Currents in Education

DRUGS ARE STUPID. The Elks Lodge recently awarded $50 savings bonds to four York students for anti-drug posters and essays. Fifth-grader essay winners Cody Spicer and Anna Schindler are pictured with Don Susla and Bob Carr of the Elks and School Resource Officer Scott Cogger at York Middle School. Schindler said her essay was about a high school student who goes to a college party and feels pressure to drink beer. Spicer said the topic of his essay is "Drugs are stupid." Also pictured are fourth-grade poster winners Shawn Heyland and Cody Burns, joined by Susla, Carr, Cogger and Principal Jane Stephenson at Coastal Ridge Elementary School. All winning entries will be submitted into a statewide contest for further judging.
Photos by Melissa Wood

Principal search moves forward as five more longtime educators plan to retire

Five local educators, with a combined 120 years of service, will be joining Coastal Ridge Elementary School Principal Jane Stephenson in retirement at the end of the current school year.

Students get immigration experience, learn the value of a vote

Fourth graders at Coastal Ridge Elementary School have a new understanding of what some of their ancestors had to go through to receive the rights and privileges that are often taken for granted by Americans, such as free speech, freedom of religion and the right to vote.

Pinwheels for prevention: local children create a colorful vision of hope for victims of child abuse

With hands held high, the children of Village Elementary School paid tribute to the 888 children across York County who were victims of reported cases of abuse in the past year, and helped spread the message that some secrets should never be kept.

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