Community Swim at EHMMS

Kindergarten Registration for the 2025-2026 school year is now open. If you are registering a new kindergarten student, please go to https://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/page/district-registration to complete the online Kindergarten Registration process.

Congratulations to this week's Teachers of the Week: Mrs. Nicole Ritter (TES) and Mrs. Nicole Shepski (ELA Grade 7, Team 4). Both Nicole's bring invaluable direct instruction to our students and meet them at their levels. We are fortunate to have them teaching here at EHMMS!


Congratulations to our Grade 7/Team Four Teachers being named Teacher of the Week: Mrs. Bowers: Math, Mrs. Cooper: Learning Support, and Mrs. Haines: ELA! These three teachers do a great job every day supporting our students! Way to go!



Headed to the grocery store this week? Support South Western School District by rounding up at your local @GIANT register! Now through March 31, 2025 - GIANT customers can support local public school districts and their efforts to eliminate childhood hunger right at the register.
Learn more: https://go.giantfoodstores.com/eliminating-hunger
#FeedingSchoolKids #EliminatingHunger

Thank you to our Builders Club for their work on our inspirational bulletin board as we have sprinted ahead into 2025!

Congratulations to our Teachers of the Week, Mrs. Julie Lubold (8th Grade Science) and Mrs. Monica Martello (ELL). They work hard to educate and inspire our students every day!


January 7, 2025 -- As a result of today's school closing, all evening activities in the South Western School District scheduled for Tuesday, January 7th, are canceled. Thank you.
Schools Closed - Tuesday, January 7, 2025 ---- Due to overnight and early morning weather conditions creating unsafe travel, the South Western School District will be closed today, January 7th. Offices will open at 9:00. Information regarding the makeup day will be communicated to our families later this week. Thank you.

Mustang Families and Staff: [Two-hour delay on Tuesday, January 7, 2025] ---- Due to the forecast for light snow and gusty winds overnight and a threat of a re-freeze of the roads, the South Western School District will be operating on a two-hour delay on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Should the conditions worsen overnight causing an impact on district operations, we will communicate any changes in our schedule to our families and staff as soon as possible. Thank you.

Mustang Families and Staff: Due to the forecast for deteriorating weather conditions overnight and tomorrow, the South Western School District will be closed to students and staff on Monday, January 6th. All evening activities scheduled for tomorrow have also been canceled. The Committee of the Whole Meeting scheduled for tomorrow evening at 6:30 is being rescheduled to Monday, January 13th beginning at 6:30. The make-up day for tomorrow’s snow day will be Monday, January 20, 2025. Information about the make-up day will be shared with our families later this week. Thank you.
Kindergarten Registration for the 2025-2026 school year is now open. If you are registering as a kindergartener, please follow these steps: 1) Go to https://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/page/district-registration to complete the online Kindergarten
Registration. 2) After you fully complete the online registration process, you will be contacted by the school for next steps.

Congratulations to the SWHS NAHS - winners of the 2024 Winter Mural Contest.

South Western School District is proud to be a part of the @GIANT Feeding School Kids initiative! From January 1 – March 31, 2025 - you can round up at the register to support our school district’s efforts working to eliminate childhood hunger.
Through this initiative, South Western School District and other public school districts can use funds to support meal programs to expand food distribution programs, create on-campus food pantries and gardens, supply extra weekend meals, and eliminate outstanding student meal debt.
Join us as we round up to fight hunger within XXXX District/School!
#FeedingSchoolKids #EliminatingHunger

2024 Hanover Community Partnership Holiday Concert -
Friday, December 13, 2024 ---
1:00 PM (Emory H. Markle Middle School Auditorium)

107 6th-8th graders participated in their Winter Holiday Concert on 12/5 here at EHMMS. They played beautifully to a packed house!

Teachers of the Week, Mrs. Sara Hye and Mrs. Deb Weaver.


The EHMMS Show Choir kicked off the season with a performance at the Hanover Hospital Tree of Life Ceremony. We are so proud of these singers!

Voting for the 11th Annual Winter Mural contest has STARTED!! Please vote for South Western! The students in the National Art Honor Society have worked hard on creating a beautiful mural. Support them by voting by using the QR code. THANK YOU!!

EHMMS 8th-Grader, Dee Simpson won the Pennsylvania Resources Council "Lens on Litter" photo contest with her submission, "Beauty in Chaos." Congratulations, Dee!

