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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Nicolette Teles Named Nazareth High Assistant Principal

Nicolette Teles has been hired to replace Mark Madson as the new Nazareth Area High School assistant principal for students in grades 9 and 11.

Nazareth Area High School has a new assistant principal. Nicolette Teles has been hired to replace Mark Madson as the assistant principal for students in grades 9 and 11. The hire went into effect Tuesday, Jan. 15, according to an e-mail to parents and guardians from Principal Alan Davis.  Teles has been a social studies and gifted education teacher at the high school for 10 years, Davis said, adding that she has served as an adviser to numerous clubs and organizations. She has also played a significant role in the development, implementation and management of the school's Eagle Block program. The Nazareth Area School Board filled two top administration posts on Dec. 11. The board approved Isabel Resende as assistant to the superintendent…

Sean Ihling

9:48 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Great hire, she is a smart lady and a GREAT AMERICAN!!   more ›

Thursday, December 13, 2012

NASD Named an AP District of the Year

Nazareth Area School District -- for the second-straight year -- has been named an AP District of the Year. Nazareth is one of 37 such districts in Pennsylvania and 539 nationwide.

Because of its Advanced Placement achievements, Nazareth Area School District thinks it has earned bragging rights. Its crowning achievement -- and for the second-straight year -- is being named an AP District of the Year. Nazareth is one of 37 such districts in Pennsylvania and 539 nationwide. ”There’s a lot of districts we hear about in Lehigh and Northampton counties … they’re not on this,” high school principal Alan Davis told the school board Monday night, taking a page out of the Rodney Dangerfield I-don’t-get-no-respect view of things. The board honored AP students and teachers at its meeting and many of them were present to exchange congratulatory handshakes with board members. One name that again popped up was Colin Henderson, one…

Friday, November 16, 2012

Nazareth Area School District Again Named to AP Honor Roll

For the second time in as many years, Nazareth Area School District was named to the AP Honor Roll; NASD is the only district in the Lehigh Valley to receive the distinction.

Honor students and Advanced Placement teachers in the Nazareth Area School District did it again. High school Principal Alan Davis announced this week the district has been named to the 3rd Annual AP Honor Roll. A record 539 public school districts in the U.S. and Canada received the recognition, according to www.collegeboard.org. The award is given to districts that increase the number of students taking the college-level classes while simultaneously maintaining or increasing the percentage of students achieving a 3 or higher out of a possible 5 on AP exams. Nazareth is the only district in the Lehigh Valley to make the Honor Roll. The students and teachers who helped the district achieve this honor will be recognized at the Dec. 10 …

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Student Achievers Honored at Nazareth School Board Meeting

The Nazareth Area Board of Education honored individual students and academic teams for their achievements during Monday night's meeting.

Student achievers took center stage at Monday’s meeting of the Nazareth Area Board of Education. The Nazareth Area Middle School Drama Club and the cast of the musical “Annie,” which opens on May 4, performed several upbeat musical selections from the show to a receptive audience. Also, the school board and administration honored several individual students, academic clubs and teams for recent achievements. (A list is included below.) Administrators and board Vice President Linda McDonald -- who chaired the meeting in the absence of board President Lorin Bradley, who was away on business -- sang the praises of the students being honored with almost as much gusto as the cast of “Annie” sang its songs. “More importantly than anything else, …

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Nazareth School Board Recognizes PSSA High Achievers

Twenty Nazareth Area High School seniors aced all four standardized state tests last year.

The Nazareth School Board on Monday recognized 20 Nazareth Area High School seniors who scored Advanced -- the highest level possible -- on all four Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) tests last year. The following students achieved Advanced-level scores as juniors on PSSA tests in math, reading, writing and science: Several of the ace scholars attended Monday's school board meeting, where board members and Alan Davis, principal of Nazareth Area High School, praised their efforts. Davis gave an enthusiastic report of recent successes the district and high school have achieved in the area of student scores on standardized tests. He noted that the honored students are well-rounded young citizens and not just bookworms prepping …

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