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MIFFLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
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HONORS, AWARDS and
ACHIEVEMENTS
May, 2008 |
| Recognizing the accomplishments of
worthy individuals and groups within the Mifflin County School
District. |
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IVHS Envirothon Team Advances
to State Competition |
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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.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.
The students are from
Indian Valley High School.
Left to right in the picture
are Justin Araway, Tobin
Simonetti, Michael Parker,
Ethan Kibe and Joseph Andrie.
The state competition is a
Penn State on May 19 and 20,
2008. Advisors are Brian
Wriglesworth, Mike Grove and
Betty Longfield.
PA Envithon Web Site |
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IVMS True Warriors
Selected for April |
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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 |
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LAHS Student Selected as
BusRadio Semi-Finalist |
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 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
for "Big Art Contest" OR
click the following image
link to view the art work of
all the semi-finalists and
cast your vote.
(link will open in a new
window)
Students
with the highest number of
votes win!
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IVMS
Student Wins State TSA
Championship! |
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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.
Emily Shapard, from IVMS,
won state championships in
two middle school events.
Emily was a 1st place winner
in middle school events
called PA Safety Illustration
- Computer Graphics and
Career Challenge. Emily is
eligible and looking forward
to competing at the National
TSA Conference. The National
TSA Conference is scheduled
to take place this summer in
Orlando, Florida from June 28
- July 2, 2008.
Congratulations and good luck
Emily.
(image and text from the IVMS
web site)
More from the IVMS web
site >>
More IVMS State TSA
results and pictures from
IVMS TSA Web site >>
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State
Champions!! IVMS Future
Problem Solving Team Advance
to Michigan |
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(L to R)
Suruchi Sheth, Nihar Suthar,
Mr. Anderson, Ben Fowler,
Selina Roman-White
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 topic
was "Debt in Developing
Countries". All MCSD teams
placed within their division.
Congratulations to the teams
and their coach, Mr. Jack
Anderson. |
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3rd Place - Sr. Division |
2nd Place - Junior
Division |
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(L to R)
Ziyu Ye, Nick Stuter, Mr.
Anderson, Megha Pai, Rachael
Rosner |
(L to R)
Devyn Arnold (Armagh Elem.),
Lucy Crawford (Armagh Elem),
Mr. Anderson, Jensen Graham
(HPAE), Alyssa Benevento
(LMS) |
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IVHS
Students Selected as
Semi-Finalists in Youth Art
Contest |
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 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
for "Big Art Contest" OR
click the following image
link to view the art work of
all the semi-finilists and
cast your vote.
(link will open in a new
window)
Students
with the highest number of
votes win!
Contact: Aimee Hubley,
Indian Valley art teacher
717-248-5441 or Heather Pratt
Bus radio Promotions
Department 781-444-2391 |
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MCSD Administrators Receive
Certificates from PDE |
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 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 |
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LAHS Key Club Awarded Top
Honors at District Convention |
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 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>> |
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Brown Elementary Receives
Best Buy Teach Award |
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 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...
More>
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LAHS Music Educator to
Receive PMEA Service Award |
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 The following information
has been released in the PMEA
News:"Arthur F. Belfiore,
Band Director at Lewistown
Area High School, will be
recognized for achieving the
milestone of 25 years of
service in teaching music
during the PMEA All-State
Concert held on Saturday,
April 19, 2008 at the Hershey
Theatre in Hershey, PA. "
Complete information from the
LAHS web area |
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MCSD Administrators
Receive Leadership SUPPORT
Certificate from PDE |
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 On March 26, 2008, Dr.
John Czerniakowski
and Terry Styers,
administrators from
the Mifflin County
School District, were
among 35 school
administrators in the
region who received a
certificate for
completing the
SUPPORT course of the
Pennsylvania Inspired
Leadership Program.
This program, for
experienced school
administrators,
focused on: creating
organizational vision
around personalized
student success;
developing
standards-based
systems; and using
data to inform
decision-making.
Chuck Kensinger,
Regional Site
Coordinator, and Dr.
Pat Crawford, Program
Facilitator,
presented the
certificates on
behalf of the
Pennsylvania
Department of
Education.
News release from PDE |
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IVHS
Choir
Selected to Perform
at State Conference |
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The Indian Valley Senior
High Choir has been chosen to
perform at the Pennsylvania
Music Educators Association
State Conference in April of
2008. Over 150 auditions
submissions were heard and a
small number of performing
ensembles, from various
genres of music, were chosen
to perform during this three
day conference.
The conference is attended
by music educators from
elementary through collegiate
levels and offers a large
number of clinics and
interest sessions as well as
concerts being given by the
groups that were invited to
perform.
This year’s Choir is made
up of 74 members in grades
9-12 and is under the
direction of Sherry D. Morgan.
The Indian Valley Choral
department has long been
known for its excellence in
choral singing as has been
demonstrated a number of
times in the past by similar
performances by the Indian
Valley Ensemble. It is
particularly exciting to all
the choir members and the
director that all of the
choral students will be
sharing in the opportunity to
represent the Mifflin County
School District as further
ambassadors of a high caliber
choral performance. |
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The choir is scheduled to
perform on Friday, April 18
at 9:15 AM.
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view) |
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IVHS
Students to Attend State
Chorus Festival |
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The
PMEA State Conference is
being held from April 16-19
in Hershey with the State
Choir Concert being Friday,
April 18 at 7:30 PM in the
Hershey Theater. The choir is
being conducted by Dr. Tony
Leach from PSU.
In order to qualify for
the PMEA State Chorus
Festival, students first
prepare for the District IV
Festival and must place in
the top 10 of their section
to advance to the PMEA Region
III Festival. Each vocal
section at Districts can have
as many as 35.
Upon selection for
Regional Chorus, students are
prepare a new set of musical
pieces and audition again. To
advance to the State
Festival, you must place in
the top 4 out of sections of
22.
 Students
audition again at States and
since next year is an
All-East year, underclassmen
will have an opportunity for
selection.
Students end up learning
at least 30 new pieces of
music through the process,
along with Choir and Ensemble
pieces at Indian Valley High
School.
The boys from Indian
Valley High School are (l-r):
Jesse Crosson, Bass 1
Jack Mernin, Tenor 1
Ezekiel Coffey, Tenor 2
Congratulations!
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for larger view) |
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SMES
Students Selected for PMEA
5th Grade SongFest |
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Strodes
Mills Elementary School will
have three students
participating at the PMEA
Elementary Songfest at Forbes
Road School District, on
Friday, April 11, 2008. These
young ladies will join
approximately 200 selected
5th grade students from
various elementary schools in
PMEA District IV for an all
day rehearsal, followed by an
evening performance. |
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Students
taking part are: (left to
right)
Hannah Winters, Janel
Harshbarger, Kylie Kenepp . |
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