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Category Archives: Spring Grove Area School District
Spring Grove students win fourth in Team America Rocketry Challenge nationals
A team of Spring Grove students won fourth place in the national finals of the Team America Rocketry Challenge over the weekend. The team won $4,500 in prize money for themselves and the high school, said teacher Brian Hastings. “The … Continue reading
Spring Grove educator’s peer mentoring program gets national attention
A Spring Grove Area High School administrator’s efforts to help at-risk freshman move successfully on in high school have received national attention lately. Nate Frank, assistant principal, began looking at the “freshman failure phenomenon” when he moved into his role … Continue reading
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Tagged freshmen, high school, Nathan Frank, ninth grade, Spring Grove, transitions
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Spring Grove Rocket Scientists head to national level of Team America Rocketry Challenge
Three teams of Spring Grove “Rocket Scientists” will advance to the national level of the Team America Rocketry Challenge, according to the district. Five teams from Spring Grove competed. The teams moving on are: Tobie Sneeringer – captain/Colton Crockett, Kiara … Continue reading
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
Spring Grove surplus goods up for auction
Need some desks or office chairs? Kitchen equipment? Pretzel machine, or a card catalog perhaps? You can find all of those things and more on Saturday, when Spring Grove Area School District will hold an auction. The district will auction … Continue reading
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Tagged auctions, chairs, desks, events, Spring Grove, supplies
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A belated Pi Day post
I’m a bit late for Pi Day (3-14) but I wanted to share these photos, submitted by Lyn Greco, a family and consumer science teacher in Spring Grove Area School District. Greco’s son, Ethan, crafted a pie featuring the numbers … Continue reading
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Tagged pi, pie, Spring Grove
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Hanging out with Spring Grove’s Rocket Scientists
After school ended on Tuesday, Brian Hastings’ classroom was still buzzing with activity. Some students were prepping for the Science Olympiad, to be held at Millersville University on Saturday. Others prepared rockets for launching to enter the Team America Rocketry … Continue reading
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Tagged competitions, Rocket Scientists, science, Spring Grove, STEM
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You can help a high school rocket scientist!
I just saw this item in Spring Grove Area School District’s e-newsletter and wanted to share: “Student-athletes are not the only competitors in high school anymore. Our High School Science team, affectionately known as the Rocket Scientists, compete in several … Continue reading
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Tagged activities, clubs, donations, funding, high school students, robots, rockets, science
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Education moments from 2011
Earlier, I posted about the hot education topics in 2011. As I mentioned then, the subjects – budgets, legislation, etc. – seemed a bit dreary. So I gathered some photos from the past year of education moments, whether they be … Continue reading
Zumbathon to help students attend health course
Spring Grove Area High School will host the school district’s first Zumbathon on Saturday. The event starts at 9 a.m. with a two-hour class in the high school gym, followed by Aqua Zumba in the pool at 11 a.m., according … Continue reading
