BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Bethlehem Area School District announced the appointment of a new elementary school principal Thursday.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Cierech, who was appointed as the next principal of Calypso Elementary School, has more than 20 years of experience in the district, BASD said in a news release.<\/p>\n
The district school board must still approve her appointment.<\/p>\n
Currently an Assistant Principal at Broughal Middle School, she previously served in a variety of roles, including Spanish teacher at both the elementary and secondary levels and a Spanish K\u20135 Program Lead, BASD said.<\/p>\n
The district said Cierech recently served as Interim Principal at Calypso Elementary School, ‘\u201cwhere she helped foster a school climate focused on student success and strong relationships with students, staff, and families.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am honored to serve the Calypso Elementary community in this new role,\u201d Cierech said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving grown within BASD as both a teacher and leader, I am strongly committed to supporting students, empowering staff, and building strong partnerships with families and the community to ensure every child thrives.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJennifer Cierech exemplifies the best of Bethlehem Area School District; she is a homegrown leader whose career has flourished here, starting as a classroom teacher and rising through the administrative ranks through dedication, expertise, and an unwavering commitment to students,\u201d said Dr. Jack P. Silva, Bethlehem Area School District Superintendent.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer recent leadership at Calypso Elementary made a meaningful impact, and we are confident she will continue to build a positive, high-achieving school community as principal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Bethlehem Area School District announced the appointment of a new elementary school principal Thursday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,1412,155,154,24100,227,85608,85609],"class_list":["post-192455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-area-school-district","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-calypso-elementary-school","tag-education","tag-jennifer-cierech","tag-principal-appointment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192455","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=192455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}