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CV schedules office hours for school counselors

Cumberland Valley School District has announced office hours for elementary and secondary school counselors to communicate remotely with families and students during the state mandated closure due to the coronavirus… More

Lower Merion Schools 3D Printing Coronavirus Face Shield Parts

Lower Merion School District is in the fight against the new coronavirus by way of 3D printing components for face shields used by healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight… More

Hometown Heroes: Fountain Hill teachers connect with students through nightly bedtime stories

Every night before they go to sleep, students from Fountain Hill Elementary in Bethlehem Area School District can snuggle in bed with a tablet or smartphone and listen to the soothing sounds of their teachers reading them a bedtime story… More

DuBois School District donates over 6,000 masks to local hospital

Penn Highlands Healthcare received a donation of over 6,000 masks from the DuBois Area School District. Officials say this donation was critical to Penn Highlands' service last weekend… More

Harrisburg schools can’t reach all students online, so they’re going to try public television

Many Pa. school districts are moving forward with online learning amid the coronavirus shutdown, but that method won’t reach one-third of students in the Harrisburg School District… More

Quakertown Community School District provided curbside technology support for students

Read more about how this district set up curbside technology support for students… More

Richland High School organizes virtual choir

March 20th was supposed to be the opening night of Richland High School’s Musical performance of The Hello Girls. While staff and students hope that they can still perform the show in its entirety, they organized a virtual choir type performance of the song “The Duration” in the meantime… More

SMASD counselors start ‘Dutch Counselor Connection’ page for students

St. Marys Area School District counselors have teamed up to create an online platform through which students can still connect with them during the coronavirus closure period… More

Philly schools spending $11M on computers to be used during coronavirus closures; Comcast CEO, family donating $5M

The Philadelphia school board voted to authorize $11 million for the purchase of up to 50,000 computers to make distance learning possible for all students during an extended school closure forced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Comcast Corp… More

Staying in Touch: Why Kids Need Teachers During Coronavirus School Closings

On the second day of her school’s COVID-19 related closure, sixth-grade teacher Elizabeth Raff sent her students a video through Google Classroom… More