The Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center held its annual National Technical Honor Society Induction Ceremony and Banquet on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, when twenty inductees and four returning members were honored. These students were nominated by their instructors and chosen by a panel according to their scholastic achievements, citizenship, character and community involvement.

2018 NTHS inductees are: Riley Bender, Montrose Area; Brittany Bennett, Adult Student; Malorie Brown, Elk Lake; Arianna DeGrote, Adult Student; Cierra Demarest, Montrose Area; Julia Doyle, Adult Student; Jacelyn Evans, Mountain View; Dominick Filer, Elk Lake; Jillian Gieski, Adult Student; Robert Gregory, Montrose Area; Kaci Hubbs, Tunkhannock Area; Joseph Kildare, Jr, Tunkhannock Area; Keyara Kinne, Tunkhannock Area; Makenzie McDonald, Adult Student; Maverick Naylor, Montrose Area; Carlee Olenick, Adult Student; Madison Sickler, Elk Lake; Kylie Smith, Elk Lake; Rose Warner, Elk Lake; Joseph Wright, Adult Student. Returning members are: Caitlyn Lutkowski, Montrose Area; Keith Martin, Jr., Montrose Area; Searra Muller, Montrose Area; Jenice Taluba, Elk Lake.

Pictured (l-r) are: front row - Caitlyn Lutkowski, Cierra  Demarest, Brittany Bennett, Carlee Olenick, Keyara Kinne, Kaci Hubbs, Joseph Kildare, Jr., Kylie Smith; back row - Riley Bender, Jacelyn Evans, Searra Muller, Jenice Taluba, Malorie Brown, Arianna DeGrote, Makenzie McDonald, Julia Doyle, Jillian Gieski, Rose Warner, Madison Sickler. Rear: Keith Martin, Jr., Robert Gregory, Joseph Wright, Dominick Filer, Maverick Naylor.

The ceremony opened with a welcome speech by SCCTC Executive Director, Dr. Alice M. Davis who professed, "You have the honor of being in the company of the best and the brightest career and technical students enrolled at the SCCTC. Their talents and abilities will enable them to succeed in life beyond our expectations."

Following Dr. Davis' welcome, a meal was served by the SCCTC's Culinary Arts Program and included soup, salad, beef tenderloin, pan-fried sticky pecan chicken, tortellini with mushroom sauce and delicious desserts. The evening included an induction ceremony honoring the recipients as they pledged their membership to the National Technical Honor Society.

The following students were named students of the month at Mountain View Jr. Sr. High School for the month of February. Students are nominated by faculty members and selected by committee. Pictured (l-r) are:  8th Grader Megan Zipprich, Junior Joseph Jackson,  Sophomore Kaylee LeMaster, High School Principal Mr. Robert Presley.

Mr. Marc Weisgold, Elementary Principal at the Elk Lake School, is pleased to announce the March, 2018 Student of the Month Award winners.

Pictured (l-r) are: first row - Ronan McKenna, Nautica Greenwood, Gabe Wulff, Nami Patton, Annabelle Neally, Jayden Robinson, Abbi Hall, Keira Griffiths, Isabel Squier McMicken, Logan Tewksburh; second row - Alan Perez, Kira Marbaker, Erin Burke, Sadie Warnero, Kamden Wildoner, Charlie Jayne, Colby Ruark, Kendyl Weisgold, Mr. Weisgold; third row - Saige Bach, Cameron Myers, Joseph Merciers, Conner Tripp, Caleb Dickerson, Devynn Hollister, Blakely Ball, Allison Soto; fourth row - Jace Donavan, Parker Reeve, Jason Dunn, Madison LaRue, Tonnelle Bradish. Absent from photo was: Kierney Shalata.

Students in Kindergarten through 6th grade were selected by their homeroom teachers.

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

During the last weekend in January, members of the 4H club Borderline, as well as other clubs throughout Susquehanna County, attended the 2018 4H State Leadership Conference at State College.  Zeb Swartley, who has attended the conference all six years he was eligible, was sad to see his last year come and go.  Other members from Borderline who attended were Megan McVaugh, who thoroughly enjoyed her first and only time, as well as Nate Pettyjohn, who still has two years left to attend.

Pictured front row (l-r) are: Sarah Marble, Megan Zipprich, Megan McVaugh, Kimberly Swartz; back row (l-r) are: Emma Zipprich, Nathaniel Pettyjohn, Hannah Hricko, Zebulun Swartley, Josiah Hricko.

4-Her's brought lightly worn shoes and canned food to the conference to support local food drives and less well off families. At the conference, 4-Her's attended six workshops each where they learned different leadership skills, as well as skills to use around the county and at 4-H summer camps.  In addition to these workshops, there were numerous keynote speakers who shared their experiences through life, as well as their agricultural experiences, and why agriculture is important.

"I had a great time, and plan to attend next year.  It was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot," says Nate Pettyjohn.

Dr. Alice M. Davis, Executive Director of the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center (SCCTC), is proud to announce "Students of the Month" for February, 2018. Pictured above (l-r) are: front row - Elizabeth Hendrickson, Sarah Gover, Bralee Canfield, Makenzie McDonald, Damian Rickert, Dr. Alice M. Davis; back row - Michael Redding, Searra Muller, Josiah Hricko, Izaak Cook, Avery DiGregorio, Angelica Brink, Jenice Taluba, Alexis Waldron. Missing from photo: Nicholas Wilmarth, Colin Schake, Josh Corneau, Dakota Costantino, Noah Staff.

Mountain View School District had four teams that competed on March 17, 2018 in the Odyssey of the Mind competition, a creative problem solving organization that students work as teams to create original solutions and skits.

Pictured (l-r) are: Nicole Baker, Alexis Turner, Jonathon Symuleski, Tanner Stout, Hunter Kozloski, Ryan Drake. The team was coached by Bregg Symuleski and Linda Kozloski.

The seventh grade, division 2 team of Nicole Baker, Alexis Turner, Hunter Kozloski, Jonathon Symuleski, Ryan Drake and Tanner Stout placed 7th in the vehicle challenge of "Triathlon Travels."

Pictured (l-r) are: Shannon Toolan, Lilly Harvey, Alex Karp, Wesley Anderson, Andrew McHenry. The team was coached by Jason and Kathy McHenry.

The seventh and eighth grade, division 2 team of Lilly Harvey, Shannon Toolan, Andrew McHenry, Alex Karp and Wesley Anderson placed 4th in the technical challenge of "Emoji Speak for Yourself," which included a 2nd place finish in the spontaneous portion of their competition.

Pictured (l-r) are: Riley Jagger, Daniel Belcher, Joey Heller, Mikaela Stout, Emma Long, Lily Sedlak, Penelope Zeigler. The team was coached by Jen Long.

The sixth grade, division 2 team of Lily Sedlak, Emma Long, Mikaela Stout, Penny Zeigler, Daniel Belcher, Joey Heller and Riley Jagger placed 4th out of nine teams in the performance challenge of a "Stellar Hangout."

Pictured (l-r) are: Riley Turner, Brooklyn Anderson, Ryleigh Kilmer, Luke Zipprich, Mimi Sedlak, Madelyn Resseguie, Coralynn McHenry. The team was coached by Jason and Kathy McHenry.

The fifth grade, division 1 team of Ryleigh Kilmer, Riley Turner, Brooklyn Anderson, Coralynn McHenry, Madelyn Resseguie, Mimi Sedlak and Luke Zipprich placed 6th out of 16 teams in the performance challenge of a "Stellar Hangout," which included a 1st place finish in the spontaneous portion of their competition.

Congratulations to all students who worked so hard throughout the school year. Mountain View is so proud of the soaring eagles!