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HARRISBURG, PA (December 8, 2025) — The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) congratulates Madeline Loring, a fourth grade teacher at Jefferson-Morgan Elementary School in Greene County, who was named the 2026 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year today.
For more information about Madeline, a member of the Jefferson-Morgan EA and a Southwestern Region member, visit www.psea.org.
May 21, 2026
Join us for the 2025-2026* Third Thursdays and Solidarity Days at Bella Terra Vineyards in Hunker, PA.
Wear your local association t-shirt or a PSEA Southwestern Region t-shirt to Third Thursdays. Take a photo (individual or group) and email it to Michelle at mstonebraker@psea.org. (Please include the names of all participants in the photo.) Look for your photo on this website.
The next Third Thursday/Solidarity Day is:

2026/2027 Third Thursday dates will be posted soon!
*Subject to change/cancellation due to meeting conflicts and/or inclement weather. Check this website for the latest information.

The Allegheny County Schools Health Insurance Consortium (ACSHIC) renewal has been updated for the 2025-2026 Plan Year.
Please click the links below where you can find some important information regarding the plan changes and updates.
April 21, 2026
The Westmoreland Education Council (WEC) announces their meetings for the 2025-2026 school year (next meeting is shown in bold):
All meetings will be held at Bella Terra Vineyards. Watch your email for registration information.
April 30, 2026
The Greene County Coordinated Bargaining Council announces their meetings for the 2025-2026 school year (next meeting is shown in bold):
All meetings will be held at Carmichaels Grange. Watch your email for registration information.
May 04, 2026
The Washington County Education Association announces their meetings for the 2025-2026 school year (next meeting is shown in bold):
All meetings will be held at the Union Grill. Watch your email for registration information.
May 11, 2026
The PSEA-Southwestern Region Executive Committee announces their board meetings for the 2025-2026 school year.
NOTE: If you are unable to attend, please go through the registration process and check "Unable to Attend" from the participation-type list.

Meetings will be held at Bella Terra Vineyard, 121 Sunny Lane, Hunker, PA 15639, unless otherwise noted above. Online registration is required. Dinner will start at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. promptly.
Committee reports should be emailed to Michelle Stonebraker (mstonebraker@psea.org) no later than the deadline date which is listed above. If you have no report, kindly send Michelle an email stating such.
The Fayette County Education Association have concluded for the 2025/2026 school year. Meeting dates for the 2026/2027 school year will be posted here shortly.
September 22, 2026
The Southwestern Education Support Professionals (ESP) Division announces meeting dates and topics for the 2026-2027 school year (next meeting is shown in bold):
Dinner starts at 5:00 p.m.; meeting begins promptly at 5:30 p.m. Online registration is required.
September 24, 2026
SAVE THE DATE!

Join your PSEA Southwestern Region Governance and Staff at our New Member Kickoff.
This event is for new Southwestern Region PSEA members (3 years or fewer).
Details will be posted soon!

Southwestern Region Officers for the 2025-2027 term are:
President: Missy Brant
Vice President: Joe Steeves
Secretary: Daneen Watson
Treasurer: Christopher Huff

Southwestern ESP Division Officers for the 2025-2028 term are:
President: Brian Tantlinger
Vice President: Meranda Mullins
Secretary/Treasurer: Brandon Tantlinger

The online Southwestern Region Directory has been revised and is located at the top of this website in the "Region Information" block (login required). This online Directory is revised throughout the school year as updates occur.
If you have updates, please contact the Southwestern Region Office at: SW-HunkerAssociates@psea.org
If you have an interesting story about a PSEA Southwestern Region Member, please contact Matt Edgell, Region Advocacy Coordinator, at the Southwestern Region (medgell@psea.org or 724-696-3100).
Local Association Presidents:
The Local Email Utility, available to you and your designees, is a useful tool for you to quickly email all your members without the need to create and maintain a separate database of member email addresses.
Your access carried over on September 1 (as long as you remained president). After September 1, your designees from the prior year were deleted and you need to log in to Local Leader Tools to set up your designee(s) for the current membership year.
If you have any questions about this tool, please contact PSEA-Financial Management at 800-944-7732.