Littlestown Area School District

REMINDER: Tonight's Regular School Board Meeting will be held in the Littlestown High School Auditorium at 7pm. Please remember our parking and entrance is around the back of the building (Door #22) due to our ongoing building project.

Thunderbolts, The Littlestown Area School District Board of Directors will meet in a Regular Meeting on Monday, May 20, 2024, at 7:00pm in the Littlestown High School Auditorium. PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE! If you plan to attend, you must park behind the building by the track and use Door #22 to enter. 05-20-2024 Regular Meeting Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EH6CGLlyfLYaojcZdWrHe3u0ryzf_G93MpZzrdyv86U/edit?usp=sharing Meetings are open to the public to attend. Public Comment - Attend in person and fill out the public participation sheet in the lobby outside the boardroom up until 5 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the meeting or call (717)359-4146 x2910 and leave a message up to 30 minutes prior. In the message, be sure to include your address and first and last name. Messages can be up to a duration of 5 minutes.

Good afternoon Thunderbolts, The Regular School Board Meeting scheduled for Monday, May 20, 2024 at 7pm will now be held in the Littlestown High School auditorium to allow enough seating for our families and friends of our Students of the Month for April and May! If you plan to attend the meeting, please remember the high school is UNDER CONSTRUCTION and our temporary main entrance and best parking is around the back of the building (Use Door #22 by the cafeteria to enter). Thank you!

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Congratulations to Varsity Softball! They qualified for the PIAA District III 3A Softball Championship. 1st round game is at Annville-Cleona on Monday, 5/20/24 @ 4:30pm. All tickets $6 online only! piaad3.hometownticketing.com/embed/all?tile=16

Good morning Thunderbolts! We are exactly 2 weeks away from the Class of 2024 Graduation! Important graduation reminders were sent via email to senior families and senior students. Please direct additional questions to: Mrs. Ortman ortmank@lasd.k12.pa.us 717-359-4146 ext. 2230

Softball games vs Boiling Springs 5/15/24 are postponed to Thursday 5/16/24. Doubleheader-Varsity 4:00 PM, followed by JV.

Our May Staff Spotlight is Stacy Tull, our Agriculture Teacher's Aide! Stacy has been heavily involved with our agriculture classes and FFA for many years! She works behind the scenes to coordinate various fundraisers and events. She also works with our elementary staff to plan for our ACES students to visit the high school to check out our greenhouse and they especially love visiting the baby calves. Our district is very lucky to have Mrs. Tull! Congratulations!

Thunderbolts, The Littlestown Area School District Board of Directors will meet in a Work Session on Monday, May 13, 2024, at 6:00pm in the Boardroom 05-13-2024 Work Session Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lAV4M4iGtQfzVCFum5KKjKBvFV-fgYToXTQat_MC9o0/edit?usp=sharing Meetings are open to the public to attend. Public Comment - Attend in person and fill out the public participation sheet in the lobby outside the boardroom up until 5 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the meeting or call (717)359-4146 x2910 and leave a message up to 30 minutes prior. In the message, be sure to include your address and first and last name. Messages can be up to a duration of 5 minutes.

Baseball and Softball games scheduled for today 5/10/24 with Boiling Springs have been postponed. Softball will now play a double header at Littlestown on Wed 5/15/24: Varsity @ 4:00, followed by JV @ 6:00. New date for baseball is to be determined.

Congratulations to seniors Peyton & Cole! We have 2 more Littlestown athletes who have committed to continue their athletic career at the collegiate level. All your hard work and dedication has paid off. Great job! Bolt Proud!

Thunderbolt Community, It's that time of year again to nominate one or more of our fantastic LASD professional or support staff members for the OUTSTANDING impact they've had on your student or family. Nominate here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqiV1unPyOWS-4LPzWsLVGOQrNWOCJ9VHsvko7xbp7FRbZYw/viewform?usp=sf_link Nominations will be accepted through May 24th! Any questions, please contact: Carrie Mummert, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent (717)359-4146 x1250

It's not too late to sign up for Paint Night @ LHS this Friday! The National Art Honor Society is hosting a paint night fundraiser on May 10th from 6-8PM. To purchase your tickets use the link below. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Horn (Art Teacher) hornc@lasd.k12.pa.us https://lasdk12.revtrak.net/r1#/v/hs-nahs-paint-night

Softball games will be held AT Bermudian Springs today 5/6/24. Varsity will start at 4:00, followed by J.V. Baseball games moved to tomorrow 5/7/24 at 4:15. Varsity at Bermudian, JV at Littlestown. The Varsity Baseball game suspended due to rain on 4/30/24 will be finished on 5/13/24 beginning at 4:00 at Littlestown.

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Thunderbolts, The Finance, Property, & Supply Committee of the School Board will meet on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 5:00pm in the Boardroom. 05-07-2024 Finance, Property, & Supply Meeting Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-7TkrpZySTGkx4XNMse6ifWw0_8UFr739eGnPTyxLE/edit?usp=drive_link Committee meetings are open to the public to attend. Public Participation - Attend in person and fill out the public participation sheet in the lobby outside the boardroom up until 5 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the meeting.

The Curriculum, Co-Curriculum, & Policy Committee of the School Board will meet on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 6:30pm in the Boardroom. 05-07-2024 Curriculum, Co-Curriculum, & Policy Meeting Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19lgz9WVGlFtrjycyKVhXzEUN1vXmEZWLcFGzSxCkN8c/edit?usp=sharing Committee meetings are open to the public to attend. Public Participation - Attend in person and fill out the public participation sheet in the lobby outside the boardroom up until 5 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the meeting.

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FFA Plant Sale begins today!🪴 These students are the ones who raised all the plants that will be sold. Horticulture class is offered to 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students. All the students were able to take home their favorite flowering hanging basket as a gift for their effort raising the plants.

"Varsity and Junior High Cheerleading tryouts will be held in The High School Old Gym on May 20, 21, and 22nd. Mandatory tryout practices for the Junior High and Varsity Fall teams are from 3:00- 5:00pm on May 20 and 21 in the High School Old Gym. Tryouts for both teams will be on May 22nd starting at 4:00pm. Please stop by the school office to sign up and get a permission form and paperwork.