This publication, Profiles in Excellence, provides the communitywith an overview of the many programs and successes that our students have experienced during the 2008-09 school year. As you enjoy this year-end report, I am certain that you will agreethat our students were actively engaged in a wide variety of learningopportunities.

Annually, we develop a district theme to focus our energies andefforts on behalf of students and staff. This past year we utilized thenew school district vision statement, “Educating for Success,Inspiring Excellence.” This statement was created by our StrategicPlanning Steering Committee. Professional and support staffresponded to the message with a renewed emphasis on the importance of working together to meet student needs with our goalto attain excellence in all that we do. In Parkland, we believe in continuous improvement, always looking to progress in every aspectof our programs and services for students and staff. Honoring student and staff achievement is critical to maintaining a positive culture and climate in the Parkland School District. We celebrate

these accomplishments and thank all involved for making the extra effort to achieve at the highestlevel.

Each year we analyze numerous sources of data, including test scores on state and national tests,to determine student needs and improve achievement by working to better meet these needs. Our students and staff have responded with a cooperative effort that continues to achieve excellent results.In particular, we work diligently to assist and support our special needs students to reach proficiencyon state assessments. This is an ongoing challenge for students and staff that we embrace withdetermination.

The mission of the Parkland School District is to assist young people to grow and develop into productive citizens. As a result of the dedication of students, staff, parents and the entire community,the school district continues its rich tradition of noteworthy accomplishments. This past school yearwe once again celebrated achievement that garnered numerous state and national awards in all academic areas as well as in the arts and athletics. Guided by the efforts of a talented and caringstaff of educators, Parkland students continue to distinguish themselves. This annual publicationserves to illustrate many examples of these efforts.

We are very proud of all of our students and staff. It is through their positive interaction that theschool district is able to achieve these desirable outcomes. However, as with every successful community-sponsored enterprise, another ingredient essential to bringing all of this achievement tofruition is a supportive community!

Parkland School District is blessed with a positive, pro-active, supportive community. We know thatpublic schools tend to reflect the community in which they are located. The ongoing support of theParkland community has allowed our schools to be strong and effective. With your continued assistance, we will work harder to continue to grow and improve.

Louise E. Donohue, Ed.D.Superintendent of Schools

On the Cover:During the 2008-2009 school year, the theme of “Educating forSuccess, Inspiring Excellence” was embraced across the district.Pictured on the cover is a collage of student achievements thatare highlighted in this book.

Editor’s Note:Gathering the material for this publication is a yearlong process.Sources include information submitted by principals and teacherswithin the district throughout the year. All professional staff members also receive year-end surveys used to collect staffachievement data.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT...

Dear Stakeholders in the Parkland School District,

On behalf of the Board of Directors,as President, it is my pleasure towrite to you prefacing our Profiles in Excellence for the 2008-2009school year.

As you examine this publication, I believe you will agree with us thatour educational theme for the 2008-09 school year, “Educating forSuccess, Inspiring Excellence,” isabundantly evident within these pages.

Starting with the merit profiles and continuing through elementary, middle, high school, and the LehighCareer & Technical Institute; depicting excellence inscholarship, the arts, sports, community involvement;and showing the hard work by the students, faculty,administration, support personnel, and, most importantly, the parents; we find much to celebrate and be proud of as a Parkland partnership and family.

We, the board, could not be more amazed and gratified by the commitment of our Parkland team tochallenge our students to be the best of the best. We certainly are proud of all of our students who striveto be the best they can be, and those who contributedto their successes.

I continue to believe that there is a masterpiece lockedwithin each and every child. By combining the effortsof the entire Parkland community, and by “Educatingfor Success, Inspiring Excellence,” those masterpieceswill continue to be unlocked every day.

Robert E. BoldPresidentParkland Board of School Directors

2009 CO-VALEDICTORIANSChristopher Busack was a memberof the National Honor Society, theNational Math Honor Society and theSpanish Honor Society. He playedfootball for two years and volleyball forfour years and was selected as captainof the varsity boys’ volleyball team.Chris was a member of the P.A.L.S.club for four years and served as Vice-President his senior year. He is afour-year member of Explorer Post. Chris earned theNational Honor Society Award of Scholastic Achievement in Mathematics. He attained a 4.9167 grade point averageand scored 2140 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test includinga perfect score of 800 on the Math SAT and the SAT 2 subject test in Math. Chris plans to attend Duke Universityin the fall and double major in Chemistry and Math. He isthe son of Annette and Frank Busack.

2009 CO-VALEDICTORIANSAaron M. Levick was a member of thesoccer team for four years, and trackfor two years. He was involved withthe Leo Club for four years and amember of the Debate team for twoyears, serving as Co-Captain hissenior year. Aaron was a NationalHonor Society member and a memberof the National Math Honor Societyand the French Honor Society. He is afour-year member of the French Club, his senior yearserving as Vice-President. He also participated in thePennsylvania Math League for four years. Aaron is thefounder and President of the Exploring Careers inEngineering Club. Aaron is a National Merit Finalist andscholarship recipient and received the AmericanAssociation of Physics Teachers Outstanding StudentAward. He attained a 4.9167 grade point average andscored 2270 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test including aperfect score of 800 on the Critical Reading SAT. Aaronplans to attend Cornell University and major in Physics.He is the son of Doctors Mary and Donald Levick.

2009 SALUTATORIANChristopher Whittaker was a four-year member of the track team and participated in cross country fortwo years, being named the Lehigh Valley Scholar Athlete in Cross Country his senior year. He was amember of the National Honor Society and the National Math Honors Society. Chris participated in thePennsylvania Math League. Chris is a talented musician, participating in the Jazz Band and the ConcertBand for four years. He served on the Student Senate as well. Chris was the President of the Class of2009 for four years. He achieved the Eagle Scout Award and remains active in the Scouts. Chris is adedicated volunteer with his church as well as the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Chris was the recipient of this year’s Donley Award for Excellence as well as the Cohen-Feeley ‘Best of the Best’Scholarship. He received the Community Service Award from the Exchange Club of Western Lehighand is a National Merit Commended student. He attained a 4.902 grade point average and scored 2210

on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Chris plans to attend Duke University and major in Economics and International Relations.He is the son of Deborah and Harold Whittaker.

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Eleven Parkland seniors were among a group of 16,000National Merit Finalists in the 54th Annual National MeritScholarship program. The finalists make up about .5% ofeach state’s graduating class.

Kerry Cao was a member of Parkland High School’sDebate Team, Odyssey of the Mind Club (this club came in7th in the World Finals last year), Math League, ScienceOlympiad, National Honor Society, Scholastic Scrimmage,Political Science Club, French Club, French Honor Society,and the Boys’ tennis team. He has held leadership positionsin many of the clubs he is involved in. He also was a 5-timeNational Winner in the Guild Auditions for piano.

Steven Dunmire was the President of thePerforming Arts Club, and a member of the InternationalThespian Society, the Chorale, National Honor Society, andSpanish Honor Society. He participated in the school playsand was the Children’s Show Co-Director for the 2008-09school year. He was also the Teen Co-Chair of the UnitedWay’s TeenWorks Board as well as a teacher of religiousschool.

Aaron Levick (2009 Co-Valedictorian) was amember of the soccer team for four years, and track team fortwo years. He was involved with the Leo Club for four yearsand a member of the Debate team for two years, serving asCo-Captain his senior year. Aaron was a National HonorSociety member and a member of the National Math HonorSociety and the French Honor Society. He is a four-yearmember of the French Club, his senior year serving asVice-President. He also participated in the PennsylvaniaMath League for four years. Aaron is the founder andPresident of the Exploring Careers in Engineering Club.Aaron is a National Merit Finalist and scholarship recipientand received the American Association of Physics TeachersOutstanding Student Award. He attained a 4.9167 gradepoint average and scored 2270 on the Scholastic AptitudeTest including a perfect score of 800 on the Critical ReadingSAT. Aaron plans to attend Cornell University and major inPhysics. He is the son of Doctors Mary and Donald Levick.

Christine Mays was the drum major of the marchingband for two years and the President of the band for oneyear. She was also Co-leader of the Flute Choir and a Co-leader of the Truth Bible Study as well as a member ofthe Elementary World Language Enrichment program, MathLeague, National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, andSpanish Honor Society. In her spare time, Christy helpedher community by participating in a leadership team at herchurch youth group as a member of the church orchestraand going on mission trips.

Raaj Parekh was the Regional President andChapter President of Future Business Leaders of America,Co-captain of the Debate Team, Co-editor-in-chief of theschool newspaper, and was a member of the PoliticalScience Club, National Honor Society and AmnestyInternational. He hopes to study Economics andInternational Relations at Brown University.

Steven Rosen was the Student Representative tothe School Board, Scholastic Scrimmage Captain, Club MedPresident, Debate Team Co-captain, Math League VicePresident, JSA President, National Honor Society Treasurer,Future Business Leaders of America Treasurer, and PoliticalScience Club Treasurer. He was also a member of the Boys’Varsity Tennis team and Student Senate and won numerousawards in the National History Day competition. He co-founded Tennis Friends, an organization for teens with special needs.

Delaney Snyder was a Co-captain of the ClubSoccer Team and a member of the Leo Club, Spanish HonorSociety. She played JV soccer and ran track where shemedaled in Districts. She also volunteered at the ParklandLibrary during high school.

Bianca Tang was an editor of the school’s newspaper, French Club President, French Honor SocietyTreasurer, and a member of the Elementary World LanguageEnrichment program, Student Senate, Math Honor Society,National Honor Society, Key Club, and Varsity Dance Team.She also served as the Student Senate Arts Representative.Bianca won Pennsylvania Scholastic Press Associationawards for newspaper articles and an award for her performance on the Le Grand Concours, a national Frenchcontest. In her spare time, she volunteered at Lehigh ValleyHospital in Pediatrics and has been dancing and playing thepiano for 12 years.

David Tench was 1st chair tenor saxophonist in theJazz Ensemble and ran hurdles in Varsity Track. He wasalso a member of the French Honor Society and the NationalHonor Society.

Joyce Wang was the President of the Art Club,Historian of the French Honor Society, and PR Chair of theRed Cross Club as well as a member of the ElementaryWorld Language Enrichment program and PHS Bible Study.She is also a worship leader at the Lehigh Valley ChineseChristian Church.

Yunfan Zhang speaks Chinese and Spanish andvolunteers her time in a nursing home and hospital pharmacy. She enjoys reading and origami and hopes tostudy Biology.

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MERIT PROFILES

MERIT PROFILES

2009 PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS

MATH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

MATH WIZARDSZhenghao “Tony”Shen was the onlystudent to qualify forthe United States ofAmerica MathOlympiad atParkland HighSchool. He received a perfect score on thePennsylvania Math Exam and was one of only 5students in Pennsylvania to achieve this honor.He also placed first at the Bucknell University MathCompetition out of 147 participating high school students. The Parkland High School Team of TonyShen, Steven Rosen, and Kerry Cao received anHonorable Mention Plaque placing 4th out of 28 schoolsat Bucknell and took 9th place in the FBLA’s NationalLeadership Conference competition in Business Math inAnaheim, CA over the summer. The team as a wholeplaced 1st in Lehigh County and 5th in the state. TonyShen is pictured above with teachers Ms. Stinner, Ms.Sproul, and Principal Sniscak.

TRIG STAR CHAMPNicholas Dyszel was awarded $200 for winningthe PHS Trig StarCompetition and $1000 anda plaque for winning thestate competition. The TrigStar Competition is

sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Chapter ofPennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors (PSLS).Parkland has had two state 1st place winners in fiveyears of participating in the Trig Star competition andboth have been sophomores and students in Mr. Haaf’smath classes. Nick is pictured above with mathteacher David Haaf (center) and Robert Miller, Trig StarCommittee Chairperson from PSLS.

ENGINEERING AWARD

At the 2nd AnnualPennsylvania ProjectLead the WayEngineering/DesignChallenge, fourteenPennsylvania high school teams from across the statecompeted to design a solar-powered vehicle within aspecific amount of time and given identical bags ofmaterials. Not only did the teams have to design thevehicle, but they all had to make timed team

presentations detailing how they arrived at theirdesign. The results were judged by a group of engineers from Carpenter Technology, a leading manufacturer and distributor of specialty alloys locatedin Reading, PA. Project Lead The Way is a nationalnon-profit organization that works in partnership withpublic middle and high schools to implement a curriculum that emphasizes hands-on experiences inengineering, design, and technology. Pictured attachedis the Parkland Engineering team with the “BestPresentation” award. From Left to right: Jack Huang,Nick Dyszel, Mr. Yocum, Shannon Varcoe, SteveWynosky, and Stephanie Goldberg. Their teachers areJim Kester and Bob Yocum.

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGNTwo teams of ParklandHigh School studentscaptured 1st and 2ndplace in thePennsylvania SchoolBoards AssociationStudent ArchitecturalDesign Competition

which was designed to give students an opportunity to apply the skills required in school to a real-life,real-world project. The students were asked to createan elementary school in an urban setting with limitedexisting space. The first place team is pictured aboveand includes (from left to right): Emily Stein, TanyaHaldeman, Michael Andrew, and Jared Bilsak. Thesecond place team included: Darpan Patel, GeorgeHayward, Nick Dyszel, and Fatema Kanji.

ENGINEERING PROCESS AWARDThe PHS Engineering Clubparticipated in the 2009SeaPerch Competition atDrexel University and won2nd Place for theirEngineering Notebook (the Team that best demonstrates the engineering process) and 3rd placefor their Oral Presentation (for their creative presentation that best reflects a marketable companyproduct). The team is pictured as follows: Back rowfrom left to right: Alex Caballero, Danielle Sullivan,Shannon Varcoe, Kris Zeller. Front row from left toright: Abhi Mehta and Brian DeVincentis.

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MATH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

STOCK MARKET WINParkland High School students took part in anonline Stock Market Gamerun by the National Councilfor Economic Education(NCEE) as part of Investingclass. The game is a 10-week simulation during

which students invest an imaginary $100,000 by buyingstocks listed on the major securities exchanges. Team rankings are based on the final portfolio values.Students competed against 59 other teams in theScranton/Lehigh region. Finishing in 1st place for thefall, with a final portfolio of $112,392 are, (left to right),Mike Williamson vice president, Prudential Financial,Michael Ashcraft and Christopher Brill. Absent from thephoto is Karen N. Ceh (advisor). The Parkland team ofChris Krajcir and Justin Lewis placed 3rd.

SCIENCE FAIR WINNERSPJASParkland High School participated in the 75th annualPennsylvania Junior Academy of Science StateCompetition. Seventeen students scored a 1st placewith a score of 4.0 or higher. Sara Kaskowitz, 12thgrade, scored a perfect 5.0 and was also awarded witha plaque for 6 years of participation at PJAS. The other1st place winners include: Carl Blew, Janelle Crilley,Pitambar Dayal, Andrew Feldman, Steven Frey, SachinGanhdi, Sara Kaskowitz, Samir Lakhani, Bret Lesavoy,Paul Peng, Rohit Rajendran, Matt Ringer, AlexandraSavkova, Melissa Schlags, Peter Shi, Sophia LeeSrinivasan and Carly Trachtman. The teacher advisoris Loretta Igo.

DELAWARE VALLEY SCIENCE FAIRFirst PlaceMelissa Schlags – MicrobiologyJack Huang – Chemistry

SPECIAL AWARDSJack Huang - Bronze Medal Freshman Fair, UnitedStates Air Force Award, Jack Mixit Award and theChromatography Forum of Delaware Valley HighSchool Award Steven Frey and Jack Huang - NANO/BIO InterfaceCenter AwardMelissa Schlags - USDA Future Scientists Award.Sophia Srinivasan - American Entomological SocietyCalvert Award

LEHIGH VALLEY SCIENCE FAIR WINNERSFirst PlaceJack Huang – ChemistryColin Bader - Behavior/Social SciencePeter Shi – PhysicsGreg Kemper – EnvironmentalDolly Malik and VrundaVthalani – Team ProjectSagar Laud – Medicine/HealthSophia Srinivasan - Zoology

Students pictured for winning science awards include:Front row: Mr. Laub, Mrs. Baranak, Melissa Schlags,Sneha Mitra, Andrew Feldman, Mrs. Igo 2nd row: SaraKaskowitz, Molly Weinberg, Carly Trachtman 3rd row:Sachin Gandhi, Jack Huang, Sophia Srinivasan, MeganSnyder, Carl Blew, Rohit Rajendran, Pitambar DayalBack row: Paul Peng, Alexandra Savkova, SamirLakhani. Not pictured are PJAS 1st place award winners Peter Shi, Janelle Crilley, Bret Lesavoy, StevenFrey and Matt Ringer.

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COCA-COLA SCHOLARSKelsey Bonsell and Steven Rosen were selected as oneof 250 Finalists in the 2008-09 Coca-Cola ScholarsProgram which distinguishes them as an outstandingleader in their school and community. There were nearly75,000 applicants and more than 2,100 Semifinalistswho applied to be a part of this program which awards50 $20,000 scholarships and 200 $10,000 scholarshipsto the Finalists who traveled to Atlanta, Georgia (Coca-Cola headquarters) April 2-5, 2009 for a ScholarsWeekend. Kelsey and Steven enjoyed an all expensepaid trip that included interviews that determined theirfinal scholarship award as well as a banquet that honored their achievements and a weekend filled withseminars, tours of local landmarks, social gatherings anda community service project.

ODYSSEY OF THE MINDParkland High School’sOdyssey of the Mindteam placed 2nd in theirdivision at the statecompetition and thenwent on to place 7th atthe World Finals held atIowa State University.They are coached byJudy Migliore-Erdman.Maureen Kautzmann and Laura Kowalski serve asmoderators for the team. The team is pictured left toright, back row: Stephen Erdman, Sarah Said, ErinGaney, Marisa Bannon, Kerry Cao. Front row: MeganBannon and Vivien Tsou.

ECONOMICS CHALLENGEThe Parkland HighSchool EconomicsChallenge team of (fromleft to right) Alex Stein,Josh Heft, RashidaKamal, Sarah Holko won2nd place in the state

level competition this spring.

POLI SCI CLUB MEETS PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR

Due to the outstanding performance at the LVIACModel United Nations, the PHS Political Science Clubhad the opportunity to attend a presentation by the former ambassador to the UN from Pakistan, AhmadKamal, as well as have a private question and answersession with him. Nine students attended. Picturedfrom left to right are: Hamidisan Ahmed, Tyler Coulton,Alex Stein, Ambassador Ahmed, Kelsey Grasoff,Niharika Agarwal, James Joseph, Alina Spiegel, TomAcker, Chris Whittaker, and Calliope Volikas,teacher/advisor.

MODEL UNParkland High School PoliticalScience Club’s Sophia LeeSrinivasan won the award ofDistinguished Delegate at the 2009Kutztown Model United NationsConference. The Parkland HighSchool Political Science Club wonawards at the LVIAC Model United Nations Conferenceas follows: Zach Gayner-Best Delegate, Raaj Parekh-Best Delegate, Parth Javia-Best Delegate, Parth Javia-Best Resolution, Chris Whittaker-Best Delegate,Stephen Erdman-Best Resolution, Tyler Coulton-BestResolution, and Tyler Coulton-Best Delegate.

SCHOLAR ACTIVITIES

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TRUMPET AWARDS

The Parkland High School student newspaper, The Trumpet,received a Gold Award (the highest honor) by the prestigiousColumbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) at ColumbiaUniversity with a score of 971 out of 1000. The paper was alsoawarded a Silver rating in the 2008 Pennsylvania School PressAssociation Newspaper Evaluation contest. Additionally,professional journalists from across the state judged almost 600student entries in writing, illustration and design. Gold ParklandHigh School winners are:Andy Wagaman (3) gold awardsBianca Tang (2) gold awardsHelen Stanley (3) gold awardsKatie Sheinberg (1) gold awardRashida Kamal (3) gold awards

Alex Gardner won 1st place in the Spot News Category in the2009 Scholastic Keystone Press Awards Contest sponsored bythe Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. The Trumpet alsoreceived a first place award in the American ScholasticPress Association’s annual review and contest for scholastic newspapers. Andy Wagaman andKyle Desandes-Moyerreceived the BestOverall SportsCoverage in the contest. This year’seditors were RaajParekh and Alex Stein.

Pictured above are(from left to right): Alex Gardener, Andy Wagaman, Alex Stein, andRaaj Parekh with Board President Robert Bold.

MORNING NEWS

The Parkland Morning News Team at Parkland High School onceagain received the Shortie Award at the Student Film and NewsFestival for having the best high school news program at the 8thAnnual Festival on June 6th in Washington, D.C. This year’s

competition received nearly400 entries, created by closeto 3,000 filmmakers, from 23states in the U.S. and 13other countries.Top row fromleft to right: Gina Morrone,Dan Stinebaugh, ChristineDax, and David Miller.Bottom row: Mel Knouse and

Andrew Kim. Missing from photo: Alex Krisko, Jon Whittaker, MattKrisch, Sarah Jagiela, and Guy Lesavoy.

FRENCH

National French Contest WinnersJack Huang and Sophia Srinivasanplaced 1st and 2nd in the LehighValley Region and also placed 6th and7th nationally on the National FrenchContest exam, “Le Grand Concours.”

NOVELIST

Katie Sheinberg is a PHS student who self-published her first novel The TreasureTrove Tales aimed at Middle SchoolStudents. She is pictured left with her bookand middle school teacher, Ms. JessicaReitnauer, whom she thanked for helping tomentor her and foster a love for writing.

VFW VOICE OF DEMOCRACY ESSAY CONTEST

Parkland High School’s winners include: 1st Place Michelle Trinh

2nd Place Eugenia Kim 3rd Place Danielle RosenDanielle Rosen’s essay won at the regional level and ultimatelywon 6th place in the state. Dale Ritter won VFW Teacher of theYear for District 8.

The photo aboveincludes from left toright: Joseph Zeller - Macungie VFW and Chairman of the VOD contest;Caliope Volikas - PHS AP US History teacher of the 3 schoolwinners; Eugenia Kim; Danielle Rosen; Michelle Trinh; Dale R.Ritter - PHS History Teacher/School Coordinator for the VODcontest and 1st Place District 8 VFW “Teacher of the Year.”

SIGN LANGUAGE

Mariah Alston signed the National Anthem at the HarlemGlobetrotters game at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, PA. Also,Lauren Ritter volunteered to interpret for a deaf student taking aModern Design class at The Baum School of Art this year.

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PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS

PERFORMANCESFALL PLAY: THE DIARYOF ANNE FRANKThe Parkland HighSchool cast and crewbrought to life thehuman experience ofeight people hidingfrom the holocaust inan Amsterdamattic. Pictured here are:Tom Acker, MorganReilly and HannahSnyder-Samuelson.

The Performing Arts Club put on Seussical, Jr. as theannual student-directed and performed Children’sShow.

The PHS Spring Musical, Godspell, was nominated for9 Freddy Nominations and the Best Performance by aFeatured Actress Award went to Morgan Reilly.

STATE BAND, CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA HONORSThe following Parkland High School students auditioned for and won the opportunity to participate inthe All-State Concerts representing Parkland as someof the best talent that exists in Pennsylvania highschools today:

ALL-STATE CHORUSHannah Snyder-SamuelsonMorgan ReillyKirsten Tamte-HoranAndrew KurtzNicholas RoehlerRyan McCarty

ART AWARDS

Catherine Kemmerer won a 2009 National ScholasticArt Award for her meticulously detailed painting that isshown in the picture above. Nearly 80,000 studentssubmitted more than 140,000 works of art and writingto 81 regional programs. The top regional artworks,approximately 8,000, received Gold Keys and wereautomatically entered into national judging. Only 500individual works of art received national awards andwere honored at a ceremony at Carnegie Hall, NewYork City. Catherine’s painting then went on to be soldto Lehigh Valley Hospital and will be housed in their artgallery. It is the first student work of art that the galleryhas purchased.

Thuy Tran won a 15th Congressional District Art Competition Second Place Award from the Baum School for her still life collage, “Still Life.” She won 2 certificates,$25, and a one-term scholarship to the

Baum School of Art.

Parkland High School student Matt Foxcompeted at the Pennsylvania StateComputer Fair at Dickinson College.He won 3rd place in the state for his“Shards of Light” digital graphic design.

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ALL-STATE BANDEllen ChoiRachael HendricksALL-STATE ORCHESTRAAnlin WangAlina SpiegelZeke Francis

GARTER BOWLGarter Bowl is a girls’ powder puff flag football eventduring Homecoming week where the freshmen girlsplay the junior girls at 6 PM, the sophomores face theseniors at 7 PM, and then the winners of the 2 previousgames face off in a championship game at 8 PM. Thisevent serves as a huge spirit event that has brought inthousands of students and members of the communityand is also a charity event. The annual goal this yearwas to increase the students’ as well as the community’s awareness on local environmental issues.The Student Council contributed their proceeds to TheLehigh Valley Zoo to continue to preserve the gamelands and continue to educate our community on thelocal and imported animals under their care.

GEO CLUB ELECTRONICS RECYCLING EVENTCommunity members dropped off their unwantedelectronics, batteries, cell phones, radios, computers,printers etc. for recycling at this annual event. Mostitems cost $1 to recycle, but TV’s were a flat rate of$18 regardless of size, bulbs were 25 cents per pieceand batteries were 75 cents per pound. They collectedmore than 15,000 pounds of recyclables.

Nicholas Tacca was nominated by the Eastern PAYouth Soccer Association to receive the 2009 UnionLeague Good Citizenship Award in recognition of hisendeavor to follow and uphold the principles of acommitted citizen. As a result, he was invited to attendYouth Work Day at the Union League in Philadelphia where he participated in a full day of workshops on therights and responsibilities of good citizenship and anevening banquet.

The Red Cross Club held a Heroes Campaign to raisemoney for local disasters. The club was asked to raise$500, but they exceeded that with a totalof $701 whichwas made up bystaff donationsalone.

Parkland High School’s Music Production classreleased a holiday albumentitled, Parkland: A Seasonfor Giving 2008. Profits fromthis third annual project set arecord. As a result, $1,300 wasraised for their charity, theCHILDREN OF FALLENSOLDIERS RELIEF FUND.

The French Club held a fundraiser at Applebee’srestaurant to benefit children in the french-speakingregion of West Africa, Benin, where French teacherNoel Smith spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar. The students raised over $800 in profits and Applebeestold them that it was the second highest fund raisingbreakfast they had ever had.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE

COMMUNITY SERVICE

STAFF AWARDS

Parkland High School GuidanceCounselors Dixie Gross and Kim Pilgertpresented, “Keep Your Sanity - How ToTake Control Of The College AdmissionsProcess” at the College Board Forum2008 in Houston, Texas. It was theirsecond time presenting at the nationalconference.

Amy L. Moyer, a PHS Family andConsumer Science Teacher and asecond-year Ed.D. student inLehigh University’s College ofEducation’s InternationalLeadership program, was selectedto showcase her research atLehigh University’s ResearchSymposium on April 16th. Her research focused on sustaining pre-service teacher education teacherreform in a Post-Soviet Latvia. Amy traveled to Dhaka,Bangladesh during the summer to study the Bengali language, going to class 6 hours per day for 9 weekson a fully-paid scholarship. The Critical LanguageScholarship (CLS) is sponsored by the United StatesDepartment of State and the Council of AmericanOverseas Research Centers (CAORC). The CLSProgram is part of the National Security LanguageInitiative (NSLI), a U.S. government interagency effort to expand dramatically the number of Americansstudying and mastering critical need foreign languages.

Chris Barrett, Parkland HighSchool art teacher, has beenaccepted to the TransartInstitute of Danube University inLinz, Austria to begin his graduate study toward an MFADegree in New Media. It willtake three summers of coursework. This year it took place inBerlin, Germany. This is aninternational program of studywhere he will be working withartists from all over the world. He was one of eighteenwho has been accepted out of 700 applicants.

Jason Henry, Parkland High School Classrooms forthe Future Technology Coach, wasselected as a Keystone TechnologyIntegrator (KTI) as one of 100 teachersacross the state to attend the KeystoneSummit at Bucknell University July 27-31, 2009 because of his work inusing technology in meaningful ways toenhance teaching and learning.

There, he engaged in hands-on experiences thatincreased his ability to lead and support the effectiveuse of technology in the classrooms.

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SENIOR LCTI LAB AWARDSAdministrative Office Technology/AccountingAriana Hinds - Outstanding Achievement in PowerPointAuto TechnologyStephen Geneczko - 2009 Hamm’s Auto Parts SpecialistNathan Eberhardt - Attendance CAP Early Care & Education of Young ChildrenErin Koch – Attendance, Outstanding Student

CAP Home Health ServicesMartha Wood - Outstanding Student

Commercial Baking Brittany Sherman - Outstanding StudentCosmetology Amy Millsap - Outstanding EstheticsDiesel Medium/Heavy Truck Technology Joseph Sell - Attendance Drafting/Computer-Aided Design Kevyn Faverey - Outstanding Architectural Student,Outstanding StudentEarly Care & Education of Young Children Kirsten Fegley – Leadership, LANAEYC Award forExcellence in ECEYCElectrical Technology Bryan Peralta – Attendance, Excellence inEmployability Skills, Outstanding StudentHealth Occupations/Health Related Technology Mindra Perez - Outstanding in Healthcare SkillsHeating/Air Conditioning and Refrigeration John Shattah - Excellence in Employability,Outstanding StudentJonathan Bortz - Outstanding Technical SkillAchievement, Baran Technical Institute scholarship,Associated Building and Contractors ApprenticeProgram scholarshipLandscape Construction/Environmental Design Ronald Smith - Outstanding LandscaperLaw Enforcement/Security Systems Brittany Sutter - Attendance Kent Jenkins -Outstanding Police Patrol OfficersHolly Guevara - Outstanding Private Detectives and InvestigatorsMasonry Brendan Woodbridge - Dependabiltiy/ReliabiltiyMaterial Handling/Logistics Technology Andrew Hein - Outstanding StudentPainting and Decorating Tyler Marinucci - Joe Cruthers Memorial AwardHailey Noe - Outstanding Student

Plumbing and Heating Joshua Heil - Attendance Print Technology/Graphic Imaging Sheryl Guzman - Outstanding Desktop PublisherSmall Engines/Recreational Vehicle Repair Curtis Fritchman - Outstanding StudentSOC Food Service Donnie Mason - Attendance SOC Indoor/Outdoor Maintenance Ian Thackray - Outstanding StudentJoshua Finn - Outstanding Team WorkerSOC Material Handling Nicholas Grim - Safety Kelsey McKinney - Teamwork Web Design/Web Programming Jonathon Ramos - Outstanding Digital Layout and DesignWelding Technology John Keck - Attendance

LCTI STATE AWARD WINNERSThe following students made it to state level competition in their respective Career andTechnical organizations.SKILLS USAJustine Rios, Nail Care Model, First Place

DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUBS OF AMERICA (DECA)Tiphani Grady, Apparel and Accessories MarketingWritten Test, Gold medal and Apparel and AccessoriesRole Play, Gold medalKyle Opie, Automotive Services Marketing WrittenEvent, Gold medalKayleigh Klotz, Travel and Tourism Marketing TeamEvent Written Test, Gold medalAshley O’Hara, Travel and Tourism Marketing TeamEvent Written Test, Gold medalAlex Weaver, Sports and Entertainment MarketingTeam Event Written Test, Gold medal and Sports andEntertainment Marketing Team Event Role Play, Goldmedal

FAMILY, CAREER, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERICA(FCCLA)Alexandra Jany, Entrepreneurship, First PlaceSamantha Cancaro, Culinary Arts, First Place Awardand $16,000 in scholarships

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS STUDENTS OF AMERICA (HOSA)Kaitlyn Weaver, HOSA State Officer Western RegionVice President, First Place

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PHS SENIOR AWARDS

2008-2009 Senior Academic Awards RecipientsPHS SENIOR AWARDS

Donley Award Christopher WhittakerRoland J. Wotring Scholarships Hannah Binder

Matthew GilletteSusan Posch-Tafuri

National Merit Finalists Kerry CaoSteven Dunmire

Aaron LevickChristine Mays

Raaj ParekhSteven Rosen

Delaney SnyderBianca TangDavid TenchJoyce Wang

Yunfan ZhangNational Merit Scholarships Aaron Levick

Steven RosenBianca TangJoyce Wang

Air Products Merit Scholarships Kerry CaoChristine Mays

Raaj ParekhNationwide Foundation Scholarship Alexander KriskoGary P. McCartney Scholarship Nicholas PetrogeorgeLee A. Kreidler Scholarship Cassandra HartzellDwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Award Jason SolenskyPENSPRA Scholarship Erin GaneyParkland Media Network Award Christine Dax

Alexander KriskoElmer Gates Award Kevyn FavereyMatthew Koch Vocational Scholarship Kevyn FavereyUpper Lehigh Lioness Lions Award Jared Bilsak

Erica MurphyUpper Lehigh Lions Club Award Melissa Cruz

Sarah HolkoMonica Stachowski

Helen StanleyAllen M.M. George Scholarship Sarah HolkoExchange Club of Western Lehigh Christopher WhittakerCommunity Service Award Allentown West-Western Lehigh County Sean KeiperRotary Club Scholarship Leonard SalinesKeystone Nazareth Scholastic Sarah HolkoScott Gollatz Memorial Scholarship Jon Ward

Achievement, Service & LeadershipThe Seeing Eye Scholarship Ashley Glick

University of Rochester Dean’s Scholarship Mitchell JonesJustin Sheftel Memorial Scholarship Michaeleena Cosgrove

Nicholas GisolfiThe Second Mile Award Kelsey BonsellStudent Council Service Award Lauren Sniscak

Monica StachowskiAdam Wolk Memorial Scholarship Alex GardnerCoca-Cola Scholars Grant Kelsey Bonsell

Steven RosenCadet Anthony Severo SADD Scholarship Mikala AshmarUnited States Military Academy West Point Brian KiernanUnited States Naval Academy Annapolis Austin ZalikUnited States Coast Guard Academy Nathan WarnkeSemper Fidelis Music Award Nicholas Gackenbach

PARKLAND MUSIC BOOSTERS:Orchestra Scholarship Ariane TorresChorus Scholarship Kayla ToborowskiBand/Color Guard Scholarship Christine MaysParkland Performing Arts Award Steven DunmireJason Goldenberg Memorial Award Ashley WerkheiserWalter W. Johnson Sr. Writing Award Ariane TorresWegmans Scholarships Ian Haberle

Tegan HanlonRebecca Hausman

Emily HolkoAnn Marie Krulick

Sarah PfenningAdam Ward

Charles A. Klein Jr. Memorial Michelle AhrensScholarship (Cetronia Elem. PTO)Fogelsville Educator’s Scholarship Jamie MotskoRenee G. Beitler Memorial Scholarship Patrick ClauseIronton PTO Scholarships Richard Trevor Troxel

Devon Ziegenfuss

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Richard A. Houck Honorary Scholarship Kylie PolzerKernsville Elementary School Megan Lewis

Emily SteinKratzer Elementary School Kelsey Bonsell

Jesse KrasleyParkway Manor Scholarship Tegan Hanlon

Megan Steber

OMS P.T.O. Scholarships Steven DunmireLiana Mandel

Springhouse P.T.O. Scholarships Meghan HoltzhaferMegan Steber

Parkland Youth Center Scholarship Kelsey BonsellClint Miller

Annie B. Fritch Scholarships Casey FagerAshley Glick

Jesse KrasleyKayla Persichetti

Slatington Lodge #440 Award Sean KeiperSeñora Herber Memorial Award Steven DunmireShaun Buenzly Memorial Scholarship Alex Gardner

Tiffany SamuelAmerican Association of Physics Teachers Aaron LevickScience Fair Excellence Sara KaskowitzDr. Peter Miraldo Science Award Maria CartolanoStanley L. Cramer Chemistry Award Christine MaysLV Society of Women Engineers Christine MaysPolitical Science Club Scholarship Stephen ErdmanCongressional Citizenship Award Joseph CalpasSons of The American Revolution Award Stephen ErdmanParkland Education Association Awards Jamie Motsko

Alex GardnerPHS Student Store Award Michael Martinez

SENIOR ART AWARDS:National Scholastic Silver Medal Art Award Catherine KemmererShaun Buenzly Art Award Catherine KemmererPortfolio Prep Danah ClarkCeramics Anastasia ZeliosJewelry & Metals Steven Pribanich

Thomas SotoComputer Graphics Matthew FoxDrawing Thomas KostelnikAdvanced Drawing Ann Marie KrulickCrafts Noah KirshnerPainting Thuy TranPhotography Kristy McKeeverRoger LaDue Senior Art Award Kyle YuditskyCheesecake Art Award Daniel Incalcaterra

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AWARDS OF SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT:Art Catherine Kemmerer

Business Michael Martinez

English Gianna Walton

Family and Consumer Sciences Emily Bowden

Spanish George Hayward

French Nikitasha Aggarwal

German Jamie Lorah

American Sign Language Kathryn Novak

Social Studies Brett Feldman

Orchestra Yecheskel Francis

Band Sarah Wascavage

Vocal Music Megan Ohlsen

Mathematics Christopher Busack

Science Kerry Cao

Technology Education Darpan Patel

Physical Education Richard Trevor Troxel

Vocational Education Brittany Sherman

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ATHLETIC AWARDSPARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL

2008-2009ATHLETIC AWARD RECIPIENTS

Another school year has passed and with it alsopassed three outstanding athletic seasons. Over the course of the 2008-2009 school year, Parkland athletic teams amassed a winning record in excess of 81 percent. To put that figure in perspective, theNCAA Division One athletic program selected for thisyear’s Director’s Cup, the award annually given tothe best college athletic program in the nation, hadless than a 70 percent winning average.

LVIAC SCHOLAR ATHLETES:

Christopher Whittaker Boys’ Cross CountryHelen Stanley Girls’ Cross CountryEric Zuber FootballKryan Knouse Boys’ SoccerKyle DeSandes-Moyer Field HockeyAndy Wagaman GolfLiana Mandel Girls’ TennisBreanna Mazalewski Girls’ VolleyballSequenna Thomas Girls’ BasketballJonathan Ward Boys’ BasketballJoshua Heft WrestlingNicholas Gisolfi Boys’ SwimmingJaime Malandra Girls’ SwimmingSara Holko CheerleadingJonathan Gabriel BaseballKyle deSandes-Moyer SoftballCameron McConnell Boys’ TrackElizabeth Skinker Girls’ TrackJordan Silberg Boys’ TennisErica Murphy Girls’ SoccerChristopher Busack Boys’ Volleyball

OUTSTANDING ATHLETE BY SPORT:

Matt Gillette Boys’ Cross-CountryHelen Stanley Girls’ Cross CountryJaleel Clark Football, OffensePete Bross Football, DefenseArialle Hess Field Hockey, OffenseChelsey Talhelm Field Hockey, DefenseBryan Knouse Boys’ Soccer, OffenseGarrett Bleiler Boys’ Soccer, DefenseJordan Keller GolfLiana Mandel Girls’ TennisBreanna Mazalewski Girls’ VolleyballDeanna Stinner Girls’ VolleyballJaleel Clark Boys’ BasketballMorgan Taylor Girls’ BasketballIan Heist WrestlingJaime Malandra Girls’ SwimmingCaitlin Zajko Girls’ SwimmingErika Bilenki Girls’ DivingDemetri Karedis Boys’ SwimmingJames Marrow Boys’ DivingLauren Sniscak CheerleadingJessica Ritzenthaler CheerleadingAshley Mikulcik Student Trainer Jon Gabriel Baseball, PlayerAndrew Kulp Baseball, PitcherKelly Muth Softball, PlayerKyle deSandes-Moyer Softball, PlayerDeanna Stinner SoftballEmily Schneider Girls’ Soccer, OffenseCourtney Paxson Girls’ Soccer, DefenseAndrew Schwepfinger Boys’ TennisSequeena Thomas Girls’ Track, Running EventsArialle Hess Girls’ Track, Running EventsCourtney Sniscak Girls’ Track, Field EventsAlex Macri Boys’ Track, Running EventsMatt Gillette Boys’ Track, Running EventsErik Troutman Boys’ Track, Field EventsChris Busack Boys’ VolleyballPat Clause Boys’ Lacrosse

2009 PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL“FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR”

Jaime Malandra

2009 PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL“MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR”

Jaleel Clark

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GIRLS TENNISGirls Tennis won the LVIAC, League and TournamentChampionships. Martha Wood came in third for DistrictSingles. Liana Mandel and Megan Wylie won the goldmedal in the District XI doubles competition.

PARKLAND GOLFCoach Jeff Bartman led his team tothe local golf scene hat trick by winning the LVIAC League andTournament Championship, as wellas the team District XI gold. LVIACAll-Stars were Brandon Davis andJordan Keller. The team went onto win the PIAA EasternChampionship and finished 4th inthe state finals.

BOYS/GIRLS CROSS COUNTRYThe boys’ cross country teamended the regular season as theLVIAC Dual Meet Champions withan undefeated 12-0 record. Thegirls finished fourth in the league meet with a 9-3record. Helen Stanley, Matt Gillette, Alex Macri andTyler Ranft were named to the LVIAC Cross CountryAll-Stars. Matt Gillette was named District XIChampion and took 19th place at the PIAA state competition.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALLThe girls won the East/West Challenge at StateCollege and finished 5th in the Garden StateChallenge, losing in the playoffs to #21 nationallyranked Mercy Academy. This team qualified for districts earlier than any other team in program history,won the District XI Silver Medal, were named LVIACChampions, ranked 3rd in the Pennsylvania Coachespoll, and were undefeated at home. Deanna Stinnerand Breanna Mazalewski were selected for District XIand LVIAC First team.

BOYS SOCCERThe boys’ soccer team rebounded from a 5-4-1 start togo unbeaten in the next 11 games of the season culminating with a 1-0 overtime win against Freedom to

capture the team’s second consecutiveDistrict XI AAA Championship. BryanKnouse, the league’s leading scorer, andRyan Wetherhold were selected to theLVIAC All-Star Team and goalkeeperGarrett Bleiler was named HonorableMention. The team finished 15-5-2 afterfalling to Lower Merion (ranked #8 nationally) in the PIAA playoffs.

FOOTBALLLVIAC All-Stars Defense team members included: Nick Deluca – Lineman, 1st Team;Clint Miller – Lineman, Honorable Mention; Darryl Herod – Linebacker, 1st Team;

Jaleel Clark – Secondary, 1st Team and Casey Cooperman – Punter, Honorable Mention.

LVIAC All-Stars Offense team members included:Jaleel Clark – Wide Receiver, 1st Team; Ian Tomcho – Guard, Honorable Mention and Travis Guth – Placekicker, Honorable Mention. Jaleel Clark was also selected to participate in the Big 33 Football All-Star game pitting the best ofPennsylvania against the best of Ohio.

FIELD HOCKEYThe Pennsylvania Field Hockey Coaches Associationannounced the following All-State selections. JacqueGerrick received 2nd Team All-State and KyleDeSandes-Moyer, Stephanie Goldberg, and KaylaMueller received Honorable Mention All-State. In addition, Kyle DeSandes-Moyer, Karie Vassallo, andArialle Hess received the honor of All-State Academic.

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FALL SPORTS

FALL SPORTS

CHEERLEADINGThe Cheerleading squad finished 2nd at the District XICheerleading competition. The stunt team consistingof seniors Kayla Persichetti, Lauren Sniscak, CaseyFennell, Ashley Glick, and Paige McFarlandalso took 2nd place.

BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALLThe Boys’ Basketball seasoncame to an end at Villanova witha loss to York in the state quarterfinals. The Trojanscapped a 26-4 season highlighted by their two statetournament wins and District XIChampionship. The Girls’Basketball team battled throughadversity during the year, but stillmanaged a winning record at 14-10. The team’s season endedin the District XI playoffs.Sequeena Thomas and JaleelClark made Third Team All-Statein Basketball.

BOYS AND GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVINGThe teams completed their season with the state championships at Bucknell University. The LadyTrojans won the District XI Championship and finished5th overall in the state. Jaime Malandra won gold inthe 200 freestyle and silver in the 500 freestyle. CaitlinZajko placed sixth in the 200 individual medley and fifthin the 100 backstroke. Freshman Erica Reifinger wasfifth in the 500 freestyle. The 400 freestyle relay teamtook eighth place. Erika Bilenki placed fifth in the div-ing competition. The Parkland Boys finished runner-upin the District and wound up 17th of 55 teams in thestate tournament. Demitri Karedis placed 6th in the100 freestyle.

WRESTLINGThe wrestling team completed asuccessful season by sendingfour wrestlers to Hershey for theindividual state tournament. MikeFake (103), Mike Ottinger (140),Ian Heist (145), and Wade Rivera(152) all qualified for the statetournament. Sophomore MikeFake placed 8th at 103 pounds.

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WINTER SPORTS

WINTER SPORTS

SOFTBALLThe softball team won the LVIAC championship, placed2nd in District XI playoffs and went on to become thePIAA 4A State Champions and was named MorningCall Team of the Year. Individual softball honors wentto Deanna Stinner (Morning Call Player of the Year,LVIAC MVP, All State, Parkland Hall of Fame); MelissaCatone, Kyle DeSandis-Moyer and Kelly Muth (AllLVIAC). Coach Glen Ray retired at the end of the season after coaching for 23 years.

BASEBALLThe baseball teamwon the silver PIAAmedal and was namedMorning Call Team ofthe Year after winningboth the LVIAC andDistrict XI championships.Individual baseball honors went to Tony Galucy(Morning Call Coach of the Year); Andrew Kulp(Morning Call Pitcher of the Year, All LVIAC), DanielKlem and John Gabriel (Morning Call All Area, LVIACAll League), Andrew Branstetter (All LVIAC).

VOLLEYBALLBoys’ volleball won the LVIAC championship, wasDistrict XI runner-up, ranked 3rd in the state tournament and garnered Morning Call Team of theYear honors. Individual honors went to ScottTrumbauer (Morning Call Coach of the Year); ChrisBusak (LVIAC Spring Scholar Athlete, All State and AllLVIAC); Matt Sundahl (All State, All LVIAC); DuyNguyen (All State, LVIAC Co-Player of the Year); andAndy Buss (All LVIAC, LVIAC MVP).

TENNISBoys’ tennis won the LVIAC team championship.Individuals from the tennis team who excelled wereJordan Silberg (LVIAC Top Male Scholar Athlete, AllLVIAC) and Andrew Schwepfinger (Morning Call Playerof the Year, All LVIAC and District XI.)

TRACK AND FIELDBoys’ track won the LVIAC Championship. At States,male athlete Andre Williams won the 5th Place PIAAmedal in the 100 Meter Dash. He also won 5th in the110 Meter Hurdles. Matt Gillette was a 4th Place PIAAMedal Winner in the 3200 Meter Run. FemaleSequeena Thomas was the 4th Place PIAA Medal

Winner in the Triple Jump.

LACROSSEIn its inaugural varsity season, boys’lacrosse finished with a District XI silver medal and three All LVIAC performers: Allen Nist, Curtis Kaunasand Patrick Clause.

SOCCERRounding out the spring sports awards were membersof the girls’ soccer team, Tara Huber (All State, All Area,All LVIAC) and Emily Schneider (All LVIAC). Both girlsmoved into the top 10 in all-time scoring at PHS.

For the most current game listings, changes, etc.please go to www.HighSchoolSports.net or

www.parklandsd.organd click on the Athletics Calendar link.

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SPRING SPORTS

SPRING SPORTS

COMPUTER FAIRTwenty-six schools and morethan 200 middle school students competed at the 5thAnnual PA Computer Fair.Orefield Middle School students Abby Krutsick (right)and Jessica Leiby (left)scored 1st place for the logo design competition andare holding their winning design entry above.

INSPIRING AWARD WINNERZachary Krausreceived theOutstanding YoungAchiever Award fromthe Weller HealthEducation Center afterbeing nominated bythe Dream Come Trueorganization for the 6th Annual Outstanding Friend to Kids Weller HealthEducation Awards. He also won the Yes I Can Award!from the Council for Exceptional Children – a nationalaward given to him in Seattle. This fourteen-year-oldwas diagnosed with leukemia in 2000 and began anaggressive treatment regiment to combat the cancer.After his own hospital experience, he realized therooms were not kid-friendly, so he went door-to-doorand raised money to purchase play station video gamemachines for other children undergoing similarintensive hospital stays. Despite relapsing andsuffering from new illnesses, Zachary still manages tothink of others first by organizing many fundraisers andthrough community service work. He is pictured abovewith (from left to right) Bob Bold (School BoardPresident), his mom, and teachers Stephanie Shirkand Brian Fulmer who coordinated a district-wide staffbasket raffle that raised more than $4000 to help payfor travel expenses associated with the trip to Seattle.

SPELLING BEERuby Johnson, 7th grader, wonthe opportunity to representOMS at the Express-TimesRegional Spelling Bee where

she competed against sixth, seventh, and eighthgraders in the regional bee.

LUNCH WITH CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE DENTSocial Studies teachers Patti Heavener, Amy Miller andMike Messerschmidt conducted a mock election inearly November. To help motivate students to vote, 2winners from each grade were randomly drawn to win a luncheon with Congressman Charlie Dent. Dent discussed what it is like to campaign, details about hisjob in Washington, and how he hopes to take care ofcommunity members in his district during his role asCongressman.

From left to right: Jen Zarzeki, Rachel Dunne, JosephFernandes, Tommy Stenulis, Congressman Dent,Sydney Krassen, and John Wynn. Board membersBob Bold, Roberta Marcus and Superintendent Dr.Donohue, along with Principal Dr. Troutman, were alsoin attendance.

OMS TOP READERSChristopher Tarantino grade 6 andJason Law grade 7 are pictured atright for reading the most books intheir grade in the annualAccelerated Readers Program.(Not pictured: Nathan Haberstrohgrade 8)

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ENVIROTHONFifteen students, who showed outstanding attitude andachievement in science, were selected out of the 7thgrade to participate in this year’s

Lehigh County Envirothon. They are, from left to right:Maria Vratsanos, Zachary Bartman, Robert Monko,Madison Crain, Chris Schweikert, Madeline Hain and2nd row: Seth Bartinski, Kirby Perosa, Jonathan Vasilik,Grayson Thackary, Haven Diehl (Missing are: AudreyWrobel, Gabrielle Christman, Ian Reilly, and EmilyHanson).

PJAS SCIENCE FAIR 1ST PLACE STATE WINNERSFirst Place winners at the Pennsylvania JuniorAcademy of Science State Competition are pictured as

follows: Top row fromleft to right: Tyler Duff,Igor Ivanov, AndrewPany, Meghan Preiss,Camille Roberts, JakeGottwald, Megan Frey.

Kneeling from left to right: Jenna Peng, Alison Dyszel,Audrey Wrobel, Christian Wadsworth, Evan Hall,James Mellon, Matthew Giacobbe (Missing from pictureare Kirby Perosa and Adrian Tsou).

STAFF AWARDLearning for Life honored local educators at their annual Educator’s Luncheon at Muhlenberg College. A Golden Apple Award, in recognition of a commitmentto education, was presented to Greg Poremba, guidance counselor at Orefield Middle School.

NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDKristen McCarty, 7th grader at OMS won a distinguished Silver Medal from The Scholastic Alliance

for Young Artists and Writers. Nearly80,000 students submitted more than140,000 works of art and writing to 81regional programs. The top regionalartworks, approximately 8,000, receivedGold Keys and were automaticallyentered into national judging. Kristen’spaper lantern was one of only 500individual works of art that received anational award and she was honored at aceremony at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

PLAYSOrefield students performed “Law andOrder: Fairy Tale Unit”for the fall play and“Kokonut Capers” forthe spring musical thisyear. Pictured right areYelena Gulkewicz(Detective Cindy Rella)and Jared Blockus(Detective HD) from the fall play.

PMEA* ELEMENTARY ALL STAR ORCHESTRA

Ashleigh Albert, Jeff Strisovksy, Samuel Lin, EllenMcCauley, Alexis Dongvort, Brian Cummings, TaylorBrown.

PMEA* INTERMEDIATE ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL

Jeffrey Kurtz, Melissa Lukas, Emily O’Brien, Colin Pratt,Collin Kistler, Emily Albertson (Missing: AmandaLaCesa and Nate Case).

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* PMEA stands for Pennsylvania Music Educator’sAssociation. Students selected to perform in the various groups above showed outstanding talent

and commitment to their musical studies.

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ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY BRAHMS FESTIVAL6th grade string students were selected to participate inthe Allentown Symphony Orchestra Festival andworked with Diane Wittry, the conductor of AllentownSymphony to play short excerpts from each of themovements of Brahms Symphony #1. OMS studentswho were a part of this prestigious performance groupare pictured above from left to right: Jeffrey Strisovsky,Ashleigh Albert, Alexis Dongvort, Ellen McCauley,Taylor Brown, Lauren LaCesa, and Kendra Chuss.

DIRECTOR’S AWARD - CHORUSPictured right is 8th Grader JaredBlockus who was selected out of120 students in 8th Grade Chorusto receive the prestigious Director’sAward. Outstanding member of the7th Grade Chorus was AlisonDyszel and for 6th Grade,Alexander Geisel.

OMS BAND AWARDSPictured from left to right are 8th grade winners:

Eric Mikitka and Brian Tom; 7th grade winner Ian Reilly(missing is Sarah Lerew), and 6th grade winners:Emma Adams and Shannon Kruczek.

INTERMEDIATE DISTRICT BAND

From left to right are: Eric Mikitka, Yelena Gulkewicz,Andrew Kanas, Adrian Tsou, and Morgan Haberstroh.Missing is Sarah Lerew and Alex Seigfried.

OUTSTANDING RHYTHM SECTIONNitschmann Middle School Jazz Festival andSouthern Lehigh Middle School Jazz FestivalPictured from left to right is the OMS Jazz Band RhythmSection: Ian Reilly, Camille Roberts, Xavier Roden, andTravisWingate.Missing fromphoto are:Allison Fella,Collin Kistler,Timothy Lentz,and Audrey Wrobel.

BAND DIRECTOR’S AWARDSYelena Gulkewicz and AndrewKanas are pictured at right forwinning this year’s BandDirector’s Award. Missing from thephoto are Jennifer Miller andBradley Vasilik.

OUTSTANDING SOLOISTS

Yelena Gulkewicz won awards atNortheast Middle School and theNitschmann MS JazzFestival for her outstanding sax solos.

Christian Wadsworth won OutstandingTrumpet Soloist at the Northeast MS

Jazz Festival.

Sean Micca won Outstanding TrumpetSoloist at the Southern Lehigh MSJazz Festival.

BAND AWARD FOR MOST IMPROVEDKristen Keck (6th Grade), Morgan Humphreys (7thGrade), Taylor Blasko (8th Grade) won awards forimproving the most over the course of the year.

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COMPUTER FAIRTwenty-six schools and morethan 200 middle school students competed at the 5thAnnual PA Computer Fair.Springhouse Middle School student Peter Constantinescored a 2nd place in the WebPage Design category at thestate-wide fair.

MATHCOUNTSThe Springhouse MathCounts team won first place

honors in the RegionalCompetition. MarcusSpiegel, Jeffrey Miller andLuke Kim placed in the top10. The team is pictured leftfrom left to right: MathCountsRep, Marcus Spiegel, Luke

Kim, Jeffrey Miller, Joy Wang, and coaches Rick Cleeand Marge Evans.

SPELLING BEEKristie Budihardjo, 7th grader, wonthe opportunity to represent SMS atthe Express-Times Regional SpellingBee where she competed againstsixth, seventh, and eighth graders inthe regional bee.

PJAS SCIENCE FAIR 1ST PLACE STATE WINNERSFirst Place winners at the Pennsylvania Junior Academyof Science State Competition are pictured from left toright: Stephanie Panny (also obtained a perfect score),Hannah Kim, Jyotsna Soundararajan, Alisha Ghosh,Ryan Heydt, Shubhangi Maheshwari, William WIlkinson,Alisha Rege, Alan Johnson, Vikas Gupta, Jinyoung Kim,Tori Seto, Joy Wang (also obtained a perfect score) andShweta Sen.

HISTORY DAY WINNERLeah Wenhold won first place in theJunior Division for her historical paper,“Dread Ignorance More Than Taxation:Thaddeus Stevens and the Defense ofthe Pennsylvania Common School Lawof 1834” at the Pennsylvania Statecompetition. She then went on to win7th place at Nationals at the Universityof Maryland. She is pictured at rightwith history teacher, Mr. Abrams. Civicsteacher, Mr. Eakins, also guided her on her project.

SMS TOP READERS6th grader Meehan Rahman,7th grader Rebecca Waltonand 8th grader MohammadSaeed are pictured left forreading the most books intheir grade in the annualAccelerated ReadersProgram.

ENVIROTHON7th grade students whoshowed outstanding attitudeand achievement in sciencewere selected to participate in this year’s Lehigh CountyEnvirothon. They are from leftto right, front row: SophiaDao, Kyle Heicklen, Kristie Budihardjo, Amiya Kalra,Hannah Kim, Robert Oncheck, and 2nd row: WestonConner, Rahul Deshpande, Aditya Govande (Missingfrom photo is Elizabeth Rodriguez).

IRON PIGS PERFORMANCEThe Springhouse Middle School 7th/8th Grade Bandperformed the National Anthem at an Iron Pigs game.

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SAFE AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLSSpringhouse Middle School celebrated “Safe and Drug Free School Week” with a postercontest. The winnersare pictured from left toright with their postersand Assistant Principal,Rob Holmes as follows: Taylor Parker (2ndPlace Finisher), MikaelaKrim (3rd PlaceFinisher), and Patrick Johnson (1st Place Finisher).

PLAYSSpringhouse students performed “Hospital” for the fallplay and “The Wizard of Oz” for the spring musical thisyear.

PMEA* ELEMENTARY ALL STAR ORCHESTRAPictured from left to rightare: Michael Wu, Faye Ko,Chanyang Wang, SaagarAsnani. Missing from thephoto is Esther Han.Michael Wu was also selected to play for theJunior String Philharmonicand won a $300 scholarship to attend a chamber musiccamp in North Carolina.

PMEA* INTERMEDIATE ORCHESTRA FESTIVALPictured in thefront row from leftto right are:Marcus Spiegel,Joy Wang, KristieBudihardjo,Angela Wang,JyotsnaSoundararajan, and

TuQuyen Pham. 2nd row: Yi-Tong Tseo, Jeffrey Miller,Colleen Manjarrez, and Lamont Kaiser.

PMEA* ORCHESTRAFESTIVAL - JANUARY 2009Two advanced students,Marcus Spiegel and JoyWang, were selected toperform at this highschool level festival from Springhouse MiddleSchool.

ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY BRAHMS FESTIVAL6th grade string studentswere selected to participate in theAllentown SymphonyOrchestra Festival andworked with Diane Wittry,the conductor of AllentownSymphony to play shortexcerpts from each of themovements of Brahms Symphony #1. SMS studentswho were a part of this prestigious performance groupare pictured above from left to right: Michael Wu, FayeKo, and Chanyang Wang. Esther Han is missing.

PMEA* DISTRICT 10 ELEMENTARY SONGFEST (6TH GRADE)

Pictured from left to right are: Harrison Eckert, MatthewKiser, Meghan Lees, Julia Walsh and Chelsea Winick.

PMEA* DISTRICT 10 INTERMEDIATE SONGFEST

Pictured from left to right are 8th graders: Ryan Allsop,Michael Crossen, Christina Mahurin and Codey Seidel.Missing is Ajay Gandhi. 7th graders who were chosento participate include Gabriel Carrero, Halle Nelson,and Margaret Newell.

* PMEA stands for Pennsylvania Music Educator’sAssociation. Students selected to perform in the

various groups above showed outstanding talent andcommitment to their musical studies.

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OMS MS READ-A-THON

7th graders at OMSparticipated in theMultiple SclerosisRead-a-thon in October.$962 was raised byreading a total of 90books. The top readerwas Kristen Wiedemannand the top fundraiserwas Zach Bartman.

OMS CASUAL DAYSCasual days at OMS raised $4,318 that was used for various charitable donations and families in needthroughout the year.

OMS FRIGHT DAYTeachers and staffdressed up on Halloweenand used penny jars in thecafeteria to get students tovote for their favorite costume. The jar with themost cash won the contestand all of the money was donated to charity. This year, OMS Fright Dayraised $612.15 for theAmerican Cancer Society.A neighborhood dog wholives near OMS is alwaysa top winner.

SMS STUDENT COUNCILSpringhouse Student Council collected toys for LehighCounty’s Children and Youth Services. Their teacheradvisor is Karen Guellich. The members of studentcouncil also became holiday angels to 10 childrenthrough the Salvation Army by fulfilling holiday wisheswith gift deliveries.

HOLIDAY STAFF DONATIONThe OMS and SMS staff held a jewelry collection duringthe holidays. The schools were able to donate 30 pins, 4watches, 35 bracelets, 67 necklaces, 87 pairs of earrings,9 rings and 15 pendants to Perfect Fit for WorkingWomen. Their generosity will help low income women asthey enter the workforce. The drive was coordinated bySpeech/Language Pathologist Peggy Goll.

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100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Cetronia helped formerprincipal Viola Wert celebrate her 100th birthdayduring a school-widecelebration of songs, artprojects and photographs.

PSSA PREP WITH THE PHS BASKETBALL TEAM

The seniors on the PHS basketball team helped make Cetronia’s basketball theme come to life for fourth graders who earned paper

basketballs for doing well on practice drillsdesigned to help them prepare for upcomingPSSA standardized tests. Mike Miorelli,captain of the team, spoke to the childrenabout a goal: Practice hard and work hard inschool to produce winning results!At left: Mike Miorelli

WORLD AUTISM DAY

Cetronia students celebratedWorld Autism Awareness Day byholding a penny war that raisedmoney for Autism Speaks.Puzzle piece pins and a basketraffle also took place to raiseawareness for autism.

EXXON/MOBIL GRANT

Cetronia Elementary School received a $500 grant from theExxon/Mobil Educational Alliance program tosupport a school program. Tami Frank, manager of Top Star Inc., worked with schoolofficials to secure the grant which is one of4,000 available to schools across the countryserved by Exxon or Mobil stations. The grantswere made possible by funding from theExxon Mobil Corporation. Pictured is CetroniaPrincipal Diana Schantz with Tami Frank.

SONGFEST

The following fifth graders were chosen to represent Cetronia in thePMEA District 10 Songfest which was held in February: StephanieHawk, Andrew Hillman, Annika Fagerstrom, and Liam Gallagher.

HOLIDAY DONATION

The Cetronia student body participated in the Morning Call’s AngelCampaign by collecting personal care items and snacks for theelderly who are homebound and receive services from HomemakerHealth Aide.

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GO RED DAY

On February 6th, Fogelsville StudentCouncil celebrated GO RED DAY insupport of the American HeartAssociation by wearing red. Staff donated $5 each and StudentGovernment donated $1 to the Heart Association for every studentwho wore red. The result was a $748 donation!

THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW…Doug Seip received an award from Representative Doug Reichleyat Fogelsville Elementary School where his fifth grade teacher, Ms.Christie Nolan, encouraged her class to submit entries to Reichley’s

“There Ought to Be a Law” contest. Doug’s essaywas chosen as the first place essay out of 391entries from school districts throughout theregion. His law suggestion was to make itmandatory for careless drivers to adorn a caution sticker on theircar when they reach a certain number of driving tickets for illegalbehavior behind the wheel. As part of his award, Doug Seipproposed the bill at a House session in Harrisburg. RepresentativeReichley also spent time teaching Doug’s fellow 5th grade studentshow a bill becomes a law and passed out certificates ofachievement to the entire class. Doug is pictured with Rep.Reichley.

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PSSA PEP RALLY

Fogelsville StudentGovernment sponsored aPSSA Pep Rally in the schoolgym to get students excitedabout and ready for the PSSAtests. Kim Trumbauer is theStudent Government advisor and teacher at the school.

MULTIPLICATION TOURNAMENT

Fogelsville’s Third Grade held their 10th Annual Multiplication TravelTournament whereby five representatives from each of four classescompeted against the clock to see who could travel the farthest.Each student had to beat their neighbor at a flashed fact in order tomove ahead. At the end of the timed session, Nishant Chitlurufrom Mrs. Zellner’s class was in first place, Andrea Maghacot fromMiss Richard’s class placed second, and Aryaman Khandelwal fromMrs. Lehman’s class finished third.

MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL

Fogelsville held a Multicultural Festival in June. Food, games,crafts, and performances representing the many cultures that makeup the Fogelsville Community were enjoyed by all who attended.

EARTH DAY

Teacher Judy Kelly helped to organizeevery student in the school to decorate agrocery bag from Giant or Redner’s inTrexlertown with Earth Day slogans andpictures. She took the bags back to thegrocery stores and they used them for shoppers on Earth Day.

HOLIDAY DONATION

In addition to collecting money through the Fogelsville Angel Fundto brighten a needy family’s holiday, the Fogelsville studentgovernment, under the supervision of Christie Nolan and KimTrumbauer, collected hats, mittens, gloves, and scarves for needychildren in the community. Partner school Donegan ElementarySchool in Bethlehem was the recipient of many items.

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RACE FOR EDUCATION/NEW WALKING TRAIL

In 2009, the Ironton PTO, staff, andstudents celebrated the opening of a newwalking trail. Once open, students ingrades K-5 spent one hour walking lapsaround their new walking trail as part of aPTO fundraiser called THE RACE FOREDUCATION. Last year’s fundraiser raised $30,000 for the PTOwhich in turn installed the walking trail, DVD players in allclassrooms, and purchased part of a new playground program.

CAPS FOR KIDS

Ironton Elementary studentsraised $517 for CAPS FOR KIDSin honor of a 4th grade studentthere who was terminally ill withthe goal of getting a signedRavens cap by his favorite player,Willis McGahee. Pictured is Mrs.

McKelley’s Class who organized the event for their classmate.

PI DAY

Ironton students participated in various mathactivities that related to the number Pi (3.14).Those who memorized the most numbers inPi got to “pie” their teachers and PrincipalSmith in the face with cream pies.

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB DONATION

The Ironton PTO, students and staff donated gifts to benefit theBoys and Girls Club of Allentown during the holidays. The gifts weredisplayed below a tree in the lobby that was decorated by Irontonstudents’ hand-made ornaments. A student from each grade helpedload the Club’s truck with holiday gifts.

COMPUTER FAIR

Area elementary schools submitted a total of 22 projects in 4categories (Desktop Publishing, Logo Design, Digital Movie, andMultimedia) for the Elementary Computer Fair. Ironton won a 1st

place award for their Digital Movie and Multimedia projects. Mrs.Bell’s 5th grade students did a PowerPoint on the solar system.

TURKEY TROT

Ironton celebrated fitness with aTurkey Trot event that challengedstudents to improve their timeduring a mile run after severalweeks of training during gym class.

DRAMA CLUB

Ironton started a new Drama Club this year and performed TheWizard of Oz for the community in June. The club was led byteacher Megan Barry.

DISTRICT 10 SONGFEST

Samantha Saffron, Abigail Kern, Megan Cara and Tyra Burton wereSongfest participants this past year.

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WAX MUSEUM

Fourth grade students inChanin Yeahl’s classresearched famous peopleby writing a biography ontheir famous person andpreparing costumes,scenery, and props toshowcase the life of that person. The students then dressed incostumes and posed as a wax model of their person to present a“wax museum” to their Kernsville classmates.

VETS DAY PROGRAM

On November 7, 2008, Parkland School District welcomed community veterans to Kernsville Elementary School witha special Veterans Day luncheon and tour. A community-wide program that honored theveterans ended the VetsDay program which hasbecome a tradition atKernsville. ParklandElementary studentshonored veterans withsongs, poetry and individual sentiments during the program. Theprogram was organized by Chris Hankee, first grade teacher of theschool, along with help from Erich Joella, music teacher.

HARLEM WIZARDS EVENT

A favorite event, the PTO once againsponsored a Kernsville Staff vs. HarlemWizards game at the Parkland HighSchool gym for families to enjoy. Morethan $6,000 was generated for thePTO by this hugely successful fundraiser.

YOUNG WRITER

Dana Emswiler, a fourth grade student at Kernsville, wonthe grand prize for 4th & 5th grade Penn State/LehighValley Writing Project. Her essay is about what shewould do if she was in charge of the world and can beviewed on the district’s web site at www.parklandsd.org.She is a student in Joan Krem’s class.

FINE ARTS WEEK

Students in all grades participated in the tradition of Kernsville’sFine Arts Week by creating art projects and viewing all types of artsperformances that were organized by the school’s PTO.

HOLIDAY DONATION

The Random Acts of KindnessClub held a holiday gift drive donation for needy families.A favorite tradition, the clubalso decorates the boxes thatthe gifts are delivered in.

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WALKATHON

Kratzer’s first AnnualCommunity Walk-a-thon was a hugesuccess. Students andfamilies walked,participated in yoga,karate, and healthy livingdemonstrations. Nearly$2,000 was collected and was donated to the American Society forthe Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTMENT

Several stations were set upthroughout the school so that the5th graders could witness a CivilWar Re-enactment. The stationsdepicted the life of a Civil Warsoldier as well as what life was likefor the women and children whostayed home and worked aslaborers when the men were sent to fight. Fashion and etiquette ofthe time period was also showcased.

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EXXON/MOBIL GRANT

Parkway Manor Elementary Schoolreceived a $500 grant from theExxon/Mobil Educational Alliance programto support a school program. Tami Frank,manager of Top Star Inc., worked withschool officials to secure the grant whichis one of 4,000 available to schoolsacross the country served by Exxon or

Mobil stations. The grants were made possible by funding from theExxon Mobil Corporation. Pictured is Parkway Manor’s Dean ofStudents, Chris Becker, with Tami Frank.

THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW…State Representative Doug Reichly presented an award to 5thgrader, Natalie Trachtman, in the school cafeteria. She was arunner-up after 19 other schools submitted essays about laws thatthey felt should be introduced to the House. She was in WendyDiPasquale’s class.

WALKATHON/CARING PLACE CHECK PRESENTATION

The Parkway Manor PTO presented a “big” checkat the last day of school assembly to the directorof The Caring Place in Allentown. The schoolraised $1,260 during a walkathon for The CaringPlace, a youth development center that reachesout to youths in the inner city who may be injeopardy of being entangled in the everyday life ofdrugs, violence, unemployment and hopelessnessby providing programs and activities designed toenable young people to overcome the pressures anddisadvantages of their environment.

PEN PALS IN AFGHANISTAN

Mr. Fedorak’s and Mrs. DiPasquale’s fifth grade classes at ParkwayManor started a letter writing campaign with soldiers in Afghanistan.

After receiving severalcorrespondencesback, a fifth graderhad an idea to sendthe troop a carepackage in addition tothe letters. The classes collectedneeded items from a

wish list such as, books, DVDs, games, magazines, blankets,towels, and food. This activity contained both aspects of writingand good citizenship.

The following fifth graders had poems published in the 2008 YOUNG AMERICAN POETRY DIGEST: MADISON Oliver’s “Poetry,”Sophia Beese’s “Speck,” Anushka Madwesh’s “What A GloomyDay,” and Douglas Trachtman’s “Poem by Douglas Trachtman.”

COPS N KIDS BOOK DONATION FOR SHERIDAN

Students from Parkway Manor purchased new books for all 700Sheridan Elementary (Allentown) students during a holidayfundraising drive arranged by Parkway Manor Student Council andthe Cops N Kids organization. Assemblies at Sheridan Elementary introduced Parkway Manor student ambassadors to the student body before a book distribution that also allowed Parklandstudents to visit with some new friends in Sheridan’s classrooms.

SCIENCE & INVENTION FAIR

Every year, the PTO at Parkway Manorsponsors a Science Fair thatencourages exploration and projectsand celebrates the world of science.

HOLIDAY GIFT DRIVE

A favorite tradition, students and families collect gifts that aredistributed to needychildren around ParklandSchool District everyholiday.

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EARTH DAY PARADE

Students and staff celebratedEarth Day with a parade.Classes held signs stating whatthey had learned aboutpreserving the earth and theschool celebrated with adrumming and educationalassembly.

VOLLEYBALL FOR A CAUSE

Schnecksville staff took on the parents in a volleyball match toraise money for Down Syndrome research. SchnecksvilleElementary’s fundraising efforts throughout the month of Apriltotaled $2,876.14 and benefited the Eastern PA DownSyndrome Center and the Down Syndrome Research andTreatment Foundation.

ANGEL 34/ST. JUDE’S DONATIONS

The Schnecksville Student Council raised $942 through aValentine sale for two organizations that deal with childhood illnesses: St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and Angel34, a local organization that helps provide ICEE machines tohospitals, aid children and families financially, providescholarships and help with the continuing search for a cure.Doug Sheriff from Angel 34 accepted their donation in personand brought his therapy dog, Hope, to Schnecksville for thestudents to meet.

APPLE CRUNCH DAY

Sponsored by the PennsylvaniaAdvocates for Nutrition and Activity,Apple Crunch Day is designed toencourage youth, families, schoolsand communities to make the apple,and other fruits and vegetables, aregular part of a nutritious diet, with an emphasis on snacking.To celebrate, Schnecksville passed out apples to all students,taught lessons about various kinds of apples grown inPennsylvania, and enjoyed teacher Mr. O’Brien, who dressed upas an apple.

SCHNECKSVILLE TURKEY TROT

Parents stood by to encourage the 4thand 5th grade students atSchnecksville who trained in Phys Edclass to run one mile. The Turkey Trotcelebrated improvements in runningtimes as children enjoyed a

competitive race just before Thanksgiving.

STOCKING STUFFERS DONATION TO CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY

Schnecksville Elementary students gathered stocking stuffers tobenefit children at Cleveland Elementary School in Allentown.Members of the PTO, Schnecksville’s principal, mascot and agroup of students made the delivery during a ClevelandElementary assembly. This project was designed to create aconnection with the neighboring school who has already beencommunicating as pen pals with Schnecksville students.

COMPUTER FAIR

Area elementary schools submitted a total of 22projects in 4 categories (Desktop Publishing, Logo Design,Digital Movie, and Multimedia) for the Elementary ComputerFair. Schnecksville students won in the following categories:

Multimedia2nd place - Andrew Micheletti3rd place - Tilman Guenther

Desktop Publishing3rd place - Jackie Klatz

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ALEX’S LEMONADE STAND

Schnecksville Elementary School’s Community OutreachCommittee held an Alex’s Lemonade Stand benefit. Alex’smom, Liz Scott, visited Schnecksville and read the book thatAlex wrote which is all about the Lemonade Stand Effort. The whole school gathered in the gym to listen to the inspiringtale and ask questions about her daughter. Student Council, ledby Mrs. Cathy Sweeney together with fundraiser ChairwomanJoyce Smith, held a lemonade stand in the cafeteria during alllunch periods. They collected $414.38. A Lemonade Stand wasalso set up during the PTO’s Spring Carnival bringing in another$305. The PTO decided to dedicate a portion of the carnival proceeds to Alex’s Lemonade Stand with a donation of $280.62for a grand total of a $1,000 donation to Alex’s Lemonade Stand.

ELEMENTARY ALL STAR BAND AND ORCHESTRA

Parkland School District participated in the Pennsylvania MusicEducator Association’s Annual District 10 Elementary Band andOrchestra Festival in April. Two hundred students representingLehigh, Northampton, Monroe and Pike counties came togetherto present a concert for the public. Chosen for this honor areband and string members pictured below.

Back row: Olivia Snover, James Franke, Nicolette Chuss,Kimberlee Montgomery, Kyle Nichols, Zachary Williams, SachiBelwal. Third row: Daniel Szewczak, Corey Barats, JacobWilkinson, Brice Messenger, Richard Wang, Joshua Harman.Second row: Megan Spangler, Sean Maritch, Emily Lundeen,Sarah Zakin, Shannon Kruczek, Jennifer Ondry, BenjaminAlbertson. First row: Noah Dorman, Aleksander Gulkewicz, KellyMicca, Abigail Machay, Rebecca Kosar, Jayde Abruzzese,Andrew Collier.

Back row: Saagar Asnani, Changyan Wang, Brian Cummings,Samuel Lin, Elizabeth Kates, Ellen McCauley, Ashleigh Albert,Rasleen Grewal. Middle row: Kerby Ivory, Taylor Brown, ZachShaff, Michael Wu, Faye Ko, Jesse Huang, Jeff Strisovsky,Marlene Schuster. Front row: Alex Cross, Bethany Smith,Jessica Snyder, Leesa Brown, Michaela Boyer, Alexis Dongvort ,Isabela Gnasso, Kristina Shum. Not in picture: Ester Han.

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ELEMENTARY ALL STAR BANDAND ORCHESTRA FESTIVALS

PARKLAND STUDENTS AND STAFF RAISED MORE THAN $4000in a raffle basket campaign to raise money for ZachKraus and his family to attend a national awardceremony in Seattle in April. Zach, an 8th gradestudent struggling to overcome cancer, who gives backto his community in many wonderful ways, won aCommunity Service “Yes I Can! Award” from theCouncil for Exceptional Children. The campaign wascoordinated by Zach’s Orefield Middle School teachersStephanie Shirk and Brian Fulmer.

The 3rd Annual District-wide food drive was held thispast spring resulting in an 8,400 POUND FOOD DONATION ANDA CASH DONATION THAT EXCEEDED $1800 FOR SECOND HARVESTFOOD BANK. Remembering that every $1 donated toSecond Harvest provides 15 pounds of food, Parkland’sdonation equated to a grand total of more than 35,000pounds of food! Selected students from every buildinghelped load the large donation onto Second HarvestFood Trucks and toured the food bank, learning howthe organization operates as well as the hunger thatexists in the Lehigh Valley and Northeast PA.

SCHOOL BOARD AWARD:Tom Gentzel, Executive Director ofthe Pennsylvania School BoardsAssociation, presented RobertaMarcus, Parkland School BoardDirector, with the PSBA Master SchoolBoard Member Award. This newlydeveloped award program recognizesindividual board members who have

demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in attainingthe goals of effective governance and meeting theneeds of students for the 21st century througheducational excellence and equity of all students.A panel of PSBA past presidents reviewed theanonymous applications to evaluate compliance withthe requirements for accreditation. Only 9 schoolboard members from across the state of Pennsylvaniareceived the prestigious award. Roberta Marcus iscurrently president-elect of the state-wide PSBAorganization.

EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATIONALLEADERSHIP AWARDDr. Debra Miller, Director ofCurriculum & Instruction &Professional Development atParkland, won the UniversityCouncil for EducationalAdministration’s Excellencein Educational LeadershipAward from the faculty andDean of Lehigh University.This national recognitionawards Dr. Miller for the generous andvaried professional contributions she has given toimprove and support school administration.

DISTRICT-WIDEACHIEVEMENTS

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Board of DirectorsRobert E. Bold, PresidentJayne R. Bartlett, Vice PresidentRobert M. CohenDebra Young EvansVon T. GeorgeDavid M. KennedyGabriel A. KhalifeRoberta M. MarcusRebecca L. Orloski

Dr. Louise E. Donohue, SuperintendentMr. Richard Sniscak, Assistant SuperintendentJohn A. Vignone, Board Secretary/Director of Business AdministrationNicole Mehta McGalla, Editor/Director of Community and PR

PARKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT

Nondiscrimination in Programs andEmployment Policy

In accordance with Title VI, Title IX, Section 504and the Americans with Disabilities Act, theParkland School District does not discriminateeither in the educational or vocational programsand activities which it operates or in the employment of personnel, on the basis of sex,handicap, race, color, national origin, age or religion. If you are physically or mentally disabled,or visually or hearing impaired, you may qualifyfor special services/instruction/equipment modifications so you can successfully completethe education program or participate in activities.All inquires concerning this policy/questionsregarding specific programs, services and facilities for the handicapped should be directedto the district equal rights officer, Assistant Superintendent, Parkland School District, 1210Springhouse Rd., Allentown, PA at (610) 351-5505.

NONPROFITORG.US. POSTAGE

PAIDOREFIELD, PAPERMIT NO. 5