Pike-Delta-York Local School District

Senior Spotlight!
Chastidy Smith 🎓 💚 🐾
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Panther Nation—let’s show out! 💚
Delta High School students get FREE admission this Thursday as our girls basketball team battles for a league title at Patrick Henry!
Let’s pack the stands and bring the pride! 🏀 🐾
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Senior Spotlight!
Myah Grant 🎓 💚 🐾
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💚 This National Counselor Week, we are celebrating the heart of our schools 💚
Thank you to our amazing school counselors for listening, encouraging, and helping our students grow, academically, socially, and emotionally. You truly make a difference every day! 🐾
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Senior Spotlight!
Karalynn Longnecker 🎓 💚 🐾
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Senior Spotlight!
Ellie Martinez 🎓 💚 🐾
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Save the Date! Kindergarten registration opens February 20, 2026 for the Class of 2039. More information coming soon!
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Senior Spotlight!
Abbie Burkhart 🎓 💚 🐾
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February is " Love the Bus" month. Each Monday this month, we’ll be highlighting the unsung heroes of our Transportation Department — the people who work every day to keep students safe, supported, and on the move. From behind the wheel to behind the scenes, we’re excited to celebrate the many roles that make student transportation possible.

Today, we start with our drivers. Thank You, Bus Drivers!

Every school day starts and ends with our bus drivers. They’re the first smile students see in the morning and the last “have a good night” they hear in the afternoon. Our drivers safely transport students in all kinds of weather, traffic, and schedules—always with patience and care.

Thank you to our bus drivers for the countless hours, early mornings, and dedication you bring to our students every day. We truly couldn’t do this without you.

👉 If you see your bus driver this week, give them a wave or a thank-you!

Throughout the semester, our Digital Photography students participate in a Top Photographer Challenge, each centered around a new theme. Student photos are shared anonymously with staff across the district, who vote based on how well the image stays within the theme, overall image quality, creativity and originality, composition, point of view, and the mood the photo creates.

Congratulations to Noah Etter, our winner for the “Food” theme.

We’ll be sharing more winning photos throughout the semester so stay tuned for more incredible student work.
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Senior Spotlight!
AIdan Mlynarek 🎓 💚 🐾
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DHS Student Council hosted their Coming Home Dance last Saturday night. The 2026 Coming Home Court was presented and Senior Brady Smith was crowned King!

Freshman Representative- Sam Martinez, escort Sophia Gillen
Sophomore Rep- Marcus Nagel, escort Aida Alig
Junior Reps- Jakub Russell, escort Annabel Gillen and Vincent Martinez, escort Kendall Walter
Senior Reps- Tyler Barnes, escort Lauren Lopez, Wyatt Flickinger, escort Abbey Todd, King Brady Smith, escort Bridget Whitaker
Thanks to Rachel Nagel for the photos!
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🏀👗 Final day to donate!
Formalwear donations will be accepted today and also at tonight’s home girls basketball game. If you’ve been meaning to donate, now’s your chance—thank you for helping make a difference!
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Senior Spotlight!
Wyatt Flickinger 🎓 💚 🐾
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Senior Spotlight!
Thomas Hernandez 🎓 💚 🐾
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👩‍🍳🔐 Culinary Escape Room 🔐👨‍🍳
Before making their recipe—s’mores bars—our culinary students had two class periods to unlock 13 different locks to access their ingredients.
Each lock could only be opened by demonstrating an understanding of essential kitchen safety and sanitation skills, including proper handwashing, dishwashing, food borne illnesses, and correct food temperatures.
This was a great way to reinforce that safety always comes first in the kitchen—then comes the fun (and the food)! 🍫
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Good Morning, PDY Schools will be closed today due to the weather and road conditions. Please stay safe and warm.

Senior Spotlight!
Taven Johnson 🎓 💚 🐾
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PDY will be on a 2 Hour Delay for tomorrow, January 27, 2026. We will reassess road conditions and temperatures in the morning. Any changes will be communicated as soon as possible.

📣 CCP Night is coming up!
Students in grades 6–11 who are interested in taking College Credit Plus (CCP) courses for the 2026-2027 school year are required to attend an informational meeting.

📅 January 28
🕔 5:00 PM
📍 DHS High School Auditorium

If you have questions, please contact Mrs. Hoffman at ahoffman@pdys.org or (419) 822-8247 ext. 3112.
We hope to see you there!