To apply for the program, students must have a minimum high school GPA of 3.5 and be in the top 20% of their high school class.
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Lebanon County’s 6 school districts (plus Lebanon Catholic) as seen from above
As part of an ongoing series of articles documenting the area through drone photography, LebTown has gathered dozens of pictures of the county’s six school districts, plus the now-closed private school Lebanon Catholic, over the last few months.
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PASD considers Wednesday half-days to make up for lost course planning time
Palmyra Area School District is considering instituting a series of 19 half-days for students to give teachers more time for planning and preparation.
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Annville Elementary closed for structural issue, elementary classes now held at high school on alternating days
School officials are still waiting to learn how quickly a structural issue at Annville Elementary School can be resolved – and how soon the school can reopen for use.
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Girls on the Run initiates fall season programs with accommodations for health and safety guidelines
Registration is now open for the fall programs and the season starts on Monday, Sept. 21.
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HACC campuses to remain closed through spring semester
Harrisburg Area Community College has announced that its five campuses will remain mostly closed through the spring semester.
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PASD reports first positive COVID-19 diagnosis for student at high school
Palmyra Area School District has reported its first positive COVID-19 diagnosis at the high school.
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LVC physics professor lands NSF grant
The substantial grant funds will go towards assisting and developing student-faculty research in theoretical nuclear physics at LVC.
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Cornwall Manor announces winners of Weik Scholarship Fund
This year is the 29th Anniversary of the Scholarship Fund.
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Lebanon Valley College’s Arnold Gallery gifted 45 nineteenth-century paintings
The Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery at Lebanon Valley College has received a major donation of 45 landscape paintings, most of them 19th-century American works, from Hilary Peery Vesell of Hershey.
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Community leaders hold anti-racism roundtable following protests
Two anti-racism workshops, similar to the one in early June, are planned for September, and they hope to also hold workshops about civic education and discussions about the intersection between the black community and the Jewish and LGBT+ communities.
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Recent Women’s Hall of Fame inductee Laurie Bowersox starts as A-C principal after six years leading HACC Lebanon
Laurie Bowersox, who was named principal of the Annville-Cleona High and Middle schools earlier this year, was chosen as one of the county’s “hidden heroes” for her work in education.
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Lebanon, Lancaster school districts launch virtual education awareness campaign
The message for parents who are considering cyber learning in the COVID era is to contact their school district first to see what’s available.
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How school bus operators plan to mitigate COVID-19 spread
Student transportation will look markedly different this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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United Way, WellSpan lead initiative to prepare county school districts for mask shortage
As Lebanon County children get ready to start the school year, local health and community organizations are working together to make sure they have a steady supply of cloth masks.
