Blue Ridge 5th Grade Art Club members recently finished building centerpieces for the fourth annual Blue Ribbon Gala on Saturday, February 15th.  This fundraiser benefits the non-profit organization Marley's Mission, which provides free equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP) to children who have suffered trauma.  

Makena Slater, Breanna Post, Brea Conrad, Kaylyn Lewis

Blue Ridge students built these amazing sculptures under the guidance of art teacher, Sarrah Dibble-Camburn in their after school club.  The art club members used paper scrolling to build three dimensional horses.  This project took a few weeks to complete using patience, paper, and glue.  The students created eleven centerpieces for the event.  

The following Elk Lake students achieved Honors during the 2nd  Marking Period of the 2013-14 school year.

Sixth Grade High Honors: Felicia Bedford, Megan Bosscher, Sadie Bosscher,  Caityln Brown, Sarah Cobb, Amelia Comly ,Kobie Garcia, Lauren Herman, Dakota Herne, Cheyanne Krauss, Christian Salsman,  Emily Stevens, Megan Tewksbury, Mercedes Zajaczkowski.

Sixth Grade Honors: Noah Atkins,  Jaden Baker, Aaron Balli, Marcus Bean, Jason Boyer, Brilee Bryan, Alexander Bradish, Tori-lynn Brinton ,Matthew Bunnell, Anthony Carpenter, Taylah Culver, Mark Decker, Jennifer Diaz Jimenez,  Karaya Faigle, Rachel Farnelli, Pierce Forkal, Myra Harshbarger, Allison Hewitt, Ashton Laudeman,  Malinda Maginley, Summer Maginley,  Joseph Malandri,  Mario Mollo, Hailey Newhart, Matthew Orr, Dawson Oruska, Troy Rought, , Michell Schwarztrauber, Troy Simmons,  Cale Southworth, Noah Staff, Riley Teel, Allana Warner,  Brandon Way.

Fifth Grade High Honors: Davia Adams,  Sydney Bell,  Gavin Bunnell,  Azurae Hall, Catalina Martinez-Cases,  Taegan Mills,  Douglas Priestner,  Molly Smith, Hailey Strohl, Erin Voda, Olivia Voll.

Fifth Grade Honors: Colby Baker, Riley Baker,  Austin Bonavita, Kyle Bradish, Kayla Brotzman, Ethan Brown, Emma Chotkowski, Derek Conboy,Kaylee Conboy, Jeryn Delong, Jared Ely,  Emma Fraker, Kalinia Gerchak, Jaclyn Gesford, Shawn Gover, Darien Hurlburt, Alan Jenner, Charity Kasson, Casey Kojola, Desiree Marbaker, Caden Martin, Kaleigh Mayer,Daniel McGee, Emily Moore, Ben Oakley, Samantha Perez, Zoe Pickett, Jeremy Quinnan, Tanden Rafferty, Matthew Repchick, Ariona Richards, Sophia Riscavage, Spencer Saxon, Matthew Sickler,  Ryan Simmons, Lanie Sirmons, Madelyn Slivinski, George Sobeck, Gabriel Spila, Kailey Taylor, Caleb Wilson, Christopher Woodruff, Hailie Zajaczkowski.

The Elk Lake Forensics Team wrapped up its regular season in strong fashion at the Pennsbury Falcon Invitational held at Pennsbury HS in suburban Philadelphia on Jan 30 – Feb 1 by bringing home two trophies in Varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate.

Sophomore Mika Smith and junior Haley Skinner advanced to the Octo-Final round in Varsity LD Debate and placed 16th and 13th respectively.

Pictured are the Placewinners at PFI Tournament:  Haley Skinner – 13th Place in Varsity LD Debate; Mika Smith – 16th Place in Varsity LD Debate

Skinner compiled a 4 win and 2 loss record in the preliminary rounds by defeating debaters from Lawrenceville, Broad Run, The Hill School, and Archbishop Carroll.

As a result of her record, she advanced to the Octo-Final round where she lost a unanimous decision to Amrit Ahluwalia from Council Rock North HS.

Smith compiled an identical preliminary round record as Skinner did by defeating debaters from Oakton, Catonsville, Lexington, and Broad Run HS.

She lost her Octo-Final round on a unanimous decision to Alex Fried from Abington Heights HS.

Junior Keeley Carney narrowly missed advancing to the Octo-Final round by compiling a 4-2 record and placing 17th in the field.

“This was a tremendous performance at a very tough varsity tournament.  This shows how far these debaters have come this year,” commented EL Forensics Director Keith Brosious.

On February 22, the EL Forensics Team will travel to Abington Heights to compete at the Pennsylvania High School Speech League District 8 Championship.  On the line will be a chance to qualify to the PHSSL State Championship Tournament at the end of March.

Sochi is located near what sea? Mountain View students in grades 6, 7, and 8 enjoyed an afternoon of testing their geography skills in the Annual 2014 Geography Bee.

Pictured (l-r) are Izaak Cook, Brian Kozloski, Paul Glover, Camryn Urda, and Caden Scott (first place).

The social studies department sponsored the event. Finalists were: eighth graders, Izaak Cook and Paul Glover; seventh grader,  Brian Kozloski; and sixth graders, Camryn Urda and Caden Scott. Caden Scott was the overall winner.

Dr. Alice M. Davis,  Administrative Director of the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center (SCCTC), is proud to announce the SCCTC’s “Student of the Month” for December, 2013: Searra Warfle, Josh Taylor, Patrick Sekely, Josh Santomauro, Alyssa Sickler, Alex Bonavita, Rodger Creamer, Emily Poirier, Ashley Linaberry, Alyssa Daily, Danielle Callas, Steve Wiseman, Randi Fenton, Julia Doyle, Jordan Knapp, Mike Fizzano, Destiny Herne, Garrett Mowry, Hannah Squier.                                     

Pictured (l-r) are: Hannah Squier, Danielle Callas, Shian Fassett, Alyssa Sickler, Alyssa Daily, Emily Poirier, Julia Doyle, Destiny Herne, Alex Bonavita, Patrick Sekely, Rodger Creamer, Dr. Davis, Jordan Knapp.

Following are students who qualified for the Susquehanna Community High School 2nd Marking Period Honor Roll for the 2013-2014 school year.

Highest Honors 93 -100

12th Grade – Amber Carpenetti, Chastity Carvin, Macy Consla, Amber Dubanowitz, Nicholas Hall, Alyssa Jacobs, Brooke Morrison, Molly Mroz, Micaela Rhone, Alexis Roe, Sarah Serfilippi, Emily Staros, Victoria Trynoski.

11th Grade – Ivy Christensen, Austin Felter, Katie Greene, Ariana Hagopian, Clayton Hansen, Keith Hubal, Dale Reid, Olivia Rockwell, Justin Stanford, Emily Stark.

10th Grade - Daniel Braun, Cori Glidden, Kaitlyn Gow, Alyssa Hubal, Miranda Rhone.

9th Grade – Hannah Day, Garret Grausgruber, Evan Haley, Jessica Lamb, Siage Perry, Kathryn Woodruff.

8th Grade – Kendra Colwell, Emily Frye, Macayla Hyndshaw, Bridget Iveson, Marisa Kenny, Tristan Megivern, Kaylin Trynoski, Stephen Vivona, Skyla Wilson.

7th Grade – Angel Bieloski, Devon Dubanowitz, Emily Fremberg, Lia Heath, Kaylee Landry, Robert Palonis, Rhiannon Potter, McKenzie Rhone, Adam Rockwell, Canyon Stone, Chloe Tinklepaugh.

Honor Roll 90-92.99

12th Grade – Chelsea Ayres, Jonathan Felter, Mashawna Hargett, Rachel Hubal, Kaelin Payne, Dean Price, Victoria White.

11th Grade – Nicole Barnes, Willard Cobb, Mikayla Hargett, Felicia Hines, William Reddon, Daniel Staros.

9th Grade – Madison Canfield, Lauren Soden, Yang Yong, Amy Zebrowski.

8th Grade – Isabella Abuzzo, Faith Benedict, Elizabeth Delaney, Christian Good, Emily Lawrenson, Eric Lee, Madisson Stanford, Kelsey Swartz.

7th Grade – Christopher Ayres, Michael Braun, Eric Hall, Cheyenne Kelley, Bethany Maby, Cody MacDonald, Jody Slocum, Ashley Wallace.

Merit Roll 85-91.99

12th Grade – Nick Acosta, Richard Delaney, John DeLaPlaine, David Hallisey, Matthew Hugaboom, Lauren Marco, Brieanne McCormick, Liza McGraw, Ashley Miller, Richard Pelicci, Adam Rhone, Cody Rockwell, Brandon Soden, Cody Towers.

11th Grade – Lucas Brinton, Kasey Burdick, Brianna Burlingame, Susan Chamberlain, Nicole Hines, Brendan Lamb, Tiara Leonard, Adam MacDonald, Christian Miller, Allison Ryder, Anastasia Smith, Taryn Tross.

10th Grade - Bailey Barnes, Donna Jo Decker, Miranda Groover, Marissa McConnell, Michael Pelicci, Alyssa Rockwell, Rachel Serfilippi, Jessica Staros.

9th Grade – John Abruzzo, Taylor Bennett, Brittany Burlingame, Slone Chandler, Karina Polak, Skyler Voege, Taylor Williams.

8th Grade – David Armitage, Kolby Baker, Alexis Beach, Brockway Blodgett, Chelsea Bush, Cody Chandler, Chloe Haskins, Lucas Marco, Kayla Marino, Griffin Payne, Morgan Rivenburg, Nicholas Wayman.

7th Grade – Bryce Baldwin, Robert Burns, Ryan Carmody, Kimberlee Crowl, Dallas Cude, Mason Deakin, Anthony Dolfini, Garrison Kiernan, Jordan King, Kamdin Maby, William Perry III, Benjamin Prentice, Payton Rhone, Mackenzie Smith, Cameron Wasko.

The following students made the Mountain View High Jr./Sr. High School 2nd Term Honor Roll for the 2013-2014 school year.

7th Grade: Sarah Alessi, Jacob Andzulis, Makenzie Bell, Hope Bruzgulis, Devin Burney, Miranda Button, Scarlett Catalfamo, Cameron DeManicor, Alexandria DeWolfe, Alyssa Evans, Josephine Evans Travis Getz, Dylan Hancock, Joseph Jackson, Selena Knowlton, Todd Landis, Christopher Master Sydney Newhart, Lena Penny, Hope Perez, Katelyn Satunas, Madison Schermerhorn, Matthew Schwarztrauber Aidan Sekely, Daniel Tran, Tia Ubaldini, Lily Virbitsky, Alexus Wilbur, Brooke Wilder, Caitlyn Williams, Abigail Wormuth.

8th Grade: Sierra Barnes, Hunter Bomersheim, Sarah Carpenetti, Emma DeMark, Jacelyn Evans, Sophia Ficarro, Erika Freely, Matthew Gates, John George, Alexander MacDonald, Genavieve Maloney, Ryan Martin, Nicholas Pellew, Austin Rudock, Gerald Rusek, Luke Schmidt, Alexander Showalter, Kyle Streich, Samantha Valentine, Denise Vonada, Nicholas Wilmarth.

9th Grade: Darion Brodeur, Audrey Cameron, Jessica Fanelli, Cara Farnham, Zebin Feduchak, Israel Ficarro Matthew Lavin, Jon Master, Julia Masters, Abagail Mecca, Kayla Mecca, Amanda Moran, Bridgette Reed, Lauren Schmidt, Audrey Shay, Joseph Soto, Tyler Wakalowski.

10th Grade: Leanna Allen, Shawny Barnes, Robert Belcher, Courtney Bognatz, Amber Bollard, Jordan Bomersheim, Seth Fluck, Brandon Freely, Shelby Galambos, Andrew Graham, Travis Hartman, Brenda Harvey, Emmett Jodon, Samantha Krisa, Adam Lynn, Emmillie Miller, Trevor Mills, Joseph Nally Jr., Stephanie Ostir, Natalia Parjane, Hannah Pepper, Hannah Phillips, Alexandria Pollock, Hannah Richner, Cassondra Roberts, Deborah Roberts, Ewan Sands, Alison Showalter, Emily Supancik.

11th Grade: Garrett Cameron, Kyle Chidester, Delaney Esslinger, Sabrina Fallon, Lindsay Hanas, Joseph Higby, Ryan Lavin, Keith Maitland, Hayley Maloney, Robert Perry,Alyssa Royce, Paige Spencer, Brittany Wallace, Brittany Welch, Makenna Whitaker, Sunny Wilder, Jolie Winemiller, Elisabeth Zukowski.

12th Grade: Andrew Adams, Derek Bradley, Tyler Chidester, Brett Crowley, Krystalynn Donelson, Kerry Gaynor, Austin Mack, Samantha McWhirr, Kyla Mills, Jennifer Molenko, Ashley Nichols, Sarah Nichols, Alexis Oakley, Mikaela Phillips, Nicholas Schmerhorn, Chad Schmidt, Olivia Strauss, Colby Thomas, Brianna Twining, Jaye Winemiller.

Mr. Robert Keyes, Principal of Susquehanna Community Elementary School, announces the “Students of the Month” for January, 2014 for Grades Kindergarten, First, Second and Third.

Pictured (l-r) are: row 1 - Connor Roy, Lillyana Creamer, Molly Heath, Maxx Kelly; row 2 - Daniel Palonis, Sydney Donahue, Jeremiah Hadden; row 3 - Jaydin Orner, Olivia Orner, Kyrsten Carroll; row 4 - Tatum Norris, Julianna Bradley, Jonathan Burns.

And for grades 4-6 ...

Pictured (l-r) are: front row - Ashlee Anderson, Kayla Anderson, Lacey O’Hara, Meghan Kiernan; middle row - Garrett Decker, Emily DeVries, Jenna Krall, Kyleigh Jones; back row - Faith Welch, Harlee Burns, Meaghan Towner, Airyll Rockwell.

Dr. Kenneth Cuomo, Elementary Principal at the Elk Lake School, is pleased to announce the January, 2014 Student of the Month Award winners.

Students in third and fourth were 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.

Pictured (l-r) are: front row - Jeremiah Hasting, Nicholas Oruska, Abbey Thurman, Azalea-Martinez Cases Molly McGlynn; back row - Dr. Kenneth Cuomo, Elementary Principal, Lela Vanartsdalen, Joshua Sharer, Dylan Armor, Samuel Smith, Kolebi Reed. Absent from photo Seth White.

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

Pictured (l-r) are Samantha Fox, Ryan Koziol, Joseph Roney, Carson Beamer, Jaycie Conklin, and Victoria Craig. These 6th grade students at Susquehanna Community Elementary School created outstanding 3D projects including Ancient Pueblo Villages, Terra Cotta Soldiers, Solar System, and Egyptian Pharaohs.