We welcome the new Catasauqua Middle School principal, Dr. Carey Pammer.

The former principal, Melissa Inselmann, transitioned to Catasauqua Area School District’s director of curriculum and instruction.

Pammer previously served as the assistant principal at Sheckler Elementary School.

Welcome to CMS!

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The first day of the 2023-24 school year is Aug. 28. The main doors open 7:45 a.m., and homeroom will begin 7:52 a.m.

Dismissal for walkers and bus students in fifth and sixth grades is 2:15 p.m. The dismissal for seventh- and eighth-grade students and parent pickups is 2:20 p.m.

See the website at cattysd.org/Domain/276 for more information about the new school year and for grade-level supply lists.

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Schools will be closed Sept. 1-4 for the Labor Day holiday.

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The school breakfast program begins Sept. 5.

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