STUDENTS HONORED AT INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL EIGHTH GRADE AWARDS PROGRAM
SEVENTH GRADER ’ S BOOK TRAILER CATCHES EYE OF AUTHOR
STUDENTS HONORED AT INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL EIGHTH GRADE AWARDS PROGRAM
Independence Middle School eighth grade students were recognized for a variety of academic , musical and leadership achievements at the 2016 Eighth Grade Awards Program . Receiving recognition at this event were :
• Grace Bair , Alex Brownfield , Molly Hoffman and Ryan Meis – American Legion Award
• Elsie Eason – American Legion Service Award
• Alexis Kiesling – Bethel Woman ’ s Club Award
• Sarah Gilliam and Patrick May – Principal ’ s Award
• Hunter Dorfner and Kaitlyn McClary – Assistant Principal ’ s Award
• Courtney Nehr – Suzanne Reid Award
• Ammar Al-Abboodi – Counselor ’ s Award
• Alex Brownfield and Molly Hoffman – Nancy Gleason Gavola Award
• Mani Chegini and Lauren Wycinsky – Spirit of Independence Award
• Grace Bair , Josh Fabus , Sarah Gilliam , Casey Kirchner , Ashley Lewis , Ryan Maerkle and Sean Maerkle – Drama Club Awards
• Andrew Cassano and Molly Hoffman – Marissa Boyan Scholar Athlete Award
• Marissa Haunn ( Narrative ) and Juliana Carbone ( Argumentative ) – Stephen Chbosky Writing Award
• Cole Carter and Casey Kirchner ( Team 8A ), Joey Fertal and Ruth Rubican ( Team 8B ), Andrew Cassano and Emily Feliciano ( Team 8C ) – Stephanie Petit Awards
• Sebastian DiPrampero , Roma Eisel , Molly Hoffman , Isaac Madden , Ryan Meis , Jaxon
Stewart , Talon Stewart and Jacob Wodarek – Attendance Awards
• Connor Anderson , Sydney Burns , Julia Cable , Cole Carter , Brandon Cole , Emily Feliciano , Joseph Fertal , Sarah Gilliam , Molly Hoffman , Maura James , Casey Kirchner , Kelsey Rogers , Alex Sodini and Anthony Will – Spanish Awards
• Patrick May , Liam Sauer , Abbey Sheppard and Lily Wilson – German Awards
• Jessica Ashton , Saje Devine , Miranda Johns and Jaxson Stewart – French Awards
• Sebastian DiPrampero , Hannah Gold , Hannah Crawford and Claudia Huber – Latin Awards
• Anna Bostaph , Marissa Disori and Logan Huwe – Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair Participants
• Jessica Abraham , Kendal Allsopp , Hunter Dorfner , Joey Fertal , Sarah Gilliam , Jack Hare , Patrick May and Nathaniel Neal – Hydraulics Competition Participants
• Jessica Abraham , Kendal Allsopp , Anna Bostaph , Alex Brownfield , John Campion , Adam Collier , Sebastian DiPrampero , Marissa Disori , Liam Fink , Xavier Gaefke , Sarah Gilliam , Molly Hoffman , Logan Huwe , Theresa Stolpa and Nick Willman – Science Olympiad Participants
• Jessica Abraham , Anna Bostaph , Marissa Disori , Hunter Dorfner , Joey Fertal , Sarah Gilliam , Molly Hoffman , Patrick May , Ethan Orchowski , Jacob Sanker and Theresa Stolpa – Design Lives Here Competition Participants
Spanish Teacher Kathy Foster presents the Spanish Awards to her outstanding Spanish students .
In a separate ceremony , Independence Middle School held its 2016 Academic Excellence Program to honor those students who excelled in the classroom . This year 119 seventh graders and 146 eighth graders earned Distinguished Honors for maintaining a minimum 3.75 QPA through the first three nine weeks of the 2015-2016 school year .
Additionally , Presidential Academic Excellence Awards were presented to 78 eighth graders who maintained a minimum 3.5 QPA from seventh grade through the first three nine weeks of the 2015-2016 school year and scored Advanced on either the PSSA Reading or Math Test .
The names of the students honored at the 2016 Academic Excellence Program can be viewed online at : www . bpsd . org / protected / ArticleView . aspx ? iid = 6GIGY00 & dasi = 2PY .
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SEVENTH GRADER ’ S BOOK TRAILER CATCHES EYE OF AUTHOR
Jessica Toogood with a copy of Maxed Out .
Independence Middle School Seventh Grader Jessica Toogood ’ s online video book trailer for the book , Maxed Out , caught the eye of the author , Daphne Greer , and Ms . Greer wrote a letter to IMS Principal David Muench to let him know how touched she was that the book was chosen , and how impressed she was that the trailer captured the essence of the story .
Independence Middle School students have the opportunity to create video book trailers as part of the Reading or Language Arts curriculum , which are posted on the IMS Library ’ s web page . You can see all of the book trailers and Ms . Greer ’ s letter to Mr . Muench at http :// www . bpsd . org / BookTrailers . aspx . You can see Jessica › s book trailer at http :// www . bpsd . org / Downloads / Maxed _ Out- FINAL _ 360p . mp4 .
The book trailers are popular outside the IMS community . IMS Librarian Patty Heasley said she was contacted by a school librarian in Hershey , PA to ask for permission to use the IMS students ’ book trailers to encourage her students to read .
Great work , IMS students !
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