An attorney representing the School District of Lancaster in its funding lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Education says the Commonwealth is failing its children by not having a plan […]
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Message from Superintendent Rau regarding McCaskey Campus threat
Good Afternoon, As many of you are aware, we received a threat involving McCaskey students via social media this morning. We immediately worked with our School Resource Officers and other […]
Welcoming and assisting our newest families from PR
The School District of Lancaster continues to support families from Puerto Rico who are relocating to Lancaster as a result of the recent earthquakes. The district is collecting the following NEW items for […]
Lancaster Education Foundation named Fig Social Mission Partner for 2020
Fig, a print and digital platform published by Fig Industries, has named the Lancaster Education Foundation its social mission partner for 2020. LEF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting […]
McCaskey Student Naomi Main Rises to Regionals
We are pleased to announce that Naomi Main (Violin 1) placed 3rd in her section and will now advance to the (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) PMEA Central Region Orchestra Festival to be […]
Two grants to boost experiential STEM learning in SDoL
SDoL is creating student technology teams in all schools and embedding computer science programming in middle schools thanks to $60,000 in PA state grant funding. The district received a $35,000 […]
McCaskey Music Success!
Congratulations to J.P. McCaskey High School students Jason Brown (grade 12) and Anne McIlvaine (grade 10) for their participation in the PMEA District 7 Choir, which was held on January […]
Champions for Our Youth returns for 2020
As #girldad trends on social media, a handful of dads gathered outside Buchanan Elementary school Thursday to encourage students as they arrived to school. The predominantly male group participated in […]
Thaddeus Stevens highlights long-standing partnership with SDoL
This week Dr. William Griscom, retiring President of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, joined Dr. Rau and Principal Marian Grill at Lafayette Elementary to unveil banners highlighting the Thaddeus Stevens-SDoL […]
McCaskey musicians recognized
Last month trombonist Andreas Denlinger, saxophonist Josiah Groff and violinist Naomi Main, had successful auditions at the PMEA District Band/Orchestra tryouts. Naomi will perform in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association […]
SDoL posts Preliminary Budget for 2020-2021
The School District of Lancaster’s board of directors will vote on a preliminary budget for the 2020-2021 school year at its meeting on January 21. A draft of that budget […]
The spirit of giving thrives in SDoL
From spare change to hundreds of presents to tons of food, SDoL students of all ages, staff and families are sharing in the spirit of giving this holiday season. Starting […]