News & Announcements

There will be a special voting meeting of the Punxsutawney Area School Board on Tuesday June 17, 2025. The purpose of this meeting is to hire individuals for open positions, changes to the 2025-2026 school calendar and any other business that may arise. There will be an executive session at 5:30 with the public meeting following at 6:00 p.m., in the board room of the Administrative Offices located at 300 Center Street, Punxsutawney, PA 15767.

The high school campus will be open for the community to use from 7am to 8:30pm Monday through Saturday, security gates will close at 8:30pm. Sunday's the gates will close at 4pm.

PASD is once again offering free meals to kids 18 and under this summer. To learn more about this program, including a menu and details for both eat-in and grab-and-go meals, please click on this announcement's headline or visit our cafeteria page.

The newly-approved PASD Calendar for the 2025-2026 school year is now available online! To view and/or download a copy, please click on this announcement's headline and scroll to the bottom of our PASD Calendar page!

ACA 1095: Employer-Provided Health Insurance form will not automatically be sent to employees or retirees. Copies will be kept on file in the business office. If you need a copy of your 1095 form, please submit a request to:

Susan Robertson
PASD Administrative Offices
300 Center St.
Punxsutawney, PA 15767
Phone: 814-938-5151
Email: [email protected].

Breakfast and Lunch Menus are available online! From the District Site, you can click on SERVICES -> CAFETERIA to access the page, or you can click on this announcement's headline to go there directly.

PASD is implementing a new Student Information System called Synergy. Parents/Guardians can use Synergy ParentVUE to log in and access grades and other information for their student(s). To learn more about how to register and access your ParentVUE account, please click on this announcement's headline.

Parents are invited to attend a special learning session on positive behavior strategies for home and school. This event will be held on April 15th at 10:30AM at Punxsutawney Area Elementary School. For more information and to RSVP, please click on this announcement's headline.

PASD uses SchoolMessenger to send text alerts with special announcements, emergencies, delays, closings, and other important notifications. PREVIOUS USERS, PLEASE NOTE: if you have already registered to receive our district text alerts, YOU DO NOT NEED TO RE-REGISTER THIS YEAR!  You should continue to receive PASD text alerts for the 2023-24 school year. If you were previously registered to receive PASD text alerts, but you wish to stop receiving these messages, you can text STOP to the number 67587. If you are new to the district or if you did not register for the text alert system previously, you can register for our SchoolMessenger text alert system by clicking on this announcement's headline and following the directions on our registration page.

Attention PASD Parents/Guardians and Students: This school year, the Punxsutawney Area School District will begin implementing Flexible Instruction Days (FIDs) in the event of severe weather or other emergencies that would require closing our schools. To learn more, please read the full article here, which also explains how you can find our brand-new Flexible Instruction Day (FID) Page with directions and student guidelines!