Don't forget the School Safety Tip Line

Loyalsock Towship School District has a School Safety Tip Line.  All users remain anonymous and can be made through texts or calls.  Our district goal for the Safety Tip Line is to ensure the safety of our students from bullying, drugs, alcohol, or weapons.  School Administration will handle all calls immediately 24 hours a day.      School Safety Tip Line: 570-995-1TIP

Around LTSD

We are doing many exciting things around the district in each of our buildings.  Be sure to check out the principal blogs for specifics.

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LTMS 

Lancer Foundation Names 2012 Distinguished Graduate

A 1968 Loyalsock graduate, Mr. Thomas Dempsey has served as President of Utz Quality Foods since January, 2008.  He joined Utz in 1988 as Vice President for Marketing and Executive Vice President.  Mr. Dempsey has also held various executive positions with Dun & Bradstreet, Avon Products, and CJ Clark N.A. prior to joining Utz Foods.  Mr. Dempsey is a graduate of Colgate University with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, where he was a member of the basketball team, the student governance committee, and the inter-fraternity council.  Mr. Dempsey has served on the boards of United Cerebral Palsy of South Central Pennsylvania and the YMCA of Hanover.  He currently serves on the boards of the Colgate University Alumni Council, the Delta Upsilon Foundation of Colgate University, the York County Community Foundation and is currently the Board Chair for Sweet Charities of Hanover.  He was recently appointed to the Governor’s Early Learning Investment Commission.  In 2009, Tom also established the Dempsey Family Scholarship at Loyalsock, awarded to deserving Loyalsock seniors.  While a student at Loyalsock, Tom was president of the student council, a three time basketball letter recipient, and was Loyalsock’s first basketball athlete to score 1,000 points.  He is married to Rebecca, Loyalsock Class of 1971, and has two daughters, Katie and Jennifer, and he resides in Hanover, PA.

Bring Your Own Device Pilot Project

Building Responsible INternet Guests is a new and exciting initiative for the entire district.   BRING-IT is our creative spin on “bring your own technology” and refers to students bringing their own technology like smartphones, tablets, and laptops to school for educational use. In the past, we have provided the technology that students would need for the school day. This was done by using funding received through the government (state/local) or by applying for special technology grants.

An advantage for students is that they will be able to use the same computing device at home and in school. This means they would have access to all of digital resources that they were accessing in school at home.

Overall, with insightful planning, written school policies, and a filtered network, our students can bring their own technology devices into the school to utilize them for engaging learning activities.

The decision to allow a student to bring personally-owned technology to school ultimately rests with  parents and students. We realize that not every student owns a device or may choose not to bring personally-owned technology to school. Additionally, there is absolutely no expectation that parents should provide a device to their child, unless they choose to do so. LTSD will continue to invest in technology for our students.

The pilot team will meet through the 2012-13 school year to develop policies and guidelines in an effort to make bring your technology a successful district-wide program.

LTSD School Resource Officer

Loyalsock Township School District is excited to welcome Trooper Mike Knight of the state police as our school resource officer for the upcoming school year.

The SRO is a first for our district, which never had a stationed a police officer in a school building.

Trooper Knight will be assigned to the district on a varying schedule and will be available at some afterschool events, primarily at the middle and high school.

The officer also will respond to emergencies outside of the district if needed by the state police. 

In addition, the SRO will perform other services such as driver education, school bus safety, development of school safety plans and school security walk-throughs.

Welcome Trooper Knight!

PA Virtual Charter Schools

A study, released  this past Summer by the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado, focuses on seven full-time virtual schools in Pennsylvania and four other states using K12.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/report-criticizes-progress-at-cyber-charter-schools-645237/#ixzz28RJS89QR

LTSD Alumni Association

The Alumni Association was established to achieve several goals - To develop a true high school learning community consisting of students, alumni, parents, district staff and community members; to create strong ties between alumni and current students; and to create an effective alumni network that will provide valuable resources to the students and alumni.

Please take a minute to look over our Alumni Association site.  If you would like to be included on our alumni database complete the survey at the following link - http://www.ltsd.k12.pa.us/Page/314 .  While you are on the site, consider joining the Alumni Association.  Your membership dues fund educational grants for our faculty throughout the school year. 

LTSD Offers Virtual Opportunities To Students

Read all about the opportunity below.  Contact a school counselor for more information.

 

1. What is VLINC?

VLINC (Virtually Linking INstruction and Curriculum) is a cyber services program provided through BLaST IU17 to assist school districts in managing online courses for their enrolled students.

 

2. Why should my child enroll in VLINC ?

There are many individual reasons why families and students choose on-line learning.

These might include (but not be limited to):

• Desire to be home-schooled
• Desire to learn at your own rate
• Alternative Education needs
• Special curriculum needs.

3. What are the advantages of VLINC for the student?

• Graduation and diploma from the home school district .
• Ability to participate in student activities, clubs, athletics, etc. as a member of the home district
• Access to all student services of the home district (i.e. counseling, course advising, post-graduation planning, testing)