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Upcoming Events
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May 4, Senior Prom
May 27, No School- Memorial Day
June 11, Last Day of School, early dismissal
Board Meetings:
7 p.m. 131 W. Nittany Ave.
April 22. May 6, May 20 (May 13 - work session on the high school project)
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Greetings!
We encourage you to engage in the process to help develop and then approve a plan for improving our high school facilities. Read more below. Lots of teaching and learning takes place everyday in our schools. Featured below is just a taste of some of the recent special happenings.
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High School Building Project
Mark your calendars for these upcoming events:
* Third Community Forum on the High School Building Project
Thursday, April 25, 2013, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the High School South Auditorium. Learn more about this important, evolving project including the upcoming community survey, educational planning, and site design and cost updates. An open question and answer session for anyone interested will follow the forum. * Tour both high school buildings and learn about current conditions. Tours will be conducted prior to the April 25th Forum in shifts starting at 5:30 p.m. with the last tour beginning at 6:00 p.m.
* Saturday Forum- repeat of Thursday Forum content. Saturday, April 27, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the High School South Auditorium.This forum will be preceded by one optional tour, beginning at 9:00 a.m., leaving from High School South Auditorium. Child care will be provided for this forum. Please RSVP to info@scasd.org.
* Community Conversations
These one-hour conversations about the high school building project are conveniently scheduled in six geographic locations around the district and open to all community members. This is a further effort to educate the community prior to surveys being distributed. Join in to listen, discuss, ask questions. They will be held from 7 to 8 p.m.
* Monday, April 29- at Radio Park Elementary
* Tuesday, April 30- at Houserville Elementary
* Thursday, May 2- Ferguson Township Elementary
* Tuesday, May 7- Park Forest Elementary
* Wednesday, May 8- Mount Nittany Elementary
* Tuesday, May 14 - Gray's Woods Elementary
* More ways to stay informed:
*Attend or Watch (CNET Ch. 98 or CNET1.org) Board Work Sessions on the High School Project, board room, 131 W. Nittany Ave. at 7 p.m. on May 13 and June 17.
*Go to the High School Project website to keep up to date on what's happening. Click the Drop Box to give feedback or ask a question.
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What's happening in our schools:
At the elementary level, Both Houseville and Lemont Elementary had a wonderful storyteller from Ireland share some very interactive and engaging stories. Not only was she entertaining, but the kids certainly had a lesson in expression and fluency! Our 2nd and 3rd grade wrapped up a second round of lunchtime book clubs with the books "The Great Alaskan Adventure" and "Stuart's Cape."
Mount Nittany Elementary and Easterly Parkway Elementary students and staff held an official send-off for all of our Special Olympic athletes. The celebration was a great way to encourage the students as they prepared to participate in the various competitions. The students were certainly excited and appreciative of the strong show of support from their classmates and fans!
At the middle level
The Physical Education department and Centre Region Parks and Rec are sponsoring a 15-Day Bicycle Scavenger Hunt April 26 to May 11.
Participants bike to and photograph themselves or their team at as many of our 50 parks as they can. Then attend the Bicycle Extravaganza at Mount Nittany Middle School, May 11, 12:30 to 4 p.m. for Community Bike rides, music, free food, raffle tickets and prizes. Scavenger Hunt winners will be announced. See Details.
Mount Nittany Middle School eighth grader Adalia Chen is one of 23 National Merit Award winners of the Lion's International Peace Poster Contest. The following students were district winners: Andrew Pautz, Angel Zheng, Jonathan Rowell, Ari Glyckman and Breanna Folmer. Sophie Paterno won the state-level competition (Level 2) for Letters about Literature. Her letter now moves on to the national competition. At Park Forest Middle School PSSA testing went well last week. To reward students with educational, yet fun activities, we held three afternoons of fairs and related activities for students:
- Multicultural Fair on Wednesday as well as an assembly of cultural entertainers;
- A Health Fair on Thursday with over 60 community organizations representing fitness and health related opportunities for students and staff in addition to a motivational assembly with PSU athletes and local radio DJ's; Our Health Fair was featured on Channels 6 & 10 and the CDT.
- A STEM Fair Friday with over 60 community members from various engineering firms and STEM related businesses as well as an assembly presented by Restek.
At the High School Prom Season is here. In an effort to reduce drinking and driving at all times especially during prom and graduation season, the PA DUI Task Force in conjunction with State College borough police are bringing the driving under the influence (DUI) simulator to State High on April 24. The simulator will allow students to experience what it's like to drive under the influence, experience field sobriety tests, and learn the procedure behind being arrested. The goal is to deter students from underage drinking and driving while under the influence.
A sold-out crowd will get to take home their soup bowl after enjoying soups, salads, breads and desserts at the Empty Bowls event, April 24. Art students created the pottery bowls and Culinary Arts students made gourmet foods. All proceeds support the State College Food Bank.
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News from around the district
 Straight Talk for Parents Series
April 22, 2013 - Topic: Internet Safety, Media Literacy and Cyber-Bullying
Location: Mount Nittany Middle School Auditorium, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Presenter: Iris Beckwith, President, ConnectED 4 Safety
Title: Guiding the Conversation: Because your teens are very connected.... How can you help them stay safe, secure and private?
Iris will speak to parents/guardians on the topic of internet safety, cyber-bullying, and media literacy. Mrs. Beckwith has worked with schools across the country bringing a message for teachers, students and parents on how to keep kids safe, secure and private online. She will also be speaking to our students and staff prior to this Straight Talk session.
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We hope you enjoy this news from the SCASD. We look forward to your participation with the high school project.
Sincerely,
State College Area School District
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