Students rehearse Schoolhouse Rock.

Members of Northern High School and Middle School Art clubs and ceramics students put their skills to work, creating 91 soup bowls for the March 11 Central Pa. Food Bank Soup and Bowl event. Each bowl was worth one $25 ticket, which was equal to a week’s worth of meals for a child in need. Pictured, Northern artists mold soup bowls for the event.

Fundraiser soup bowls made by Northern students.

South Mountain Elementary students amassed a large collection of food and pet supplies for New Hope Ministries through the school’s Pay It Forward drive in December. The items were delivered before Christmas break. Pictured are, from left, Lucas Maylock, Kared Singer, Derek Sith, Lauren Pryor, Zoe Gleixner, Emme Caito, Jacob Hoover, Joseph Smith and Mary MacGregor.

Wellsville Elementary students recently competed in a T-shirt design contest for Pennex’s Walk For Wellness. Pictured are, from left, front row, first place winner Anita Smith and second and third place winners Ava Gricks and Shanon Sarley, and back row, Steve Lehman, Wellsville principal; Joyce Cardwell, of Group Benefit Services; and Dawn Wuornin, Pennex human resources director.

Works of art created by three Northern High School students were chosen for publication in the Celebrating Art book available to schools, students and art enthusiasts nationwide. The annual volume showcases the works of students in kindergarten through Grade 12 in schools throughout the country. The book is available at www.celebratingart.com. Pictured are the Northern artists, from left, Jenny Halterman, Samantha Barnes and Leanne Russell.

Clifford and Barbara Virtue, of Dillsburg Library, pose with first-graders after the program at Northern Elementary.

Five dance and color guard teams representing Northern York County School District’s middle and high schools captured first place finishes at the Atlantic Coast Championships, May 5-6 in Wildwood, N.J. The teams are now recognized as state and East Coast champions. Pictured is the Northern High School Color Guard team, from left, Betty Baker, Melitta Parzyszek, Becka Mull and Alissa Shafer; middle row, Susan Jung, Caitlin Reeder, Cheyenne McHone and Elise McAneny; and back row, Emily Altland, Mariah McCoy, Olivia Vuocolo, Rachel Elliott and Megan Zagoric.

Eight teachers began new assignments for the 2011/2012 school year in the Northern York County School District. They are, from left, Erica Sinclair, kindergarten, Northern Elementary; Ragen Dyer, kindergarten, Dillsburg Elementary, Monica Cornett, Grade 5, Northern Elementary; Amy Colgan, Grade 1, Dillsburg Elementary; Alex Smith, district psychology intern; Heather Smith, Grade 4, Wellsville Elementary; Meghan Smyers, vo-ag, high school; and Bonnie Sharpe, learning support, middle school.