District Newsletter

At our February Board of Education meeting, Pine Road Elementary kicked off a series of presentations highlighting the incredible progress of our Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) implementation. If you missed their informative presentation, you can watch the full recording on the district’s YouTube channel.

In the coming months, building leaders from Murray Avenue and Lower Moreland Middle School will also take the floor to share their own exciting updates. We are thrilled to highlight the success each building is experiencing and to showcase the hard work, collaboration, and dedication of our teachers and building leadership teams this year.

What is MTSS? Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is a district-wide framework that promotes a comprehensive, systematic approach to supporting all students' academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs. Built on the belief that every student can learn and succeed with the proper support, MTSS uses a data-driven, problem-solving approach to proactively identify individual student needs. Through MTSS, schools can provide targeted interventions,often delivered during dedicated intervention periods like "LIONS Time", to help students close learning gaps or receive enrichment extensions before challenges become more serious.

Driving Our Strategic Plan Forward. The implementation of MTSS is a driving force behind Priority 1: Academic Excellence in the LMTSD 2024-2029 Strategic Plan. By systematically using data to inform instructional decisions and to enhance targeted support for all learners, MTSS ensures that every student receives the exact level of support they need to reach their full potential and achieve high academic standards.

We look forward to sharing more of these milestones with the community and celebrating the continuous growth of our students!

Hello, Lower Moreland Community! We, the Student Representatives [Izabella Philip and Yuki Wu] for the 2025-2026 school year, are excited to share with you the School Climate updates for the month of March from Pine Road, the Middle School, Murray Avenue, and Lower Moreland High School.

At Pine Road, the building buzzed with the excitement of books, authors, and the pure joy of discovery as both students and staff participated in Read Across America Week from March 2nd to March 6th! With their “Drop Everything and Read” moment on Thursday, March 5th, the halls were filled with a beautiful, shared silence as everyone got lost in a book. Likewise, the Pine Road students had the amazing opportunity to meet with author Sylvia Chen, who inspired the elementary school’s young readers and writers with her insights into the creative process.

The halls were additionally filled with school spirit during their Themed Dress-Up Days, and the enthusiasm for literacy didn't stop there. The Pine Road teachers facilitated special classroom moments where students got cozy and read to their favorite stuffed animals. To celebrate the diverse voices that make up our country, classes spent the week diving into diverse books from every region of the United States, expanding their horizons through the power of story.

As for Murray Avenue, both the students and staff had a superb time with their "Students vs. Staff Volleyball Tournament Assembly"! Likewise, the students had even more fun at the PTA’s “Marshmallow Madness” event, where they had fun building large towers with toothpicks/sticks and marshmallows! Overall, the month of February was filled with joy and laughter at Murray Avenue!

Lower Moreland Middle School similarly had a joyous week, with their own student-staff volleyball game. With the staff winning all of their games, there’s no doubt that the game was filled with students sitting on the edge of their seats and anticipation! Additionally, with their "Winter Pep Rally," the students were again able to celebrate their winter sports teams and have a great time! Students at the Middle School then had the amazing opportunity to learn more about Lunar New Year– a holiday celebrated by many Lower Moreland families. From watching an informational video from Lower Moreland alumni to participating in various activities, the Middle School students enjoyed a month filled with both learning and fun!

Finally, students at Lower Moreland High School were able to enjoy a very musical month with Montgomery County’s annual Lip Sync Event, the Orchestra’s Pops concert, and the Band Festival. At each event, students participated in their own way of expressing themselves through music! Likewise, students a part of LMHS’ Asian Cultures Club enjoyed the first Lunar New Year Community Banquet, where students met up with other Asian Cultures Clubs in the county and raised a total of $860 for the Woori Center (a local Asian-American non-profit dedicated to social advocacy)! Overall, this month was a month filled with fun and music for the high school.

March 21st has been recognized as World Down Syndrome Day by the United Nations since 2012 with the goal of helping people better understand and support those with Down syndrome.

The date being the 21st day of the 3rd month was chosen to represent the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome which causes Down syndrome.

Please visit https://www.worlddownsyndromeday.org/ to see what you can do to raise awareness of Down syndrome. This year’s theme centers on improving support systems for individuals with Down syndrome.

The Lower Moreland Township School District has engaged in a partnership with Prevention Academy to support our students, families, and community. Funded through a grant from the Delaware County Opioid Settlement Fund, the Prevention Academy is designed to nurture a supportive environment within our school community. The program is rooted in the idea of cura personalis—caring for today's youth and the adults who care for them—by inspiring and educating about health and wellness, good decision-making, and prosocial identity development. This Spring, we are excited to share an opportunity for families and caregivers to participate in this partnership.

The district is now taking registrations for the Lions Summer Sports Camp. This camp is a great opportunity for students to have fun and stay active over the summer. The camp will run from June 22 to August 7 this year. Deadline for registration is Monday, May 4.

For more details and to register, click here.

As we look back on a particularly demanding two months of winter weather, we want to extend our sincere gratitude to our in house operations team as well as our landscape management team at Independence Property Services. Keeping our schools safe and accessible during heavy snowfall is no small feat, and their dedication has been on full display.

While most of us were tucked away in our homes during the recent storms, our crews were on-site in the earliest hours of the morning. From clearing parking lots to the meticulous hand-shoveling of walkways and entryways, their efforts ensured that students, staff, and parents could navigate our campuses safely.

Crews were often mobilized before the first bell to ensure a seamless start to the school day, they made sure special care was taken to clear ADA-accessible ramps and high-traffic bus loops, and their consistent de-icing efforts significantly reduced the risk of slips and falls across the district.

It is easy to take clear sidewalks for granted, but we know it takes a monumental amount of coordination and hard work. Please join us in commending the team for their tireless service in keeping our district running, no matter what the thermometer says!

The Montgomery County Annual Education Recruitment Fair is on Wednesday, March 11th, from 5:00-7:00 pm at the MCIU Lafayette Building in Norristown. The fair is for teachers, college students majoring in education, and other education professionals from all backgrounds who are passionate about helping all students reach their full potential.

Register online at www.mciu.org/mcjobfair. For questions, please contact MCJobFair@mciu.org. We hope you will join us this year!

Dennis H. Best, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools

Email: dbest@lmtsd.org
Website: www.lmtsd.org
Location: 2551 Murray Avenue, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA
Phone: 215-928-0272