Author: Lehigh Valley Academy RCS

Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School (LVA), located in Bethlehem, PA is an accredited public charter school authorized by the Bethlehem Area and Saucon Valley School Districts. LVA serves over 1,800 students from 16 different school districts in the Lehigh Valley. LVA is the only fully authorized International Baccalaureate World School in Pennsylvania that offers an IB continuum to all students in grades K-12 and only 1 of 3 schools in the US. Beginning with full-day kindergarten and continuing through a student's senior year, LVA emphasizes inquiry-based learning and critical thinking to prepare a student for higher education and the 21st century globalized environment. Lehigh Valley Academy is committed to developing young people into active, knowledgeable and caring members of a world-wide, diverse society.
The Great Kindness Challenge 2017

The Great Kindness Challenge 2017

Lehigh Valley Academy RCS

As actor Morgan Freeman once said, “How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.”    During the week of February 21st-24th, the LVA Aevidum team and the Elementary School 4-6 students and staff, participated in the Great Kindness Challenge.  

gkc4What is Aevidum you ask?  Aevidum translates to “I’ve Got Your Back”.  The high school team is available to listen, comfort, advise, and acknowledge each student knowing that this is a judgment-free zone.  This means that you will not be alone because you have a support system. Thank you to our High School Aevidum team for partnering on this awesome event.

The Great Kindness Challenge is a powerful event that actively engages students, teachers and families in helping to create a school culture of unity, respect, and acceptance. Check out some of the amazing things going on…….

The students in grade 4-6 were all given a copy of 50 suggested acts of kindness they cgkcthermometerould demonstrate to others throughout the week.  For those students that completed at least 25 acts of kindness from the list, a certificate of recognition was awarded. Check out our Kindness Thermometer!  

A kindness station was set up and students wrote special messages to their peers, thank you notes to the person of their choice, and decorated posters to hang throughout the gkc3school.

Each student will be given a link to write a time someone has shown kindness to them and all links will be attached together to make a schoolwide chain of kindness.  We will end the week gkc2with our grade level monthly assemblies to celebrate our accomplishments throughout February.

 

Mrs. Shea Ace

Community Relations Coordinator

Lehigh Valley Academy

Get Your Super Powers ready……for PSSA’s!

Get Your Super Powers ready……for PSSA’s!

Lehigh Valley Academy RCS


Our Elementary School’s 4-6 building has a ton of exciting things ins.chimicscomic (1).jpg the works in preparation for the annual PSSAs!  We are enthusiastic about our students being in the right mindset to show how knowledgeable they are and to communicate all that they have been learning this year. We are committed to showing the state that we can “be more awesome” every single year!

Our superpowers are all of the fantastic test-taking strategies that we have been incorporating into our everyday learning experiences.  Throughout our entire school day, our students are analyzing, examining, evaluating, and connecting, all while being IB thinkers and inquirers! Our students have become experts at making annotations, analyzing questions before attempting to answer them (underlining, highlighting, and circling, oh my!) and being confident enough to be risk-takers when we encounter new and challenging circumstances.

Another new superpower our 4-6 students have learned is how to take a moment and be reflective on mindfulness and how to use breathing strategies to keep us calm all day long!  A special shoutout to Mrs. Schaefer, an amazing parent volunteer who has coached our students to become masters of mindfulness.

Our enthusiastic teachers and specialists have been busy getting creative with our annual PSSA kick-off video, which will be shared with students during our 4-6 assemblies.  Similar to previous years, the goal is to help our students feel confident as test-takers and be even more ready to show what they know.  We want to demonstrate just how proud we are of all the commitment we have seen this year and that we are confident that they are ready to take on the challenge!s-chimicsdolls

We would like to invite our parents to get involved in a variety of ways too!  During our Spring Open House on March 30th, parents are invited to communicate words of encouragement and inspiration to our students through letter-writing.  Mrs. Fischer will also be hosting a PAC meeting to help our parents become more knowledgeable about the PSSAs.  Please participate on Thursday, March 9th at 8:30AM.  Your support helps our students be their absolute best and show that LVA can “be more awesome” than ever before!

Ms. Steph Chimics
ES 4-6 Reading Specialist

 

Welcome to the new LVA Blog!

Welcome to the new LVA Blog!

Lehigh Valley Academy RCS

Hello LVA Community!

We are so excited to launch the official blog of Lehigh Valley Academy Regionmauseral Charter School (LVA). We are looking forward to being able to share information about our school, the International Baccalaureate Programme, hot topics in the field of education and charter schools.

Please subscribe and join us on this journey. Each week you will be hearing from our teachers, administrators, students and alumni as they explore a variety of different topics.

Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School is a K-12 public charter school that opened its doors in 2002. In the last 15 years, LVA has accomplished a lot! Lehigh Valley Academy is the only school in the area to have been authorized as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School to offer the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP).

LVA is also accredited by the Middle States Association (MSA), was named the Number 1 Top Workplace in the Lehigh Valley by the Morning Call in 2014, and has been ranked as one of the top high schools and one of the top charter schools in Pennsylvania by US News and World Reports for the last five years.

These accomplishments would not have been possible without the hard work of all of our stakeholders. I am thrilled that this blog will give them a platform to share their thoughts and amazing ideas with you.

Happy reading,

Susan Mauser

Chief Executive Officer Lehigh Valley Academy RCS