We loved celebrating students who were recognized for demonstrating STAR behavior — Self-control, Taking responsibility, a positive Attitude, and Respect. When students were observed making great choices, their names were added to our STAR Bingo Board ⭐
Once 10 names connected, it was time to celebrate! 🎯 Those students earned an extra prize, presented by Mr. Savokinas and Mrs. Ferentino. 🎁👏
We are so proud of our students for setting a positive example and helping create a respectful, responsible school community. Keep up the amazing work — keep being a STAR! 🌟✨
#STARBehavior #PositiveChoices #SchoolCommunity #PBIS
Once 10 names connected, it was time to celebrate! 🎯 Those students earned an extra prize, presented by Mr. Savokinas and Mrs. Ferentino. 🎁👏
We are so proud of our students for setting a positive example and helping create a respectful, responsible school community. Keep up the amazing work — keep being a STAR! 🌟✨
#STARBehavior #PositiveChoices #SchoolCommunity #PBIS
🇺🇸 AMVETS Americanism Contest at Pittston Area Primary Center 🇺🇸
Kindergarten, first, and second grade students at the Pittston Area Primary Center proudly participated in the AMVETS Americanism Contest! Our kindergarten and first grade students colored the American flag and answered questions about its meaning, while second grade students wrote essays answering the question, “What does it mean to be an American?” and illustrated their ideas with drawings.
The photos featured highlight our schoolwide winners. The top three students from each grade level were selected to represent our school and were submitted to the local and state AMVETS contests.
The AMVETS Americanism Program is a patriotic initiative that supports schools and youth organizations in teaching students—from kindergarten through 12th grade—about American heritage, civics, and citizenship through age-appropriate flag drawing, poster, and essay contests. We are so proud of our students for their thoughtful work and patriotism! 🇺🇸✨ #AMVETS #PAproud #Americanism
📣 Reminder – Important January Dates 📣
Please take note of the following schedule updates
1️⃣ Friday, January 16 – Act 80 Early Release Day
⏰ Early Dismissal Details:
🚗 Car riders will be dismissed beginning at 12:45 PM
🚌 Bus riders will be dismissed beginning at 1:00 PM
👉 Parents of bus riders, please adjust your pick-up times accordingly.
2️⃣ Monday, January 19 – School Closed
❌ No school in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Please take note of the following schedule updates
1️⃣ Friday, January 16 – Act 80 Early Release Day
⏰ Early Dismissal Details:
🚗 Car riders will be dismissed beginning at 12:45 PM
🚌 Bus riders will be dismissed beginning at 1:00 PM
👉 Parents of bus riders, please adjust your pick-up times accordingly.
2️⃣ Monday, January 19 – School Closed
❌ No school in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
President's Day Pittston Area Girls Lacrosse Kids Clinic
Come join the Pittston Area Girls Lacrosse team in a fun President's Day kids clinic! Clinic will consist of some basic skills & drills, as well as small sided gameplay!
Grades: 2-8
Date: Monday February 16th
Time: 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m.
Location: Pittston Area Primary Center (Rock St.)
Cost: $20 per player. $5 discount for 2nd family member. Cash or check the day of clinic or venmo @Robert-Switzer-8
Pizza will be provided for lunch
Any questions can be directed to the organization- pittstonareagirlslax@gmail.com
Sign up https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQmRgTgmG3kTxbgOng0kMqy1fiIOQWUeTYKefaR9Xu36MyHQ/viewform
Come join the Pittston Area Girls Lacrosse team in a fun President's Day kids clinic! Clinic will consist of some basic skills & drills, as well as small sided gameplay!
Grades: 2-8
Date: Monday February 16th
Time: 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m.
Location: Pittston Area Primary Center (Rock St.)
Cost: $20 per player. $5 discount for 2nd family member. Cash or check the day of clinic or venmo @Robert-Switzer-8
Pizza will be provided for lunch
Any questions can be directed to the organization- pittstonareagirlslax@gmail.com
Sign up https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQmRgTgmG3kTxbgOng0kMqy1fiIOQWUeTYKefaR9Xu36MyHQ/viewform
Mrs. Luvender set up our Primary Center STEM Lab for a winter STEM challenge ❄️🧪. Our young engineers took on a festive task—designing a way to get a gingerbread man safely across the water! 🍪🌊 Using teamwork and lots of creativity, students brainstormed, built, tested, and improved their designs.
They explored real engineering concepts such as stability, balance, and problem-solving—all while having holiday fun 🎄🧠. We loved watching our students collaborate, think critically, and discover that STEM can be both educational and exciting!
It was a Fun Friday afternoon for Room 222! 🎉 Mrs. Flynn’s class enjoyed Show and Tell along with their STEM Lab activity.
#PittstonProud
#PrimaryCenter
#STEMLearning
#FutureEngineers
#FunFriday
They explored real engineering concepts such as stability, balance, and problem-solving—all while having holiday fun 🎄🧠. We loved watching our students collaborate, think critically, and discover that STEM can be both educational and exciting!
It was a Fun Friday afternoon for Room 222! 🎉 Mrs. Flynn’s class enjoyed Show and Tell along with their STEM Lab activity.
#PittstonProud
#PrimaryCenter
#STEMLearning
#FutureEngineers
#FunFriday
🎟️🍫Hershey Park Discounted Tickets Senior Class Fundraiser. ♥️💙Tickets are $50 each for single day use. Order forms will be sent home with students this week. See Skyward to download an order form. Orders due by 2.27.26.
CAMP
1-18-26
11AM-1PM
Registration is Now Open
for Children K-5th Grade.
PITTSTON AREA
CHEERLEADERS
REGISTER
ONLINE:
$40
$20.00 FOR RED
AND BLUE POMS
Learn the basics of cheerleading in a fun &
interactive session taught by The Pittston Area
Cheerleader Team.
PITTSTON AREA HIGH SCHOOL LOBBY
CHEERING AT THE GAME ON 1-22-26
https://forms.gle/5GKuYvNueRpwGsGm7
For more information, please call Erica : (570)299-1927
Camp includes,
Shirt, Bow and Snack.
Per Child
Cheer
REGISTRATION ENDS 1/9/2
1-18-26
11AM-1PM
Registration is Now Open
for Children K-5th Grade.
PITTSTON AREA
CHEERLEADERS
REGISTER
ONLINE:
$40
$20.00 FOR RED
AND BLUE POMS
Learn the basics of cheerleading in a fun &
interactive session taught by The Pittston Area
Cheerleader Team.
PITTSTON AREA HIGH SCHOOL LOBBY
CHEERING AT THE GAME ON 1-22-26
https://forms.gle/5GKuYvNueRpwGsGm7
For more information, please call Erica : (570)299-1927
Camp includes,
Shirt, Bow and Snack.
Per Child
Cheer
REGISTRATION ENDS 1/9/2
❄️⛄️ January menus are here! Breakfast and lunch are FREE for ALL students, helping keep our students nourished and ready to learn each day 🍎🥪
👉 Click below to view the full January Breakfast and Lunch Menus:
https://www.pittstonareametz.com/
📅 Check out daily meal options and student favorites all in one place.
🧃 Additional snacks are available for purchase.
#SchoolMeals #FreeMealsForAll #JanuaryMenu #HealthyStudents #FoodService
👉 Click below to view the full January Breakfast and Lunch Menus:
https://www.pittstonareametz.com/
📅 Check out daily meal options and student favorites all in one place.
🧃 Additional snacks are available for purchase.
#SchoolMeals #FreeMealsForAll #JanuaryMenu #HealthyStudents #FoodService
🎄💚 The Grinch visits the Pittston Area Primary Center! 💚🎄
Just when we thought our school was safe… the Grinch paid a visit to Pittston Area Primary Center! 😲
He was spotted sneaking through the halls, stealing school supplies and even making off with a few teachers! 📚🖍️😂
Luckily, his mischief brought nothing but laughter, Christmas cheer, and unforgettable fun for our students and staff on one of the last days before winter break. ❄️🎅
Just when we thought our school was safe… the Grinch paid a visit to Pittston Area Primary Center! 😲
He was spotted sneaking through the halls, stealing school supplies and even making off with a few teachers! 📚🖍️😂
Luckily, his mischief brought nothing but laughter, Christmas cheer, and unforgettable fun for our students and staff on one of the last days before winter break. ❄️🎅
Mrs. Flynn and her class had a great time making memories during this holiday season! Students wrote first drafts and final copies of letters to Santa. Their elf Rudolph took them right to the boss! They made Christmas stockings, ornament wreaths, Christmas trees, and reindeer food. They had Brunch with Santa and had their picture taken with him. They loved wearing their pajamas on Polar Express Day and having chocolate milk and cookies while watching the movie. The Grinch movie was a hit too. Finally they had a Christmas party with a Secret Santa gift exchange to experience the joy of giving during this magical time of year. From our hearts in Room 222 to yours, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! XOXO
Students at the Pittston Area Primary Center enjoyed a festive holiday sing-along featuring their teachers as the performers—complete with fun costumes for a “Holiday Masked Singers” twist! 🎭🎄 The event was hosted and organized by music teacher Mr. Naples and judged by school secretary Ms. Linda and PTO Board Member Ms. Szumski. Teachers performed holiday favorites including Must Be Santa, Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, and You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, filling the school with holiday spirit and smiles all around. 🎶✨
📚✨ Celebrating Our Amazing Readers! ✨📚
Pittston Area Primary Center students were recently honored for their outstanding reading achievements! Students tracked the books they read through the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins RoboReaders program, and those with the highest number of books read in each grade were recognized and received special prizes. 🏆
A huge congratulations to Mrs. Melvin’s class, who read the most books in the entire county during the program! Because of their incredible effort, they will enjoy an additional celebration with Tux the mascot in the coming weeks. 🐧🎉
This event highlighted the importance of reading in elementary school, including key benefits of reading daily:
📖 Builds strong vocabulary and language skills
📖 Improves focus, comprehension, and critical thinking
📖 Encourages imagination, confidence, and a love of learning
The celebration also encouraged students to keep reading, as the Accelerated Reader program will begin for first and second grade students when they return from holiday break.
A special thank you to Mrs. Chaump and Mrs. Rava for organizing this wonderful event and helping inspire our young readers to succeed. 💙📘
Way to go, Pittston Area Primary Center! 👏
Pittston Area Primary Center students were recently honored for their outstanding reading achievements! Students tracked the books they read through the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins RoboReaders program, and those with the highest number of books read in each grade were recognized and received special prizes. 🏆
A huge congratulations to Mrs. Melvin’s class, who read the most books in the entire county during the program! Because of their incredible effort, they will enjoy an additional celebration with Tux the mascot in the coming weeks. 🐧🎉
This event highlighted the importance of reading in elementary school, including key benefits of reading daily:
📖 Builds strong vocabulary and language skills
📖 Improves focus, comprehension, and critical thinking
📖 Encourages imagination, confidence, and a love of learning
The celebration also encouraged students to keep reading, as the Accelerated Reader program will begin for first and second grade students when they return from holiday break.
A special thank you to Mrs. Chaump and Mrs. Rava for organizing this wonderful event and helping inspire our young readers to succeed. 💙📘
Way to go, Pittston Area Primary Center! 👏
The Pittston Area School District will be holding a flexible instruction day (FID) on Tuesday, December 23. Materials have been distributed and will be posted in Schoology for students to complete. The district will resume in-person instruction on Monday, January 5. Please continue to check the Web site for future updates. Happy Holidays!
📚❄️ Pittston Area’s Reading Winter Wonderland ❄️📚
Our students stepped into a festive world of literacy and holiday fun at Reading Winter Wonderland! ✨
They rotated through engaging stations that brought literacy to life—sequencing activities and sensory hot cocoa writing, and even a cozy hot chocolate station ☕️ to spark imagination.
Students created circuit holiday cards, played Roll a Story, crafted adorable winter ornaments ⛄️, and captured special moments with Santa and other holiday characters 📸🎅. To top it all off, each student received a gingerbread-themed book to take home and enjoy with their families.
A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this magical, memory-filled day possible. Reading has never felt so sweet! ❤️📖
Our students stepped into a festive world of literacy and holiday fun at Reading Winter Wonderland! ✨
They rotated through engaging stations that brought literacy to life—sequencing activities and sensory hot cocoa writing, and even a cozy hot chocolate station ☕️ to spark imagination.
Students created circuit holiday cards, played Roll a Story, crafted adorable winter ornaments ⛄️, and captured special moments with Santa and other holiday characters 📸🎅. To top it all off, each student received a gingerbread-themed book to take home and enjoy with their families.
A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this magical, memory-filled day possible. Reading has never felt so sweet! ❤️📖
🎄✨ Upstairs Blue Hallway Tradition! ✨🎄
Ms. Richards’s, Mrs. Lopresto’s Mr. Lombardo’s, Mrs. Shotwell’s, Mrs. Litchkowski’s, and Mrs. Copp’s classes kept one of our favorite holiday traditions alive!
Our students mixed up special batches of reindeer food made with “magical” oats and festive sprinkles. 🦌💫 They created these treats on the same joyful day we crafted our salt dough ornaments and cinnamon applesauce ornaments—the whole hallway smelled like holiday cheer!
It was a wonderful day of creativity, fun, and seasonal magic. ❤️✨
#BlueHallwayTradition #HolidayMagic #ReindeerFood #SchoolMemories
Our students mixed up special batches of reindeer food made with “magical” oats and festive sprinkles. 🦌💫 They created these treats on the same joyful day we crafted our salt dough ornaments and cinnamon applesauce ornaments—the whole hallway smelled like holiday cheer!
It was a wonderful day of creativity, fun, and seasonal magic. ❤️✨
#BlueHallwayTradition #HolidayMagic #ReindeerFood #SchoolMemories
🎄💚 Grinch Day at Pittston Primary Center 💚🎄
Grinch Day was a huge success at Pittston Primary Center! Different classrooms celebrated in their own special ways. Students showed their Grinch spirit by dressing in green while enjoying activities such as sock exchanges, pizza parties, and fun rounds of Grinch Bingo.
To make the day even more magical, we had a very special visitor — a life-size Elf on the Shelf! 🎅✨
Smiles, laughter, and holiday cheer filled the building as our students made wonderful memories together.
Grinch Day was a huge success at Pittston Primary Center! Different classrooms celebrated in their own special ways. Students showed their Grinch spirit by dressing in green while enjoying activities such as sock exchanges, pizza parties, and fun rounds of Grinch Bingo.
To make the day even more magical, we had a very special visitor — a life-size Elf on the Shelf! 🎅✨
Smiles, laughter, and holiday cheer filled the building as our students made wonderful memories together.
Area Primary Center! 🚂🎄
What a magical day, our students celebrated Polar Express Day! The excitement was in the air as students watched The Polar Express, enjoyed tasty Yoo-Hoo and Oreo cookies, and truly felt the holiday spirit.
A special highlight of the day was Principal Mr. Savokinas, who brought the story to life by dressing as the Polar Express conductor and personally punching each student’s golden ticket—just like in the movie! ✨🎟️
What a magical day, our students celebrated Polar Express Day! The excitement was in the air as students watched The Polar Express, enjoyed tasty Yoo-Hoo and Oreo cookies, and truly felt the holiday spirit.
A special highlight of the day was Principal Mr. Savokinas, who brought the story to life by dressing as the Polar Express conductor and personally punching each student’s golden ticket—just like in the movie! ✨🎟️
🎅✨ Santa Visits Pittston Area Primary Center! ✨🎅
What a magical week at the Pittston Area Primary Center! Santa stopped by for special Santa Brunches, spreading holiday cheer to all our students. Each class had the chance to take a picture with Santa before he made his way to the cafeteria to visit students during lunch. 📸🎄
Our halls were filled with festive excitement and beautifully written letters to Santa, which he happily read before heading back to the North Pole to prepare for Christmas Eve. ❄️✉️
Thank you to the PTO who helped make this unforgettable holiday experience so special for our students. The smiles, laughter, and Christmas spirit truly filled the school! ❤️🎁
What a magical week at the Pittston Area Primary Center! Santa stopped by for special Santa Brunches, spreading holiday cheer to all our students. Each class had the chance to take a picture with Santa before he made his way to the cafeteria to visit students during lunch. 📸🎄
Our halls were filled with festive excitement and beautifully written letters to Santa, which he happily read before heading back to the North Pole to prepare for Christmas Eve. ❄️✉️
Thank you to the PTO who helped make this unforgettable holiday experience so special for our students. The smiles, laughter, and Christmas spirit truly filled the school! ❤️🎁
🎉 Celebrating Our STAR Students! 🌟
We are excited to recognize students who were caught in the act of demonstrating STAR behavior — showing Self-control, Taking responsibility, a positive Attitude, and Respect throughout the school day. ⭐
Each time a student earned a star card when they displayed STAR behavior, their name was added to the STAR Bingo Board. When 10 names connected, it was a BINGO! Those students earned an extra prize, proudly presented by our vice principal, Mrs. Ferentino. 🎁👏
We are so proud of our students for making positive choices and being great role models. Keep shining and showing your STAR qualities — the next BINGO could be yours! 🌟✨
#STARBehavior #PositiveAttitude #StudentRecognition #SchoolPride #PBIS
We are excited to recognize students who were caught in the act of demonstrating STAR behavior — showing Self-control, Taking responsibility, a positive Attitude, and Respect throughout the school day. ⭐
Each time a student earned a star card when they displayed STAR behavior, their name was added to the STAR Bingo Board. When 10 names connected, it was a BINGO! Those students earned an extra prize, proudly presented by our vice principal, Mrs. Ferentino. 🎁👏
We are so proud of our students for making positive choices and being great role models. Keep shining and showing your STAR qualities — the next BINGO could be yours! 🌟✨
#STARBehavior #PositiveAttitude #StudentRecognition #SchoolPride #PBIS
🏀 Calling all Pittston Area athletes in grades 1–6! Join us for the High Impact Hoops Clinic with professional basketball player and Pittston Area graduate Mia Hopkins—free registration, limited spots, and an unforgettable basketball experience.
Register now: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/highimpacthoopsclinicpittstonarea
Register now: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/highimpacthoopsclinicpittstonarea
