🌱 Patch AM: How will Salisbury-Elk Lick’s shrinking enrollment affect local classrooms?

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• How will Salisbury-Elk Lick's shrinking enrollment affect local classrooms?

Also on today's calendar: Upper Milford Township 250th Anniversary Parade and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and delightful, temps: high: 76, low: 57.
• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Enrollment at Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary drops to 113 in 2025-26 (laurelhighlandstoday.com) — Families in Salisbury may notice smaller class sizes this year, as Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary's enrollment has dropped to 113 students for 2025-26, down 17 from last year. The K-6 school in Salisbury Borough details grade-by-grade numbers, while statewide data show modest overall declines in elementary enrollment but improving high school graduation rates across Pennsylvania.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Salisbury

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 5
• Upper Milford Township 250th Anniversary Parade →
  Upper Milford Township Building and Lenape Park, 6102 Kings Hwy S, Zionsville
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday September 7
• Labor Day - No School
  Salisbury-Elk Lick SD Salisbury, PA 15558
Tuesday September 8
• World Physical Therapy Day
  Salisbury-Elk Lick SD Salisbury, PA 15558
• International Literacy Day
  Salisbury-Elk Lick SD Salisbury, PA 15558
Friday September 11
• Curriculum Assessment - 1:15 Dismissal
  Salisbury-Elk Lick SD Salisbury, PA 15558
• 9/11 Remembrance Day
  Salisbury-Elk Lick SD Salisbury, PA 15558
Sunday September 13
• Arts in Education Week
  Salisbury-Elk Lick SD Salisbury, PA 15558
• National Grandparents Day
  Salisbury-Elk Lick SD Salisbury, PA 15558
Saturday September 19
• Deer Valley Folk Fest 2026 →
  Deer Valley YMCA Family Camp, 254 Deer Vly Dr, Fort Hill
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• DAVE HOWSARE & NEV HOSTETLER ACOUSTIC →
  Tall Pines Distillery, 9224 Mason - Dixon Hwy, Salisbury
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• 2Bs Acoustic hosted by Tall Pines Distillery →
  Tall Pines Distillery, 9224 Mason - Dixon Hwy, Salisbury
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday September 6
• The Lost Years Band →
  Hickory Hollow Campground, 176 Big Hickory Rd, Rockwood
  5:00 pm
Friday September 11
• Play & Grow Storytime →
  Somerset County Library, 6022 Glades Pike #120, Somerset
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Meyersdale

• Meyersdale Area Elementary School enrollment climbs to 343 in 2025-26 (laurelhighlandstoday.com)
• Pa. high school football, Somerset County Week 2 scores, live updates (ydr.com)
• Somerset County man accused of shooting woman, attempting to hit another (wtaj.com)

Somerset

• Somerset Area School District reports 0.3% dropout rate in 2024-25 (laurelhighlandstoday.com)
• Pennsylvania E.R. Wait Times (fox8tv.com)
• Somerset police mourn loss of former chief who died from cancer (wtaj.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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