After a rough start to the second half of the season the previous weekend, the Elk Lake Forensics Team came out strong at the 16th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tournament at Meyers HS on January 17.

Two EL team members brought home trophies from Meyers.

Kenneth Brittingham placed second in Varsity Student Congress while serving as Presiding Officier during the second session.  This is the fifth consecutive tournament that Brittingham has placed in the top five.

Pictured are EL Place - winners at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tournament: Kenneth Brittingham – 2nd Place in Varsity Student Congress; Haley Skinner – 2nd Place in Varsity LD Debate.

In Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate, senior Haley Skinner advanced to Finals after compiling an undefeated, 4 win and 0 loss, record during the preliminary rounds. On her way to that record, she defeated debaters from Unionville, Southwestern, and Hershey HS.

In the finals, she lost to the only other undefeated debater in the field, Barron Williams from Danville HS.

“I am really happy with the team’s performance today. They worked very hard to prepare for this tournament,” commented EL Forensics Director Keith Brosious.

The team will have traveled to Lake-Lehman HS on January 24 to compete at the Scranton Catholic Forensics League’s second, and final, league tournament.

Pictured (l-r) are Blue Ridge Elementary Student Standouts for January, 2015: fourth row - Katelynn Lewis, Gracey Hinkley, Jayden Crandall, Alexis Parks, Hannah Gallagher, Joey Hanson; third row - James Minton, Andre Plunkett, Alyssa Muzzy, Alanna Thornton, Dawson Stepniak, Alicia Johnson, Christopher Brown; second row - Jaydon Barile, Aiden Cisek, Aiden Kelsey, Katelyn Scott, Journey Wojtkowski, Maia Lewis; first row  - Savannah Bross, Jasmine Traver, Christopher Rice, Tavonte Thompson, Aiden Bush. Absent from photo were - Jason Snyder, Andrew Jump, Dylan Bradley.

Morrisville State College recently announced that Evan Castrogiovanni of Montrose, PA was named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2014 semester.

To be named to the Dean's List, a student must achieve an average of 3.0 to 3.99 for the semester and complete 12 credit hours.

The University of Hartford is pleased to announce Chelsey Clapper of Hallstead has been named to its Dean's List for Fall 2014.

Elizabethtown College announced the names of local students whose outstanding academic performances have earned them the recognition of being included on the fall 2014 dean's list as follows: Samantha Bennici, New Milford and  Chelsea Matta, Susquehanna.

Kelly Purdy of Kingsley has been named to the fall 2014 President's List at Mansfield University.

To be named to the President's List, a student must attend the university full-time and attain at least a 4.0 QPA for the semester.

Hofstra University is proud to announce the Fall 2014 Provost's List, an elite group of students who have earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average. It includes the following local students: Curtis Mills of Great Bend.; Amanda Rispoli of New Milford.

A total of 516 Mansfield University students have been named to the fall 2014 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: Barbara Bennett of Kingsley, Kaitlyn Depew of Springville, Annie Dunn of Hallstead, Devon Maye of Montrose, Jacob Myers of Montrose, Shannon O'Neill of Great Bend, Alexandra Phillips of New Milford, Susanne Tewksbury of Montrose.

Katherine Mitchell of Springville, a graduate of Elk Lake School majoring in psychology, has been named to the Dean's List for the Fall Semester 2014 at Baldwin Wallace University, according to Stephen D. Stahl, Provost. Students who receive at least a 3.6 GPA for seven or more graded hours in a single semester are named to the Dean's List.

Morgan Ofsharick of Susquehanna, PA was named to the Dean's List at the University of New Haven for the Fall 2014 semester. Full-time undergraduate students must have a 3.50 or better cumulative GPA for the semester to be eligible for the Dean's List.

Shannon Cameron of Brackney, PA was among 1431 SUNY Oneonta students who earned Dean's List honors for the fall 2014 semester. To qualify for the Dean's List students must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.

The following is a list of the Susquehanna Elementary students who received a Reading Achievement Award for the 2nd marking period of the 2014-15 school year. A student must maintain an A average (93-100) for the entire marking period in order to receive this award.

Mrs. Tingley - 1-1 Linden Baker, Sara Chamberlain, Henry Chilewski, Brooke Collins, Lillyana Creamer, Linda Dong, Jack Jones, Kelbeigh Lankford, Adrianna Rockwell, Leah Roe, Camryn Sellitto, Brice Woodruff, Jade Zepowski.

Mrs. Downton – 1-2 Sara Barnes, Riley Davis, Skye Fitch, Molly Griga, Ryder Hobart, Mason Opalka, Alyis Rockwell, Meghan Slocum, Milo Wilson, Preston Wolf.

Mrs. Parks – 1-3 Chloe Baldwin, Ivy Bishop, Madison Butts, Allen Cliff, Mia Groover, Molly Heath, Drew Hennessey, William Hobart, Braelyn Houser, Erin Kelley, Maxx Kelly, Caleb Mauro, Kaia McGhie, Jordyn Oney, Malachi Rogers, Huntor Travis, Austin Wallace.

Mrs. Stanley – 2-1 Isabella Bishop, Jeremiah Hadden, Rebecca Haley, Deegan Reid, Travis Rooney, Skyla Wanamaker, Caden Williams.

Mrs. Hinkley – 2-2 Devon Decker, Liam Dooley, Lelani Koehler, Daniel Palonis, Lily Rockwell, Parker Valenti, Pasqualino Verdetto.

Mrs. Soden – 2-3 Cadence Bastdeo, Gianna Bullick, Sydney Donahue, Cambria King, William Marcy, Zachary Norton, Justin Sheldon.

Mrs. Steele – 3-1 Jayden Herbert, William Lawrence, Liliana Matis, Colton Stone.

Mrs. Stone – 3-2 Talan Brewer, Joseph Burke, Dane Fitch, Lily Hansen, Ariana Houser, Jaydin Orner, Olivia Rossi, Paytyn Sellitto, Rheanna Valentine.

Ms. Testa – 3-3 Victoria Johnson, McKenna Lankford, Cooper Payne, Austin Wayman.

Mrs. Glidden – 4-1 Jocelyn Conklin, Layne Fisk, Emily Hall, Luke Hilling, Aubrey Hyndshaw, Allison Jenkins.

Mr. Maurer – 4-2 Brianna Ashman, Julianna Bradley, Brianna Bills, Kerstin Dooley, Lexis Iveson, Noah Nalls, Tatum Norris.

Mrs. Hilling – 4-3 Juliann Downton, Reilly Potter.

Mrs. Conklin – 5-1 Maura Carmody, Meghan Kiernan, Joseph Staria.

Mrs. Conklin – 5-2 Jackson Batzel, Raili Hower, Joshua Marco, Rockell Rockwell.

Mrs. Conklin – 5-3 Megan Decker, Paige Halesky, Lyllian Lorenz.

Mrs. Hyndshaw – 6-1 Ella Hansen.

Mrs. Hyndshaw – 6-2 Austin Gow, Sophie Lawrenson.

Mrs. Hyndshaw – 6-3: Cortney Bennett, Anthony Palonis, Emily Sheldon.

Mrs. Burdick: Nicole Adinolfi, Chasity Rafferty, Robert Wolf.

Mrs. Armitage: Landon Hodge.

Mr. Bronson Stone, Principal/Superintendent of Susquehanna Community Elementary School, announces the following students who made the Merit, Honor or High Honor Roll for the second marking period of the 2014-15 school year.

HIGH HONOR ROLL GRADE 4

Brianna Ashman, Brianna Bills, Julianna Bradley, Memphis Collins, Sarah Day, Kerstin Dooley, Juliann Downton, Layne Fisk, Luke Hilling, Allison Jenkins, Tatum Norris, Reilly Potter.

HONOR ROLL GRADE 4

Lauren Brown, Jocelyn Conklin, Emily Hall, Aubrey Hyndshaw, Lexis Iveson, Adam Payne, Jacy Wilson.

MERIT ROLL GRADE 4

Jonathan Burns, Kambrie Colwell, Amy Dahm, Brandon Donahue, Teagan Fissel, Alexandra Iveson, Joshua McAuliffe, Christopher Olmstead, Joshua Price, Alanah Proutey, Kaleb Shimer, Zachary Staria.

HIGH HONOR ROLL GRADE 5

Jackson Batzel            , Maura Carmody, Megan Decker, Paige Halesky, Raili Hower, Meghan Kiernan.

HONOR ROLL GRADE 5

Bella Cook, Garrett Cordner, Jordyn Glover, Lyllian Lorenz, Rockell Rockwell, Joseph Staria, Elizabeth Weibel, Carson Williams, Adriana Zebrowski.

MERIT ROLL GRADE 5

Kayla Anderson, Spencer Beamer, Hayden Butts, Joseph Curtis, Mackenzie Decker, Aidan Rockwell, Alea Rockwell, Julia Schell, William Steele, Samantha Swanson.

HIGH HONOR ROLL GRADE 6

Cortney Bennett, Austin Gow, Ella Hansen, Sophie Lawrenson, Anthony Palonis.

HONOR ROLL GRADE 6

Jacob Downton, Kyleigh Jones, Leah Place, Emily Sheldon , Elizabeth Stewart, Kevin Tross.

MERIT ROLL GRADE 6

Gavin Baker, Sara Beemer, Devyn Benson    , Bethany Burns, Caleigh Carrillo, Zachary Consla, Dalton Crowley, Jasmine Funk, JD Heckman, Jenna Krall, Aaron Mann, Shannon Marinari, Cody Orner, James Paynter, Kelsey Peterson, Rachel Rockwell, Kaylee Rooney, Kimberly Swartz, Madison Towner, Hayden Wayman.

Wilkes University Provost Anne A. Skleder announces the Dean's List for the Fall 2014 Semester. To be named to the Dean's List, students must earn a minimum 3.4 grade point average and carry at least 12 credits.

Included from our area were: Jennifer Baron of Vandling; Brooke Bishop of South Montrose; Shawn Carey of New Milford; Allison Davis of Uniondale; Emmie Gibson of Brackney; Rebekah Harris of New Milford; Marissa Kotar of Hallstead; Kristine Kuriger of Forest City; Bradley Moore of Dimock; Sarah Nichols of New Milford; Ethan Robinson of Brackney; Alexander Rodino of Montrose and Anna Ruseski of South Montrose.