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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) It is time for back to school season in Beaver County for the 2025-2026 school year because starting next week,schools will begin their operations. This is to help students and parents to be aware of when Beaver County schools will open again for the new school year. According to the Beaver County Times, here is the list of back to school start dates for Beaver County Schools for the 2025-2026 school year and more information for some specific schools going into this school year:

Aliquippa School District: school starts August 21

Ambridge Area School District, school starts August 21

Baden Academy Charter School, school starts August 19

Beaver Area School District, school starts August 21

Beaver County Christian School, school starts August 26

Big Beaver Falls Area, school starts August 26

Blackhawk School District, school starts August 21

Central Valley School District, school starts August 25

Cornell School District, school starts August 25

Elwood City Area School District, school starts September 2 and What’s new there: Ellwood City Area School District has hired ABC Transit Inc. as the. new transportation provider for students in the district, according to a notice posted at the district’s website. The school district will mail bus cards to students’ homes around Aug. 12. These cards will include the child’s bus number, stop location and pick-up/drop-off times. Any bus changes must be made with ABC Transit by Aug. 22; call 724-390-3900 (from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday) or email janine@abctransit.com. Families whose home address will change before the new school year starts should notify the district as soon as possible at 724-752-1591 x 3016 or adibuono@ecasdk12.org.

Freedom Area School District, school starts August 25

Hopewell School District, school starts August 25

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School, school starts August 20 What’s new there: Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School is reaching out to students displaced by the sudden closure of Midland Innovation and Technology Charter School. An exclusive tour of the Lincoln Park campus will be held for MITCS students and families at 5 p.m. on Aug. 11. Those who want to RSVP for the tour should send an email to admissions@lppacs.org. Questions can be directed to the school at 724-643-9004, ext. 3000, or at the admission office email address listed above.

Midland Borough School District, school starts August 27

Moon Area School District, school starts August 27 What’s new there: Thomas Misko joined the Moon Area district August 1 as high school principal. He most recently was assistant principal at Shaler Area High School, and he previously taught high school mathematics at the West Allegheny and DuBois Area school districts. He also previously served an administrative internship at Moon’s Allard Elementary School. He is a graduate of Clarion University of Pennsylvania (now PennWest Clarion) and Robert Morris University and earned his K-12 principal certification from the University of Pittsburgh.

New Brighton Area School District, school starts August 26

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School, school starts August 19

Quaker Valley School District, students in kindergarten to grade 9 will start on August 20, while students in grades 10-12 start on August 21st What’s new there: In June, the Quaker Valley School District was awarded a $184,000 Manufacturing PA Training to Career grant from the state Department of Community and Economic Development. This grant will update the school’s pre-engineering and technology lab and purchase some new equipment, including a computer numeric control (CNC) milling machine, plastic and metal forming equipment, precision measurement equipment and other manufacturing tools similar to those used by companies in the region. The district is also adding several new courses in manufacturing and fabrication to its curriculum this year.

Riverside School District (Beaver County), school starts August 27th What’s new there: Riverside has three new administrators in the district this year. Chelsea Sharek is the K-4th grade building principal, Jeff Gonzales is the principal in the grades 5-8 building and Emily Smith has been named director of pupil services. Each of these administrators has worked in other positions within the district for many years.

Rochester Area School District, school starts August 26

Sewickley Academy, senior school students start school on August 27, lower and middle school students start on August 28

South Side Area School District, school starts August 25

West Allegheny School District, school starts August 19

Western Beaver County School District, school starts August 26