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Middletown NOVEMBER 6, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXV • NO 37
OPEN HOUSE
Lower Swatara Township Historic Preservation Society will host its first open house on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 6 p.m. at the Lower Swatara Township Firehouse, 1350 Fulling Mill Road, Middletown. The event will feature an opportunity to meet society members, offer suggestions, talk with community members, and enjoy refreshments and a presentation on the Samuel Nisley Farmstead by Nancy Avolese. The public is invited to attend. For details, contact lsthistoricpreservationsociety @gmail.com or 717-944-9891 or visit www.lsthistoricpreservation.org. FLEA MARKET
MAHS Celebrates Homecoming pg 4 Women’s Group Slates Meeting pg 3
Annual Halloween Parade Marches Through Middletown The Kiwanis Club of Middletown held its 66th annual Halloween Parade on Oct. 21. A number of bands, performing
groups, fire and emergency equipment, floats, business groups, walking participants, and more took part in the festive event. Prizes were
St. Catherine Laboure Knights of Columbus Council 12811 will sponsor an indoor flea market on Saturday, Nov. 9. The market will run from 8 a.m. to noon at Murray Hall, 4000 Derry St., Harrisburg. 150 VENDORS
The 36th annual Lower Dauphin Craft Fair
Earning first place in the Floats category was Seven Sorrows Pack 113.
“FASHION FORECAST”
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The Middletown Area High School band tied for first place in the Performing Groups category during the annual Halloween Parade on Oct. 21
The Middletown 9U Mudcats Baseball team won second place for its float.
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Middletown Area School District (MASD) has announced it is partnering with Penn State Harrisburg in the implementation of a new student teaching model known as the Teacher Residency Collaborative Program. In this new model, four Penn State University (PSU) education students will spend the entire school year working in an MASD classroom with a mentor teacher. The resident teachers will be provided opportunities to teach and engage with students and parents much sooner than in the traditional student teaching model used in the past. They will not simply observe and shadow a classroom teacher, but they will also be a classroom teacher through collaborative teaching models such as co-teaching and parallel teaching. Resident teachers have shared that they are having experiences that they See Resident Teachers pg 4
Middletown Area School District has been named an Outstanding Visual Arts Community by the Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA). The district’s art teachers include (from left) Katie Woodworth, Lana Greinermiller, Stacey Miller, and Elizabeth Strite. Middletown Area School District (MASD) has been named an Outstanding Visual Arts Community by the Pennsylvania Art Education Association
(PAEA), which recognizes schools and districts across Pennsylvania for their commitment to visual arts education opportunities for all students in See Art Education pg 2
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will host a “Fashion Forecast” brunch buffet from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Hershey Italian Lodge, 128 Hillcrest Road, Hershey. There will be a fashion show with Cheri Wagner, a clothing consultant from Hershey. Michelle Williams from Schuykill Haven will speak on “Believe You Can and Live as You Were Designed to Be.” There is a cost to attend, which is all-inclusive. For reservations, readers may call Joy at 717-450-5400 or Mary at 717-533-3497 or email joymaclean8@comcast.net. The deadline for reservations is Friday, Nov. 8.
awarded to various groups, with monetary awards bestowed. In the case of a tie in a category, the total of the monetary prizes for first and second places was split between the two winning groups. In the Cutest category, Domenic Baker was the winner. Jasmine Baker took home top honors in the Original Individual category. In the Original Group category, first place went to Disney Villains, with Brownie Girl Scout Troop 11109 as Rosie the Riveters in second place and Junior Girl Scout Troop 11052 as M&Ms in third place. For the Floats category, Middletown Seven Sorrows Pack 113 won first place, Middletown 9U Mudcats Baseball earned second place, and Londonderry Cub Pack 97 came in See Parade pg 3
District Welcomes PSU Resident Teachers MASD Wins Art Education Award
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will be held on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lower Dauphin High School, 201 S. Hanover St., Hummelstown. The event will benefit the high school baseball team. More than 150 vendors will be in the gym, cafeteria and auditorium. Crafts will include ceramics, folk art, paintings, dried flowers, basketry, stenciling, wood items, seasonal crafts and more. Attendees will also have opportunities to purchase tickets for giveaway drawings for more than 100 items donated by the crafters. Admission is free, and a concession stand will also be available. For more information, readers may contact Ken Kulina at 717-566-5330, ext. 2103, or kkulina@ldsd.org.
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