According to a 2018 PBS poll, Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is America’s favorite novel. Like most other schools around the nation, Loyalsock Township High School includes Lee’s beloved 1960 masterpiece as part of its English curriculum. My ninth-graders recently finished this ...
Within the Loyalsock Township School District, there is an abundance of middle schoolers that improve the school and the community. The group, known as IMPACT, mainly focuses on either building a skill or running fundraisers for charities. These IMPACTs are monitored by teachers associated with ...
Three teachers from the South Williamsport Area School District were chosen as Keystone Technology Innovators for their dedication to utilizing technology to enhance their students’ learning experience. Tara McGlensey, sixth grade language arts teacher at Rommelt Elementary School; Tina ...
After deciding to double major in telecommunications and music, I started taking piano lessons again. This second major will require considerably more from me than just singing, so I figured it wasn’t such a bad idea to revisit an old hobby and bring back to life some of the piano skills I ...
Making a difference is the focus of South Williamsport Area Jr./Sr. High School’s Key Club. Every year the club works together to give back to the community through their frequent service projects. They do annual fundraisers and projects such as ringing bells for the Salvation Army during ...
The South Williamsport Area School District was one of the 765 schools in the state to receive a $35,000 grant to support computer science/STEM programs and teacher training. The PAsmart grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education will provide more opportunities for students and staff ...
MANSFIELD — Outstanding Senior nominees from Mansfield University’s academic departments were recognized at the Academic Honors Reception. The Outstanding Senior recipient will be named at commencement on Saturday, May 4. Nominees from the area include: Kiana Acorn-Lopez, of Wellsboro, ...
Williamsport Area High School sophomore and violinist Michael Fisher is set to take the stage this summer as one of just five Pennsylvania teenagers chosen for the National Youth Orchestra (NYO), as announced by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. After an intense three-week rehearsal ...
Williamsport Area School District has once again been recognized as one of the Best Communities for Music Education from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. This is the 17th time in 18 years that the school district has received the designation, which is ...
Anna Radspinner has been named Penn State School of Music’s 2018-2019 Outstanding Alumni Music Educator. Radspinner, an orchestra teacher at Curtin Intermediate School, was recognized during Penn State’s reception at the 2019 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association conference in ...
The Keystone Region Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club has established a $25,000 endowed scholarship fund to benefit students enrolled in the automotive restoration technology program at Pennsylvania College of Technology. To apply for the scholarship, applicants must be enrolled full time ...
Pennsylvania College of Technology will host its annual Silent Auction on April 26, to benefit the Student Leader Legacy Scholarship Fund. The auction will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on the first floor of Madigan Library. All proceeds from the public event benefit the fund, which awards at ...
LOCK HAVEN — Lock Haven University will present the third annual Craig and Marilyn Willis Distinguished Lecture at 6 p.m. on Tuesday in the Willis Health Professions Building, room 105, Greenberg Auditorium on the campus. Kathleen M. Gillespie, CEO of the Clearfield County Area Agency on ...
The PA Association of School Business Officials (PASBO) announced its 2019-20 election results during the 64th Annual Conference and Exhibits in Hershey. Kathy Ciaciulli, PCSBA, business manager/board secretary for Southern Tioga School District was elected to the Board of Directors as one of ...
JERSEY SHORE — Because three eighth grade students at Jersey Shore Area Junior High School went above and beyond their English language arts assignment, the American Rescue Workers at Williamsport reaped the benefits of the students’ efforts at raising money for the non-profit. It all ...
Over the past weekend, I got a taste of what the next few years at college are going to be like for me. I was excited to spend the weekend in Pittsburgh for the PMEA Festival and meet new people, but I was not ready for all it would entail. On a Thursday afternoon, my choir director walked me ...
Seven Pennsylvania College of Technology horticulture students recently traveled to Colorado State University for the 43rd annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition. A number of Penn College students with majors in landscape/horticulture technology were among the top performers in their ...
MUNCY — March was packed with action, both by and for the students at Ward L. Myers Elementary School. Championship swimming and wrestling, theater performances, a dance to benefit the Sonlight House, music and dancing from Peru, the Camp Cadet and an electricity safety program presented by ...
The Community Arts Center is thrilled to announce that the 2019 Student Summer Stock production will be Disney’s “Newsies!” Student Summer Stock at the CAC in collaboration with Lycoming College’s theater and music departments, is committed to providing a high-quality, positive and ...