Hayden O'Rourke

Hayden is a Community Fellow with the Early Learning department in the Bethlehem Area School District (BASD).  He is working on aligning preschool and childcare centers with BASDs kindergarten standards, and has performed site visits, and leads focus groups with various stakeholders surrounding PreK and preparing children for Kindergarten. His goal is to create a preschool task force on the Southside.  He is active on the United Way’s Talk-Read-Sing Committee, PBS 39 Ready to Learn committee, and Lehigh Valley Reads programming.  Hayden is an M.A. student in Political Science with an interest in educational policy.