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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
Technology Initiative
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District News
![A student makes a move in the chess tournament]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1741010193/scasdorg/w08sonecllw6v5j4hlyz/ChessTile.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1741010193/scasdorg/w08sonecllw6v5j4hlyz/ChessTile.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1741010193/scasdorg/w08sonecllw6v5j4hlyz/ChessTile.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1741010193/scasdorg/w08sonecllw6v5j4hlyz/ChessTile.jpg","width":1200}])
Eighty-six chess enthusiasts gathered in the State High Performing Arts Center for the district’s annual chess tournament organized by the district’s learning enrichment/gifted support department.
![Spring Creek Elementary School has a program called Passion Pals where once a month students sign up for a special activity.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1740146090/scasdorg/aclfvfey6kbt8qjb6v4g/PassionPals1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1740146090/scasdorg/aclfvfey6kbt8qjb6v4g/PassionPals1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1740146090/scasdorg/aclfvfey6kbt8qjb6v4g/PassionPals1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1740146090/scasdorg/aclfvfey6kbt8qjb6v4g/PassionPals1.jpg","width":1200}])
Spring Creek Elementary School has a program called Passion Pals where once a month students sign up for a special activity to explore.
![Athletic Director Loren Crispell.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1739837517/scasdorg/lkgsmxfnohwnyzngizcw/CrispellWeb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1739837517/scasdorg/lkgsmxfnohwnyzngizcw/CrispellWeb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1739837517/scasdorg/lkgsmxfnohwnyzngizcw/CrispellWeb.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1739837517/scasdorg/lkgsmxfnohwnyzngizcw/CrispellWeb.jpg","width":1200}])
The Board of Directors has approved Loren Crispell to be the district’s new athletic director. Crispell, who had been the assistant athletic director since 2017, succeeds Chris Weakland, who is retiring in June.
![Two students read during SCASD Reads Family Fun Night]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1739298927/scasdorg/l942edtjbnslfrhdtu7a/SCreads34.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1739298927/scasdorg/l942edtjbnslfrhdtu7a/SCreads34.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1739298927/scasdorg/l942edtjbnslfrhdtu7a/SCreads34.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1739298927/scasdorg/l942edtjbnslfrhdtu7a/SCreads34.jpg","width":1200}])
Thanks to the State College Area School District library department’s efforts and an enthusiastic community, an animal-themed SCASD Reads Family Night turned into a roaring success.
![Radio Park teacher Kate Hallinger reads a book to her class]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1739283137/scasdorg/gsozhbc7qnej1nyhgrat/Hallinger1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1739283137/scasdorg/gsozhbc7qnej1nyhgrat/Hallinger1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1739283137/scasdorg/gsozhbc7qnej1nyhgrat/Hallinger1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1739283137/scasdorg/gsozhbc7qnej1nyhgrat/Hallinger1.jpg","width":1200}])
Radio Park Elementary School second-grade teacher Kate Hallinger recently was recognized with the Penn State College of Education Alumni Society’s Outstanding New Graduate Award.
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SCASD is providing notice of a recent event that may have affected the privacy of information related to certain individuals. The information involved in these events may include data related to current and former employees, as well as some student data.