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MIFFLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
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HONORS, AWARDS
and ACHIEVEMENTS
April, 2009
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| Recognizing the
accomplishments of worthy individuals and
groups within the Mifflin County School
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SMMS TSA Students Place
First in States and Qualify for Nationals |
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 Colton
Craig and Ashleigh Williams took first place
in TSA States in the Structural Challenge
competition. There were 1,366 students who
competed at the event, which was held in
Seven Springs April 15, 2009. Among the
competitions they entered was the Structural
Challenge where each team of students had to
design and construct a bridge following the
size and specs given. The bridges were then
broken to see which held the most weight.
They were then judged on weight held and
points were deducted for specification
violations. Colton and Ashleigh’s bridge
held the most weight at 192 pounds. They had
no specification violations. Their first
place win qualifies them for Nationals which
will be held in Denver, Colorado this
summer.SMMS had other place winners
including at the State competition:
- Spencer Mumper and Chase Yetter– 3rd
place in Structural Challenge
- Levi Sunderland and Seth Brown – 5th
place in Structural Challenge
- Ashleigh Williams and Paige Laughlin
– 5th place in Agriculture and
Biotechnology Challenge
- Logan Snyder – 6th place in Digital
Photography
- Ben Renninger – 6th place in Flight
Challenge
- Megan Ingram – 4th place in Prepared
Speech
- Paige Laughlin – 7th place in
Technical Writing Challenge
- Kiersten Capouillez – 5th place TSA
Multimedia
Congratulations students, parents and TSA
advisor, Mr. Scheffel.
Interested in learning more? The
following links contain information about
the TSA program. Please see our disclaimer
about Third-party links.
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SMMS Teacher Recognized
as State-level Keystone Technology
Integrator |
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 Lanielle
Reese, a computer, reading and language arts
educator at Strodes Mills Middle School has
been recognized by the PDE as a Keystone
Technology Integrator (KTI). The following
is taken from
The PDE Keystone Integration web area "The
Keystone Technology Integrator award is
given in recognition of being a 21st Century
teacher who uses technology to foster
student curiosity and creativity to engage
students in meaningful problem-solving
activities."
Technology Support and Integration (TSI)
is another part of Mrs. Reese's
instructional day. She uses the available
time to help teachers integrate
technology into their classes. Mrs. Reese
will research, set up templates for their
students fill in, then go to the lab with
the teacher and class. She assists students
with the use of school cameras, scanners,
projectors, designing PowerPoint
presentations and web pages that enhance
what they are doing in the regular
classroom. In short - anytime an educator at
SMMS wants to use technology in their
classroom and doesn't know how, doesn't have
time, or doesn't know where to start, they
sign up for a TSI period and Mrs. Reese will
provide the assistance.
As a state-level Keystone, Mrs. Reese has
been invited to participate in a five-day
Technology Integrator Summit where she will
be exposed to strategies, skills and people
with which to collaborate and share ideas.
The PDE Keystone Integration web area
describes a Technology Integrator as "a
classroom teacher who fully utilizes the
many benefits technology offers to improve
instructional practices across his/her
content areas. In doing this, the teacher
does not focus on the technology itself;
rather, s/he focuses on student learning and
uses technology as a tool to support this
end." Congratulations Mrs. Reese.
Additional Information about The
Keystones: Technology Integrator:
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Nick Myers Among Honorees
at Central PA College Football Hall of Fame
Chapter Banquet |
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 Nick
Myers, a running and defensive back from
Indian Valley High School, was among 39 high
school football seniors from Central
Pennsylvania honored for their athletics,
academics a community service at the12th
anniversary annual Student-Athlete
Scholarship Banquet sponsored by the Central
Pennsylvania chapter of the Nation Football
Foundation and college Football Hall of Fame
on April 5, 2009.Since initiating the
awards banquet in 1997-98, the Central
Pennsylvania chapter has given a total of
$117,000 to deserving student-athletes from
certain high schools located in the
following area counties: Bedford, Blair,
Cambria, Cameron, Center, Clarion,
Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Huntingdon,
Jefferson, Juniata, Lycoming and Mifflin
counties.
A crowd of some 330 helped pay tribute to
the 39 senior student-athletes. the features
speaker, Al Golden, head football coach at
Temple and one-time captain at Penn State,
told the student-athletes that their futures
will depend on "attitude, decision making,
and partnerships." He said, "Your attitude
hasn't been challenged as it is going to be
in the next 50 years. Take your talent and
stretch it. There are not excuses."
William Gehrett, an offensive lineman
from Lewistown Area High School, was also
honored at the banquet.
Congratulation to both young men, their
families, teams and coaches.
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IVMS Selects March True Warriors |
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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
recipients per team will be awarded. Images
of the March True Warriors are available
from the
IVMS web site |
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IVHS Students
Successful at Central PA Semi Final
EconomicsPA Economics Challenge |
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 On
Thursday, March 26, 2009 fifteen Indian
Valley High school Economic students
traveled to Northumberland, PA to compete in
the EconomicsPennsylvania Economics
Challenge. These students competed with
thirty-five other teams for the privilege of
attending the state competition. Students
competed in micro economics, macro
economics, and international economics.
Although none of the teams made the state
competition, the team of Jared Vento, Chris
Arnold, Joshua Maben and Glenn Brown placed
seventh out of the thirty-five teams.
Additionally, Glenn Brown had the highest
score out of 131 students in Macro Economics
and Christopher Arnold earned the third
highest score out of 131 students in Micro
Economics.IVHS Top 4 Record: 15 kids
total
Micro: Chris Arnold, Drew Picketts, Kelly
Barner, Chris Bright
Macro: Glenn Brown, Chris Arnold, Chris
Bright, Jared Vento
Congratulations to the students, their
families and their advisor, Mrs. Dawn
Renninger.
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