Submitted  by Sara Hunt, YSEF

On April 29, YS parents, alumni, teachers, administrators and supporters gathered at Heritage Hills to celebrate the innovative, creative and excellent learning opportunities that were funded by the York Suburban Education Foundation in the 2016-2017 school year.  

Through sponsorships, ticket sales, the silent auction and general contributions, the YS community raised over $32,000 . The YSEF Board and Event Committee would like to express its appreciation to the following for their support of the event and the organization:

$5,000 Valedictorian Sponsor:

Glatfelter Insurance Group

$2,500-$4,999 Salutatorian Sponsor:

Safeguard*

$1,000-$2,499 National Honor Society Sponsors:

Shipley Energy

Stock and Leader

Turybury Family

Victor’s Italian Restaurant

$500-$999 Distinguished Honor Roll Sponsors:

Meg and Peter Brubaker

Daniel and Judith Efiom-Ekaha

Mid-Atlantic Media Hub

Tom and Kris O’Shea

Mark and Ruby Schmidt

Connie and Basil Shorb, III

Matt and Brooke Shorb

Springettsbury Sertoma Club

Three M Tool & Die Corp.

ToNhu Vu and Ambrose Liu

$250-$499 Honor Roll Sponsors:

Wendy and Joel Berg

Dr. Amanda and Jon Bowman

Susan and Blaine Bryant

Dr. Sean Campbell and Dr. Karen Jones

Carney Engineering Group

CGA Law Firm P.C.

Dr. Charles and Mary Chodroff

Sean and Annette Clark/York Independents Inc.

Carolyn and Bill Gierasch

Gary and Karyl Lee Gilbert

The Grumbacher Family Foundation

Craig and Laura Horowitz

Jim and Heather Igo

Dr. Vrushali Deshmukh and Ashutosh Ingole

Kay and Ken Matthews

Dr. Shelly and Joe Merkle

Kathy and Ander Pindzola

RBC Capital Markets

Sarah and Scott Reinecker

Cathy and Keith Shaffer

Andrew and Alyssa Shorb

Dr. Steven and Stephanie Sullivan

Adam and Erin Titter

Lori and Cary Walton

*Denotes In-Kind

Special acknowledgments to:  YS parent Jason Plotkin for video production, Safeguard, owned by YS parent and alumni James Sanders for invitation printing, Victor’s Italian Restaurant for invitation mailing, Lori S. Malkin Design, owned by YS parent Lori Malkin Ehrlich for invitation and program design, and Manchester Café, owned by YS parents Beth and Jimmy Papadiamantis for the desserts.

Thank you to the Event Committee as well—Chairperson, Susan Bryant, Megan Ambrose, Jim Igo, Kay Matthews, James Sanders, Erin Titter, Gina Trimmer and Jamie Vranich.

Monies raised from the Celebration of Excellence benefit YS students through YSEF classroom grants and programs like the Impact Closets located in each building. These grants and programs enhance the educational experience and foster continued academic excellence for district students.  Due to the generous support of our YS community, this year YSEF awarded 11 grants totaling $45,078.54, which was announced at the Celebration.  Since 2008, YSEF has awarded 104 grants totaling $233,119.  

Video: YSEF “Share Your Impact” (2017)

For more information on the YSEF Celebration of Excellence: Share Your Impact or for a complete list of grants awarded by YSEF, please visit www.ysef.org.

Submitted by Molly McAuliffe

The annual York Suburban Middle School Art Show had a fantastic turn out Wednesday night. The YS talent was on display and family, friends, students, and community members were impressed. Mrs. McAuliffe thanks everyone for their support of the arts at YSMS.

Sixth grade: Students did three projects. The first was a clay sculptural animal where they learned about Oaxacan woodcarved animals and how they create 3-D animals. The second was a colorful landscape where students learned about perspective and different color theory movements, such as: realism, impressionism, and fauvism. The third was a self-portrait where students learned about Chuck Close while also comparing his artwork to other famous artists’ self-portraits.

Seventh grade: Students began their rotation with a photography self-portrait where they practiced different photography strategies and editing effects. They then looked at graphic design and advertising. They created a personal logo while keeping in mind the rules of logo design, created a linoleum cut stamp, and printed their stamp using printing ink. Their third project was a charcoal still life, and their fourth project was inspired by surrealism. After doing two creativity activities, they created a surrealism scene using collage materials.

Eighth grade: Students researched a famous artist and designed a functional ceramic box that was inspired by the life or the work of their artist. Once the box was fired in the kiln students applied glaze to the finished box. Students then used either tempera paint, chalk pastel, oil pastel, or watercolor to complete a pop art inspired pop culture drawing. Their final project was a choice project. Students had the choice to either write an artist’s proposal for a project of their choosing, create a painting that parodies a famous painting, design a poster series, study human movement, photograph a paper that changes the photograph, or illustrate a favorite quote.

 

Submitted by Sonia Guyer

It was another successful spring season for the York Suburban Middle School volleyball teams! The Junior Varsity team finished another undefeated season with a 13-0 record (overall set record of 26-1). Add a tournament championship, and they close their season with an overall record of 38-2. The Varsity team also finished with a back-to-back 13-0 undefeated record (set record of 26-0). They were also undefeated (12-0) when winning their tournament championship, leading to a 38-0 record throughout the season. It certainly was another amazing season for both teams!

Submitted by Amy Uffelman

Fourth grade students at Indian Rock participated in a Wax Museum in early May.  Students had to read about a famous person and publish 7 of the main events in their person’s life in a fold-out project.  Then, they had to try to memorize their lines in first person, which was tough, but they did an awesome job! Finally, students dressed up like their famous person and brought in props to adorn their desks.  Parents were invited to school to enjoy the museum setting, but also to learn a few things about some historical figures.  All, including the teachers, were highly impressed with the fine work of our students!