IVHS Envirothon Team
Advances to State Competition
Five
Indian Valley High School
students have advanced to the
2008 PA State Envirothon at
Penn State on May 19 an 20,
2008 by winning the the
Mifflin County Envirothon.
The Envirothon, which started
in PA, is the largest outdoor
academic contest in the
United States and in some
world countries. It
challenges high school
students to think critically
about the natural world and
their role in it. In-class
curriculum and outdoor
training come together to
help students learn more
about Aquatic Ecology,
Forestry, Soil & Land Use,
Wildlife, and Current
Environmental Issues.
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IVMS True Warriors
Selected for April
The IVMS True Warrior Award
is a student recognition
program that acknowledges
students for good effort,
attitude and ethics (True
Warriors don't have to be
straight A students but are
students that try hard, are
well behaved and pleasant to
have in class.) The top two
vote getters/team will be
awarded. Images of the April
2008 True Warriors are
available from the
IVMS web site
LAHS Student Selected as
BusRadio Semi-Finalist
LAHS
Junior art student Rebecca
Bolling has been selected as
a semi-finalist in the busradio “youth art month”
contest. Rebecca's art work
was selected from
approximately 150 other
pieces of art in the contest.
Thirty students total, ten in
the high school category,
were selected as
semi-finalists. Prizes range
from $300 gift card for art
supplies (to the student) up
to $2600 to the school for
their art supplies
Public vote will determine
the winner. “Votes” can be
made between April 29th and
May 12th, 2008 via
busradio.com. Select the link
... More>>
The Pennsylvania Technology
Student Association (PA TSA)
held its annual state
conference at Seven Springs
Resort on April 9 - 12, 2008.
All middle and high schools
in the Mifflin County School
District sent students to the
conference to compete in over
70 middle and high school
events. The conference was
attended by approximately
1,400 students from all over
the state. All Mifflin County
schools did very well,
bringing home many top 10
finishes in various events.
There was only one state
champion, a 7th grade student
from Indian Valley Middle
School.
More >>
State Champions!! IVMS
Future Problem Solving Team
Advance to Michigan
The Indian Valley Middle
School FPS Middle Division
team came in first place at
the Pennsylvania Future
Problem Solving State
Affiliate Bowl, held at the
Radisson Penn Harris Hotel &
Convention Center, Camp Hill,
PA on April 18 and 19, 2008.
They will go on to represent
the Mifflin County School
District and the State of
Pennsylvania at the
International Future Problem
Solving Competition at
Michigan State University in
Lansing, Michigan, May 29 -
June 1, 2008.
Three Mifflin County Teams
earned the right to compete
in the PA Future Problem
Solving Affiliate Bowl. The
State Bowl...
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IVHS Students Selected as
Semi-Finalists in Youth Art
Contest
Indian
Valley High School is please
to announce that Dylan Miller
and Mike Parker have been
selected as semi-finalists
(out of roughly 150 other
works) in the busradio “youth
art month” contest. Mike and
Dylan's art work was
selected from many other
works from across the
country. Thirty students were
selected as semi-finalists.
Prizes range from $300 gift
card for art supplies (to the
student) up to $2600 to the
school for their art supplies
Public vote will determine
the winner. “Votes” can be
made between April 29th and
May 12th, 2008 via
busradio.com. Select the link
...
More>>
MCSD Administrators
Receive Certificates from PDE
On
March 18, 2008 Rob Reeder and
Edward Curry, administrators
for the Mifflin County School
District, were among 37
school administrators in the
region who received
certificates for completing
NISL Course 2 of the
Pennsylvania Inspired
Leadership Program. The title
of this eight-day course was,
Focusing on Teaching and
Learning. Units of study
included: Foundations of
Effective Learning;
Leadership for Excellence in
Literacy; Leadership for
Excellence in Math; and
Promoting Professional
Knowledge. Chuck Kensinger,
Regional Site Coordinator,
presented the certificates on
behalf of the Pennsylvania
Department of Education.
News release from PDE
LAHS Key Club Awarded Top
Honors at District Convention
Lewistown
Key Club took top honors at
the 62nd Annual Pennsylvania
District Key Club Convention
held at Hershey on February
29-March 2, 2008, for its
first ever international
service project. At this
convention clubs competed
with other clubs of the same
size by entering a project
and the steps that went into
the implementation of the
project.
This year's award was
given for their help to
students in a Russian school
in Afghanistan. The need for
school supplies and hygiene
articles like toothbrushes
and toothpaste was made known
to them through
correspondence with LT. Col.
Stephany Hartshirn of the
205th RSAC Navy Garrison,
stationed in Khandahar,
Afghanistan.
complete information from
LAHS web area>>
Brown Elementary Receives
Best Buy Teach Award
Brown
Elementary School has
received a $2,000 Best Buy
Teach Award from Best Buy
Co., Inc. for integrating
interactive technology into
its curriculum.
This
project, Mifflin County
History, is a collaborative
effort between the fourth and
fifth grade students at Brown
Elementary School, the LAHS
Media students and the
Mifflin County Historical
Society.
Students
will research historical
figures and events in Mifflin
County history and will
reenact history by presenting
information about their
person or event "on location"
at various historical sites
in our community.
Students from Lewistown
High School Multimedia
classes will assist the
elementary students in...
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Five
Indian Valley High School
students have advanced to the
2008 PA State Envirothon at
Penn State on May 19 an 20,
2008 by winning the the
Mifflin County Envirothon.
LAHS
Junior art student Rebecca
Bolling has been selected as
a semi-finalist in the busradio “youth art month”
contest. Rebecca's art work
was selected from
approximately 150 other
pieces of art in the contest.
Thirty students total, ten in
the high school category,
were selected as
semi-finalists. Prizes range
from $300 gift card for art
supplies (to the student) up
to $2600 to the school for
their art supplies
The Pennsylvania Technology
Student Association (PA TSA)
held its annual state
conference at Seven Springs
Resort on April 9 - 12, 2008.
All middle and high schools
in the Mifflin County School
District sent students to the
conference to compete in over
70 middle and high school
events. The conference was
attended by approximately
1,400 students from all over
the state. All Mifflin County
schools did very well,
bringing home many top 10
finishes in various events.
There was only one state
champion, a 7th grade student
from Indian Valley Middle
School.
The Indian Valley Middle
School FPS Middle Division
team came in first place at
the Pennsylvania Future
Problem Solving State
Affiliate Bowl, held at the
Radisson Penn Harris Hotel &
Convention Center, Camp Hill,
PA on April 18 and 19, 2008.
They will go on to represent
the Mifflin County School
District and the State of
Pennsylvania at the
International Future Problem
Solving Competition at
Michigan State University in
Lansing, Michigan, May 29 -
June 1, 2008.
Indian
Valley High School is please
to announce that Dylan Miller
and Mike Parker have been
selected as semi-finalists
(out of roughly 150 other
works) in the busradio “youth
art month” contest. Mike and
Dylan's art work was
selected from many other
works from across the
country. Thirty students were
selected as semi-finalists.
Prizes range from $300 gift
card for art supplies (to the
student) up to $2600 to the
school for their art supplies
On
March 18, 2008 Rob Reeder and
Edward Curry, administrators
for the Mifflin County School
District, were among 37
school administrators in the
region who received
certificates for completing
NISL Course 2 of the
Pennsylvania Inspired
Leadership Program. The title
of this eight-day course was,
Focusing on Teaching and
Learning. Units of study
included: Foundations of
Effective Learning;
Leadership for Excellence in
Literacy; Leadership for
Excellence in Math; and
Promoting Professional
Knowledge. Chuck Kensinger,
Regional Site Coordinator,
presented the certificates on
behalf of the Pennsylvania
Department of Education.
Lewistown
Key Club took top honors at
the 62nd Annual Pennsylvania
District Key Club Convention
held at Hershey on February
29-March 2, 2008, for its
first ever international
service project. At this
convention clubs competed
with other clubs of the same
size by entering a project
and the steps that went into
the implementation of the
project.
Brown
Elementary School has
received a $2,000 Best Buy
Teach Award from Best Buy
Co., Inc. for integrating
interactive technology into
its curriculum.
Students
will research historical
figures and events in Mifflin
County history and will
reenact history by presenting
information about their
person or event "on location"
at various historical sites
in our community. 
