Bellefonte Area School District

Due to inclement weather, the Bellefonte Area School District will be operating on a 2-hour delay today, Wednesday, November 19, 2025. Please be careful on the roads and sidewalks!

Last week, Student Council held their annual MiniTHON Volleyball tournament. The event raised $800 for Mini-THON and the volleyball Pounders team won the tournament!

28 musicians from BAMS recently participated in the CCMEA County Band and Chorus Festival, hosted by Mt. Nittany Middle School on Nov. 5-6, 2025. Singers Katie Hosterman and Kathryn Huss were selected as soloists for one song. And Cam McLaughlin was Bellefonte's recipient of the Olan Butt Scholarship - given by Centre Foundation to one musician from each of the participating school districts. Congratulations all!

County Band Participants:
Alissa Kyte-Yech, Adelina Zanzalari, Katie Spotts, Ayla Zanzalari, Paige Baker, Konrad Herr, Brock Hettinger, Euen Coslo, Harvey Maddox, Logan Clancy, Emmett Coslo, Max Karosas, Izzy Oravis, Jacob Schellenberg

County Chorus Participants:
Lyla Hartswick, Camryn Miller, Sophia Rearick, Lailah Weaver, Kathryn Huss, Leigha Haupt, Allison Dix, Mya Hoy, Katie Hosterman, Railynn Washington, Stella Silvis, Makayla Culbreath, Ryan Edwards, Cam McLaughlin

The next School Board Meeting will be Tuesday, November 18, 2025. The meeting will be held at the Bellefonte Area Middle School cafeteria at 7:00PM. The public is encouraged to attend!

You can view the upcoming board agenda here: https://www.basd.net/page/boarddocs-agendas-and-minutes

The following meeting after 11/18 will be held on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

The 3 Competitive Cheer teams from Bellefonte attended the Pennsylvania Cheer State Championship at IUP this past Saturday. The Varsity Coed got Silver and the Varsity Gameday team won the State Championship! The Junior High team earned 4th out of 8 teams. Great job to these student-athletes!

Today's publication is our annual Veterans Day newsletter! Each building hosted activities to honor our veterans. Thank you to our veterans, we appreciate all of your sacrifices!

Tonight is the opening night for the BAHS fall play: The Play That Goes Wrong! There will be showings Thursday - Friday, starting at 7:00PM in the high school theater. Please go to the Fine Arts page if you would like to purchase tickets ahead of time.

Each year, the Staples stores have a competition and the winner receives a $20,000 donation from Intel. The State College Staples Store finished in the top 1% of tens of thousands of stores across the country to win the competition and nominated Bellefonte Elementary to receive the $20,000 shopping spree! What an incredible opportunity!

ATTENTION: FRIDAY EVENT PARKING INFORMATION

On Friday, Nov 14, 2025, there will be a variety of events going on at the middle school and high school. We realize that parking will be at a premium. We have been notified by the Faith Church (behind Rogers Stadium) that we will be unable to utilize their parking lot due to an event they are hosting.

If you are attending the play performance, please utilize the parking lot in front of the theatre entrance and the Mount Nittany parking across the street (we have permission to use this parking).

If you are attending the football game, please use the student parking lot near Rogers Stadium and the neighborhood near the stadium. Please be mindful of the homes and driveways in the neighborhood.

If you are dropping off or picking up for winter sports practices, please use the front of the high school. We will have the gym doors open for students to enter for practices. DO NOT use the wrestling room doors or parking area, as this will be blocked off for the football game and bus parking.

We ask that all spectators for the BASD events on Friday work together to make the night successful for all. Thank you!!

Members of Mrs. Cipro’s video production courses are participating in a Filmmaker’s Series with PSU professor and director, Pearl Gluck. Students will meet up to 6 times to explore the art of filmmaking and eventually plan out a video to film in the future.

Congratulations to the Bellefonte Football Team for winning the District 6 AAAA Championship Game last Friday night!
They beat Juniata 17-6.

Bellefonte will now host Shamokin in the first round of the PIAA State Football Playoffs on Friday, November 14, 2025 at Rogers Stadium (HOME)! Kick off is set for 7:00PM. All tickets are general admission – $9 each. You can purchase the tickets here:
https://events.hometownticketing.com/boxoffice/piaa/L2VtYmVkL2V2ZW50LzU4MDI%3D
They must be purchased through the Hometown Ticketing site.

The game will also be streamed on Bellefonte's HUDL Fan Page:
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/pa/bellefonte/organization/20772/bellefonte-high-school

We are excited to host this playoff game!! Roll on Raiders!!!!

Intervention students and their families from all four elementary schools and St. John's were invited to join us for Family Reading Night on Wednesday, October 22nd at the high school library. The theme this year was "Fall Into Reading" which included opportunities for students to play games, interactive activities, snacks and prizes, while providing parents with information and ideas to help their child at home.

Due to the snow and weather conditions, Bellefonte Area School District will be operating on a 2-hour delay today, Tuesday, November 11, 2025.

Join us at BAHS for the annual Mini-THON Volleyball Tournament on November 13th—doors open at 5:45 PM and all proceeds support kids battling cancer! Come out, have fun, and make a difference. Cost is $5.

Third grade students in Mrs. Beard's class at Benner Elementary designed trick or treat routes and costumes for their Ozobots and programmed different actions along the path.

Concert Season is coming up! Check out the attached graphic for all of the winter concerts that will be happening over the next few months.

Go to the website for more information: https://sites.google.com/basd.net/basdfinearts/home?pli=1

BAMS celebrated Red Ribbon Week October 23-31 and had a poster that was signed by students to take the pledge to be drug free. Staff from the Youth Service Bureau set up a table during the lunch mods for students to sign the poster.

At Pleasant Gap, the PBIS October winners had a chance to paint pumpkins for a creative fun time!