The Dover Area School District has a town hall meeting scheduled for tonight at 6:45 at Dover Intermediate School.
Questions were due to be submitted by May 20, but there’s still time to attend. The intermediate school is at 4500 Intermediate Avenue, Dover.
Related: Some newcomers won the Republican and Democratic nominations in the Dover Area School Board primary last night.
Helen Thackston Charter School’s new addition will be opened to students and staff on Monday, according to a news release.
The project to renovate and expand the school at 625 E. Philadelphia St. in York began last year. With students and staff using the new addition, the previously existing portion of the building will be renovated.
The addition includes classrooms, a new gymnasium and cafeteria, and meeting rooms, officials have said.
The entire project is scheduled to be completed for the start of the 2013-14 school year, according to the news release. A ribbon cutting is set for Sept. 26.
Five seats on the Hanover Public School Board will be up for election in November, but only two candidates filed to run in the primary.
But now two Hanover parents – Brian Frederick and Maria Shea – are running a joint write-in campaign in the primary, according to a news release.
Frederick is father of two Hanover graduates and has a daughter who is a junior at Hanover High School. He is a former board member and serves as president of the Hanover Athletic Booster Club and Parents Association Supporting Theatre Arts (PASTA), according to the release. He is an engineer and is youth advisor/Christian education chair at Emmanuel United Church of Christ.
Shea is mother of a seventh grader, serves as a treasurer of PASTA and was previously treasurer for the Hanover Street Elementary PTO, the release says. She is a freelance writer and volunteers with the Hanover Middle School PTO, Saturdays on Main Street and the Girl Scouts.
“By working as a team, Frederick and Shea believe they can help the district focus on educating students and maintaining extracurricular activities without negatively impacting taxpayers. They have a shared perspective gained through volunteerism in the district as well as their role as parents, preparing them to take on the challenges facing Hanover schools,” the release says.
Apple Ford of Red Lion will host its annual “Drive One 4UR School event from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Dallastown Area High School, 700 New School Lane, York Township.
The event will help raise funds for the Dallastown Area Educational Foundation’s turf campaign, according to a news release.
The event features a 5k run, yard sale, chicken barbeque and car wash, the release says.
Various Ford cars will be available for test drive, and for each one, Ford will donate $20 toward the fund, with a maximum of $6,000.
A 2013 Ford Focus will be raffled off.
The Dallastown Area Educational Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports the school district. The organization is raising funds for an artificial turf project at the district’s stadium.
York College graduates wait for the start of the ceremony in spring 2012. (File photo)
Nearly 700 students – and the first five doctor of nursing practice graduates – will receive their degrees on Saturday at York College.
Retiring college President George Waldner will be the featured speaker. He and his wife, Judith, will each receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.
Can’t make it to the ceremony? (Tickets are required.) You can watch online. The live stream begins at 10 a.m.
Hey kids – give your favorite teacher a shout out, and both of you could win free tickets to an upcoming York Revolution game!
The Revs have a new promotion, inviting students (or their parents) to nominate their favorite teacher for a great job this school year. Of the nominations, 20 winners will be chosen.
The nominating student and the teacher will each win two free tickets to the game of their choice on June 3, 4, 5, or 6, according to a news release. All of the games start at 6:30 p.m.
Students and parents can email nominations to teacher@yorkrevolution.com including their name, the teacher’s name, the school where the teacher works, and a brief reason why the teacher deserves to win, the release says.
Deadline is May 28.
“When school’s out, that truly is the beginning of summer,” Revolution President and General Manager Eric Menzer said in the news release. “What better way to recognize that than having our best teachers in the area take in a game on us? We look forward to hearing how certain teachers have impacted the lives of our younger fans.”
Want more info? Contact Paul Braverman, Revs promotions and communications director, at pbraverman@yorkrevolution.com.
James Pastore (submitted photo)
York Academy Regional Charter School’s board of trustees has chosen James Pastore as the school’s next chief academic officer, starting July 1.
Pastore is a Philadelphia native with more than 20 years of experience in education, most recently as director of the Antigua International School in Guatemala, according to a news release. Pastore has experience working with International Baccalaureate curriculum and diverse learning communities, the release says.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s in administration from the College of New Jersey. His work experience includes teaching English at Archbishop Ryan High School in Philadelphia as well as teaching English in Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Columbia, the release says. Continue reading
More than 1,360 students from the five HACC campuses will graduate tonight in a ceremony in Harrisburg, according to a news release.
The ceremony will start at 6 p.m. at the Farm Show Complex, 2300 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg. Those attending are advised to allow extra time to travel around the I-81 Interchange, the release says.
Student speaker for the ceremony is Terika Clark, a student at the Harrisburg Campus and 2008 graduate of Harrisburg High School, the release says.
South Western students all wear black gowns at graduation, as seen in this 2011 Evening Sun file pho
A transgender student in Red Lion caught headlines recently when ACLU of Pennsylvania took up the issue of what color gown the student would wear at graduation, among other things.
Issak Wolfe wanted to wear a black gown, as boys do, not the gold gown that girls wear. And the district has said that’s OK (though it hasn’t agreed to some other requests).
So do all schools have male and female students wearing different colors at the ceremony? And why is that?
Districts around York County have different traditions when it comes to what students wear at graduation. And in many cases, the reason is just that – tradition – and little more. Continue reading
