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The Information Team: This team manages the content on this blog, which provides interesting content related to our school and education at large. The information team also help prospective families on their journey to enrollment.

Last Chance for ’17-’18 K-8 Enrollment, 9-11 Closing Soon!

By |2024-07-22T02:52:12-04:00March 2nd, 2018|Categories: School News, Latest News|Tags: |

PALCS is still open for enrollment for the current 2017-2018 school year for grades K-11, but not for long! K-8 families, you have one week left to submit your applications and documents! Final new student orientations are filling up quickly. All paperwork for students in grades K-8 must be submitted by March 9, 2018 in order to have an orientation scheduled before the last available orientation date on March 16, 2018. The last available start date for grades 9-11 will be April 26, 2018 meaning that all paperwork, documents, and an on-site orientation must be completed well before that date.

Two PALCS Students Named Presidential Scholars Nominees

By |2024-09-23T03:59:18-04:00February 26th, 2018|Categories: School News, Latest News, Student Spotlight|Tags: , , |

PA Leadership is ecstatic to announce that two of our extremely hard-working and talented students have been chosen as the Pennsylvania nominees for the 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts. Congratulations to USP students Audrey Emata and William McGregor, among the winners of the annual YoungArts competition.

PALCS Visits the Carnegie Museums

By |2024-07-24T03:08:28-04:00February 23rd, 2018|Categories: School News, Latest News|Tags: , , , |

On Friday, February 16, 2018, over 200 members of the PALCS community gathered at the Carnegie Museum of Art & Natural History in Pittsburgh, PA. All students in grades K-12 were invited, along with their families and friends, joined by teachers and staff, for a free day of educational fun at the connected museums of Natural History and Art. The event ran from 10 am - 12 pm, though families were invited to stay the duration of the day.

Honor Roll 2018, Marking Period 2

By |2024-07-24T03:10:42-04:00February 12th, 2018|Categories: School News, Latest News, Student Spotlight|Tags: , |

The second marking period of any school year tends to be one of the most challenging. As students and teachers really get into the routine of things, workloads increase and become more difficult. Which is why we are so incredibly proud to announce that over 40% of our students have earned an honor roll certificate in the second marking period.

National School Counseling Week 2018

By |2024-07-24T08:49:49-04:00February 9th, 2018|Categories: School News, Latest News, Staff Spotlight|Tags: |

Happy National School Counseling Week 2018! This special week, wrapping up today, is sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA). Taking place from February 5th to February 9th this year, the purpose of the week is to focus public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors within the U.S. and highlight the substantial impact school counselors have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. The theme this year is "School Counselors: Helping Students Reach for the Stars."

National Honor Society at PALCS

By |2024-07-24T02:57:21-04:00February 5th, 2018|Categories: National Honor Society, School News, Latest News|Tags: , |

Young PALCS scholars in high school and middle school have the opportunity to join our chapters of the National Honor Society (NHS) and the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS). These societies are more than just the honor roll: NHS and NJHS are the nation’s premier organizations that recognize students in high school (NHS) and in middle school (NHJS). As a member in either of these societies, students are not only recognized for their accomplishments, but they are also challenged to get further involved in community service and school activities.

Ms. Kofeldt Featured on WPHL17

By |2024-07-24T02:42:17-04:00February 2nd, 2018|Categories: Latest News, PALCS in the News, Staff Spotlight|Tags: , |

Ms. Courtney Kofeldt, PA Leadership’s Supervisor of Educational Technology, was recently featured on Philadelphia 17’s weekly TV segment “Weekend Philler,” where she spoke about gamification and how to make video and online games educational for the students. The Weekend Phillier is a Saturday evening video clip show on WPHL17 that covers shorts about people, places & things around the Delaware Valley.

Family Spotlight: The Putt Family

By |2024-07-24T03:11:40-04:00January 26th, 2018|Categories: School News, Latest News|Tags: , |

As National School Choice Week comes to a close, we want to reflect on this wonderful week and its extremely important purpose! We have been celebrating all week here at PALCS and we even had the privilege of speaking with a wonderful family within the PALCS community about School Choice and what it means to them.

School Choice Week 2018

By |2024-07-24T02:53:57-04:00January 22nd, 2018|Categories: School News, Latest News|Tags: |

We want to wish you happy National School Choice Week 2018! From January 21st through January 27th, thousands of events will be taking place across the country that highlight the demand for successful education options for students. People from all over join together at these events in support of students and families having a choice when it comes to their education.

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