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Did You Know? Pamela Henderson, President Delta Kappa Gamm Chapter; D’Nis Lynch, past president; Dr. Ruth a, Alpha Pi Ann Matyuf and Ann Gladden.
Dr. Ruth Ann Matyuf, USC’s Director of Secondary Education/ Instructional Principal, received the Dr. Lillia n Fehr Educator of Excellence Award from the Alpha Pi Chap ter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International for Women Educators . Presenting the award to Dr. Matyuf was Ann Gladden, Chair of the Fehr Award Committee and a retired USCH S counselor. Dr. Matyuf was nominated for this award by past president D’Nis Lynch, the Library Curriculum Leader and Internatio nal Baccalaureate Coordinator of Upper St. Clair Schools. Dr. Matyuf plans to use the award funds to begin an International Baccalaureate book scholarship and support the Pediatric Aids Awareness program at the High School. Dr. Catherine Luke, Deputy Superintendent, was the first recipient of this award in 1990.
ber 19, 2001, on through Pittsburgh Decem e cam rch To pic ym Ol The nter Olympic Games. y, Utah, for the 2002 Wi its way to Salt Lake Cit ing High School Pittsburgh people, includ ws, carried the One hundred honored An resident, Barbara dre and r che tea ge gua lan n foreig le through the streets it for two-tenths of a mi torch. Barbara ran with of Shadyside. pride and patriotic greeted by community and on d ere che s wa She nants. Pennsylvania wds waving flags and pen cro h wit te ple com vor fer Olympic flame ty-six states to which the was the sixteenth of for cities. The journey r 13,500 miles and 250 traveled, including ove nnial Park and arrived nte 2001, in Atlanta’s Ce 4, ber cem De on an beg ruary 8, 2002. in Salt Lake City on Feb
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Fort Couch Middle Sch ool recently rece ived notice fr om the Pennsylv ania Departm ent of Education that it was selected for consideratio n as one of the ei ghteen publ ic secondary sc hools to rep resent Pennsylvania in National Sec the 2001-02 ondary Blu e Ribbon Sch ools program . Fort Couch was the reci pient of this award in 1989. Beginning n ext year the Blue Ribbon Schoo ls program w ill be renamed “No Child L eft Behind.”
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Sam instructs (left to right) Benny Benack, Chris Fisher, Matt Moretti, Diana Allison and Beth Poluszejko.
Samuel R. Hazo, instrumental music teacher at Boyce Middle School, won the 2001 Merrill Jones Memorial Composition Award at the National Band Association convention for his original composition written for the celebration of the October 2000 dedication of the High School. This prestigious award carried a monetary prize as well as publication and performance of the work. The award-winning composition, Novo Lenio, (translated: a new and better change) was commissioned by the Community Foundation of Upper St. Clair and is presently airing on national public radio. (Also see page 72.)
Left to right: Greg Kail, Pr Dr. Tim Steinhauer, incipa and Adminis l Christa Feeney trative Kevin Deitric intern k.
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here with her her at Baker Elementary (shown Linda Boord, third level teac l award for ntia side pre a nsylvania finalists for students), is one of three Pen lvania Science nsy Pen the at ed gniz g. She was reco excellence in science teachin ember. Linda Dec t ting held in Hershey this pas Teachers Association state mee Technology and on cati Edu ny Schools Science served two years for the Alleghe foster rs cato edu ing help in ation successful g (ASSET), a non-profit organiz hin teac a and technology, while taking student achievement in science rs. 9 and 1999-2000 school yea sabbatical during the 1998-9 58
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Sandy Smeltz of Smeltz and Associate s has been retained by the District to raise funds from foundations and corporations. She will work with faculty members and School District administ ration to design and write grant proposals . Persons with project ideas should cont act Dr. William Pope, Dr. Catherine Luke or Dr. John Bornyas at the School District.