Galeton Area School District

On Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 2 a.m., Daylight Saving Time begins in the United States. 

TURN YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD 1 HOUR

Every Spring we move our clocks one hour ahead and "lose" an hour during the night and each Fall we move our clocks back one hour and "gain" an extra hour. But Daylight Saving Time (and not Daylight Savings Time with an "s") wasn't just created to confuse our schedules.

The phrase "Spring forward, Fall back" helps people remember how Daylight Saving Time affects their clocks. At 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March, we set our clocks forward one hour ahead of Standard Time ("Spring forward"). We "Fall back" at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November by setting our clock back one hour and thus returning to Standard Time.

The change to Daylight Saving Time allows us to use less energy in lighting our homes by taking advantage of the longer and later daylight hours. During the eight-month period of Daylight Saving Time, the names of time in each of the time zones in the U.S. change as well. Eastern Standard Time (EST) becomes Eastern Daylight Time, Central Standard Time (CST) becomes Central Daylight Time (CDT), Mountain Standard Time (MST) becomes Mountain Daylight Time (MDT), Pacific Standard Time becomes Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), and so forth.

Daylight Saving Time was instituted in the United States during WWI in order to save energy for war production by taking advantage of the later hours of daylight between April and October. During World War II the federal government again required the states to observe the time change. Between the wars and after WWII, states and communities chose whether or not to observe Daylight Saving Time. In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act. which standardized the length of Daylight Saving Time.

Galeton Area School District

Pre-K Registration

Galeton Area School District Preschool Registration for the 2010 - 2011 school year, has been set for Thursday March 11, 2010.  The registration will be held at 6:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. 

A child must be four years old on or before September 1, 2010 to begin Preschool this fall. Parents should call Galeton School at 435-6571 if they have a child of this age and live in the Galeton School District. 

Be prepared to give the school your child’s birth date, address, phone number and parent’s names.  You will be sent information and forms to complete and bring to registration. You may also download the forms and fill them out at home and then bring them with you to registration on March 11th. 

 Immunization records, birth certificate and social security number must be brought with the child to registration on March 11, 2009. 

Kindergarten Registration – If you have a child of Kindergarten age five years old on or before September 1, 2010 and they are not enrolled in Galeton Preschool, please call the school to make arrangements for enrollment.

Attachments:

File	Description	File size
Enrollment Form.doc		32 Kb
Home Language Survey.doc		28 Kb
Immunization Letter to Parents for Preschool.doc		25 Kb
Student Medical and Health Information Form.doc		24 Kb

The Galeton Area School District has two School Board Director Positions vacant.

Region I – Galeton Borough Second Ward

Region II – Galeton Borough First Ward/Gaines Township/Elk Township

Interested persons should submit a letter of interest by March 25, 2010

to Melissa Sullivan, Board Secretary, 27 Bridge Street, Galeton, Pa.  16922

Coach Smith with his 5th & 6th Grade Basketball Team

Recently some GHS softball players had the opportunity to go on a softball cruise with stops in Key West, Grand Cayman, Jamaica and Nassau, Bahamas with Olympic star Pitcher Monica Abbott. 

Student's at GHS paid a dollar to have the opportunity to smash a pie in the face of their choosing, the selections were from Coaches, Police Officers, Teacher's, Mr. Smith or Mr. Wishard.  The event was sponsored by a couple of GHS student's who are raising money for "Pennies for Patients" which will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  The girls are doing this for their senior project.  They also have a display set up near the front office for grades 7-12th and jugs in the elementary classrooms for everyone to donate their pennies to "Pennies for Patients", each grade  have the opportunity to compete for a top prize of a pizza party to see which class can raise the most amount of pennies.  There is a slideshow of pictures at the top of the page, click on Photo Gallery to view this slideshow.

 

COLONEL (P) FRANK JOSEPH SULLIVAN            

     Colonel Sullivan was born in Wellsboro, PA.  Colonel Sullivan is a 1970 graduate of Galeton High School.  He received his Bachelor's Degree from Catholic University of America in 1975.  He has a Master's Degree in Architecture from Catholic University, Washington, D.C., and a Master's Degree of Public Administration from Auburn University.  He also received a Design Certificate from France and earned graduate credits from the Rome Studies Program in Rome, Italy. Colonel Sullivan is a 1982 graduate of the Academy of Military Science.  He began his military career in 1982 when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant at the Academy of Military Science.  In 1983, he was assigned as engineering officer in the 201st RED HORSE Squadron, Ft Indiantown Gap, PA.  A 1987 graduate of Squadron Officer's School in residence; a 1994 distinguished graduate from Air Command and Staff College in residence; and a 2003 graduate of the Air War College by correspondence.        

    He deployed numerous times to Central and South America.  He assisted with building base camps, roads and schools during the next ten years in missions such as Fuentos Caminos in Honduras, Panama, Haiti and Ecuador. Colonel Sullivan has also been the officer in charge of Air Force civil engineering deployments to Germany, Italy, England, Jamaica, Canada, Qatar and within the United States.               

   From 1999 to 2001 he served as the first inspector general for the 193rd Special Operations Wing, Harrisburg; and in 2001 Colonel Sullivan was appointed commander, 201st RED HORSE Squadron.  That same year, the 201st was the first National Guard RED HORSE Squadron activated for the Global War on Terror.  He was the commander of over 400 RED HORSE personnel deployed in nine countries including Afghanistan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Djibouti.   Colonel Sullivan served for eight months constructing air bases, runways, infrastructure installation, telecommunications facilities and other wartime tasking. 

   In 2005-2006 he served a one-year tour of duty in Iraq where he was commander of the 732nd Air Expeditionary Group, the largest Air Force Group in Iraq.

                Colonel Sullivan serves as the Director of the Joint Staff, Headquarters, Pennsylvania National Guard, Fort Indiantown Gap.  He is responsible for managing programs and operations for the 100-plus member joint staff and overseeing issues that impact the 19,000-member Pennsylvania National Guard.