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Drivers Education

The answers to frequently asked questions regarding Parkland High School’s Drivers Education program are located in the links below. However, if you can not find your question, please feel free to call the drivers education office at 610-351-5900, extension # 74410. Miss Bortz, our department chairperson will contact you. You may also contact Miss Bortz by email at bortzb@parklandsd.org.

Inclement Weather & Emergency Information/Notices
If drivers training and license testing sessions are cancelled due to inclement weather a notice will be posted below.

If inclement weather cancels PHS Drivers Training and License Testing Sessions,
only those students scheduled for License Testing will be contacted to reschedule.

2010 Summer Changes to the Behind the Wheel Program!!
Click the link above to pull up a letter with an explaination.

The summer behind-the-wheel driving signup clipboard is
now available in the Guidance office.

We are currently scheduling students from pages 1 to 30 on the summer signup list.
If you are not on these pages we will get to you as soon as possible. If you would be on page 1 to 25 and we have not contacted you
please call Miss Bortz at the numbers listed on this page and make sure we have the proper contact information. If you forgot your page
number please set up an appointment to come in and review the summer list or
be patient and know we will contact you when we get to your page.

Please click on the link for Saturday/Holiday Diving below for
instructions on how students may sign this list when it opens.

As always, in-school and after-school lists are available in the guidance
office daily for all students to signup for the Behind-the-Wheel program.

Summer Theory Sessions for Drivers Education

These sessions will run for 2 weeks. Students may register in the guidance office
by filling out their information on the appropriate clipboard.

The first session is June 28th to July 14th from 8 am to 11 am. (No classes will be held on July 1, 2, & 5).
The second session is July 19th to July 30th from 9 am to 12am.

Ride Like A Friend
National Teen Driver Safety

Alert Partnership
Safe Teen
Driver Program

Link above will take you off PSD site and to the CHOP's (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) in conjunction with State Farm web site.

This site is an excellent student driver-parents of student drivers resource with information, suggestions and driving lesson plans for parents or students.

Links will take you off the PSD site and to the ALERT Partnership which is a program in the Community Health Division of the Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania. This is an outstanding site that provides new drivers and parents with actual materials to help with the decisions and the process of learning to drive. All materials are available in hard copy form in the Parkland High School Drivers Education classroom.
Is Your Teen Ready to Drive Parent decision guide detailing teen behaviors and how they relate to the responsibility of driving	Safe Teen Driver Contract This pdf file provides a signed contract between a new driver and a responsible adult.	"Road Map to Safe Teen Driving" Download and print a pamphlet designed to help parents with proper teaching and route progressions.

Driver Education &
Classroom Links

Driver Training Links
(Behind the Wheel)

Permit and Licensing Information

PA Department of Motor Vehicles Info

Drivers Education
Parent Forum Handout
Handout encompasses entire program

Drivers Training
Behind the Wheel
Program Information

PA State Permit Application Forms
DL-180 & DL-180 TD
These are the forms necessary to apply for a permit. DL-180 is the information and physical form.
DL-180 TD is a parental consent form.

PA Department of Motor Vehicles

Drivers Education
General Information/Goal

After-School
Behind The Wheel

Drivers Training
Information

PA Department of Transportation

Saturday and Holiday
Behind The Wheel

Drivers Training
Information

DL-180C
Parental Certification form as to the completion of the child's 50 hour of driving practice.
This form must be notarized or signed in front of a Parkland Driving Test Instructor before the test can be administered

Pennsylvania's Young Driver
Graduated Licensing Requirements
Fact Sheet

Drivers Education
Classroom Teachers
Teachers can be reached using the 610-351-5600 phone number, at the extensions listed below.

Mr. Reifinger; Ext. # 74133
reifingerd@parklandsd.org

Ms. Andreoli; Ext. # 74224
andreolid@parklandsd.org

During School

Drivers Training
Sign-up Information

Public Notary Page
Link to an ongoing compilation of local Public Notaries.
The DL-180C, (required for a students test) can be signed in front of a notary instead of a the driver instructor.

PA Department of Motor Vehicles
Forms Page

Summertime
Behind The Wheel

Drivers Training
Information

PA DMV &
Parkland High School
Drivers Test
(End Of Skills Test)
Information

Penn DOT's
Cross-Roads
Site & Quiz
This is a site for teen drivers by teen drivers. It includes a
quiz about driving,
including questions found
on the PA permit test.

Gift of Life
Organ Donation
Web site

Permit Memo
Basic information sent home to students around their 16th birthday explaining Parkland's Driver Training Program and obtaining a permit

PA DMV
(End of Skills Test)
Drivers Testing
Rubric

PA DMV Permit Practice Test Question Site

Drivers Education Classroom Information and Course Guide

Parental Consent Form for
PHS Drivers Training
Parents must fill out this form for students to be eligible for PHS behind-the-wheel.
Prints out as 4" X 6" box.

Sample Permit
Test Questions
from an on-line independent Permit Test Site

Parkland Drivers Education
Monthly Newsletter

September	December	March
October	January	April
November	February	May --- June

Click on the link to the left to reach Penn DOT's "Drive Safe PA" page. This page is designed for new or experienced drivers providing relevant information and tests.

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