Happy August!
The Bellefonte Area School District is excited for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year! The first student day is Tuesday, August 27, 2024. We look forward to a tremendous year - see you soon!
We are currently looking for applicants to fill positions in our cafeteria. Come be a part of our BES team!
Notice of Construction Blasting
Location: Construction site of the new BASD School on Governors Park Road
Beginning Monday, July 22, 2024, Wampum Hardware Co. will be blasting several times a day from 9:00 am-3:00 pm for approximately a month.
Wampum will sound off a horn/alarm 5 minutes before the blasting and 1 minute before the blasting and then a long horn/alarm for all clear when the blast is complete.
You may experience a delay in travel on Governors Park Road during this time. Wampum will be stopping traffic on Governors Park Road before a blast. Please plan for delays if traveling in that area beginning Monday, July 22, 2024.
If you have any questions please contact:
Wampum Hardware Company 814-342-2310
School librarian, Mrs. Sarge worked with the Jana Marie Foundation to promote a meditation exercise activity for the students at the high school. The Foundation led with breathing exercises and then Mrs. Sarge followed with her singing bowls. This was one of many activities at the high school for Mental Health Awareness Month.
The High School Friends of Rachel Club held a table event during spirit week in May. The theme for the day was Kindness Ties Us Together and they were offering tie bracelets to bead during the lunch periods. They also asked students to share their acts of kindness on the green piece of paper, which is also the color for Mental Health Awareness Month.
Mrs. Cynthia Lorenzo and Baily visited Mrs Morris’s AP Psychology classes to discuss how operant conditioning is used to train therapy dogs.
The May Edition of the BAMS newsletter is here! It is filled with great information about what is happening in the Bellefonte Area Middle School. Check it out today!
https://sites.google.com/basd.net/may-2024?usp=sharing
Benner Elementary had three students who won awards in the Young Author and Illustrator Contest sponsored by the Centre County Library System!
Emma Meter (author) and Avery Stem (illustrator) created a first place winning story! They are 4th graders at Benner Elementary.
We also had a 5th grader, Cedric Kais, who took 2nd place for his entry.
We are so proud of our young authors and illustrators!
Happy Worker Wednesday!
BASD is looking to hire! A few positions currently listed are:
1. Custodial Floater, 2nd Shift - District Wide
2. Band and Music Teacher - BAHS
3. Guidance Secretary - BAMS
4. Junior High Head Boys' Soccer Coach
5. Mechanic - BAHS
6. Weekend Custodian - District Wide
There are many more other positions available too! Please share with your friends and family members. A great staff provides the best opportunities for our students!
Check out the Employment Opportunities website for more information:
https://bellefonte.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx
Mrs. Cipro’s upper level video classes completed an advertising project that involved working with downtown Bellefonte businesses. As a whole, the classes worked with 12 different businesses. Each group was assigned to one of these businesses and communicated multiple times prior to filming day to form a plan to create two versions of commercials, an Instagram/FB reel, a printed advertisement, and a radio advertisement. These products will then be shared with the businesses to use at their leisure on any of their websites and social media pages. The students did a great job with their professionalism on all communication with the pre-production and production days. Very proud of these young men and women!
Free to Be Me Summer Tour: a partnership with the YMCA of Centre County Anti-Hunger Program and the Jana Marie Foundation.
The Travelin' Table mobile feeding bus will be providing lunch, interactive activities, music, lunch, and other fun opportunities to connect and celebrate summer. See the flyer for the location and dates.
Mrs. Gasper's Reading classes closed out their Olympics lesson by bringing in guest speaker, Greg Fredericks, a member of the 1980 Olympic team that boycotted the Moscow Games.
He earned his way there by finishing second in the 1980 U.S. Olympic trials. The PSU graduate had career bests of 13:34 for a 5K race and 28:03 for a 10K race.
In the 80's and 90's he coached Centre County Special Olympics and more recently, started youth cross country races in our area with the Nittany track and field/cross country programs - located out of State College.
To read more about Greg Fredericks, check out the article here:
https://www.basd.net/article/1578069
As senior student-athlete, Kiaha McCool, begins to focus upon her next steps in life at Texas Christian University, her high school swimming coach, Tony Edmondson, wanted to leave some information on her legacy as a Bellefonte athlete. Check out this article that he wrote on her accomplishments, it is quite outstanding!
https://www.basd.net/article/1574501
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week! It's a great day to give a positive note to your child's teacher - they truly will appreciate it! Thank you teachers for educating, guiding, and caring for our students, every day!
Today is National School Nurse Day! Our school nurses work tirelessly every day to help take care of our children. We are grateful for you!
In Mrs. Eddinger’s College Prep Biology classes swabbed their phones for bacteria and grew the bacteria swabs in an incubator for a week. Students found that those that cleaned their phones once a week had much less bacteria than those that didn’t. They also found that students who reported being on their phones for 10 or more hours a day also had a lot more bacteria. They viewed the bacteria through microscopes, made a large data analysis, and then created a presentation of their findings.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! This year’s theme nationwide is “Take the Moment.” At BAMS, students and staff are finding moments throughout the month to check in with their own mental health and spread kindness and positivity to others.
This month, we also want to Take the Moment to highlight the resources below. We encourage everyone in the community to make a note of them and share the information with family, friends, and neighbors. Staying aware and informed is one of the best ways we can support each other - in school, out of school, and everywhere!
National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - 988
Center for Community Resources (24/7 local crisis support)
Call 1-800-643-5432
Text 63288
Visit 2100 E College Ave.
Approximately one third of Americans struggle to pay for basic necessities. This is a chronic stressor that can significantly impact our mental and physical health. For information and assistance regarding basic necessities, please “Take the Moment” to explore these Pennsylvania-specific resources:
PA 211 (Call 211, or visit the website pa211.org)
Finding Your Way in PA (Download the app)
If you have questions regarding local or national resources, please reach out to your school counselors and school social workers!
Jamiana Miller, School Counselor - jmiller5@basd.net
Sara Neild, School Counselor - sneild@basd.net
Maria McClatchey, School Social Worker - mmcclatchey@basd.net
Jessica Irwin, School Social Worker - jirwin@basd.net
Bellefonte Area High School principal, Mr. Mike Fedisson, was honored with winning the the PA Secondary Principal of the Year. This award is given annually by the PA Principals Association. This is our third district winner since the program as started. A huge honor and well deserved!
To read more about Mr. Fedisson's award, please read the following press release provided by the Pennsylvania Principals Association: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:31aa384f-5be1-4419-8dfe-2af882260f5e
Today is National Principal Appreciation Day! Our principals are an integral part of our leadership throughout the district and we appreciate everything that they do!
Happy Worker Wednesday!
BASD is looking to hire! A few positions currently listed are:
1. Itinerant Emotional Support/Elementary Gifted Teacher - District Wide
2. Band and Music Teacher - BAHS
3. Itinerant Emotional Support Teacher - BAMS
4. 2 Elementary Teacher Positions - Bellefonte Elementary
5. 2 Learning Support Teacher Positions - BES and BAMS
6. School Secretary - Bellefonte Elementary
There are many more other positions available too! Please share with your friends and family members. A great staff provides the best opportunities for our students!
Check out the Employment Opportunities website for more information:
https://bellefonte.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx
