Did You Know? Did You Know? SD Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? French Students Send Help to Haiti Earlier this year, Fort Couch French students collected supplies for needy children in Haiti, assembling 150 bags, each containing vitamins, soap, a washcloth, a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a small toy.
French students displaying the bags they packed are, left to right, front row: Nathalie Frenette, Brianna McCay, Ari Gnad, and Kate Rosello; back row: Caroline LeKachman, Athena Hobbs, Kayla Senneway, Maya Fall, and Abby Skeel
Three Participate in PMEA Sing Fest Late this past spring, three students from Boyce Middle School were selected to participate in PMEA’s District 1 Elementary Sing Fest West at Moon Area Middle School. Fifth graders Marina Bulazo and Clare Joyce and sixth grader Gracie Lowden (who was selected for the second year in a row) spent a day rehearsing along with over 120 other fifth and sixth grade students from the Western Pennsylvania region under guest director Shawn Funk, an elementary general music specialist from Fox Chapel School District and director of the Talisman Choir of the Children’s Festival Chorus of Pittsburgh.
Thomas Steve Named “Most Positive Athlete” USC’s Thomas Steve (USCHS 2014) was recognized as the “most positive” athlete in the category of Boys Golf as identified by Positive Athlete Pittsburgh underwritten by the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. The most positive athlete is defined as a positive athlete with the following traits: optimistic attitude, encouraging teammate, servant leader, heart for others, admits imperfections, always gives 100%, and puts the team first. Beginning this fall, Thomas is attending and playing golf for Notre Dame.
Thomas Steve
Ben Huss Named to the Big 33 Team Ben Huss (USCHS 2014) was named to the Big 33 Team, representing Upper St. Clair for Team Pennsylvania to challenge Team Maryland on June 15 at Hershey Stadium. An exciting game, Team Pennsylvania lost in double overtime. Beginning this fall, Ben is attending and playing football for Duquesne University.
Ben Huss and USC football coach Jim Render at the Big 33 game.
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Junior Achievement Comes to Boyce This past May, USC community leaders volunteered their time to teach a full day to Boyce Middle School fifth graders for the Junior Achievement program. The volunteers from the local Bethel ParkUSC Rotary were Dennis Gilfoyle, Junior Achievement CEO, Dr. Keith Apelgren, retired surgeon and professor, Natalie Mihalek, attorney, and realtors Marshall and Sandy Goldstein. The students spent a day studying the global marketplace and learning concepts, including trade barrier vocabulary, the workings of the WTO (World Trade Organization), and converting currency. Team teachers Patrick Jones, Dawn Yoder, Sam Gallaher, and Megan Loughran led the Junior Achievement pilot with their teams of students at Boyce Middle School.
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Left to right are Jennifer Schetley (music teacher and chorus director at Boyce) students Gracie Lowden, Marina Bulazo, and Clare Joyce
Play Ball! Boyce Middle School student Richa Mahajan took first place in the fifth and sixth grade essay portion of the Pittsburgh Pirates Jackie Robinson Art, Essay, and Poetry contest, winning six tickets to a Pirates’ game this past April. Congratulations!
USC Dominates at Spelling Bee This March, more than 100 fourth through eighth grade students competed in the 64th annual Scripps Western Pennsylvania Spelling Bee at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Upper St. Clair took four of the top ten spots! Placing first was Suneel Banerjee (Fort Couch), who competed at the National Spelling Bee held in Washington, D.C. this past May. Alex LeKachman (Eisenhower) placed fourth, Christian Chiu (Boyce) placed ninth, and Daniel Wang (Streams) took tenth place. Promising Poets The following students were chosen to have their poems published in the spring 2014 Creative Communication Poetry Contest publication: Luke Adelman, Zain Aizooky, Anna Bacik, Sujay Banerjee, Amy Bellas, Topher Bishop, Sunny Chai, Annika Chaves, Claire Chen, Rebekah Chikuni, Jason Choi, Catherine Dowds, Dylan Fall, Taylor Finkelstein, Melanie Geronian, Taylor Hutter, Nick Kalra, Sydney Lisak, Katie McCurrie, Emma Mertz, Max Murtough, Brett Nyman, Danny O’Brien, Alex Pikos, Avaneesh Rade, Brooke Reitz, Harley Robinson, Alpa Sehrawat, Callahan Sollie, D.J. Stalder, Hailey Thomas, Maxwell Turnwald, Chand Vadalia, Angela Xaio, Annie Xaio, Eric Zack, and Sarah Zadrozny.