District News

It was a beautiful sunny day for the first Walk To School day for 2015. Join in the fun for the next Walk to School event on May 6th. Students should meet at the YMCA from 6:45 AM -7:15 AM when the group will start the walk to school.

Mr. Strickland and two of his students have been selected to represent Towanda Area Jr. /Sr. High School at the Loomis Gallery in Allen Hall, on the Mansfield University campus. The art show, which is called “Master and Grasshopper,” will run from February 25, 2015 to March 20, 2015. Reception and awards will take place Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from 6-8pm.

Next up is a Scouter who has been active in Scouting for all of his
adult life! He has been a unit Committee chair, merit badge
counselor, Assistant District Commissioner, involved in countless
district activities, and has been on camp staff for 30 years, 24 as
Camp Brule's Waterfront Director!

“Ah! I remember Goosebumps!” Darren Kravitz reminisced. Preparing for delivery, he rifled through one of the boxes of donated children’s books accumulated for a K-4 school that lost everything. Another remembered, “I remember my mom reading that to me at bedtime.” This was a recent scene at Towanda Jr. Sr. High School where students held a book drive to share with another school in need.
Due to the recent cold weather, a water main break devastated the Miles Township Elementary School’s library. Miles Township is located in Center County or “smack dab in the middle of our state” as some would say.
Miles Township’s call for help was quickly answered by the Towanda High School Yearbook staff. They organized a book drive and gathered over twenty boxes of books to help Miles Township students carry on their own love of reading. Those books filled the car of Scott Geesey, the Jostens’s Yearbook agent who asked for Towanda’s help with the loss.
The Towanda Yearbook staff would like to thank all those who donated.

The Towanda Area School District would like to publically thank the Beirne-Webster VFW Post 1568 and Ladies Auxiliary for their generous monetary donation used to purchase the new electronic sign at the Jr/Sr High School. The VFW has been extremely charitable with the district and its students over the years. Pictured are Principal Dennis Peachey; Mr. Oliver Crisp, VFW Finance Officer; Mr. Joe Nolte, VFW Home Association Manager; Mr. Don Richardson, Commander; and Mrs. Donna Richardson, Senior Vice President of Ladies Auxiliary.

Students from Towanda High School volunteered their time and services to assist the Salvation Army in their annual holiday programs. The students under the leadership of the National Honor Society, participated in bell ringing at local businesses and assisted with the Angel Tree Program which provided much needed items to local families in need during the holiday season.

7th Graders at Towanda Jr. Sr. High School, were actively creating rainbows in test tubes today in Mrs. Lane’s science class. They were learning about densities of liquids, wavelengths of light, and how different colors are perceived by our eyes. They also learned a few tricks to make this experiment work better!