Pictured (l-r) are the Blue Ridge Elementary Students of the Month for January, 2018: front row - Sylas Bennett, Isabeal Parks, Blake Slocum, Dante Tanzini, Rogelio Martinez Garcia, Kilian Maginley, Katelyn Bush; middle row - Autum O’Dell, Peyton Rutter, Allen Darrow, Nyssa Seamans, Danica Percario, Dallas Wayman; back row - Nolan Gnade, Olivia Perry, Melodie Bloomer, Ethan Libby, Ben Buchanan, Liam Dutcher, Chloe Burchell. Absent from photo: Carson Wilber, Elijah Zick, Janna Weed, Dawson Stepniak.

Pictured (l-r) are the Mountain View Elementary January, 2018 Students of the Month: front row - Nicholas Peet, Rudy Borove, Jillian Pliska, Willow Borove, Jillian Billets, Lenna Bledsoe, Ada Chamberlin, Noah Chidester, Rowan Polawski, Samuele Piasecki, Jayce Norsen, Justin Higby, Logan Pliska, Payton Robinson; back row - Mayson McAndrew, Dimitri Yasnovitch, Coralynn McHenry, Kyle Ward, Vanessa Harvey, Dr. Christopher Lake, Hailey Miller, Chelsea Empet, Megan Bills, Amber Price, Michael Barhite, Mia Thomas.

Dr. Alice M. Davis, Executive Director of the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center (SCCTC), is proud to announce the “Students of the Month” for January, 2018.

Pictured above (l-r) are: front - Nick Wayman, Evan Leonard, Crystal Arnold, Cierra Demarest, Emalee Carr, Tara Kazmierski, Allyssa Colomey (Dec. Student of Month), Taylor Howey, Dr. Alice M. Davis; back - Austin Rudock, Tyler Mesick, Josef Kuhar, Alexis Beach, Marcus Bean, Tyler House, Christopher Mulvey (Dec. Student of Month), Ethan Zahora. Missing from photo: Emily Moore, Eva Sirmons, Jerry Kelly, Dakota Barber.

For the past nine years, food service for the Mountain View School District has been provided by The Nutrition Group. In an effort to provide students with nutritious meals that students will enjoy, a Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) was formed. The committee consists of students enrolled in the Family and Consumers Sciences Foods class.

Pictured (l-r) are: Melissa Hatala, Regional Manager; Shea David; Sue Rudalavage, Corporate Trainer; George John; Elaine M. Chichura, D.Ed., Neri Abigail; Urda Camryn; Carroll Hailey; Erin Kiryluk, food service director.

At the first meeting students were introduced to the new informative and interactive digital menu format, Nutrislice. Nutrislice allows parents and students to access their school’s menu online. Plus, unlike traditional menus, Nutrislice gives the ability to review key information for any meal item, including: an image, a detailed description, ingredients, carb counts, allergens, and special diet information. Parents and students can also filter menus, making it easier on those with special diet considerations. In addition to this enhanced visibility, users can also rate each menu item and provide feedback so that The Nutrition Group can continue to fine tune and evolve menus.

The YAC students were also asked to openly communicate student questions and concerns with the school food service program. One specific concern expressed by the students involved the quality of the pizza that was being served in the cafeteria. As a result of that meeting, Erin Kiryluk, food service director and Elaine M. Chichura, D.Ed., Family and Consumer Sciences teacher arranged for the committee to participate in a taste test. Melissa Hatala, Regional Manager and Sue Rudalavage, Corporate Trainer, prepared and served a few varieties of new pizzas to the student committee. With open communication between the students and the food serve personnel the goal is to provide healthy, nutritious meals that students will eat.

The SCCTC Challenge Program’s mission is to build Business/Education partnerships while introducing students to careers in their communities. These partnerships motivate students to develop the solid work habits required to succeed in school and in their future careers. These habits are reflected in the five Challenge Program categories: Attendance, STEM, Community Service, Academic Improvement and Academic Excellence.

The Challenge Program awards students in these five categories. The following students have received a certificate and $200 from the SCCTC’s Challenge Program business partner Cabot Oil & Gas. Students were nominated by their instructors and selected by a committee.

Pictured (l-r) are: front - Josh Thurman, Jonathon DeMann, Jade Lee, Adrianna Jerauld, Dr. Alice M. Davis; back - Christian Good, Brandon Griffin, Allan Peterka Madison Sickler, Dominick Filer. Missing from photo: Cliffton Steele.

Following is a list of the recipients: Attendance Award - Allan Peterka & Jonathon DeMann; STEM Award - Dominick Filer & Jade Lee; Community Service Award - Madison Sickler & Josh Thurman; Academic Improvement Award - Adrianna Jerauld & Christian Good; Academic Excellence Award - Brandon Griffin & Cliffton Steele.

Kyra Ricci, a biology major from Montrose, PA, will be performing in Coastal Carolina University's Wind Ensemble concert "Reflections" on March 1, directed by T. Andre Feagin.

The program features the music of Ron Nelson, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Frank Ticheli and David Maslanka, and will also pay tribute to Black History Month with a performance of "A Movement for Rosa" by Mark Camphouse and selected speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. in spoken word and recorded forms.

The Wind Ensemble is the premiere wind band of Coastal Carolina University. With a goal of developing and refining individual and ensemble musicianship skills, the Wind Ensemble is comprised of the finest wind and percussion students within the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts. Membership is open to all majors selected by blind audition held at the beginning of the fall semester and as vacancies arise.

The CCU Wind Ensemble strives to deliver engaging performances that are artistic, expressive, and polished. The ensemble presents its audiences with a wide variety of repertoire including chamber music, transcriptions, contemporary music, and works from the standard wind band repertoire. The Wind Ensemble performs four concerts each academic year.

Allison N. Lipko, Browndale, made the Dean's List for the Fall, 2017 semester at DeSales University. To qualify for Dean's List, a student must have a minimum 3.25 GPA.

More than 2,000 students received degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the winter commencement ceremony on Dec. 16, 2017. About 1,150 graduates took part.

Included in the honor was Benjamin Stefanek, Kingsley, PA with a College of Letters and Science, Doctor of Philosophy and Physics degree.

The Lycoming College Dean's List is issued at the close of each semester in recognition of superior scholarship. The following high-performing students were recognized for academic excellence for the Fall of 2017: Bailey Hughes of Forest City, PA, Dallas Jerauld of Montrose, PA, Samantha Poole of Montrose, PA, Jessica Sivers of Montrose, PA.

Chad Schmidt of New Milford, PA, has been named to the Cedarville University Dean's Honor List for fall semester, 2017. Students achieving this recognition maintain a 3.75 GPA for the semester while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours.