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Kids Helping Kids Hosts Silent Auction USC High School’s Kids Helping Kids club hosted a silent auction in September in the main theatre lobby of the school. The event, with dozens of items up for bid, supported the students’ annual Dominican Republic trip. Now in its fifth year, club sponsor and high school English teacher Tom Yochum said Kids Helping Kids has grown to between 60 and 70 members, with about 20 students making the yearly trip to the Dominican Republic. While best known for the work they do during their annual trip, the club also does outreach to local charities throughout the year, like volunteering at local food banks on the weekends.
Ralph Munn Finalists USCHS students Jessica Wasilco and Anna Rosati were finalists in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Ralph Munn Contest. The contest, which has categories for poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction, was advertised and promoted by USCHS librarians Janine Despines and Debbie Rentschler and the USC Township librarians. The contest is funded by an endowment from former Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh director Ralph Munn. The finalists’ works were published in Ralph Jessican Wasilco and Munn Writing Anthology Anna Rosati 2011.
School District Now on Facebook and Twitter Upper St. Clair School District is moving into social media to encourage and promote communications with families and the community. Visit the District’s home page at www.uscsd.k12.pa.us to “like them” on Facebook or to “follow them” on Twitter.
Panther Marching Band Takes Top Honors The Upper St. Clair High School “Panther”Marching Band performed in a Tournament of Bands competition at Steel Valley High School in September. Out of eight bands competing, USC received the highest overall score, the highest scores for Auxiliary, Drumline, and Music, and the “Crowd Favorite” award. 9/11 Remembrance On Friday, September 9, students and staff at USCHS acknowledged the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001 by watching a feature-length documentary simply titled “9/11.” The film, originally airing on CBS six months after the tragedy, is a first-hand account of the heroic acts of the NYC firefighters at the World Trade Center.
En Garde! Upper St. Clair’s Giana Vierheller, an eighth grader at Fort Couch Middle School, took gold in the 2011 U.S. Fencing Association’s National Championship, held this past July in Reno, Nevada. Two years ago, Giana won the 10 and under championship in the Epee Division, this time claiming top honors in the Y12 age group. In fencing, Epee is the middle weighted sword between foil (the lightest) and saber (the heaviest). Earlier this year, Giana won a gold medal in Women’s Y12 Epee at the U.S. Fencing North American Cup E national competition in Gianna (Gigi) Vierheller Portland in April 2011. She also placed first in several Super Youth national competitions and in regional competitions throughout the 2010-11 season, which runs September through July. In November 2010, she placed third in Women’s Y14 Epee at the U.S. Fencing North American Cup B national competition in Milwaukee and earned a “B” rating. (The best rating is “A” and usually held by 16 to 19-year-old fencers.) While in Reno, Giana also placed 19th out of 133 competitors in the Women’s Cadet (under 17), qualifying for the 2012 Junior Olympics at Salt Lake City in February 2012. Giana practices with Tiger Fencing Club in Eighty Four.
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