ATTENTION CENTRAL CAMBRIA SCHOOL DISTRICT PARENTS

In an effort to alleviate the high volume of changes that occur at the beginning of each new school term, Central Cambria School District will be offering a convenient service to parents with students of all grade levels entering the District to register over the summer months. Additionally, student withdrawals and change of addresses will be accommodated. This service will be offered at Central Cambria’s High School Guidance Office, effective June 28, 2011 through August 10, 2011, on Tuesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Please contact Vera Ley at 814-472-8860, extension 214, to make an appointment. We highly encourage parents to take advantage of this service.

Cambria and Jackson Elementary Schools Awarded 1st Place Ribbons Spring 2011 Interscholastic Reading Competitions

The Red Team from Cambria Elementary and the Red Readers Team from Jackson Elementary returned home on Thursday evening, April 12, 2011 with First Place Blue Ribbons at the Interscholastic Reading Competition hosted by the Meyersdale Area School District. The students worked extremely hard to achieve their ribbons and should be commended for a job well done!

BOLD Program - Boys Only Leadership Development

The 4th and 5th grade boys from Cambria and Jackson Elementary Schools participated in the Boys Only Leadership Development on Saturday, April 10, 2011 at Jackson Elementary School. The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Men’s Basketball Team volunteered the whole day. They helped with team building skills. Jeanne Smith from Boy Scouts presented information and Kelly Hughes from the CC Conservation District presented information about wildlife. Officer Phil talked about making good choices. This program correlates with our Anti Bullying Program.

The students had fun getting to meet new friends and learning how to be better decision makers. Thanks to Miss Dishart and Mrs. Marcus for organizing the whole event. Thanks to the Ebensburg Youth League for donating the use of the snow cone machine. Thanks for everyone who participated and contributed to this worthwhile cause.

Central Cambria’s Kelsey Dolan Places first at PTI Showcase Event: PITTSBURGH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE’S VISIONS AND VOICES SHOWCASES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ARTISTIC TALENTS

For the ninth year in a row, Pittsburgh Technical Institute (PTI) hosted Visions and Voices High School Student Show, an art, design and film festival. This is the first year that CCHS has participated and entered work though. The exhibit includes artwork from 389 high school students in over 79 school districts. The categories of artwork include: painting, CAD, web design, jewelry, sculpture, drawing, photography, video film, interactive media and ceramics. With more than 700 works of art submitted to Visions and Voices, Central Cambria is proud to announce that Kelsey Dolan received First place – for her photograph entitled “Secret Place.”

Commenting on the submissions, Susan Rosa, PTI’s Visual Communications Coordinator, said, “The caliber of the students’ creativity improves every year. It’s incredible; I admire the talents of these young adults. Visions and Voices is an opportunity for us to showcase their work and recognize the teachers who have guided their artistic and design development.”

The guidance behind Kelsey’s submission is Central Cambria’s Art Instructor, Ms. Chris Irwin. Upon elaborating on Kelsey’s piece, Ms. Irwin stated that the photo was originally handed in as a homework assignment in her Photography/Digital Media I class. In this class, students learn that, Photography is a recognized fine art form, exhibited in museums alongside oil paintings and sculptures. In the past, these were accomplished through 35 mm & other films, today it is primarily completed digital format.

Students enrolled in Digital Media I, learn that there is more to photography than just picking up a camera & shooting a picture. Students incorporate compositional techniques, color theory and other art processes that they have learned in their foundations art classes in addition to the techniques more exclusive to photographs to create & design high caliber prints such as the one submitted by Kelsey.

Part of the art curriculum at the Central Cambria High School includes “art career awareness” and “exhibition of art” to correspond with the PA Academic Standards. Each year, Mrs. Irwin encourages students like Kelsey Dolan to exhibit their quality pieces & provides them with information about local venues where students can receive distinction for their high quality artwork.

GOLD Program - Girls Only Leadership Development

Here are pictures from our annual GOLD program (Girls Only Leadership Development). It was held on April 2nd at Jackson Elementary School. There were about 60 girls from Cambria and Jackson Elementary Schools. This program correlates with our Anti-Bullying Campaign at Central Cambria. The girls learned how to make better choices, be themselves, accept responsibility, distress, use technology appropriately, and to have fun and meet new friends. Thanks for the donations and everyone who helped make this a day success!! A special thanks to Miss Dishart and Mrs. Marcus, the Americorp Workers at Jackson Elementary School, who organized the whole event.

Middle School Art Shows

CCMS visual art students will exhibit their art work in three spring art shows this year:

March 12 – April 16:  “Artists of the 21st Century” at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
April 16 – May 6:  “Art in Bloom” in Downtown Ebensburg, PA
May 10 – May 26: “Greater Johnstown Young Artists Exhibit” at the Community Arts Center of Cambria County, Westmont, PA.

For more information about the exhibits please contact the middle school.

Congratulations to all student artists. Special thanks for all their hard work, and for representing our district so beautifully.

Vaccine Info - PARENTS: Please Read

Pennsylvania state law is requiring all students to have a second dose of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine or a history of disease for attendance in 2011/2012. To avoid exclusion for the 2011/2012 school year please submit documentation as soon as possible. Please call the school nurse if you have any questions.