Saucon Valley High School

I am honored to be the new assistant principal of Saucon Valley High School. I am embracing this new journey together with you (the parents, the students, and the teachers), to continue to make Saucon Valley HS an amazing place to be a child. I come to you with a wealth of experience in Student Support Services, which will augment my role as the new assistant principal. I have worked in several school communities, (Public, Catholic and Charter) and with students for over ten (10) years.

I value the importance of partnerships with families and the community, and I want to make sure our connection remains strong through communication. It “takes a village” and I know together we will accomplish outstanding achievements. Amazing things can happen through collaboration, thoughtfulness, communication, consistency, and hard work. Let’s watch them soar together!!!

Teresa Casimire, MS, MSEd.

Scholastic Scrimmage traveled to PBS 39 to compete in round 2 of the local competition on Wednesday, December 7. Lincoln Alicea, Kimberly Moser, Paul Mihalitsas, and Stepan Goudsouzian pulled out a victory in a very close match against Whitehall High School! Mark your calendars to watch the exciting competition on January 13 at 2:30. The team will compete in round 3 against either Salisbury or Allentown Central Catholic on Wednesday, December 14.

New Boys Basketball Head Coach Brett Snyder had his first career win on December 6th over Pen Argyl and followed it up with another win December 8th over Wilson.

New Girls Basketball Head Coach Mike Petruny had his first career win December 8th over Wilson.

New Head Swim Head Coach Sean Fenoff had his first career win. Freshman Julia Cort set two new school records! The 50 Free with a time of 25.01 & the 100 Free with a time of 56.94!

Wrestling also defeated Pen Argyl on December 7th.

On Saturday, December 6th, seven members of the Saucon Valley HS Band program auditioned for the PMEA (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) District 10 Band. PMEA District 10 comprises schools from Schuukill, Berks, Lehigh, Carbon, Northampton, Monroe, and Pike Counties. The show of talent was immense and scoring/judging was held to a high standard!

Congratulations to Rachel Myers (11) for earning a spot on Clarinet!

Rachel will rehearse and perform with the PMEA District 10 Band at Nazareth HS February 9-11th

Kudos to Nick Porterfield, Nicholas Gombocz, Izzy Zellers, Stephen Vautrin, Ben Esch, and Emily Kozero for auditioning as well. They all put in a lot of hard work to prepare for these auditions!

The Saucon Valley HS Jazz Band will be spreading Holiday Cheer for the elderly at Saucon Valley Manor on Tuesday, December 13th!

The Saucon Valley High School Leo Club and National Honor Society are teaming up to sponsor and manage the Saucon Valley High School Food Bank. Donations will benefit Saucon Valley students in need. Overflow donations will be delivered to the New Jerusalem Church Food Bank, which is one of our local community food banks.

These service clubs would like to thank the school and community in advance for supporting the food bank over the remainder of the school year.

Please support the Saucon Valley Basketball program. They are running a Pierogie sale:

11/27/22-12/16/22.

The pierogies are homemade by The Bayou Boys and freshly frozen.

Potato & Cheese $10/dozen, Bacon & Cheese, Buffalo: $12/dozen.

The Date for pick up is January 7th between 9am-12 only in the Elementary Cafeteria.

Order here: https://www.jotform.com/bbhgf/svbb

Any questions please contact Paula Miller, paula.miller@svpanthers.org

Thank you all for your support!!

Save the dates

12/14/22: McDonald’s Dine & Donate, 4-8pm

3/25/23: March Madness Beef & Beer Bash, Steel Club

The Spring production workshops and auditions are scheduled!

Workshops:

December 7th 2:30-4:30 - Vocal with Mr. Miller

December 13th - 2:30 - 3:30 - Stage Crew Meeting - Mrs. Stone

December 14th - 2:30 - 4:30 - Acting Workshop - Mrs. Stone

December 16th - 2:30 - 4:30 - Dance Workshop with Mrs. Stone and Choreographer

Auditions - Sunday December 18th - 9:30 - 1:30 - All Dance and Vocal

Call Backs - Tuesday December 20th - 2:30 - 4:30 - Acting

If you plan on auditioning please fill out the form to pre-register for auditions and preparation workshops.

The Freshmen class are currently selling Kripsy Kreme Doughnuts for their fall fundraiser. The glazed doughnuts are on sale for $12/dozen. All freshmen have an order form and the form is due by Friday, December 16th at 3pm. Orders will be available for pickup on December 21st from 1-4pm in the high school pond lobby. All checks should be made payable to SVHS. Thanks in advance for helping out the Class of 2026! If you have any questions, please email Brianna.Keeney@svpanthers.org.

SGA will be having a fundraiser to raise money for Emily's Hug Me Squishmallow drive for kids at LVH experiencing cancer treatment. Adele (Emily's mom) has graciously provided Emily's Fight and Emily Strong bracelets in adult and kid sizes to be used to sell to raise money for the HugMe Squishmallows. SGA members will be asking for a donation, that way if someone wants to give $.50, $1.00 or $5.00 it is a choice and all can be involved. All money raised will be used to purchase Squishmallows for Emily to donate.

The SVHS Competition Robotics Team, Panthera Robotica FTC Team #17334, is currently fundraising for their current season. Please thoughtfully consider financially supporting them this year. Contributions will help the program purchase electronic control systems, engineering materials, game fields, transportation, registration fees, team apparel, and more. See the GoFundMe link for more details.

Lehigh is excited to share that they are accepting applications from current high school sophomores and juniors for our Iacocca Global Entrepreneurship Intensive (IGEI)! This program will be hosted on Lehigh's campus from June 25 – July 22, 2023 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Your students can join a group of emerging leaders from across the U.S. and around the world to create diverse teams and solve a real problem facing a company or organization. Through the entrepreneurship intensive, they'll be able to do a dive deep into focus areas like sustainability, population health or business.

The curriculum is led by faculty from across the university and throughout the worldwide Iacocca Institute network. It also includes contributions from and collaboration with Lehigh's Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity & Innovation, the Lehigh@NasdaqCenter and the Mountaintop Initiative.

For more information and to apply, visit go.lehigh.edu/igei or join us for an upcoming information session:

•December 14, 2022 at 12 p.m. EST and 7 p.m. EST

RSVP to gesummer@lehigh.edu to receive the Zoom link!

The early decision deadline for this program is February 19, 2023. After that date, we will admit qualified applicants on a rolling basis until the program maximum is reached.

Students interested in attending NCC next year can officially begin the application process in the Admissions Portal. Once they've applied, they can follow the Admissions Checklist to stay on track to becoming enrolled!

The 2022-2023 Saucon Valley High School Yearbook is now on sale! This year's theme is "Welcome to the Jungle".

Ordering online is easy! Head to yearbookordercenter.com and use the order number 16880 to select Saucon Valley Sr High School.

If you place an order and need to make any changes, please call The Herff Jones Yearbook Order Center at 1-866-287-3096. If you ordered a 2021-2022 yearbook last year and have not received it, please email Brianna.Keeney@svpanthers.org for assistance.

Attention Parents of Saucon Valley High School Seniors:

We are giving you the opportunity to recognize your Seniors in the 2023 Yearbook Reflector with a SENIOR SHOUT-OUT!

Here's how to recognize your Senior:

Simply type up your shout-out and email it to SVHSyearbook@svpanthers.org. If you decide to include an image, email it along with your shout-out. We ask that you please make all checks payable to SVHS with the memo “Yearbook Senior Shout-out” and bring it to room 412 or mail it to the high school, with att: Brianna Keeney.

Please see PDF below for pricing and size of ad.

Deadline for any submissions is Friday, January 20th- so please submit soon!

https://www.svpanthers.org/domain/542

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Our Learning Management System, Schoology, will play a central role in teaching and learning. With Schoology, students can connect virtually to instruction, digitally submit assignments, participate in interactive activities, receive feedback, and connects directly to other platforms such as Seesaw. We strongly encourage all parents/guardians to sign up for a Parent Account to support your child's learning within the platform. Follow these instructions to create a Parent Account using the unique access code in your welcome email.

https://www.safe2saypa.org/

Safe2Say is a youth violence prevention program. The program teaches youth how to recognize warning signals, especially within social media, from individuals who may be a threat to themselves or others and to “say something” BEFORE it is too late.

The Colonial IU20 will be presenting a series of parent workshops throughout the school year. These workshops will be the 3rd Tuesday of every month, starting on September 20th at 6-7PM on Zoom. Register to take part in the Zoom Workshops.

Walter Pawlowski

High School Principal

Email: walter.pawlowski@svpanthers.org
Website: https://www.svpanthers.org/Domain/8
Location: 2097 Polk Valley Road, Hellertown, PA 18055, USA
Phone: 610.838.7001