Blue Ridge Elementary students and their families laced up their dancing shoes as a way to celebrate the end of Pennsylvania’s System of School Assessment (PSSA) testing.

Friday, April 19, the young and not so young gathered at the school for a “Family Dance Night.” The evening capped off a week of intense test taking.

Pictured (l-r) are Ana Sargent, Alana Thornton, Kaleb Norton, Carly Thornton, Jocelyn Cole and Olivia Folk.

The event was filled with line dancing favorites from “The Chicken Dance” to “The Cupid Shuffle.” Families rotated through various dance stations learning all kinds of moves, including Zumba. The evening provided a fun way to get a great workout.

The free program was made possible through the work of the Blue Ridge PTO, Blue Ridge Teachers and Staff and volunteers from the Blue Ridge National Honor Society. For more information about the work of the Blue Ridge PTO, check us out on facebook.

Mr. Charles Pirone, Elementary Principal of the Elk Lake School is pleased to announce the following April, 2013, Students of the Month award winners.

Pictured (l-r) are: front row - Luz Diaz, Landen Bennett, Davia Adams; back row - Azurae Hall, Emily Moore, Francisco Garcia, Justice Johnson. Absent from the photo: Shirley Roe.

Students in third and fourth grades were selected by their homeroom teachers in four different areas: academics, attendance, citizenship and most improved.

The following are Mountain View Elementary School Students who made Academic Excellence for the third marking period of the 2012-2013 school year.

Fourth Grade: Sydney Barhite, Emory Bewley, Emily Biesecker, Regan Cameron, Alexander Carpenetti, Benjamin DeMark, Michael DeWolfe, Alan Fortuner, Jr., Rachael Galacci, Holly Galvin, Hannah Geron, Katie Glover, Alycia Harvey, Madison Hunter, William O'Brien, Marisa Ostir, Seadie Phelps, Peyton Phillips, Zachary Polovitch, Chase Poplawski ,Connor Richmond, Avery Tompkins, Samantha Warring, Nathan Wilmarth, Meredith Zrowka.

Fifth Grade: Olivia Ainey, Dakota Alvord, Hailey Andrews, Kristofer Boswell, Kailey Bridgeman, Christopher DeManicor, Kaylee Evans, Michael Fanelli, Brianna Hildebrand, Jacob Housel, KayLee LeMaster, Isabelle Lemoncelli, Joshua MacDonald, Jonathan Miller, Abigail Neri, Andrea Ofalt, Alyza Ransom, Grace Rosecrans, Camdyn Rusek, Caden Scott, Tosha Shay, Logan Sprague, Sophie Swetter, Kathryn Tracy, Shayla VanVleck, Victoria Wakalowski, MacKenzie Wilbur, Emma Zipprich.

Sixth Grade: Sarah Alessi, Jacob Andzulis, Hope Bruzgulis, Devin Burney, Miranda Button, Scarlett Catalfamo, Evan Clarkson, Cameron DeManicor, Alexandria DeWolfe, Josephine Evans, Selena Knowlton, Brian Kozloski, Todd Landis, Christopher Master, Lena Penny, Hope Perez, Katelyn Satunas, Madison Schermerhorn, Matthew Schwartztrauber, Aidan Sekely, Kurstian Stankiewicz, Tyler Striefsky, Daniel Tran, Lily Virbitsky, Alexus Wilbur, Abigail Wormuth.