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Middle school STARS students recognized by school board
At the Bellefonte Area school board meeting Jan. 25, a group of Bellefonte Area Middle School students were recognized through a program they were nominated for called STARS – Students Taking A Right Stand.
Principal Sommer Garman said that about nine years ago, a group of middle school teachers approached her about starting the program to recognize the incredible work students do every day. Each month, students from each grade – one student per team – are nominated by their team of teachers and specials teachers for being “exemplary students.”
“They are just students who have stood out for one reason or another to their team of teachers, and it’s been a long time since we’ve been able to bring them here, and celebrate them and honor them in front of the board and their families,” Garman said.
Board President Jeff Steiner said recognizing students from across the district is something the board regularly plans to do at its meetings throughout the school year.
“This is just really great because it’s been a long darn time since we’ve been able to have students here with us,” he said. In December, the high school’s quintet was invited to play a miniconcert for the board.
At the January meeting, that group of STARS students from the first half of the school year were called to the podium as Garman and Vice Principal Joe Eckenroth read accolades about them. In addition, those students are rewarded with various gifts from school and community donations. The final semester’s students will be recognized in a similar fashion at the end of the school year.
*By Brit Milazzo. public relations director, BASD
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Video List STARS student recognition
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Other board information
*For more board notes, please see this document: Board notes- Appointment of new district employees/positions
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- Bonnie Folmar to the position of utility clerk at Pleasant Gap Elementary School
- Lisa Gardner as cafeteria cashier at Bellefonte Area Middle School
- Maria McClatchey as social worker for the district
- Ian Saylor to the position of second-shift custodian at Bellefonte Area High School
- Bellefonte Area High School course description presentation by Principal Mike Fedisson
- Central Intermediate Unit No. 10 report with board President Jeff Steiner in regard to the IU’s new logo, which was created in part by four BAHS students who also attend Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology
- Learn more, here: Logo presentation
- Story: CIU 10 logo
- Legislation report with board member Donna Smith
- PFM refinancing presentation
- President’s report with Steiner that included information about ad hoc committees
- Policy presentation and update with board member Julie Fitzgerald. You may see a list of reports, here: Policy reports
- Proposed preliminary budget presentation with Director of Fiscal Affairs Ken Bean
- Superintendent’s report with Tammie Burnaford
- Various volunteers approved
- 2021-22 revised calendar and description
- Appointment of new district employees/positions