Vision:

As an urban education site,Lauer's Park Elementary School will:

-Provide a safe and inviting environment for students and the community.

-Engage students in active learning

-Instill students with the confidence to become productive citizens in an ever-changing society.

-Demonstrate Best Practices and continuing professional development.

Lauer's Park was the site of many historically significant baseball events, including the only nine-inning perfect game in Reading Professional history: Jake Northrup(1911), and George Quellich's record-breaking streak of 15 hits in15 at-bats (1929), which remains the longest such streak by any professional player. The park was also witness to some historic futility: the 1926 Reading Keystones lowest winning percentage of any minor league team (.194) and the '27 Keystones still hold the record for the longest losing streak (31 games) in International League history.

Lauer's Park (baseball stadium) was demolished in 1943 and the grounds sat vacant for eight years before they were turned into a municipal parking lot. In 1960, Lauer's Park Elementary School was erected on the sight. Gordon Hoodak Stadium at Lauer's Park will be one of the leading youth facilities in the region. Chosen because it was once the home of a stadium that housed several Reading professional baseball teams from 1907-1941. The stadium is located at the corner of North Third and Elm Streets, behind the elementary school. Home plate for the youth field will be in what was center field at the old park.