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Hollidaysburg AreaSchool District201 Jackson StreetHollidaysburg, PA 16648www.tigerwires.com

SuperintendentDr. Robert J. Gildea

Board of DirectorsRon Yoder, PresidentTroy Keefer, Vice PresidentScott BrennemanBrady LeaheyPatrick McClainAaron RitcheyDr. Ronald SommerDrew SwopeRobert Vonada

Dave Andrew, Esq., SolicitorRobert Roberts, Business Administra-tor/TreasurerSusan Baker, Business Manager/Board Secretary

Tiger Pride 2014

I recently had a conversation with a long time real estate agent who also happens to be a District alumnus. He made it a point to note that new fam-ilies to the area often request to see houses within the Holli-daysburg Area School District attendance area. Because of the sacrifice of taxpayers and the steadfast commit-ment from current and former school and community leaders, Hollidaysburg Area School District has a long established reputation of being one of the premier districts in our region. At a time when mediocre stu-dent performance and national criticism of the effectiveness of public education abound, the Hollidaysburg Area School District remains strong and the community supportive, rein-forcing the belief that a first-rate community and a first-rate school district go hand in hand.

The Hollidaysburg Area School District teachers, support staff, administration, and Board of Education are proud to present the highlights of this past school year. You will find as you peruse the following pages that the commitment the Hollidaysburg Area community has made to public educa-tion has produced impressive results. On behalf of the Board of Education, administration, teachers, staff and students I want to thank you for your support. I invite you to witness the great things that are happening firsthand by taking in a play, concert, athletic event, or simply becoming a school volunteer. Please check out our website at Tigerwires.com for more information or contact me directly at 695-8702 with comments, questions, or suggestions.

Sincerely,

Dr. Robert J. GildeaSuperintendent of Schools

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Budget District Accolades

The senior high school was named to the list of America’s most Challenging High Schools by the Washington Post. The senior high school was one of thirty-nine schools in Pennsylvania to receive this recognition. This honor was based on student achievement on the PSSA, college readiness and student-teacher ratios.

For the third consecutive year, the Hollidaysburg Area School District was named as one of the Best Communities for Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foun-dation. This prestigious honor recognizes schools for their outstanding support for music education as part of core curriculum. The Hollidaysburg Area School District joins 376 districts across the coun-try to receive the prestigious distinction in 2014.

Thank you...

...to the junior high school journalism students and to the many HASD teachers who contributed infor-mation and articles and to Loren Woods for sup-plying many of the photos for this publication.

Attention HASD Alumni

If you have information about your class reunion that you would like to have posted to the HASD website, please email dona_kirk@tigerwires.com.

2013-14 Budget ..................................................$44,648,287

Millage Rate (1 mill generates $205,633) .....................97.50

Funding SourcesLocal ..................................................................$24,447,221

State ....................................................................$19,121,540

Federal/other ...........................................................$786,358

Fund Balance ..........................................................$293,168

HASD Enrollment for 2013-2014Building..................................................Number of Students

Charles W. Longer ...........................................................526

Foot of Ten .......................................................................589

Frankstown .......................................................................659

Junior High.......................................................................854

Senior High ......................................................................817

Total Enrollment ...........................................................3,445

School District PersonnelFaculty ..............................................................................258

Support Staff ....................................................................161

Administrative Staff ...........................................................21

Faculty ExperienceFive years or less .............................................................12%

Six to ten years ................................................................19%

Eleven to nineteen years .................................................41%

Twenty years or more ......................................................28%

Tiger Pride is published annually for the Hollidaysburg Area School District community. Please direct com-ments or suggestions for this publication to: Dr. Robert Gildea, Superintendent, 814-695-8702; e-mail: Rob-ert_Gildea@tigerwires.com.

The Hollidaysburg Area School District is an equal opportunity education institution and will not discriminate in employment or the provision of programs and services to students based on race, gender, religion, age, national origin or handicap.

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Outdoor Classroom is Open

In the Fall of 2013 the EcoAction Club received a $5,000 grant from Dominion Energy to make an outdoor classroom. The Ecology and Wood Technology classes banded together to revive the old amphitheater to create a useable out-door classroom. In the fall of 2013 the ecology students created the design and determined the amount of materials needed for the classroom. The ecology students conducted soil tests and experimented with different plants to determine which plants would work best on the site. Ma-terials were bought and the construction of the classroom started when winter decided to set in for a very long time. Starting in April, the Wood Technology students began to build the outdoor classroom. The amphitheater and terracing have been completed with drought tolerant plants growing in the terraces. The outdoor classroom is not finished. There are plans to create a teach-ing station in the fall of 2014.

Read Across AmericaStudents from Mrs. Sweitzer’s Life Skills class, Mrs. Rob-ert’s Autistic class and Mrs. Parker’s Multi-Handicapped room recently participated in Read Across America day on March 4. John Clay, news anchor from WTAJ, visited and read with the students. Not only did the students have a great time in class, they also enjoyed seeing themselves on the news later that evening!

Front row (left to right): David Elliott, Cameron Brown, Jeffrey Reed, Jessica Heck, Jack Clay; Back row (left to right): Terri Thompson, MDS Aide, Elizabeth McChessney, Adam Foor, John

Clay, Terri Jo Pearce, MDS Aide, Stephen McGee-han, Kristie Hart, HAHS Librarian, holding Anson

Clay, Kim Parker, MDS Teacher

Fry Wins Award

Hollidaysburg junior, Susie Fry, wrote a thirty page re-search paper on Financial Literacy Promotion, which educated her fellow Greater Altoona Career and Technol-ogy Center classmates and her fellow DECA members. Susie presented her paper at the Pennsylvania DECA State Conference last February with over 2,000 Pennsylvania DECA’s best and brightest students. Susie’s written event on Community Service Projects won second place at this conference, which qualified her for the DECA Internation-al Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, held on May 3-6, 2014. Here, her work was evaluated on an international level with 15,000 students from all over the world.

Congratulations

Valedictorian Salutatorian

Caitlyn Edgell Mira Patel

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Red Ribbon Week

TAAD (Tigers Against Alcohol and Drugs) stu-dents Alexis Palfey, Courteney Storm and Alexis Stitt are shown with the Blair County Commis-sioners Ted Beam, Diane Meling and Terry To-massetti. The Commissioners issued an official proclamation of Red Ribbon Week at the senior high the week of October 23 to 31.

Tiger Victory Garden Update

In 2012 The Tiger Victory Garden began as a combined effort between the Wood Tech classes and the Ecology classes to build a compost bin for the high school. Since then this small proj-ect blossomed into the desire to build an entire garden and to incorporate as many different stu-dents, faculty and staff into building and main-taining the garden. In 2014 the Hollidaysburg Foundation Grant program awarded many grants to assist with the garden’s growth.

The Tiger Victory Garden is an interdisciplinary project that is continuing to enhance the students’ learning at the Senior High. The garden will continue to provide produce for the Senior High Cafeteria and for the Summer Lunch program. This summer the EcoAction Club will help with maintaining the garden by watering, weeding and gathering produce.

Currently the Tiger Victory Garden is expanding to incorporate a series of “mini-beds” to show-case different types of plants such as drought or shade tolerant plants. A green wall was also built. This will allow the ecology students a chance to garden vertically. The garden has also expand-ed its handicap accessibility by adding pavers around the different beds.

L to R: Ted Beam, Diane Meling, Terry Tomas-setti, Alexis Palfey, Courteney Storm, Alexis Stitt and Kathy Mathias, TAAD Advisor.

Stock Market Game

Honors economics students at the Senior High earned First Place Regional honors in the Stock Market Game of Pennsylvania, a ten week on-line simulation managing a $100,000 portfolio. Students were sponsored and advised by Larry Cordek, a financial advisor at Wells Fargo.

Pictured (l-r) Jennifer Heinlein, teacher; Daniel Stubbs; Grant DeLozier; Collin Terchanik; Rommy Obeid; and Larry Cordek, Financial Advisor.

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Apples 2014In April, students from French, German and Spanish classes traveled to St. Francis University for the an-nual Apples Foreign Language Festival. Students had the opportunity to compete against students from oth-er schools in academic and non-academic categories.

Apples Award Winners—French Level II

Shani Evans—1st place Construction Model, 2nd place Literary Recitation, Elizabeth Catalano—3rd place Literary Recitation, 2nd placeSpeaking Profi-ciency

Level IIIAmarisa Miles—2nd place Literary Recitation, 2nd place Listening

Level IVEmily Brzana—3rd place Literary Recitation

Apples Award Winners - GermanGerman I- Junior High

Sara Bollman – 2nd place Reading Comprehension, 2nd place Poetry Recitation, 3rd place Listening Comprehension, Christina Raposas – 1st place Read-ing Comprehension, 2nd place Composition.David Auerbeck - 2nd place Listening Comprehen-sion, 2nd place Speaking Proficiency, 1st place Com-position., Anne Diminick – 1st place Speaking Profi-ciency, 1st place Listening Comprehension.Kaitlyn Marks – 1st place Poetry Recitation, 3rd place Listening Comprehension, Meaghan Holsinger – 3rd place Art Model.

German 2 – Senior HighMatt DeLozier – 3rd place Reading Comprehen-sion, 2nd place Listening Comprehension, 2nd place Speaking Proficiency, Madison McKeirnan – 2nd place Reading Comprehension, 2nd place Compo-sition, 1st place Poetry Recitation, Sara Stoltz – 1st place Reading Comprehension, 1st place Listening Comprehension, 1st place Speaking Proficiency, 1st place Composition.

German 4 – Senior High Miriah Hershberger – 1st place Reading Comprehen-sion, 1st place Listening Comprehension, 1st place Speaking Proficiency, 1st place Composition, OVER-ALL German Festival Winner

Spanish 2Alexandra Kaplan - 1st place Music Instrumental, 2nd place Reading, 3rd place Listening

Superconference

On May 7, students from the junior and senior high school attended the annual Superconfer-ence at Mount Aloysius College. Students were selected based on their desire for personal im-provement and growth, demonstrating leadership qualities in traditional and non-traditional ways, and who have an academic and/or social impact on other students.

L to R: Lindsey Huether, Peter Gildea, Alexis Robbins, David Wertz, Natalie Shawley, Clair Rhodes, Veronica Helsel, Logan Kovach, Maria Murphy, Adam Smith

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Latin Club Visits New YorkThis year in March, 80 students and eight parents traveled to The Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art in New York City to explore the Greco-Roman exhibit. This exhibit is the largest exhibit on the east coast. Students were able to see amazing frescoes, hundreds of Attic Red-Black figure vases as well as the exhibits of their choice.

National Latin Exam

The National Latin exam is an exam taken by Latin students all over the world. More than 149,000 Latin students from all fifty states par-ticipated in the National Latin Exam this year. There were Latin students from a few foreign countries including Australia, Mexico, Belgium, Canada, China, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Po-land, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Zim-babwe. The National Latin Exam was taken by the Latin students at the Hollidaysburg Area Ju-nior/Senior High who wished to participate. The exam is given to test the general knowledge of Latin grammar, vocabulary, mythology, Roman culture, derivatives and translation abilities.

Winners left to right from the Sr. High include: Victor Dimitroff, Emre Cardakle and Brian Walker.

Winners from the Jr. High include:Rohan Gup-ta, David Antonowicz, Jillian Wills and Court-ney Byrnes.

Latin Students Explore Red/Black Figure Attic VasesThis year after final exams, Mrs. Letizia’s Latin class-es had the opportunity to explore the narrative art of Greek Red/Black figure Attic Vase Painting. Many students had the unique opportunity to visit the Met-ropolitan Museum of Fine Art and view the vases in person. The students researched several vases, chose one that they liked and recreated it after writing a brief essay about the story depicted upon it. The stu-dents enjoyed the activity and are eager to recreate another next year.

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German Lessons at Frankstown Elementary

For the third year, Alicia Schmouder’s German 3 and 4 students have been doing lessons at Frankstown Ele-mentary School. The lesson usually involves a song, basic vocabulary and a small group activity. This year, students in the kindergarten and second-grade classes participated.

The lesson was based on Das Kleine Küken Piept song from the group Pulcino Pio. It features animal names and the sounds they make in German. The German 3 and 4 students taught the animal names and sounds (along with a motion to go with each) using flashcards, and then taught the elementary students the song and motions.

“20 Under 20”

Five Hollidaysburg Area Senior High students were honored at the Altoona Mirror’s “20 Un-der 20: Future Leaders of Central Pennsylvania” award banquet on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at the Ca-sino. The “20 Under 20” award recognizes high school students from across the coverage area for outstanding achievement in academics, the arts and community service. Over 140 students were nominated for the award, but only 20 make it to the final round. Each year two students from the top 20 are selected to receive the scholarship. One of the students was Jessica Brumbaugh, a senior at Hollidaysburg. Mace and Colter Long were also the first siblings to be selected into the top 20 together. Congratulations to all of these students for their hard work!

Pictured (from left to right):Taylor Baum, John Johnson, Jessica Brum-

baugh, Colter Long, Mace Long

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German Students Visit Hollidayburg

On April 1st, five students from Germany arrived in Hollidaysburg through the Friendship Connec-tion Program. During the month of April, they lived with local host families, attended school at the se-nior high, helped out in the German classes, and experienced American culture first hand during many ac-tivities. Host partners were as fol-lows: Rachael Angermeier hosted Nathalie Klein and Verena Poep-perl, Miriah Hershberger hosted Jennifer Meyer, Avery Jones host-ed Constanze Losert, and Madison McKeirnan hosted Christine Schell.

German students and their host partners traveled to Washington, D.C. to enjoy the cherry blossoms and visit the capitol. They also attended a Curve baseball game. Nathalie threw out the first pitch, and several other students participated in activities during the game. German Club students took a field trip to the Belleville Amish Market and Penn’s Cave. After learning about the German connection to the Pennsylvania Dutch, it was fun to hear the girls from Germany converse in German with an Amish man speaking Pennsylvania Dutch. The month-long visit culminated with an American style goodbye picnic and kickball game. The students flew home on April 28th. This June, Miriah Hershberger and Madison McKeirnan will be traveling to Germany for the second part of this exchange. They will live for four weeks with a host family and attend school there. Avery Jones and Rachael Angermeier are also making plans for future travel to Germany.

PMEA Choral Festivals

It has been an exciting year for our high school choral students. Two students, Taylor Baum and Amy Podoletz, qualified to participate in PMEA District 6 Vocal Jazz Ensemble, a group of approx-imately 20 students. Sixteen students qualified for District 6 Chorus and then Region III Chorus. They are: Amy Podoletz, Maude Sherrill, Taylor Baum, Divya Gupta, Paige Matteson, McKen-nah Rabel, Alex Douglas, Cierra Redinger, Victor Dimitroff, Eli Wood, Charles Antonowicz, Kyle Gornick, Andy Schaner, Wyatt Cree, Seth Part-ner and Blake Walter. From Region Chorus, Kyle Gornick, Maude Sherrill and Eli Wood qualified for PMEA All-State Chorus which was held in Hershey.

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Chemistry Olympiad

On March 21st, Naaila Ali, Madison Aungst, Ryan Blair, Em-ily Brzana, Grant Delozier and Rachael McKinney competed in the Local Chemistry Olympiad Exam. Top scores for our school were Emily Brzana and Grant Delozier. Of the approximately 100 students who took the local exam, Emily was one of ten students chosen to compete in the National Chemistry Olympiad Exam ad-ministered at State College Area High School. This seven hour exam determines the top 20 most promising young chemists. The three-part exam included two laboratory experiments, 60 multiple choice questions on organic, physical and traditional high school chemistry as well as eight in-depth essay questions. The United States has participated internationally in this event since 1984. It is sponsored by the American Chemical Society which was founded in 1876 and holds a Congressional Charter.

Senior High Community Service Week

On May 13, 14 and 15, seniors had the opportunity to give something back to their community. During this time, 294 twelfth-graders participated in service-learning activities. While underclassmen were involved in Keystone Testing, these students were at 26 various sites around the county. They per-formed a number of tasks including maintenance, beautification of parks and trails, clerical, construction, pet care, warehousing, childcare and various painting projects involving the Art 4 class.

A number of sites have been involved in the program since its in-ception. These include Rails to Trails, Canoe Creek State Park, Altoona Community Theater, HeadStart, Penn Mont Academy, Blair County Historical Society, Hollidaysburg Borough, Hollidaysburg YMCA and the Humane Society. New sites continue to be added each year which allows this program to remain a major activity for the senior class. One major project involved the construction of an elevated walking platform over the Marsh Trail at Canoe Creek State Park.

DEP Grant Awarded

In April of 2014, the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High was awarded $2,928 Environmental Education Grant from DEP. The grant is going to create the Tiger Nature Sanc-tuary and will be used to improve the dilapidated Biopond at the Senior High into a teachable space focusing on wet-lands. Work will begin on the project in the fall of 2014.

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Anatomy Awards

On May 5, 2014, Mrs. Bufalini’s Hon-ors Biology II students participated in the long awaited annual Anatomy Awards. The gala award ceremony was the culmination of the students’ intensive study of human anatomy including anatomical landmarks and orientation, medical terminology, abdominal pelvic quadrants and re-gions, and a plethora of knowledge encompassing directional terms, ma-jor planes, cavities, and body sys-tems. The Anatomy Awards unit was designed to showcase the exceptional efforts of the Honors Biology II stu-dents. These students are participants in the College-in-High School Anatomy and Physiology course offered at the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High.

Utilizing the language of anatomy and reaching back to the Renaissance to the great artist-anatomists such as Leonardo da Vinci, students were able to create their own human figures and anatomy models. Metamor-phosing from amateur anatomists to refined and competent pre-medical professional candidates, the Honors Biology II students manifested their skills by illustrating the human form and identifying the appropriate an-atomical landmarks, systems, and regions on their “cadaver” models.

After intensive study and modifications of their “specimen”, student projects were evaluated by Mrs. Bufalini and peer review. Project criteria incorporated attention to accuracy, organ placement, realism, and dynamic display quality. This year’s first place award winners were Caitlyn Batiste, Alexandria Galanti, and Abigail Love from period one; Taylor Givler and Sarah Goss from period four; and Sydney Fochler and Daniel Stubbs from period seven. Second place awards were captured by Margaret Franco, Victoria Gleason, and Kaitlin Lutton in period one; Noelle Bradley and Saje Starbird-Clancy in period four; and Kiersten Batiste, Maeve Lawruk, and Kendall Routch in period seven. Third place honors went to Jacob Barton and Aaron Gallagher from period one; Hannah Civils and Sierra Kirsch from period four; and Megan Cook and McKenzie Ryan from period seven.

In conjunction with the recognition of all “cadaver” honorees and the acceptance of awards, the Honors Bi-ology II students participated in a variety of multi-modality activities to showcase their comprehension of anatomy material content. Whether dancing the “Bufferena” while demonstrating anatomical landmarks or competing in “Body Boards” to outsurf the opposing team in identification of human anatomy, this year’s Honors Biology II classes were able to integrate their unit knowledge in an entertaining but educational Anat-omy Awards finale. The exceptional and dedicated efforts during this unit from all of the Honors Biology II students are acknowledged and congratulated with Mrs. Bufalini’s greatest admiration and esteem.

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Some lucky seventh- graders had a ninth-grade PAL this year! PAL (Peer-assisted Learning) was a group formed by Mrs. Marion Borr and Mrs. Lindsey Detwiler. Fourteen students from Mrs. Detwiler’s ninth-grade English classes volunteered to work with certain seventh-grade students from Mrs. Borr’s English classes who needed extra help with reading and writing. Mrs. Borr and Mrs. Detwiler chose digital les-sons for the whiteboard for the volunteers to “practice” with the students; these lessons were received through a HASD Foundation Venture Grant. In addition to peer tutoring, Mrs. De-twiler’s group presented a program to Team 2 students giving them some much-appreciated tips and advice for eighth and ninth-grade. The group’s t-shirts were designed by ninth-grader Kate Baker.

Be a PAL

1st row: Zaina Younes, Madison Clapper, and Megan Gilles. 2nd Row, left to right: Dalton Stone, Molly Deprospo, Madra Furman, Kate Baker. (Absent from the picture: Courtney Byrnes, Gabe Hayes, Victoria Grigg, Bridget Perry, Lauren Everett, Nick Piacentini, Kerrigan Freeman.)

In October 2013, the first semester Introduction to Journalism class and the ninth-grade Tiger Tales yearbook staff members participated in Safe Trick-or-Treat Night. Safe Trick-or-Treat Night is a community service project sponsored by the Senior High’s Key Club that is advised by Sarah Garman. The proceeds of the Night benefited the Zach Hinish Foundation.

Safe Trick-or-Treat

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Celebrate Diversity!By Cherie Langenbacher, 9th-grade

Celebrate Diversity! is a program that teaches seventh-graders to treat everyone with respect. The 2013-2014 school years marks the program’s twentieth anniversary. Students are taught about prejudice, discrimination, living with disabili-ties, different religions, how to combat intoler-ance and the Holocaust. Three Saturday events are held during the school year, and the students attend a field trip to Washington, D.C. in May. In Washington, D.C., students visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and tour the National Mall.

Junior High Quiz Team

The quiz team from the junior high participated in the annual Bedford-Blair Quiz League spon-sored by Appalachia Intermediate Unit 08. The team consisted of eighth-graders Dan Calvert and Derek Baum, along with ninth grade students So-phia Dellinger, Gabe Hayes, and Dalton Stone.

The season consisted of three meets featuring students from districts in the region. Each round featured toss up questions and bonus rounds. The junior high team, known as “Loki’s Army,” fin-ished the regular season in first place with a re-cord of eight wins and one loss.

The top four finishers from the regular season competed in a playoff match to determine the season’s champion. Hollidaysburg played the fourth place team in the first match and won. The students then played against the regular sea-son runner’s up, Bedford. The students worked hard,but lost the final match to Bedford in a close match. The team took home second place honors.

The team was coached by Christina Bracken and Alli Herbaugh.

Congratulations to seventh-grader Dani Young, winner of the 2014 Pennsylvania Level 7 State Gymnastics Championships, age 12 group. Pic-tured is Dani with four of the medals that she won at the event.

Gymnastics Champ

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Holocaust Projectby Madra Furman, ninth-grade

In March, Mrs. Detwiler’s ninth-grade Honors English class presented their Holocaust projects during the Celebrate Diversity! assembly held at the junior high. The assignment was to create a story, poem, or piece of art to represent something that the class learned while studying the Holocaust unit. After presenting projects in front of the class, Mrs. Detwiler chose the ones that she felt were the most organized and portrayed the emotions of the unit. Students that presented were Cailin Brashear, Dillon Lance, Dalton Stone, Olivia Ozio, Micah Clouse, Brianna Blevins, Sophia Dellinger, Ally Bihary, Zaina Younes, Nathan Stull, Molly DePros-po, Marissa Dubrow and Olivia Brockman. As a reward for talking in front of the two hundred Celebrate Diversity! students, the ninth-grade speakers attended the Celebrate Diversity! field trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May.

Children’s Book Author Mac Barnett by Madra Furman, Kaylee Dunlap and Hunter Leaper

Why would a children’s book writer come to talk at the Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School? Children’s book author Mac Barnett came to show students that it is possible to become a writer and to talk about reasons some-one should con-tinue writing in his/her life.

Mr. Barnett re-alized that he wanted to be an author in the seventh-grade. His teacher had told him he could become a writer, but he had nev-er seen it as a real profession because he had never personally met one. Barnett realized what types of books he wanted to write while working at a sum-mer camp for children between the ages of four and six. While there, he would create stories to tell the kids and loved how easily they accepted the fictional stories.

Barnett says that to become a writer, it is important to enjoy reading and to read every day. He also says that it’s not easy to write a story and there will have to be many different drafts, so patience is key. Bar-

nett mentioned that when writ-ing a picture book, it’s im-portant to make sure the pictures and text work together to tell the story. When asked about writing, Barnett says, “Writ-ing is a skill. A skill you have to

communicate something you love.”

Mac Barnett’s next book is called Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and is going to be coming out sometime in October 2014. He currently lives in Berkley, Cal-ifornia and travels all over presenting and reading his books.Each year the elementary school librari-ans bring in an author to visit; however, the author doesn’t always come to the junior high. The schools use book fair profits to pay for visiting authors, hop-ing it will inspire the students.

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MATHCOUNTS

The Blair Region MATHCOUNTS competition was held at Penn State Altoona on February 1, 2014. MATHCOUNTS is a competitive math-ematics program for middle school students that promotes mathematics achievement. The MATHCOUNTS team from Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School came in first place and ad-vanced to the state competition in Harrisburg on March 8th, 2014. The team consists of Casey Ottaway, Alexandra Kaplan, Rohan Gupta, and Mackenzie Baker. Additional students also com-peted individually. Daria Van Allman advances to state competition for her individual perfor-mance.

The students from Hollidaysburg who placed in the top ten in the Blair Region are: 1st - Casey Ottaway , 3rd Alex Kaplan, 4th-Daria Van Allman, 5th-Rohan Gupta, and 7th place-Mackenzie Baker. Casey Ottaway has placed first in the individual competition in the Blair Region for the past two years.

L to R: Alexandra Kaplan, Mackenzie Baker, Casey Ott-away, Daria Van Allman and Rohan Gupta

Veterans Day Breakfast at HAJHSThe Hollidaysburg Area Junior High hosted its annual Veterans Day Break-fast in November. Over 100 local vet-erans and their families were invited to remember Veterans Day and share their stories with students.

Breakfast was served by members of The National Junior Honor Society while a string quartet under the direc-tion of Jennifer Pappal provided music. Following breakfast, guests enjoyed music by both the boys’ choir and HA-JHS band. A patriotic poetry contest has held at the junior high and the win-ning poems were read aloud. It was a great opportunity for the students to say thank you to the veterans for their sacrifice and service to our country.

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Newseumby Jacob Helsel- ninth-grade Introduction to Jour-nalism student

In May, ninth-grade Introduction to Journalism, eighth and ninth-grade Tiger TV, and ninth- grade Tiger Tales yearbook staff visited the Newseum in Washington, D.C. This fairly new museum focuses on how the news has evolved, and how it has im-pacted human history.

Permanent exhibits viewed included the NBC Inter-

active Newsroom, 9/11 Gallery, Berlin Wall Exhib-it, News Corporation History Gallery, Today’s Front Pages Gallery, and the always popular Pulitzer Prize Photographs Gallery.

Two of the most popular temporary exhibits visited were the 2013 Pictures of the Year and the hilarious Anchorman: The Exhibit. In addition, the students experienced a 4-D movie titled “I-Witness: A 4-D Time Travel Adventure” and they participated in a photo ethics class.

Wrestler Places

Congratulations to seventh grader Trevor Mitchell (representing Team PA in the heavyweight division) for winning 5th place in the 2014 Dual National Champi-onships at Ohio State University. This tournament was sponsored by the National United Wrestling Association.

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PA Map

by Hailey Shaffer, ninth-grade Introduction to Journalism student

In April, Mr. Harris’s eighth-grade geography students had the opportunity to use a giant 20 by 30 foot map of Pennsylvania. The map was loaned to Mr. Harris by Dr. Janet Smith, a geography professor at Shippensburg University, through a program designed to focus attention to Pennsylvania geography. The map was placed in the seventh-grade gym, and students were engaged in activities from “Where was it made in PA?” and “How far is Hollidaysburg from…?”

McKenna Hurd stands on Easton, PA where Crayola crayons are manufactured.

Mr. Harris and his eighth period geography class measure distances on the map.

Yearbook Staff

by Morgan Holland, ninth-grade Intorduction to Journalism student and Tiger Tales yearbook staff member

In August 2013, ninth-grade Tiger Tales yearbook staff members Kaitlyn Gaus, Morgan Holland, John McCoy and Mikayla Warren along with eighth-grade Tiger TV staff member Khala Vines took a field trip to the Jostens facility in State College, PA. At the Jostens facility, the students learned new photo tips to improve their photography skills, and they learned how to develop a yearbook theme. The staff brainstormed ideas and by the end of the session, the 2013 Tiger Tales yearbook theme Earning Our Stripes was developed. In addi-tion, the staff worked with a Jostens artist who concep-tualized their ideas into an illustrated custom yearbook cover.

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School Wide Positive Behavior Support Program

The Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School was the front runner in implementing a district-wide initia-tive called the School Wide Positive Behavior Sup-port Program (SWPBS). The goal of this program is to emphasize positive social interactions with peers and staff members, increase instructional time by decreasing time used to address negative behaviors, and boost overall school climate. The entire junior high staff (teachers, administration, secretaries, caf-eteria workers, custodians, paraprofessionals, and IT department) were trained to understand the Re-sponse to Instruction and Intervention (RtII) Mod-el and to effectively utilize this program on a daily basis. Additionally, students in the building were taught the expectations we had for this program and their role in it.

The Be a Tiger, Earn Your Stripes motto encourages students to Be Here! Be Accountable! Be Safe! Be Prepared! Be Respectful! When a student was ob-

served exhibiting one of the qualities above, he/she was presented with a Tiger Stripe to acknowledge the positive behavior. Students kept track of their Ti-ger Stripes and could “cash them in” for prizes, ex-citing opportunities, or large events including: Mov-ie Day, Field Day, School Spirit Day or like events. Some of the smaller opportunities included eating outside, getting in line first at lunch, Tiger Punch Out Prize Board, and using Tiger Stripes to purchase items at the Student Store.

Based on the success of this program, the junior high has seen an increase in positive peer interac-tions, improvement in the manners and respect of students, and a more positive learning environment in the building. This program received a grant from the HASD Foundation and a donation from the Par-ent Advisory Committee. The SWPBS program will be implemented at C. W. Longer Elementary and the senior high during the 2014-2015 school year.

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All-State Musicians Student Performs at Carnegie

Andrew Burk, a student at Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School was selected for the 2014 High School Honors Performance Series at Car-negie Hall. He performed at Carnegie Hall in February with the Honors Band, playing the eu-phonium. The Honors Performance Series was created to showcase accomplished individual high school performers on an international level by allowing them to study under master conduc-tors and perform in the celebrated venue, Carne-gie Hall. Finalists came together for four days in New York City to have the opportunity to learn from conductor Craig Kirchhoff, work with other finalists, and get a taste of New York City.

Andrew auditioned in the fall of 2013 for the Honors Performance Series and was accepted after a review by the Honors Selection Board. Acceptance to the elite group is a direct result of the talent, dedication, and achievements demon-strated in his application and audition recording. Andrew joined other performers from the United States, Canada, and select international schools for a special performance at world-famous Car-negie Hall, a venue that marks the pinnacle of musical achievement.

Andrew studies music with Scott Sheehan and Kris Laird and is a member of the marching band, jazz band, symphonic wind ensemble, con-

Left to right - Kyle Gornick, Maude Sherrill, Eli Wood, Marielle Nackley, Jesse Ottaway, Carl Klingbeil, Madalyn Martinsen, Peter McMa-hon, and Jenna DeLozier

District Jazz Festival

Front row (l-r) - Colter Long, Charles Antono-wicz, Cody Farabaugh, Mace Long, Standing (l-r) - Matt DeLozier, Taylor Baum, John John-son, Andrew Burk, Jacob Miller, Andy Schaner, Casey Holliday, Emily Naugle, Courtney Noal, Amy Podoletz.

The following students attended the PMEA Dis-trict 6 Jazz Festival at Altoona Area High School on Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2014.

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District Band

These students attended the PMEA District 6 Band Festival held at Meyersdale Area High School in February. Seventeen students qualified to advance to the Region III Band Festival held in March at State College Area High School.

Row 1 (l-r) - Jenna DeLozier, Row 2 (l-r) - Max Gehringer, Clarissa Budd, Rachel Kaneshiki, Mikayla Mc-Cord, Jessica Brumbaugh, Nick Lashinsky, Celena Turiano, Avery Jones, Matt DeLozier, Row 3 (l-r) - Peter McMahon, Charlie Reilly, David Wertz, Taylor Baum, Madalyn Martinsen, Hannah Smith, Marisa Ewing, John Johnson

District Orchestra

In January, twenty-four students traveled to Richland Sr. High School to participate in the PMEA District Orchestra under the direction of Jeff Turner, principal bassist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Of those students, 14 went on to participate in the PMEA Western Region Orchestra at Trinity High School in late February. Three students, Marielle Nackley, Carl Klingbeil and Jesse Ottaway advanced to the PMEA All-State Orchestra which was held in Hershey, PA during the PMEA All- State Convention in late March. Congratulations to all of our orchestra festival participants!!

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Elementary Bandfest

In April, twelve students represented the Holli-daysburg Area School District at the annual Dis-trict 6 Bandfest. This year’s festival was held at Berlin Brothersvalley School District and in-cluded over 150 students. These students were selected for their outstanding musical talents.

The Hollidaysburg band students who partici-pated this year were: Rachel Sabatino (clarinet), Aubrea McIntire (alto saxophone), Ian Smilnak (tenor saxophone), Kyle Gochnour (trumpet) and Lily Evans (trombone) from Frankstown El-ementary; Lauren Simpson (flute), Walt Wedel (tenor saxophone), Bryce Helmer (trumpet) and Meghan Cutshall (French Horn) from Foot of Ten Elementary; and Abigail Karn (flute), Na-than Ferris (trumpet), and Kyle Daugherty (bari-tone) from C.W. Longer Elementary.

Adam Naugle from Foot of Ten Elementary and Jesse Clayton from Frankstown Elementary were also selected to participate in the District 6 per-cussion ensemble which takes place at Bandfest as well.

These students spent the day at Berlin Broth-ersvalley School District preparing for an eve-ning concert. Students from Blair, Bedford, Cambria, and Somerset counties participated in this annual event.

Junior High County Chorus

In February, the junior high choral department hosted Blair County Junior High Chorus. Ap-proximately 180 students sang in the choir, 32 of whom represented our district. Our guest di-rector was Dr. Ryan Beeken, Director of Choral Activities from IUP. After two days of intense rehearsing, students gave a public performance. It was an enriching opportunity for all involved!

Participants:

Row 1: Evan Kelly, Dominic Daily, Olivia See-ley, Chelsea Showalter, Alex Kaplan, Trinity Lear

Row 2: Seth Lowey, Nathan Hilderhoff, Briana Blevins, Sammy Obeid, Kain Davis, Sophia Del-linger, Marissa Dubrow, Josh Redinger

Row 3: David Antonowicz, Josh Lynn, Isaac Wood, Nic Seeley, Kamrynn Wantz, Jaden Parker, Grace Everett, Maura Gildea

Row 4: Chris Gorman, Austin Finochio, Abby Betar, Mandy Sky, Clair Rhodes, Daria VanAll-man, Rebekah Hammaker, Mikayla Warren, Bai-ley Pfeffer

Row 5: Thomas McKeon, Casey Ottaway, John McCoy, Matthew Vonada, Nathan Stull

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Eli Wood Achieves Honor

Congratulations to Eli Wood who has partici-pated in every honors choral ensemble possible over the course of his high school career! Eli has qualified for PMEA District 6, Region III and PMEA All-State Chorus all three years. Addi-tionally, Eli qualified for the NAfME All Eastern Division Honors Chorus held in Hartford, Con-necticut in March of 2013 as well as the NAfME All National Chorus held in Nashville, Tennesee in October 2013. Eli’s hard work and dedication has resulted in the opportunity for life changing musical experiences. Best wishes to Eli as he enters the U.S. Naval Academy this summer.

National Recognition

For the third consecutive year, the Hollidays-burg Area School District was recognized by the NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commit-

ment to music education with a Best Communi-ties for Music Education (BCME) designation. The Hollidaysburg Area School District joins 376 districts across the country to receive the prestigious distinction in 2014.

The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit organiza-tion supported in part by the National

Association of Music Merchants and its nearly 9,000 members around the world with the mission of advancing active participation in music mak-ing across the lifespan by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving and public service programs from the international music products industry. For more information about the NAMM Foundation, please visit www.nammfoundation.org.

Rockin’ the Strings

In late January, the Hollidaysburg Area String Orchestra presented the fourth annual “Rock-in’ the Strings” concert. This year’s theme was “Rock Royalty” which featured songs from artists Queen, Prince, Elvis and Michael Jack-son. The group played music selections such as “Royals,” “Rolling in the Deep” and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

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FANTAZIA

Fantazia began their school year with two invitations. In October, Fantazia sang with Blair Concert Chorale (BCC) at their fall concert under the direction of Dr. Ryan Beeken, new Artistic Director of BCC and Director of Choral Activities at IUP. The theme was “Music Across the Ages.” Fantazia performed several pieces of their own as well as several pieces with the adult and children’s BCC choirs.

In November, Fantazia was a part of a “Choral Summit” hosted by the Penn State University music department at the invitation of Dr. Anthony Leach. Choirs from nine different high schools across the region performed for each other. Following each performance, a faculty member of the Penn State music department worked with and critiqued each ensemble. Both opportunities were invaluable experiences for our students!

Frankstown Chorus

The Frankstown Elementary School celebrated the arts at the Hollidaysburg Area YMCA on April 29th. The 5th and 6th Grade Chorus, and the FranksTones performed their spring concert to a packed house, while some amazing artwork from Frankstown students, as well as the entire school district, was on display throughout the YMCA.

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The FranksTones and ASO

The Frankstown Elementary vocal group, The FranksTones, were recently invited to perform with the Altoona Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestra Teresa Cheung. This holiday concert took place at the Mishler Theatre in December. The students were directed by their music teacher, Mary Villani, who also plays in the orchestra. The fifth and sixth grade students who participated were Alyssa Bell, Maya Connell, Oliv-ia Day, Lily Evans, Niyah Gransbury, Dominic Lill, Aubrea McIntire, Tanner Mock, Claire Nackley, Natalie Nagle, Kristin Neeley, Megyn Nolan, Katie Ocker, Sarah Partsch, Allison Patrick, Ellie Sheehan, Samantha Shoemaker, Ian Smilnak, and Meghan Snyder. They were joined by students from the Bellwood-Antis Middle School for the sold-out performance.

Song Fest

The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 6 Song Fest was held at Northern Bedford High School in May. The guest conductor was Mr. Kim Raugh from Richland School District in John-stown. Approximately 140 fifth graders from Bed-ford, Blair, Cambria and Somerset Counties were selected to participate. Participants from our dis-trict included: Katie Avery, Ava Krstyen, Elizabeth Sensebaugh, Olivia Snyder, and Jacob Stephens from C. W. Longer; Lydia Eger, Isabella George, Sydney Hilliard, Grace Jester, Peyton Pasley, Kateia Priel, Andrew Roman, Brandon Rowan, Noah Smith, and Katie Tinker from Foot of Ten; Alyssa Bell, Ian DiPangrazio, Holly Guise, Jeremy Jones, Laken Lynch, Claire Nackley, Sarah Partsch, Ellie

Sheehan, Samantha Shoemaker, and Ava Ventura from Frankstown. The students were accompanied by their directors, Martha Miller, Lori Stephens and Mary Villani.

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Bingo for Books

The Hollidaysburg Area School District Title 1 reading specialists held a very special Bingo for Books night in February at C. W. Longer Ele-mentary. Over 100 parents and students attend-ed this fun event. Parents helped their children play bingo, and many children won books and stuffed animals. Snacks were sponsored by the Hollidaysburg Area Food Service program, and we even had a visit from the Blair County Dairy Princess. Dr. Francine Endler did a great job as the bingo caller, and all children left with a book. It was a fun night for everyone involved.

Chats and Crafts

Moving from elementary school to junior high can be a tough transition. Teacher Lisa Surkov-ich from C. W. Longer Elementary hopes to make this transition a little easier for sixth grade girls. Funded by friends and family, the Chats and Crafts group meets for five Mondays to dis-cuss issues and have fun making crafts. This year twenty girls from C. W. Longer participated in this exciting group. Topics discussed included being unique, kindness, bullying and being a bully, setting goals and individuality. Crafts in-cluded flip flops, bubble gum machines, jewelry, picture frames and much more.

Girls participating were: Grace Snyder, Libby Burwell, Allison Hileman, Allison Black, Rachel Westley, Maura Kriebel, Elizabeth Henderson, Ariel Icenhour, MacKenzie Kifer, Brianna Mad-den, Lyndsay Keagy, Jadyn Gallagher, Brianna Boykin, Kelly Chipperfield, Carrisa Fedesco, Splendora D’Ottavio, Samantha Betar, Carly Finochio, Hannah Snyder and Elise Gailey.

CWL Student Council Caroling

Over 100 CWL students led by the C. W. Lon-ger student council and many parents and staff members spent a cold December evening carol-ing through Hollidaysburg. This was one way student council gave back to the community in which they live. We Are

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Good Days Start with Breakfast!

Students at Charles W. Longer Elementary partic-ipated in “Fuel Up to Play 60” which is a fun nu-trition and physical activity program created by the National Dairy Council, the National Football League (NFL) and the United States Department of Agriculture. In May, the students celebrated the importance of eating a nutritious breakfast with pro-motional themes such as “YO-Go Yogurt Parfait Day,” “Fun with Milk Moustaches,” and a “Break-fast Dance Party,” each complete with announce-ments and prizes. Sarah Leahey, fifth-grade teacher, led the student team to create and perform a dance during breakfast to encourage students to make pos-itive changes by being physically active. The “Fuel Up to Play 60” Team recognizes that proper “fuel” at breakfast is important for students to stay alert and ready to learn throughout the school day.

L to R: Weston Barnes, Riley Tryninewski, Makay-la Koelle, Nathan Ferris, Emmalee Claar, Sarra Wilkins, Sarah Leahey, Carrisa Fedesco

Sports Illustrated Kids

Students in Miss Leahey’s fifth-grade language arts classroom at C.W. Longer Elementary benefited from a subscription to Sports Illustrated Kids magazines. The magazines were delivered in January thanks to a grant from the HASD Foundation. Students were excited to read the articles and learn about different athletes. The magazines have been utilized in numerous ways. In addition to reading articles for classroom assignments,

students have enjoyed reading the articles during their free time. The magazines were purchased to give students more exposure to nonfiction texts in a format that they enjoyed. Also, the students completed assignments regarding comparing and contrasting articles, completing time lines, writ-ing summaries, and writing letters to their peers about their views on the content of the article.

SI Kids has a lot of features that appeal to fifth-graders. The articles are short and easy to read, have fun facts about athletes in every is-sue, pictures are everywhere, and even though the layout stays the same, the content is always different. This grant has motivated our students to read more nonfiction pieces of literature!

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Read Across America

Students in Mrs. Brown’s second-grade class-room at Charles W. Longer Elementary took a trip across our country culminating in a celebra-tion on Read Across America Day. During the trip the school read over 900 books.

Minecraft in the Classroom

The sixth-grade students from Mr. Madden’s sci-ence classes at Charles W. Longer Elementary used the game Minecraft to create biomes, vol-canoes, and geysers to demonstrate their under-standing of Earth science. Minecraft is a creative game that allows players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D procedurally gener-ated world. Students used their tablets and smart-phones to collaborate and create these projects. They presented their Minecraft worlds to the class through Apple TV.

Pictured L to R: Greyson Morris, Jacob Gard-ner, Cecelia Williams, Ava Barnes, Leah Snel-ling

Rubik’s Cube

Fifth grade students in Mr. Burkey’s class at C. W. Longer participated in the You CAN Do the Rubik’s Cube program as part of their math enrichment with Mrs. Moore. Students worked through the eight week unit us-ing cubes purchased with grant funds from the HASD Foundation and C. W. Longer PTO. The course incor-porated math concepts and provided an opportunity for students to practice their problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Peer mentoring was provided by junior high students who had used the program with Mrs. Moore to learn to solve the cube. Students were highly motivated to learn the algorithms required to complete this challenging puzzle. As an extension activity, students applied their skills to create mosaic pictures using a borrowed set of 100 Rubik’s cubes as pixels. After complet-ing a mosaic using a template provided by the program, the students tackled the challeng-ing process of pixelating their own picture. The end result was a surprise Rubik’s cube mosaic of Principal Gildea that was unveiled during the end of the year assembly.

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Tiger Paw Painting

The CWL Student Council and Mrs. Watt’s Senior High Art Club gave back to the community by repainting the tiger paws onto the Tiger Paw Path. This service project was led by the student council officers and par-ents.

Governor’s School Breakfast Challenge

Last fall, Governor Tom Corbett and First Lady Susan Corbett issued a challenge to all Pennsylvania schools to increase partici-pation in their school breakfast program. It is well doc-umented that when kids skip breakfast, it can affect their overall health as well as their ability to learn in school. The winner of the challenge was awarded to the Pennsyl-vania school who had the largest gain in breakfast partic-ipation. Of more than 150 school districts that completed the challenge, Hollidaysburg was recognized as runner up, receiving $750 to be used to support the continuation of a strong breakfast program.

One of the most notable breakfast programs for the dis-trict was implementing “Breakfast in the Classroom” for kindergarten students. Just as the name implies, a nu-tritious breakfast was served to each student right in the classroom enabling them to start the school day ready to learn without hunger-related disruptions.

Mrs. Mielnik, a kindergarten teacher at C. W. Longer, took this opportunity to teach her students table manners and said that the program “gave the students a sense of community.” Mr. Swogger, kindergarten teacher at Frankstown, was impressed by the fifth grade student helpers taking their responsibility above and beyond what was expected. A parent commented that her children do not like to eat first thing in the morning, so knowing that breakfast was available as part of the school day was reassuring.

In addition to the kindergarten program, the Food & Nutrition Department promoted the importance of breakfast by celebrating National School Breakfast Week March 3rd-6th. Breakfast participation increased from 12% in 2013 to 19% in March, 2014 due to fun and informative newsletters, announcements, and promotions.

Betsy Snyder, Food Service Director, is honored to receive the runner up award. She is looking forward to continuing innovative breakfast programs encouraging our students to make breakfast a priority and an important part of the school day.

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Math and Science SaturdayIn February, the 11th Annual M. A. S. S. (Math and Science Saturday) was held at the senior high school. Over 200 students in the district’s three elementary schools participated in this exciting event. Students in grade one through six were able to attend three different hands-on science and/or math activities.

Teachers Rick Imler, Dawn Elchin, Lynette Luke and Sheryl Imler coordinated the event. Members of com-munity organizations and local colleges and universities were on hand to provide exciting activities for the students to enjoy.

First Place Finish - Frankstown

Frankstown Book Club earned a 1st Place ribbon at the IU08 Read-ing Competition held at Forest Hills Middle School in April.L to R: 1st row: Claire Nack-ley, Elaina Fisher, Morgan Bi-hary, Alyssa Bell, Holly Guise, Lizzie Johnson, 2nd row: Ethan Shanafelt, Xeriah Blevins, Ann Franco, Coach, Eva Chen, Kris-tin Neeley, Olivia Baird and Beth Tully, Coach.

Earth Day EventAt the Earth Day event at the Logan Valley Mall on Saturday, April 26, Foot of Ten’s recycling videos were displayed. This year’s theme was This is how recycling works in my school...Foot of Ten had three entries. Foot of Ten’s Trash Diva’s won first place! Team members were Torie Herr, Sydney Hil-lard and Mackenzie McCaulley. Congratulations on a job well done!

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Brain Bowl

Frankstown Elementary School hosted its 16th Annu-al Brain Bowl Competition. Since its inception in 1999, the Brain Bowl competition has provided an opportunity for students to showcase their academic ability. This year’s Brain Bowl boasted the most participants in the competi-tion’s history, with 173 stu-dents. Top Center: Congratulations to this year’s Brain Bowl Champions, Or-

ange Oranges, with Nick Matteson, Cooper Otto, and Triston Odroneic!

Cereal Drive

In just one week, Frankstown Stu-dent Council’s cereal drive brought in $900.00 worth of cereal to be donated to the St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry.

Students pictured left to right: Gaige Orndoff—President, Na-talie Nagle—Vice President, Au-brea McIntire—Secretary, Rachel Raposas--Treasurer

Elementary Band at the Curve

On May 7th, the Hollidaysburg ele-mentary sixth-grade band students performed at an Altoona Curve game. The students performed the piece Re-gal Fanfare and March by Dr. Scott Watson followed by The Star Span-gled Banner. It was quite an honor to be on the field to perform the Na-tional Anthem.

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The 2014 Central PA Science Fair was held on April 26th at the Forest Hills Middle School. This annual science fair is for students in grades 1-8. Three of the winners were from the Holli-daysburg Area School District.

Jacob Ott, a second-grader from Frankstown Ele-mentary won third place in the Division I (grades 1, 2, and 3) for his project “Changing Lengths = Changing Frequencies”.

Mark McCoy, a fourth-grader from C.W. Lon-ger Elementary won third place for Division II (grade 4) for his project “The Effect of Tempera-ture on a Golf Ball”.

Adam McCoy, a sixth-grader from C.W. Longer Elementary won Honorable Mention for Divi-sion III for his project “What is the Best Soil to Grow Grass?”.

Frankstown Book Club

Frankstown Book Club attended the March 25 meeting of Blair Reading Council at C. W. Lon-ger Elementary and presented a mock reading competition.

Approximately 18 senior high students took time out of their busy schedules to visit Frankstown Elementary on March 4th to help our students celebrate Read Across America Day.

Students visited a variety of classrooms and read stories to the students. Books varied from One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish to Where the Red Fern Grows.

Our elementary students enjoyed having the old-er students in their classrooms, probably as much as some of the former Frankstown students liked returning to their elementary school!

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Guided Reading Grandma’s

Rita Haluska, Pat Hunter and Debbie Smith, all grandparents of students at Frankstown, have been a welcome addition to kindergarten’s guided read-ing. All the grandma’s are retired teachers who have so graciously donated their time to help Frankstown’s kindergarten students get off to a great start with their reading skills.

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Girls’ Track RecordsThe senior high girls’ track and field team enjoyed a banner spring season this year, establishing 5 new school records and earning the first medal for a Hollidaysburg relay team at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. The 1600M relay team of Makenzie Wilkinson, Alexis Palfey, Taylor Pond and Maddy Aungst earned a silver medal with a new school record of 4:04.54, shattering the record they set last year by six seconds. The time earned them an overall placement of 112 out of 595 girls’ teams. The Lady Tigers won the West Perry Invita-tional with a dominating performance. The Lady Tigers not only took home the team title but also collected the following awards.

MVP Awards: Meet MVP went to Ali Wyland,

Track MVP went to Alexis Palfey Field MVP went to Makayla Williams.

School Records:100M Dash – Ali Wyland - 12.34200M Dash – Ali Wyland - 26.14

400M Dash – Taylor Pond - 1:00.291600M Relay – Makenzie Wilkinson, Alexis Palfey, Maddy Aungst, Taylor Pond

Pole Vault – Makayla Williams - 9’6”

L to R: Mackenzie Wilkinson, Ali Wyland, Makayla Williams, Taylor Pond, Alexis Palfey, Maddy Aungst

Girls’ Track District 6 ChampionsThe following athletes were District 6 Champions and qualified for the PIAA State Championship meet in Hershey. Madelyn Betar , 1st place Discus; Makayla Williams, 1st place high jump; Madison Aungst, Victoria Surma, Alexis Palfey, and Alison Wyland, 1st place 4x100 Relay. Alison also qualified in the 100 meter dash.

L to R: Mackenzie Wilkinson, Alexis Palfey, Maddy Aungst, Taylor Pond, Coach Don Tantius

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Girls’ SwimmingThe girls’ swim team finished the season unde-feated at 12-0. They finished in first place in the CWAAC. Megan Keefer, Emily Brown, Cassidy Saleme and Madison Clapper were selected to the CWAAC All Star team.

Boys’ SwimmingThe boys swim team finished 12-0 completing the first undefeated season in school history. They finished in first place in the CWAAC. Mace Long (100 Fly), Colter Long (100 Breast) and the 200 relay team of Mace Long, Max Gehringer, Alex Gehringer and Greg Dinges all won District 6 titles and qualified for the PIAA State Champi-onship meet at Bucknell.

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Girls’ TennisThe 2013 Lady Tiger Tennis team finished the season with an undefeated 18-0 record. It was the fifth straight year that the Tigers have finished undefeated. They currently have an amazing 83 match undefeated streak, spanning the last 5 years. They recently won their 5th straight Dis-trict Team Championship with a 3-0 shutout vic-tory over rival State College.

Marissa Lanzel, senior, won the District 6-AAA Singles Tennis Championship with a 6-3,6-2 victory over Lauren Lucas from Altoona. With the victory, Marissa advances to the PIAA state tournament, and the final 16 players in the state. The state tourney will be held November 1st in Hershey. Marissa has an undefeated record of 15-0 this season, and is the Lady Tigers #1 sin-gles player. She was also named Altoona Mirror Athlete of the Week and is a past District Dou-bles Champion.

Boys’ TennisThe 2014 edition of the Boys Tennis team com-pleted an undefeated regular season and won its first District Championship in school history, fin-ishing with a final record of 16-1. They also ad-vanced to the final 8 in the state playoffs for the first time, and ended with the most victories in one season in team history.

Amir Alkhafaji was District 6-AAA Singles Champion, Hollidaysburg Boys first District Champ in singles since 1996. He was also named Altoona Mirror 1st team All-Star as well as PIAA All-State Honorable Mention.

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Cross Country

Cross country athletes, Makenzie Wilkinson and Bridget Perry, qualified for the PIAA State Championships in Hershey.

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Damien Huff was a District 6 Champion in wres-tling and qualified for the PIAA State Champion-ships in Hershey.

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Foundation Dedicated to Supporting Educational Programs

The HASD Foundation, which is dedicated to supporting the educational mission of the Hollidaysburg Area School District, has provided over $400,000 in grants to teachers for innovative programs, artists-in-resi-dence, clubs, and educational enrichment activities since its inception.

Additionally, the Foundation board of directors has worked with numerous families and businesses to estab-lish scholarship programs that benefit Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School students.

It is through the generosity of local businesses, school district employees, alumni, community members, and other organizations that the HASD Foundation has been able to provide these resources to enhance the district’s educational programs.

A heartfelt thank you to the following contributors:

Platinum($250& up)Dr. Janelle Brumbaugh Doris Criswell In Memory of Harry Criswell Jr. Philip & Lugene Delozier (1974)Scott Finnochio Dr. Paul & Anne GallagherMichael & Dawn GarrityTom GildeaHarrison & Margaret Snyder Charitable TrustHollidaysburg Area Women’s ClubHollidaysburg RotaryDr. Charles Howells IIDr. Natasha KaranjiaKohl’sLexington Investments (UPMC Altoona)Lexington One, Inc. (UPMC Al-toona)Shawn McCarl In Memory of Wade PorterShirley Pechter (1938)Cindy RaposasDean and Judith RossiJames RoutchSheetz, Inc. Erica & Travis SheetzLouie & Holly SheetzGlen W. Smith (1975)Debra SpringerJames and Kim Van Buren

Silver ($100-$249)Amy BarefootStephen & Patti Bickley (1986)Blair Gastroenterology AssociatesGordon Delozier (1947)Jean DolingerSam & Linda Dougherty

Dr. Penne & John EdgellDr. Robert GildeaJanice GrzesinskiJames & Margaret HancuffMarilyn & Jim Hilling In Memory of Donna Joy HillingFred & Joann Imler (1959)Donald ImlerKathy JohnsonJolene & Thomas KoprivaKris LairdJames Leamer (1959)Angela LetiziaMindy LiBarbara Linares (1959)Ruth Longer In Memory of Charles W. LongerCecelia Mackey (1960)Joseph & Lori MartinelliAnna MayJohn & Brenda McGregorJudith McLaughlinJames MurphyRebecca Myers (1995) In Memory of Regis Flaugh (1981)& J.R. Flaugh (1998)Jeffrey & Barbara Nein (1967)Shirley (Hackenberg) Norman (1945) In Memory of Dr. Nile E. Nor-manBrent & Ellen Ottaway In Honor of Dr. Paul GallagherThomas OverKelly ParnellRuth Proctor In Honor of Dean & Lucille RhodesWendy Saltzburg (1962)Mike & Marcia Satryan Imogene Stayer

Veronique SternRussell StilesDwight & Debra StraesserRichard Taylor (1958)Nancy Vonada Barbara WachterMartha WengerRaymond WolfeDr. Jesse & Susanne Wright (1961)

Bronze ($50-$99)Jane & John Becker (1976)Catherine BreisacherStephen Carey (1967)Theresa Cedzo In Memory of Raymond & Leah BarronerTimothy & Annette Civils In Memory of Thomas W. CivilsGlenn & Ruth ClapperCrista (Allen) Coleman (1987)James & Mary Ann Cook (1969) In Honor of Carol (Allen) PaloneLarissa CrumLara DolphinCharles Flick ((1961)Elsie GarrisTim GildeaDave & Angela Heim (1984/1986)Linda HooverTimothy & Colleen HughesVicky Imler In Honor of Jeffrey Allen Imler, Class of 2007Karen KaczmarekKessey Kieselhorst (1969)Lara Larson In Honor of HASD TeachersMartha MillerAnthony Muro

Stephen NearhoofMeena & Rashmikant PanditTyler & Sarah Piper Patricia Sheridan In Memory of husband, EdwardHelen Smith In Memory of V. Bud Smith, Class of 1937 Susan TaneyhillMary VillaniAndrea WalterEileen Williams Marion Wright (1935)Leon & Janet Zook

Friend ($10-$49)Karly Aiken Paula AlbrightWayne AyerAnna BalourisJennifer BarryGail BeheRachel (Crooks) BlackMarion BorrP. Kaye Bouslough In Memory of Richard K. BousloughCatherine BreisacherChristine & Leonard BrownJill BulmanArlene Burket (1945)Melissa & Jeffrey Burkhart (1985)Wendy CampbellMaribel CaskeyNick & Heather CecereLou Ann Clary (1965)Class of 1953 In Memory of Otis (Sonny) ImlerClass of 1953 In Memory of Ronald L. EverhartClass of 1954

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In Memory of Thomas J. Tierney Dr. Andrea Coulter (1956)Jen Cox Angela Crawford (1975)Darlene Ann Crum (Willebran 1976)Rakshya DahalAlice DavisDiane Diller (1976)Ronald & Amy DobbinsConstance Dolinski (1956)Frank Filkosky Stephen & Janice FrankLacy FrazierVictoria GrosserTom HaluskaGeorge Hansen (1940)

Sally HarclerodeCarol HerreraPaul & Sally Hetrick (1961)Rick ImlerMargaret JeffreysSteve KirschStacey KnottFrancis KolbenschlagElizabeth (Albarano) Martinson (1968)Michael McGuiganMariah MillerWayne & Fujie MosesRita MurphyForrest & Patricia Nale (1960/61)Christopher & April O’Neil Lauren Pannebaker

Joe PeroniStephanie PlatonSusan Plummer Guy Ratchford

Bob & Ginny Reeder In Honor of Barb BundyVirginia RickardKaren Rosensteel Marcia RossmanRev. Robert & Jean RuppJoseph SaclaroGeorge Seely (1955)William & Hazel Shaw (1958)Helen Sinal Phillip SmithDr. Ronald Sommer

Lorraine StephensSara StultzStacy StuttardRuth Ann SurmaErnest & Helen TomasettiAllison TomkowskiAmy TurianoKelli Vent Pamela VoytishEthel Walters (1947)Barbara Wertz-LeidenJohn WessnerNicole WombacherJean YinglingJohn YogusJennifer Zbozny

The following staff members were honored by students and their families this holiday season through a gift to the Hollidaysburg Area School District Foundation:

C. W. Longer Elementary Mr. Gregg, Bus #18Mara MurgoShane Reffner, Student TeacherDeborah SmithConnie TomassettiLauren Wharton

Foot of Ten Elementary Alyssa CarpenterLydia DivelyBrigitte DonlanLaura HeffelfingerHeather LightnerAmy LoyaLinda McMahonDianne NeffStacy Stuttard

Teresa Sullivan Nichole TewellPamela Voytish Angela WaibelJohn WessnerPaul Yakymac

Frankstown Elementary Deb BarronerHeather Berish Justin ClarkKristie Clayton Mr. Craig, Bus #7 Sherry DesortMr. Frank FilkoskyAnn FrancoLacy FrazierBrandy GreggJaime Hartline

Judy HeslopTim Keech Ms. LightnerValerie Montgomery Karen MorderJennifer NewfieldLauren PannebakerCraig ShaleMisty ShoenfeltEvelyn SidehammerBrandi SnowbergerMatt StinsonNiccole StultzDerek TrimmerMary VillaniPolly Wiley

Jr. High Michael Bianco

Elda BooseLeigh Ann CraigLindsay DetwilerStephanie EverettAllison HerbaughBarb HuffKellie HurdJacqueline McKeehan Jennifer Pappal Tina PetersAlicia SchmouderVeronica Sell Mark ShoemakerAndrew TinkerJohn WallsDianna WaltersKaren WeiseBarb Wertz-Leiden

Thank you for honoring these individuals with a gift in support of public education. We are so proud to work with your children in this great public school system!

HASD FoundationBoard MembersDawn D. Garrity, PresidentKim Van Buren, Vice PresidentMichael Routch, Secretary/TreasurerCate BurgerLeisterJames Campbell, Jr.Dr. Penne EdgellPeggy HancuffKelly ParnellSarah PiperErica Sheetz

Mission Statement

The mission of the Hollidays-burg Area School District Foundation is to put ideas for enhanced education into ac-tion by funding innovative programs, boradening teach-ing and learning opportunities, and encouraging community involvement.

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National Achievement Program Outstanding Participation

The National Achievement Scholarship Program, sponsored by National Mer-it Scholarship Corporation, is an academic competition established to honor Black American high school students. Marisa Ewing was one of approximately 4700 high school seniors whose 2012 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholar-ship Qualifying Test scores were among the top 3% of more than 160,000 Black Americans who requested entry to the 2014 National Achievement Program. Marisa was recognized for her academic success, and her name was included in a roster of Outstanding Participants being referred to about 1,500 U.S. colleges and universities.

National Merit Scholarship Commended Students

Annually, 1.5 million students take the PSAT and SAT to enter the National Merit Scholarship Program Com-petition. Approximately 35, 000 students nationwide are recognized as commended scholars. Congratulations to Caitlyn M. Edgell, Aaron W. Logue, Mira V. Patel and Anna E. Springer for being recognized as commended students.

2013-2014 HASD Foundation Educators-of-the-YearCongratulations to Mrs. Alysia Watt, senior high art teacher and Mrs. Kim Nicewander, kindergarten teacher at Foot of Ten Elementary, for being named the 2013-2014 HASD Foundation Educators-of-the Year! This award is sponsored by the Hollidaysburg Area School District Foundation, Beerbower Jewelers and Horace Mann Insurance.

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