Bellefonte Area School District is regularly featured on a website supported by the Pennsylvania School Board Association. The Success Starts Here campaign is a multiyear statewide effort to promote public schools from around the commonwealth. Since the 2018-19 school year, BASD has been the most publicized district in the commonwealth, according to PSBA.
Bellefonte Area School District has a commitment to global education by providing opportunities for staff and students to teach and learn curriculum that integrates multiple-dimension teaching into everyday lessons -- through the world language department with Chinese and Spanish taught to students as early as kindergarten, along with providing support for staff who want enhance their own professional learning on this matter.
Health, safety and security at Bellefonte Area School District is of utmost importance. That's why the district takes into consideration many safety and security efforts that often reach beyond our schools, staff and students, and also provides the community with information about illness prevention, mental health and more. Through this, two anonymous reporting applications are also available -- Safe School Helpline and Safe2Say Something.
Bellefonte Area School District has a continuous goal to educate faculty, staff, students and the community on human differences -- and acceptance of those -- through inclusiveness, diversity and equity, through efforts such as enhancing curriculum, creating an IDE committee and working with professionals who are experts in the mission. It's an initiative started under former Superintendent Michelle Saylor and is an ongoing effort.
According to Harvard University, Title IX is a federal civil rights law passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. It protects people from discrimination based on gender in educational programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance.
Fall back-to-school health and safety plan
See the fall return-to-school health and safety plan.
Rogers Stadium
Rogers Stadium is open to the public when not in use by the district. See schedule, here.
Portrait of a graduate
Throughout their time at Bellefonte Area School District, students will develop knowledge and skills to enable them to be successful in an ever-changing global society. Learn more, here.
Information in this section is subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kids in kindergarten through fifth grade are eligible. Contact PGPack23@gmail.com
11 a.m. to noon the second Friday of each month and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at St. John's United Church of Christ