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PJAS Regional Science Fair Student Achievements

Seven students represented Freedom at the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (PJAS) regional science fair, held at Northampton Community College. Students designed and conducted their own science experiments over the last few months, and yesterday, they presented their results as an oral presentation to a panel of judges, who scored them on a rubric. Below are the results:

  • Freshman Max Denofa received a 1st award for his microbiology project
  • Sophomore Navya Abraham received a 1st award for her microbiology project
  • Sophomore Srisha Banerjee received a 1st award for her microbiology project
  • Sophomore Manideep Muvvala received a 1st award for his human behavior project
  • Junior Xin Liu received a 2nd award for her zoology project
  • Junior Taylor Roberts received a 1st award for her biochemistry project
  • Senior Mia Napolitano received a 1st award (and a perfect score!) for her zoology project
For their first awards, Max, Navya, Srisha, Manideep, Taylor, and Mia will advance to the state-level competition held at Penn State University in May.

BAVTS SkillsUSA District 11 Medalists

We are thrilled to share the results from the SkillsUSA Council District 11 competition held on February 4th. BAVTS student competitors secured an impressive 49 medals (14 Gold, 23 Silver, and 12 Bronze).

Our 14 Gold medalists will now advance to the State competition to represent BAVTS. We look forward to formally recognizing these students at a future Joint Committee meeting.

BASD Athletic Ticketing Information

Please see the two documents below regarding tickets to sporting events at Freedom High School and the Bethlehem Area School District. If you have any questions, please contact the Athletic Office at Freedom.

BASD Athletic Ticketing Information 

BASD QR Code – Athletic Ticketing

School ATSI Plan

2025-2026 School District Calendar 

Student Parking Information

For those who park at FHS:

We will need the following documentation from you to park in a student space! You will then be assigned a parking spot. Please complete this form and once the tags have arrived, we will call you down to office 101 to give it to you. Students may park in either the rear (Student lot) and the front (Main lot) starting in the sixth row. We will not be assigning numbered spots. But your tag must be displayed in a location that can be easily seen, facing outward, and hanging from the mirror. Students may NOT park in the solar panel lot or any other lots on campus.

Clubs, Activities, & Sports

Orchestra

Congratulations to Benett Vertel! After auditioning at Region Orchestra, Benett has made the PA All-State orchestra. The All-State festival will take place next month at Kalahari and Camelback resorts

Congratulations to Ian Baltz and Benett Vertel who will represent Freedom in the Northeast Region Orchestra. They are among the best high school orchestral musicians in the 12 surrounding counties.

French Club
The FHS French Club is collecting coins for Doctors Without Borders, a non-affiliated volunteer group which brings volunteer medical staff and supplies to countries with need from conflicts or natural disasters. Please donate your spare change during your Block 2 class. There will be weekly class prizes and a grand prize of a French breakfast for the class which collects the most money. Please help us with this cause.

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Two of our Art students for being selected to the 2026 Pennsylvania Scholastic Artists & Writers competition. Both of these talented and hard-working artists currently have their work on display at Kutztown University’s Sharadin Art Gallery.  

PEYTON HAAS – Acrylic Painting on Canvas

KARA DOPSOVIC – Acrylic Painting on Canvas 

Wrestling 
Senior Dan Schiffert captured his second consecutive District XI Class 3A championship at this past weekend’s meet at Liberty!
Dan and junior Nick Lyden (fourth place) advanced to this weekend’s PIAA 3A Northeast Regional championship at Liberty.

 

Rifle Team

Our rifle team placed THIRD (bronze medalists) in the STATE at this month’s Pennsylvania Rifle Championships!
Junior Cora Hardin  placed 20th at the individual state meet. We also won the NEPARL regular season title and finished 13-1 overall.
Please congratulate the members of our rifle team!

 

Chorus

Congratulations to Kathryn Ryer and Kayden Taylor who will be going on to represent FHS and BASD at the PMEA All State Chorus. This is an incredible honor and extremely hard to achieve; they have been chosen as one of the top 6 singers in their voice part in all of Eastern Pennsylvania!

Swimming & Diving Team

Congratulations to Freedom senior Hayden Taylor, who was crowned the District XI 3A diving champion for the third consecutive year on Wednesday evening – one day after Freedom senior Cody Smith was crowned boys’ champ.
Hayden now holds the all-time District XI 3A record – topping the record held for the past 11 seasons. (She bested the record by 60 points!)
Hayden heads to the state championships on March 12th at Bucknell University.


Cheerleading

Congratulations to our cheerleaders on their outstanding performance at Nationals a few weeks ago.

Patriot Band

Congratulations to Maxim Tiffany and Benett Vertel on making the Region V Band. This festival will take place on March 19-21 at Carlisle High School.

ASL Club

The ASL Club is excited to announce an online apparel store to help support a future educational field trip to Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. This unique experience will allow students to immerse themselves for a day in the vibrant Deaf community while learning about the rich history of Gallaudet University, the world’s only university specifically designed for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

By purchasing items from the apparel store, you will support an unforgettable learning opportunity that deepens cultural understanding, strengthens language skills, and brings ASL learning beyond the classroom. Please use the link provided by your teachers to place an order or see Ms. Elliott in room 132 for assistance. Thank you for supporting student learning, inclusion, and community connection.