KIDS & EDUCATION
School Movers & Shakers Shaler Area
Marzolf Primary
Shaler Area High School seniors Adam Bleil and Tori Lorenz were accepted into the National Association for Music Education All-National Honor Ensembles and will perform alongside some of the best student musicians in the country in October. Eleven Shaler Area School District educators received certification to be Apple Vanguard coaches. The coaches are - Nicole Cignetti, Crissy Gurekovich, Shannon Howard, Sondra Jodkin, Lisa Klugh, Mike LaGamba, Jill Millard, Merrit McDaniel, Emily Mohr, Laura Roth, and JoAnne Townsend. The Ingomar Garden Club recognized the hard work and green thumbs of the Shaler Area Middle School students and staff by naming the middle school’s garden as September’s Garden of the Month.
Over the Marzolf Primary School had a mural painted that welcomes their students with a special message. The message reads – “When you enter this school, you are scientists; you are authors; you are important; you are leaders; you are thinkers; you are explorers; you are creators; you are readers; you are a friend; you are loved. You are the reason we are here.”
North Allegheny North Allegheny Intermediate math teacher, Meredith Progar was honored on Aug. 14, when
the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics presented her with their High School Master of Mathematics Award. North Allegheny Hall of Fame Association announced its inductees into their Athletic Hall of Fame Association. They are: Matt Butler, Kathy Byrnes, Virginia Hetzel, Morgan Howard, Nicole Lenhart, Ray Lewis, Gregg Ott, Randy Potter, Gary Treser, Bill Turner and Tanja Wenzel Koller.
Mars Area Mars Area High School senior Camille Cipkins was named to the 2015 U.S. Lacrosse Girls High School AllAcademic list.
Camille Cipkins
Mars Area High School junior Taylor Hockenberry competed in the 2015 USA Diving AT&T Taylor National Diving Hockenberry Championships which was held Aug. 1-3 in Orlando, Fla.
Hampton Hampton High School is one of only four Pennsylvania high schools – and the first in Western Pennsylvania – to implement the AP Capstone™ Program.
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Providence Heights Alpha School The following Providence Alpha students won medals at the Shaler North Area Catholic PreSeason Cross Country Invitational. They are - Angelina Berkey, Annabelle Dlugos, Braedon Golla, Oleg Hartman, Mia Lowry, Jackson McGrath, Emma Schupansky, and Holly Walters. Dani DeFanti and Ryan Snyder placed in the top 50. Providence Heights Alpha School and Saint Ursula have combined their soccer teams for this season and have been dubbed Allison Park United.
Jacob Rickabaugh
Connoquenessing Valley Elementary (CVE) music teacher, Susan Dinger has collected old, broken and discarded instruments over Siona Sharma the years with the dream of making a sculpture for her classroom. An artist recently completed her “Music Man” that stands outside of her classroom door, welcoming students to music class.
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St. Bonaventure Parish School’s JV Red Volleyball team took home the championship trophy at the St. Mary’s Fifth Annual Volleyball Invitational on Sept. 12. The 7-member team, coached by Dennis Jones, went undefeated in 10 straight games to claim the title from among seven other area Catholic School JV volleyball teams.
St. Ursula
Seneca Valley Seneca Valley seniors Jacob Rickabaugh and Siona Sharma were recently named semifinalists in the 61st annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
St. Bonaventure
Saint Ursula parent volunteers held a marshmallow roast on Sept. 18 for the families of Saint Ursula to show how they are not only a school but a community.
St. Joseph Saint Joseph High School celebrated their 100th Anniversary on Sunday, September 13. The centennial observance began with an Opening Mass and was followed with other festivities.