Our Thanksgiving Food Drive was a huge success thanks to your generosity! Together, we collected nearly 300 canned goods to support families in our community.
And because our Wildcats went above and beyond… stay tuned for a special surprise — someone will be dressing up as a turkey to celebrate your amazing efforts!
We are so grateful for your support.
🧠🦶 First Grade CKLA “From Nose to Toes” Celebration!
🏥 Our 1st Graders stepped into the role of “doctor” during a medical-themed day, bringing their “From Nose to Toes” Human Body unit to life. Students enjoyed hands-on health activities and creative crafts—a wonderful way to wrap up CKLA Unit 2 and celebrate all they’ve learned!
From teachers and students sharing smiles in the classroom to friends enjoying recess outside, connections are what make Shep special!
🎈A BIG thank-you to Epic Balloons and Over the Top Balloons for donating the beautiful balloons for our Veterans Day program! Your generosity helped make our celebration extra special for our students, staff, and community. ❤️🤍💙
🇺🇸 Veterans Day Celebration at Shepherdstown!
❤️💙Honoring our heroes today! Students shared a song, readings, and a slideshow tribute to celebrate all who have served in our Armed Forces. Thank you to the veterans who came out to celebrate with us today! ❤️💙
🕓 Pickup Times: 4–7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 12, and Thursday, November 13
📍 Location: Kindergarten Academy (enter through the doors facing Norway Street)
Blankets will be distributed by purchaser’s last name, so be sure you know which adult in your household placed the order.
Didn’t order yet? A few extra blankets are available for $25 each (cash or check made out to MAPTO) — grab yours before they’re gone!
📸 A warm thank-you to Northside PTO/MAPTO rep Ann Marie Bolish for capturing these cozy smiles!
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#WildcatPride
This week, our Wildcats are coming together to help others by collecting canned goods and non-perishable food items for families in need. Let’s show how generous our school community can be! 💛💙
Our school-wide goal is 200 canned goods. If we reach it, there just might be a very special turkey costume surprise right before Thanksgiving! 👀🦃
Donations can be dropped off at the table in the main lobby. Every can counts toward helping others and unlocking our Thanksgiving surprise!
Let’s do this, Wildcats! 💪🦃
Miss Cerio’s class had an amazing day exploring Tiny Town in Lancaster! From dressing up and taking on different community roles to discovering how a town works, our Wildcats learned through play and imagination. 💛💙
📚Shep Reading Corner - Every month, we'll feature a reading recommendation straight from our Shepherdstown Library! This month's book is "The Day the Books Disappeared" by Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard.
The story follows a young boy named Arnold who learns a valuable lesson about empathy, acceptance, and the importance of diverse perspectives. Enjoy!
❤️🤍💙 Our students are busy preparing something special for our Veterans Day Community Meeting next week! We look forward to honoring our veterans —stay tuned for more photos!
📚 Our third graders in Mr. DeCamilla’s class are diving into nonfiction reading about amphibians!
They’re working with partners to “Find the Fib” — deciding what’s 🟢 true and what’s 🔴 false using text evidence to back it up.
Way to go, readers! 💪✨
Our Wildcats are embracing it, one shirt — and one smile — at a time. 💙💛
This week we celebrate our amazing school psychologist, Ms. Tracy Watkins-Harper!
Ms. Watkins-Harper supports our Wildcats each day with care, compassion, and expertise. 🌟
Thank you, Ms. Watkins-Harper, for all you do! 💙🐾
Mrs. Goldsborough’s and Mrs. Beard’s 2nd graders wrapped up their CKLA unit on The Birthplace of Democracy – Ancient Greece with a celebration on Friday! Students took part in a Mini Olympics, sampled Greek foods, and even met a Spartan visitor!
What an exciting way to bring history to life and celebrate all their learning! 🏅🍇⚔️💙
Our Wildcats are teaming up to show the Wildcat Way all around the school! For every 100 Wildcat Way tickets earned, we move a space on the Candyland board in the lobby.
Our schoolwide goal: 2,000 tickets!
If we reach it, we’ll celebrate together with a Game Day on Tuesday, November 25! 🕹️🎯♟️
Our Wildcats had a fantastic time last Friday celebrating the season with pumpkins, laughter, and fun classroom activities! 🏫🎉 A huge thank you to our teachers and families for helping make the fall parties so special! Check out some highlights!
Mr. Petrello’s 3rd graders are diving into opinion writing! Today, they’re sharing which animal they would like to be from their CKLA unit and giving reasons to back it up. 🦁🦉🐬
It’s amazing to see our Wildcats thinking critically and writing persuasively! 📝💡
