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Ground was broken in November of 2022 for the facility, which is built on land between the former intermediate and high schools. The building was finished and ready to accommodate more than 650 students when it opened on Aug. 19. Advanced security features, a student commons area in an atrium that lets in natural light with a food court at one end, and classrooms that are connected by meeting and maker spaces are hallmarks of the new building. Of the common area, Orndorff pointed out the “wow factor,” noting the space will be used for booster rallies and other events that involve the student population.
Executive director Jennifer West stated that Girls on the Run (GOTR) Lancaster-Lebanon is designed to help girls achieve whatever goals they set. “We like to say girls join for 100 different reasons,” she said. “Some like to get faster in a sport on their offseason. Some are new to the area, and they want to make friends. Some have friends, and they just want to have a really great time. You can be from any area and when you participate in Girls on the Run, you are going to get out of it exactly what you need.” GOTR Lancaster-Lebanon is a registered 501(c)(3) organization that serves girls in third through eighth grades in Lancaster and Lebanon counties. West said that since forming in 2009, the council has impacted nearly 24,000 girls through locally delivered GOTR, Heart & Sole, and Camp GOTR programs. R e g istrat ion for the fal l season will be open through Saturday, Sept. 13. Go to www.gotr lancaster.org for more details or to register. There is a fee to participate, but GOTR has several financial assistance plans and payment options. Registration includes 20 practice sessions conducted by certified and trained GOTR volunteer coaches, curriculum and lesson materials and a take-home journal with activities, an official GOTR season T-shirt and gift, and 5K registration and a medal. Each team will do a community impact project. “It’s very important to give back to the space
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Rich Eby, Erik Orndorff, and John Bowden in the atrium of the new Pequea Valley Secondary School
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ccording to Pequea Valley School District (PVSD) assistant superintendent Rich Eby, trying to make innovative new programs work in a building that was designed for the prevailing thoughts on education more than 60 years ago was akin to putting square pegs in round holes. “In the other building, we were trying to fit our programs into the individual classrooms,” explained Eby. “Now (in the new building) everything is exactly aligned to our vision, from the large common area to the First Choice Career Center
and from science and agriculture to the C.O.R.E. Academy. That vision, according to PVSD superintendent Erik Orndorff, includes giving each student the education necessary to help achieve his or her career choice. “We say each learner counts, and we have 35 to 40% going to a fouryear school (after graduating), we want to care about the other 60% and have them get a better occupation right out of high school.” Orndorff credited John Bowden, chief of finance and operations for PVSD, with overseeing the transformation of that vision into the new Pequea Valley Secondary School.
Hay Creek Festival
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