Superintendent reports building updates, special-education and student achievements
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Summary
Superintendent Christopher Shiffert and school principals updated the board on curriculum transitions, safety drills, student competitions and special-education programming, including a life-skills coffee shop planned for family night and extended-school-year planning with IU 21.
Superintendent Christopher Shiffert updated the board on building-level initiatives and student achievements at the March 23 Whitehall-Coplay board meeting.
Shiffert said the high school is implementing an English curriculum transition and the ATLAS lesson-planning framework, and that safety — including weather and transportation drills — remains a top priority. "Sometimes we have some things from our TLT and or special ed," Shiffert said while summarizing building reports.
Why it matters: The superintendent's report described near-term instructional and extracurricular activities that affect students’ schedules, assessment planning and summer program options.
Highlights included middle-school successes in PA Media and Design competitions with a first-place app-design entry advancing; Zephyr students preparing for PSSAs and an iReady competition; Gockley first graders receiving Penn State Extension lessons on pest management and poison safety; and Steckle students working on standards-based-grading transition materials. Special-education staff outlined expanded summer (extended school year) programming and a family-night plan on April 9 where life-skills student volunteers will operate a coffee shop to demonstrate vocational skills.
The superintendent and principals thanked PTO volunteers and staff who support school events and student activities. There were no formal votes tied directly to the superintendent's informational report.
