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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
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Park Forest Elementary & District News
![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.
![The Pride Stride is a PBIS initiative at Radio Park Elementary]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1722865201/scasdorg/ajshamuobecdv0jncp74/RPpride32.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1722865201/scasdorg/ajshamuobecdv0jncp74/RPpride32.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1722865201/scasdorg/ajshamuobecdv0jncp74/RPpride32.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1722865201/scasdorg/ajshamuobecdv0jncp74/RPpride32.jpg","width":1200}])
This fall, SCASD elementary schools will share a unified PBIS program called STAR — Show Kindness, Take Responsibility, Act Safely, Ready to Learn.
![State High senior Margo Wyckoff, second from left, stands with five other national TSA officers.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1722608613/scasdorg/tt9fjkjjk95xcudl4gxs/Wyckoff.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1722608613/scasdorg/tt9fjkjjk95xcudl4gxs/Wyckoff.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1722608613/scasdorg/tt9fjkjjk95xcudl4gxs/Wyckoff.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1722608613/scasdorg/tt9fjkjjk95xcudl4gxs/Wyckoff.jpg","width":1200}])
State High senior Margo Wyckoff is elected to serve on the National TSA Officer Team as the Reporter.
![Kristen Albright participates in the in the prestigious STEAM in the PARK program run by Expeditions in Education]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1722257517/scasdorg/nuvhb6vgzmfgsns9rf4p/AlbrightFish.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1722257517/scasdorg/nuvhb6vgzmfgsns9rf4p/AlbrightFish.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1722257517/scasdorg/nuvhb6vgzmfgsns9rf4p/AlbrightFish.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1722257517/scasdorg/nuvhb6vgzmfgsns9rf4p/AlbrightFish.jpg","width":1104}])
Kristen Strong Albright and Jeni Kocher Zerphy studied salt marsh ecosystems in the selective STEAM in the PARK program this summer.