On Friday, ASHS science teacher, Mr. Anderson, brought his telescope out to the bus loop during arrivals to give students an opportunity to have a closeup look at the morning moon. #ASDProud
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Students look through Mr. Anderson's telescope
Mr. Anderson shows students the moon with his telescope

Our final #SummerinASD post! Thanks for sharing all of your summer adventures! McKinley 5th grader, Andrii Adamchuk, visited Niagara Falls with his family. As a big fan of Lego, he also fulfilled his dream of visiting Legoland, New York!

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Andrii stands in front of the waterall at Niagara Falls, leaning on a railing
Andrii stands leaning on a stone wall with a castle-like stone building in the background
Andrii stis reasing inside of the open mough of a giant Lego crocodile
Andrii gives the thumbs up in front of Legoland
The Fugarolas and Hannum families, including AMS 6th grader Laia Fugarolas & her brother & sister Jordi and Gemma (Rydal, grades 1 & 3), and Rydal 5th grader Quinn Hannum and her brothers Wes and Seamus (Rydal grades 3 & K), spent the last weeks of summer in la Costa Brava, Spain. They visited different beaches, explored medieval towns, and toured around Barcelona. #SummerinASD
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5 Abington students pose on ancient stone steps in Spain
5 Abington students pose in front of a brightly lit medieval tower in Spain at dusk
Copper Beech 3rd grader Mckesson spent her summer visiting new USA cities and states! She attend her first concert ever with the most fabulous Cowboy Carter in Las Vegas, Nevada; the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and the beautiful "Windy City", Chicago, Illinois. #SummerinASD
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Mckesson stands beneath a shiny mirrored sculpture with her hands up, with her reflection appearing like she is supporting the huge mass
Mckesson sits in a huge rock at the top of a ridge in Nevada, with the canyon in the background
Mckesson stands in a concert arena with bright lights forming the shape of the American flag
As an age-appropriate lesson on 9/11 for some of our youngest learners in Abington School District, elementary schools focused on the themes of community and heroism today. In Mr. Hudson's 1st grade Explorations class at McKinley, this involved making thank you cards for our local firefighters.
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The cards students made for firefighters
students making cards at tables
students making cards at tables
students making cards at tables
students making cards at tables
Today we honor the victims, survivors, and heroic first responders of September 11, 2001.
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Remembering 9/11
ASHS 9th grader Adina and her brother Ben, AMS 6th grader, travelled through Colorado and Arizona with their parents and visited Great Sand Dunes National Park (CO), Mesa Verde National Park (CO), & Petrified Forest National Park (AZ), among other historical sites. #SummerinASD
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Ben and Adina stand in a rocky desert in front of a large bolder
Ben holds a sand board in a desert with mountains in background
Adina rides a sand board on the sand, with mountains in background
Adina, Ben and parents stand in front of an adobe house buildi out of sand with tourists in background

At last night's Board meeting, Dr. Fecher and Dr. Mowry honored Mr. Christopher Lionetti, Chief Financial Officer and Board Secretary, ahead of his retirement following 32 years of service to the Abington School District, including 16 years leading the Business Office. #ASDProud #OneASD

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Dr. Fecher, Mr. Lionetti and Dr. Mowry
Dr. Fecher recognizing Mr. Lionetti alongside Dr. Mowry at the Board meeting
Before the close of Summer 2025, Josiah Marc, ASHS 12th grader, and Jordan Marc, AMS 7th grader, enjoyed a "bermudaful" day in Hamilton, Bermuda! #SummerinASD
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Josiah and Jordan stand together with arms crossed with blue skies behind them, and standing in front of huge huge colorful letters that spell out "BERMUDA"
Please be advised that Skyward student and family access portals will be unavailable on Tuesday, September 23 and Wednesday, September 24, for scheduled IT infrastructure maintenance. Families should plan accordingly should they need access to Skyward for information or materials. Schools are already scheduled to be closed on these two days as well.
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Skyward logo
Samantha and Nathaniel Harding, Roslyn Elementary 4th and 2nd graders, had a blast in Gatlinburg, TN this summer! They explored the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, visited Dollywood, and checked out Pigeon Forge. #SummerinASD
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Samantha, Nathaniel and their parents stand before a sign reading "Great Smoky Mountains National Park" on a round stone wall, with beautiful forest behind
Samantha & Nathaniel stand in front of a theater with a sign "Dollywood" and "Showstreet Palace Theater", with shrubbery and a brick wall in front
Nathaniel & Samantha stand in front of a wall with a beautiful mural of a bear and letters "GATLINBURG"
Samantha & Nathaniel stand in the entryway of a wooden sky bridge, with an arch reading "SKYBRIDGE GATLINBURG"
Walter Flores III, ASHS Class of 2025, and his brother Jonathan, AMS 7th grader, toured the cities of Shanghai, Wuzhen, and Suzhou, China, before moving Walter into New York University Shanghai to begin his freshman year. #SummerinASD
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Jonathan and Walter stand with their mom in a beautiful stone doorway in China
Jonathan and Walter stand in front of a white wall with the large logo "NYU Shanghai" behind them
Jonathan, Walter and their mom stand in front of a cityscape in the background with a body of water in the foreground behind them
Jonathan and his mom sit on a wall with an ornamental fence in front of a pagoda with beautiful green landscape

Eric, a kindergartner at Willow Hill Elementary, was lucky enough to take an Alaskan cruise and go to Disney world this summer! #SummerinASD

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Eric stands in front of a beautiful landscape with a body of water, rocks and ice-capped mountains in the background
Eric stands in front of a beautiful stone block wall with Donald Dusk holding his hands from behind
#SummerinASD: ASHS students Kaycie Applegate, Nick Burlingame, Greg Grey, Kolton Inverso, Darwin Liu, Adelyn Shore, Micah Ufberg, Watson van Ekeleberg and Michelle Verbilla, traveled to the rural community of Keur Coly Diouf in Senegal this July to support BuildOn's constructiction of a new school alongside community members. Bravo to the group and Ms. Danielle Lips for working hard year-round to give back to others!
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9 students in black t-shirts stand in front of a building they are helping to construct
Students and members of the community work together to full a stone structure with concrete with spades and shovels
A student wearing a green bandana and black t-shirt leans forward over a talble to write, with other students and community members in the background
A building under sonctruction
Students work together with community members by pushing a wheelbarrow and carrying building supplies
The open walls of the new building while under construction
AMS 7th grader Zayne Singleton-Brooks spent a week of summer visiting Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with his grandparents. They checked out Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum & Aquarium, took in the show at the Pirates Voyage Theatre, and celebrated his birthday! #SummerinASD
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Zayne standing in the ocean, holding a piece of birthday cake on a plate, standing with his grandparents, drinking a beverage, "Pirates Voyage" building signage, and Zayne and grandparents in front of beautiful landscape scenery

AMS 7th grader Pasquale Gargaglione spent his summer vacationing in Italy with his family, celebrating his birthday, enjoying time on the beach, playing with his friends in a volleyball competition, and celebrating his grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. #SummerinASD

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Pasquale stands on stone seps with his family, with a beautiful stone building with arches and lanterns behind them
Pasquale sits at a table smile with his birthday cake in front of him, which has blue shadors, whipped cream and cherries
Pasquale and his family stand together at his grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary, wearing formal attire and holding floral bouquets
AMS 8th grader Chase Schlagnhaufer wrapped up the Summer of 2025 by visiting the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH, and the John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA. #SummerinASD
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Chase stands at Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH, holding a red, white and black electric guitar, with other guitars resting in the background
Chase stands at an iteractive display of the Lunar Lander, with is hands on the controls, looking at a screen showing the moon's surface and the earth in the background
Highland first grader Jamarr King had the opportunity to sit in the pilot’s seat and explore the cockpit on his way to Tampa, Florida for summer vacation! #SummerinASD
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Jamarr sits in his seat next to a window on the airplane, holding a fluffy cushion for the ride
Jamarr sits in the cockpit of an airplane, among many controls and panels

Twenty Abington Senior High juniors and seniors visited Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands in July. They explored conservation and breeding efforts at the Charles Darwin Center, snorkeled with the sea lions, walked with giant Galapagos tortoises, hiked through lava volcanoes, took a boat to see penguins, and visited the equatorial line! #SummerinASD

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ASD students visited the equatorial line while visiting Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands
ASD students pose during their trip to Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands
ASD students saw sea lions on their trip to Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands
ASD students hiked through lava volcanos while visiting Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands
ASD students walked with Giant Galapagos on their trip
ASD students pose during their trip to Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands
ASD students took a boat ride to see the blue footed boobies while visiting the Galapagos Islands

Summer might be over, but we still have plenty of #SummerinASD adventures to share! Abington Middle School 8th grader Ben Bradley, along with his brother Eli, 3rd grader at Highland, helped the Society of American Magicians maintain Harry Houdini’s final resting spot in Queens, New York.

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Eli and Ben stand in front of a concrete monument in a cemetery
Ben & Eli sit behind the headstone that says "Houdini, 1874-1926, and beloved wife Wilhelmina Beatrice