April 19, 2026

A special thank you to Mrs. Semanick, Mrs. Flood, and our PTO for brightening our teachers’ and staff’s day with a sunshine cart this past Friday!

 
 

This Week

  • April 19 - PTO Skating Party from 4-6 PM at Fountainblu Skating Arena
  • April 20 (Day 1) 
    • Pre-K Soccer Shots
  • April 21 (Day 2) 
    • PSSA Testing Spirit Days - Go for it GREEN Day! All students are encouraged to wear green to cheer on our 3rd grade students!
    • PSSA ELA Testing, 3rd Grade from 8:30-10:30 am
  • April 22 (Day 3)
    • Administrative Professionals Day! Thank you, Mrs. Miller, for all that you do for Shepherdstown!
    • PSSA Testing Spirit Days - Bring it on BLUE Day! All students are encouraged to wear blue!
    • PSSA ELA Testing, 3rd Grade from 8:30-10:30 am
    • Elmwood Academy Principal/Counselor visit 3rd Grade
  • April 23 (Day 4)
    • PSSA Testing Spirit Days - Rock the Test RED Day! All students are encouraged to wear red!
    • PSSA ELA Testing, 3rd Grade from 8:30-10:30 am
  • April 24 (Day 5) 
    • Life Skills to Special Olympics
 

April

April 28 - 29 - PSSA Testing, grade 3 (Math and Make-ups)

April 29 - PTO Dine out night at Texas Roadhouse in Camp Hill

April 30 - Life Skills Field Trip to Adventure Park

April 30 - 1st Grade to Environmental Center

April 30 - April Community Meeting, 1:30 pm

May

May 1 - School in session - Snow make-up day

May 4 - No School

May 6 - MASD Wildcat Wednesday

May 11 - Pre-K Soccer Shots

May 12 - 3rd Grade Field Trip to E-Center

May 13 - K-1 Transition visit to Shep

May 13 - 3rd Grade Elmwood visit

May 14 - Probability Carnival

May 14 - 2nd Grade Field Trip to Popcorn Hat Players

May 15 - Field Day!

May 20 - Life Skills to MASH Social

May 25 - No School, Memorial Day Holiday

May 26 - 1st Grade Field Trip to Lake Tobias

May 26 - Life Skills Field Trip to Cherry Crest Farms

May 27 - Shep Move-up Day

May 28 - May Community Meeting

May 29 - Last Day of School, early dismissal at 10:45am!

 
 

In keeping with Shepherdstown tradition, we will be pampering the staff at Shepherdstown this year during Teacher Appreciation Week May 4-8th. We are looking for your donations to make this possible.

We will be providing desserts, lunch, a gift card grab bag for teachers/staff, massages and coffee spread out throughout the week. One of the biggest ways in which you can partner with us to show our appreciation is by purchasing gift cards that we can use for food that we will be providing or gift cards from local businesses that can then be entered into the gift card grab bag.

Donation items MUST be dropped off at the Shepherdstown office (labeled PTO Teacher appreciation Week) or please text Beth Flood (717-451-8944) to coordinate other arrangements.

Donations are needed by the end of the day Monday, May 4th.

We THANK YOU in advance for partnering with us to show our teachers and staff at Shepherdstown just how much we appreciate and value all that they do for our kids each and every day.

- Beth Flood & Lauren Semanick

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A BIG Shep Congratulations to Eden for winning 3rd place in the Upper Allen Women's Club art show!

 
 
 

On the website: Go to your child’s school webpage, click Menu, then Dining. Or, from the school’s homepage, click the Dining button located just below the main photo.

In the app: Select your child’s school, tap More, then Dining.

Need help accessing menus?

Click here to watch how to access menus from a desktop.

Click here to watch how to access menus from the mobile app.

Click here to learn how to set your default school of choice in the app.

Thank you for helping us keep menus accessible and translatable for all families.

 
 

Mark your calendars! Below are the Shepherdstown PTO meetings for the 2025-2026 school year.

  • Wednesday, May 13 at 7 PM (In person and Zoom)

 
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Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown Elementary School

Email: Dechelmeier@mbgsd.org
Website: https://shepherdstown.mbgsd.org/
Location: 1849 S. York Street, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
Phone: 717-691-4589