{"id":114037,"date":"2026-02-14T15:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114037\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:42:11","slug":"eagle-hearts-principal-reagan-bethlehem-central-school-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114037\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle HEARTS Principal Reagan &#8211; Bethlehem Central School District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0L5A6816-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Image of Principal Reagan\" width=\"434\" height=\"651\" class=\"\"\/><br \/>Valentine\u2019s Day has always been Principal Dianna Reagan\u2019s favorite holiday, and this year, the Eagle Elementary School community made it one she will never forget.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Feb. 12, the entire school was in on a secret, except for Principal Reagan. Students and staff spent the week quietly planning and rehearsing for a \u201csuper secret assembly\u201d, a surprise Valentine\u2019s Day-themed celebration to recognize Reagan\u2019s years of leadership as she prepares to retire in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0L2A1414-scaled.jpeg\" width=\"394\" height=\"263\" alt=\"Principal Dianna Reagan with her family\" class=\"alignnone\"\/><br \/>When she stepped into the gymnasium on Thursday afternoon, she was crowned the Queen of Eagle and led to sit on her throne. The staff and students celebrated Mrs. Reagan with smiles, songs, and some of her favorite things \u2014 including Dove chocolates and two very special guests: her husband and daughter, who wore matching \u201cI love Mrs. Reagan\u201d sashes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0L2A1084-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Image of Principal Reagan and Eddie the Eagle\" width=\"395\" height=\"264\" class=\"alignnone\"\/><br \/>Students were thrilled when Eddie the Eagle and his cousin baby Bob, puppets voiced by Reagan and adored by the children, made a special appearance. Eddie the Eagle shared a decision he\u2019s grappling with: should he move to Mrs. Reagan\u2019s house when she retires, or continue to live at the school?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reagan has served as Eagle\u2019s first and only principal since it opened in 2008. \u201cEagle Elementary holds a very special place in my heart,\u201d said Reagan. \u201cIt has been an honor to serve as its first principal for the last 18 years and to be part of a school community defined by kindness, collaboration, and a deep sense of pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The celebration served as a HEARTfelt thank you to Principal Reagan for her years of service.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0L5A7099-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Image of students at the celebration\" width=\"498\" height=\"332\" class=\"alignnone\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0L2A1220-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Image of Principal Reagan with students\" width=\"496\" height=\"331\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0L5A7299-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Principal Dianna Reagan with Marie Spain and Casey Danza\" width=\"492\" height=\"328\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valentine\u2019s Day has always been Principal Dianna Reagan\u2019s favorite holiday, and this year, the Eagle Elementary School community&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-114037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}