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

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In today's newsletter:

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