Category Archives: Eastern York School District

What’s behind graduation gown colors, anyway?

Districts around York County have different traditions when it comes to what colors students will wear at graduation.

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South Western, Spring Grove, West York top seat belt challenge

Three local high schools — South Western, Spring Grove Area, and West York — took the top honors in the Second Annual York/Adams High School Seat Belt Challenge, according to a news release.

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Wrightsville principal, York Revolution to make good on reading reward promise

Wrightsville Elementary School Principal Don Gillett will sleep on the school roof starting April 18, when the York Revolution season opens, until the team loses a game. It’s a reward for his students reading more than 2,000 books as part of Boomer’s Book Club.

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Kids hit Boomer’s Book Club reading goal, so Wrightsville Elementary principal will sleep on roof

A principal will sleep on the roof of his school because his kids read more than 2,000 books as part of Boomer’s Book Club, an initiative of the York Revolution.

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Local students win regional robotics competition

A team of local high school students won a the regional level of a robotics competition held recently, according to a news release.

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Wrightsville Elementary principal gets silly to show kids ‘human’ side

Wrightsville Elementary Principal Don Gillett will dress up, shave his head or do other silly things to connect with students.

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Spring Grove, other teams advance in Science Olympiad

Spring Grove Area High School took first place in its division at the PA Central Region Science Olympiad, held over the weekend at Millersville University. According to a post on the Millersville website, each school competing in the Science Olympiad … Continue reading

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Talk to Eastern York educators on Jan. 23

The second annual “Conversations with the Eastern York Community” will be hosted by the school district on Jan. 23. Parents and community members are invited to talk to district administrators, teachers, support staff and school board members. The focused conversations … Continue reading

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Tree house art projects help foster kids

Fifth-graders at Canadochly Elementary School worked all year to create cardboard tree houses for a good cause. Crisha Luttenberger, art teacher at the school, said in an email that the the Treehouse Project was a service-learning project that allowed the … Continue reading

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