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PMSA State President

Debbie Lappano

Catherine Hall Middle School

 

PMSA Executive Director

Len Ference

Mechanicsburg Middle School

 

PMSA Newsletter Editor

Anneliese Ledebur

Titusville Middle School

415 Water Street

Titusville, Pennsylvania  16354

phone - 814-827-2717

fax - 814-827-1275

aledebur@iu05trc.iu5.org

 

 

The mission of the Pennsylvania Middle School Association is to promote best practices for middle level education.

 

The PMSA Newsletter is published four times each year.  Issues are delivered to all PMSA member schools in October, January, March, and May.   It is created using Microsoft Office Publisher. 2003

 

Article submissions are welcome at all times.  Articles may be mailed, emailed, or faxed to the newsletter's editor.  Any articles or information from the PMSA Newsletter may be reproduced for your use.

 

Printed by:

AES/PHEAA

 

PMSA would like to extend our THANKS to AES/PHEAA for their generous donation of providing the printing of this publication.

 

 

Pennsylvania Middle

School Association
P.O. Box 7258

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

15213-0258

www.pmsaweb.org

PMSA Newsletter

Message from PMSA President – ... .......... .......... 1

Debbie Lappano

 

News from the Executive Director’s Office –      3

Len Ference

 

MOYA—Month of the Young Adolescent             4

 

Invite to the PMSA State Reception —                 4

Friday, November 4, 2005

 

Reports from the PMSA Regions                           6-7

 

Welcome to Philadelphia —                                     8-9

NMSA Annual Conference Information

 

AES/PHEAA Information                                        10

 

403(b)s Are in the News                                          11

 

I was a Math Teacher –                                            12

A Lesson in Teaming

 

Making the Most of Team Planning Time 13

 

Minding their Music                          14-15

 

The Joan Spicher Student Award 16