Spotlight

The Myers PBIS Team, led by school counselor Carli Segal and music teacher Anna Krammes, is once again proud to earn official Pennsylvania Statewide recognition for its robust, data-driven PBIS systems and programming at the Tier I level for the fifth year in a row. On the Tier I level for all students, Myers' PBIS Team develops, refines, and implements school-wide reward systems to acknowledge positive student behavior and academic effort. At Myers, students are celebrated regularly by earning Peace Train Tickets for weekly prize raffle drawings, class compliment cards earned for classroom-wide teamwork, citizenship awards earned during monthly grade-level town hall meetings, and participation in school-wide celebratory events including student favorites the Myers Gingerbread Jam, Myers PBIS Olympics, and Blue & Gold Color Day. 

For the third consecutive year, Myers earned official Pennsylvania statewide recognition for its Tier II interventions and supports — most notably for its productive Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) process, which provides additional interventions to students in need of academic, behavior, social, or emotional support. This school year, Myers will aim even higher and apply for PBIS Tier III statewide recognition.

Nine CHS seniors received a blast from the past Wednesday in the form of letters they wrote to themselves as Myers Elementary fourth graders in Ms. Erika Wimms’ class during the 2017-18 school year.

Students present to receive their letters included Kamal Addison-Anderson, Madison Alexander, Madelaine Leighton, Jayla E. Martin, Isabella Nicosia, Cynthia Priestley, Courtney Prosser, Henry Wasserman and Umi Young.

“Most of you haven’t changed at all. This is one of my favorite days of the year,” said Ms. Wimms, who has been carrying out this tradition since the 1997-98 school year and will continue to do so into retirement. “I feel so proud seeing all that they have achieved over the years.”

Ms. Wimms presented the students with their letters, some of which were then read aloud for the group to hear. The students were surprised, touched, amused and, in some cases, confounded by what their younger selves wrote. Many of the letters contained career, academic, extracurricular and college aspirations.

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To keep students safe and prepared, CSD conducted school bus safety drills throughout this week. With the help of school safety officers, and facilities and transportation staff, students practiced disembarking the bus from the rear emergency exit in case of an emergency. 

“Safety First! School bus evacuation drills teach our students how to respond if there's ever an emergency on the bus,” said CSD Supervisor of Transportation Dawn Woods. “Practicing these drills helps ensure that everyone stays safe and calm while exiting the bus when there’s an emergency.”

After exiting the bus safely, students were reminded why bus safety is important in an emergency situation. 

“Just like we have fire drills for building safety, we need to practice for emergencies on the bus as well,” said Myers Principal Jason Lytle. “While it’s never happened in all my years as a principal, it’s important to be prepared.” 

For more information on bus safety rules and regulations, visit https://www.cheltenham.org/departments/transportation/rules-and-regulations.