After struggling at the last tournament of their regular season, the Elk Lake Forensics Team turned their fortunes around at the Pennsylvania High School Speech League District 8 Speech and Debate Championship on February 21, at Holy Redeemer HS in Wilkes-Barre.

Two Elk Lake students qualified to the PHSSL State Championship Tournament at Susquehanna University by placing in the top two in their events at this tournament.

Elk Lake PHSSL State Qualifiers Keeley Carney – 2nd in Lincoln-Douglas Debate and Kenneth Brittingham – 2nd in Senate.

In Lincoln-Douglas Debate, senior Keeley Carney compiled an undefeated record by defeating debaters from GAR and Abington Heights HS, placed second, and earned a slot at the State Championship Tournament.

Junior Kenneth Brittingham had a strong performance in Senate.  He placed second in the event and will now be competing at the State Championship Tournament in March.

“These two put in strong performances when they needed to,” commented EL Forensics Director Keith Brosious.

The team will conclude its qualifying season at the Scranton Catholic Forensics League National Qualifying Tournament on March 7 at the University of Scranton.  The top five competitors in each event will qualify to the NCFL National Tournament in Fort Lauderdale, FL over Memorial Day Weekend.

(Pictured L-R) are: 1st row- Loggin Robbins, Peyton Kelley, Choloe Sherman, Catherine Kordecki, Olivia Beasley, Brian Cruz, Benjamin Werle. 2nd row- Augustus Brown,  Mr. Weisgold , Elementary Principal, Mitchell Delano, Sirin Baniya  Absent, Madison Saylor.

And for February 2015 ...

Pictured (L-R) are: 1st row - Ryan Norcross, Jessica Ely, Allison Orr, Erick Skinner; 2nd row -  Mr. Marc Weisgold, Elementary Principal, Anthony Jones, Jared Ely, Olivia Voll, Emma Fraker, Anna Comly.

Students are 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.

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

Following is the Mountain View Jr./Sr. High School Honor Roll for the 2nd Marking Period of the 2014-15 school year.

7th Grade

Kristofer Boswell, Kailey Bridgeman, Gabriellia Bruce, Christopher DeManicor, Michael Finelli, Tyler Henke, Brianna Hildebrand, Dylan Hollenbeck, Jacob Housel, Andrea Ofalt, Austin Presley, Tosha Shay, Kathryn Shea, Katlynn Slater, Sofie Swetter, Kathryn Tracy, Mackenzie Wilbur, Emma Zipprich.

8th Grade

Sarah Alessi, Jacob Andzulis, Tristan Beebe, Makenzie Bell, Devin Burney, Miranda Button, Scarlett Catalfamo, Evelyn Chacon Pastor, Cameron DeManicor, Alexandria DeWolfe, Alyssa Evans, Josephine Evans, Travis Getz, Robert Gray, Madison Hegedty, Joseph Jackson, Selena Knowlton, Christopher Master, Sydney Newhart, Lena Penny, Madison Schermerhorn, Matthew Schwartztrauber, Jason Seamans, Aidan Sekely, Daniel Tran, Lily Virbitsky, Alexus Wilbur, Brooke Wilder.

9th Grade

Lucy Adams, Sierra Barnes, Sarah Carpenetti, Emma DeMark, Sophia Ficarro, Erika Freely, John George, Alexander MacDonald, Ryan Martin, Stephen Mordent, Holly O’Brien, Austin Rudock, Gerald Rusek, Luke Schmidt, David Shea, Kyle Streich, Denise Vonada.

10th Grade

Cailin Burney, Audrey Cameron, Jessica Fanelli, Cara Farnham, Israel, Ficarro, Nathaniel Jones, Jordan Kochmer, Matthew Lavin, Keegan Mack, Jon Master, Amanda Moran, Melisa Pearce, Lauren Schmidt, Audrey Shay, Jeffrey Virbitsky, Tyler Wakalowski.

11th Grade

Leanna Allen, Devin Ball, Courtney Bognatz, Jordan Bomersheim, Collin Burt, Luke Decker, Dustin Denby, Seth Fluck, Brandon Freely, Jesse Hansen, Travis Hartman, Zackery Heller, Emmett Jodon, Emma Loch, Trevor Mills, Joseph Nally Jr., Stephanie Ostir, Natalia Parjane, Hannah Phillips, Alexandria Pollock, Blake Reed, Deborah Roberts, Alison Showalter, Rebekah Tiffany, Kaitlyn Tyson –McCarthy, Timothy VanVleck , Johnathan Wiggins.

12th Grade

Garrett Cameron, Delaney Esslinger, Sabrina Fallon, Keegan Ficarro, Ariana Gabriel, Lindsay Hanas, Joseph Higby, Alan Kiefer, Ryan Lavin, Keith Maitland, Aaron Mason, Robert Perry, Alyssa Royce, Katelynn Taylor, Brittany Wallace, Makenna Whitaker, Sunny Wilder, Amanda Wright

Following is the Elk Lake Elem. School District Honor Roll for the second marking period of the 2014-15 school year.

Fifth grade High honors- Martin Cannella, Lily Decker, Jessica Ely, Truman Ely, Krista Jones, Trever Graham, Jacob Gustin, Justice Johnson, Allison Orr, Nicholas Oruska, Chloe Sipe, Erick Skinner, Bridget Visavati, Nathan Warriner, Reese Warriner.

Fifth grade Honors –Matthew Balli, Landen Bennett, Angelia Boner, Tyhler Bray, Emily Brotzman, Terrence Brozonis, Jenna Daye, Luz Diaz, Jacob Hollister, Alexia Jones, Kelly Larreynaga, Bailey Marchion, Andrea Nieto, Logan Pitcher, Caden Ramey, Brandon Richard, Lucas Robbins, Adam Sekely, Joshua Sharer, Samuel Smith, Todd Snyder, Sydney Tyler, Christian Tripp, Tyler Wallace, Sadie Warner, Ryan Gregory, Brayden Baker.

Sixth grade High Honors-Davia Adams, Gavin Bunnell, Azurae Hall, Caden Martin, Catalina Martinez, Daniel McGee, Taegan Mills, Emily Moore, Zoe Pickett, Douglas Priestner, Sophia Riscavage, Madelyn Slivinski,  Molly smith, Hailey Strohl, Erin Voda, Olivia Voll.

Sixth grade Honors –  Emma Chotkowski, Derek Conboy, Colby Baker, Jimena Acevedo, , Riley baker, Austin Bonavita, Hunter Bonavita, Kyle Bonavita, Ethan Brown, Kyle Bradish, Anna Comly, Jared Ely, Jeryn Delong, Joshua Douglas, Benjamin Drab, Destiny Evans, Mariah Heeman, Darien Hurlburt, Alan Jenner,Charity Kasson, Casey Kojola , Kaleigh Mayer, Ryan Norcross, Jeremy Quinnan, Ariona Richards, Shirley Roe, Ethan Sickler, Matthew Sickler, George Sobeck, Kailey Taylor, Caleb Wilson, Christopher Woodruff, Hallie Zajaczkowski, Destiny McCarey, Corey Worsham, Nathaniel Montalvo.

Following is the Susky High 2014-15 2nd marking period honor roll, as submitted.

Highest Honors 93 -100

12th Grade – Ivy Christensen, Katie Greene, Ariana Hagopian, Clayton Hansen, Keith Hubal, William Reddon, Justin Stanford, Daniel Staros

11th Grade – Daniel Braun, Breanna Bushong, Cori Glidden, Alyssa Hubal, Nicole Sherman

10th Grade – Madison Canfield, Hannah Day, Garret Grausgruber, Evan Haley, Jessica Lamb, Saige Perry, Kathryn Woodruff

9th Grade – Emily Frye, Macayla Hyndshaw, Bridget Iveson, Marisa Kenny, Kaylin Trynoski, Skyla Wilson

8th Grade – Angel Bieloski, Devon Dubanowitz, Emily Fremberg, Lia Heath, Kaylee Landry, Robert Palonis, Rhiannon Potter, McKenzie Rhone, Adam Rockwell, Canyon Stone, Chloe Tinklepaugh

7th Grade – Jaycie Conklin, Mackenzie Heath, Taylor Huyck, Haley Hyndshaw, Jonathan Jenkins, Shania Megivern, Geena Miller, Airyll Rockwell, MacKenzie Steele, Kailye Towner, Meaghan Towner, Samantha Voege

Honor Roll 90-92.99

12th Grade – Nicole Barnes, Brianna Burlingame, Susan Chamberlain, Willard Cobb, Austin Felter, Mikayla Hargett, Sarah Heath, Nicole Hines, Kasandra Metcalf, Tracy Miller, Russel Porth, Dale Reid, Emily Stark, Michael Vaccaro, Brianna Williams

11th Grade – Baily Barnes, Kaitlyn Gow, Miranda Rhone, Rachel Serfilippi

10th Grade – John Abruzzo, Amy Zebrowski

9th Grade –Isabella Abruzzo, Faith Benedict, Kendra Colwell Elizabeth Delaney, Tristan Megivern, Madisson Stanford, Stephen Vivona

 8th Grade – Christopher Ayres, Michael Braun, Ryan Carmody, Eric Hall, Cheyenne Kelley, Bethany Maby, Cody MacDonald, Benjamin Prentice, MacKenzie Williams

7th Grade – Nichole Anthony, Carson Beamer, Rachel Day

Merit Roll 85-91.99

12th Grade – William Archambault III, Lucas Brinton, Haley Christianson, Abigail Day, Luke

Falletta, Catherine Garner, Felicia Hines, Dakota Irwin, Brendan Lamb, Adam MacDonald, Andreas Plonka, Alisha Sanborn, Nicole Shay, Anastasia Smith, Kayla Swartz, Taryn Tross, Shirlynne Wademan,

11th Grade – Haley Aldrich, Kristine Callahan, James Cottrell, Donna Jo Decker, Allison Hampton, Marissa Hodge, Benedict Kane, Kendra Papocchia, Michael Pelicci, Alyssa Rockwell, Lewis Sparks, Jessica Staros

10th Grade – Shaun Andersen, Taylor Bennett, Brittany Burlingame, Holly Christensen, Annabelle DiNoto,

Gabrielle Glover, Lauren Soden, Jonathan Teribury, Skyler Voege, Alexandria Warring, Taylor Williams,

9th Grade – Travis Acosta, Kolby Baker, Brockway Blodgett, Michael Brown, Chelsea Bush, Christian Good, Emily Lawrenson, Eric Lee, Kayla Marino, Alexander McHugh, Kathryn Meck, Kelsey Swartz

8th Grade – Bryce Baldwin, Angela Bianco, Mason Deakin, Garrison Kiernan, Jordan King, William Perry III, Payton Rhone, Mackenzie Smith, Jessica Teribury, Ashley Wallace, Cameron Wasko, Matthew Weibel, Andrea Westbrook

7th Grade – Ryan Armitage, Paetan Benson, Harlee Burns,

Dylan Crawford, Samantha Fox, Ethan Fremberg, Catherine Hugaboom, Matthew Phillips, Jakub Tomczyk, Faith Welch

Nichole Lewis, from Montrose, has been named to the University of Delaware's Dean's List for the 2014 fall semester.

To meet eligibility requirements for the Dean's List, a student must be enrolled full-time and earn a GPA of 3.33 or above (on a 4.0 scale) for the semester.

The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, announced that Sarita Farnelli of Montrose, is one of 814 students named to The College of Saint Rose Dean's List for the fall 2014 semester.

To be eligible for the Dean's List, Farnelli had to complete a minimum of 12 credit hours and achieve a semester grade-point average of at least 3.5 with no grades of D, F, Incomplete or Pass/Fail.

KUTZTOWN, PA (02/24/2015)(readMedia)-- Kutztown University has conferred degrees on more than 750 students during the summer, fall and winter terms.

Kutztown University announces degree conferment twice a year, once in the winter and once in the summer. Commencement exercises are held in May and December; however, students finish their requirements for graduation throughout the entire year.

Students who have requested privacy (FERPA) are not listed publicly.

The following students have been awarded degrees since the summer 2014 announcement.

Douglas Robert Adler of New Milford, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Marketing.

Patrick D Edwards of Brackney, Bachelor of Science - Biology/Pre-Med & Health.

Cynthia Ann Good of Montrose, Bachelor of Science - Art EducationSumma Cum Laude.

Brianna Marie Kaminski of New Milford, Bachelor of Social Work - Social Work.

Sarah J Kimsey of Montrose, Bachelor of Science In Education - Elementary Education/4-8/Science and English.

Kelsey E Whitaker of Kingsley, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Marketing.

The following students from Adams County have been named to the Fall 2014 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 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.

Dean’s List students, their hometowns, majors and degrees they are seeking are as follows.

Brackney: Olivia Autumn Everitt, Sweeney Road, B.S. in Nutrition.

Clifford Township: Rebecca Jeanine Perkins, Elkview Drive, B.S. in Interior Design.

Hop Bottom: Victoria Lee Sterling, Forest Street, B.S. in Nursing.

Little Meadows: Emily Mary Hewes, Lynch Road, B.S. in Physical Education and Sport/Exercise Science.

Montrose: Bryan David Castrogiovanni, Turnpike Road, B.A. in Criminology.

Susquehanna: Kaitlyn E. Krug, Hausbrook Heights Road, B.S. in Athletic Training; Lexa Lillian-Rose Smith, State Route 492, B.A. in Journalism.

Union Dale: Chelsea Marie Jubinsky, Belmont Turnpike, B.S. in Natural Science/Pre-Dentistry.