After a huge snowstorm that blew through the North East canceling the conference the previous week, the Holidays Traditions Conference launched their first conference on this morning. Avon East Elementary School was in and out of the conference due to schedule conflicts with the video systems but felt the conference was a huge success and look forward to being a part in the program next schools.
Originally Miss Lavelle, Schaffer and Mrs. Bunnevich’s classes were scheduled to sing their choir pieces to the conference, but the rescheduled date did not make this possible. Instead I read the classic poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” otherwise known as the “Night Before Christmas” by Clement Clarke Moore. Our remote audience was 4th and 5th grade students from Taylor Texas. Using PowerPoint and images downloaded from various sites on the Internet the students enjoyed images of the first visit of St. Nicholas as the poem was read to the local and remote audiences.
Mrs. Masin and Miss Lavelle’s students enjoyed meeting the students from Taylor Texas and discussing the weather with Mr. Claus between sessions. The students were also treated to a discussion of the Christmas Traditions of Africa from Dr. Mbeje and Dr. Dinar, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, PA .
A special thanks to the students from Miss Lavelle’s students that won door prizes drawn from Santa himself. Megan L., Joseph Y., Meghan H., Alicia S., and Ryan M.,
Way to go EAGLES!
Other schools in attendance were Central Cambria Elementary, Ebensburg, PA, St. Paul School, Taylor, TX, Glendale Elementary School, Flinton, PA, Mt. Zion Elementary School, Mt. Zion, PA, St. Francis University, the Ohio State University and St. Francis University.
