After five weeks of studying the history of Venezuela, Fritz Elementary School sixth-grader Brody Hastings has come to the conclusion that Americans are lucky."There are some poor countries in Latin America like Venezuela that are much poorer than this country is," Brody said. &q......

Students at Fritz Elementary School said Tuesday it's hard to imagine just how vast the oceans and continents are.But they were able to gain perspective on those concepts through Adventure Earth, a traveling program that teaches students across the country about geography, math an......

Instead of retrieving lost recess balls in the stream behind Fritz Elementary School on Tuesday, students picked up plastic bags, cardboard boxes and cans.Fritz students in fourth and sixth grades cleaned up a section of the East Lampeter Township stream as the first step in creating an ou......

Here's a list of Lancaster County's best spellers in grades six through eight and the words that stumped them in Friday's Intelligencer Journal Spelling Bee.1. Jaclyn Sands, Warwick Middle School: patriarch misspelled as patriarc.2. Sabrina McAllister, Edward Ha......

Fritz Elementary School first- and second-graders pushed overstuffed shopping carts at Target Friday, wondering what else they could throw on the heap. The youngsters, however, weren't shopping for themselves or even their family members. Instead, they were buying items for the Ronald McDon......

East Lampeter Township residents Tuesday night will learn how much traffic a huge housing development could generate. Keystone Custom Homes wants to build 405 homes and some businesses on 46 acres along the south side of Route 23, between Hornig and Hartman Station roads. The Warrington de......

John Ourensma has a good set of pipes — organ pipes, that is.On Friday, Ourensma, who plays and builds pipe organs, showed Fritz Elementary School students how the instrument works, inside and out.Two years ago, Ourensma helped build an $800,000 pipe organ for the Lutheran Chu......

An hour into her first day of school, Marquita Williams was already feeling relaxed.Marquita, a fifth-grader at Fritz Elementary School, said Wednesday she was happy and nervous about being in a new class."I wanted to see how fifth grade felt," Marquita said. "It feel......

Several Lancaster County school districts are taking advantage of new state funding to add or expand programs designed to help their youngest students.A handful of others are introducing Chinese or Japanese language classes for middle and high school students.Students will notice th......

Little girls wore curly up-dos or  floppy hats, and boys dressed in sweater vests and shiny shoes.A very polished group of Fritz Elementary School first- and second-graders showed Lancaster County Friday that looking good is part of having good manners.Students in Doreen Hershe......

Park McKenna plays a tambourine for a musical group. She goes to chorus. She has library and gym. The 11-year-old with the red hair and the freckled nose would go to recess too. But who has the time? "She's verrrrry busy," says her nurse, Rebecca Heisey. Some days it tak......

The federal Title I program might be incomprehensible jargon for many people, but it's made a big difference for sixth-grader Abby Dougherty and thousands of other students.Abby has been receiving in-class help with reading comprehension at Fritz Elementary School since fourth grade &m......

Some East Lampeter Township residents are calling on their board of supervisors to take more time to examine proposed changes to an ordinance that governs development in the township.More than 100 people turned out at Fritz Elementary School Thursday night for a presentation arranged by co......