Please visit the Announcements and Events page of our website to learn about events coming up at school. You can also view a complete listing, including longer-range events and dates, on the Calendar portion of our website. Selected upcoming events are listed here:

Monday, Feb. 15 - Presidents Day. School Closed.
Wednesday, Feb. 17 - Harrisburg Academy College Fair, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 18 - Fourth Grade Play, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 19 - Alumni Council Meeting, noon
Friday, Feb. 19 - HATS Snuggle Up and Read, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 19 - Middle School Dance, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 20 - HATS, JK, K, & 1st Grade Admission Play Date, 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, Feb. 21 - Winter Admission Open House, 2 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 21 - Summer Camp Open House, 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 24-25 - MS Roundtable Discussions, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 26 - Re-enrollment contracts due.
Friday, Feb. 26 and Saturday, Feb. 27 - US Play "Hedda Gabler," 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 28 - US Play "Hedda Gabler," 2 p.m.
Monday, Mar. 1 - Financial Aid Applications due.

Please be in touch with feedback and news! We're always happy to celebrate the success of our students and their families.

Help Support "A Toast in Time" Gala & Auction

Deadlines for advertising and donations are fast approaching!

A Toast in Time Gala & Auction will soon be here and it will be a night not to be missed! You should have received auction packets in the mail in early January. There are many ways to support the Gala: donate to the auctions; advertise in the Memory Book; bid online; and attend! We need parent and community support to make our annual fundraiser a success. Deadlines for advertising and donations are fast approaching so make your commitments now. Click here for full information. Questions? Please contact Beth Zak.

Our event is a success because of you. Thank you in advance for your support!

Greetings from Division Heads

If you missed Jim Newman's letter last week - please click here to view it on his webpage. This week we also have new letters from Jen Klemunes, Head of the Middle School and Tom Banks, Head of the Upper School. Stay tuned until next week for the most recent letter from Kevin Muirhead, Head of Early Childhood and Upper School.

Summer Camp Open House

Sunday, Feb. 21, 3 p.m.

Please drop by the Gallery between 3 and 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21 and meet staff and the Camp Director, Beth Kruger. Information about online mini-camps, camp themes, and special camps - like Camp Invention - will be presented. RSVP requested but not required. Questions? Please contact Beth Kruger.

Quick Way to Earn a Denim Day!

The Admission Office would like to invite all MS/US students to share what they love about Harrisburg Academy by bringing a friend to our Admission Open House on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. By bringing a friend to tour our school, student will be showing them much of what our school has to offer and earn a Denim Day in return (date to be announced later). To be eligible for the Denim Day, your student must stop by the Admission Office or send an email, no later than Thursday, Feb. 18 at 3 p.m. (p.s. If you attend, too, your family will be entered into our drawing for $200 Academy Cash!). See you there! Questions? Please contact Jessica Warren.

Harrisburg Academy Responds Generously to the Haiti Appeal

The final results for the Harrisburg Academy Haiti emergency appeal are in. Many people contributed either by sending us a personal check or dropping coins and bills in the jars or donating the proceeds of bake sales, including the 4th grade moms who raised $291.24 at their bake sale last week. Also, the Upper School Student Council decided to give $500 from the proceeds of the Snow Ball dance. We are assured by the organizations to which we are sending our dollars that they will all make it to Haiti in the near future. Some people - maybe a family that is enduring great hardship - will have their burdens lightened, at least a bit, by our gifts that came in sometimes one penny at a time.  Special thanks to the student members of the Haiti Fundraising committee: Seth C. '15, Rachel D. '15, who on her own arrived the Monday after the earthquake with the jars and posters for the lobby, and Alex R. '12 .

Checks   $725.00.... Jars   $1,141.67... Bake Sales   $391.24... Upper School   $500.00
=Total   $2,757.91

Winter Weather Updates - Via Text Message!

For those of you who want instant notification about school delays and closing, several of the local news stations are now offering text message notification service. Visit their websites to sign up, and you'll be notified of school schedule changes instantaneously on your phone. Check it out!

WHTM ABC-27 ; CBS 21; WGAL-8.

Contracts, Coffee, and Donuts

Please stop by the Meeting Room the week of Feb. 16 to 19 at the start of the school day (7:30 to 8:15 a.m.). Save the postage and drop off your enrollment contract and deposit for the 2010-11 academic year in person... and join us for coffee and donuts! As a reminder, enrollment contracts are due on Feb. 26. Hope to see you then! Questions? Please contact Jessica Warren or Miranda Connelly.

Middle School Roundtable Discussion Meeting

Grade 5 & 6 parents: Wednesday, February 24 at 6:30 p.m.
Grade 7 & 8 parents: Thursday, February 25 at 6:30 p.m.

We would like to invite you to be part of a roundtable discussion regarding social challenges faced by our students today. We expect that our conversation will be a wide-ranging one, covering topics such as social networking, appropriate technology usage, and social pressures surrounding drugs and alcohol. We hope parents will share their strategies and ideas in an effort to coordinate a consistent message regarding behavior and the vital boundaries necessary to help our students make good decisions. Ms. Fiona Williston, Prevention Program Supervisor from the Cumberland-Perry Drug and Alcohol Commission, will be available to share her expertise regarding adolescent substance use and answer questions. Please come and join us in the Meeting Room for a cup of hot chocolate, a few sweets, and a great roundtable discussion. Please RSVP to Carol Riordan in the Middle School (or ext. 327).

Annual Winter College Fair

February 17, 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Harrisburg Academy's annual Winter College Fair may have been postponed, but it's going to be just as beneficial to our students and visitors from local schools. Please click here for a full event schedule update. As a reminder, all juniors must attend as part of the college prep class; sophomores are strongly urged to come, and everyone is welcome. Click here to see an updated list of colleges attending. Sophomores and others, please R.S.V.P. to Mrs. Roller, Mrs. Lauchlan, or Mrs. Barrett at the front desk.

This event is open to the public, so please pass this invitation along to a friend or neighbor.

Academy families attending the fair are asked to be gracious hosts and park across the street behind Perkins in the white lined spaces that belong to the Radisson. This is not mandatory, just a request for those of you who will not be seriously inconvenienced by parking there. We are having our college representatives use the back parking lot, and guests from other schools in the front.

Upper School Drama presents "Hedda Gabler"

Feb. 26 & 27, 7 p.m. | Feb. 28, 2 p.m.

McCormick Auditorium

Harrisburg Academy Upper School Drama presents Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece, "Hedda Gabler".
Hedda Gabler is one of the world theater's iconic characters. Unwilling to accept her femininity and objectified by the men who claim her, Hedda faces a fate that is as unrelenting as any Delphic Oracle could have pronounced. The spare and classic structure of the play reflects not only Ibsen's dramaturgy but the unflinching, uncompromising moral conviction of its leading character. Questions? Please contact Richard Rauenzahn.

Congratulations to...

Amelia N. '17 for being mentioned in the Patriot-News as a member of the Twin Ponds Pre-Juvenile Synchronized Skating. She will skate this weekend at the 2010 Reflections Synchro Invitational on Feb. 14 at the Giant Center.

Upper School students for submitting 5,984 total CAS hours (Creativity - 2,231; Action - 1,964; Service - 1,789) for the first semester! We commend your hard work outside of the classroom.

MS English teacher Kristen Spangler for success with PA state certification. Mrs. Spangler took the final exam (the PRAXIS II content knowledge test in English) in January for her application for certification. Not only did she complete all certification courses with a solid 4.0 GPA, but she received the ETS's highest award, the Recognition of Excellence, for scoring within the top 15% of all test takers for this particular content knowledge test. Her exact score was a 200 out of a possible range of 100-200... so actually in the top 1 percent! Congrats!

Updates from the Parents Association

Tons of great things are happening with our Parents Association. Please visit the webpage for full information and for minutes from this week's PA meeting (will be posted in the next few days). Thanks to everyone who attended and to Chris Joyce who provided us with refreshments! Thanks also to everyone who organized and participated in the Snow Tubing event at SkiRoundtop last week. We had a great time!

Box Tops for Education Marketplace

There's never been an easier way to earn money for our school. It's simple - just shop online at quality stores like: Lands' End, Target, OfficeMax, BestBuy, Pottery Barn, Oriental Trading Company, Home Depot, JCPenny and Walmart to name a few and earn cash for Harrisburg Academy! Sign up to support Harrisburg Academy at www.btfe.com under "Join Box Tops" and whenever you shop, make sure you do so through Box Tops for Education Marketplace to earn up to 8% of your purchase donated back to our school! Also, make sure you download the new BTFE collection sheet here!

Upcoming PA events include:

March 4: Roller Skating Party

March 8-11: Spring Scholastic Book Fair

March 19: Night at the Gym

Questions? Please visit the Parents Association webpage for full information or contact Diane Mulcahy.

Harrisburg Academy Athletics Updates

Senior Night for Varsity basketball has been re-scheduled. Varsity boys will be recognized on Feb. 18 (game time TBA). Varsity girls will be recognized on Feb. 16, prior to their 4 p.m. game versus Mount Calvary. Questions? Please contact Jeane Serino.

Youth Swimming is back! Click here for the 2010 program flyer. Questions? Contact Chris Clark.

Community Happenings

We've made lots of updates to the Community Happenings page this week, so be sure to check it out! Questions? Please contact Kristina Burlew Pae.

Notes from the Nurse

Parents who are underinsured or uninsured in dental coverage can bring their children, ages 6-14, for a free oral health exam and sealant procedure on Sealant Saturday. To schedule an appointment at the Harrisburg (Feb. 27) or Carlisle (Feb. 20) locations, parents and legal guardians must contact the clinic at 780-2441 or 1-800-222-4222, ext. 2441.

Students in Kindergarten, 3rd, and seventh grades need dental exams completed. Students in HATS, Kindergarten, 6th, and 11th grades need physical exams. Exams may be done up to a year before the child starts that grade. Questions? Please contact Ann Stillwater.

Current 9th Graders and Course Selections for 2010-11

Due to the winter weather this week, we will be rescheduling the 9th grade course selection meetings (set to go over course offerings for the 2010-11 academic year). We will send copies to parents as soon as possible. Questions? Please contact Tom Banks.

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We like connecting with you... hearing your stories, discussion what is going on at school, reminiscing about past days at Harrisburg Academy, and more. Be our friend on Facebook and follow us tweeting on Twitter... links for both are on the school's homepage. We look forward to re-connecting with you, and helping you to connect with other Harrisburg Academy community members. Questions? Please contact Kristina Pae.

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