My education started at Donegan Elementary School in the Bethlehem Area School District, I attended Donegan from kindergarten till the beginning of 3rd grade. I think they provided a a great learning environment at this school and I can remember many of the teachers including the principal Mr Shelly and my kindergarten teacher Mrs. Jacobs. Many of the teachers participated in community events and at Halloween they volunteered at a local haunted house. One of my most vivid memories at Donegan is of having an apple computer that we used for math in 2nd grade. The school has since been knocked down and rebuilt to accommodate a larger student class.
My parents decided to move and i was transferred to Fountain Hill Elementary where I met new friends and more great teachers. The principal was named Mr Dundon and he was a very caring and nice man. For 4th and 5th grade we had a brand new teacher, straight out of college at Lehigh University named Mr Delluva. I tried to take music lessons and learned to play the clarinet. I attended this school until the school district decided to change the grade structure and instead of staying one more year we were moved to the newly renamed middle school.
Broughal Middle School was a whole new experience. All of my friends from both elementary schools merged together here. It was like coming home for me. Many of the younger students in this new 6th grade were picked on because we were so much younger than the other kids. This was a place for many of us to grow into being teenagers and learn new things that expanded on our earlier years. The Principal Mr Petraglia and Asst Mr Zavacky really tried to help with the transition. We now had classes to change rooms. I joined the newly formed newspaper which I still have an original copy of the first Broughal Rock it! This school has also since been rebuilt into a state of the art school.
Now while there is an awesome rivalry between the high schools in Bethlehem, I had the opportunity to attend both schools. Liberty High School will always be my home and I will never forget the time I spent roaming those halls. I met many awesome teachers and had many friends at both schools but I spent the majority of my time at Liberty. This would be my first opportunity to read Romeo and Juliet which we also attended a production of at Desales after reading the whole play. My favorite class was most definitely Home Economics, both the sewing and cooking portion were interesting to me. While there I attended many football games and played on the girls basketball team for 2 seasons. Go Hurricanes!!
