Bellefonte Area School District

CPI is offering free summer camps for BASD students! See the attached graphic for specific information. You can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdT5S9BDRg9452zek6gVlFZQLr41XSW78P0hahxRHWnxfdUxg/viewform

4th grade held their 9th and Final Wax Museum at Bellefonte Elementary on May 22, 2025. The students chose a person who achieved something great and is no longer living. They spent weeks researching this person and wrote a biography. To prepare for the museum, students brought in activation buttons, costumes and props related to their person. They also created a script that gave the highlights of the person's life. To wrap up the activity, students, teachers, parents and family members came to walk through the museum and learn about these extraordinary people.

Happy Worker Wednesday! The Bellefonte Area School District is hiring! Listed below are some of the highlighted positions: 1. Dean of Students - Bellefonte Elementary 2. Upper Elementary Teacher - Bellefonte Elementary 3. 9-12 Math Teacher - Bellefonte Online Learning Academy 4. Jr. High Head Boys' Basketball Coach 5. Custodian, 3rd Shift - BAHS There are many more listed on our website, which can be viewed here: https://bellefonte.schoolspring.com/ Please share with family and friends - a fully employed school district is what our children deserve!

This past week, Representative Kerry Benninghoff visited BAMS Student Council to discuss leadership. It was a great experience for the students and he shared a lot of valuable information for them to learn from!

Congratulations to senior, Zane Hummel, for medaling at the PIAA Track and Field State Championships today! Zane earned 5th place in the Triple Jump event - jumping an incredible 45 feet and 7.5 inches! This is the equivalent to almost the length of a semitrailer (which is on average 48 feet). Congratulations, Zane!

Greetings! This is the last Friday Coffee Break for the 2024-25 school year! In today's newsletter, BAHS, BAMS, PGE, and BES schools are highlighted. I have a list of retirees - HAPPY RETIREMENT 🎉 There are three Class of 2025 spotlights to finish up my list. Be sure to check out the Red & White Scoreboard! Track and Field is currently at States, Boys' LAX has a playoff game today, and Baseball and Softball both earned D6 Champion status this past week!

BAHS art student, Ella Novitsky, recently received her 5th place award and certificate for the Congressional Art Competition. Also, BAHS art student and member of the Class of 2025, Anna Dello Stritto, is shown with the Graduation Program for this year’s Commencement Ceremony - that she designed herself!

The second graders of Bellefonte Elementary celebrated Bellefonte Week in May. Each day they took a walking field trip to a different place in town to learn about the community. The students visited Logan Fire Co, Bellefonte Art Museum, Centre County Library, the Borough Building where they got to meet Mayor Buddy Johnson and learn about being Mayor, and Mrs. Fisher collaborated with Mr. Maris to plan a historic tour of important landmarks in Bellefonte. The students and staff wrapped up Bellefonte Week with visiting Talleyrand Park and getting snow cones at Pelican's!

The High School Stat classes hosted their annual Probability & Statistics Carnival in April. The students create their own carnival games, calculate the probability of winning each prize, and then see if the actual game play (empirical probability) matches the classical probability. Staff and students are invited to be part of the data collection. What fun!

Yesterday, the varsity Softball and Baseball teams won their District 6 Championship games! Both teams played Juniata. Softball won 6-1 and Baseball won 10-0. Both teams will continue on their post season journey. Congratulations to these exceptional student-athletes!

On Monday, BASD held their annual Special Olympics during the school day at Rogers Stadium. It was an incredible day for everyone involved! Thank you for such a special day for these students!

There will be a Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday, May 21st at the Bellefonte Area Middle School in the cafeteria. The meeting will start at 7:00PM. The public is encouraged to attend! The next board meeting after Wednesday, will be June 10.

Many of our Spring Sports Teams host a Teacher Appreciation Day. Check out the attached graphic to see who each athlete nominated.

For this year’s Congressional Art Competition, Ella Novitsky placed Fifth! Generally, they do not have a fifth place, but the judges absolutely loved her work. Her individual piece will be kept for one year on display on GT (Glenn Thompson’s) desk in Washington. Her piece is titled: What’s Your Elephant? Congratulations, Ella!

Greetings! Please enjoy your Friday's Coffee Break newsletter for May 16. Today's newsletter features articles from BAHS and BAMS. Many of the spring sports host a Teacher Appreciation day, which is highlighted. Congratulations to Zane Hummel, Victoria Schellenberg, Madison Miller, Althea Helms, and Addison Fry for qualifying for the Track & Field State Championship meet! Our spotlights are Drew Eddinger of the High School and senior, Nate Leddy. Have a great weekend, everyone!

At the beginning of May for School Lunch Hero Day, the High School Life Skills Support Classroom made lunch for the HS cafeteria staff! They also made vases of flowers for each of them with a message of thanks on them to celebrate School Lunch Hero Day. So very kind!

BAMS is excited to announce that they will be holding a week long Math Summer Camp in June! The camp is free. Please see the attached graphic for more information. Click the following link to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgxcZMGzpLsHHyGmVKbZg-1p_yLQvy8X2N_1OUEbjKzhvtNQ/viewform

Recently, Bellefonte Area Middle School Learning Support teacher, Mikayla Stover, teamed up with her good friend Mya Trauger (BASD alumni) who is a Special Education teacher at Central Mountain Middle School. They came up with the idea to connect their classes and have them write Pen Pals all school year. Last Wednesday, the students got the chance to meet up with their Pen Pals from CMMS! They spent the afternoon at the Mill Hall Park and then had a sweet treat from the Ice Shack. What a great experience for these students!

Last week, Dr. John Tooker, a PSU professor of entomology, came into the BAHS biology classrooms to work with students to help them with some of their research. The students are studying plant response to stress. Every group of students was given a goldenrod plant, and half the students received a male gall fly to place on their plant. Later in the week, flies were removed, and all students placed beetle larvae on their plants to see if herbivores prefer the plants that were not under stress (from the fly). Dr. Tooker will come back to help with data analysis. Dr. Tooker is an annual guest in the biology classrooms and the teachers and students always appreciate his assistance and knowledge!

Happy Worker Wednesday! The Bellefonte Area School District is hiring! Listed below are some of the highlighted positions: 1. Custodian 3rd Shift - BAHS 2. Jr. High Girls' Basketball Head Coach 3. Elementary Learning Support Teacher - Pleasant Gap Elementary 4. Elementary Vice Principal - Bellefonte Elementary 5. Elementary Math Intervention Specialist There are many more listed on our website, which can be viewed here: https://bellefonte.schoolspring.com/ Please share with family and friends - a fully employed school district is what our children deserve!