K-12 News

Says Cathy Leibensperger, Saucon Valley High School's wrestling scorekeeper for 44 years: “I look at the other inductees and I see people that have traveled the world, people that coached champions — I’m just a little scorekeeper from a little high school in Hellertown, Pennsylvania.”

The release is the first of a long list of fun summer activities planned for young readers at the library.

Aryash Shyam and Sudha Chandrasekaran, sixth-graders from Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School, won first place at the state competition of National History Day earlier this spring. They compete in the national round of the contest next week with their exhibit on the Great Depression.

A group of Northampton County judges selected a new school director to join the Northampton Area School Board, filling a vacancy that had been open since mid-March.

The Whitehall-Coplay School Board voted 5-4 to adopt a final 2024-25 budget with a 4.5% tax hike at its May 28 meeting.

University students cleaned out their living quarters as another year of designer clothing, furniture and other useful bargains go up for grabs to benefit community schools.

Miara Mitteff, a Dieruff High School senior, will study integrated business and engineering at Lehigh University in the fall on a full-ride scholarship from the U.S. Army.

It's hard to miss the new mural on Third Street in South Bethlehem. The artists, William Nieves and Jermel Fountain, painted and designed the mural with help from seven fifth-graders from Donegal Elementary School.

The Pennsylvania Cancel Lunch Debt Coalition is offering Nazareth Area School District a donation to cover its 2023-24 school meal debt so families don't have to pay.

Pennsylvania State Police say Jared Gerhard, 30, touched a 17-year-old girl inside a Lower Macungie Township Marshall's Friday while she was shopping with her family.

The winning Bangor team will go on to compete in a statewide competition next month.

The district wants its logo removed from all foundation materials, as well.

The goal is to create a culture in which all students' voices are heard.

Each session starts with a "mindful minute."

The Futuros Empresarios program encourages students to aim for high power jobs.

Critics say the Department of Education doesn't have the resources to take over school audits.

Brandon Harvey's songs and dance moves are meant to help engage students.

Local legislators react with praise and caution.

The donation by philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is part of $133.5M she's giving to the national nonprofit.

A child home for a 10-day quarantine this year would be eligible for about $71.

The district is trying to keep its schools open in spite of the surging number of COVID cases.

Multiple bus runs after school could also mean students will get home later.