MRS. SPECTER RETIRES!

 I'VE HAD THIRTY THREE WONDERFUL YEARS WORKING FOR MT. LEBANON SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER PHASE IN MY LIFE. 

I'VE TAKEN A JOB WORKING WITH "BIG KIDS" (STUDENT TEACHERS" AT CARLOW UNIVERSITY. I WILL MISS YOU ALL GREATLY, BUT HOPE TO SEE YOU IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 

GOODBYE FOR NOW.

ART TEACHERS HAVE TABLE AT EARTH DAY!
STUDENTS MAKE SPINNING TOPS FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS.
jEFFERSON STUDENTS GET HIGHEST SCORES IN DISTRICT IN FIFTH GRADE ASSESSMENT. tHEIR UNDERWATER COLLAGES ARE JUST BREATH TAKING!
YOU'VE HEARD OF SNAKES IN PLANES? HERE AT JEFFERSON WE HAVE SNAKES IN SCHOOL, PROVIDED BY OUR THIRD GRADERS WHILE STUDYING HENRI ROUSSEAU.

STUDENT TEACHER HERE AT JEFFERSON!

DISPLAY OF STUDENT WORK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR!!!

STUDENT TEACHER IN THE ART ROOM!

MALLORY SCOPPA FROM PENN STATE JOINED US FOR EIGHT WEEKS LAST YEAR. YOU CAN SEE HER HERE AT OUT JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY.

FIRST GRADERS LEARNED TO HAVE A MODIFIED JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY USING THE PINCH POTS THEY'D JUST MADE.

STUDENT ART CHOSEN FOR NOTE CARDS!

AS A PRESENT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION WEEK, THE BOARD WERE GIVEN NOTE CARDS. THE IMAGES FOR THE CARDS WERE MADE BY STUDENTS REPRESENTING ALL THE SCHOOLS, AND ART TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT. FOR JEFFERSON, I MADE A COLLAGE OF FOUR "SCREAM" DRAWINGS. THE DRAWINGS WERE DONE BY: BRENDAN DAESCHNER, MIA FREIDEL, CATIE ROGAN, AND TREVOR TOCCETT. I ALSO SUBMITTED A BEAUTIFUL O'KEEFE COLLAGE BY FRANKIE KAVALIR. CONGRATULATIONS!  

THIS IS QUITE AN HONOR.

MAGICIAN DAN KAMIN VISITS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY!!!

DAN KAMIN TEACHES FIRST GRADERS HOW TO USE THE MAGIC WAND THEY'VE MADE. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO! CLICK HERE FOR DAN'S WEBSITE

STUDENT ART ON DISPLAY AT HIGH SCHOOL!

THE FIRST PART OF THE FIFTH GRADE LEGACY WALL IS FINALLY COMPLETE!!!!!