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Reading Lists Seneca Valley staff members are often asked by parents/guardians for recommendations about book selections for their students. Please remember that choice of reading materials differs greatly from student to student. With this in mind Seneca Valley suggests that parents/guardians use the lists provided by the American Library Association as a starting point for finding quality literature for students to read. A web link to the ALA lists have been provided for your convenience. www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb/index.html



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Evans City Middle School
345A West Main Street
Evans City, PA 16033-1235

Phone 724-538-8800
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724-776-3330

Fax 724-538-3660




Over 500 fifth and sixth grade students attend Evans City Middle School (ECMS). There are eleven homerooms in each grade level. Special education, art, music, physical education, library, technology, speech and language, guidance, instructional support facilities, and Compass Learning Odyssey are also available. Our students participate in drug prevention activities such as the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program and the Reality Tour Drug Prevention Program. ECMS also shares a building with Evans City Elementary. This allows for many wonderful learning opportunities, as elementary and middle school students and faculty collaborate on various educational activities and projects.



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Mr. Thomas R. Hallman
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Principal

Mrs. Lauri A. Pendred,
Asst. Principal

Mrs. Carla M. Wright,
Secretary

Mrs. Kendra L. Bertoti,
Secretary


The mission of the Seneca Valley School District, the unifying force in a richly diverse and dynamic community, is to provide each student a balanced and comprehensive education. This will be accomplished through the cooperative effort of a skilled and committed staff utilizing a dynamic curriculum, updated facilities, current technology and all available resources.


Visitor Procedure
Access to Seneca Valley School District buildings are restricted to visitors during the school day. Those wishing to gain entrance are required to be given access by office personnel. Please note that video cameras tape activity at all school entrances and in various parts of the buildings. All visitors are required to sign-in, providing a vehicle description, time of visit, and person/place they are visiting. Visitors will then be provided with a visitor badge that must be worn at all times while on school property. Upon leaving the building, visitors are required to sign-out and leave the visitor badge with the office staff. We thank you in advance for following these procedures for the safety of all students and staff.



ECMS and SVMS Earn State Recognition
Evans City and Seneca Valley middle schools were recently recognized by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) as having demonstrated the highest level of academic growth during the 2007-08 school year. Based on testing data from the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System (PVAAS), Evans City, grades 5-6, and Seneca Valley, grades 7-8, middle schools earned high positions for estimated mean gain and achievement, placing them in the top 20% of Pennsylvania's schools demonstrating great improvement. PVAAS is a relatively new type of data that offers an objective and more precise way to measure student progress and the value schools and districts add to students' educational experiences. Pennsylvania is one of only three states providing this information statewide to all school districts. PVAAS is one of the tools in the cadre of tools provided to districts from PDE. Districts and schools are using PVAAS (progress data), in conjunction with achievement data, to make sure all students are on the trajectory to proficiency. "Excellence is our goal and here is more data that we are on our way," said Thomas Hallman, Evans City Middle School principal.

Camp Invention
Seneca Valley School District is pleased to host the Camp Invention program, an exciting weeklong summer day experience for children entering grades one through six! The program is designed to inspire creativity and inventive thinking through loads of hands-on activities and F-U-N!  Children will participate in five inventive modules each day from the Discover Program, which include: the Viking Treasure Trek: The Quest Begins™ module, where children will become the first to find the hidden treasure of the Vikings, the Land Sled X-Treme™ module, where they will engineer and build the next great land vehicle, and finally the Comic Book Science: FlyJack and Jill™ module, where they learn how superheroes fly and then create their ideal comic book star. The Camp Invention program integrates science, mathematics, history, and the arts in an exciting environment conducive to learning disguised as fun! Angela Cardillo will direct the program and Judi Williams will assist.  Rowan teachers Elaine Mings and Michelle Follett, Haine Elementary teacher Mellissa Evanson, and CVE teacher Scott Rupik will teach the five modules this year at Rowan Elementary the week of June 15-19, 2009.  Enthusiastic high school and college students will serve as counselors.  The program features a low staff to child ratio, with one staff member for every eight children. The registration fee includes snacks and a Camp Invention T-shirt.  Register before March 31st or bring a friend to receive $20 off the base registration price of $205; online registrants receive an additional $5 savings!  Call 800.968.4332 today to inquire about savings opportunities for your family.  Registration is limited to 110 children and spaces are limited.  Don’t let your child miss all the fun!  For more information or to register, visit www.campinvention.org or call 800.968.4332.

Drug Prevention
Evans City Middle School has always promoted drug prevention. For many years, our students have participated in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. This year we are proud to announce that we have also added the Reality Tour Drug Prevention Program. Through school, home, and community cooperation and involvement, we hope to educate our students about the dangers of drug use and abuse.



Disclaimer  These Seneca Valley pages are a tool used by the students and staff of Seneca Valley School District. They will always be under construction. These pages are written and produced by students and/or faculty as a learning experience in conjunction with their individual curriculum needs. These pages are projects in staff development classes and in other curriculum areas to teach students and staff how to produce a homepage and better understand the use of the internet as another tool in their learning experience. These pages are, as a result, not a finished product, nor a professional publication, but a step in the learning process towards better use of technology within the learning environment.

Updated -June, 2009