{"id":86974,"date":"2026-01-14T23:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/86974\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:29:08","slug":"january-2026-saucon-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/86974\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2026 \u2013 Saucon Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOLIDAY CLOSURE: All SVSD schools will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. According to the district\u2019s calendar it is an Act 80 day, or professional development day for teachers and staff.<\/p>\n<p>UNIFIED BOCCE FANS in the STANDS: Saucon Valley will face off against East Stroudsburg North in the high school gym on Thursday, Jan. 15, at 3 p.m. Free admission.<\/p>\n<p>MATILDA JR.: Saucon Valley grades 6-8 will present their production of Matilda Jr. Jan. 16 and 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Jan. 18 from 2 to 4 p.m.\u00a0Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtimes. <a href=\"https:\/\/cur8.com\/14931\/project\/136054\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to the shows are available for purchase online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SVHS SCHOLASTIC SCRIMMAGE PLACEMENTS: Saucon\u2019s team has had a strong showing in two recent Scholastic Scrimmage events.\u00a0On Dec. 10, the team placed 1st in Pennsylvania and 18th nationally during the 30-20-10 virtual challenge, answering 80 multi-part questions in under two hours. Then, on Jan. 8, SVHS competed in the PBS39 WLVT-TV championship match. This was Saucon Valley\u2019s first finals appearance since 1997. The team finished as runner-up in a competitive showdown against Moravian Academy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/education\/scholastic-scrimmage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the team compete in episodes available for viewing on the WLVT-TV website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SVSD OFFERS CATERING: The district\u2019s new in-house catering program will help keep events running smoothly and attendees well-fed. For menu options and pricing, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/svpanthers.org\/administration\/menus-and-food-service-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Svpanthers.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SCHOOL BOARD: January is National School Board Recognition Month. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svpanthers.org\/our-district\/schoolboard\/school-board-members\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saucon Valley\u2019s current board i<\/a>ncludes Vivian Demko, President; Meghan Lomangino, Vice President; Donald Carpenter, Treasurer; Dr. Shamim Pakzad; Cedric Dettmar; Dr. Christian Tatu; William Broun; Dr. Laurel Erickson-Parsons; Jay Santos; and Wendy Weeast, Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>SVSD IS HIRING: Start the new year with a new purpose. Learn more about available positions and how to apply at<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/svpanthers.schoolspring.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Svpanthers.schoolspring.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Saucon Valley School News &amp; Notes is a regular feature highlighting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.svpanthers.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saucon Valley School District<\/a>\u00a0news and events.\u00a0Located in east central Pennsylvania, the district enrolls approximately 2,000 students from Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOLIDAY CLOSURE: All SVSD schools will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,204,21673,139,4237,10089,233,6989],"class_list":{"0":"post-86974","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","11":"tag-hellertown","12":"tag-january","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-saucon-valley","15":"tag-school-district","16":"tag-schools","17":"tag-update"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86974","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=86974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}