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? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? Computer Fair Winners Maggie Bryant, Julia Fennell, and Caroline McDonough won first place in the Animation category at the regional Middle School Computer Fair. Alex Brufsky and Kevin Chen were first place winners in the category of Programming, with Connor Byrnes taking second place in Programming category. Tyler Besselman, Aditi Chattopadhyay, and Mahima Reddy came in third in the Web Page Design category. At the regional High School Computer Fair, USCHS students Brian Tsui and Tony Wang placed first in the Animation category. Constantijn van der Poel, Devan Zalla, and Sam Zelik captured third place in the Digital Movie category. Students were accompanied by teachers Sue Fleckenstein, Connie Gibson, and Tim Wagner.
Tony Wang and Brian Tsui
Alex Brufsky and Kevin Chen
Left to right are Julia Fennell, Caroline McDonough, and Maggie Bryant
Corey Wilding Receives Award Corey Wilding was named the Most Positive High School Athlete in the sport of boys golf through the Positive Athlete Pittsburgh Facebook page. Corey was presented the award by former Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward who created the Positive Athlete organization, a movement by high-character athletes in Western Pennsylvania to promote the benefits of “positivity” to young athletes.
Environmental Awareness Winners Monica Erwin and Laura Carlino’s academic biology classes at USCHS participated in the Fairchild Challenge through Phipps Conservatory this year, an environmental awareness contest consisting of seven different challenges. Leah Day placed third for her colored pencil drawing of a flower and its pollinator, Jula Herold placed second for the Frisbee logo contest, and Thea Contis placed third for the Frisbee logo contest. Ben Rieker placed third for his movie review of Dirt: The Movie. Not only did these students place individually as top finishers, but the classes earned the Fairchild Challenge Award for earning more than 900 points. The classes also were awarded third place overall in the challenge and received $250 to support an environmental project of their choice.
Front row, left to right: Lauren Schoeppner, Luke Walker, Hannah Harris, Krupa Golakiya, Jasma Mody, Gabby Granato; back row: Joe Ardolino, Robbie Mertz, Dom D’Amico, JP Schrott, Connor Mielcusny, Luke Gaetano, Akash Monpara, Brian Tsui, Seshu Kamineni, Kevin Monpara
Forensics Over Memorial Day weekend, the forensics team traveled to Philadelphia for CFL Grand Nationals, a competition which included thousands of students from around the country. Qualifying, but non-advancing Panthers included seniors Catherine Wertz, Madison Chafin, Kylee Banton, and Qinglan Huang; juniors JP Miller, Jordan Ryan, Brenna Carse, George Sun, Mandy Seiner, and Mary Gen Sanner, who won a ballot from the national champion; and freshman Saraj Quinto. Senior Trudel Pare and junior Eva Roy advanced to the top 48 in the nation in Oratory and Oral Interpretation, respectively. Junior Younos Manfoud achieved the highest national place ever of any USC student, with sixth place in Lincoln Douglas Debate.
PML Contest This April, 71 fifth graders from Boyce registered for the 2012-13 annual fifth grade Mathematics League Contest, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Mathematics League, attempting to solve 30 problems in 30 minutes. Among students studying fifth grade math, there was a four-way tie for third place between Julia Brubach, AJ Daley, Basir Khan, and Lily Shi. Nick Kalra took second place and Aleksa Rodic took first. From the students studying sixth grade math, Avaneesh Rade placed third, Chand Vadalia placed second, and there was a two-way tie for first place between Jason Choi and Jack Clark. Video Awards This past spring, the video media department attended the 20th annual TVT (Teacher of Video and Television) awards at Robert Morris University. More than 30 schools across Western Pennsylvania entered videos in the ceremony. USC students won awards in the categories of Commercials, Broadcast News, and Stop Motion/Animation.
Left to right are Taylor Johnston, Jared Houy, John Buckholt, Connor Pyles, Sam Connors, Chad Beisner, Ryan Harding, and Lexi Kennell
FBLA This past April, 16 USCHS students traveled to Hershey to participate in the 62nd annual Pennsylvania Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) state leadership conference. At the conference, students competed in objective and performance events, attended seminars and workshops, and networked with more than 3500 students, advisers, and professionals. Participants Kevin Monpara and Brian Tsui competed in Global Business and placed fourth; Dom D’Amico and JP Schrott competed in Network Design and placed sixth; Joe Ardolino, Seshu Kamineni, and Akash Monpara competed in Business and place eighth; Krupa Golakiya and Jasma Mody competed in Business Plan and placed ninth; Hannah Harris, Gabby Granato, Connor Mielcusny, and Luke Walker competed in Parliamentary Procedure and placed ninth; and Luke Gaetano, Robbie Mertz, and Lauren Schoeppner competed in Management Decision Making. Fall 2013
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