Moshannon Valley School District

🔥 Ms. Nearhood’s French 2 Students Go Camping (in Class!)⛺ As a fun ending to their camping vocabulary unit, our 10th grade French 2 students gathered around a “campfire” to share the creative campfire stories they wrote using a guided template—while enjoying some delicious s’mores! 🍫🔥 They also premiered their original skits, which they wrote, filmed, and performed entirely in French. 🎬👏 What a great way to bring language learning to life!

🏆 Congratulations, Mason Abernethy! 🏅 Mason has been selected as The Progress Male Athlete of the Week for the week ending October 18th! Way to go, Mason — your hard work and dedication continue to make Moshannon Valley proud! 💪🖤🤍💛

🩸 Save the Date! — NHS Blood Drive @ Moshannon Valley HS Gym
📅 November 11th ⏰ 8:30am - 2:00pm 📍 MVHS
👉 Sign up: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?order=DATE&range=10&zipSponsor=MoValleyHS

Following a library non-fiction research unit on owls, 4th graders carefully dissected owl pellets to identify and reconstruct bones in order to determine what prey the owls enjoyed!🦉

🎨🎃 Mrs. Kane-Degma’s sixth grade artists created pumpkins inspired by Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama! 🇯🇵✨ Known for her bold patterns, vibrant colors, and signature use of dots and repetition, Kusama’s work explores themes of infinity and movement. 🔴🟠🟡 In this project, students studied the key characteristics of her style and applied them to their own creative pumpkin designs — resulting in artwork that’s both playful and visually striking! 🌈🖌️

🏚️🎨 Mrs. Kane-Degma’s fifth grade students embarked on a creative journey by crafting Mixed Media Haunted Houses—each paired with a descriptive writing piece that brought their spooky creations to life! 👻🕸️ Using materials such as oil pastels, construction paper, and a tissue paper blending technique, students designed haunted houses that were both eerie and enchanting. 🌙🖌️

🦉🎨 Mrs. Kane-Degma’s fourth grade artists created Mixed Media Woven Owls! This project was a delightful fusion of art techniques and sensory exploration. Students combined a variety of materials and textures, sparking creativity and strengthening their problem-solving skills along the way. ✂️🧶🌈

🎨✨ Mrs. Kane-Degma’s third grade artists created beautiful Secondary Nighttime Pumpkins! 🌙🎃 This multi-step project began with close observation, as students studied the organic shapes of pumpkins and learned how they differ from geometric forms. 🍂 Through this process, they explored color blending, observation, and composition — strengthening both their artistic skills and appreciation for the details in nature! 🌈🖌️

🎨🎃 Mrs. Kane-Degma’s Kindergarten artists got creative in Art Class! They made Funny-Faced Jack-O’-Lanterns using a mix of texture painting and collage techniques. Each pumpkin is full of personality and fall fun! 🍂🖌️

George Nestlerode will compete in the 1A Boys Cross Country🏃‍♂️ Championships 🏆in Hershey TODAY at 11:45 am.  Streaming is available via https://pcnselect.com/ or if your cable provider carries PCN https://pcntv.com/channels/.  🌟🤍💛🖤

The elementary had their Halloween parade this morning! 🧡 Each grade level showed off their spooktacular attire as they walked through the school! 🧙‍♀️🕸️🦇 It was a frightfully fun way to celebrate Halloween with lots of smiles and laughter! 🎭🎃

🎃 Historical Halloween Fun in Ms. Buell’s U.S. History II Classes! 👻
Students took time to create historical pumpkin paintings this week! Each class was challenged to design a scene connected to something they’ll study throughout the year — then write creative captions to explain their artwork. 🖌️📜

After presenting their masterpieces, students voted on the top three designs to win some spooky treats from Ms. Buell! 🍬✨
A perfect example of project-based learning that keeps everyone actively engaged in our historical content — and in the Halloween spirit! 🏛️💀🎨

Broadcast for Friday's Playoff Game.

🔥🚒 Fire Safety Fun! 🚒🔥 A huge THANK YOU to the Moshannon Valley Fire Department for visiting our elementary students this week to talk all about fire safety! 👩‍🚒👨‍🚒

They showed students each piece of their gear 🧯🪖—explaining how it helps protect them and reminding kids not to be afraid if a firefighter ever comes to help. 💪❤️

The firefighters even made the day extra special with high-fives, firefighter hats, and goodies! 🙌🎩🍬

🎯Students in Career Exploration have been sharing slideshow presentations with their classmates all about their personal interests and passions in life! 💬✨ Afterward, they pinpoint careers that match those interests and complete interest surveys to help narrow down job options that fit each student’s unique goals and strengths. 🌟💼🔍

🐾 Dr. Tatum has been invited to speak with Ms. Buell’s Career Exploration class at Moshannon Valley Jr./Sr. High School for the past several years. 💬 Yesterday, she was joined by the bestest boy, Kirby 🐶💙, who helped share not only Dr. Tatum’s career journey, but also how Facility Dogs provide 🐾 comfort, support, and smiles 😊 to children at the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) throughout their cases. 💛💙The students were attentive, engaged, and asked powerful questions. 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️✨ Dr. Tatum shared that she’s humbled to be invited back each year, and that it’s always an incredible experience! 🌟❤️

Our elementary "Green Acre Wood" Fall Family Night is TONIGHT!! Scholastic Book Fair is 4-5pm in the library and Books in the Bleachers is 5:15-6:15pm in the gym! Come to one or both! Prizes! Crafts! Games! Snacks! Surprise Guests! Read with the MV Varsity Football team! 🏈🏕️

Mrs. Buell’s Career Exploration class heard from MV grads Austyn Walborn and Landyn Evans, who spoke about their careers as Asphalt Operators at Midland. 🦺🚧 Their presentation was energetic, engaging, and full of enthusiasm—a great example of hard work paying off! 💪🎓🖤💛