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Elk Lake High School Students Of The Month
Students Named To Ithaca Dean's List
IUP Announces Dean’s List
Elk Lake Elementary Students Of The Month
Students Named To Mansfield Dean’s List
Mt. View Elementary 2nd Qtr. Honor Roll
Penelope Penguin At Mountain View
Penn State Announces Fall 2009 Graduates
SCCTC Announces Students Of The Month
Sheena Severcool Earns Kaplan University Degree
Susky Elementary 2nd Qtr. Honor Roll

Elk Lake High School Students Of The Month

Kenneth F. Cuomo, Ed.D., Elk Lake High School Principal is pleased to announce the following students who were selected as January 2010 “Students of the Month.”

Pictured (l-r) above: front - Dan Daly, Megan Phililps, Lydia Watkins, Abby Spears, Anna Zdancewicz; back - Kenneth F. Cuomo, Ed.d, High School Principal, Nick Marbaker, Johnathan Prevost, Cody Mowry, Katie Mitchell, Emily Adams, Joseph Rogers; absent - Dustin Goff, Seth Kirk.

Students of the month are selected by nominations of any student in grades 10-12 by a teacher for outstanding achievement. The student must show individual effort, community and school wide effort, as well as effort in the classroom.

Other important criteria includes: a showing of personal growth, skill development, dedication, leadership, academic growth and improvement, school service and community service.

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Students Named To Ithaca Dean's List

The following local residents were named to the Dean's List at Ithaca College for the fall 2009 semester: Matthew Douglas, Montrose; Clarissa Plank, New Milford; Kara McMyne, Carbondale.

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IUP Announces Dean’s List

The following students from Susquehanna County have been named to the fall 2009 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Students achieve dean’s list status when they are full-time (12 or more credits) with a grade point average of 3.25 or higher.

Laura Jean Curtis, Forest City; Christopher Thomas Stanis, Friendsville; Kristi Marie Hoffa, Montrose; Sara-Jo Grover, New Milford; Roger Clay Morrison, New Milford; Kelly Tennille Brant, Susquehanna.

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Elk Lake Elementary Students Of The Month

Mr. Charles Pirone, Elementary Principal of Elk Lake School, is pleased to announce the January 2010 student of the month award winners.

Pictured (l-r) above: 1st row - Steven Smith, Reilly Shingler, Kassidy Cook, Nathaniel Sheldon; 2nd row - Cam Welsh, Abelardo Lopez, Dillon Winningham, Joseph Winningham, Brian Peterson, Brooke Arnold, Aaliyah Loman; absent - McKala Newhart, Jessie Alvarado.

Students in third and fourth grade are selected by their homeroom teachers. Students may be selected as student of the month from four different areas. Those four areas are academic achievement, attendance, citizenship and most improved.

Elk Lake is proud of their students and congratulates them for their accomplishments.

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Students Named To Mansfield Dean’s List

A total of 571 Mansfield University undergraduates have been named to the fall 2009 Dean's list. To be named to the Dean's list, a student must attend the university full-time and earn at least a 3.5 GPA.

The following area students earned the honor: Katelyn Briggs, New Milford; Amanda Cino, Union Dale; Dominic Cino, Union Dale; Justin Debevec, Union Dale; Michael Ervin, Susquehanna; Jael Greene, Meshoppen; Kristyn Grunza, Nicholson; Danielle Gulick, Hallstead; Joshua Hartman, New Milford; Joseph Johnson, Nicholson; Megan Jones, Forest City; Amanda Klein, Brackney; Danielle Mancuso, Carbondale; Kayla Mapes, Meshoppen; Aislynn Paccio, Hallstead; Theron Page, Hallstead; Carrie Rogers, Le Raysville; Chelsi Russell, Montrose; Amber Sheridan, Hallstead; Daniel Stranburg, Montrose; Andrew Taylor, New Milford; Ashley Tewksbury, Laceyville; Molly Wilson, Brackney; Joshua Wood, Meshoppen.

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Mt. View Elementary 2nd Qtr. Honor Roll

Mountain View Elementary school is proud to announce the following students named to the honor roll for the 2nd marking period of the 2009-2010 school year.

Fourth Grade: Lucy Adams, Christopher Albert, Jamie Barhite, Sierra Barnes, Jesse Bean, Julian Bixby, Hunter Bomersheim, Sarah Carpenetti, Izaak Cook, Emma DeMark, Alexis Diaz, Sophia Ficarro, Briana Frankovsky, Erika Freely, Benjamin Galvin, Matthew Gates, John George, Paul Glover, Amber Gorton, Derik Gorton, Delaney Heller, Douglas Higgins, Madison Hinkley, Samantha Jones, Alesha Kazmierski, Kerstin Kupiec, Alexander MacDonald, Genavieve Maloney, Ryan Martin, Cooper Meagher, Stephen Mordent, Katelyn Mulligan, Kelsey Murphy, Holly O'Brien, Caleb Reyes, Samantha Rickert, Austin Rudock, Gerald Rusek III, Courtney Russell, Kyle Streich, Tegan Trotter, Samantha Valentine, Denise Vonada.

Fifth Grade: Blaise Bigelow, Cailin Burney, Audrey Cameron, Michael Daniels, Jessica Fanelli, Cara Farnham, Zebin Feduchak, Israel Ficarro, Tyra Gabriel, Jesse Gerfin, Sara Harris, Jocilyn Hill, Nicholas Judd, Jordan Kochmer, Matt Lavin, John Master, Abagail Mecca, Kayla Mecca, Elizabeth Miller, Kevin Oakley, Melisa Pearce, Malachi Phillips, Bridgette Reed, Monica Reich, Lauren Schmidt, Audrey Shay, Krista Short, Corbin Smith, Hollyanne Stanziale, Kendra Subuack, Jamie Supancik, Jeffrey Virbitsky, Tyler Wakalowski, Autumn Wormuth.

Sixth Grade: Leanna Allen, Robert Belcher, Courtney Bogznatz, Amber Bollard, Jordan Bombersheim, Kaitlyn Crandall, Luke Decker, John Dougherty, Deon Faramelli, Seth Fluck, Brandon Freely, Braegen Fuentes, Shelby Galambos, Travis Hartman, Anna Housel, Adam Lynn, Natalie Meagher, Matthew O'Brien, Matthew Ord, Stephanie Ostir, Hannah Pepper, Hannah Phillips, Alexandria Pollock, Blake Reed, Hannah Richner, Justin Rowe, Rachel Russell, Ewan Sands, Abigail Sekely, Alison Showalter, Emily Supancik, Lexis Thompson, Rebekah Tiffany, Kaitlyn Tyson, Alexis Wansacz, Morgan White, Autumn Whitehead.

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Penelope Penguin At Mountain View
Submitted By Cindy G. Reynolds

The extremely cold weather was the perfect setting for Penelope Penguin’s visit with the kindergarten class at Mountain View late in January. Even though the students were sure Penelope wasn’t a real penguin, they played along with the character (retired teacher, Miss Reynolds) and thoroughly enjoyed the visit. Filled with enthusiasm, Penelope actively engaged close to 100 very excited five and six year olds. They sang “I’m a Little Penguin” several times and acted out motions for the song. They helped put together a foam puzzle of a penguin and talked about a tuxedo, duet, pals and a toboggan which were in the story. The students had a chance to tell Penelope some things they already knew about penguins as well.

Penelope Penguin engages kindergarten students at Mountain View in lots of penguin activities.

Using the big book format, Penelope then introduced and read the PA One book for 2009, “If You Were a Penguin” by Wendell and Florence Minor. A highlight of her visit was when each of the students received a penguin finger puppet and pictures of penguins to color. In exchange, the students had all signed a penguin card as a thank you for Penelope and gave her a large stuffed penguin which she immediately named Petunia.

The Pre-K Counts class also received a visit from Penelope (and Petunia) the same afternoon. The 20 four year olds loved the activities she engaged them in. In addition to the finger puppets, the Pre-K Counts class also received a treat of homemade penguin-shaped sugar cookies for their afternoon snack.

Penelope has also been sited at Treasure House in Montrose, the kindergarten class in Blue Ridge, the library in Taylor, and Timmy’s Town at the Steamtown Mall. It is rumored that in April, Penelope will visit some preschool sites as The Mole, the main character in the 2010 PA One Book, “What a Treasure?” by Jane and Will Hillenbrand. Making book characters come to life for the students is the goal of these visits and anyone who has ever seen any of Miss Reynolds’ characters certainly knows that she achieves her goal for the adults as well as the children.

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Penn State Announces Fall 2009 Graduates

Fall 2009 commencement for The Pennsylvania State University was held December 19, 2009 with 4,023 students graduating university-wide. The following area students received their degrees:

Ashley A. Donato, Montrose, PA, BA Telecommunications; Sarah M. Gould, Friendsville, PA, BS Human Development & Family Studies; Stephanie M. Gow, Montrose, PA, BS Elementary & Kindergarten Education; David E. Herel, Brackney, PA, BS Finance; Stephanie F. Kwader, Montrose, PA, BS Psychology; Jennifer M. Oliver, Great Bend, PA, BS Environmental Resource Management; Emily K. Sienko, Hallstead, PA, BA International Politics; James B. Stoklosa, Union Dale, PA, BS Business; Joseph C. Zukosky, Union Dale, PA, MBA Business Administration.

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SCCTC Announces Students Of The Month

Dr. Alice M. Davis, Administrative Director of the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center (SCCTC), is proud to announce the SCCTC’s “Students of the Month” for January 2010.

Pictured (l-r) above: Anthony Sorak, Jerri Traver, Kevin Zamorski, Stephanie Krukowski, Brandon Buzard, Erin Walker, Mike Sippel, Stacey Kulesza, Ford VanWert, Maria Trowbridge, Stephanie Bianco, Tyler White and Dr. Alice M. Davis; absent - Eric Fisk, Curtis Althouse and Brennan Thek.

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Sheena Severcool Earns Kaplan University Degree

MIAMI, FL - Sheena Severcool of Montrose, PA, has been awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Paralegal Studies from Kaplan University. Severcool's accomplishment was celebrated during a live graduation ceremony on January 30 in Miami, FL. General Colin L. Powell, the 65th Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, served as the commencement speaker.

The Kaplan University winter 2010 class of more than 3,300 students earned their associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees - as well as professional certificates - completely online. Many of them traveled from around the country and the world to attend the ceremony, meeting face-to-face for the first time.

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Susky Elementary 2nd Qtr. Honor Roll

Mr. Robert Keyes, Principal of Susquehanna Community Elementary School, announces the following students who made the Honor or High Honor Roll for the second marking period.

Grade 4: High Honor Roll - Emily Frye, Bridget Iveson; Honor Roll - Isabella Abruzzo, Shaun Anderson, David Armitage, Christian Burke, Elizabeth Delaney, Matthew Kane, Marisa Kenny, Eric Lee, Kaylee Matone, Kathryn McDonald, Tristan Megivern, Kaylin Trynoski, Stephen Vivona, Nicholas Wayman.

Grade 5: High Honor Roll - Evan Cantone, Jessica Lamb, Karina Polak, Hunter Vaughn; Honor Roll - John Abruzzo, Brittany Burlingame, Slone Chandler, Annabelle DiNoto, Gabrielle Glover, Garret Grausgruber, Kassandra Hall, Myra Hargett, Chad Lee, Saige Perry, Jonathan Teribury, Tyler Towers, Skyler Voege, Taylor Williams, Kathryn Woodruff.

Grade 6: High Honor Roll - Michael Armitage, Baily Barnes, Daniel Braun, Cori Glidden, Kaitlyn Gow, Alyssa Hubal, Jessica Plutino, Miranda Rhone, Rachel Serfilippi; Honor Roll - Haley Aldrich , John Ball, Jr., Abby Burdick, Breanna Bushong, Donna Jo Decker, Samantha Irwin, Benedict Kane, Trevor Passetti, Michael Pelicci, Alyssa Rockwell, Tyler Seidel, Nicole Sherman, Dylan Stout, Alyssa Sweeney.

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