 1st- Alex Neiderer 1st- Zach Studinski 2nd- Jon Batts 2nd- Jon Alpaugh 3rd- Luis Franco

Introduction to Agriculture Mechanics

Oxy-FuelWelding: BLOCK IV Best of Class: Bobby Bare 2.Noah Ness 3.Clayton Shriver 4.Brittany Sanders 5.Skylar Smith HM.Alex Clabaugh HM. David Forbes

Oxy-FuelCutting (“Bling”): BLOCK IV Best of Class : Noah Ness:Nike Logo Skylar Smith Brittany Sanders Logan Noel Michael Reichart HM.Bobby Bare HM.Adam Massicot

BLOCK V Best of Class: Levi Wells 2.Andrew Wright 3.Reba Crowl 4. Zach Worthing 5. Corey Beamer HM.Tyler McKim HM.John Hess

BLOCK V Best of Class:Brandon Smiley: Smiley Heart 2. John Hess 3.Brandon Smiley 4. Hunter Shaurette 5. Reba Crowl HM Corey Beamer HM John Hess

BEST OF SHOW AGRICULTURE MECHANICS Noah Ness: Nike logo “Bling

AGRICULTURE MECHANICS PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES II GMAW Welding

BLOCK II Best of Class: Matthew Kennedy: Trailer 2. Hannah Riser 3. Shane Hoff HM Isaiah Reese

The votes are in the for National Guard Most Inspirational Athlete contest.Aaron Gebhart, a track and field athlete of New Oxford High School (Pa.), has been crowned the winner, with 335,765 votes. The final round of the contest attracted 1,248,334 votes total.

Rotary Recognizes Berry

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Score Big for the SPCA

The Powder Puff game spon-sored by the Varsity Club raised ($1,230.00). All pro-ceeds from the game were do-nated to the Adams County SPCA. Shown in the picture at right is President, Amanda Fuhrman, holding one of the rescue dogs introduced be-tween games.

Patients and families of Dr. David Ross Orthodontics in Hanover had the opportunity to nominate out-standing teachers for the 2013-14 Teacher of the Year. Congratulations to Mrs. Bev Ford from the Conewago Valley Intermediate School on her selection for this award. Mrs. Ford was nominated by her student Zach-ary Rang and his family. She received a plaque in rec-ognition of her outstanding work in the classroom and Dr. Ross treated her entire class to a pizza party held at CVIS. Shown in photo are: Tracy Rang, Zachary Rang, Mrs. Ford and Dr. Ross.

CVIS Teacher Recognized

The New Ox-ford-Conewago Valley Rotary Club recognizes students monthly from New Oxford and Bermudian Springs high

schools. From NOHS Bonaire Berry, was recognized by the organization for May. Bonaire, a senior, was introduced by Layla Britton, High School Seminar Teacher who said she is a gifted and talented athlete, a member of the girls’ varsity volleyball team. She is a member on Student Council (4 years) and class President. She is a member of the National Honors Society, Band and Orchestra (2 years) and a 9th grade mentor. She will be attending Lehigh University where she will continue to play volleyball and study Bio-Engineering. Bonaire is the daughter of Russ and April Berry.

The New Oxford Athletic Booster Club Sportsmanship Award went to Hank Anderson & Sarah Smith at the Sports Banquet held in May. Presentor was Vicky Waddell, (center) president.

Sportmanship Winners