It was incredibly impressive to witness the spelling capabilities of the grade 4, 5, & 6 students Friday afternoon as we went 11 rounds!  Grade 4, 5, & 6 homerooms completed spelling bees to determine a homeroom champion.  The homeroom champions competed in the Rohrerstown Spelling Bee Friday afternoon. Congratulations to ALL the contestants! You were impressive. Congratulations, Benicio Norton Veizaga our runner-up and also Evy Youtz the Rohrerstown Spelling Bee Champion. They will represent Rohrerstown in the County Spelling Bee along with Jan Rades Rodriguez and Arales Morales.

On Thursday, we held our December Mini Meets to recognize students who exemplified the 3Rs. These students demonstrated many positive characteristics as well as exemplified being respectful, responsible, and always being ready for their classes. At the Mini Meets, we also recognized several staff members. Thank you to the parents/guardians who filled out the slips in the office and/or sent in an email to recognize the awesome staff at Rohrerstown. Several students also completed staff recognition slips, which is a great way for students to express their appreciation for ALL Rohrerstown staff.

Congratulations to the many students who were recognized at the Mini Meets!

The following message is sent on behalf of Hempfield Youth Association...

Hempfield Youth Association (HYA) has officially opened or will soon open softball and baseball registration for travel and intramural programs for the Spring 2024 season! We are excited to continue our growth into the new year and provide an opportunity for more kids to play baseball and softball within our community.

Travel Baseball (Register Now through 1/14/24):
We offer travel baseball at 10U, 12U, and 14U with multiple teams at each age group.

Travel tryouts are on 1/20/24 (14U) and 1/21/24 (10U & 12U) depending on age group at Keystone State Sports, with a second tryout on 2/4/24 at Spooky Nook.

Intramural Baseball (Register Now through 2/18/24):
We offer intramural baseball at pony (4-6 year olds), minors (5-7 year olds), and majors (6-9 year olds). This is a great way to introduce kids to baseball as well as develop their skills over time to prepare for the travel levels noted above. 

Softball (Register 1/1/24 through 1/31/24):
We offer softball programs at 8U, 10U, 12U, and 14U with multiple teams at each age group. Softball tryouts are on 2/17/24 at Spooky Nook LANCO.

Register today!
Register at www.playhya.com.

Gear Up at: Hempfield Baseball Gear

Partial and Full Registration Help
We continue to offer partial and full registration help to families in need as we are dedicated to assuring no child in our community who wants to play baseball will have monetary concerns keep them from doing so. Please reach out to Eli Cox at hyatravelbaseball1@gmail.com for assistance at the travel baseball level, Tim Witmer at hyacoachtim@gmail.com for assistance at the intramural baseball level, and Jeff Kish at jkishest82@gmail.com.

Rohrerstown Unity Day
Thursday, December 6 is Rohrerstown UNITY DAY! For this Unity Day, students and staff are encouraged to wear anything connected to Rohrerstown. Blue and yellow are Rohrerstown’s colors, something with a lion, or paw print!  We have our December Mini Meets on Thursday and will be recognizing the students who exemplified the 3Rs (respect, responsibility, & were always ready) in November. We will also recognize staff with "shout outs." Don’t forget you can give a "shout out" to any of our amazing staff. The "shout out" papers are in the office or email your "shout out" to carrie_wilson@hempfieldsd.org or amy_miller@hempfieldsd.org. The Second Step topic is emotional regulation, which will also be introduced to the students.

Open Building Aide Positions at RES
Our school is still in need of additional building aides. If you have ever considered this position, please call us to learn more about the position. We would love to have you join the Rohrerstown team. There is flexibility with this position as we need both the morning and afternoon shifts. It is only 5 hours and no evening or weekend work. You also have the chance to interact with children and support teachers and building staff! 

APPLICATION LINK

December is often a very busy time of the year.  We hope you have a very happy holiday! Below are the dates of several events happening at Rohrerstown. Many grade levels will have individual holiday celebrations. We are excited about the Night of the Arts for grades 4, 5, & 6.

• Mon., Dec 4: PTO mtg @ 7:30 p.m.
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• Wed., Dec. 6: Jerry Mitchell Assemblies
  • 9:15 a.m. Grades K, 1, 2, 3
  • 10:30 a.m. Grade 4, 5, 6
    
    
• Thurs., Dec. 7: Mini Meets
  
  
• Fri., Dec. 8: Spelling Bee @ 2:00 p.m. 
  
  
• Mon., Dec. 18: Night of the Arts
  • Doors open @ 6:30 p.m.
  • Concert @ 7:00 p.m.
    
    
• Fri., Dec 22 Holiday Sing-Along

Hempfield School District Community:

There are a few key updates we want to provide in relation to registration, evaluations, clinics for grades K-8th.

Registration:
We are blown away by the registration numbers this year. It has been a tremendous start and the registration deadline is coming to an end. In fact, registration will close Black Friday at Midnight (11/24/23). Visit www.playhya.com to register!

Evaluations:
In order to balance teams for intramurals, we are doing a 1 day evaluation for boys and girls. More details are to come but they will be held on the following days:

Boys: 12/9/23 - Landisville Intermediate Center (Schedules by grade will be provided at a future date), makeup date 12/12/23
Girls: 12/16/23 - Landisville Intermediate Center (Schedules by grade will be provided at a future date) 

Clinics:
There will be a free clinic for boys provided by HYA and Hempfield High School Team on 12/3 - Landisville Intermediate Center (Schedules by grade will be provided at a future date)

Thanks,

Hempfield Youth Association

If you ordered pies from the PTO, the pick-up is Monday, November 20 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Rohrerstown. This is the only time scheduled for pick-up, so please make sure someone is able to pick up your pie(s). Our PTO thanks you for your support!

Rohrerstown Elementary School's PTO is having a spirit wear sale. Fliers will be coming home with students today or Monday with more information. You can check out the flier that is coming home by clicking here! This is a great option if you are looking for gifts of any kind or for spirit wear on our upcoming school unity days.