| IVHS Teacher
Selected to receive Workforce of Tomorrow
Educator of the Year Award |
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Margaret Fisher, a
computer programming and web design educator at
Indian Valley High School, was selected by the
Juniata River Valley Chamber of Commerce
Business and Education Committee to receive the
Educator of the Year Award It is the intent of
the Juniata River Valley Chamber of Commerce
Business and Education Committee to recognize
area educators who help students connect
classroom learning with the world of work.
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IVHS Junior Named to
Outdoor All-State Track & Field Team |
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The 2009 PTFCA
(Pennsylvania Track & Field Coaches Association)
Outdoor All-State Track & Field Teams were
announced today, May 29, 2009. Michael Brode, a
junior at Indian Valley High School, was named
3rd team All-State in the Javelin. his throw of
206' 5" at the PIAA Championships on May 23,
2009, has him presently ranked 5th in the
nation.
Congratulations!
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| IVHS Students
Successful in Spring 2009 Entrepreneurship
Challenge! |
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Students in
Accounting, Economics A and Personal Finance
classes at Indian Valley High School attended
Youth Entrepreneurship Day on April 20, 2009
at Front Street Station, Northumberland. The one
day conference challenges students to identify a
practical business concept, then teams of
students will did hands-on activities to help
them define their businesses.
Following the conference, the students
returned to their classes and started to write
business plans as part of their course.
With the help of their teachers, Mrs. Fry
(personal Finance), Mrs. Renninger (Economics A)
and Mrs. Singer (Accounting), their
business plans were submitted in the 2009
Entrepreneurship Challenge for the Front Street
Station Conference. The following student team
business plans received awards:
- 1st Place
- The Minute Men - John
Bridgens, Aaron Reed, Brad Oburn & Jon
Bell
- 3rd Place
- Big Screen - Kate Peterson
and Kayleigh Snook
- 5th Place
- Eat Good, Live Good - Sami
Aumiller, Tori Smith, Stephanie Weader,
and Courtney Neal
- Honorable Mention
- Waterfront Ice Cream - Tyler
Hess, Jillian Shawver, Roxie Garrett,
and Ryan Dailey
- Eco Luminesence - Lauren
Spigelmyer, Brittany Matthews, and
Samantha Romig
The five winning plans from each Youth
Entrepreneurship Day will now be entered into
the statewide competition. State Finalists will
be announced May 31, 2009. More Entrepreneurship
Challenge information is available from
EconomicsPennsylvania.
Congratulations!
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IVMS Sixth Grade Student
Wins Poetry Contest |
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Aaron Fisher, a 6th grade student at Indian
Valley Middle School, recently won a third place
trophy in the 2009 Blair County Arts Festival
Poetry Contest. The poem was completed as part
of a Collins Chadwell writing assignment for
Mrs. Rhonda Daddario's Language Arts Class.
Congratulations to Aaron for this fine
accomplishment.
Complete
information is available from the IVMS web site
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HPAE Student Wins
Vocal and Instrumental Competition |
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 A
fifth grade student from Highland Park recently
won first place in both an instrumental and
vocal competition. Ten year old Katelyn
Knickerbocker competed in the Star Search Music
Competition held Saturday, April 25th at the
Lebanon Salvation Army Corp.
Katelyn performed an original composition on
the cornet titled “ We’re Seeking” written by
her father and uncles Paul and Charles
Knickerbocker. She also performed the song
“Breathe On Me” arranged by Gavin Whitehouse.
She won first place in division one, which is
for age twelve and under.
Katelyn barely had time to sit when she
called to sing “Psalm 91” performed by all the
contestants. She also sang “Pathway to Duty” and
won first place vocal in division one.
Katelyn now gets to go on to Trenton New
Jersey and perform both vocally and on the
cornet, competing with all the winners from the
Eastern US. Congratulation Katelyn!
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IVMS Selects April 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 April True
Warriors are available from the
IVMS web site |
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LAHS Math Club Brings
Back Awards from Competition |
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 The
LAHS Math Club has grown from one official
member in the 2007-08 school year to the
approximate number of 20 in the the current
school year (2008-09). Mary Owens Wheeler
(Mulkey), the club advisor says the group is no
longer "just an activity period club" but has
grown to have bylaws, officers and meets every
second Tuesday evening of each month to practice
for competitions.
October 2009, the Math Club traveled to
George Washington University in Washington, DC.
The team of Lauren Valdivia, Max Wilson, and
Thomas Tuyen made it to the 12th round of 15 in
the math buzzer competition. Another team of Val
Hagans, Levi Miller and April Montgomery made it
to the 9th round.
 February
2009 was the Mathematical Association of America
AMC contest at Juniata College. Lauren Valdivia
just missed making the national cutoff score.
March 2009, the team traveled to Shippensburg
University. LAHS was the only school to place in
both the math and programming competition. The
LAHS math buzzer team, comprised of Lauren
Valdivia, Levi Miller, Val Hagans, and Alex
Rhodes, placed third while our programming team
made up of Jon Knepp, Anthony Frock, and Kyle
Birch brought home the second place trophy. This
was the first time the programming team from
LAHS competed. Placing second was quite an
accomplishment.
 April
2009 involved no travel time except to the
computer lab to participate in the Purple Comet
Math Competition, which is an international
internet competition put on by the University of
Wisconsin. Members of the LAHS Math Club
participated in the online competition with
students from all over the United States.
Results from that event have not been received
at the time of this posting.
Continued success and growth to the LAHS Math
Club and advisers Mary Wheeler and Joe Lauver.
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MCSD Administrators
Receive NISL Certificate from PDE |
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 On
April 28, 2009, Dr. John Czerniakowski and
Christina A. Short, administrators for the
Mifflin County School District, were among 26
school administrators in the region who received
a certificate 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: Leadership for Excellence in Literacy;
Leadership for Excellence in Math; Leadership
for Excellence in Science; and Promoting
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MCSD Teams Dominate at 2009
PA FPS State Affiliate Bowl |
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It was a monumental
day for teams from Indian Valley Middle and
Indian Valley High School in what is being
described as the best outing yet in the ten
years Mifflin County SD has been competing at
the State Affiliate Bowl. To even get to the
State Bowl our teams have to compete in what is
called the Qualifying Competition. The topic for
the Qualifying Competition was on “Space Junk”,
our students did an excellent job of preparing
for the qualifying competition by conducting
research on past information and potentially
future problems that might exist as the amount
of space debris increases.
This year we were able to take four teams to
the Pennsylvania State Affiliate Bowl. The topic
for this competition was on Counterfeit Economy.
To be successful a team must work well together
in completing the six step problem solving
process. The saying “Genius is one percent
inspiration and ninety-nine percent
perspiration” is a precise way to describe the
dedication a team has to have to win in this
competition.
The Results:
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State
Champions!!!
  Our
Junior Division Problem Solving Team from Indian
Valley Middle School came in 1st Place in
the Team Problem Solving Competition and 1st
Place in the Presentation of the Action
Plan. These students will go on to represent the
State of Pennsylvania at the International
Future Problem Solving Competition at Michigan
State University. Junior Division Team members:
Jensen Graham, Lucy Crawford, Grace Wagner,
Paige Stewart and Devyn Arnold.
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State Champions!!
  Our
Middle Division Team from Indian Valley High
School /IVMS came in First Place in the
Team Problem Solving Competition and 2nd
Place in the Presentation of the Action
Plan. These student will join our Junior
Division Team to compete at the International
Future Problem Solving Competition at Michigan
State University.
Middle Division Team Members: Ben Fowler,
Suruch Sheth, Nihar Suthar and Selena
Roman-White
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Our Middle Division Team
from Indian Valley Middle School came in
fourth place in the Team Problem Solving
Competition.
Members are: Maggie Staronka, Molly Bitner,
Darion Pierce and Mahesh Pai.
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Our Senior Division Team
from Indian Valley High School came in second
place in the Team Problem Solving
Competition. Members are Ziyu Ye, Jiten Suthar,
Drew Picketts Megha Pa and Nate Swineford. |
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There are over 50,000 students
participating each year world-wide in the Future
Problem Solving Program. Three percent of those
participating in FPS competitions earn an
invitation to the prestigious International
Conference.
Congratulations to all our Mifflin County
Students for a job well done!!!
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LAHS Senior Receives 1st
Place in Scenario Writing at State Affiliate
Bowl |
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Garion Kyler, a senior from
LAHS, came in first place in the Future Problem
Solving State Affiliate Bowl - Senior Division
for Scenario Writing. His paper titled "Snake
Oil" was on the topic Pandemic. |
