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From our rigorous academics to our award-winning arts programs, to our competitive athletics, the Bethlehem Area School District is like no other in the United States. Come be part of the special place that 14,000 students call home. We always have room for you.

BASD Mini-THON Upcoming Events

Chaperones Needed for BASD Mini-THON

Bethlehem Area School District Mini-THON is searching for chaperones for our 12-hour dance marathon on April 21st from 9 am to 9 pm at Freedom High School! All BASD parents are welcome- even if your student is in elementary or middle school! Sign up for a 3 hour time slot using this link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f054caaae2ca0f49-main. It is an amazing event to be a part of.

BASD Mini-THON Event

BASD Mini-THON’s 12 hour dance marathon is Saturday April 21st from 9 am to 9 pm at Freedom High School. Over 1,200 high school students from both Freedom and Liberty will stand for 12 hours to support children battling pediatric cancer! If you would like to experience the fun, community hour will be from 1-2 pm. If you would like to donate to our cause, you can use this link https://fourdiamonds.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=1863

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AAUW-Bethlehem 56th Annual Used Book Sale – Collection Day

AAUW-Bethlehem is collecting new and gently used adult and children’s books, DVDs, and CDs at the Memorial Pool Building, 359 Illick’s Mill Rd. If you have items you would like to donate, please drop them off Mondays through Saturdays, March 28 through April 20 between 9 am and noon. After hours, books may be left in the containers located outside the Memorial Pool Building.

AAUW turns book donations into dollars for college scholarships for high school seniors and women returning to college following an interruption to their education. This year AAUW-Bethlehem will award $25,000 in scholarships.

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Nitschmann Middle School Step Team

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Forging History & Community in Bethlehem – 2018

In an updated version from our 2016 video, field trips make the curriculum come alive for students. With the Foundation for the BASD’s support, the BASD is in the multi-year process of establishing curriculum-based field trips for each elementary grade (approximately 1,000 students per grade). The two-hour field trip titled, Forging History and Community in Bethlehem takes BASD 5th graders to the Steel Stacks Campus to reinforce class concepts related to our nation’s/city’s industrial heritage as well as instill a new generation’s pride in their city. The interaction among the students, teachers, and organizations so closely associated with the past and present of the city will promote a “common bond” among diverse populations of Bethlehem.

Eye on Elementary – Miller Heights Elementary

The Bethlehem Area School District has 16 elementary schools, all in different locations, but all giving the same first-class education. Every few weeks we focus on a new school and take a minute to show you what makes the school the special place that it is.

Today we take a look at Miller Heights Elementary with principal Deborah Roeder.

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RCN 4 and 1004 – Thursdays and Sundays at 6pm

Service Electric 2 and 502 – Tuesday at 4:30

Service Electric 50 and 550 – Thursday at 7:30

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Superintendent’s Moravian Scholarship 2018

Moravian College awarded one Liberty and one Freedom student a tuition-free, four-year education. Congratulations to Angelica Bennett (Liberty) and Jaequan Swint (Freedom) on their exciting opportunity. Best of luck on your next adventure!

NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE INFORMATION

ArtsQuest is Accepting Nominations for the 2018 Awards

Across our region, artists of all styles, mediums and genres are doing amazing things to educate students and enrich the community through the arts. If you have a family member or co-worker who’s also a dynamic artist, or you happen to be neighbors with an arts teacher that students rave about, then the ArtsQuest Foundation invites you to nominate them for the Linny Awards, the multi-discipline arts awards designed to recognize the extraordinary contributions made by the region’s artists, educators, businesses, volunteers and philanthropists.

From now through May 14, nominations are being accepted, including the following categories:

Arts Educator of the Year

Philanthropy in the Arts Award

Student Artist Scholarship Award

Any individual, business or community group interested in nominating a person or business for the Linny Awards can do so at www.artsquestfoundation.org/linnyawards. The Linnys are open to individuals and businesses living or working in Lehigh, Northampton, upper Bucks and upper Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania, as well as Warren County in New Jersey.

Winners will be selected by the official Linny Awards jurying panel, with the winners announced in mid-July.

All 2018 Linny Award winners will be honored during the Linny Awards ceremony Nov. 8, 6 p.m., at Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling, located in the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.

Named after the late Marlene ‘Linny’ Fowler, a stained glass artist and community leader who supported artists and arts organizations throughout the Lehigh Valley for more than a quarter century, the Linny Awards are designed to recognize and celebrate the region’s flourishing arts community. Proceeds from the Linny Awards go to support the nonprofit ArtsQuest Foundation, which Fowler helped found in 2003. The nonprofit foundation is focused on supporting and strengthening the long-term sustainability of ArtsQuest, the nonprofit that presents Musikfest and more than 2,500 other programs, events and educational classes annually for our region. For complete information on the foundation and the Linny Awards, please visit www.artsquestfoundation.org.

South Side Arts and Music Festival at the Banana Factory – April 21, 2018

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