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Welcome to Park Forest Middle School, home of the Little Lions! Our school motto is “Every Student, Every Day!” We follow our schoolwide positive behavior support ROAR (Respect, Organization, Attitude, Responsibility). Fun facts: All of our teams are named after Pennsylvania animals, birds and reptiles, and our students operate our own ROAR Store.
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District News
A team of Park Forest Middle School students captured three national championships and finished as runners-up in three other events at the 47th National Technology Student Association Conference.
Following the resignation of Board of Directors member Dan Kolbe, which was effective June 18, 2025, the SCASD Board of Directors held a special meeting on July 1. At the meeting, the board selected Jesse Barlow as the new member with a 7-1 vote.
State College Area High School held its inaugural State College OSCARs (SCOSCARs), recognizing student filmmakers across six categories. Eleventh-grader Nate Tranell won Best Picture for "The Sleepless Watch," a 19-minute psychological drama.
Tristan Rogers, a senior, won a gold medal at the SkillsUSA state culinary competition, qualifying him for the SkillsUSA Nationals Skills and Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Ga.
Emma Brown, Anna Coupland, Maya Dombroskie, Claire Fox, Yulian Itskov-Curto, Hannah Kifer, Joshua Lin, Ayla Marvasti, Thea Miller-Priddy, and Constantine Pan were among the approximately 15,000 students nationwide who reached the finalist stage for a National Merit Scholarship.
For the 12th consecutive year, and the 21th time since 2000, the State College Area School District has received one of the Best Communities for Music Education in America designation from the National Association of Music Merchants.