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Patrick’s Big Day Leads EAHS Football Past Dover 61-40

Kyle Morgan/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on September 4, 2018

Bad weather forced the Elizabethtown Area High School football team to move its scheduled game against Dover from Friday, Aug. 31, to Monday, Sept. 3, giving the Bears an extra two days to gear up for what seemed like a tough matchup on paper. However, they went out and celebrated like it was a holiday […]

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E-Town School Board Names Security Chief

Diane M. Bitting/Special to the Advocate Posted on August 30, 2018August 29, 2018

The Elizabethtown school board has appointed Richard Toth, human resources director for the Elizabethtown Area School District, to serve as the district’s new school safety and security coordinator. The appointment, voted on at the Tuesday, Aug. 28, school board meeting, was done to satisfy requirements of Pennsylvania Act 44, legislation on school safety and security […]

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Elizabethtown School Board OKs $425,000 to Settle Suit Over Child Killed by Vehicle

Diane M. Bitting/Special to the Advocate Posted on August 16, 2018August 15, 2018

The Elizabethtown school board approved a $425,000 payout to the family of a middle school student who was struck by a vehicle and killed while walking home from school in 2015. A written statement released at the school board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 14, said that the Elizabethtown Area School District reached a settlement with […]

Donegal Schools Won’t Get 2nd Resource Officer Due to Police Personnel Shortage

Nicole E. Matthews/Special to the Advocate Posted on August 16, 2018August 15, 2018

The Donegal School District will not be hiring a second school resource officer after all. Superintendent J. Michael Lausch told the school board at its meeting on Thursday, Aug. 9, that he spoke with Susquehanna Regional Police Department Chief Ed Haugh in May and June, after the board voted to approve the hiring of a […]

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Orientation Offered for New School Bus Riders in EASD’s K-3 Schools

Dan Robrish Posted on August 9, 2018August 8, 2018

With the start of school quickly approaching, the Elizabethtown Area School District is excited to partner with Durham School Services (EASD’s transportation provider) for the annual School Bus Orientation Day. This special program is geared toward kindergarten students and those new to riding the school bus in kindergarten through third grade. School Bus Orientation Days […]

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E-Town College’s Humanities Hub Removes Boundaries

E.A. Harvey/Elizabethtown College Posted on August 9, 2018August 8, 2018

The Wenger Center Digital Humanities Hub is a dedicated space on the Elizabethtown College campus where faculty and staff members and students, looking beyond the perceived boundaries of their majors, can come together to collaborate on projects and share resources. Imagine a room full of computers, white boards, intimate gathering areas, comfortable furniture, quiet workspace […]

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Tours to Be Offered of Newly Renovated Bainbridge Elementary School on Aug. 14

Dan Robrish Posted on August 2, 2018August 1, 2018

The Elizabethtown Area School District plans to hold a community-wide informal open house of the newly renovated and expanded Bainbridge Elementary School on Tuesday, Aug. 14, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The open house will be held prior to the regularly scheduled school board meeting, which will be held at the school as well […]

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Bainbridge Elementary School Renovation Project Reaches Substantial Completion

Dan Robrish Posted on July 12, 2018July 11, 2018

Bainbridge Elementary School’s renovation has reached substantial completion, the Elizabethtown Area School District announced on Monday, July 9. The school was closed for the 2017-18 school year, but should be ready for use again when school reopens on Monday, Aug. 27. Rheems Elementary School is to be renovated next. That renovation starts in the summer […]

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E-Town College Prexy to Discuss Community College Transfers

Dan Robrish Posted on July 5, 2018July 3, 2018

Carl Strikwerda, president of Elizabethtown College, has been invited by Tania Nguyen LaViolet, senior program manager of The Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C., to be part of a July 20 American Talent Initiative convening panel of current and former college presidents. The panel’s focus is to gather senior leaders to discuss concrete ways to increase […]

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E-Town Schools Get 2 Predictions of Enrollment

Diane M. Bitting/Special to the Advocate Posted on June 28, 2018June 27, 2018

Believing that two opinions are better than one, the Elizabethtown school board agreed to hire a West Coast firm to do a demographic study to predict future enrollment. The study will supplement demographic data to be provided at no charge by the district’s architect. Such information will help the board decide on future renovation projects. […]