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Millersville Organization Helps International Students Feel Welcome BY GEORGE DEIBEL
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e the One.” That’s what Farmdale Elementary staff members, teachers, and administrators expect from their students. The school is encouraging responsibility by offering incentives and words of praise through its Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support program (PBIS). “A PBIS plan is something that most schools have in order to establish clarity on what the expectations are of students, in order to build a positive climate and culture in the school,” Farmdale principal Trisha Pearson said. “Farmdale’s PBIS we refer to as ‘Be the One,’ and our four expectations are being safe, respectful, responsible, Farmdale Elementary School students (front, from left) third-grader Emilia Todd, fourth-grader Mayci Katsch, and third-grader Maggie and engaged.” Asknder and (back) principal Trisha Pearson and counselor Allison
See Farmdale pg 2 DeArment show some of the items used in the school’s PBIS.
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Foundation Awards Grants to LCCTC Instructors BY GEORGE DEIBEL
It was another outstanding year for the Lancaster County Career & Technology Foundation (LCCTF). Students and the businesses that hire them stand to benefit. The LCCTF recently announced the awarding of a total of $142,727 in Dr. Michael K. Curley Teacher Innovation Grants that will have a profound effect on Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (LCCTC) students. “I think we are very fortunate to be able to make the impact we do to really enhance the training and the opportunities here for our students,” said LCCTF executive director Jennifer Baker. Brayden Heister of Donegal High School R124860
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See Grants pg 4 campus. Photo by George Deibel
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Troy L andis noted that Immerse International serves two major purposes. “One is the housing, mostly for international students, who are here studying, and they mostly do not study here in this English program,” said Landis, the director of education for the organization that is located at 321 Manor Ave., Millersville. “Mostly they are students at Millersville (University) or HACC or (people who are) working locally.” “Then there’s the intensive English language program. That is for international students who came just to study, and they need a little more English before they can get to university, or local immigrant and refugee folks who settled here and are looking to get to that kind of university level of English,” said Landis. “The mission of the whole organization is to create a community and belonging for our international students and neighbors, so that kind of encompasses both of those.” Immerse International is designed to prop up people from around the globe. “It’s important because I think it creates a community of belonging for our international friends and students who come here, so they have support so that they have friends from around the world and have friends from the United States also,” said Landis. “As a faith-based organization, it’s a community that’s built on the love of God, and hopefully they can feel that and sense that and know that too. It’s a holistic kind See Immerse pg 3
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