Issue #2 November 2017

Welcome to the Weatherly Gazzette’s second issue of the 20172018 school year.

Everyone have a safe and happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

Index Page 2 - ES/MS Questionnaire, Pie Flavor Poll & Upcoming Events Page 3 - “Makerspace” Supply Request Page 4 - Visiting Pre-K Page 5 - “Got Values?” Project and Holiday Review Page 6 - Senior & Teacher of the month for October Page 7-Girls’ Basketball Word Find

This month’s student contributors! Title—Jessica Howard

Cover Art—Angelina Davis

Word Find & ES/MS Questionnaire—Rhianne Markovchick Holiday Review—Jessica Moser

Pie Poll—Jordan Mitchell & Kayla Jones

Pre-K Visit & Teacher of the month—Katelynn Ache

ES/MS Students of the Month Questionnaire Students are chosen based on their behavior and their grades. This month, we asked students what are their two favorite things to eat at Thanksgiving 1st Grade

2nd Grade

Michael Whale: Turkey & Apple Pie

3rd Grade

6th Grade

Kiley Barnic: Turkey & Ham

Juliette Bartel: Homemade Mac N’ Cheese & Broccoli in the Oven

Jordyn Zarembra: Turkey & Creamed Corn 4th Grade

Dominick Gudos: Turkey & Chicken Katie Knock: Turkey & Stuffing Levi Aneskevich: Turkey & Corn

Arianna Walsh: Turkey & Mashed Potatoes

7th Grade

Laurel Kennedy: Absent during the questionnaire

Zachary Davis: Turkey & Gravy

Aiden Slovik: Chicken & Turkey

Kolton Reiner: Turkey & Mashed Potatoes

5th Grade

8th Grade

Vincent Paisley: Turkey & Mashed Potatoes

Gianna Lowman: Mashed Potatoes with Gravy & Pumpkin Pie with Cool Whip

Middle School Pie Flavor Poll 6th Grade—19 Total Participants

7th Grade—33 Total Participants

8th Grade—21 Total Participants

Cherry 10%

Cherry 15%

Pumpkin 64%

Pumpkin 52%

Pumpkin 67%

Apple 26%

Apple 33%

Apple 28%

Winner:

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Cherry 5%

Upcoming Events October 27th - Earlyday Dismissal & Middle School Halloween November 21st—1/2 for students Dance (MS Café). November 22nd—1/2 day for students October 31st - NHS Blood Drive (HS Gym) & End of the 1st November 23rd—Thanksgiving. Everyone enjoy their holiday! Marking Period. November 24th & 27th— No school for the holiday break. November 1st - School Board Caucus Meeting (MS LGI Room). November 29th—Yearbook Meeting in HS Room 2106 November 7th - FAFSA Night (HS Library) November 30th—Scholastic Scrimmage practice in HS Room November 8th - HS Picture Retake Day (HS) & School Board 2105 Regular Meeting (MS LGI Room).

December 4th— Interact Club meeting December 6th - School Board Reorganization Meeting and Caucus Meeting (Both in MS LGI Room). December 13th - School Board Regular Meeting (MS LGI Room).

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Meeting Pre-K Classes Miss. Kufro’s 5th period Parenting class meets Miss. Wagner and Mrs. Peiser’s PRE-K classes on Halloween!!

As the parenting class learned about child development, they visited our PRE-K kids to see at the ages of 3-5 how they were acting and what interested them. When the kids visited, they did activities for Halloween like making dirt cups with pudding and crumbled oreos and also Jack-O-Lantern crafts the kids got to make themselves. All the students had a great time and Miss. Kufro, Miss. Wagner, and Mrs. Peiser hoped to do another activity like this around the end of the year for all the kids to enjoy. 4

Miss Kufro’s “Got Values?” Project Miss Kufro's high school Family and Consumer Science class started a “Got Values?” project this year to promote value awareness. The project includes designing a bulletin board and displaying their chosen values in an effort to get students thinking. This month's bulletin board was designed by Austin Fox, Yasin Zuberi, and Tai Gettig. November's Got Values? bulletin board. Superb job and message boys!

Holiday Review It’s time for the review of the issue. There are a lot of holidays coming up, so I wanted to review a holiday. I don’t know all of the holidays, not fully, so I am going to say my favorite holiday and explain why. My favorite holiday is Christmas; This is no disrespect to people who do not like or do not celebrate it, but I love this holiday. Why? Well, for one thing, I get to be with my family. Secondly, I get a really long break from school. Lastly, not to sound greedy, but the presents are great. Now, I know the other holidays have some great things about them, but like I said, Christmas is my favorite. You can like Easter better, or Thanksgiving better, but this is my opinion. That is all for the review of this issue. I hope you agree with me, but if not, I completely understand. 5

Senior of the Month: Julia Hinkle Julia Hinkle, daughter of John and Mary Hinkle, Weatherly, has been named Senior of the Month for October at Weatherly Area High School. Julia serves as the vice president of the WAHS chapter of the National Honor Society, and the vice president of the Class of 2018. She is a varsity cheerleader and a member of the high school chorus, SGA, and yearbook club.

In the community, Julia is a member of Most Precious Blood youth group, and serves as missions coordinator and lector. She volunteers her time both in and out of school with National Honor Society projects, and is employed by Skipper Dippers. Sponsors for the month of October are Gilliespie, Miscavige, Ferdinand & Baranko, LLC, of Hazleton; and Lesko’s Tree Farm and Used Farm Equipment, Weatherly.

Teacher of the Month: Sarah Peterlin Mrs. Peterlin has been teaching at Weatherly High School for the past sixteen years. She is the current ninth and tenth grade English teacher as well as co-advisor for the SGA. She is always positively promoting all of the happenings at WASD through our district's Twitter account. Last year, she was inducted as an honorary member of the Weatherly Area School Chapter of the National Honor Society. She is a 1998 graduate of Crestwood High School. After high school, Mrs. Peterlin attended Neumann University in Aston Township, PA. She majored in Communication Arts, received a Secondary Ed Certification in English and minored in Spanish. Throughout college, she was part of the volleyball team. She was the Student Public Relations Representative and the Valedictorian of her 2002 graduating class. She then attended Wilkes University, where she received two Master’s Degrees and graduated in the years 2005 & 2008. In her spare time, Mrs. Peterlin and her family are involved in their church, St. Jude’s in Mountaintop and they are passionate about raising awareness about Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) and fundraising for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

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Names: FEWINS, GUTH, KANE, KISLAN, LOWMAN, MAIELLO, MICHAELS, PAISLEY, PLEBAN, VONFRISCH, WAINWRIGHT

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