JES Halloween Parade

The students at Jackson Elementary enjoying their annual Halloween Parade.

CES McTeacher Night

The teachers from Cambria Elementary worked at McDonalds McTeacher Night to help raise money for our school. Many of the children came with their families to see the staff. Everyone really enjoyed themselves! We would like to thank McDonalds for inviting us back year after year.

Reflex Math at JES

Jackson Elementary recently received a grant to purchase a year license for Reflex Math, a math fluency program. Mrs. Kupchella, the recipient of the math grant, has been using the Reflex Math app with the 4th grade students.  The  program provides structured activities and games for the students and allows the teacher to control the type of assignments given to individual students and monitor their daily progress.

ALICE Training at CCHS

CCSD staff participated in the ALICE safety exercise on October 12^th while students enjoyed the Columbus Day holiday.  Coordinated with Cambria County EMS and SERT Team, the training provided an opportunity for school and community officials to work together as they enhanced school safety plans for the district. ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. Each strategy provides additional opportunities for staff and students to address a potential threat by taking a more active role in the situation than merely locking down and waiting to be rescued. The day began with an overview of recent events around the country involving active shooters, the components of the ALICE program, and the similarities and differences from our current school plans for encountering an intruder.  Following the morning presentation, staff members were divided into classrooms and participated in a series of scenarios where they applied the recently learned strategies to minimize the destructive intent of the intruder.   This training provided the opportunity to bring hands-on experience to the on-going discussions on how to keep our school community safe. Teachers continued the discussion with students as they returned to the classrooms in an effort to foster a safe environment for all. 

Dauntless Fire Company Visit at CE

CES would like to thank Dauntless Fire Company for coming to visit and showing our K-2 students the fire truck, protective gear, and discussing fire procedures with the children.

Healthy Hands at CES

The Kindergarten classrooms at CES were presented “Healthy Hands” this week. Healthy Hands is an educational opportunity to demonstrate the importance of proper hand washing techniques. The main points that were highlighted and then demonstrated were the “T Zone”, spread of germs, and appropriate way to cover your cough and sneeze to include proper hand washing technique. Utilizing glow germ lotion and a black light, Mrs. Bender, MSN, RN demonstrated the spread of germs by shaking hands and high fiving students. She then also utilized the marker board, eraser and touched various items within the classrooms. Students were asked various questions about germs, to assess their knowledge base. At the conclusion of the event students all properly returned demonstration of proper hand washing technique and verbalized understanding of the instruction. Teachers were also provided with electronic links to the “Henry the Hand” free resources Retrieved from www.henrythehand.com.

Jackson Elementary School’s PSSA scores

We are very proud to share with you some exciting news! Mr. Jason Moore, our Curriculum Director reviewed the scores for Cambria County and Jackson Elementary scored #1 in Cambria County for English Language Arts (ELA) and #3 for Math on the PSSA. Jackson Elementary School was also #2 in Science out of 15 elementary schools.

     Jackson Elementary School also had strong value-added scores in all subjects in the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System. What does that mean? Well, it means that students are learning and achieving high goals every year. Jackson Elementary School took a

Gold in ELA, Silver in Science, and a Bronze in Math! Congrats to the students, teachers and staff, and you, the families!! Awesome job!!

     If you have questions about the Jackson Elementary School’s PSSA scores, please call Mrs. Tricia Murin at 749-8421. Thank you!!

"HONK" at CES

The Mount Aloysius College Theatre Department, under the direction of Mr. Nathan Magee, presented parts of HONK– a musical with a message of tolerance. Honk! is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story, The Ugly Duckling.

The curtain will go up on Thursday, October 22nd at 7:30 p.m. The show will run through to Sunday, October 25th. Sunday’s show will be a matinee performance with a curtain at 2:00 p.m. All performances will take place in historic Alumni Hall.

CES Read for the Record

On Thursday, October 22nd, children and adults around the world help close the #wordgap by participating in the world’s largest shared reading experience, Jumpstart’s Read for the Record®. This year’s campaign book, Not Norman: A Goldfish Story, written by Kelly Bennett and illustrated by Noah Z. Jones, is a humorous tale about a child who finds a new friend in an unexpected place. Cambria and Jackson Elementary were part of this initiative as students, teachers, and staff each gathered in a schoolwide assembly to be counted for the record. Join the movement today and be counted too at readfortherecord.org. #ReadfortheRecord