SALISBURY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT

1/23/21 Salisbury Athletic Schedule B/G Swimming @ Saucon Valley - 1:30 p.m. No spectators are permitted. The YouTube streaming link is below. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbBaongzWJZ2s30iSeNuSpA #yoursalisbury

Catching up with Salisbury graduate Matthew Fainor What is your full name? Matthew Fainor When did you graduate from Salisbury? 2016 Tell us about your life since high school. After graduating from Salisbury, I moved very far from home to attend Lehigh University. During my time there, I studied bioengineering and art & design. That intersectional journey has taken many twists and turns! From taking a semester to study fashion in London with professional craftspeople to working in a cutting edge biomaterials research lab with dedicated scientists, I had amazing opportunities to build meaningful learning experiences and to develop my evolving biodesign practice. Three months ago, I started a new job in a tissue engineering lab at the University of Pennsylvania. My work there focuses on developing regenerative living materials for people who have degenerative spinal discs and severe lower back pain. What are you most proud of personally and/or professionally? Last year I helped judge the regional PJAS competition. That was a really impactful moment. Eight years ago, I was a ninth grader, nervously presenting a science project. To be on the other side, helping critique and guide middle school and high school students to think more deeply about science showed me how much I’ve grown as a person. Professionally, I’m proud of all the relationships I have built with people I admire, mostly the designers and scientists I’ve emailed on whims. My advice to anyone: If you admire the work someone does and want to learn from them, just send them an email! Or @ them on twitter. And if they don’t respond, politely follow up. Whatever works to break the ice. How has the pandemic impacted you and what have you learned from it? I think every senior, whether high school or college, who graduated in 2020 can relate to the experience of missing senior memories, time spent with friends, milestones, struggling to transition from one stage of life to the next. Personally, I was tremendously stressed about finding a job after graduation. In many ways the pandemic magnified that stress. However, in hindsight, it also gave me time that I wouldn’t have had otherwise. I used that time to reassess how I wanted to fit into the world. After four years of carving out a pretty unique path in college, it was hard to translate that into what comes next. One of the lessons I’m still learning is that everything can’t happen all at once. Growth is a slow journey that takes time, and that’s okay. What was your favorite high school memory? I distinctly remember decorating the gym for homecoming pep rallies. I remember that being particularly stressful for a group of 15 year olds but a fun activity with some of my closest friends. My favorite year was probably the year we did a carnival theme, complete with a ten foot tall ferris wheel decoration. How is your family doing? They are all doing well! Meghan is a junior at Penn State, working her way through the challenges of pandemic-era college, Joseph is working in real estate investment/valuation in Philadelphia, and Ryan is at Carnegie Mellon finishing a masters in biomedical engineering. If you could meet anyone (alive or dead), who would you choose and why? Top on my list right now is Dr. Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg. Dr. Ginsberg is an amazing speculative artist, working at the intersections of artificial intelligence, biology, and conservation. Her work explores possible futures where we attempt to reconstruct extinct species from their DNA, where humans colonize mars for the sake of other species’ evolution and not our own, where bird calls created by artificial intelligence replace dwindling urban bird populations. I just think she’s wildly cool. Who is your role model and why? That’s a hard question! So many people have helped shape who I am today. However, I think I’d like to turn this question on its head for everyone. Right now, my biggest role models are the cellular organisms who live in, on, and amongst me. We live very human-centric lives, but our lives are exclusively powered by the mammalian and microbial cells that make up our bodies. I’m taking some time to learn more from the cells in my own body and the lessons that the non-human world has to teach us. If anyone’s interested in learning more with me, I’m writing and illustrating a series on biotechnology’s intersections with our social lives. Feel free to read more on my website: matthewfainor.com #yoursalisbury

1/22 Salisbury wrestling update Tonight's JH/Varsity wrestling matches at Catasauqua have been postponed. No new date at this time. Thank you. #yoursalisbury

Salisbury wrestling heads to Catasauqua on Friday, 1/22. Junior High will take place at 5:30 p.m. Varsity at 6 p.m. No spectators are permitted. The YouTube link is below to livestream the action. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhKCIQ_3_LahKm24HSMqZQ #yoursalisbury

Salisbury's home 1/22 MS/JV/Varsity girls basketball games vs. No. Lehigh (3:45/6:00/7:15 p.m.) will be livestreamed on the Salisbury YouTube channel. No spectators are permitted. The link is below. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNGs4zLsF4IU1-n7JpvxiBw #yoursalisbury

1/22 JH/Varsity Boys BKB @ NL - 4/6 p.m. No JV. No spectators are permitted. There is a charge to watch if you do not already have an NFHS subscription. The link is below. https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/northern-lehigh-high-school-slatington-pa #yoursalisbury

Salisbury boys basketball senior night! Congratulations Baxter, Danny, Kenyo, Quinn and Quintin! 🏀 #yoursalisbury

A big Thank You to Doug and Brian for working on installing our new water fountains at SES. ALSO a big thank you to all of the people who helped to make this possible! Saving the Earth one water bottle at a time.

1/21/21 Salisbury Boys Basketball Schedule NWL JH/JV/Varsity Boys Basketball @ Salisbury 3:45/5:30/6:45 p.m. This is senior night. No spectators other than families of senior players. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNGs4zLsF4IU1-n7JpvxiBw #yoursalisbury

1/21/21 Salisbury Girls Basketball Schedule Salisbury MS/JV/Varsity Girls BKB @ NWL 4:00/5:30/6:45 p.m. No spectators. The YouTube link is below for the games. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDZCU3p8ClqI_ILHzeKc51Q #yoursalisbury

1/20/21 Salisbury Varsity Wrestling Palisades @ Salisbury 6 p.m. start. No spectators. Please watch the action LIVE on the Salisbury Athletics YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNGs4zLsF4IU1-n7JpvxiBw #yoursalisbury

Meal service continues today 1/19. This service will include all meals for the week! Swing by 11-1pm, 5-7pm @ SES & SMS. Orange chicken w rice, burgers, beefy Mac and more!

1/19/21 Salisbury @ Palmerton JH/JV/V Boys Basketball Games are 4/5:30/6:45 p.m. No spectators. The YouTube link is below for all three games. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEsg9VlQOt0uL2yiqSQK3bA #yoursalisbury

1/19/21 Salisbury Home Girls Basketball Home MS/JV/Varsity vs. Palmerton - 3:45/6/7:15 p.m. All games @ SHS No spectators. The YouTube link is below for all three games. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNGs4zLsF4IU1-n7JpvxiBw #yoursalisbury

SALISBURY THEATRE PRESENTS: WINTER BREAK BY JOE CALARCO Available via VIDEO ON DEMAND Winter Break can be different from everyone. Filmed online over Salisbury's Winter Break, the play features various vignettes of students exploring different parts of humanity during their winter break from school. TICKETS at $15/household https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/44133 SHOW PROGRAM AND MORE INFORMATION: https://sites.google.com/salisburysd.org/salisbury-theatre/home #yoursalisbury

Catching up with Salisbury graduate Greg Reese What is your full name? Gregory Reese When did you graduate from Salisbury? 2002 Tell us about your life since high school. Life has been exciting. I went to Pennsylvania State University Lehigh Valley for two years, and after that University Park for my remaining two years, where I graduated in 2006 with a degree in Information Sciences and Technology. I started with a job at a local architecture firm in State College, but after a year moved home, where I worked for Computer Aid for 8 years, a local IT consultancy company, with my primary client being PPL. After that I took a job at a local company which was acquired, and now work as a Google Cloud Certified Architect and Data Engineer at GFT USA, where I get to work with Google on a daily basis. Personally I have gotten into the world of craft beer, and started to work locally in my free time at a local brewery. I also enjoy traveling the world: I have been to Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Ireland, the Caribbean, Hong Kong and Thailand, and have been to over half of the states. What are you most proud of personally and/or professionally? I recently proposed to my girlfriend of 8 years, Jacquelyn, and we couldn’t be happier! Best thing is I got the entire proposal on video, so we can watch it for years to come. How has the pandemic impacted you and what have you learned from it? I worked from home before the pandemic hit, so I was lucky that I was not impacted from a career perspective; however, I have learned how to be able to appreciate “stopping and smelling the roses”, in that life doesn’t always need to be a constant social exercise. Sometimes it is nice to just sit at home and watch Netflix. Also I was affected personally with COVID that I got from one random encounter, so it shows how serious that this disease is. What was your favorite high school memory? I was in the band ever since I was in 4th grade, and probably placing 13th at ACCs with the marching band, and overall all the memories we made. How is your family doing? My father is a travel agent, so he has seen an extreme reduction in his job as a result of COVID, but business is starting to recover. My mother is the same she’s always been, except maybe getting a little stir crazy! If you could meet anyone (alive or dead), who would you choose and why? I’ve actually never thought of this. In addition to band, I also played baseball for the Salisbury Youth Association for many years. Mike Schmidt was my favorite player growing up, so I’d probably say him. Who is your role model and why? I have friends who are nurses who have had daily exposure to COVID and its effects. My role models are the first responders, nurses, and doctors that have to deal with this disease every day and still come back to work the next day. They are true heroes. #yoursalisbury

Shout out to the Krauss brothers for their wins over Pen Argyl Friday evening. 🤼‍♂️ Photo credit: Kristine Alder #yoursalisbury

1/16/21 Salisbury wrestling schedule SHS varsity wrestling heads to Exec. Education & will wrestling SV, Twin Valley & WWL. No spectators. Watch the wrestling at the following YouTube link. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt8x7PaKUsO6bg7VZmWQWnQ?app=desktop #yoursalisbury

1/16 JV/V Girls Basketball @ Lehighton JV at 11:30 a.m. Varsity at 1 p.m. No visiting fans. Lehighton streams games via the Lehighton Athletics Facebook page. #yoursalisbury

1/16 Salisbury Boys Basketball Schedule JH/JV/Varsity Boys BKB @ CCHS (1:00/2:30/4:00 p.m.) All levels will stream at the YouTube link below. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBD-gOMQZ6xyChmW8-FTUHA #yoursalisbury