Dawn Shaffer

[Dawn Shaffer @MrsShafferBF]

Today I am spending my morning and afternoon kicking off the Fred Rogers Institute Initiative, Educators Neighborhood. I am very excited to share I was selected as a member and will participate in this cohort with educators from all over the world for the next nine months.

[Indiana Area School District @IndianaAreaSD]

Thank you, Bella Spa! You certainly brought lots of smiles to the faces of our teachers at Ben Franklin!!❤️🖤 We appreciate your kindness & generosity! #proudBFprincipal #WeLoveOurCommunity

[Dawn Shaffer @MrsShafferBF]

All the feels ❤️ I never got to say goodbye to them in Kindergarten because of the shutdown. I will be sure to send them and every other student in my classroom with a proper send off this year. These are forever my kids!

[Indiana Area School District @IndianaAreaSD]

Mrs. Shaffer welcomed these children to her Kindergarten classroom on their first day at BF… Now she will wish them well on their last day in her 3rd Grade classroom. Bittersweet ❤️🥲🖤#proudBFprincipal #KinderCrew #FromKtoThree #HereTheyComeIKE

[Dawn Shaffer @MrsShafferBF]

Today was so much fun! I know summer is right around the corner but we still have a lot more memories to make before we say "see you later" Also... I knew all those years of working at a pizza shop in college would come in handy!

[Dawn Shaffer @MrsShafferBF]

Its last day of Autism Acceptance Month. A friendly reminder that a month shouldnt be reminding us to be kind, understanding and accepting. Autism doesnt have "a look" and just because you can't see "it" it doesn't mean that person isnt having a hard time #ilovesomeonewithautism

[Teacher2Teacher @teacher2teacher]

#MotivationMonday, via educator @BronwynBrady:

[Indiana Area School District @IndianaAreaSD]

The 3rd Grade Kindness Club enthusiastically wished all who drove by Ben Franklin this morning a HAPPY FRIDAY!💕🎉 A Recipe for Kindness was given to all who stopped by this morning! So proud of these kids and their teachers!!#proudBFprincipal #ItTakesCourageToBeKind #FullHearts

[Dawn Shaffer @MrsShafferBF]

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood ❤️

[Indiana Area School District @IndianaAreaSD]

IASD Leadership Seminar students hosted a Mini #MINITHON at Ben Franklin! Our students raised $670 and paid tribute to a very special 3rd Grader! ❤️🖤💃🕺#proudBFprincipal #VictoryForVeronica

[Indiana Area School District @IndianaAreaSD]

Ben Franklin is #WildAboutReading Specialists! Many thanks to Mrs. Vallies, Mrs. Boston, and Mrs. Birch for all they’ve done to help our school celebrate #ReadAcrossAmerica 📗📘📙📕

[Angela Petroff @AngelaPetroff]

⁦@ToddGarz⁩ ⁦@IUPfootball⁩ ⁦@IUPCrimsonHawk⁩ ⁦@IndianaAreaSD⁩ these boys were amazing guests. #readacrossamerica

[Dawn Shaffer @MrsShafferBF]

What a great day celebrating Read Across America! Thank you to the @IUPfootball team for reading to us today! And a special shout out to @DayjureUpNext for being such a great sport and wearing my astronaut suit while reading! These student athletes are role models, for sure!

[Dawn Shaffer @MrsShafferBF]

It was beautiful outside today. I'm ready for more spring weather and to get this crew out in our new learning space again!

[Indiana Area School District @IndianaAreaSD]

We don’t get many days like this in February! The weather was perfect for 3rd Graders to practice PALS (Peer Assisted Learning Strategies) in the Ben Franklin Outdoor Learning Space! 📚🌲❤️🖤#proudBFprincipal

[Dawn Shaffer @MrsShafferBF]

Sunday Funday! @MonsterJam

[Indiana Area School District @IndianaAreaSD]

Twins, the remake. Only their mother can tell them apart.

[Bill Beckner @BillBeckner]

No. 9 for Penn State is Derry grad John Kerr. A 6-foot-6 senior opposite hitter for the Nittany Lions.

@PennStateMVBALL @DerryArea @DASDTrojans1

[Dawn Shaffer @MrsShafferBF]

My son was such a big helper! He hasn't stopped talking about sharing his facts with all the kids at "mommy's school!" We are excited to welcome Terra and write about her and the responsibilities of being a pet owner.

[Indiana Area School District @IndianaAreaSD]

Meet Terra the Tortoise!❤️🐢Mrs. Shaffer welcomed a class pet to BF this week! Her son, Ben, delivered Terra & shared some Turtle Facts with 3rd Graders & PreK! Room 30 will write about how to care for their new pet next week.🐢📝#proudBFprincipal #TerraTheTurtle #PATHS #DoTurtle

[Dawn Shaffer @MrsShafferBF]

We had the privilege to attend the @autismspeaks Pittsburgh Chef Gala this evening. It was a wonderful evening that gave us the opportunity to continue to build acceptance in the community and connect to more families for guidance and support. #AutismAcceptance

[Indiana Area School District Athletics @IASDAthletics]

IHS Alumni Hope Cook puts the @IUPWBB Crimson Hawks over 100 points against Rosemont and the crowd goes WILD!!!

#IndianaPride | #TalonsUp

[Dawn Shaffer @MrsShafferBF]

Today was so much fun! We all had a blast attending @IUPCrimsonHawk Education Day as well as getting to learn and see one of our classmate's Mom represent their home country of Finland as a Fulbright Scholar. Go Hawks!