Mr. Pirone, Elk Lake Elementary School Principal, congratulates the following 3rd and 4th grade students for being named Students of the Month for January 2012. Students were rewarded in the areas of academics, citizenships, attendance and most improved. Pictured above are: 1st row - Sophia Riscavage, Casey Kojola, Ryan Simmons, Dawson Oruska, Jaclyn Gesford; 2nd row - Mariah Heeman, Mindy Maginley, Summer Maginley, Mercedes Zajaczkowski.

Kenneth F. Cuomo, Ed.D., Elk Lake High School Principal, is pleased to announce the following students who were selected as December 2011 “Students of the Month.”

Pictured (l-r) above: front - Samantha Ferguson, Laura Gacha, Jordan Hemenway; back - Ricky Guiton, Damian Dailey, Kaitlyn Depew, Kenneth F. Cuomo, Ed.D, High School Principal; absent - Amanda Silfee, Rick Hemann.

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.

ELMIRA, NY - On Thursday, Jan. 26, Elmira College held its 2012 Winter Convocation, recognizing 123 Honor Scholars whose continued excellence earned them recognition as a Cowles Honor Scholar and Honor Scholar of the Class of 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Gena Rapisardi, '13, of Brackney, has earned recognition as a Honors Scholar. Gena is majoring in Accounting and is the daughter of Shari and Neal Rapisardi.

Honor Scholars are members of the Class of 2013 and 2014, who after attending for at least two terms, hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.8.

INDIANA, Pa. - The following students from Susquehanna County have been named to the fall 2011 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Monica Gene Turner, Brackney; Megan Elizabeth Henry, Hallstead; Bryan David Castrogiovanni, Montrose; John Glen Vandermark, Montrose; Sara-Jo Grover, New Milford; Kelly Tennille Brant, Susquehanna; Kaitlyn E. Krug, Susquehanna; Briana Elyse Whitehead, Susquehanna. 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.

On behalf of the Susquehanna County Career & Technology Center, Dr. Alice M. Davis is pleased to announce the following inductees into the SCCTC’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) for the 2011/2012 school year: Carley Bennett, Elk Lake; Desiree Boylan, Lackawanna Trail; Douglas Brooks, Elk Lake; Tori Lee Carpenter, Lackawanna Trail; Michael Fisher, Lackawanna Trail; Heather Hedrick, Susquehanna Community; Carly Herman, Elk Lake; Dylan Hitchcock, Elk Lake; Allison Kiefer, Montrose Area; Megan Lee, Blue Ridge; Jessica Prevost, Elk Lake; Corey Towers, Susquehanna Community; Jacob Wells, Elk Lake; and Caleb Wilkes, Elk Lake.

Officers for the 2011/2012 school year are: Dominique Horrocks, President; Michael Gardner, Vice-President; Jordan Noldy, Treasurer and Helen Schoonmaker, Secretary.

Pictured (l-r) above: row 1 - Jordan Noldy, Dominique Horrocks, Michael Gardner and Helen Schoonmaker; row 2 - Douglas Brooks, Carly Herman, Heather Hedrick, Tori Lee Carpenter, Desiree Boylan, Megan Lee, and Dr. Alice M. Davis, SCCTC Administrative Director; row 3 - Mr. Chuck Place, SCCTC Board Member, Jessica Prevost, Dylan Hitchcock, Carley Bennett, Allison Kiefer, Jacob Wells, Caleb Wilkes, Corey Towers and Harold Bender, SCCTC Board Member.

The goal of the NTHS is to see that deserving technical students are recognized and that people of the community become aware of the talents and abilities of the young people and adults who choose technical education pathways to a successful future.

The National Technical Honor Society is now in its eighth year. Instructors were asked to nominate students and those students were then asked to complete the application process. Applications were then reviewed for academic standing, attendance, citizenship, instructor recommendation and involvement in outside activities. Based on a lengthy review process, qualifying students were then notified of this outstanding achievement.

Students and parents were invited to an induction ceremony that took place on Wednesday, January 25, in the SCCTC’s “A Touch of Class/Serfass Solarium” restaurant. Each student was recognized and presented with a certificate, flowers and NTHS memorabilia.

For more information on the Susquehanna County Career & Technology Center, please call 570-278-9229.

Susquehanna County Career & Technology Center Cosmetology teachers, Sue Birtch, Amy Bush, and Kim Cosklo, recently held a Red and Green Out fundraiser. The three wanted to do something around the holidays to help out needy families in our area and thought of the United Way.

During the Red and Green Out, Elk Lake Elementary students were invited to the Cosmetology room at SCCTC. For $2.00 each, elementary students were able to receive services from cosmetology students, such as red and green hair gel in hair, French braid, manicure, facial, shampoo and style. The Red and Green Out was a week-long event that was able to raise $1,000.00 for the United Way.

Dollars raised will be distributed to a family in need during the 2012 Christmas Season. According to Amy Bush, Cosmetology teacher, “the elementary students love it and the cosmetology students get to perform their tasks on the elementary students. As instructors we think that this is a win-win situation, it benefits the elementary students and it benefits my cosmetology students because they get to practice in a real salon setting. Our goal here at SCCTC Cosmetology Department is to help out our community as much as we can!”

For more information about the United Way please visit www.UnitedWayofSusquehannaCounty.org.

The fifth grade art club at Blue Ridge Elementary School recently made table centerpieces for Marley's Mission Blue Ribbon Gala. Marley's Mission is a non-profit organization that provides free equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP) to children who have suffered trauma. Pictured (l-r): bottom - Natasha Johnson, Taylor Brant, Jerni Schell, Matthew Glatzel, Tommy Gudykunst; top - Ben Gudykunst, Adam Roe, Luis Tobon, Daniel Tierney, Krystal Hepler, Jilly McAulliffe, Avy Mudge.

Shippensburg University is proud to announce the following area students that were named to the fall 2011 Dean’s List: Ashley Wilson, Meshoppen; Cassie VanEtten, Montrose. The Dean’s List is an honor roll of students who have achieved academic excellence as evidenced by earning a semester Quality Point Average of 3.30 or better. A total of 2,247 students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester.