BASD : Dental program open

The Bethlehem Health Bureau’s dental program is open to any child or adult who resides in the City of Bethlehem and is uninsured and meets income guidelines, is eligible for dental care services.

The $500 yearly limit includes some diagnostic services and prophylactic and restorative care.

Call the Bethlehem Health Bureau, 610-865-7083, if interested in participating, to determine eligibility.

BASD: New scholarships announced

Moravian College and the Bethlehem Area School District have partnered to offer a superintendent’s scholarship to both a qualified Liberty HS and a Freedom HS graduating senior. The applicants must have attended LHS or FHS for at least their junior and senior years and demonstrate evidence of meaningful service to the larger community.

The four year tuition free scholarship, which will be offered annually by the college, begins next year. The students applying must meet certain criteria and be accepted to Moravian College as full-time, traditional undergraduate students for the fall semester immediately following high school graduation.

Families must complete a free application for federal student aid and release it to Moravian College. The application deadline is Feb.1, 2016.

The Superintendent’s Scholarship is an outgrowth of an agreement between President Dr. Bryon L. Grigsby, of Moravian College, and Dr. Joseph J. Roy, superintendent of schools, BASD.

For more information, visit http://www.moravian.edu/BASDscholar.

BASD: Budget video available

A new video, which is the first step in developing the annual budget, explains the process from where BASD was to where it is going. To view the presentation, narrated by BASD superintendent Dr. Joseph J. Roy, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liLuVKbeEPQ .

Nitschmann MS:

Nitschmann students visited the American Millwork & Cabinetry manufacturer and talked about

the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” video competition.

To view more, visit https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9l35qv6jm6qrsoi/AABa6j3WHStIxQVh7n6CZ

8-pa?dl=0&preview=American+Millwork+%26+Cabinetry+-Highlights.mp4.

Freedom: Peace Corp grad seeks help

A former FHS student, now serving in the U.S. Peace Corps, is asking for help to raise funds for a project he is heading on Koro Island, Fiji, in the South Pacific. For information, visit https://donate.peacecorps.gov/donate/project/misson-kindy.

Freemansburg ES: Poetry project online

Freemansburg ES’s favorite poem project poetry and reading, headed by FES fourth grade teacher Jane Gilrain, can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmMGW7zy4Hg.

Charter Arts: Open house Jan. 5

The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts will hold an admissions open house at 6 p.m. on Jan. 5 the school, 321 E. Third St. Prospective students and their families may tour the facility and meet faculty and school administrators.

Opened in 2003, the school is an audition-based, tuition-free, public charter school that serves students, grades nine to 12, who have a passion for the arts. Any high school student who is a Pennsylvania resident is eligible to audition.

Majors include dance, theatre, Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Visual Art, Figure Skating or Literary Arts. Tours begin at 6 p.m.; the program begins at 6:30 p.m. No reservations required. For information, visit www.CharterArts.org.

Mercy School: Grants received

Mercy School For Special Learning, the Lehigh Valley’s only private school for children and adults with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities based in Allentown, recently received numerous grant awards from several generous organizations.

Mercy received $85,000 in grant monies from the Harry C. Trexler Trust in Allentown that will support both the renovations of the student bathrooms and the daily operations of the school. Also, an anonymous grantor awarded Mercy $25,000 to assist with the renovation of the school’s auditorium.

In addition, the Air Products Foundation awarded Mercy $8,000 for the school’s Work Experience Program as well as the recent Dinner Gala.

Hospital Central Services in Allentown also awarded Mercy $2,000 for the Work Experience Program, in which students ages 15 and older apply skills learned in the classroom in a real-world setting, under the guidance of a job coach, at one of 13 current worksite locations throughout the Lehigh Valley.

Mercy received a $500 grant from the TopStar Express in Emmaus to benefit the school’s math and science programs. Also, the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation has informed the school that in early 2016, Mercy will receive $10,000 to support the school’s technology program. And at the Phillies Winter Banquet on Jan. 21, Mercy will receive a $1,000 grant award from IronPigs Charities that will benefit Mercy’s monthly visits to Parkettes in Allentown. Students develop their physical and social skills as part of their overall development through exercise and healthy activities at the renowned gymnastics institution.

For more information about Mercy School For Special Learning and these grant awards, please visit www.mercyschool.org or call 610-797-8242.

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