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 …
Hello High School Families, In an effort to continually improve our traffic flow and protocols, we are making a slight change to the family drop-off and pick-up in the rear of the High School. Beginning on Tuesday, January 16, we will implement a drop-off and pick-up zone in the rear loop. We ask families to …
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 Schalmont 6th grader Riley Benkoski who won this year’s Middle School Spelling Bee! Riley will represent Schalmont at the Regional Spelling Bee in March. Congratulations to Riley and all our spellers who did such a great job in our Spelling Bee!
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!
The Board of Education met last night for its regular meeting. Here is a summary. The Board appointed Lauren Rockenstire as a Family and Consumer Science Teacher to fill a long-term leave at Schalmont Middle and High School. Welcome to Schalmont, Ms. Rockenstire! The Board appointed Victoria Savallo as a Grade 7 Math Teacher to …
Families packed Mrs. O’Rourke’s classroom just before the Holiday Recess as her 2nd grade class performed “Character Matters”, a play featuring fun takes on fairy tales to underscore the importance of taking responsibility for one’s actions. Great job! See photo gallery Watch video
