Welcome Back to the 2025–2026 School Year!
The South Williamsport Area School District is thrilled to welcome our students, families, faculty, and staff to the start of the 2025–2026 school year!
We begin this new school year with renewed energy, great enthusiasm, and a steadfast commitment to fostering a safe, inclusive, and enriching environment for all learners. Whether your child is just starting their educational journey in kindergarten or preparing to graduate, we are honored to partner with you in helping every student reach their highest potential.
Over the summer, our dedicated staff have been hard at work preparing classrooms, enhancing programs, updating facilities, and implementing new initiatives to support academic achievement, emotional well-being, and meaningful engagement across all grade levels. We are especially excited about the innovative learning opportunities and community partnerships that will help shape an unforgettable year ahead. Below, please take time and review the goals for the school distrcit as set forth myself and the South Williamsport Area School Distrcit board of Directors.
Let’s work together to make 2025–2026 a year full of learning, discovery, growth, and joy.
Welcome back, Mounties—we’re glad you’re here!
2025-2026 Superintendent Goals
Goal #1: Launch Parent University
By the end of the 2025–2026 school year, successfully design, launch, and evaluate Parent University, a district-wide initiative aimed at increasing parent engagement and educational awareness by offering structured learning opportunities focused on critical aspects of Pennsylvania’s educational landscape. This initiative will empower parents with knowledge on topics such as academic standards, assessments, life skills trainings, special education services, digital citizenship, post-secondary planning, and many other current trends in education.
Goal #2: IBHS Mental Health Support Team
By the end of the 2025–2026 school year, design, implement, and evaluate a two-person mental health support team at Central Elementary School with the primary objective of providing targeted, proactive interventions for students exhibiting behavioral challenges, fostering a supportive school climate, and reducing the frequency and severity of behavioral incidents.
Goal #3: PBIS Tier I Team
By the end of the 2025–2026 school year, lead the successful implementation of a tiered Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) Tier I framework at the South Williamsport Junior/Senior High School, with the goal of promoting a positive, predictable, and equitable school climate, reducing disciplinary incidents, and enhancing student social-emotional development.