Bellefonte Area School District

The wait is over… the 2026 Bellefonte READS book collection has officially been revealed! If you haven’t watched the premiere yet, now’s the perfect time—gather the family, hit ...

Our very own Bellefonte Area Middle School teachers were voted as Teachers of the Year by State College Magazine ! Congratulations to Mr. Johnson and Ms. Carra for earning this ...

We would like to invite you to the Benner Elementary Farewell Celebration that will be held on June 1, 2026! There will be a Benner Elementary Documentary Screening, Building and...

Congratulations to our Performing Arts teachers for having BASD be named the 2026 Best Communities for Music Education! Our Performing Arts program is incredible, and our teacher...

Senior Events are right around the corner! Here are a few useful ones to know -

Bellefonte Elementary will be hosting a Farewell Event that is open to the community on May 21 from 5:30PM-8:00PM. The event will consist of a showing of the Bellefonte Elementar...

In March, the students at BAMS listened to a fantastic motivational speaker named Rohan Murphy. Murphy did a great job of engaging the students and held their attention for the e...

For the third year in a row, Pleasant Gap Elementary sent teams to the Intermediate Unit 10 STEM Design Challenge. This year, Pleasant Gap sent six teams to the competition, the mo...

The Bellefonte Indoor Track and Field team completed their season on Wednesday, February 18 th at Penn State. As the program continues to grow and thrive, so do the overall te...

BAMS 7th Grade ELA teacher, Mr. Guiswite, received information about a writing competition through Young Writers USA. Students were asked to write short stories about something ...

BASD Staff Present @ PETE&C 2026 A group of Bellefonte employees attended the Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference from February 1 - 4, 2026. Teachers, adminis...

BAHS Alum Highlight: written by Myken Poorman Bailey Little is the first Bellefonte FFA member in at least 20 years who has been awarded an American Degree. Often referred t...

There has been a recent video trend in which organizations will set up a video camera and participants provide something good about their day or something good about being a part ...

BASD’s Online Learning Academy Did you know that Bellefonte Area School District provides an online learning platform for BASD students that includes not only from an online pro...

Attention, Community! Please review the following graphics for Food Assistance - Food Pantries, Food Distribution Locations, and the Thanksgiving Blessings in a Box. This is suc...

For three weeks in October, students at Benner Elementary Schools participated in the Kids’ Heart Challenge. This nation-wide program, which is sponsored by the American Heart Ass...

NHS 2025 New Member Slideshow

Superintendent October Newsletter

October is National Principals Month! We have exceptional leadership in our district - both as educational professionals and as humans who care about the people in our district. ...

Bellefonte Area High School Participates in the Day of Caring Connell Gerald Russell was very passionate about helping others in a non-financial way, so in the 90’s, he establi...