2017EDUCATIONGUIDE
School Movers & Shakers North Hills North Hills School District Superintendent Dr. Patrick J. Mannarino was honored with the Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (PASCD) Supervision Patrick Award at the organization’s annual Mannarino conference in Philadelphia. Dr. Mannarino was selected for the award for his excellence as an administrator, support for professional development activities and programs that have positively impacted North Hills and its students.
Mars Area Mars Area School Board has reorganized for 2017. Dayle Ferguson was re-appointed as Board President and Rebecca Brown as Board Vice President. Other Board members are Steve Boggs, Rita Dorsch, John Kennedy, Gordon Marburger, Dr. William Pettigrew, Christine Valenta and Bonnie Weaver.
Mars Area seniors Nathan Kalieda, Adam Schueller, Michael Sutton and Jesse Chen were named Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Fox Chapel The Fox Chapel Area Board of School Directors held its annual reorganization meeting Dec. 5. Terry L. Wirginis was re-elected president. Nancy B. Foster was re-elected vice president. Sandra M. Garbisch was re-elected assistant secretary.
Mars Area High School students: Dustin Bauer, Riley Funk, Sarah Grimm, Jenna Halenda, Zach Kowalewski, Michelle Manukas, Katie Olsen, Jacob Smith, Ruby Watson, and Sydney Weiland were selected to perform in the PMEA Honors Band Festival.
Fox Chapel Area High School senior Ellen Pil was a semifinalist (top 24) in Student Congress at the Patriot Games forensic tournament. The tournament was held December 3 & 4, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. More than 3,300 students representing 113 schools and debate programs from across the Eastern United States participated in the tournament.
Mars Area High School’s “Renaissance Students of the Month” for November 2016 are (from left) freshman Toria Martin, sophomore John Zervos, junior Deepayan Patra and senior Emily McMaster.
Nine Fox Chapel Area High School students placed at the annual M&M Lake Erie Invitational Forensic Tournament. The award winners included: Madeleine Doerr, Jonathan Monroe, Sara Puthenpurayil, Darwin Leuba, Mihir Garimella, Joshua Cagan, Gavin Hitchens, Jackson Boychuk and J. Oliver Choo. Seven Fox Chapel Area High School students won awards at the 26th Annual University of Virginia Model United Nations (UN) Conference. The honorees were – Diana Crookston, Omar Abdalla, Lee Beasley, David Han, Emilia Bianchini, Bridget Wang and Tristan McClelland. Sixteen Fox Chapel Area High School students were selected to participate in the 2016 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District One Honors String Orchestra. Those chosen include: Moira McCormick, Sarah Baldwin, Katherine Chomko, Alyssa DiPaolo, Andreas Paljug, Tao Sheng, Zachary Lakkis, Ji-Yool Moon, Sarena Seeger, Oskar Ernharth, Evan Gu, Noah Hertzman, Cuna Kim, Zeynep Ozkaya, Felix Veser and Aaron Wu. Twelve Fox Chapel Area High School students were selected to perform with the 2017 Pennsylvania Music Educator Association (PMEA) District 1 Chorus. The students chosen for the choir are: Elizabeth Heidenreich, Carlie Platt, William Schwartzman, Philip Swigon, Thomas Swigon, Paris Szalla, Kieran Bartels, Anna Aupke, Steven Cano, Gabriel Fynsk, Oscar Izenson, and Jeremy Platt. The PMEA District 1 Chorus will feature students from across the Pittsburgh area and the festival concert will be held at Montour High School January 13. Two Fox Chapel Area High School sophomores have been selected to receive the distinguished Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) award. Courtney Kennedy and Ryan Setzenfand have been chosen to attend the Pennsylvania HOBY Leadership Seminar June 9-11 at Washington & Jefferson College.
Seneca Valley The Seneca Valley Foundation received a gracious donation of $8,000 from Waste Management through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Education Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program grant.
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