With the days of summer vacation waning, Northampton Area School District is gearing up for the first day of classes for the 2025-26 school year — Aug. 25. The NASD’s August calendar is chock-full of events for teachers, administrators, students and parents and guardians.

Teacher induction days were held 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 4, 5 and 6.

Northampton Area Middle School sixth-grade orientation is Aug. 13. The schedule includes 8:30-10 a.m. for Kiln 1, 10 a.m.-noon for Kiln 2 and 12:30-2 p.m. for Kiln 3.

NAMS new student orientation for seventh- and eighth-grade students who are new to the district is set for 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 14.

Northampton Area High School new student orientation for ninth-grade and new students is 9-11 a.m. Aug. 15 for last names A-J and from noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 15 for last names K-Z.

District in-service days are planned for 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 19, 20 and 21.

George Wolf Elementary School kindergarten orientation is set for 5:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 19.

Northampton Borough Elementary Schools kindergarten meet-the-teacher night is 4-6 p.m. Aug. 20 at Franklin Elementary School.

Lehigh Elementary School orientation for incoming kindergarten students to meet their teachers and tour the school will be 5-7 p.m. Aug. 20. New families to Lehigh Elementary also have their orientation to tour the school and see the classrooms at the same time.

George Wolf Elementary’s meet-the-teacher night is set for 6-7:45 p.m. Aug. 20.

Moore Elementary School is holding its meet-the-teacher night 6-8 p.m. Aug. 20. Parents of students in grades 1-5 are welcome.

Northampton Borough Elementary’s first-grade meet-the-teacher night will be 4-8 p.m. Aug. 21 at Siegfried Elementary School.

Moore Elementary’s new family and kindergarten parent orientation is set for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 21.

The NAHS open house for all students will be 6-8 p.m. Aug. 21.

The first day for students at NAMS is 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Aug. 25.

NAHS welcomes students for the first day 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 25.

For more information, go to nasdschools.org/events.

At the July 21 NASD Board of Education meeting, school directors voted 9-0 to approve:

• Unified Champion School Bocce Ball Program with an initial cost of approximately $12,000, which includes the stipends of one head coach, two assistant coaches and equipment

• Jaclyn Grejda, head cross country coach, retroactively effective July 1, at $6,878

• Revised listing of 2025-26 fall season coaching staff, with pay rates, effective July 1-June 30, 2026

• Revised listing of individuals and pay rates to oversee intramural programs and the weight room, effective for the 2025-26 school year

• Erin Vaccaro, George Wolf Elementary nurse, effective Aug. 18, at $64,266 with benefits

• Laura Filchner, Lehigh Elementary School special education teacher, Aug. 18-March 5, 2026, at $63,655, prorated

• Tricia Meyer, Siegfried Elementary special education teacher, effective Aug. 18, at $98,187 with benefits

• Kyleigh Straub, Lehigh Elementary long-term substitute kindergarten teacher, Oct. 27-March 20, 2026, at $63,655, prorated, with no benefits

• Rochelle Figura, Lehigh Elementary instructional assistant, effective Aug. 18, at $21.38 per hour with benefits

• Kaila Cruz, NAHS hall monitor, effective Aug. 25, at $20.63 per hour

• Resignation of Ryan Johnson, Siegfried Elementary special education teacher, effective June 30

• Resignation, Claudia Bento, Siegfried Elementary teacher, effective June 24

• Revised kindergarten readiness Title I camp, June 16-19 and 23-26, and district personnel to teach: Erica Amato, Nicole Cramer, Nicole Dougherty, Jennifer Haley, Jaqueline Schucker, Denise Straub, Beth Trexler, Gina VanLuvanee and Sydney Warner. The program is grant funded through Title I available funds at no cost to district.

The board of education is next scheduled to meet 6:30 p.m. Aug. 11 in the NAHS auditorium, 1619 Laubach Ave.