Wednesday, February 20, 2013
SouthSide Middle School nominated by state for Department of Education Green Ribbon Award for increasing environmental and sustainability literacy.
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Wednesday, February 20
Broughal Middle School has been nominated for a national environmental award by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools Program recognizes schools that have made significant achievement toward increased environmental and sustainability literacy, reducing the school’s environmental footprint, and creating a healthy community for students and staff. After a review by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Secretary Ron Tomalis nominated Broughal as one of four schools in Pennsylvania demonstrating progress and achievement in three key areas: Broughal Principal Edward Docalovich, along with teachers Laura Keding and Karen Wilmore, submitted a detailed application that included …
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Broughal Middle School
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Broughal Middle School and 6 elementary schools in Department of Education's bottom 15 percent. School director challenges validity of results.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Seven Bethlehem Area schools, including six elementary schools and Broughal Middle School, were included last week on a Pennsylvania Department of Education list of low-achieving schools. In all, 414 schools were included – all of them scoring among the bottom 15 percent of public schools in math and reading standardized tests. The Bethlehem Area elementary schools making the list are: Under Pennsylvania Act 85, students who live within the affected schools’ attendance areas — and whose families meet income guidelines — can apply for scholarships of up to $8,500, or up to $15,000 for special education students, to go to school elsewhere. Bethlehem Area Superintendent Joseph J. Roy told The Express-Times that he was shocked at the schools…
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Lincoln Elementary School
1260 Gresham St, Bethlehem, PA
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William Penn Elementary School
1002 Main St, Bethlehem, PA
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Calypso Elementary School
1021 Calypso Ave, Bethlehem, PA
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Marvine Elementary School
1425 Livingston St, Bethlehem, PA
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Broughal Middle School
114 W Morton St, Bethlehem, PA
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
A new community initiative was unveiled last week that will help ensure that students who want to play a musical instrument will have access to them at their public school.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The Youniversity of Music and Arts of South Bethlehem, in partnership with the national nonprofit Music4More, announced June 6 it is seeking public donations of musical instruments or monetary donations to place instruments in the hands of students who want to learn to play them. The new initiative will be called “SOStenuto,” which is an Italian musical term, sostenuto, derived from the Latin verb “sustinere,” meaning to uphold or sustain. “With our new SOStenuto program, the Youniversity of Music and Arts would like to make a meaningful contribution to supporting music education in Lehigh Valley's public school system,” said Dr. Antonius Bittmann, co-founder of the school. “There are many school children in our community who cannot afford …
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Broughal Middle School
114 W Morton St, Bethlehem, PA
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Youniversity of Music and Arts
700 Evans St, Bethlehem, PA
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Two students charged with simple assault for attack that went on for 15 minutes.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Bethlehem police are investigating an assault of a special needs student by two other students that went on for 15 minutes on a school bus en route to Broughal Middle School in South Bethlehem Tuesday. The entire incident was captured on the bus’s security system, police said. According to WFMZ.com, the victim suffered only minor injuries. The bus driver stopped the bus several times to try to put a halt to the incident, according to The Express-Times. The two suspected assailants, both minors, who were not identified, have been charged with simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct, according to the newspaper, quoting Bethlehem police. The suspects are also facing disciplinary action by the school district.
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Broughal Middle School
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Report: James W. Kelley sentenced to time served and five years of court supervision.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
A former Broughal Middle School employee who was arrested in January after he made threats on Facebook against the school and Lehigh Valley International Airport pleaded guilty today to a misdemeanor terroristic threats charge, according to a Morning Call report. James W. Kelley, 38, was sentenced to time served in prison -- about 60 days -- plus five years of probation in which he will be required to continue treatment for mental health issues. He was recently diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, according to his attorney, James Burke. The threats and his subsequent arrest led to grave concerns about the South Side middle school, where more than 100 parents turned out for a January special meeting to discuss what had happened. The school …
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Jenny Estok
5:28 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012
There will always be a fifteen percent....logically speaking.....and they met goal. more ›