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The main entrance of Bucktail High School will get an upgrade as part of a $1.3 million project.
RENOVO Bucktail High School will have a new look very soon.
At a special meeting on Thursday night, the Keystone Central school board approved a project for facade improvements at the high school. The project will cost around $1.3 million. The board unanimously approved the contract for the low bidder, J.C. Orr and Son, Inc., of Altoona. Orr’s winning bid was $1,325,520, along with another $37,000 in board-approved alternates.
“This is a big project,” said Rob Pacella, supervisor of property services in the Keystone Central School District. “We’re upgrading the facade, windows, entrances and exterior doors.”
Kim Feerar
LOCK HAVEN The first two inductees in the newly created Central Mountain Music & Arts Hall of Fame are Kali Haines, a member of the Central Mountain Class of 2014, and Kim Feerar, a retired and regular substitute teacher at Central Mountain.
While at Central Mountain, Haines participated in Chorus and District Chorus, Art and Musicial Theatre. She won Best Supporting Actress in a Musical and was president of the Theatre Club.
After high school Kali went to Shenandoah Conservatory for musical theatre and performed in roles such as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and Viola in Illyria. She also performed at Millbrook Playhouse for 11 seasons and some of her credits include: Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Regina in Rock of Ages and Joan in Fun home. After college, Kali went on to perform on the mainstage on Celebrity Cruise Lines for three years until COVID hit.
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MILL HALL In a school year where little has been normal, the Keystone Central School District will be trying to make things as normal as possible for the graduating Class of 2021.
At Thursday night’s school board voting session, KCSD superintendent Jacquelyn Martin announced that both Bucktail High School and Central Mountain High School will have in-person graduation ceremonies to celebrate the Class of 2021.
“You’ll hear it here first graduation dates have been set for both high schools,” Martin excitedly announced.
Friday, June 4 is the tentative date for graduation at Bucktail High School. Saturday, June 5 is the tentative date for graduation at Central Mountain High School.
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BELLEFONTE In spite of COVID-19, school closures and snow days, the Bellefonte READS program continues to grow. At Tuesday night’s Bellefonte school board meeting, interim superintendent Tammie Burnaford highlighted the success of the reading program.
“We did Bellefonte READS the week before we shut down (in 2020),” Burnaford reminded the board.
According to Burnaford, the Pennsylvania State Education Association came to the school last year to do a story about the program. However, due to the closure, the story was never finished.
“PSEA came last year, interviewed Jackie Wynkoop and Nicole Kohlhepp for Bellefonte READS … they came and they interviewed and they did all kinds of cool stuff. Then we shut down, so they never got the story written,” Burnaford said.