On Thursday morning, June 13, 2019, Bala Cynwyd Middle School held its annual Eighth Grade Recognition Ceremony.

It was an evening of beautiful music, when the Bala Cynwyd Middle School Music Department hosted String Move Up Night, featuring 240 student musicians.

The World Language Department has selected the text for the 2019-2020 Academic Year: The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World's Happiest People by Meik Wiking.

Hundreds of runners and walkers turned out for the Tenth Annual "Run for Our Schools" sponsored by the Education Foundation of Lower Merion on Sunday morning, June 2, 2019, at Harriton High School and in its surrounding neighborhoods.

The eight-member team topped all other competing districts in this year's competition, which challenges the knowledge and skills of drivers in a series of events focusing on student safety, driver professionalism and service excellence.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time when many national organizations, including the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and Mental Health America, work to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and to stop the stigma associated with mental health disorders.

When our school district faces questions, looks at policy, makes changes or plans for the future, our guiding document is "All Forward," the strategic plan that we began implementing five years ago.

The broad goals and aspirations of the strategic plan are to build a District that is inclusive of all students and helps them realize their full potential both inside the classroom and beyond.

A number of exciting initiatives are underway as we work to make the aspirational goals of "All Forward" a reality.

After spending the last few weeks reading, writing, revising and publishing poems on a range of topics, students chose one of their favorite polished pieces to recite in front of classmates, family and friends performed in the beatnik style of the 1960's.