At NorthBay, students are encouraged to discover how what they experience in nature aligns with personal growth and social emotional learning (SEL). For families, it’s helpful to understand what themes […]
News Category Archives:
Introducing on-demand, live learning support from TutorMe
The School District of Lancaster has partnered with TutorMe to provide personalized learning support for every student in grades 6-12. With on-demand tutoring, students can access one-on-one, live tutoring and […]
Introducing a new family-teacher communication tool for middle school
The School District of Lancaster is piloting a new family-teacher communications tool for middle school called “Rooms,” located within the SDoL mobile app. Rooms allows you to communicate directly with […]
Signed and delivered: Dr. Miles unanimously named superintendent
By unanimous vote, Dr. Keith Miles Jr. will be the next superintendent of the School District of Lancaster. The school board voted May 2 to appoint Dr. Miles, following a […]
School Board update on the superintendent search
Robin Goodson, the president of the School District of Lancaster board of school directors, released the following statement on Friday: Over the past month, the school board has been working […]
SDoL to host series of school safety forums over two weeks
The safety challenges confronting schools across the United States go beyond the infamous list of school shootings that drive media headlines. Bullying, social media threats, drugs, weapons, and “swatting” are […]
Meet the SDoL teacher who recently published a book on building vocabulary among English Learners
Kristen Haase, an English Language Development teacher in the School District of Lancaster, always dreamed of writing a book. She just didn’t think it would be about what she teaches […]
A statement from acting superintendent Matthew Przywara on the passing of two students
Our school district community is grieving the passing of two students following a tragic fire on Saturday in Lancaster. McCaskey senior Anna Leavitt passed away on Saturday and her sister, […]
Construction plans among the most ambitious in the district’s history
The School District of Lancaster is beginning the fourth and final phase of its master facilities plan, with upgrades to seven schools and athletic facilities, at a cost approaching $200 […]
Large gift of instruments, scholarship funding to benefit SDoL students and Music for Everyone
An accomplished organist and longtime professor of music at Millersville University is donating a collection of musical instruments to the School District of Lancaster and endowing a scholarship to provide […]
Following stakeholder meetings, school board provides update on superintendent search
School District of Lancaster board of directors president Robin Goodson read a statement aloud during the board’s November meeting updating the community on the board’s search for a new superintendent: […]
SDoL students say they’re doing better in school in annual survey
School District of Lancaster students say they are doing better in school and enjoy their work more than in past years, but they have concerns about school safety, according to […]