Valley View Elementary was proud to welcome Bogdan Naskovic from Imagine Learning on Friday, December 15. Mr. Naskovic honored Valeria Sandoval-Hernandez for going above and beyond in her work on the Imagine Learning program, led by Mrs. Sallie Spanswick, Language Instruction Educational Program(LIEP) teacher. Valeria was rewarded with a certificate, Kindle Fire, and solar powered backpack. Mr. Naskovic presented the award in Valeria’s class, which provided a teachable moment for all students to hear about hard work, effort, and growth mindset. Congratulations, Valeria Sandoval-Hernandez!

Submitted by Mrs. Susan Mellinger

Congratulations to fifteen East York Elementary third grade students whose artwork was selected and displayed the Charles Demuth Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania during the month of December 2017. Supported by the museum’s “Art in a Box” educational program, materials were generously offered by the museum for all students to learn about the life and art of Lancaster native, Charles Demuth.  Space was provided for several different school districts with artwork from kindergarten through senior high school.  Artworks were viewed and enjoyed by the public and an opening exhibition was given for all students, parents, and friends. The following East York students’ artwork was featured: (front row, left to right) Aidan Kochenour, Zack Soriano, (second row) Jennifer Tran, Chloe Hill, Natalie Martin, Lola Santoro, Gabriella Harmantzis, (back row) Maya Wolpert, Geana Potts, Juner Laurence, Julia Gerber, Jonathan Stermer, Sara Youcheff, Paige Overmiller, Julia Bryant.

Submitted by Matt Marshall, Athletic Director

York Suburban had a number of outstanding performances by teams and individuals during the fall sports season. The cross country teams both finished second in District 3 with both Coach Dan VanHouwe and Coach Ron Herman named Coach of the Year. The boys team had a fantastic showing finishing 2nd in the PIAA Championships and the girls turned in an impressive 11th place finish.  Individually, Bryce Ohl finished 2nd in the (AA) PIAA Championships!

Girls volleyball and the golf team experienced outstanding regular seasons, finishing 2nd in their division . Girls volleyball made it to the semi-finals of the YAIAA Championships and earned a first  round victory in the District 3 Championships.

Highlighted below are the coaches and individuals recognized as all-stars by league, district, and PIAA Coaches, as well as the local media. We are also extremely proud of our boys soccer team for representing the district well and winning the YAIAA Sportsmanship Award. Congratulations to all athletes and coaches on the recognition of all your hard work!

York Suburban Fall All-Stars 2017-2018

“YS Athletics – 23 Sports, 1 Team”

Cross  Country  

Submitted by Mrs. Kathy Pavoncello

On December 5, the Yorkshire Elementary School cafeteria was alive with holiday cheer. The Yorkshire PTO sponsored a family-oriented cookie decorating event. Students and family members exhibited much creativity in choosing the icing and toppings! Children also created a host of holiday cards to be delivered to a local retirement home. For the first time, entertainment was provided by our talented middle school musicians, Sounds of Tomorrow and the Winter Carol Band, directed by Mrs .Amy Intrieri. It was a very “sweet” evening all around!

Submitted by Mrs. Kathy Pavoncello

The kindergarten Discovery & Design students have been busy as bees the last few cycles. They recently read the story The Three Bears and decided to make a new bed for Goldilocks! The requirements were to make a bed to fit Goldilocks that was also strong enough to hold her. The students first designed a bed, deciding which materials to use. After designing the bed, they worked collaboratively (see if your child can tell you what collaboration means!!) to construct the new bed. Designs were tested by putting Goldilocks in the bed to check if it was both sturdy and big enough to hold her. If the beds didn’t work, the students engaged in problem solving  Ask your child what materials were used and if their bed design successfully supported Goldilocks.

In second grade, students have the opportunity to learn an assortment of techniques and skills related to the use of their Chromebooks.  As part of this course, students use a program called Typing Club that teaches proper keyboarding techniques.  This program helps build efficient keyboarding skills through evaluating the students accuracy and speed of typing.  In addition to learning how to type properly, the students have a variety of opportunities to apply new skills using many different Google-based applications.  

Discovery and Design also allows the students the opportunity to explore the beginning phases of computer programming.  Students recently took part in the Hour of Code through code.org.  Other applications for younger students interested in beginning coding skills include: ScratchJr (an app that can be added to tablets) and Scratch (a web-based program).