Northampton Press

The president and vice president of Northampton Area School District Board of Education were re-elected at the Dec. 2 reorganization meeting.

In separate, unanimous 9-0 votes, David Gogel was re-elected president and Chuck Frantz was elected vice president.

Taking the oath of office were re-elected board members Dr. Michael Baird, John Becker, James Chuss, Robert Mentzell and Gogel. The five re-elected school directors join Chuck Longacre, Ross Makary, Roy Maranki and Frantz, each of whom was not up for re-election.

At the Nov. 6 meeting at Northampton Banquet & Event Center, 1601 Laubach Ave., Northampton Exchange Club held its Service to Youth program, citing four Northampton Area High School seniors as Students of the Month. The recipients were awarded the lamp of knowledge plaque, a certificate of achievement and a pen.

Lena Kugelman, September Girl of the Month; Suhas Yalamarti, September Boy of the Month; Leah McCann, October Girl of the Month; and Jacob Christman, October Boy of the Month, were lauded by the club for their outstanding achievements as students.

Northampton Area School District will be closed Nov. 27-Dec. 2 for Thanksgiving break.

Schools will reopen Dec. 3.

Have a happy and safe holiday.

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PTA groups will be meeting next month.

• Moore Elementary School, 6 p.m. Dec. 2

• George Wolf Elementary School, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 3

• Borough Elementary Schools, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 4, at the Siegfried building

• Lehigh Elementary School, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 9

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Winter concerts are coming up!

Northampton Area High School has named the students who made honor roll for the first marking period of the 2019-20 academic year.

DISTINGUISHED HONORS

The district-level comprehensive plan from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023, has been approved for Northampton Area School District.

NASD Board of Education voted unanimously 9-0 at the Nov. 11 meeting to approve the plan, at the recommendation of the administration.

The five-year plan was created by the NASD administration and staff, as well as by community members.

The comprehensive plan is available on the NASD website, nasdschools.org, as well as at district school buildings and Northampton Area Public Library, 1615 Laubach Ave.

Susan Parker has been selected principal of Good Shepherd Catholic School, 1300 Newport Ave., Northampton. She has been interim principal since August, taking over the helm from Paul Crescenzo.

Parker said she was excited to accept this position at the parochial school. Although her entire career in education has been with Catholic schools, this is her first appointment as a principal.

Siegfried Elementary School held a special Veterans Day event Nov. 11 for veterans of the community. The special guests, many in their 70s, served in both war and peacetime, abroad and stateside. The veterans sat with children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren for a patriotic-themed breakfast and program.

Seated with their family members, the young girls and boys embraced their elder family members as their heroes.

Early dismissals begin Nov. 21 and will continue through Nov. 26 for parent-teacher conferences. Dismissal is noon.

No lunches will be served.

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Lehigh Elementary School’s book fair will continue until Nov. 25. Students were given a flier for families to preview.

The book fair will also be open during conference week for parents to shop.

There are some great gifts available!

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Northampton Area School District will be closed Nov. 27-Dec. 2 for Thanksgiving break.

Schools will reopen Dec. 3.

Northampton Area High School’s program of studies has a number of changes proposed for the 2020-21 school year in the titles and descriptions of courses, the requirements for those courses and some content changes in the courses.

Luke Shafnisky, NAHS principal, and Kimberly Levin, NAHS assistant principal, updated Northampton Area School District Board of Education about the program in a one-hour presentation and question-and-answer session at the Nov. 11 meeting in the administration building.