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MIFFLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
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HONORS, AWARDS and
ACHIEVEMENTS
March, 2008 |
| Recognizing the accomplishments of
worthy individuals and groups within the Mifflin County School
District. |
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Armagh
4th Grade Students Honor
Local Men Who Served at Alamo
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 Fourth
grade students from Armagh
Elementary School honored
three Mifflin County men who
died in the defense of the
Alamo. The program began
twenty years ago and is held
at St. Mark's cemetery on the
first Saturday in March
(weather permitting). Armagh
Elem. 4th grade students have
been involved in the project
since 1994.The children
provide readings on the
history of the Alamo and the
local men involved in the
battle: David Porter
Cummings, John Purdy
Reynolds, and William
McDowell. Also participating
in the program are: Battery B
from Boalsburg, who bring
their mountain canon, members
of the Mifflin County Militia
and a trumpeter from either
Indian Valley or Lewistown HS
who plays taps.
Thank you to Armagh
Elementary 4th grade teachers
Mr. Rynkewitz, Mrs. Weaver
and their students for
learning about and
remembering our local men who
served at the Alamo.
More pictures available from
the Armagh web site>> |
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| SMMS 7th
Grade English Teacher
Receives "Teacher of the
Week" Award |
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 Mrs.
Kalena Smith, a 7th grade
English teacher at Strodes
Mills Middle School was
presented the
Star Country 96.7
"Teacher of the Week"
Award by Adam Moon of
Star Country 96.7.
On the left is Mr. Moon, Mrs.
Smith and the student from
SMMS who nominated Mrs. Smith
with a written letter to the
radio station.
Congratulations! |
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MCSD
Students Write Winning "My
Special Senior Friend" Essays |
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The 20th
Annual "My Special Senior
Friend" Essay Contest
was sponsored by the Elder
Community Services, Inc. the
contest is open to all
students in Mifflin and
Juniata Counties in grades 1
through 10. The committee
members and judges select one
winner for each grade level.
This year, six student
essays were selected by the
committee/judges. The
students and their special
senior friends were honored at
a recognition banquet on
March 3, 2008, where the
students received a
certificate and a monetary
award. |
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Alyssa Strausburg
Grade 2/HPAE |
Bryanna Naylor
Grade 3/HPAE |
Paige Kearns
Grade 4/E. Derry |
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Jenna Kile
Grade 6/LMS |
Samantha Hendricks
Grade 7/SMMS |
Emily Tomasello
Grade 8/SMMS |
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 Winners and
Senior Friends
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Jenna
Kile, 6th grade LMS -
Senior Friend, Darla
Wheeler
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Paige
Kearns, 4th grade E.
Derry - Senior Friend,
Mrs. Kearns (grandmother)
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5th grade
Juniata County student
and senior friend
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Alyssa
Strausburg, 2nd grade
HPAE - Senior Friend,
Martha Civitts (great
grandmother)
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Samantha
Hendricks, 7th grade SMMS
- Senior Friend, Great
Grandmother
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Bryanna
Naylor 3rd grade HPAE -
Senior Friend, Patrick
Naylor (grandfather)
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absent
from photo - Emily
Tomasello, 8th grade SMMS
and Senior Friend
(Thank
you to Kelly Strausburg
for the group photo)
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Congratulations students and
senior friends. |
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HPAE 2nd Grade Teacher is
"Teacher of the Week" |
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 Mr.
Jeff Phillips, a 2nd grade
teacher at Highland
Elementary School, was
selected by
Star Country 96.7
as "Teacher of the Week".
Mr. Phillips received a
surprise visit February 29,
2008, and was presented
with a certificate and gift
pack. Mr. Philips was
nominated by Alyssa
Strausburg. To
read Alyssa's letter, please
select the link for the
Highland Park Web Site |
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Future Problem Solving Teams
Move on to the FPS State
Affiliate Bowl! |
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For the last six months
Mifflin County students have
been reading researching and
writing about some of the
most likely future problems
that will be facing our
world. In 1974 The Future
Problem Solving Program was
created by the late Dr. Paul
E. Torrance who was a well
known author of the subject
of creativity. Being very
concerned about the decline
of creativity in the United
States, Dr. Torrance created
the six step problem solving
methodology which consists of
(1) examining a future scene
and writing a variety of
challenges from different
perspectives (2) Creating an
underlining problem which
narrows in on a sub problem
within the future scene, (3)
Writing a variety of
solutions from different
perspectives or categories
(4) Creating what is know as
select criteria, a method of
evaluating the top ten
solutions (5) Applying the
criteria to determine the
best solution and finally (6)
Writing an action plan that
will explain what the
solution is, who will
implement the solution, and
how the solution will work
while addressing the
underlining problem and the
future scene positively.
Each year FPS team members
tackle real world issues.
This year we examined the
topics, Body Enhancement,
Simulation Technology and
Neurotechnology. For each
topic there was a separate
competition which was
evaluated by the FPS State
Evaluators. In order to be
selected to compete in the
FPS Affiliate Bowl our teams
must do well in what is know
as the Qualifying Problem. To
prepare for the qualifying
problem on the topic of
Neurotechnology all team
members had to read articles
from a suggested reading list
and locate issues that may
appear in the future scene.
The Qualifying Problem
presented a future scenario
that takes place in the year
2036. |
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The IVMS
Intermediate Problem Solving
Team (l to r):
Ben Fowler, Nihar Suthar,
Suruchi Sheth, Selina
Roman-White
Our teams had two hours to
complete the six step process
which required members to
read the future scene, write
16 challenges from different
perspectives, create an
underlining problem, write 16
solutions from different
categories, select five
different criteria to
evaluate the top ten
solutions, evaluate and
determine the best solution,
and create an action plan.
In the Mifflin County
School District we have
students competing in three
FPS divisions. Junior
Division grades 4-6
Intermediate Division grades
7-9 and Senior Division
grades 10-12. This year we
are very pleased to report
that we have three Mifflin
County Teams that have earned
the right to compete in the
PA FPS Affiliate Bowl which
will be held in at the
Radisson Penn Harris Hotel &
Convention Center April
18-19th.
Students who will be
competing in the 2008
Pennsylvania Future Problem
Solving Bowl:
Junior
Division |
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- Lucy Crawford
- Devyn Arnold
- Alyssa Benevento
- Jensen Graham
Intermediate Division |
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- Ben Fowler, Grade 8,
IVMS
- Suruchi Sheth, Grade
8, IVMS
- Nihar Suthar, Grade
8,
IVMS
- Selina Roman-White,
Grade 7, IVMS
Senior Division |
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- Ziyu Ye, Grade 10,
IVHS
- Nick Stuter, Grade
10, IVHS
- Megha Pai, Grade 11,
IVHS
- Rachael Rosner, Grade
10, IVHS
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 Senior
Division:
(Front L-R) Nick Stuter,
Megha Pai
Back L-R) Rachael Rosner,
Ziyu Ye |
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The State Bowl topic is on
Debt in Developing Countries
These students will be
preparing for the State Bowl
by reading articles on the
topic and improving on their
critical thinking and writing
skills. For
additional information the
Future Problem Solving
Program see:
Pennsylvania Future Problem
Solving Web Site
Future Problem
Solving Program
International, Inc.
Future
Problem Solving of Virginia |
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LES Students Selected for
PMEA 5th Grade SongFest |
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Lewistown Elementary School
is very proud to announce
this year's PMEA Elementary
Songfest participants. They
will take part in the
Songfest concert, to be held
at Forbes Road School
District, Friday, April 11,
2008. |
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Students
taking part are: (left to
right)
Janelle Fisher,
R.J.Kerstetter, Emily Curto,
and Jackson Searer. |
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