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HEADLINES: Blue Ridge Elementary Recognizes Volunteers
On a recent Friday afternoon at Blue Ridge Elementary School, many parent and community volunteers were honored. Teachers, staff, and administration hosted a social of food and festivity to say thank you for their commitment to help in the children’s classrooms and with school related activities. Principal Robert Dietz acknowledged all volunteers with a certificate of appreciation and wishes that they continue to be involved at Blue Ridge Elementary.
The Pennsylvania School Counselors Association (PSCA) chooses recipients for the "Career Education & Development Award" to recognize exemplary and unique career education programs. Each year there are three awards: a High School Award, a Middle School Award, and a Special Recognition Award. Blue Ridge High School was presented with the High School award and plaque on April 21 at the 2005 PSCA Annual Conference at the Penn Stater in State College, PA.
Pictured (l-r) as representatives of Blue Ridge are: Christina Whitney - Career Services; Michael Thornton - HS Principal; Susan Cawley - HS Guidance Counselor. PSCA congratulated Blue Ridge's counselors, administrators, staff, and community for their extraordinary work on behalf of students. The Middle School Award was given to Robert K. Shafer Middle School in Bensalem, PA and the Special Recognition Award was presented to the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA).
Local Students Named Poster Contest Winners Fourth grade students in Susquehanna County were recently invited to submit posters for the annual Alcohol Awareness Poster Contest. The PA Department of Health, PA Department of Education, and the TREHAB Center join with local banks and businesses to sponsor the event. The contest encourages students and their families to become more aware of the consequences of underage drinking while reinforcing the positive concept that young people can reach their goals by remaining alcohol free. Six school districts participated in the contest. A $50 savings bond, provided by a local bank, was awarded to the first place winner from each school, and local businesses provided prizes for the first, second, and third place winners. One poster was selected for entry on the state level.
2005 Alcohol Awareness Poster Contest Winners from Susquehanna Community Elementary School (l-r) were: Alycia Cuevas, Callie Truex. Absent when photo was taken: Brooke Sampson. Pennstar Bank provided a $50 Savings Bond for the students with the winning entries at Mountain View and Choconut Valley Elementary Schools. Community Bank & Trust furnished the bonds for the winners at Forest City Regional and Lathrop Street (Montrose) Elementary Schools. First Liberty Bank and Trust provided the award for Elk Lake Elementary, and Peoples National Bank furnished a bond for the winner from Susquehanna Community Elementary School. McDonald’s of Montrose, New Milford Video, Elk Lake Filling Station, Lenox Dairy Bar, and the Montrose Theatre gave food or other prizes for the winning poster entries.
2005 Alcohol Awareness Poster Contest Winners from Mountain View Elementary School (l-r) were: Laura Moser, Ms. Foster (Elementary Principal), Veronica Robbins, Marshall Kupinski. Michele Sterner, and Brandy Pitcher, Prevention Specialists and Renee Chidester, Prevention Intern for the TREHAB Center, presented awards at the schools and delivered several winning posters to local businesses for display. The contest winners were, by school: Elk Lake: 1st – Kyle Kupscznk, 2nd – Jackie Clark, 3rd – Abby Newhart; Choconut Valley: 1st – Cory Kimmell, 2nd –Taylor Teed, 3rd –Maria Phillips; Forest City Regional: 1st – Brett Pelick, 2nd – Kylie Besz, 3rd – Megan Mayro; Susquehanna Community: 1st – Brooke Sampson, 2nd – Alycia Cuevas, 3rd – Callie Truex; Lathrop Street: 1st – Richie DiPhillips, 2nd – Kelsey Brink; Mountain View: 1st – Laura Moser, 2nd – Marshall Kupinski, 3rd – Veronica Robbins. Cory Kimmell of Choconut Valley Elementary created the winning poster chosen for entry at the state level contest.
Elk Lake Elementary Students of the Month Mr. Charles Pirone, Elementary Principal at Elk Lake School, is pleased to announce the March, 2005 Student of the Month Award winners. . Pictured (l-r) are: first row – Benjamin Woolcock, Kayla Winningham; second row – Emily Curry, Alyssa Sickler, Gianni Ferrari, Ashley Steele, Travis Tucker, Desiree Carey; third row – Blake Chew, Zachary Groover, Dakota States, Kayla Jones, Emily Podminick, Jordan O’Dell, James Heft, Parke States. Students in kindergarten, first, and second were selected by their homeroom teachers. Students may be selected as Student of the Month from four different areas: academic achievement, attendance, citizenship and most improved. Elk Lake is proud of their students and congratulates them for their accomplishments.
4th Grade Day At FC School District The Susquehanna County Conservation District (SCCD) visited the fourth grade at Forest City Regional School District on April 20. SCCD staff Steve Barondeau, Jen Morelli, and Roger Sherwood each had an environmental demonstration as the students rotated to three stations for twenty minute sessions. Forest City area should be proud of their fourth grade students as they were very attentive for the program. Steve Barondeau, Watershed Specialist, demonstrated stream insect ecology. Steve has an extensive collection of over 60 types of aquatic insects. Jen Morelli, Program Specialist I, explained various types of birds. What makes a bird? Is a penguin a bird? What about a bat? Why can’t some birds fly?
Forest City fourth grade students (l-r) Spencer Sauls, Mr. Swartz; elementary principal, Jacob Sedak and Ryan Tuffle enjoy eating “dirt” pudding with gummy “worms” on Conservation day held April 20. Roger Sherwood, EE Coordinator, preformed a presentation on soil. Roger explained simple conservation and soil facts as the children made “dirt” pudding. The Conservation District would like to thank fourth grade teacher Mrs. Turner, for the invitation to visit Forest City and would like to encourage other school districts in Susquehanna County to contact SCCD if they would like an environmental demonstration in the future. Contact person is Roger Sherwood, 278-4600 ext. 285.
Mt. View Elem. 3rd Period Honor Roll Following is the Mountain View Elementary Honor roll for the third marking period of the 2004-05 school year. GRADE 4: Aron (Knorr) Miller, Chelsie Bartlett, Paige Belcher, Gabel Bell, Elizabeth Black, Shannon Bollard, Rebekah Brown, Krista Chidester, Tyler Chidester, Kristen Dupay, Owen Flannery, Anthony Gaynor, Nathan Goodenough, Kerri Jarnagin, Kurtis Jenkins, Marshall Kupinski, Brian Liepinis, Caroline Miller, Laura Moser, Bradley Pfahl, Veronica Robbins, Lee-Anne Sherman, Nicole Speed, Victoria Sterling, Caitlyn Tague, Kelsey Twining, Katie Valentine, Tomika VanVleck, Stephanie Virbitsky, Tyler Walsh, Mick Whitaker, Molly Williams, KariLynn Zupanovich. GRADE 5: Tess Berish, Jeff Bishop, Arron Chidester, Nathaniel Chipelo, Jonathan Chipelo, Marissa Christina, Elizabeth Correll, Katie Cure, Allison Davis, Tabitha Drum, Ryan Falkenberg, Catie Farnelli, Maria Garavuso, Michaela Gates, Brian Goble, Dominique Horrocks, Jesse Johnson, Ashley Jones, Shannon Kavetski, David Kern, Angel Kester, Nina Knorr, Jennifer Kochmer, Megan Kress, Stephen Landis, Alexis Lewis, Elizabeth Lockwood, Joel Madas, Liam Maloney, Melissa Monahan, Casandra Moran, Nathan Moyer, Elissa Muller, Bradley Owens, Sarah Pulice, Kelly Purdy, Jeff Smalley, Gary Smith, Shane Stanton, Devon Suhadolnik, Alixandria Taylor, Devon Tonkin, John Valentine, Michaela Wakalowski, Melissa Walker. GRADE 6: Greg Adams, Thor Banks, Andrea Beeman, Taylor Brainard, Ashley Conklin, Paul Fontana, Karch Frantz, Aaron Goodenough, Lindsey Harvey, Chris Herman, Carly Jesse, Katelynn Johnson, James Johnson, Megan Karhnak, Bethany Kavka, Michael Keogh, Justin Kinney, Samantha Knowlton, Jessica Lotterman, Alex Lynn, Julia Madas, Hunter Marcy, Andrea Mason, Daniel McWhirr, Mikey Mikloiche, Anthony Miller, Brian Miller, Megan Monahan, Nathan Perry, Eric Potter, Christopher Powers, Michael Purdy, Brittany Resseguie, Nathan Robbins, Cody Robbins, Cheyenne Scheer, Connie Schmidt, Shannon Schuler, Kristen Shuster, Mary Skurnowicz, Nathaniel Suchnick, Joshua Terpak, Joseph Valentine, Kenneth VanGorder, Mary Walker, Karsten Wallis, Ryan Walsh, Robert Weiler, Kalena Williams, Tyler Wright, Olivia Zick. Following is the Mountain View Elementary Honor roll for the third marking period of the 2004-05 school year. GRADE 4: Aron (Knorr) Miller, Chelsie Bartlett, Paige Belcher, Gabel Bell, Elizabeth Black, Shannon Bollard, Rebekah Brown, Krista Chidester, Tyler Chidester, Kristen Dupay, Owen Flannery, Anthony Gaynor, Nathan Goodenough, Kerri Jarnagin, Kurtis Jenkins, Marshall Kupinski, Brian Liepinis, Caroline Miller, Laura Moser, Bradley Pfahl, Veronica Robbins, Lee-Anne Sherman, Nicole Speed, Victoria Sterling, Caitlyn Tague, Kelsey Twining, Katie Valentine, Tomika VanVleck, Stephanie Virbitsky, Tyler Walsh, Mick Whitaker, Molly Williams, KariLynn Zupanovich. GRADE 5: Tess Berish, Jeff Bishop, Arron Chidester, Nathaniel Chipelo, Jonathan Chipelo, Marissa Christina, Elizabeth Correll, Katie Cure, Allison Davis, Tabitha Drum, Ryan Falkenberg, Catie Farnelli, Maria Garavuso, Michaela Gates, Brian Goble, Dominique Horrocks, Jesse Johnson, Ashley Jones, Shannon Kavetski, David Kern, Angel Kester, Nina Knorr, Jennifer Kochmer, Megan Kress, Stephen Landis, Alexis Lewis, Elizabeth Lockwood, Joel Madas, Liam Maloney, Melissa Monahan, Casandra Moran, Nathan Moyer, Elissa Muller, Bradley Owens, Sarah Pulice, Kelly Purdy, Jeff Smalley, Gary Smith, Shane Stanton, Devon Suhadolnik, Alixandria Taylor, Devon Tonkin, John Valentine, Michaela Wakalowski, Melissa Walker. GRADE 6: Greg Adams, Thor Banks, Andrea Beeman, Taylor Brainard, Ashley Conklin, Paul Fontana, Karch Frantz, Aaron Goodenough, Lindsey Harvey, Chris Herman, Carly Jesse, Katelynn Johnson, James Johnson, Megan Karhnak, Bethany Kavka, Michael Keogh, Justin Kinney, Samantha Knowlton, Jessica Lotterman, Alex Lynn, Julia Madas, Hunter Marcy, Andrea Mason, Daniel McWhirr, Mikey Mikloiche, Anthony Miller, Brian Miller, Megan Monahan, Nathan Perry, Eric Potter, Christopher Powers, Michael Purdy, Brittany Resseguie, Nathan Robbins, Cody Robbins, Cheyenne Scheer, Connie Schmidt, Shannon Schuler, Kristen Shuster, Mary Skurnowicz, Nathaniel Suchnick, Joshua Terpak, Joseph Valentine, Kenneth VanGorder, Mary Walker, Karsten Wallis, Ryan Walsh, Robert Weiler, Kalena Williams, Tyler Wright, Olivia Zick.
Kenneth Krug Is USAA Award Winner
Kenneth, who attends Blue Ridge High School, was nominated for this national award by Christina Whitney, a Career Services Counselor at the school. Kenneth will appear in the United States Achievement Academy Official Yearbook, which is published nationally. Kenneth is the son of Ed and Arlene Krug, Susquehanna. Grandparents are Henrietta Krug of Hallstead and Elaine Cavill of Hawthorne, NJ.
Kristin Stanford To Attend N D Institute Kristin Stanford of Susquehanna has been accepted to attend a two-week workshop at the National Dance Institute in New York City. Kristin, the new director for Susquehanna Community High School’s drama department, is one of 25 selected to attend this workshop. Candidates selected have a commitment to arts education with dedication and respect for children. They must also have leadership qualities in a teaching role. The subjects covered by the workshop will include classroom management, teaching techniques, teaching children with special needs, intro to chorography and working with an accompanist. The teacher training at NDI is designed to train professional dancers and dance teachers. Artistic Director Ellen Weinstein will be leading the workshop classes with other choreographers, including the founder Jacques d’Amboise. NDI affiliates are located in Los Angeles, CA; Aspen CO; Richmond, VA; Sante Fe, NM; Keene, NH and Trenton, NJ. When Kristin returns from the NDI workshop she will be conducting one-week dance camps from June through August. Dancing since 1982, Kristin attended dance schools in Florida and New York City and has been a guest teacher at several public schools in Florida. Her competition awards are numerous. Residing on Grand Street in Susquehanna with her husband, Darrin and three children, Kristin owns and operates Kristin’s Salon.
Elk Lake Speaker Places 4th In State Elk Lake sophomore Molly Copeland did not have a lot of time to prepare for her Final round at the Pennsylvania High School Speech League State Championship Tournament on April 22-23 at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA. However, in Copeland’s event, Impromptu Speaking, she only had five minutes of preparation time for each of her previous rounds, including the Semi-Final. Copeland, who normally competes in Lincoln-Douglas Debate for EL, was entered in Impromptu, a Supplemental Event, at the State Tournament. Each team is allowed to enter, if they desire, one competitor in each of the three Supplemental Events at the State Championship. Copeland advanced to Semi-Finals, the top 13 out of 65 competitors, after placing first or second in all three preliminary rounds. She won her Semi-Final Round and advanced to the Semi-Final Round of six competitors. In that round of all upperclassmen competitors, she placed fourth. The event is one of the most challenging speech events in the competition. Competitors draw a topic, a word or quotation. They then have five minutes to organize and prepare a five-minute presentation which is evaluated on organization, content, and delivery. Copeland is EL’s highest placing competitor in any speech event in the 13-year history of the Forensics Team. “This is an incredible performance for an underclassman at the State Championship Tournament,” commented EL Forensics Director Keith Brosious. The team will wrap up its competitive season at the Spartan Invitational Tournament at Southern Lehigh HS in Center Valley on April 30.
SCCTC Announces Students Of The Month
Pictured (l-r) are: front row – Doug Moore, Kelly Foux, John Brooks, Jeff Ivanitch, Alysha Kmieciak, Mrs. Davis; back row – Jennifer Ransom, Nicole Snedaker, Bethany Carroll, Jeremiah Smith, Mike Trowbridge. Absent from photo: Jesse Naylor. Mrs. Alice M. Davis, Vocational Director of the Susquehanna County Career & Technology Center, is proud to announce the following SCCTC “Students of the Month” for March, 2005.
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The United States Achievement Academy announced that Kenneth Krug from Susquehanna, PA has been named a United States National Award Winner in Honor Roll. This award is a prestigious honor very few students can ever hope to attain. In fact, the Academy recognizes fewer than 10% of all American high school students.