Artists from Weisenberg Elementary have their work on display in the Northwestern Lehigh School Board meeting room.

Principal Jill Berlet told the board at the Jan. 18 meeting that art instructor Karly Sacco does a great job.

Sacco thanked the board for permitting the school to display the works of art.

She said Mykaela Yanders’ third grade work was a crossover between science and art.

The black and white piece features a moon and silhouetted pine trees.

Milan Kalola also did a crossover with science. The class is studying celestial bodies in their science classes.

Sacco said the colors show up from far away on Kalola’s piece.

Second grader Briella Lloyd focused on birds in a scratch art piece that is highly detailed with feathers scratched.

Megan Romig, fourth grader, made a collage with watercolor washes and a great deal of cutting and pasting.

Another fourth grader, Samantha Canseco, showed the perspective of seeing goldfish from above. She used both warm and cool colors.

Tim Burnard left birch trees white and then added texture after removing tape. In the background are deer, leaves and branches.

Sacco thanked the parents for bringing the students to the board meeting. “You brighten up our room,” said Superintendent Mary Anne Wright.

She announced the winners of a Lehigh Valley Kennel Club Essay Contest. Semi finalists were Christopher Hippensteel at the high school and Maggie Mauro and Brandon Smeltz for the middle school. Mauro took the top spot for the middle school and the grand championship and Hippensteel won the high school top spot.

The Allentown West Rotary was out in force with a show-and-tell about the snack pack program which sends food home with students so they have food over the weekend.

Gloria Zimmerman said they try to vary the food that is packed.

There are two hot meals, such as a can of Beefaroni, three cereals and two healthy snacks.

A card added to the bag explains from where the food comes.

The program is a partnership with Christ’s Church at Lowhill Food Pantry.

Zimmerman said they have made many friends as they pack the food.

Wright said some employees, present and past, volunteer. She told Rotary the kids are better off for the program. From the pantry are volunteers Nancy Holbrook, Beverly Kistler, Michelle Iobst, Nancy Zellner, Helen McCauley, Anna Nestor, Sharon Naugle, Deb Ginder and Jeanne Stock.

Community friends and neighbors who help are Joyce Eckhart, Janice Metzger, Althea Hahn and Gene Hahn. Rotarian helpers are Bob Nagle, Nancy Handwerk, Ray Stock, Jean Machemer, Dale Utt, Dar Utt, Herb Klotz, Veronica Klotz, Grace Keller, Hope Pearson and Gloria Zimmerman.

Rotary President Dr. Dan Crane thanked the board for acknowledging the volunteers. He said Rotary International is the largest volunteer organization with 1.2 million members around the world.

The club helps at Ontelaunee Park, and provides dictionaries to third graders. Board President Bill Dellecker said what Rotary does is important to the school.

Director of Curriculum and Instruction LeAnn Stitzel reported on teachers who went above and beyond to present during the fall workshops.

Dave Moyer led a session in November at Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21 on Blended Learning Day about how he integrated the flipped learning model in physics classes.

In December, teachers presented information about the Keystone Technology Innovator Event.

Taking part from the middle school was teacher Shannon Kistler, and Tamara Studbits and Allison Suchy, both from Northwestern Elementary.

The subject was Harnessing the Power of Technology to Motivate Students and Increase Parent Involvement.

Middle school teachers Gina Wood, Rich Kulp and Scott Brown spoke about Engaging Learners with Student-Produced Multimedia Presentations.

Teachers Samantha Ward and Jessica Yenser, also from the middle school, discussed Resources and Strategies for Using Station Rotation Models to Differentiate Instruction for All Learners.

Weisenberg Elementary teachers Nicole Mizak and Angela Rimm spoke about Technology as a Pathway to Inquiry-based Learning.

Wright said January was School Board Appreciation Month. There are 4,500 school directors in Pennsylvania. Every two years there are elections.

“It is a job without pay though members put in hundreds of hours helping us do the best for your children,” Wright said.

Classes made large cards thanking the directors for their work and for hiring great teachers.

Gifts were ceramic pencil holders, a picture frame and a hand in a student council bag and miniature replicas of the football helmets.

Member John Casiano asked Activities Director Jason Zimmerman to sign his.

Member Paul Fisher said it takes hundreds of adults in the community so all volunteers should be celebrated, not just the board.