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Welcome to Park Forest, home of the Penguins! We follow our schoolwide positive behavior support program STAR (Show Kindness, Take Responsibility, Act Safely, Ready to Learn). Fun facts: Fifth-graders read the morning announcements and serve as building leaders called Penguin Ambassadors, and more than 45 flags from different nations hang in our multi-purpose room to represent our PFE community.
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Total Students
20:1
Student-Teacher Ratio
1-to-1
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District News
![Lisa Kuilman-Bolla, director of MTSS and interventions]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1727785111/scasdorg/fich089ajq8lbipbxbv0/LisaKuilmanBolla.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1727785111/scasdorg/fich089ajq8lbipbxbv0/LisaKuilmanBolla.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1727785111/scasdorg/fich089ajq8lbipbxbv0/LisaKuilmanBolla.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1727785111/scasdorg/fich089ajq8lbipbxbv0/LisaKuilmanBolla.jpg","width":1200}])
Lisa Kuilman-Bolla has been approved by the Board of School Directors to be the new Director of MTSS and Interventions, succeeding Jonathan Klingeman.
![Elisabeth James, mental health clinician, received the 2024 Yale Educator Award from the Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1727282697/scasdorg/j9tpuvadgibpi1khfohy/EJames4Thumb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1727282697/scasdorg/j9tpuvadgibpi1khfohy/EJames4Thumb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1727282697/scasdorg/j9tpuvadgibpi1khfohy/EJames4Thumb.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1727282697/scasdorg/j9tpuvadgibpi1khfohy/EJames4Thumb.jpg","width":1200}])
Mental Health Clinician Elisabeth James has received the 2024 Yale Educator Award from the Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
![Corl Street Elementary School first-grade students in Liza Johnson’s art class paint and draw pictures.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1726834986/scasdorg/r7q4fhxywtyscgg2svve/CSart16.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1726834986/scasdorg/r7q4fhxywtyscgg2svve/CSart16.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1726834986/scasdorg/r7q4fhxywtyscgg2svve/CSart16.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1726834986/scasdorg/r7q4fhxywtyscgg2svve/CSart16.jpg","width":1200}])
The Pennsylvania Art Education Association honored the SCASD art department with its Outstanding Visual Arts Community 2024 award for the first time.
![State High FFA members brought home a raft of awards from the recent Centre County Grange Encampment and Fair.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1725889154/scasdorg/h82xas6x45zfhnfzit5j/ReserveChamp.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1725889154/scasdorg/h82xas6x45zfhnfzit5j/ReserveChamp.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1725889154/scasdorg/h82xas6x45zfhnfzit5j/ReserveChamp.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1725889154/scasdorg/h82xas6x45zfhnfzit5j/ReserveChamp.jpg","width":1200}])
State High FFA members brought home a raft of awards from the recent Centre County Grange Encampment and Fair.
![Two students hug while arriving at Park Forest Elementary School on the first day of school]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1724788532/scasdorg/q4khe2jdbz8csqti1oe3/PFE3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1724788532/scasdorg/q4khe2jdbz8csqti1oe3/PFE3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1724788532/scasdorg/q4khe2jdbz8csqti1oe3/PFE3.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1724788532/scasdorg/q4khe2jdbz8csqti1oe3/PFE3.jpg","width":1200}])
The first day of school in the State College Area School District for the 2024-2025 school year.
![Seniors paint their parking spaces in the State High parking lot.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1724110847/scasdorg/wa0tydh66xv4luwwazv9/Park1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1724110847/scasdorg/wa0tydh66xv4luwwazv9/Park1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1724110847/scasdorg/wa0tydh66xv4luwwazv9/Park1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1724110847/scasdorg/wa0tydh66xv4luwwazv9/Park1.jpg","width":1200}])
State High seniors put their own artistic styles on parking space in the school lot.