The above students were named Students of the Month at Mountain View Jr. Sr. High School for the month of January, 2018. Students are nominated by faculty members and selected by committee.

Pictured (l-r) are: Senior Anna Donnelly, Sophmore Kelsie Rumola, Eith Grader Jalil Gillyard, Mr. Presley, High School Principal.

Following is a list of students who qualified for the second marking period academic excellence at Mountain View Elementary School during the 2017-2018 school year.

FOURTH GRADE: Hudson Bain, Aiden Beavers, Ryan Belotti, Michael Billets, Camron Birchard-Newhart, Connor Boylan, Ian Briechle, Anotolia Creps, Jack Curtis, Dylan Ferraro, Jacob Ficarro, Madalynn Fletcher, Corinne Flynn, Kallyn Gordon, Emma Karp, Morgan Kelly, Addison Kilmer, Katelyn Kraft, Sean Larkin, Cooper Lopatofsky, Richard Masters, Roselina Matthews, Trinity McAlla, Mayson McAndrew, Amber Price, Rory Shea, Caroline Symuleski, Mason Thomas, Joel Tigue, Joshua Tigue, Kaylee Walker, Seth Wallace.

FIFTH GRADE: Brooklyn Anderson, Lacey Ball, Kylie Barhite, Timothy Barlow, Paige Barnes, Michael Beach, Zayandre Bradford, Jason DeManicor, Christina Denney, Chelsea Empet, Rachael Evans, Jackson Gesford, Luke Harvatine, Tanner Holtsmaster, Joshua Kamensky, Ryleigh Kilmer,Kylee Kozloski, Mishell Loja Pulla, Alexander Madura, Leah McElroy, Coralynn McHenry, Molly McLaud, Shyanne Mesick, Caleb Moher, Aiden Norton, Jacob Ofalt, Sienna Padgett, Adam Polovitch, Jarret Pratt, John Radford, Madelyn Resseguie, Raven Richardson, Miriam Sedlak, Christian Sekelsky, Draven Simons, Paige Smith, Sierra Testa, Riley Turner, Makenzie Tyborowski, Robert Wallace, Kyle Ward, Jeremy Wells, Anya Yasnovitch, Luke Zipprich.

SIXTH GRADE: Rylan Ainey, Brandon Alvord, James Anderson, Noah Barnes, Daniel Belcher, Shaun Bills, Alexander Brodeur, Edmond Carroll, Kevin Cosklo, Ava Depew, Logan Dick, Joshua Fanelli, Carissa Flynn, Kelsy Hagemeier, Holly Harvatine, Vanessa Harvey, Joseph Heller, Camryn Hicks, Rachel Hunter, Riley Jagger, Kayla Kasa, Bronson Kilmer, Alexis Kozlowski, Emma Long, Christopher McClure, Hailey Miller, Russell Milunic, Ordie Price, Ronald Raffensberger IV, Lillian Sedlak, Mikaela Stout, Colyn Streich, Paige Strickland, Ryan Supancik, Aaron Tomanchek, Morgan Tweed, Penelope Ziegler.

Hard work in high school has paid off for college-bound area seniors.

Alvernia University's $20,000 Shirley and Joseph Boscov Scholars Program is the premier award for outstanding Berks County high school graduates who thrive in the classroom and outside it, through volunteer and community involvement. Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.5, a minimum SAT score 1100, strong leadership skills, and a record of community service involvement.

Applicants for Alvernia's $18,000 Presidential Scholarship must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 and minimum SAT score of 1130 on the old test/1200 on the new one (or 25 ACT). The university's $17,000 Trustees Scholarship requires a minimum GPA of 3.2 and minimum SAT score of 1050 SAT old/1130 new (or 23 ACT), and the $16,000 Veronica Founder's Scholarship requires applicants to have minimum GPA of 3.0 and minimum SAT score of 980 old/1060 new (21 ACT).

The following local students have earned Merit Scholarships to attend Alvernia University in the fall:

Emily Frye of Thompson, a student at Susquehanna Community High School, has been granted the Presidential Scholarship to study Occupational Therapy at Alvernia in the fall.

Corryn Prince of Forest City, a student at Forest City Regional High School, has been granted the Presidential Scholarship to study Forensic Science at Alvernia in the fall.

Delia Geyer of New Milford, a student at Blue Ridge High School, has been granted the Trustees' Scholarship to study at Alvernia in the fall.

Kristine Carlsen of Hallstead and Brooke Marvin of Susquehanna have made the Dean's List for the Fall, 2017 semester at Le Moyne College. To make the list, students must achieve a 3.5 or above.

Mary Brennan, of Browndale will serve as a student teacher at Honesdale High School in the Wayne Highlands School District. Brennan, is majoring in secondary education - biology at the Jesuit university.

Meghan Gilhool, of Montrose, has been named to the Dean's List at Western New England University for the Fall Semester of 2017. Gilhool is working toward a degree in Health Sciences.

Students are named to the Dean's List for achieving a semester grade point average of 3.30 or higher.