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Welcome to the Nazareth Area SD Blue Eagle Wiki! This is a place where educators can learn about the happenings in the Nazareth SD. It is a place where we can share new initiatives and ideas along with input from the staff at all buildings. It is a way to make our school news available to all buildings as well as a place for others to share their thoughts and ideas. We hope that it is a place that you can gain ideas as well as share your own for others to take back into the classroom.

Classrooms of the Future- By: Shawn Kocher- Classroom of the Future Coach/ Technology Specialist -NAHS This is Nazareth Area High School's second year in Classrooms for the Future (CFF). Classrooms for the Future is a state-funded grant for high schools in Pennsylvania to immerse classrooms with technology to assist students in acquiring 21st Century learning skills.....click for more

Reading Apprenticeship- By: Steven Snyder-Technology Specialist -NAMS Reading Apprenticeship is an approach to reading instruction that helps young people develop the knowledge, strategies, and dispositions they need to become more powerful readers. It is at heart a partnership of expertise, drawing on what teachers know and do as content-area readers....click for more

Fastt Math- By: Sharon Strausser- Technology Specialist -Shafer ES FASTT Math is a researched based math software intervention program that elementary students are using to develop their fluency with basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. The program begins with students taking both a typing and basic facts assessment. click for more

Odyssey- By: Melissa Whitman- Technology Specialist- Bushkill ES The Nazareth Area School District subscribes to a web based learning system, called Odyssey, that is used in grades K-8 and in the special education department of the High School. Compass Learning's Odyssey program is a scientifically researched program that is aligned to the Pennsylvania State Standards and Anchors as well as national standards in Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. click for more

Intranet- By: Jason Rasmussen- Technology Specialist- Lower Nazareth ES Recently, the Nazareth Area School District developed an intranet to help facilitate the the needs of the teachers and administrators in the district. The intranet allows teachers to access forms, and online documents that are not available to the general public.