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LCCC Announces Fall Registration
Luke Kavka Named Outstanding Scholar
BR Students Compete In Stock Market Game
Heather E. Traver To Attend SUNY Oswego
Dean's List Named At Mansfield University
Mt. View Announces District Opening

LCCC Announces Fall Registration

Luzerne County Community College will offer courses for the fall semester in Tunkhannock, Elk Lake and Susquehanna. Registration for courses in Tunkhannock will be held at Tunkhannock High School on Tuesday, August 9, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Registration for courses in Elk Lake will be held at Elk Lake High School on Wednesday, August 10, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Registration for courses in Susquehanna will be held at Susquehanna Community High School on Thursday, August 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Courses scheduled to be offered in Tunkhannock include Business, English and Speech. Courses scheduled to be offered in Susquehanna include Anatomy and Physiology, History, Algebra, Art Appreciation, Sociology, English, First Year Experience and others. Courses scheduled to be offered in Elk Lake include Accounting, Biological Science, Business, French and Sociology.

Classes for the fall semester will begin on Monday, August 29. For more information, call LCCC at (800) 377-LCCC, extension 3835 or 3826 or e-mail lsalamon@luzerne.edu or lhahn@luzerne.edu.

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Luke Kavka Named Outstanding Scholar

ROCHESTER, NY - Luke Kavka, son of Joseph and Debra Kavka of Kingsley, was recently named a 2010-2011 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar at Rochester Institute of Technology. Luke, an applied networking and system administration major, is a graduate of Mountain View Junior/Senior High School.

Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship Awards are presented to students who have achieved the distinction of maintaining a minimum university grade point average of 3.85 out of a possible 4.0 and completed at least 125 quarter credit hours of study, nearly two-thirds of the credit hours required for a baccalaureate degree. Selection is also based on other factors complementing academic achievement, such as creative work, service on student committees, civic activities, employment and independent research. Each RIT scholar receives a bronze medallion representing the traditional symbols for wisdom and respect-the Athenian owl and the olive branch.

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BR Students Compete In Stock Market Game

A team from Blue Ridge High School was recognized for their expertise and knowledge of the stock market in the 2010-2011 Stock Market Game conducted by The Honesdale National Bank Center for Economic Education at The University of Scranton.

Pictured (l-r) above are Mike Williamson, vice president of Prudential Trust Co.; William Schweighofer, president of Honesdale National Bank; team members Katherine Conklin, Zachary Kruger, Brooke Wallace and Thomas Shelanskey, Blue Ridge High School; and Alicia Ross, team advisor. Absent from photo is team member Wesley Guthrie.

The Stock Market Game is a ten-week simulation during which students from three grade categories (4-6, 7-8, 9-12) invest an imaginary $100,000 by buying stocks listed on the major securities exchanges. Students who compete in the game learn how financial markets operate and hone their mathematics and decision making skills. Separate ten-week competitions are held in the fall and spring. Team rankings are based on final portfolio values. The University of Scranton hosts one of the Pennsylvania Centers for Economic Education, each of which conducts its own Stock Market Game competition.

Teams that finished first, second and third in their grade categories (fall and spring) from the area served by the Honesdale National Bank Center for Economic Education at The University of Scranton Center were recognized at a recent awards ceremony. A team from Blue Ridge High School finished third at the 9-12 grade level in the spring competition with a final portfolio worth $112,021.

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Heather E. Traver To Attend SUNY Oswego

OSWEGO, NY - Heather E. Traver of Montrose has reserved a place as a freshman at SUNY Oswego. Fall classes will begin August 29. Traver is a graduate of Montrose Area Junior/Senior High School.

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News named it among the "Top Public Regional Universities in the North" for 2011, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges."

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Dean's List Named At Mansfield University

MANSFIELD, PA - A total of 586 Mansfield University students have been named to the spring 2011 Dean's List. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must attend the university full-time and attain at least a 3.5 GPA for the semester.

The following area students earned the honor: Kristyn Grunza, Nicholson; Molly Saravitz, Meshoppen; Joshua Wood, Meshoppen; Alisha Burgess, Montrose; Mackenzie Franssen, Montrose; Steven Rezykowski, Dimock; Tyler Gulick, Hallstead; Nicholas Bicknell, Little Meadows; Katelyn Briggs, New Milford; Joshua Hartman, New Milford; Chelsea Cuomo, Springville; Josh Depew, Susquehanna; Michael Ervin, Susquehanna.

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Mt. View Announces District Opening

The Mt. View School District announces that classes for all students for the 2011-2012 school year will begin on Monday, August 31. All buses will be operating on that day and the cafeteria in all schools will be open. Parents are encouraged to mail their child’s cafeteria deposits prior to the first day of school.

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