Honoring Our District Retirees
As we celebrate the end of the school year, we also honor the careers of our colleagues who are retiring this year. The people who make up our District set us apart and each of these individuals has made an impact on our students, community and his / her colleagues. We offer them our gratitude and wish them all the best. Thank you to our retirees for being a part of the PT family!
• Mary Elizabeth Barnes, PV Teacher, 39 years
• Barbara A. Brown, PTMS Teacher, 28 years
• Susan Canfield, PTHS Teacher, 32 years
• Dennis Cichy, BH Custodian, 13 years
• Devonne Cloonan, PV / MS Teacher, 23 years
• Tina Cramer, PTMS Clerical, 24 years
• Darlene Fishell, McM Monitor, 10 years
• Richard R. Flick Jr., Maintenance, 14 years
• Dr. Jeannine French, Superintendent, 13 years
• Shelley Jaap, PTMS Paraprofessional, 7 years
• Deborah Kendrick, PTHS Teacher, 33 years
• David Kuhn, PTHS Teacher, 31 years
• Michael Lacey, PTHS Teacher, 22 years
• Jamie MacKay, PTMS Teacher, 20 years
• Karen Molk, PV Monitor, 11 years
• Christine O’ Brien, PV Monitor, 14 years
• Lynn A. Thomas, PV Food Service, 18 years
• Sharon Valley, PTHS Clerical, 14 years
Dr. French gives her final commencement address before retirement to the seniors who were entering kindergarten as she began her career in Peters Township. eters Township
PETERS TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS
PT 3rd Grade Tops the Regional Rankings
In their 2026 Annual Guide to Schools, the Pittsburgh Business Times has ranked Peters Township 3rd in our region and 5th overall across the state. This is the fourth consecutive year for the regional ranking and the third for the state level ranking. The Guide also ranks district budgets across the regions and while PT ranks high in achievement, the District is low in spending with a rank of # 24.
Their rankings also include gradelevel data for those students who took the PSSA Exams and our 3rd grade students took the # 1 spot in our region!
WAY TO GO, PT!
84 PETERS TOWNSHIP
K-12
2026 Rank
State Overall |
5 |
Regional |
3 |
Keystones |
3 |
8th Grade |
3 |
7th Grade |
4 |
6th Grade |
4 |
5th Grade |
8 |
4th Grade |
4 |
|
3rd- PV
3rd- BH
|
1 |
STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS
BOOKED FOR THE SUMMER FOR 3RD GRADE
Bower Hill third graders got excited about summer reading through a special“ Booked for the Summer” event! Students visited 4 third grade classrooms to discover a book series they might enjoy reading over the summer months. In each room, students listened to excerpts from a different chapter book series and participated in a fun hands-on activity connected to the story. By the end of the week, every student took home one of the four books!
ROTARY SPELLING BEE
Members of the McMurray Rotary visited Bower Hill and Pleasant Valley for the annual Spelling Bee. Each fall the Rotary donates dictionaries to every 3rd grade student and in the spring the students show how much they have learned! It was an impressive showing by all of our participants and the three top
MCMURRAY COLOR RUN
McMurray students learned that helping others can be a lot of fun during their annual Color Run. The event raised $ 2,549.20 for The Caring Place and our top fundraisers got to color Mr. Stoehr as a reward.
Bower Bill’ s 3rd grade winners during the annual Rotary Spelling Bee.
spellers at each school earned a gift certificate from the Rotary for their expertise.