Principal Michael Boccella, of Montrose Area Junior Senior High School announced that Joseph Vaccaro has been named a Commended Student in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program.  A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to this scholastically talented senior.

Pictured (l-r) are; Eric Powers (Assistant Principal), Joseph Vaccaro, Mary Beth Ohmnacht (School Counselor) and Michael Boccella (Principal).

Joseph is the son of Michael and Elizabeth Vaccaro, Montrose, PA.  Aside from a very demanding schedule of courses, Joseph is involved in many activities at Montrose Area Junior Senior High School.  He is the Captain of the Scholastic Team, an actor with the Drama Club, a member of the Spanish Club and the Spanish Honor Society, a member of the Montrose Chapter of the National Honor Society and a member of Concert Choir.  Outside of school, Joseph is the Treasurer of his church youth group as well as a lector.  He also practices Tang Soo Do.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise.  Although they will not continue in the 2015 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2015 competition by taking the 2013 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

“The young men and women being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” commented a spokesperson for NMSC.  “These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation.  We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success.”

Following is Elk Lake Elementary School first period honor roll for the 2014/2015 school year.

Fifth Grade High Honors – Brayden Baker, Matthew Balli, Angelia Boner, Tyhler Bray, Martin Cannella, Zachery Carrier, Luz Diaz, Jessica Ely, Truman Ely, Trever Graham, Jacob Gustin, Jacob Hollister, Justice Johnson, Alexia Jones, Krista Jones, Kelly Larreynaga, Bailey Marchion, Allison Orr, Nicholas Oruska, Caden Ramey, Brandon Richards, Lucas Robbins, Joshua Sharer, Chloe Sipe, Erick Skinner, Samuel Smith, Todd Snyder, Sydney Tyler, Bridget Visavati, Sadie Warner, Nathan Warriner, Reese Warriner.

Fifth Grade Honors – Jacob Adams,Landen Bennett, Emily Brotzman, Terrence Brozonis, Rosalie Budzinski, Jenna Daye, Lily Decker, Cadence Degregory, Francisco Garcia, Marissa Manzek, Megan McIntyre, Matthew Mowry, Andrea Nieto, Dakota Otis, Logan Pitcher, Emily Salsman, Adam Sekely, Christian Tripp, Acacia VanDeMark, Tyler Wallace,  Heaven Fritsch.

Sixth Grade High Honors - Davia Adams, Colby Baker, Sydney Bell, Kyle Bradish, Gavin Bunnell, Emma Chotkowski, Anna Comly, Derek Conboy, Jeryn Delong, Jared Ely, Azurae Hall, Darien Hurlburt, Casey Kojola, Caden Martin,  Catalina Martinez-Cases, Kaleigh Mayer, Daniel McGee, Taegan Mills, Emily Moore, Ryan Norcross, Zoe Pickett, Jeremy Quinnan, Ariona Richards, Sophia Riscavage, Shirley Roe, Matthew Sickler, Molly Smith, George Sobeck, Hailey Strohl, Kailey Taylor, Erin Voda, Olivia Voll, Christopher Woodruff, Hailie Zajaczkowski, Destiny McCarey, Corey Worsham.

Sixth Grade Honors – Jacob Anderson, Cayden Bennett, Kayla Brotzman, Ethan Brown, Jordan Campbell, Kaylee Conboy, Shawn Cook, Joshua Douglas, Benjamin Drab, Destiny Evans, Jaclyn Gesford, Mariah Heeman, Alan Jenner, Charity Kasson, Benjamin Oakley, Tanden Rafferty, Ethan Sickler, Lanie Sirmaons Madelyn Slivinski, Stanley Slocum, Gabriel Spila, Samantha  Vibbard, Kellen Wescott, Caleb Wilson, Evelyn Gaskill.

Following is the Susquehanna High School first marking period honor roll.

Highest Honors 93 -100

12th Grade – Ivy Christensen, Haley Christianson, Katie Greene, Ariana Hagopian, Zachary Hallisey, Clayton Hansen, Mikayla Hargett, Sarah Heath, Keith Hubal, Tracy Miller, William Reddon, Dale Reid, Olivia Rockwell, Justin Stanford.

11th Grade – Daniel Braun, Breanna Bushong, Cori Glidden, Kaitlyn Gow, Marissa Hodge, Alyssa Hubal, Miranda Rhone, Joseph Sandfort, Rachel Serfilippi, Nicole Sherman, Lewis Sparks 10th Grade – Hannah Day, Garret Grausgruber, Evan Haley, Jessica Lamb, Saige Perry.

9th Grade – Kendra Colwell, Emily Frye, Macayla Hyndshaw, Bridget Iveson, Marisa Kenny, Kayla Marino, Kaylin Trynoski, Skyla Wilson.

8th Grade – Michael Braun, Devon Dubanowitz, Emily Fremberg, Lia Heath, Kaylee Landry, Robert Palonis, Rhiannon Potter, McKenzie Rhone, Canyon Stone, Chloe Tinklepaugh, Andrea Westbrook.

7th Grade – Jaycie Conklin, Taylor Huyck, Haley Hyndshaw, Jonathan Jenkins, Shania Megivern, Airyll Rockwell, MacKenzie Steele, Kailye Towner, Meaghan Towner.

Honor Roll 90-92.99

12th Grade – Nicole Barnes, Brianna Burlingame, Susan Chamberlain, Austin Felter, Nicole Hines, Emily Stark, Daniel Staros, Kayla Swartz.

11th Grade – Bailey Barnes, James Cottrell, Donna Jo Decker, Benedict Kane.

10th Grade – John Abruzzo, Madison Canfield, Holly Christensen, Annabelle DiNoto, Skyler Voege, Alexandria Warring, Kathryn Woodruff, Amy Zebrowski.

9th Grade – Isabella Abruzzo, Faith Benedict, Michael Brown, Tristan Megivern, Madisson Stanford, Stephen Vivona.

8th Grade – Angel Bieloski, Ryan Carmody, Cheyenne Kelley, Garrison Kiernan, Bethany Maby, Cody MacDonald, Benjamin Prentice, Adam Rockwell, Ashley Wallace.

7th Grade – Ryan Armitage, Carson Beamer, Paetan Benson,

Harlee Burns, Rachel Day, Mackenzie Heath, Geena Miller, Samantha Voege

Merit Roll 85-91.99

12th Grade – William Archambault III, Lucas Brinton, Kasey Burdick, Willard Cobb, Abigail Day, Luke Falletta, Catherine Garner, Jonathan Hilling, Dakota Irwin, Brendan Lamb, Adam MacDonald, Kasandra Metcalf, Christian Miller, Allison Ryder, Alisha Sanborn, Nicole Shay, Anastasia Smith, Taryn Tross, Shirlynne Wademan, Brianna Williams.

11th Grade – Haley Aldrich, John Ball, Abby Burdick, Kristine Callahan, Sean Elliott, Allison Hampton, Marissa McConnell, Codi O’Dell, Kendra Papocchia, Michael Pelicci, Tyler Seidel, Jessica Staros.

10th Grade – Shaun Andersen, Taylor Bennett; Remington Blasdell, Slone Chandler, Gabrielle Glover, Chad Lee, Robert Murphy, Lauren Soden, Taylor Williams, Tyler William.

9th Grade – Travis Acosta, Kolby Baker, Chelsea Bush, Elizabeth Delaney, Christian Good, Emily Lawrenson, Eric Lee, Kelsey Swartz.

8th Grade – Christopher Ayres, Bryce Baldwin, Justin Belvedere, Mason Deakin, Anthony Dolfini, Eric Hall, Jordan King, William Perry III, Payton Rhone, Kevin Silfee, Mackenzie Smith, Jessica Teribury, Cameron Wasko, MacKenzie Williams.

7th Grade – Nichole Anthony, James Clark, Dylan Crawford. Samantha Fox, Zachary Meck, Matthew Phillips, Malinda Slocum, Jakub Tomczyk, Brianna Wallace, Faith Welch.

7th Grade - Olivia Ainey, Dakota Alvord, Alyssa Bollard, Kailey Bridgeman, Christopher DeManicor, Kaylee Evans, Michael Fanelli, Tyler Henke, Brianna Hildebrand, Dylan Hollenbeck, Jacob Housel, Isabelle Lemoncelli, Abigail Neri, Andrea Ofalt, Alyza Ransom, Camdyn Rusek, Tosha Shay, Kathryn Shea, Sofie Swetter, Kathryn Tracy, Victoria Wakalowski, Mackenzie Wilbur, Emma Zipprich.

8th Grade - Sarah Alessi, Jacob Andzulis, Tristan Beebe, Makenzie Bell, Hope Bruzgulis, Devin Burney, Miranda Button, Scarlett Catalfamo, Evelyn Chacon, Cameron DeManicor, Alexandria Dewolfe, Alyssa Evans, Josephine Evans, Travis Getz, Robert Gray III, Joseph Jackson, Selena Knowlton, Christopher Master, Lena Penny, Katelyn Satunas, Madison Schermerhorn, Matthew Schwarztrauber, Jason Seamans, Aidan Sekely, Lily Virbitsky, Alexus Wilbur, Brooke Wilder, Caitlyn Williams, Abigail Wormuth.

9th Grade - Lucy Adams, Sierra Barnes, Sarah Carpenetti, Emma DeMark, Alexis Diaz, Sophia Ficarro, Erika Freely, Brianna Gabriel, John George, Alexander MacDonald, Ryan Martin, Austin Rudock, Gerald Rusek III, Kyle Streich, Denise Vonada.

10th Grade - Audrey Cameron, Jessica Fanelli, Cara Farnham, Zebin Feduchak, Israel Ficarro, Jesse Gerfin, Jordan Kochmer, John Krieg, Matthew Lavin, Jon Master, Kayla Mecca, Amanda Moran, Melisa Pearce, Alexia Presley, Lauren Schmidt, Audrey Shay, Jamie Supancik, Jeffrey Virbitsky, Tyler Wakalowski.

11th Grade - Leanna Allen, Devin Ball, Kendel Barrese, Courtney Bognatz, Jordan Bomersheim, Collin Burt, Dustin Denby, John Dougherty, Seth Fluck, Brandon Freely, Andrew Graham, Travis Hartman, Zackery Heller, Emmett Jodon, Emmillie Miller, Trevor Mills, Joseph Nally Jr., Stephanie Ostir, Natalia Parjane, Brandon Perini, Hanna Phillips, Alexandria Pollock, Blake Reed, Christopher Schutz, Alison Showalter, Emily Supancik, Kaitlyn Tyson-McCarthy, Madison Wagner, Alexis Wansacz, Morgan White, Johnathan Wiggins.

12th Grade - Micaela Allen, Garrett Cameron, Joseph Cerra, Jesse Chidester, Kyle Chidester, Matthew Cowan, Delaney Esslinger, Sabrina Fallon, Keegan Ficarro, Ariana Gabriel, Lindsay Hanas, Joseph Higby, Ryan Lavin, Carly Lewis, Keith Maitland, Robert Perry, Alyssa Royce, Mario Snyder, Katelynn Taylor, Brittany Wallace, Makenna Whitaker, Jolie Winemiller, Amanda Wright.

Following is Mountain View Elementary First Marking Period Academic Excellence for the 2014/2015 school year.

Fourth Grade: Wesley Anderson, Carter Bain, Nicole Baker, Charlize Barhite, Gavin Bewley, Briana Boswell, Zayvion Bradford, Ariel Brodeur, Owen Cameron, Dominic Chemchick, Lauren Clancy, Emily Cosklo, Ryan Drake, Alex Empet, Leah Evans, Alyson Frederici, Amber George, Hailey Gray, Hailey Howjewski, Caden Holtsmaster, Elijah Kamensky, Alexander Karp, Jack Kowalewski, Hunter Kozloski, Genevieve Larkin, Nicholas Lemoncelli, Derrick Mordent, Bailey Reuss, Jacob Robinson, Ethan Rodriguez, Deegan Ross, Seth Ross, Raelyn Sanders, Cody Shay, Dustin Sherwood, Tanner Stout, Joseph Swetter, Jonathon Symuleski, Adia Tompkins, Alexis Turner, Noah Urda, Jordyn Walker, Alexis Warner.

Fifth Grade: Skyler Ball, James Bernosky, Travis Bridgeman, Katelyn Bryant, Benjamin Burman, Casey Congdon, Lauren Dick, Vy Doty, Avery Fortuner, Emma Frisbie, Rachael Gerfin, Lillian Harvey, Ryan Henke, Deanna Holbert, Delaney Hollenbeck, Ciara Hundley, Macie Kelley, Kathryn Long, Makenzie Lowrie, Dominic MacDonald, Emma Master, Andrew McHenry, Stephanie Nichols, Kevin Noldy, Nathan Ofalt, Victoria Pellew, Ragan Poplawski, Ava Presley, Savannah Robinson, Collin Saam, Maressa Salansky, Nicholas Schmidt, Emily Streich, Maura Strickland, Sophia Striefsky, Shannon Toolan, Wyatt Yachymiak, Keila Zick, Megan Zipprich.

Sixth Grade: Sydney Barhite, Emory Bewley, Emily Biesecker, Regan Cameron, Benjamin DeMark, Michael DeWolfe, Alan Fortuner, Holly Galvin, Hannah Geron, Ashlynd Harvey, Isabella Hurchick, Ava Olecki, Marisa Ostir, Seadie Phelps, Peyton Phillips, Zachary Polovitch, Katelyn Supancik, Avery Tompkins, Riley Weida, Nathan Wilmarth, Meredith Zrowka.