LAHS Panther News

LAHS Scholastic Scrimmage Team 2007-2008

Congratulations to the LAHS Scholastic Scrimmage team who defeated Clearfield 200-125 in a competition January 23, 2008 at the WPSU studio in State College. You can see our stellar academic students in action as they will appear on WPSU (Channel 3) on Saturday, February 9 at 6:30pm.

Team members include:

Samantha Wheeler
Max Wilson
Sarah Siddons
Lauren Valdivia
Kristen Stufft
Kevin Young
Garion Kyler

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TSA Student Awards

Congratulations to LAHS Technology Student Association participants who traveled to Penns Valley High School over the weekend for the regional competition. A total of 9 members competed with 4 returning as first place winners, 8 second place and 3 third place winners.

First place winners:

Max Wilson, Arika Snyder, Lindsey Cahill - Manufacturing Prototype
Kevin Young - Highest individual score in the Technology Bowl

Second place winners:

Hannah Moore, Arika Snyder, Kristen Stufft, Emilee Geedey - Agriculture and Biotechnology
Tyler Gantz - Dragster Design, Flight Endurance
Max Wilson, Hannah Moore, Kevin Young - Technology Bowl
Ashley McCreery - Safety Illustration, Hand Drawn

Third Place winners:

Max Wilson - Extemporaneous Presentation
Emilee Geedy, Kristen Stufft - Structural Engineering

Perry County Bench Competition, 2008

On Saturday, March 14, 2008, three LAHS athletes competed in the Perry County Bench Competition. Julian Jezerick place 2nd in the 181 lb. class with a lift of 285 lbs. Seth Lewis and Aaron Martin also competed and lifted their personal best.

Regional History Day 2008

Seven students from LAHS competed in the regional History Day Competition at Juniata College on Wednesday, March 26. The students are Sarah McCoy, Levi Miller, Cordell Hambright, Joel Rodriguez, Kenzie Dunmire and Sarah Sipe. Sarah, Mara, Kenzie and Sarah will go on to state level competition at Millersville University next month.

Both winning projects dealt with sports: one with a focus on "Remember the Titans" and the other focused on the Negro Baseball Leagues. All the students did an excellent job and should be congratulated. While there is a good deal of work on the projects, it is clear that history can be fun.

2008 Key Club Convention News

From February 29 through March 1, 2008, three LAHS Key Club members attended the 62nd District Key Club convention in Hershey. All the officers were recognized as distinguished officers. The club received a patch for its overwhelming response to raising $615.00 for children in Swaziland. In addition, LAHS members took first place for the Single Service Award for the project for children in Afghanistan. They are eligible for the national competition in Denver this summer.

2008 Regional Computer Fair Winners

On April 8, 2008, two teams from LAHS placed first in the Regional Computer Fair held at the Tuscarora Intermediate Unit. Derek Majestic, Cody Monroe and Matt Collabine placed first in the Web Page Design. In the Digital Movie category, Jordan Marinos, Julie Dickson and Alex Haines also place first. Both teams will move onto State competition in Carlisle next month.

LAHS TSA Make the Top 10 at Regional Competition

On April 9-12, 2008, eleven regional qualifiers from Lewistown Technology Student Association competed in the state TSA competition held at Seven Springs. They competed against over 1500 TSA qualifiers from the state of PA.

The following were top 10 finishers:

Technology Bowl - Written: Kevin Young - 3rd place
Technology Problem Solving: Kevin Young & Hannah Moore - 4th place
Manufacturing Prototype: Arika Snyder, Max Wilson & Lindsey Cahill - 5th place
Structural Engineering: Kevin Young & Hannah Moore - 6th place
Technology Bowl: Max Wilson, Kevin Young & Hannah Moore - 10th place