The Elk Lake Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted twenty-two new students into the prestigious organization on Wednesday, March 25th.  The evening consisted of a traditional candlelight ceremony held in the high school auditorium, followed by a buffet reception prepared by students enrolled within the Culinary Arts program of the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center.

Pictured (l-r) are: first row - Alyssa Sickler, Adrianna Parrett, Elizabeth Hinkley, Mikaela Parrett, Samantha Lauer, Leah Ofalt, Mackenzie Jones, Natalie Head, Justine Johns, Korena Kraynak, Andrea Rockefeller, Julie VanEtten; second row - Mr. Jeff Horvath, Kelly Oliver, Catherine McAleer, Jacob Hand, Jonas Fuller, Logan Moon, Joshua Pitcher, Benjamin Woolcock, Cole Orlandini, Keri Jones, Devyn Saylor.

The students are chosen by a Faculty Council for exemplifying the principles upon which the National Honor Society proudly stands namely scholarship, service, leadership, and character.  These are cardinal qualities worthy of encouragement in all schools across the nation.  This year’s National Honor Society officers, who assisted with the ceremony, are President, Haley Skinner, Vice-President, Keeley Carney, Secretary, Jourdan Aten, and Treasurer, Rebecca Warholic.   Speakers included Secondary Principal, Mr. Brian Mallery, and National Honor Society Advisor, Mr. Jeff Horvath.  Photography was provided by Mrs. Colleen McAleer.

Students earning this distinction are Seniors Mackenzie Jones, Samantha Lauer, and Leah Ofalt.  Juniors include Jonas Fuller, Elizabeth Hinkley, Logan Moon, Kelly Oliver, Adrianna Parrett, Mikaela Parrett, Joshua Pitcher, and Alyssa Sickler.  Sophomores are Jacob Hand, Natalie Head, Justine Johns, Keri Jones, Korena Kraynak, Catherine McAleer, Cole Orlandini, Andrea Rockefeller, Devyn Saylor, Julie VanEtten, and Benjamin Woolcock.   

Susquehanna Community School District held their annual National Junior Honor Society Ceremony on April 9th at 6:30 in the high school auditorium. This is specifically for students in grades 8 and 9 who have earned a cumulative grade point average of 93 or higher since 7th grade. There were a total of 16 students who were inducted.

Pictured (l-r) are: sitting - Emily Frye, Skyla Wilson, Bridget Iveson; standing - Rhiannon Potter, Canyon Stone, Angel Bieloski, Kaylee Landry, Stephen Vivona, Kaylin Trynoski, Macayla Hyndshaw, Emily Fremberg, Tristan Megivern, Chloe Tinklepaugh, Lia Heath, Devon Dubanowitz. Absent from the photo: Robert Palonis.

Students who played active roles in the ceremony were: Devon Dubanowitz, Stephen Vivona, Kaylin Trynoski, Bridget Iveson, Skyla Wilson, Emily Frye, Lia Heath, and Emily Fremberg.

The guest speaker for the ceremony was High School Social Studies Teacher, Mr. Lawrence Tompkins. Mr. Tompkins spoke to the students about personal life experiences that he had as a student, and encouraged them to work hard and to create a positive high school experience for themselves. Garrison Kiernan was the pianist for the evening. At the end of the ceremony, students and their families enjoyed a light reception.

Following is the Mt. View High School 3rd Term Honor Roll for the 2014-2015 school year.

12th Grade - Garrett Cameron, Joseph Cerra, Jesse Chidester, Kyle Chidester, Delaney Esslinger, Sabrina Fallon, Keegan Ficarro, Ariana Gabriel, James Goodenough, Lindsay Hanas, Joseph Higby, Ryan Lavin, Keith Maitland, Paige Spencer, Katelynn Taylor, Brianna Twining, Brittany Wallace, Makenna Whitaker, Sunny Wilder, Jolie Winemiller, Amanda Wright.

11th Grade - Leanna Allen, Devin Ball, Dane Barhite, Robert Belcher, Amber Bollard, Jordan Bomersheim, Collin Burt, Luke Decker, Dustin Denby, John Dougherty, Samuel Flannery, Seth Fluck, Brandon Freely, Andrew Graham, Jesse Hansen, Travis Hartman, Kylie Jerauld, Emmett Jodon, Douglas Martin, Emmillie Miller, Trevor Mills, Joseph Nally Jr., Stephanie Ostir, Natalia Parjane, Brandon Perini, Hannah Phillips, Alexandria Pollock, Blake Reed, Hannah Richner, Deborah Roberts, Alison Showalter, Emily Supancik, Rebekah Tiffany, Kaitlyn Tyson-McCarthy, Karlee Weida, Johnathan Wiggins.

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

9th Grade - Lucy Adams, Sierra Barnes, Sarah Carpenetti, Emma DeMark, Sophia Ficarro, John George, Samantha Jones, Alesha Kazmierski, Alexander MacDonald, Ryan Martin, Jacqueline McCabe, Austin Rudock, Gerald Rusek, Luke Schmidt, David Shea, Kyle Streich, Denise Vonada, Ashley Weidow, Niesha Wilcox. Shane Witko.

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

7th Grade - Kristofer Boswell, Kailey Bridgeman, Gabriellia Bruce, Christopher DeManicor, Kaylee Evans, Michael Fanelli, Tyler Henke, Brianna Hildebrand, Dylan Hollenbeck, Jacob Housel, KayLee LeMaster, Abigail Neri, Andrea Ofalt, Austin Presley, Alyza Ransom, Camdyn Rusek, Tosha Shay, Sofie Swetter, Kathryn Tracy, Emma Zipprich.

With almost one hundred hours between the two of them, Elk Lake students Jordan Clark and Zach Osborn worked hard creating twenty-five plaques for Maplewood Lane’s second annual “Bowl for Hope.” Jordan, a junior, and Zach, a senior, got to work preparing the plaques for the winners of the bowling tournament (which was set for mid-April) after Elk Lake’s woodshop was contacted for their help by Fundraiser Coordinator Nicole Rogers from the OI Foundation. Ms. Rogers helped Mike Cotton organize this fundraiser.  “We wanted to help out and give the students an opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge they’ve learned in the classroom to a real world application,” said Industrial Arts teacher Craig Good.

Senior Zach Osborn and junior Jordan Clark show off the plaques they made for the Bowl for Hope fundraiser

The fundraiser was to raise awareness of Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), better known as Brittle Bone Disease. Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a “disorder characterized by fragile bones that break easily.” Rogers specifically contacted Elk Lake High School because Mike Cotton, the chairman of the fundraiser which took place in South Montrose, is an Elk Lake alumni who graduated in 1997. Cotton’s daughter died, at only five years old of Brittle Bone Disease. Therefore, the Foundation reached out for Elk Lake’s help; the faculty and students were needed for a donation of their time and resources in order to assist in this attempt for even more public attention to the tournament and subsequent fundraising for this important cause.

Jordan and Zach both worked persistently in order to contribute. Over the duration of the project, each boy had his own distinct part in creating the plaques. Jordan did everything that had to be completed in the wood shop while Zach did all the work in the metal shop. Jordan cut, sanded, and put finish on pine wood for the base of all twenty-five plaques. Zach utilized plasma cutting, using the shop’s impressive CNC (computerized numerical control) plasma torch, to create and cut out the metal design that is now on the front of the plaques. He first had to set up the design on the computer controlling the plasma torch by measuring, arcing, and placing the design. In fact, making it so that the design would fit the wooden plaque once all the metal was cut out took up much of his time. Producing the sheet metal letters actually took up the most time, and Jordan helped here as well by cleaning each of the letters after they were cut out by the torch and gluing them onto the plaques. Their hard work paid off in the well crafted plaques.

Following is a list of Susquehanna Community High School students who qualified for the 3rd marking period Honor Roll during the 2014-2015 school year.

Highest Honors 93 -100

12th Grade – Ivy Christensen, Katie Greene, Ariana Hagopian, Clayton Hansen, Sarah Heath, Keith Hubal, William Reddon, Dale Reid, Olivia Rockwell, Brianna Williams.

11th Grade – Henry Ainey, Baily Barnes, Daniel Braun, Breanna Bushong, Cori Glidden, Alyssa Hubal, Miranda Rhone, Nicole Sherma.

10th Grade – Hannah Day, Garret Grausgruber, Evan Haley, Jessica Lamb, Saige Perry.

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

8th Grade – Angel Bieloski, Michael Braun, Devon Dubanowitz, Emily Fremberg, Lia Heath, Kaylee Landry, Robert Palonis, Rhiannon Potter, Adam Rockwell, Canyon Stone, Chloe Tinklepaugh, MacKenzie Williams.

7th Grade – Carson Beamer, Jaycie Conklin, Rachel Day, Mackenzie Heath, Taylor Huyck, Haley Hyndshaw, Jonathan Jenkins, Shania Megivern, Geena Miller, Airyll Rockwell, Mackenzie Steele, Kailye Towner, Meaghan Towner.

Honor Roll 90-92.99

12th Grade – Nicole Barnes, Brianna Burlingame, Susan Chamberlain, Haley Christianson, Willard Cobb, Austin Felter, Mikayla Hargett, Nicole Hines, Tracy Miller, Justin Stanford, Emily Stark, Daniel Staros.

11th Grade – Donna Jo Decker, Kaitlyn Gow, Rachel Serfilippi.

10th Grade – John Abruzzo, Madison Canfield, Skyler Voege, Kathryn Woodruff, Amy Zebrowski.

9th Grade –  Isabella Abruzzo, Chelsea Bush, Eric Lee, Tristan Megivern, Madisson Stanford, Stephen Vivona.

8th Grade – Christopher Ayres, Daniel Baker, Eric Hall, Cheyenne Kelley, Bethany Maby, Cody MacDonald, Benjamin Prentice, McKenzie Rhone, Payton Rhone, Jessica Teribury, Ashley Wallace.

7th Grade – Nichole Anthony, Paetan Benson, Dylan Crawford, Samantha Fox, Jakub Tomczyk, Samantha Voege, Faith Welch.

Merit Roll 85-89.99

12th Grade – William Archambault III, Abigail Day, Catherine Garner, Brendan Lamb, Adam MacDonald, Kasandra Metcalf, Nicole Shay, Anastasia Smith, Kayla Swartz, Taryn Tross, Shirlynne Wademan.

11th Grade – Haley Aldrich, JamesCottrell, Sean Elliott, Brandon Gow, Allison Hampton, Marissa McConnell, Michael Pelicci, Alyssa Rockwell, Michael Skurski, Lewis Sparks, Jessica Staros.

10th  Grade – Shaun Andersen, Holly Christensen, Annabelle DiNoto,  Gabrielle Glover, Lauren Soden, Jonathan Teribury.

9th Grade – Travis Acosta, Kyle Barton, Faith Benedict, Michael Brown, Kendra Colwell, Travis Craig, Elizabeth Delaney, Christian Good, Sierra Lake, Emily Lawrenson, Lucas Marco, Kayla Marino, Kathryn Meck, Travis Rockwell, Kelsey Swartz.

8th Grade – Bryce Baldwin, Justin Belvedere, Robert Burns, Dallas Cude, Mason Deakin, Garrison Kiernan, Jordan King, William Perry III, Mackenzie Smith, Cameron Wasko, Matthew Weibel.

7th Grade – Harlee Burns, Ethan Fremberg, Destiny Hood, Catherine Hugaboom, Matthew Phillips.