Alejandra Vargas, a fifth grade student at Overlook Elementary School, was selected as a finalist in the 2016-2017 Crayola's Empowering Students Through Creative Leadership Art Exhibition. The judges said her artwork, entitled "Sonia Sotomayor," showed a true connection to the theme, had stunning visual appeal, presented age-appropriate critical thinking and...

At Overlook Elementary School's Annual Science Fair, students displayed their self-created projects, experiments, and inventions to the school community. Each "junior scientist" had a space where they demonstrated their scientific knowledge and showed off their hard work. Experiments included a "Whack-A-Mole(R)" like game developed with the Makey-Makey technology and aluminum...

Last night at the Abington School Board meeting, Dr. Kelly Doyle, Supervisor of Communications Arts, presented the Abington Silver Pen Awards to outstanding student writers at our elementary schools. Sixth grade teachers nominate narrative writing selections and a building committee at each school scores the entries. The highest scoring papers...

Last night Dr. Sichel recommended and the Board appointed six promotions in the Administrative staff: , Dr. Charles Lentz is appointed Assistant Director of Curriculum , Mr. Daniel File is appointed Principal, Abington Junior High School , Ms. Marie Kim is appointed Principal, McKinley Elementary School , Ms. Lyndsay Morgan...

Local community leaders and school district staff members gathered together yesterday to help celebrate the importance of reading and literacy to students at Overlook Elementary School. This annual celebration commemorates reading, learning, and community. The special guests introduced this year's One School, One Book, The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester...