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1516 Sycamore St Bethlehem, PA
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Did you know that both Freedom and Liberty High Schools' SAT scores are higher than any Charter School in the Lehigh Valley? #BASDProud
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SCHOOLS CLOSED: November 16, 2018 - All Schools and offices are closed today due to inclement weather. Childcare centers are closed today. All after school and athletic events are cancelled today.
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"When 16-year-old (Liberty High School student) Kevin Conklin saw a young boy who was playing in deep rain water get sucked into a drain pipe under a Bethlehem Township road Tuesday, he dove in..." What an amazing story, Kevin! #BASDproud #Libertyhs
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Congratulations to Pierre Morgan of Freedom High School on being selected BASD Employee of the Month. Pierre was surprised during the day! We'll have a full video soon. @BASDSUPT @basdfhslaporta @fhsforum #BASDproud #FreedomFamily #BASDemployeeofthemonth
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Dr. Roy is #BASDproud of Freedom High School senior Ashley Morales. Ashley was accepted at Princeton, Yale, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Boston University, Northeastern, Temple University, and UNC. Ashley will attend Princeton; majoring in International Relations. @BASDSUPT @Princeton
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DELAYED OPENING: 2 Hour Delay - Thursday, January 31, 2019. All Bethlehem Area School District schools will operate on a TWO-HOUR DELAY Thursday, January 31, 2019, Child Care Centers will open at 7:00 a.m. at all centers. Offices will be opening at the regular time.
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Introducing the new Bethlehem Area School District logo! The BASD is proud of its connection to the community and this new logo represents a nod to our industrial past and a look toward the future. We are proud to be #builtbybethlehem
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A fantastic run by Northeast Middle School teacher Mr. John Huie on American Ninja Warrior! #BASDproud @TheyCallMeHuie
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All Bethlehem Area School District schools are CLOSED today, Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Child Care Centers will open at 7:00 a.m. at combined centers. All after school and athletic events are cancelled today. Offices are open today.
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Congratulations to Liberty High School Principal, Dr. Harrison Bailey III, on being named Pennsylvania Secondary Principal of the Year in a surprise announcement and celebration today! Look for more information and articles soon! #BASDproud #libertyHigh @hbailey3LHS
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The BASD community is saddened to learn that Mrs. Ruth Zettlemoyer passed away. Mrs. Zettlemoyer is an iconic figure in the history of the @LHSGB , serving as the band's seamstress for over 30 years. (1/3)
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Congrats to Freedom football on their District XI win tonight!
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Freedom and Liberty High School Graduation Ceremony Rescheduled Dates. Freedom, July 23. Liberty, July 24. 7 p.m. #BASDproud
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Congratulations to Liberty High School on winning the inaugural Clash of the Carols competition in downtown Heart of Bethlehem!
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Congratulations to Winston Alozie who was sworn in today as our newly appointed Board of School Director. Thanks Director Alozie for your service to the Bethlehem Area School District. #BASDproud PHOTO: RICK KINTZEL / THE MORNING CALL
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Dr. Roy is #BASDproud of Freedom High School senior Kira Hoerres. Kira was accepted at San Diego State, Temple, Florida State, U of California Irvine, U of California San Diego. Kira will attend San Diego State University and double major in Dance and Business. @BASDSUPT
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Please welcome @basdjacksilva as he begins his journey today as the Bethlehem Area School District's Superintendent of Schools! #basdproud
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We welcome Ms. Sage, Dr. Quinones, Mrs. Hinkel, and Mrs. Young in their new positions in the Bethlehem Area School District! Read more: @fhsforum @BuchananPta @NEMScommunity @MillerHeightsES @BASDSUPT @basdjacksilva @MikeFaccinetto #BASDproud #education
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"As white people, our responsibility to our back and brown neighbors can't just be saying 'I'm not racist.' Do something in the face of racism that is resurgent in our country. Push back on those who deny racism exists." - @BASDSUPT at 2019 Convocation to district teachers.
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Freedom's Riot Squad is riled up! @FreedomRiotSqu1
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BASD would like to thank The Edge in Downtown Bethlehem for their donation of 100 meals today and again next week at our BASD Meal Distribution Site. So proud of how our Bethlehem community and our Bethlehem Area School District unite in times of crisis. #BASDproud @BASDSUPT
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Thank you @BASDSUPT for your service and commitment to the Bethlehem Area School District and the community. As you walk out the doors of the administration building one last time today as the Superintendent of Schools, we wish you all the best for a healthy, happy retirement!
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Dr. Roy is #BASDproud of Freedom High School senior Isabella Pompa. Isabella has been accepted at Boston U, Pitt, University of Delaware, URI, and the University of Rochester. Isabella will attend Boston University majoring in Biology on a Pre-Med track. @BASDSUPT
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Congratulations to Dra. Vivian Robledo, Bethlehem Area School District Director of Student Services and Minority Affairs, on winning Educator of the Year at the Golden Latin Awards! #BASDproud #BuildingBethlehem #GoldenLatinAwards #EducatoroftheYear @PADeptofEd @BASDSUPT
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Congratulations to Bethlehem Area School District's own Superintendent, @BASDSUPT for receiving the Good Neighbor Award for Arts and Education during @PBS39Channel 's 2018 Good Neighbor Awards! The show will air at a later date. #BASDproud
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Liberty High School Principal Dr. Harrison Bailey III speaking on MSNBC this morning. Read the feature on Liberty High School that recently appeared in the New York Times: #buildingbethlehem #basdproud @hbailey3LHS @BASDSUPT
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The Liberty High School Grenadiers marching in the Parade of Nations in Norfolk, Virginia! Video by Karen McLaughlin #basdproud #paradeofnations @LHSGB #lhsgrenadierband
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BASD will be CLOSED as scheduled on Friday, February 15 and Monday, February 18. Friday, February 15 will remain as a teacher inservice day.
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Service Electric is offering a free broadband modem that includes wifi capability to anyone living in Service Electric’s service area. To obtain more information about the offer call Service Electric Toll Free in PA at 1-800-232-9100. @sectv @basdjacksilva @BASDSUPT
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Halftime!
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We are proud of everyone who makes the Bethlehem Are School District what it is today. #BASDProud . @BASDSUPT
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What an amazing @CelticClassic Parade of Shamrocks! @lhsbandparents
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The Bethlehem Area School District would like to extend our best wishes to our School Board President @MikeFaccinetto as he starts his first official work day as a teacher at Central Elementary School in the @AllentownSD . We are #BASDproud of you. @BASDSUPT @basdjacksilva
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Wow, look at this old Liberty High School photo!
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All Bethlehem Area School District schools will be dismissed early today, Nov. 15, 2018. High Schools will be dismissed at 11:00am, Middle Schools at 11:35am, and Elementary at 12:05 pm. Child Care Centers and offices will remain open. All after school events are cancelled.
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Congratulations to Nitschmann Middle School social studies teacher, Stephanie Augello, on her retirement! Stephanie spent 25 years with the Bethlehem Area School District! #BASDproud
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Eric Smith who has been appointed as the Principal of Nitschmann Middle School. Dr. Smith was the Principal of Spring Garden Elementary School. #BASDProud @NitschmannMS @BASDSUPT
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Bethlehem has always been Jack Silva’s home. The Assistant Superintendent of the Bethlehem Area School District was born into a family that lived in a small apartment on the Southside.. @basdjacksilva @BASDSUPT #builtbybethlehem #basdproud #southbethlehem
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All middle and high school bands on the field at once! #BASDproud
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Retiring Principal of Miller Heights, Deborah Roeder was surprised by the entire school with "Thank yous" "Congratulations" and "Best Wishes"! #basdproud #millerheights #bethlehempa #elementaryschool @MillerHeightsES @5thGradeHuskies @3rdGradeHuskies @BASDSUPT
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Fantastic job by all bands today! #freedomliberty
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"There's a reason our two schools are named 'Freedom' and 'Liberty'. " #basdproud
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The Bethlehem Area School District is proud to announce that @MarvineBASD has been recognized as a 2020 National Blue Ribbon School for Exemplary Closing of Achievement Gaps by the U. S. Department of Education. @PADeptofEd @basdsupt
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Congratulations to Mr. Daniel Garcia on being appointed as the new Lincoln Elementary School Principal! #BASDproud @basdsupt @BASDLincolnCS @basdlincolnpto
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We'd like to congratulate Kathy Halkins on her retirement from BASD!!!! You will be missed! #BASDproud
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Please join us in congratulating Daniel Terry who has been appointed Assistant Principal of Northeast Middle School. Mr. Terry was the Dean of Students at Liberty High School. #BASDproud @BASDnortheast @BASDSUPT
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The BASD Community is saddened by the loss of one of our own BASD staff, Rosemarie LaBarre. Mrs. LaBarre was a Family Consumer Science teacher at East Hills Middle School. Mrs. LaBarre was an amazing teacher, friend, and mentor to many in the BASD.
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"The death of a black man while in custody, protests in the streets...my comments from earlier this year are even more true now" - Bethlehem Area School District Superintendent Dr. Joseph J. Roy @BASDSUPT Read his full letter to students here: 1 of 4
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"The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley Volunteer Service Award goes to Barbara Clymer of BASD! Barbara is the Assistant to the @BASDSUPT and works side by side with Dr. Joseph Roy. She is also in charge of BASD’s Comm. & PR" Thank you! #BASDproud
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Snow Day Make-up Information for the 2017-2018 School Year, Effective 3/23/18. The last school day for students in Grades Kindergarten through Grade 11 is now Friday, June 8, 2018. Please note that the spring break will not be affected. (1/2)
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BASD is looking to add American Sign Language to its world languages curriculum at the high school level next year.
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Bethlehem Area School District Superintendent, @BASDSUPT , would like to wish you and your family a happy holidays!
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Congratulations to the Liberty High School Class of 2019! #BASDproud #BASDEmpower
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Congratulations to all of the Liberty High School student athletes who recently participated in Signing Day! We are all #BASDproud of you and all you have accomplished during your time at Liberty High School. Good luck in your future endeavors after graduation! #BASDempower
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The Bethlehem Area School District will implement our "Tier 4 Mitigation Action." Child Care will operate at combined centers. All student activities and athletic events are cancelled. Offices remain open. More info... #BASD @mcall @lehighvalley @69News @NBCPhiladelphia @BASDSUPT
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Congratulations to the 2019 Sept. BASD Support Staff Employee of the Month, Charisse Pfeiffer! Charisse Pfeiffer is the executive assistant in @basdjacksilva 's office. Charisse has worked in the BASD for more than 30 years and is #BuiltbyBethlehem as a Freedom HS Graduate.
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Congratulations to @BASDTransporta1 Bus Driver, Jane Miller, on being selected BASD Employee of the Month for March 2020! Watch her surprise video here. Thanks to @PateBand and @FreedomCheerFHS ! @basdfacman @BASDSUPT #basdproud Watch on IGTV--->
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Lenny Capuano was named the BASD Employee of the Month January 2020.  Lenny works in the Maintenance Dept. as the BASD Mail Carrier. He has been employed with the district for over 25 years and is #BuiltbyBethlehem . Congrats! @BASDSUPT @basdfacman
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Congratulations to Liberty High School's Christian Tackett on being a BASD Showcase Senior. #Classof2020 #libertyhs #showcasesenior #basdproud #basdshowcasesenior @BASDMedia @BASDSUPT @hbailey3LHS
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Bethlehem Area School District’s @basdjacksilva Inducted Into Grade-Level Reading Council of Champions – @UnitedWayGLV @BASDSUPT #BASDproud
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A few photos from today's Memorial Day Parade which started at Liberty High School.
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All Bethlehem Area School District schools, Child Care, and offices will be CLOSED, Tuesday, February 12, 2019. All after school and athletic events are cancelled.
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Congratulations to Broughal teacher, Amy Putlock, on winning the "Arts Educator of the Year" and recent Liberty grad, Fatima Montero, on winning the "Student Artist Scholarship Award" in ArtsQuest's 2019 Linny Awards. #BASDproud
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BASD is proud to announce that our CTO Marie Bachman was recently named as "One of the Women in the LV who have made a difference". Congratulations, Marie! Read the full article here: #BASDproud
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The first ever "Zoom" New Teacher Orientation took place today, August 24, 2020. Russ Giordano, BASD's Chief Human Resources Officer hosted the orientation along with @BASDSUPT and BASD Board President @MikeFaccinetto Welcome to our 73 new BASD teachers! #BASDProud
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Happy National Principals Day! Today we celebrate all our super principals. Thank you for leading our schools and making us #BASDproud . Who is the best principal of all time? Let us know in the comments! #nationalprincipalsday #principalsday
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Last week, Pats Pizza & Bistro - Bethlehem donated 200 meals to two schools in the Bethlehem Area School District -- Marvine Elementary School and Nitschmann Middle School. #BASDproud
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Dr. Roy is #BASDproud of Freedom High School senior Andrew Youwakim. Youwakim was accepted at Lehigh, the University of Pittsburgh, and Stevens Institute of Technology. Youwakim will attend Lehigh University in the fall, majoring in Chemical Engineering. @BASDSUPT @LehighU
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Please join us in congratulating Jennifer Cierech who has been appointed Assistant Principal of Broughal Middle School. #BASDproud @BASDBroughalMS @BASDSUPT
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"The handshake that changed my life," wrote Johnson, 48. "I was 15yrs old and just moved to Bethlehem, PA and just started attending Freedom High School." @TheRock #BASDproud #FreedomFamily
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Bethlehem schools chief Roy named Pennsylvania 'Superintendent of the Year' #basdproud #lehighvalley @BASDSUPT
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Nasir Lagree of @LibertyHigh plans to attend @BloomsburgU in the fall to study business. He attended @GovernorWolf @EastHillsMSbasd and @NitschmannMS . Twenty 2019 #BASD seniors are telling their stories. They are #BuiltbyBethlehem ! / @BASDSUPT #BASDEmpower
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This is a fantastic video!
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We've been encouraged to share this video with our SG family. Our Principal, who is color blind, was gifted @enchroma glasses to celebrate getting his doctorate. This is him seeing some colors for the first time. He can't wait to share it with you in the fall. #enchroma
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Julla Swart, a Liberty High School Senior, has been named a National Honor Society Scholar! Julia was chosen from nearly 7,000 applicants and will receive a scholarship toward her education. #BASDProud @nhs_njhs #Scholarshiprecipient #Futuready #CollegeSigningDay @BetterMakeRoom
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Dr. Roy is #BASDproud of Liberty High School senior Lucy Kitch-Peck. Lucy will be attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall. MIT was the only school Lucy applied to and she was accepted early! @BASDSUPT @MIT
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On March 20, one Freedom and one Liberty student will be announced as winners of the @BASDSUPT Superintendent's Scholarship and receive 4-year full tuition scholarships to @MoravianCollege WHERE: 10:00 a.m. in the Library at Freedom; 11:00 a.m. in the Art Gallery at Liberty.
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“Our goal really is not to try to replicate a full day for students. That’s not going to happen,” Joseph Roy said in a video message. “This is going to be far from perfect. But we do want to give learning opportunities to all of our students.”
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Liberty High School Freshman Creates PA Helmet Law Petition – @LibertyHigh @BASDSUPT #basdproud
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BASD schools will operate on a 2 hour delay, tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Childcare Centers will open at 7am at all centers. Offices will open at the regular time.
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Please note the following snow make up days for the Bethlehem Area School District.
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We are celebrating our retirees over the course of a few posts this week. First, we would like to thank Lisa and Timothy Lynch, retiring principals from Fountain Hill and Hanover elementary schools, respectfully. #BASDProud #BASDretirees #igbethlehem #bethlehem
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Amy Putlock, a general and vocal music teacher at Broughal Middle School in Bethlehem is among 189 teachers from 179 cities nationwide chosen from more than 3,300 nominations submitted from all 50 states. #BASDproud
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Dr. Roy is #BASDproud of Freedom High School senior, Linda Mao! Linda was accepted at Princeton, Yale, and Pitt. Linda will decide between Princeton or Yale by May 1st. If Princeton: Operations, Research, and Financial Engineering. If Yale: Computer Science and Math. @BASDSUPT
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Dr. Roy is #BASDproud of Liberty High School senior Caroline Hawk. Caroline was accepted at Lafayette College; and Widener, Fordham, Scranton, and Arcadia universities. Caroline will attend Widener University in the Fall. @BASDSUPT @WidenerUniv
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Congratulations to Jakelyn Valenzuela of Freedom High and Giselle Ponce of Liberty High on being the recipients of the @MoravianCollege @BASDSUPT Superintendent’s Scholarship for 2021!! Each will receive 4-year full-tuition scholarship. #BASDproud #moraviancollege
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What an incredible win for Freedom! It feels like this comeback should have its own name for posterity! #BASDproud
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Bethlehem Area School District will operate on a 2 hour delay, today, January 30, 2019.
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In honor of Black History Month, BASD proudly recognizes Poet Amanda Gorman. "For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it." #BASDproud #blackhistorymonth
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