HONORS, AWARDS and ACHIEVEMENTS

February, 2009

Recognizing the accomplishments of worthy individuals and groups within the Mifflin County School District.

2008-2009 Recognition Pages

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IVHS and LAHS Represented at PIAA District 6/9 Swimming and Diving Championships
	IVHS Indian Valley Sophomore Mason Dible and Freshman Owen Welch will be attending PIAA District 6/9 Swimming and Diving Championships February 27 and 28, 2009. Both Indian Valley swim team mates qualified for Districts by swimming exhibition at the Huntingdon Area High School home swim meets and by achieving the certified time or better in their events. Although both athletes qualified in a few different events, PIAA only allows the registration of two individual events per swimmer. Dible plans to swim 50 yard freestyle with a seed time of 24.80 and the 100 freestyle at 59.56. Welch plans to swim the 200 freestyle seeded at 2:17.92 and the 100 breaststroke at 1:18.51. Both Indian Valley athletes should be congratulated for their efforts thus far and we wish them well at Districts. LAHS Kylie Miller and Avery Craig, two freshman from Lewistown Area High School, will be competing in the PIAA District 6/9 Swimming and Diving Championships February 27 and 28, 2009 at Penn State's Natatorium. Both swimmers qualified for Districts by swimming exhibition events with Huntingdon Area High School. Both swimmers qualified for 5 different events, but had to choose only 2. Kylie will be swimming 200 Freestyle with a seed time of 2:18.98 and her second event will be 100 backstroke at 1:13.20. Avery Craig will be swimming 100 butterfly with a time of 1:04.67 and 100 freestyle at 58.24. Congratulations to all three LAHS swimmers for a great season: Kylie Miller, Avery Craig and Carly Berrier, and good luck to Kylie and Avery at Districts.

IVHS and LAHS Choral and Band Students Advance to PMEA Regional Levels
	Choral and Band students from Indian Valley and Lewistown Area High Schools recently participated in PMEA district level music festivals. The District IV Chorus Festival was held at Moshannon Valley High School, January 14 - January 17, 2009 and the District IV Band Festival was held at Bellefonte Area High School, January 28 - January 31, 2009. While at the music festival, each student auditions/competes for chair seating within their section. First chair is equal to first place and so forth. A limited number of students are selected to move on to the PMEA Region III Chorus or Band Festival, where they will again audition/compete for chair seating and also an opportunity to advance to the PMEA State Choral and Band Festival level. The following choral students will represent the Mifflin County School District from Indian Valley and Lewistown Area High Schools at The PMEA Region III Chorus Festival at Juniata High School, February 18 - February 21, 2009.:
	Kathryn Stahl - Soprano 1 - LAHS Amy Eldredge Soprano 2 - IVHS Kaylyn Hannon Alto 1 - IVHS Katlyn Hopple - Alto 1 - LAHS Madeline Leeper - Alto 1 - LAHS Arika Snyder - Alto 1 - LAHS Haley Spigelmyer Alto 1 - IVHS Katie Hinish Alto 2 - IVHS	Bill Costigan Tenor 1 - IVHS Jack Mernin Tenor 1 - IVHS Daniel Mort - Tenor 2 - LAHS David Wright Tenor 2 - IVHS John Cottrill Bass 1 - IVHS Jesse Crosson Bass 1 - IVHS
	The guest conductor for the choral festival is Dr. Paul Head from the University of Delaware. Congratulations students, parents and choral directors Sherry D. Morgan, IVHS and Vicki L. Fensterbush, LAHS. The following band students will represent the Mifflin County School District from Indian Valley and Lewistown Area High Schools at The PMEA Region III Band Festival at Tyrone Area High School March 4 - March 7, 2009. Guest Conductor will be Mr. Kyle Glaser of Indiana University:
	Hannah Moore-Oboe 2 - LAHS Bryce Hill- Clarinet 1 - IVHS Shelley Miller-Clarinet 3 - LAHS Laura Wilhelm- Horn 4 - IVHS Katie Laughlin-Cornet 3 - LAHS IVHS Regional Band Students	LAHS Regional Band Students The guest conductor for the band festival is Mr. Kyle Glaser of Indiana University. Congratulations students, parents and band directors Heather R. Singley, IVHS and Arthur F. Belfiore, LAHS.


IVHS Receives Award for Participation in 2008 National Apple Month-Apple Crunch Food Service Program
	The Indian Valley High School Health Council and Computer Club recently received a letter from the National Apple Month Program notifying them that IVHS is being recognized with a monetary award of $100 for placing in the 2008 National Apple Month-Apple Crunch Food Service promotion. The letter that "You did an outstanding job of promoting apples and apple products in your school lunch for the Apple Crunch. Your efforts were deemed outstanding among your peers." Congratulations to health council and computer club members, as well as their advisors, Peggy Fisher and Linda Wilson, Indian Valley High School and all those who participated to make the 2008 Apple Crunch Day a success. View Award More Apple Crunch News from IVHS >>

Strodes Mills Art Educator Receives Picturing America Award
	Deb Tate-Anderson, an art education instructor at Strodes Mills Elementary and Middle Schools, applied for, and received, a Picturing America award from the National Endowment for Humanities, in cooperation with the American Library Association. Mrs. Tate-Anderson is one of over 56,000 recipients across the nation awarded the Picturing America program. Picturing America is a free initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that helps teach American history and culture by bringing some of the country’s great art directly to classrooms and libraries. Strodes Mills Elementary/Middle Schools will receive 40 large, high-quality reproductions of great American art and a comprehensive teachers resource book to facilitate the use of the works of art in core subjects. Picturing America’s resources are designed to allow each work of art to enhance the study of American history, social studies, language arts, literature, and civics. The images of people, places, and events illustrating American history give our students/ patrons a chance to better understand our country’s past and its ideals. What better way to see the courage of a great leader than through Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware? How better to appreciate the power of American democracy than through Norman Rockwell’s Freedom of Speech? These masterpieces are opening our students’/community members’ eyes to America’s rich history and culture while also providing an introduction to the broader world of the humanities. Picturing America recipients are located in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. Territories. District-wide applications during both application periods have brought Picturing America to major public school districts in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Antonio, and San Francisco, as well as to school and library districts in Washington, DC. A complete list of recipient schools and public libraries by city and state can be found by visiting the media page of the Picturing America Web site at: http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/public_awards.php . For more information on the program, you can visit the Picturing America Web site at: www.PicturingAmerica.neh.gov . Feel free to peruse the site, and check out the images and the great links included. Sit down with your kids and start conversations about the beautiful masterpieces!

IVMS Selects December True Warriors
	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 December True Warriors are available from the IVMS web site

SMES Teacher Receives KEYTA (Keystone Teacher Association) Grant
	Mrs. Beka Yoder, a kindergarten teacher at Strodes Mills Elementary School, was recently notified that she has has been awarded a KEYTA (Keystone Teacher Association) Mini-Grant. The grants are offered to help educators pay for a wide variety of projects and materials such as supplies, books, software, equipment, audiovisual, technology items, etc. that are not covered in the school budget. To find out the details on how Mrs. Yoder plans to use the grant in her classroom, please follow this text link to the SMES web site: SMES Teacher Receives KEYTA Grant

LAHS Students Selected to Attend PMEA District 4 Jazz Band Festival
	The following students have been selected to represent Lewistown Area High Schools at the PMEA District 4 Jazz Band Festival at Southern Huntingdon County High School February 12-14, 2009. Olivia Hunter-Trombone Jon McKee-Guitar Guest conductors will be Dr. Kevin Kjos from Kutztown University and Mr. Matthew Niess of the US Army Blues Jazz Band and the Capitol Bones

LAHS and IVHS Students Selected for PMEA District 4 Chorus Festival
	The following students have been selected to represent Lewistown Area and Indian Valley High Schools at the PMEA District 4 Chorus Festival at Moshannon Valley High School January 14-17, 2009. Students were selected at the end of October and have been practicing the music selected for the festival in preparation for the District 4 concert on January 17. While at the festival, students will audition to advance to the PMEA Region III Choir Festival, which will take place at Juniata High School, February 18 - 21, 2009.

	Lewistown Area High School: The following students will be representing LAHS: Valerie Hagans - Soprano 1 (missing from photo) Kathryn Stahl - Soprano 1 Katlyn Hopple - Alto 1 Madeline Leeper - Alto 1 Arika Snyder - Alto 1 Daniel Mort - Tenor 2 (note - listed names are not in picture order)

image - IVHS District Chorus

Indian Valley High School

The following students will be representing IVHS:

Amy Eldredge - Soprano 2
Kaylyn Hannon - Alto 1
Haley Spigelmyer - Alto 1
Katie Hinish - Alto 2
Cassie Schaeffer - Alto 2
Bill Costigan - Tenor 1
Jack Mernin - Tenor 1
David Wright - Tenor 2
John Cottrill - Bass 1 (missing from photo)
Jesse Crosson - Bass 1

(note - listed names are not in picture order)

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