🐣💚 Day 1 in the Art Room Brooder Box! 💚🐣
Our ducklings have officially moved into their cozy brooder box, and what an exciting first day it has been!
We have 8 fluffy friends settling in from yesterday:
💚 Emerald
🍀 Clover
🌲 Forest
🏹 Hunter
🌿 Sage
🌲 Juniper
🫒 Olive
💎 Jade
And we welcomed one more special arrival this morning still in the incubator…
🍏 Granny Smith!
The ducklings are busy getting used to their new home—peeping, exploring, and staying warm under the heat lamp. Students are loving watching them grow and learn more about how to care for these adorable little ones. 🐥✨
Stay tuned for more updates as our green-themed flock continues to grow! 💚🍀
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Students looking at a brooder box of ducks with art
Fuzzy ducks in a brooder cage.
Students looking at a brooder box of ducks
Students looking at a brooder box of ducks
Students looking at a brooder box of ducks
Students looking at a brooder box of ducks
Fuzzy ducks in a brooder cage.
A boy with duck art.
Miss Chromey’s class had such a fun and festive St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀🌈
The day began with a special visit from a mischievous leprechaun, who left behind some tasty treats! Students used those treats along with their math skills to count and sort Froot Loops, then turned them into colorful rainbows.
Sticking with the rainbow theme, the class practiced color words before diving into science. Students learned all about weather and how rainbows are made, and had a blast completing experiments using Skittles—exploring dissolving, density, and watching colors bleed and blend together.
The excitement continued with a color-changing experiment, where students were amazed as their cereal milk changed colors right before their eyes!
The day wrapped up with learning about St. Patrick, good luck charms, and exploring Irish dancing and music. It was a day full of learning, laughter, and St. Patrick’s Day magic! 🍀✨
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Students making a fruit loop rainbow
Students making a fruit loop rainbow
Students making a fruit loop rainbow
Students making a fruit loop rainbow
Students making a fruit loop rainbow
Students making a fruit loop rainbow
Students making a fruit loop rainbow
A girls smiling with green teeth.
Skittle rainbow experiment in a bowl.
Students making a fruit loop rainbow
📚⚾️ Way to go, readers! 🎉👏
Congratulations to all of our students who have already participated in CHAMP’S Home Run Readers presented by Red Robin 🍔📖 — we are so proud of you! 💙
⏰ This exciting program wraps up this Sunday, March 22, so we’re in our final stretch! 🏃‍♂️💨
📌 Don’t forget to turn in all reading tracking logs with minutes read to Mrs. Chaump ASAP!
Let’s finish strong and keep those pages turning! 📖✨ #HomeRunReaders #KeepReading #FinishStrong
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
A photo of the railrider’s blue mascot champ in a basball stadium seating with text great job readers
🍀🌈 Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Pittston Area Primary Center! 🌈🍀
Wishing all of our students, families, and staff a day full of luck, laughter, and a little bit of magic! 💚✨
May your day be filled with shamrocks, rainbows, and maybe even a pot of gold at the end! 🌟🍀🌈
#StPatricksDay #LuckyToLearn #PittstonPride
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Students holding up rainbow coloring sheets
A group of students in a classroom dressed in green
A student with a plate of green food.
The Pittston Area School District will follow a two hour delay schedule on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 due to inclement weather. There are no AM CTC classes. Please continue to check the Web site for future updates.
7 months ago, Christy Savakinas

🐣💚 Ducklings Are Hatching at Pittston Area Primary Center! 💚🐣
What an exciting day in our Art Room! We began the school day with one duckling, Clover, and by the end of the day four more ducklings joined the flock — Emerald, Forest, Hunter, and Sage!
In honor of ☘️ St. Patrick’s Day, all of our ducklings were given names inspired by shades of green.
Students were able to observe the hatching process throughout the day both in person and through our live stream, watching the amazing moment when the ducklings pip and unzip their shells. It has been a wonderful hands-on learning experience about life cycles and animal development!
The ducklings will remain in the incubator until they are completely dry and fluffy before moving to the brooder.
🎥 Watch the live stream and hatch video:
tinyurl.com/davisyoutube
#PittstonArea #STEMLearning #Ducklings #HandsOnLearning 🦆💚

7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Duck in an incubator
Students looking at ducks hatching in the incubator
Students looking at ducks hatching in the incubator
Students looking at ducks hatching in the incubator
Students looking at ducks hatching in the incubator
Students looking at ducks hatching in the incubator
Duck in an incubator
Students looking at ducks hatching in the incubator
Students looking at ducks hatching in the incubator
Duck in an incubator
🌱🥗 From STEM Lab to Salad Bowl! 🥗🌱
The 2nd grade students at Pittston Area Primary Center harvested their hydroponic garden today after six weeks of growing vegetables in the STEM Lab! This hands-on project was a follow-up to the story “The Ugly Vegetables.”
Well… these vegetables were anything but ugly! 😄
The students grew and harvested many different kinds of lettuces and herbs, including butter lettuce, dazzling blue kale, green bunching onion, red butter lettuce, and spinach, just to name a few. After carefully tending their plants and watching them grow, today was the exciting day to harvest and enjoy their hard work.
Students made their own fresh salads and topped them with ranch or Italian dressing—a delicious reward for their gardening success! 🥬🌿
Hands-on learning like this helps our students explore science, nutrition, and responsibility while having fun in the process. Great job, young gardeners! 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾🌱
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Students harvesting greens from a hydroponic farm stand.
Students harvesting greens from a hydroponic farm stand.
Students harvesting greens from a hydroponic farm stand.
Students harvesting greens from a hydroponic farm stand.
Students harvesting greens from a hydroponic farm stand.
Students harvesting greens from a hydroponic farm stand.
Students harvesting greens from a hydroponic farm stand.
Students harvesting greens from a hydroponic farm stand.
Students harvesting greens from a hydroponic farm stand.
Students harvesting greens from a hydroponic farm stand.
📣 REMINDER: Tomorrow is Pittston YMCA PJ & Hat Day! 💤🧢
Wear your pajamas and a fun hat tomorrow, Friday, March 13th, to support the YMCA Wellness Department! 💙
🚴 Staff and faculty will also be participating in the Spin-A-Thon at the YMCA.
💰 Donation:
• Students – $2
• Faculty/Staff – $5
Let’s show our Patriot pride and support a great cause! ♥️💙💪
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Tomorrow pj and hat day flyer Pittston YMCA PJ and Hat Day! Friday, March 13th Snow date: March 19th Money Raised will support the YMCA's Wellness Department! Staff/Faculty will be participating in the Spin-A-Thont at the YMCA too! Students $2 Faculty/Staff $5 the VINA it's a Pittston Area vs Wyoming Area showdown to see which school district can raise the most for the YMCA! Let's go Patriots!
⚡🎪 PPL Safety Circus Visits Pittston Area Primary Center! 🎪⚡
Students at the Pittston Area Primary Center had an exciting and educational experience during the PPL Safety Circus Assembly! Through fun demonstrations and engaging performances, students learned how electricity is made, how it travels to our homes, and how it powers the things we use every day.
The program also focused on important electrical safety tips, teaching students how to stay safe around power lines, outlets, and electrical equipment. Learning about safety in such a fun and memorable way helps students understand how powerful electricity is and why it’s important to respect it.
A big thank you to PPL for bringing this entertaining and educational program to our students and helping them become smart and safe around electricity! ⚡👏
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
A group of students seated at an assembly in the gym with the backdrop PPL
A group of students seated at an assembly in the gym with the backdrop PPL
A group of students seated at an assembly in the gym with the backdrop PPL

🐣🦆 Ducklings Are Almost Here at Pittston Area Primary Center! 🦆🐣
For the past three weeks, students at the Pittston Area Primary Center have been learning about ducks while our eggs develop safely in the incubator. If all goes as planned, our ducklings should begin hatching next week!
Students explored the hatching process by creating a fun duckling collage. Their artwork shows the exciting moment when a duckling begins with a tiny “pip” (the first crack in the egg) and then “unzips” the shell to hatch into the world!
They also learned that ducklings are covered in soft down feathers, and students recreated that fluffy texture in art using sponge painting techniques.
Throughout the project, we’ve been monitoring the eggs’ development through candling, which lets us safely observe the growing ducklings inside the eggs. Students have also been learning about where ducks live—both on farms and in the wild—and why they need a water source like a pond for dabbling, finding food, and staying healthy.
The excitement is growing as we get closer to hatch day. Stay tuned for updates as our ducklings get ready to make their big debut! 🐥✨

7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Kids holding duck art smiling at the camera
Kids holding duck art smiling at the camera
Kids holding duck art smiling at the camera
An incubator in a classroom with three students looking at duck eggs
A bulletin board with student drawings of the life cycle of a duck.
A bulletin board with the daily growth of a duck embryo with a a clip indicating day 23
Kids looking at the duck bulletin board.
A candled duck egg.
A candled duck egg.
A candled duck egg.

📣
Due to the Intermediate Talent Show being held Tuesday, the next PTO Meeting will be moved to:
🗓 Wednesday, March 11
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Middle School Cafeteria
We hope to see you there as we continue planning great things for our students and school community! 💙
👍 Be sure to follow the PTO on Facebook to stay up to date with events and announcements:
🔗 https://www.facebook.com/share/1E968SHtij/?mibextid=wwXIfr

7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Pto meeting wednesday, march 11 6pm middle school cafeteria text on a green background with st Patrick's day clip art
🎉 Pittston YMCA PJ & Hat Day! 🧢🛌
Get comfy and show your school spirit! Join us for PJ & Hat Day to support the YMCA’s Wellness Department.
📅 Friday, March 13th
❄️ Snow Date: March 19th
💲 Donation:
• Students – $2
• Faculty/Staff – $5
Our Staff and Faculty will also be participating in the YMCA Spin-A-Thon to help raise funds! 🚴‍♀️
🏆 It’s a Pittston Area vs. Wyoming Area showdown!
Let’s see which school district can raise the most for the YMCA!
Wear your pajamas and your favorite hat, bring your donation, and help support a great cause.
❤️ Let’s go Patriots!
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Ymca flyer- Pittston YMCA PJ and Hat Day! Friday, March 13th Snow date: March 19th Money Raised will support the YMCA's Wellness Department! Staff/Faculty will be participating in the Spin-A-Thont at the YMCA too! Students $2 Faculty/Staff $5 the УМСА It's a Pittston Area vs Wyoming Area showdown to see which school district can raise the most for the YMCA! Let's go Patriots!
The Pittston Area Leo Club is sponsoring a “Coins for Cancer” drive to support the Four Diamonds Organization in the fight against childhood cancer. 💛 From March 9–20, students can donate spare change in the collection cans placed in each classroom—every penny truly counts! 🪙 The classroom that raises the most money will win a pizza party from the Leo Club! 🍕
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Leo flyer "Coins for Cancer" Project Pittston Area Leo Club Dear Pittston Area Students and Families, As one of our service projects this school year, in cooperation with the Four Diamonds Organization, we are committed to conducting a coin drive for Conquering Childhood Cancer. In the United States alone, approximately sixteen thousand children under the age of 20 are diagnosed with cancer annually. Roughly forty-one children are diagnosed with cancer every single day. With your help, we can move one step closer to conquering childhood cancer. The Leo Club has placed cans for the "Coins for Cancer" Project in each classroom of our school. We will be accepting donations from March 9th through March 20th. Any and all help is greatly appreciated! The classrooms that raise the most funds during this time period will be granted a pizza party provided by our club. Thank you and remember, every penny counts!
📚⛺ Mrs. Luvender’s Kindergarten Class Celebrates Reading! ⛺📚
We can read on a boat
We can read with a goat!
We can read in a house
We can read with a mouse!
Read Across America Week came and went,
But we got to read some books in a TENT! ⛺📖

They had a cozy and fun reading experience as they celebrated the joy of books together. Even though Read Across America Week has ended, these young readers showed that the fun of reading can happen anywhere—even inside a tent!

Way to go, readers! 🌟📚
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
A blanket tent in a classroom with students reading books
A blanket tent in a classroom with students reading books
A blanket tent in a classroom with students reading books
A blanket tent in a classroom with students reading books
A blanket tent in a classroom with students reading books
A blanket tent in a classroom with students reading books
A blanket tent in a classroom with students reading books
A blanket tent in a classroom with students reading books
A blanket tent in a classroom with students reading books
A blanket tent in a classroom with students reading books
💚 Green Eggs and Ham Fun at Pittston Area Primary Center! 💚
Today our students at Pittston Area Primary Center showed their school spirit by wearing green to celebrate Green Eggs and Ham!
A special thank you to Mrs. Chaump, who visited Ms. Imbrogno’s class to read the classic story Green Eggs and Ham. After the story, she helped guide the students in creating their own illustrations inspired by the book. 🎨📚
The students did an eggcellent job bringing the story to life with their creativity! What a fun way to celebrate the joy of reading during Read Across America Week! 🥚✨
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
A teacher and students dressed up in green.
Green eggs and ham and drawing on white paper
A group of students wearing green
Two girls dressed in green
Green eggs and ham and drawing on white paper
Kids with cat in the hat craft
Green eggs and ham and drawing on white paper
Green eggs and ham and drawing on white paper
Green eggs and ham and drawing on white paper
🍳💚 Green Eggs and HAM it up tomorrow! 💚🍳
Don’t forget—Friday, March 6th is our Green Eggs and Ham Day for Read Across America Week!
Channel your inner Sam‑I‑Am and wear GREEN to school tomorrow! 💚
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Students wearing red and blue

📣 KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION ANNOUNCED 📣
Pittston Area School District | Class of 2026–2027
Kindergarten registration is now open! 🎒✏️
Students must be 5 years old by August 31, 2026 to be eligible.
🗓 Pre-Registration Dates:
February 3 – May 1, 2026
✅ How to Register (Preferred Method):
Register online at www.pittstonarea.com and complete all required information by Friday, May 1.

https://www.pittstonarea.com/o/primarycenter/article/2673430


📄 You may also return a completed registration packet (found online) with required documents to:
Pittston Area Administrative Office
5 Stout Street, Yatesville, PA
(Packets can also be picked up there if needed.)
🧒 Kindergarten Screening Appointments:
📅 Wednesday, May 6, 2026
⏰ Every 15 minutes from 9:00–11:45 AM and 1:00–2:45 PM
📍 Pittston Area Primary Center, 210 Rock Street, Hughestown, PA
Once registration paperwork is complete, families will be able to schedule a screening appointment through Central Registration.
🩺 Screenings include: hearing, vision, reading readiness, student photo, and immunization review.
Please note: Only one parent/guardian should attend with the child.
📞 Questions? Call (570) 654-2415 ext. 2105
Please share with families who have future kindergarten students! 💙♥️

7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Kindergarten registration text with rainbow crayon border
🎉📚 Read Across America Dress-Up Reminder! 📚🎉
Tomorrow (Thursday) is our One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish day! ❤️💙
Students are invited to wear red, blue, or BOTH to celebrate this colorful and silly Seuss classic!
We can’t wait to see a sea of red and blue swimming through our hallways! 🐟✨
7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Red fish blue fish text with dr seuss style fish on a light blue background

February was National Children's Dental Health Month!
Ms. Lori and Mr. McDermott had so much fun teaching the kids why taking care of their teeth is so important and how to keep their smiles healthy and bright.
From learning proper brushing techniques to understanding why healthy habits matter.

A very special thank you to Dr. Casey, Dr.
Infantino, and Dr. Victoria Lombardo for generously donating toothbrushes and
toothpaste to our students. Your kindness helps keep our little learners smiling!

7 months ago, Aryanna Davis
Mrs. Baumes presenting to students seated in the gym
A student playing a healthy tooth game.
Mrs. baumes posing with a group of students with dental posters in the gym
National dental health month logo
Colorful tooth display.
Mrs. baumes posing with a group of students with dental posters in the gym
A student completing a dental health puzzle.
A student completing a dental health activity.
Mrs. baumes posing with a group of students with dental posters in the gym
Mr. McDermott presenting to students seated in the gym.
The Pittston Area School District will hold a Virtual Instruction Day on Tuesday, March 3. All instructional materials will be posted in Schoology for students to complete. K-2 students are to work on packets. Please continue to check the district website for any future updates. Thank you for your cooperation.
7 months ago, Christy Savakinas