News & Announcements

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!

Upcoming athletics live stream announcements, links, and directions can be found on our Athletics Live Stream Schedule page! This page provides a weekly list of events that will be broadcast either on our PASD YouTube channel or, when available, from a host school's chosen method of live streaming away events. Click on this announcement's headline to access the page or you can find it under the Athletics heading on the district and high school homepages. Go Chucks!

Explore Clarion will be live streaming Boys basketball vs Keystone from Clarion University on their YouTube Channel today, Feb. 1 at 6pm. Click the link on the headline to find the link.

(November 26, 2024) Parents, if you would like to learn more about supporting healthy childhood brain development, we invite you to click on this announcement's link for a valuable Parent Resource.

(November 13, 2024) Parents if you would like to learn more about the benefits of reading aloud to your children, we invite you to click on this announcement's link for a valuable Parent Resource.

Parents/Guardians and Students--please be advised that we have an updated Activity Bus Route Schedule posted on our website. (Updated October 2024). Click on this announcement's headline to view the new schedule or visit SERVICES-->TRANSPORTATION-->ACTIVITY BUS INFORMATION to view the updated schedule.

The Punxsutawney Area School District will be live streaming school board meetings. Please click Our District--> School Board--> School Board Streaming Page from the top of this page or click on this News and Announcements headline to view the School Board Live Stream Page for the link.

Here is the proposed elementary school playground architectural drawing. Click on the headline of this News & Announcement to view the drawing.

PASD's Special Education Plan is an action plan that describes the District’s commitment to ensure that a quality education will be provided to each of its students with a disability eligible for special education. This plan is required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and must be updated every three years. The plan describes the special education programs and services that are provided within the District and those special education programs and services within district boundaries. This draft plan will be posted for a 28-day public review period, and all PASD stakeholders are encouraged to review the plan and provide feedback. Feedback can be provided to the following email: [email protected]. To review this plan, please click on this announcement's headline or visit the LATEST NEWS section of our website.

Parents and Guardians, if you'd like some information to help your child with organization and study skills, there is an online resource available through LD OnLine, a website that offers guidance on ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, speech, reading difficulties and more. To access their resource on organization and study skills, please click on this announcement's headline.