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Courtesy/Tara MuthardNazareth High junior Brody Muthard will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a playground he created for autistic children at the Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 in Bethlehem. Muthard received intervention and therapies for autism at the I.U. as a child. -
Donna S. Fisher/For LehighValleyNews.comTwo area community colleges are expanding their dual enrollment programming, which enables high school students to better prepare for college and careers. The Pennsylvania Department of Education awarded $14 million in Dual Credit Innovation Grants to 15 public institutions of higher education to increase their programming.
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Some Northampton Area school directors are hoping Superintendent Joseph Kovalchik rethinks his retirement. They worry candidates for his job won't want to work with the school board. -
Francis "Frank" Anonia, 43, is accused of secretly recording a student in 2021 in the boys’ changing room in Parking High School’s auditorium.
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Christopher A. Schiffert and Renee Sallit were approved as superintendent and assistant superintendent, respectively, at the Nov. 25, 2024 meeting of the Whitehall-Coplay School District board of directors.
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Allentown school directors approved a list of goals at their recent meeting to guide their work for the rest of the academic year.
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About 40 early childhood educators gathered at a roundtable event Friday at the Univest Public Media Center in Bethlehem to discuss their work.
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Allentown school directors unanimously approved the schematic design for a new school after renderings were updated by Breslin Architects to incorporate feedback. Some on the school board previously said the building looked like a jail.
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A big part of the Christkindlmarkt experience is the food, drink and holiday music. The German-inspired holiday market will be open Friday to Sunday for its first three weeks, then expand to Thursday to Sunday through Dec. 22.
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Easton Area School District may not be able to have their classic bonfire next week, but students are engaging in a new tradition: developing their own themed floats for the parade.
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The hourlong program explores the audit that found the district not committed to equity and social justice. It was conducted over four months early this year. More than 5,000 students, staff and community members participated in surveys and dozens of school district leaders participated in focus groups.
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At its Nov. 11 meeting, Northampton Area school directors considered five partial renovation options for Moore Elementary.
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Teamster Local 773 Clerical and Secretarial Employees reached a tentative agreement with Bethlehem Area School District on a new contract.
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East Penn School District approved a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with its teachers union after extensive negotiations stemming from the association rejecting a proposal in July.
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About 40 Bethlehem Area School District secretaries and supporters attended Monday's school board meeting, following their first day of striking for a contract.
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Bethlehem Area School District released a statement on its website and social media Sunday night that some staff would go on strike Monday, Aug. 26 — the first day of school. Negotiations will continue, the district said.
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Salvaggio Academy’s new building at 3145 Hamilton Blvd will help accommodate the school’s growing enrollment.
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This is the second summer that Allentown School District has offered a paid internship program to high school students, placing them in jobs throughout the district and the city. They earn $15 per hour.
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Allentown School Board's new board member will be sworn in next month and serve until December 2027, when former school director Daysell Ramirez's term was set to expire.
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Parkland School Board on Tuesday hired Renee Mosser to fill the position of Director of Visual and Performing Arts for the district. She steps in following the resignation of Frank Anonia.
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An educator from Trexler Middle School took home Allentown School District's Teacher of the Year award Monday. This is the second time the ASD has held the contest.
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Students were all smiles as they feasted on pizza and hot dogs — and picked up free school supplies — at the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley on East Fourth Street in Bethlehem. It was the second year for the community event.
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Jason Moorehead claimed the Allentown School District violated his constitutional rights and protections under a union contract when it suspended him over his attendance at the Jan. 6, 2021, "Stop the Steal" rally and ultimately fired him when he refused to return to work.
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The follow-up mural, a collaboration with airport authority and ArtsQuest, is in a tunnel leading into the airport and designed by local students and muralist Matt Halm.
