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Mountain View Middle School students attended the recent Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Region 27 Leadership Conference hosted at Mountain View. They competed in a variety of events and attended leadership workshops on Job Interviews, Public Speaking, Shark Tank and Business Etiquette.

Mountain View Middle School FBLA members pictured (l-r) are: front row - Chace Schuler, Logan Werkheiser, Morgan Pliska, Jayce Norsen, Cody Heinold, Seth Piasecki; back row - Fiona Schwarztrauber, Ciearrah Kastawa, Autumn Holgate, Jillian Pliska, Brook Danysh, Ireland Shea, Haydn Barto

Mountain View second place finishes were: Ireland Shea, Business Etiquette; Haydn Barto, Career Research; Seth Piasecki, Marketing Concepts; Team of Brook Danysh and Jillian Pliska, Marketing Mix Challenge.

Mountain View first place finishes were: Autumn Holgate, Career Exploration; Addison Millard, Digital Citizenship; Morgan Pliska, Video Game Challenge; Cody Heinold, Internet Concepts; Logan Werkheiser, Sports and Entertainment Management; Team of Chace Schuler and Jayce Norsen, Desktop Publishing; Team of Ciearrah Kastawa and Fiona Schwarztrauber, Exploring Business Issues.

Mountain View High School FBLA members pictured (l-r) are: front row - Collin Pliska, Richter Masters, Andrew Lucas; back row - Coralynn McHenry, Mimi Sedlak and Vivian Sedlak

Mountain View High School students along, with the Region 27 officers planned and ran the conference for the middle school students from Mountain View, Montrose and Tunkhannock. Many thanks to Coralynn McHenry, Region 27 President/MV FBLA Co-President; Vivian Sedlak, Region 27 and MV FBLA Vice President; Allison Edsell, Region 27 Secretary; Andrew Lucas, Region 27 Treasurer/Montrose FBLA Secretary; Mimi Sedlak, MV FBLA Co-President; Collin Pliska and Richter Masters, Conference Photographers, for all their help and direction in making this conference such a success.

The following is a list of the Susquehanna Community Elementary students who received a Reading Achievement Award for the 3rd Quarter of the 2023-2024 school year. A student must maintain an A average (93-100) for the quarter in order to receive this award.

1st Grade: Sawyer Balliet, Dalton Boerner, Tukker Conklin, Talea Dibble, Hazel Fico, Gena Grausgruber, Wesley Johnson, Kayleigh Lesinski, Adalyn Macazan, Frances Norton, Landyn Opolsky, Kori Reddon, Violet Roberts, Graham Schaff, Sadie Seidel, Luke Soden, Maxton Southerland, Kenzlee Wayman.

2nd Grade: Allie Benson, Lennon Calby, Violet Carpenter, Maxwell Detwiler, Kaydence Downton, Jenna Dubanowitz, Benjamin Fitch, River Jensen, Brayden Krause, Lillian Laubach, Kaylee Patton, Katherine Senese, Winifred Stone.

3rd Grade: Logan Albert, Kenadey Butts, Skye Capwell, Aria Downton, Ariana Harcar, Jacob Johnson, Rylee Miller, Jase Reddon, Lucas Vantegar, Jaxon Wood.

4th Grade: Bronson Ace, Alexis Balliet, Brian Burke, Chase Burke, Keller Doyle, Kerry Doyle, Mia Roth, Ada Schaff, Troy Soden, Karina Stone, Ava Valenti, Viktor Vales, Kenadee Walsh.

5th Grade: Molly MacDonald, Homer Stone, Flor Zuniga.

6th Grade: Alyssa Ayres, Roryanna Dandois, Garrison Stec, Alayna Whitney.

Kutztown University awarded its Unpaid Internship Scholarships to 10 students for this year, including Megan Tewksbury, of Meshoppen. The Unpaid Internship Scholarship provides a student, who otherwise may not be able to complete an internship due to financial reasons, a scholarship to assist with financial needs (i.e., transportation, food). Students must have a 3.0 or higher GPA and submit an application, essay and a letter of recommendation.

Ella Gillespie, Class of 2025, of Union Dale, was named to the dean's list at Tufts University for the Fall, 2023 semester. Dean's list honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater.