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Important PSSA and Keystone Information

Erie’s Public Schools will administer the 2024 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) and the Keystone exams during April and May. Click for complete details.

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Parents: Please complete Title I Survey

Survey results help our school team develop priorities and school improvement plans. Click above for information.

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You can now email an excuse to the Diehl attendance office if your child is out sick:

diehlattendance@eriesd.org

New: Student Assistance Program (SAP) digital referrals

Anyone can refer students to our Student Assistance Program, now through an online form, use the link below.

SAP Referral Form

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Announcements

April Important Dates:

Monday, March 25 - Monday, April 1 Spring Break - No School

Monday, April 8 - Solar Eclipse - No School

Monday, April 15 - Family Game Night 4:00-5:30

Tuesday, April 23 - Election Day - No School

Wednesday, April 24 - Friday, May 3 - PSSA grades 3-5

Bell Schedule

Opening Bell Closing Bell

8:00 a.m. 2:30 p.m.

How to Reach Us

2327 Fairmont Parkway
Erie, PA 16510
Phone (814) 874-6585

Tim Sabol
Principal

Mary Kearney
Assistant Principal

Read Across America 2024

2023 Winter Concert

Thank you to Officer Carrol of the Erie Humane Law Enforcement for an awesome "Shopping with a Hero" experience for one lucky Diehl Eagle!

Bingo for Books 2023!

Thank you to the Erie Playhouse and Diehl Families for a fun night!

Happy Halloween, 2023!

Congratulations to Miss Carr's fourth grade class! Great job on your fabulous persuasive writing projects!

Way to go, Diehl Eagles!

Family Movie Night 2023

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Welcome to Diehl School

John C. Diehl Elementary School is a neighborhood public elementary school located at 2327 Fairmont Parkway in Erie, Pennsylvania. We currently have about 500 students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through Grade Five.

Our school focuses on meeting the needs of each of our students while teaching a specific sequence of content in each grade level. Diehl Elementary School’s curriculum parallels the recently adopted PA Common Core Standards. These standards require a rigorous and comprehensive academic curriculum and range of subjects including: World History, Geography, American History, the Sciences, Literature, Writing, Mathematics, Visual Arts, and Music.

Diehl Elementary School embraces diversity. The children and families in our school community are a diverse cross section of many different cultures, ethnic groups and languages. John C. Diehl Elementary School has an English as a Second Language Program. We educate children from 24 different countries, who speak 15 different languages. The students speak Bosnian, Spanish, Arabic, Albanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Sudanese, Somalian, Swahili, French, Kirundi, Bantu, Burmese, Vietnamese, Nepali, and Mai-Mai.

John C. Diehl Elementary School has twenty-three dedicated and experienced classroom teachers, four special education teachers, and two School-Wide Specialists who provide special help in Reading and Math. We also have two full-time teachers who provide instruction for our English Language Learners. Our related arts teachers provide music, art, and physical education classes on a weekly basis. In addition, we have a guidance counselor and a speech therapist. Our school operates on the full-inclusion model. This allows us to accommodate children's special needs within the regular classroom.