Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The new Arts Academy Charter School, a middle school scheduled to open in August in Salisbury Township, has two new administrators.
The new Arts Academy Charter School, an arts-enriched middle school in Salisbury Township scheduled to open in August, has appointed two administrators, according to a news release. William Fitzpatrick was appointed executive director and Jan Labellarte was appointed principal. Fitzpatrick has been the artistic director of the figure skating program at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts since 2004. while there, he developed curriculum for the first public school figure skating program in the country. Fitzpatrick spent 33 years in management at the Steel Export Corporation, while serving in a leadership capacity for a variety of figure skating associations. He is currently a judge and referee for the United …
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Robert Bruchak will replace Business Administrator Christine Stafford, who is retiring in July 31.
The Salisbury Township School District School Board approved the hiring of Robert Bruchak as the district's new business administrator and board secretary. Bruchak was offered a three-year contract effective August 1 at a salary of $110,000. Bruchak will replace Business Administrator/Board Secretary Christine Stafford, who will retire July 31 after working three years in the district and 35 years in public education. The board accepted the resignation of Assistant Business Administrator Diane Serfass, who is leaving to serve as the business administrator for the Palmerton School District. Bruchak, who lives in Macungie, was the former business administrator at Chester-Upland School District and Souderton School Distrct.
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Richard Babyak will be the new Salisbury High School girls soccer coach and and Joseph Mladosich will be the new girls head basketball coach.
The Salisbury Township School District School Board recently approved Richard J.B. Babyak as the new varsity girls soccer coach and Joe Mladosich as the new varsity girls basketball coach. Babyak, a 1977 Salisbury High School graduate, will take over for Mark Allinson after the spring season. Allinson, the first and only head varsity girls soccer coach in school history, will remain head coach of the Salisbury boys soccer program. Girls soccer moves from the spring to the fall beginning this August. Babyak has been an assistant coach with the Salisbury girls program since 1999. He also has assisted Allinson with the boys program since 1995. “Salisbury soccer has always had a special place in my heart,” Babyak said in a news …
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Friday, May 18, 2012
The Salisbury High School baseball team beat Notre Dame-Green Pond 6-5, giving the Falcons their 11th Colonial League championship title.
The Salisbury High School baseball team defeated Notre Dame-Green Pond 6-5 Thursday, giving the Falcons their 11th Colonial League championship title. Salisbury's Nic Ampietro relieved starting pitcher Tyler Cooperman in the third inning against the Crusaders, according to The Morning Call. "I came in and wanted to throw strikes," Ampietro said in the article. "Try to get the batters out. Work the count and not throw any meatballs." Salisbury (20-2) rallied from behind in the fourth inning when they were down 5-2, the Express-Times said. With one out in the bottom of the eighth and bases loaded, Brad Vangeli's line drive past the reach of the first baseman propelled Salisbury to a 6-5 victory.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
A New York Times story on graduates weighed down with college debt makes the case for last week’s column.
Once again, The New York Times is playing catch-up with Patch.com. On Sunday, The Times had a front-page story about the growing burdens of college loans, three days after my column ran on the same subject. The paper did a wee bit more legwork for their gazillion-word story – my research consisted mainly of talking to a friend at the deli counter at the Giant supermarket – so I’ll leave the term “copycat” out of this discussion. The lead of The Times story was about a young Ohio college graduate who owes $120,000 in loans and is working two jobs to pay the $900-a-month bill. Her mother is taking out life insurance on her because if anything happens to her daughter, she couldn’t pay the loans for which she co-signed. A decade ago, 58 …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Salisbury Township School District's PSSA's scores ranked third among Lehigh Valley schools, 87th in state.
Salisbury Township School District ranks 87th among 500 school districts in Pennsylvania, based on its performance on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) Exam, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times. The Pittsburgh Business Times recently released its 2012 Guide of Western Pennsylvania Schools. The guide lists the school district rankings on the PSSA scores statewide. Salisbury ranked 73rd in 2011. The formula for the ranking takes into account three years of PSSA test scores in math, reading, writing and science, according to The Business Journals. Three years of scores are considered, with the current year given the most weight. Here's how Salisbury ranked against other regional school districts: In the Top 15 school …
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After falling below adequate standards on some of the PSSA's math tests last year, Salisbury Township School District has improved its scores after a concerted effort this year.
Salisbury High School math scores have improved markedly on tests the district implemented after some of its students math scores fell into the warning category on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exam last year, school officials said. Just under 54 percent of Salisbury 11th graders, who are now seniors, met the standards in math on the 2011 PSSA. The proficiency requirement was 67 percent. The PSSA is taken in 11th grade and grades 3 to 8. The district's math department was required by the state to establish a system to identify students early who are academically at-risk and support them with interventions based on student needs. "This was something we had identified prior to the school improvement plan coming out," said …
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
The Pa. Department of Health says time is running out for parents to comply with vaccination requirements.
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Sunday, May 13
Parents are running out of time to comply with new school immunization requirements, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. When the school year began, families were given eight months to bring students up to date with their vaccinations. On April 27, the department announced a two-week grace period. Final deadlines vary based on when each district began its school year. The health department estimates that the grace period will end in most districts within the next week. For example: New immunization regulations that took effect last August require: While the department established the new regulations, enforcement is left to individual school districts. School districts maintain the right to exclude students from school if …
Friday, May 11, 2012
LCTI students are building a Mack Truck that will be part of an iconic concession stand at ArtsQuest's Levitt Pavilion in Bethlehem.
Salisbury High School Sophomore Casey Moyer is looking forward to going to the new Mack Truck Stop concession stand at the SteelStacks in Bethlehem this summer and saying “I helped build that.” He has plenty of company. Moyer is one of 35 Lehigh Career & Technical Institute students who is rebuilding and refurbishing a Titan model Mack Truck that will be part of the concession stand at Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks arts venue. The truck will be installed next to the Mack Truck Stop in June, giving it the appearance that it is pulling a trailer, said Kassie Hilgert, senior vice president of marketing and advancement for ArtsQuest, which opened the Levitt Pavilion last year. Hilgert praised Mack Trucks in Lower Macungie for contributing to …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Salisbury High School student Abbey Eichorn was nominated Wednesday for a Freddy Award for Outstanding Solo Vocal Performance.
Salisbury High School student Abbey Eichorn was nominated Wednesday for a Freddy Award for Outstanding Solo Vocal Performance. The nomination was for Eichorn's performance of "Someone Else's Story" in "Chess," a musical presented last October about a romantic triangle in a Cold War-era chess competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was Salisbury's only nomination this year. The 2012 Freddy Awards Ceremony will be held at the State Theatre in Easton on May 24.
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ted.dobracki
3:07 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
It seems that Michelle's biggest question was if Salisbury should merge with another district, in order for both districts to reduce their overhead. Many states even have county wide school districts. So, this is a very rational and obvious question, especially to people who might have come from as far away as, say Maryland or Virginia. A combined Salisbury & Southern Lehigh, for example, would … more ›