✨🎉 Spirit Week is officially underway at Shepherdstown! 🎉✨
Today, we kicked things off with students and staff showing their festive flair by wearing their favorite holiday accessories. From bright colors to fun seasonal touches, the energy in our halls is full of cheer and excitement! We can’t wait to see the spirit continue all week long.
🧦 Tomorrow is Festive Sock Day!
Miss Gartner and her student showed up matching from head to toe!
Our first graders are hard at work during CKLA—building strong reading foundations, practicing partner reading, and growing their writing skills each day! We love seeing their excitement as they explore new stories and share their ideas on paper.
Way to go, Wildcats! 🐾📖
Special thanks to every volunteer and supporter who donated, sorted, organized, and distributed items. Your kindness continues to brighten the season for our Wildcats. 🐾
🎁 LAST CALL TO SUPPORT PROJECT GIFT BOX! Operation Wildcat is still welcoming gift card donations to help support families across the district. Gift cards may be dropped off at the MASD District Office (600 S. Norway St.) no later than today, Friday, December 5, 2025.
Sign up: https://www.timetosignup.com/operationwildcat/sheet/1379347/
Learn more: https://www.operationwildcat.org/projects
📸 Photos courtesy Operation Wildcat.
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❄️🥶 A chilly December day didn’t stop our Wildcats from getting a special picture with Kosmo! Lots of smiles, warm hearts, and one very happy pup. 💙🐾
🎉 Happy 67th Day of School! 🎉
Our Shep staff joined in on the “6–7” trend today with a fun spirit day, showing off their best 6–7 themed shirts to celebrate our 67th day of school! 💙
🎁 PROJECT GIFT BOX // Our friends at Operation Wildcat – Mechanicsburg, PA are once again spreading joy throughout our community by helping ensure a bright holiday season for our Wildcats.
Operation Wildcat is inviting community members to support this year’s Project Gift Box by donating gift cards, which will be shared with families across the district. Currently, more than 200 opportunities to give still remain. Every contribution makes a meaningful difference.
Gift cards may be dropped off at the Mechanicsburg Area School District Office (600 S. Norway St.) no later than Friday, December 5, 2025. The District Office is closed through Monday, December 1, and will reopen from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. To sign up: https://www.timetosignup.com/operationwildcat/sheet/1379347/
To learn more about Project Gift Box and the many ways Operation Wildcat supports our school community, please visit their website. https://www.operationwildcat.org/projects
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🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from Shepherdstown Elementary! 🦃
Since we met our canned food drive goal, Mr. Echelmeier got into the holiday spirit in a fun turkey costume! Wishing all of our Wildcats and their families a joyful and safe break! See you next Tuesday!
November Community Meeting Highlights!
Our Wildcats had an amazing morning today! We learned about proper handwashing from Mrs. Walker 🧼✋, reviewed our counseling lessons with Mrs. Lawler 📚💛, and interviewed Mrs. Pehanich and Mrs. Hennessy 🎤. We also recognized our November Super Paws recipients 🐾🏅, enjoyed a fun skit on how to play games 🎲😂, and ended with a wonderful performance from our Wildcat Singers 🎶🎵.
Our Wildcats reached an incredible milestone by earning 2,000 Wildcat Way tickets 🎟️🎟️! To celebrate, students across the school enjoyed a fun-filled game day this morning, full of laughter, teamwork, and friendly competition.🎲🐾💛
🌸🦋 2nd Grade Adventure: Hershey Butterfly Gardens 🐛🌼
Our 2nd graders visited Hershey Gardens, where they explored plants, learned how seeds grow, and spent time in the butterfly atrium. What a perfect day of hands-on learning!
Grief is a journey no child should have to walk alone, and we’re committed to being a caring, supportive community for every student. 💙
Our third graders are partner reading during their CKLA unit, Fur, Fins, and Feathers – Animal Classification! Students work together to read, discuss, and learn all about fascinating animals. 🦁🐢🦉
It’s amazing to see our Wildcats supporting each other, sharing ideas, and building strong reading skills while exploring the animal kingdom! 🌟📚
Our third graders had a hands-on STEM experience in the library with Mr. Roberts, exploring design and problem-solving. Students planned, built, and tested their own paper airplanes, making adjustments to improve distance and accuracy.
A great opportunity to think like engineers and have fun while learning! 🔧📏💡
During What I Need (WIN) time, students work in the way that best supports their learning—whether that’s 👩🏫 small-group instruction with a teacher, 🤝 practicing skills with peers, or 🧠 working independently.
Today, first graders in Mrs. Tamosaitis’s class participated in a reading game to practice words from their CKLA unit. 🔤 It was a focused and productive way to build their skills. 💙🐾
We are grateful for you — your commitment, your care, and your belief in every Wildcat’s inherent worth and potential. Thank you!
🎨 Please help us also celebrate and thank Broad Street Elementary School's Jonah, Vivienne, and Rahil for the hand drawn artwork (and smiles!).
Be sure to check back later today for a special video message from Dr. Bitz.
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A huge thank you to the families in the medical field who visited our first graders to share their expertise during the CKLA “Nose to Toes” Culminating Presentation! Your time and knowledge made learning about the human body so exciting and memorable for our students.
A special thanks to our amazing first grade teachers for planning such a fun and engaging day — the students had a blast! 🐾
