Knowing that the middle school years are a jumble of academic and social challenges, officials at Cocalico Middle School launched a program three years ago to provide students with extra guidance and maybe a few new...

  Four-year-old Gavin Leffler can barely write, but he knows how to handle an autograph request. The inspiration for his father’s first book, “The Boy’s World: His Trials Our Tribulations,” Gavin has signed 60 to 70 copies...

  Three new members were sworn in Monday, Dec. 7, to serve four-year terms on the Cocalico Area School Board. Juanita Fox, 39, and Randall Renninger, 51, both of East Cocalico Township, and Desiree Wagner, 47, of...

Financial literacy teacher Lyndon Engle created this quick quiz on topics his Cocalico High students cover in their 45-day class. Test your own knowledge. What percent do you need as a down payment on a house to...

  Wrapped across the back wall of Lyndon Engle’s classroom at Cocalico High School, a series of superhero posters warn about the lurking dangers of credit card debt, student loan borrowing, and predatory pay day loans. For...

  In the final meeting for several members, the Cocalico School Board accepted a clean audit report at its Monday, Nov. 16, meeting that shows the district is in good financial shape despite looming increases in pension...

The Cocalico School Board heard more details at its Nov. 2 meeting on capital projects that would fund a new roof for Reamstown Elementary School and complete a district-wide upgrade of phone equipment. Presentations at a special...

  As art teacher Alisa Leidich sends four vertical lines marching across an oversized drawing pad in parade-like formation, 20 kindergartners put their hands to paper and try their best to mimic her. It’s not as easy...

  Several students who’ve spent time on Cocalico High School’s new turf field this fall praised the playing surface at a school board meeting Oct. 19. So far, 29 events have been played on the turf, part...