🎨⚽📚 Fine & Applied Arts Fun at Shep! 🐾
Our Wildcats are creating, moving, and exploring in their specials classes!
🎨 In Art, students are weaving and adding colorful examples to their sketchbooks.
⚽ In PE, they’re building teamwork and staying active.
📚 In Library, they’re diving into great books in our cozy reading corner.
We love seeing our Wildcats learn in so many different ways! 💪✨
Our Wildcats are creating, moving, and exploring in their specials classes!
🎨 In Art, students are weaving and adding colorful examples to their sketchbooks.
⚽ In PE, they’re building teamwork and staying active.
📚 In Library, they’re diving into great books in our cozy reading corner.
We love seeing our Wildcats learn in so many different ways! 💪✨
🎉 Shep October Community Meeting Highlights! 🐾
Students interviewed Ms. Gina (Head Cook) & Ms. Kathy (Head Custodian) for the Shep Spotlight 🍎🧹
Mrs. Walker, our school nurse, covered healthy habits 🩺🍏
3rd graders shared tips on bullying & reporting, and Mrs. Lawler taught coping skills 💬💙
Students recognized for acting responsibly with Super Paws 🐾
Mr. Elson’s class performed our CATS Song 🎶
Students interviewed Ms. Gina (Head Cook) & Ms. Kathy (Head Custodian) for the Shep Spotlight 🍎🧹
Mrs. Walker, our school nurse, covered healthy habits 🩺🍏
3rd graders shared tips on bullying & reporting, and Mrs. Lawler taught coping skills 💬💙
Students recognized for acting responsibly with Super Paws 🐾
Mr. Elson’s class performed our CATS Song 🎶
📚💬 Partner Power at Shepherdstown! 💫
Our Wildcats are learning that teamwork makes the dream work! 🤝
From partner reading in CKLA 📖 to partner discussions during lessons 💭, students are practicing how to listen, share ideas, and learn with each other.
Every conversation builds confidence, connection, and collaboration!
Our Wildcats are learning that teamwork makes the dream work! 🤝
From partner reading in CKLA 📖 to partner discussions during lessons 💭, students are practicing how to listen, share ideas, and learn with each other.
Every conversation builds confidence, connection, and collaboration!
🍁 AUTUMN VIBES, WILDCAT STYLE // Our district is bursting with color (and Wildcat pride!) this fall. 💜
#WildcatPride
#WildcatPride
💡 TEAMWORK + LEARNING = GROWTH // Professional development days give our team time to learn, connect, and grow—so we can give our best to our Wildcats every day. 🌟 Today, our Instructional Aides came together for hands-on collaboration and shared learning.
💜 Thank you to our families for supporting this important time dedicated to staff growth and continuous improvement.
#WildcatPride
💜 Thank you to our families for supporting this important time dedicated to staff growth and continuous improvement.
#WildcatPride
🇺🇸 Shep Veterans: Join Us for Our Veterans Day Community Meeting! 🇺🇸
📅 When: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
⏰ Time: 8:30 AM
🏫 Where: Shepherdstown Elementary
We warmly welcome veterans and one guest to attend this special event. Please use the link below to register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmfYqh5SuyYNZF6i_NuqJ9YCCZSAsxvyVCPmmiMJzZrq0uWQ/viewform?usp=header
📸 Last Call for Photos!
We’re putting together a slideshow to honor our veterans. If you have a photo of a Shep veteran, please share it with us here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJFVDWcvVSH5lrfje-23hSgJTGz6fOfr9hSKVE6IdW2nU00w/viewform?usp=dialog
Let’s come together to celebrate and thank our heroes! 💙💛
📅 When: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
⏰ Time: 8:30 AM
🏫 Where: Shepherdstown Elementary
We warmly welcome veterans and one guest to attend this special event. Please use the link below to register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmfYqh5SuyYNZF6i_NuqJ9YCCZSAsxvyVCPmmiMJzZrq0uWQ/viewform?usp=header
📸 Last Call for Photos!
We’re putting together a slideshow to honor our veterans. If you have a photo of a Shep veteran, please share it with us here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJFVDWcvVSH5lrfje-23hSgJTGz6fOfr9hSKVE6IdW2nU00w/viewform?usp=dialog
Let’s come together to celebrate and thank our heroes! 💙💛
🧺 SHOP FOR A CAUSE // It's not too late to swing by the Operation Wildcat’s 24th Indoor Yard Sale, open until 8 p.m. today (Friday, Oct. 24) and from 7:30 a.m. to noon tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 25, at Mechanicsburg Brethren in Christ Church. Find treasures big and small — books, collectibles, home décor, jewelry, toys, and more — all while helping students and families in need right here in our district. 💜
📅 Friday, Oct. 24 | 8 AM–8 PM
📅 Saturday, Oct. 25 | 7:30 AM–12 PM
📍 1050 S. York St., Mechanicsburg
Cash and credit accepted. Every purchase supports a Wildcat family! 🐾
#WildcatPride
📅 Friday, Oct. 24 | 8 AM–8 PM
📅 Saturday, Oct. 25 | 7:30 AM–12 PM
📍 1050 S. York St., Mechanicsburg
Cash and credit accepted. Every purchase supports a Wildcat family! 🐾
#WildcatPride
🍎🥨 Free Snacks for All Wildcats! 🧀🍊
Did you know? Every morning, our school offers FREE snacks with breakfast - and everyone can grab them! 🙌
Even if your child already ate breakfast at home or isn’t hungry right away, they can still pick up Goldfish 🐟, Craisins 🍇, cheese sticks 🧀, fruit 🍌and more to enjoy later during snack time.
The best part? It’s completely FREE for every student! 💛 Thank you, MASD Food Service!
Did you know? Every morning, our school offers FREE snacks with breakfast - and everyone can grab them! 🙌
Even if your child already ate breakfast at home or isn’t hungry right away, they can still pick up Goldfish 🐟, Craisins 🍇, cheese sticks 🧀, fruit 🍌and more to enjoy later during snack time.
The best part? It’s completely FREE for every student! 💛 Thank you, MASD Food Service!
🧡 Unity Day 2025 🧡
Today our Shep students and staff proudly wore orange to stand together against bullying and promote kindness.
Today our Shep students and staff proudly wore orange to stand together against bullying and promote kindness.
First Graders Are Digging into the Digestive System! 🍎➡️💪
Our first graders are exploring the human body this week! 🧠✨ Miss Gartner even wore the digestive system to show how food travels through our bodies! 🍎🥕💨 It’s so exciting to see their curiosity in action!
Our first graders are exploring the human body this week! 🧠✨ Miss Gartner even wore the digestive system to show how food travels through our bodies! 🍎🥕💨 It’s so exciting to see their curiosity in action!
🚌 IT’S NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK // Every day, our amazing bus drivers safely transport our Wildcats — rain or shine, morning and afternoon, always with care. Thank you for the patience, smiles, and watchful eyes that keep our students safe.
🚨 Safety reminder: When a bus has its stop arm out and red lights flashing, all traffic must stop — in both directions. Through our enforcement program that equips each school bus with stop-arm cameras, law enforcement issued 131 citations in May and September to drivers who illegally passed stopped MASD buses.
Let’s all do our part to keep Wildcats safe. ❤️ Slow down, stay alert, and always stop on red!
📸: A student-made “World’s Best Bus Driver” sign — proudly displayed on the dashboard of one of our school buses.
#WildcatPride
🛡️🍂 Fall Safety with Officer Mark! 🍂🛡️
Officer Mark visited Shepherdstown to provide safety presentations to each grade level today, helping our Wildcats understand the importance of trusted adults and how to stay safe this fall. 👮♂️🍁📚
Officer Mark visited Shepherdstown to provide safety presentations to each grade level today, helping our Wildcats understand the importance of trusted adults and how to stay safe this fall. 👮♂️🍁📚
🥪🔢 2nd Graders Tap Into Lunch! 🔢🥪
Our 2nd grade Wildcats are learning their lunch numbers and using them for the very first time on the PIN pad today! 🎉 Eventually, all students will learn their 6-digit PIN - our 3rd graders have already learned theirs. These numbers will be used at both breakfast and lunch, helping our little learners build independence one digit at a time. 🐾💚
🦅💚 Fly, Kosmo, Fly! 💚🦅
Kosmo is showing his team spirit today, rocking his Philadelphia Eagles bandana, a special gift from Weston! 🙌 He joined Wildcats in their Eagles gear to spread smiles and positive vibes all around Shepherdstown. 🐾🏈 Our paw-some fan sure knows how to cheer in style! 💚🐶
Kosmo is showing his team spirit today, rocking his Philadelphia Eagles bandana, a special gift from Weston! 🙌 He joined Wildcats in their Eagles gear to spread smiles and positive vibes all around Shepherdstown. 🐾🏈 Our paw-some fan sure knows how to cheer in style! 💚🐶
📸 Picture Perfect at Shepherdstown! 💙🐾
Say cheese, Wildcats! 😁 Today was Picture Day, and our students and staff were all smiles — even Kosmo! 📷✨
Say cheese, Wildcats! 😁 Today was Picture Day, and our students and staff were all smiles — even Kosmo! 📷✨
💪✨ Girls on the Run at Shep! ✨💪
Our amazing 3rd grade Wildcats are building confidence, teamwork, and strength through Girls on the Run! 🏃♀️💖
Co-led by Mrs. Walker, Certified School Nurse, this group empowers girls to set goals, support one another, and discover the joy of movement. 🌟👟
We’re so proud of these inspiring Wildcats! 🐾💜
Our amazing 3rd grade Wildcats are building confidence, teamwork, and strength through Girls on the Run! 🏃♀️💖
Co-led by Mrs. Walker, Certified School Nurse, this group empowers girls to set goals, support one another, and discover the joy of movement. 🌟👟
We’re so proud of these inspiring Wildcats! 🐾💜
💙 Sharing Smiles Across Shepherdstown 💙
Nothing brightens our day quite like seeing our Wildcats smiling, laughing, and spending time with friends! 😄💫 From lunchtime to recess, joy is shining all around our school. 🌞
🐟🐠 Second grade is Fishing for 10! 🐠🐟
Second graders are currently learning about strategies to solve addition problems, and we know that learning combinations of 10 can help us! Fishing for 10 is a fun way to practice those combinations.
Ask your second grader what the combinations of 10 are!
Second graders are currently learning about strategies to solve addition problems, and we know that learning combinations of 10 can help us! Fishing for 10 is a fun way to practice those combinations.
Ask your second grader what the combinations of 10 are!
🧠💛 Counseling Corner with Mrs. Lawler!
Our second grade Wildcats are learning how to calm their angry spots during this week’s school counseling lesson! 😤➡️😌
Mrs. Lawler is teaching strategies to help students pause, breathe, and respond peacefully when they feel upset - including:
👉 Tapping on fingers while singing “Count the Spots from One to Four” 🎵
🪲 “A Bug and a Wish” to share feelings kindly (“It bugs me when… I wish you would…”)
👐 Peaceful Hands by placing hands quietly in their lap to stay calm
Ask your second grader: “Which strategy helps you calm your angry spots?” 💙🐾
🏛️✏️ 2nd Grade Opinion Writing: Athens or Sparta? 🇬🇷
Our 2nd graders have been exploring Ancient Greece in their CKLA unit! After reading all about the two famous city-states, Athens and Sparta, students used what they learned to write opinion pieces about where they’d rather live.
🎭 Athens: A place for learning, art, and democracy!
🛡️ Sparta: Known for strength, discipline, and bravery!
Students backed up their opinions with facts from their reading - just like real historians and writers. 💬🧠
Here are some pictures from Mrs. Goldsborough's class. We’re so proud of our Wildcats for thinking deeply, writing clearly, and sharing their voices! 🐾✨
Our 2nd graders have been exploring Ancient Greece in their CKLA unit! After reading all about the two famous city-states, Athens and Sparta, students used what they learned to write opinion pieces about where they’d rather live.
🎭 Athens: A place for learning, art, and democracy!
🛡️ Sparta: Known for strength, discipline, and bravery!
Students backed up their opinions with facts from their reading - just like real historians and writers. 💬🧠
Here are some pictures from Mrs. Goldsborough's class. We’re so proud of our Wildcats for thinking deeply, writing clearly, and sharing their voices! 🐾✨
