April 8, 2020

Our families, staff, Home & School Associations (HSAs), teams and clubs are finding some great, creative ways to stay connected. Each week, we’ll share a highlight from each school.

STONY CREEK: Friends of Carson, first grade at SCE, wanted him to know they didn’t forget his birthday even though they couldn’t celebrate with him in person. CHECK OUT HOW THEY HELPED HIM CELEBRATE

BLUE BELL: BBE students and staff are using Flipgrid to keep in touch and share fun activities. SEE WHAT BBE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DOING

LOWER GWYNEDD: LGE staff shared LOTS of positivity with the school community in this great video: WATCH NOW SHADY GROVE: SGE students want to remind other students that parents REALLY appreciate their help around the house or yard and chores can be fun too! SEE ALL THE WAYS SGE STUDENTS ARE HELPING

This is How We Stay Connected!WMS: Staff created a heartwarming video to show that we’re together even when we’re apart: WATCH NOW

Two WMS students jumped on the opportunity to connect with our community by launching a #WissNation 2020 Census Competition. Allison Meng and Anika Rastogi accepted the challenge by their Dragons Team teachers to come up with a promotional plan to encourage more residents to complete the census. Over the past week, the students have created social media posts, graphics and videos to explain the importance of the census. As a result of their efforts to get the word out, Ambler and Whitpain increased 10% percent since April 1st and Lower Gwynedd increased 8% percent increase. The students are challenging residents to help our townships and borough reach the healthy zone of 86% completion! Keep up the great effort, stay safe and spread the word! WATCH ALLISON’S VIDEO WATCH ANIKA’S VIDEO

WHS: Bravo to Senior Olivia Holtzinger for using her time and talent to connect with someone in another state to help our healthcare professionals on the front lines of the COVID pandemic. Olivia was motivated after reading a post on Facebook from an RN in Michigan, Brittany DeHaan, who described how the backs of nurses’ ears are turning blue and even bleeding from having to wear a masks all day, every day. The nurse said she was

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#WissWantsToKnow

Each week, we ask our #WissNation families to answer a question or two on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. This week, we enjoyed seeing their adorable pets and learning how they got their name!

accepting headband donations for #heroheadbands. DeHaan sews buttons on the headband that the elastic band attaches to rather than behind the ears. DeHaan then sends the headbands to nurses at hospitals around the country.

Olivia immediately realized she could help. Throughout high school she had a business - @BandItUp Boutique - where she made and sold headbands that were the same style. Olivia reached out to DeHaan who said she would love to have 30 headbands sent to her, so Olivia started making them. “As a senior at WHS, I felt like I was capable of making a difference. Once I started, I couldn’t

stop and I ended up sewing 101 headbands to send in order to help nurses around the country. Although my back may hurt for a few days, it’s incomparable to that of healthcare workers and I’m just glad that I could help and make this time a little easier for people who are caring for the patients every day,” Olivia said.

Noah (2nd grade, LGE) & his family found a farm that supplies eggs to schools for hatching projects. Since the schools are closed, they had dozens of egg kits for families to hatch the eggs at home. Last week, Noah’s family had 12 chicks hatch!

NEAT ACTIVITY!

SEAN, SGE, AND HIS DOG LEIA: We’re Star Wars fans!!

CHASE, WMS: This is my leopard gecko, Lucky. My twin brother Max named him.

AMY CAPOFERRI SHAFFER: We have so, so many animals here! This is one of our dogs, a popcorn lover named Diohji. He is named that because that's how it sounds when you say the letters that spell D O G.

KRYSTLE HICKEY: Gritty the kitty!

CHRISTI SWANSON WALSH: Wookie - obviously he looks like one! LOL!

ANNIE MARIE: Zazzles (the long haired one) from Big Bang Theory and Draco Meowfoy (the tuxedo).

MACKENZIE, SGE: I named my dog Jackson because it was the first name to come to mind when I saw him.

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