The Home News Your Local News
JULY 7-13, 2022
50 cents
Nazareth’s Annual Kazoo Parade marches on
Nazareth High School Educator selected for 2022 C-Span teacher Fellowship
Photo by Gregory Morgan Photography
Photo by Gregory Morgan Photography By SAVANNAH BROWN The Nazareth Area Chamber of Commerce held their annual kazoo parade on Saturday, July 2. Residents decked out in red, white, and blue showed up for this Fourth of July tradition, kazoos and flags in hand as the forecasted rain was replaced by sunny skies and smiling faces. The tradition began back in 2005 when Nazareth tried to break the world record for the largest kazoo ensemble of 5,190 people playing kazoos at once. However, with the original parade only amounting to three or four hundred participants, the record was not broken. Instead, the kazoo parade became an annual fun-filled tradition as par-
ticipants celebrated the USA. Residents met at the Nazareth Area High School and at 10 a.m. the parade began marching through the streets of Nazareth, which was led by the Nazareth police and the Nazareth fire department. This year’s parade veteran grand marshal was Helena Lazzarini who served in the US Navy for 15 years and is now the proud owner of Naz-ONut, a donut shop in Nazareth equipped with their own pink and white donut van they patriotically decorated for the parade. Sirens sounded and parade goers played their kazoos all the way to Veterans Memorial Square, where a program was held by the Nazareth Area Chamber of Com-
merce. Speakers blaring “Born in the USA” played as residents gathered in the square and Executive Vice President of Affiliated Chambers and Nazareth Area Chamber Liaison Jessica O’Donnell began the program. “We just love this annual tradition in our community and the opportunity to honor those of you that have served and those of you that have family members serving,” O’Donnell expressed. Brielle from All Things Brielle kicked off the ceremony with her beautiful rendition of the National Anthem. Next, O’Donnell thanked the Nazareth Army Navy Store for Continued on page 8
Submitted by ROBIN NEWTON Patricia Cunningham, a teacher at Nazareth Area High School, has been selected as one of five participants in C-SPAN’s 2022 Teacher Fellowship Program. Cunningham will collaborate with C-SPAN’s Education Relations team for four weeks to create content for C-SPAN Classroom, a free online teaching resource. Cunningham teaches AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, and AP United States Government and Politics. She currently coaches the Debate, Mock Trial and Model United Nations teams at the high school and advises the Junior Class Executive Council. She is the chair of the Social Studies Department and serves as a member of the high school’s Academic Achievement Team and Power User Group. Cunningham has been an AP Reader for the United States Government and Politics exam for the last three years and recently completed a Master of Arts in Political Science at Lehigh University. Through the fellowship, Cunningham will partner with CSPAN to expand the collection of
digital resources. C-SPAN Classroom provides middle and high school teachers with video-based content including lesson plans, bell ringers, current events videos, inquiry-based deliberations and more. Each fellow was selected by a panel of C-SPAN representatives and evaluated based on their innovative use of C-SPAN programming in their curriculum, commitment to professional development and creative use of technology and social platforms. The educators will receive $1,000 for participating in the program. “The fellowship program allows us to expand our vast collection of digital resources both in the diversity of content, as well as methods for teachers to incorporate them into their classrooms,” said Craig McAndrew, director Continued on page 12
81st Year, Issue No. 27 www.homenewspa.com
USPS 248-700