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‘My Jersey, Your Impact’ honors teachers at Wyoming Valley West

Wyoming Valley West High School football players recently honored faculty members through the “My Jersey, Your Impact” program. Ea

Wyoming, PA · 3d

classicnewyorkhistory.com

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25 Famous People You Didn’t Know Graduated From Binghamton University

People sometimes think of Binghamton University as a place where students go to prepare for careers in business, science, law, and other demanding fields. That is certainly part of its reputation. Yet the university has also educated actors, comedians, musicians, writers, television personalities, political leaders, and people who helped build major American companies. Some of those names are so familiar that their connection to this SUNY campus in New York’s Southern Tier comes as a surprise.

Vestal, NY · 9d
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North Warren Regional Hires Silvestri as Principal Before Busy Holiday Season

All computer keyboard users love the copy and paste shortcut. North Warren Regional High School seems to be using it for their leadership team, with two former Blairstown Elementary School leaders now set to lead North Warren in similar roles. Earlier this year, Dr. Patrick Ketch left the superintendent role...

Blairstown, NJ · 1d
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Skook News

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Schuylkill County Native Named Principal of St. Joseph Center for Special Learning

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — St. Joseph Center for Special Learning has named Elisabeth Hughes as its new principal, bringing an educator with 24 years of experience and local ties to lead its programs for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Hughes will serve as the center’s chief executive and educational leader, overseeing both its school-age program and Adult Program. She succeeds Bob Giba, who became principal in 2019. Experience in Schuylkill County Schools An Orwigsburg native, Hughes spent more than two decades in the Schuylkill Haven Area School District, where she taught first and third grades before serving as a Title I reading specialist from 2014 to 2024. During that time, she worked with fellow Title I teachers to develop an Orton-Gillingham reading curriculum for kindergarten and second grade. Since January 2025, Hughes has worked as a reading interventionist in the Blue Mountain School District. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Elizabethtown College, a master’s degree in education from Alvernia University and a reading specialist certificate from Wilkes University. She also is certified in special education and the Orton-Gillingham approach to reading instruction and has training in Science of Reading methods. “Elisabeth Hughes has spent her

Schuylkill County, PA · 16h

WBRE

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From one to done; a major top 10 shake up

(WBRE/WYOU)— A new team has joined the 28/22 Sports Top Ten High School Football Rankings for the first time this season while a team that was number one at one point has fallen out. Outside Looking in: Troy, Williamsport, Lehighton No. 10 – Williams Valley Vikings (10-1) The Vikings are holding down the number 10 […]

Bloomsburg, PA · 2d

NewsRadio WILK

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Scranton School District Authorizes Eminent Domain for Vacant Building

Scranton School District Authorizes Eminent Domain for Vacant Building

Scranton, PA · 18h

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Bucknell Launches $250,000 Coal Region Air Quality Study

LEWISBURG — Bucknell University researchers are launching a $250,000 study of air pollution in Northumberland County’s coal region. The two-year project includes air quality monitoring in Shamokin, Mount Carmel, and Kulpmont. Bucknell says monitoring equipment is already operating at nine locations, with additional sites planned. Researchers hope to...

Northumberland County, PA · 2d

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Student section faces constant criticism

One of the best parts of high school sports is its atmosphere. The idea of tens or hundreds of students coming together and taking time out of their day to support their peers is something special. The student section brings unmatched energy that players appreciate and feed off of. A...

Milford, PA · 2d

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6A District Pigtail Playoff Game Results: #7 Stroudsburg vs. #2 Whitehall

The Stroudsburg Mountaineers fell short of the Whitehall Zephyrs. The #7 ranked team played the #2 ranked team on Nov. 6, 2026. This unfortunate loss will conclude Stroudsburg’s 2026 season. Gabe Ferguson, ’27, kicked off for the Mounties. Whitehall couldn’t find room to score in the first few minutes...

Stroudsburg, PA · 2d

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Notre Dame upsets Hill School in first round playoffs

It took some time for the seventh-seeded Academy of Notre Dame soccer team to get going on offense when it hosted and ultimately upset 10th-seeded The Hill School, 3-1, in round one of the Pennsylvania Independent Scholastic Athletic Association (PAISAA) playoffs on Friday, Nov. 6. “In the beginning, we were...

East Stroudsburg, PA · 16h

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Amazon unveils new STEM Innovation Hub at Berwick Area Middle School

Inside the library at Berwick Area Middle School in Salem Township, Amazon leaders, members of the community, and school officials gathered to unveil the new Amazon Think Big Space, which is a new hands-on STEM lab for students. District Superintendent Dr. Jason Bendle says this gives them an area dedicated to science, technology, engineering, and math.

Berwick, PA · 2d

High School On SI

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Pennsylvania High School Football Top 25 State Rankings (Nov. 9, 2026)

Little movement this week after the first round of the postseason; Pennridge drops out, while Blue Mountain takes its place

Pennsylvania · 1d

High School On SI

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Pennsylvania High School Football Playoff Brackets, Matchups for Nov. 13

The 2026 Pennsylvania high school football playoffs continue this week, and High School On SI has brackets and second round matchups. PIAA Class 6A Bracket Wes

Pennsylvania · 2d

PennLive.com

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Pennsylvania private schools are preparing for a new federal education tax credit program while Shapiro weighs opting in. Public school advocates warn they need more time and guidance to participate equitably.

Pennsylvania · 1d

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New staff arrives to shake up the school year

As the new school year begins, students bustle into the building from their long summer break, expecting to see the same aspects of the same high school, except this year new faculty arrives to change up the year. New faculty members add a set of new faces among the existing...

Montoursville, PA · 3d

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PA high schools do not need a phone ban

Pennsylvania’s statewide phone ban is claimed to help reduce student distraction and help students improve their grades. Many adults believe phones interfere with learning, but phones don’t solve the full issue. Lawmakers are focusing on the wrong problem or purposefully blaming phones as an easy way out so it looks like they’re doing something. All they are doing is putting band-aids on bullet holes. It might cover the issues, but it doesn’t repair the damage left underneath.

Pennsylvania · 3d

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Alvernia University to acquire Marian University

Alvernia University, in Pennsylvania, will acquire Marian University, in Wisconsin, per a plan announced Monday. The merger between the two Catholic nonprofits, located hundreds of miles apart, will focus on sharing both resources and institutional values, according to their leaders. But they offered few details into the proposed acquisition process or future structure of either institution.

Reading, PA · 1d

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PA Gov. Shapiro Enacts Bell-to-Bell Cell Phone Ban in All Schools Across the State

On the morning of Oct. 26, 2026 at Lenape Middle School in the Central Bucks School District, Pennsylvania Governor, Josh Shapiro, stood at a podium bearing a sign that read “Getting Distractions out of the Classroom” and signed Senate Bill 1014 into law, banning cell phones in every school across the state. In doing so, PA joins 26 other states that have adopted similar restrictions in an effort to improve the well-being of students.

Pennsylvania · 3d

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Loyalsock Township High School Drama Program to Present ‘Enter the Body’

The Loyalsock Township High School drama program is preparing to bring its annual fall production to the stage later this month. “Enter the Body” is set for 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, and Saturday, Nov. 14, with a matinee performance scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. Written by...

Loyalsock Township, PA · 1d