B
ethel Park High School and
Independence Middle School
students combined to win 10
medals at the Family, Career and
Community Leaders of America’s State
competition, which was held in March
at Seven Springs, including two Gold
Medals, five Silver Medals and three
Bronze Medals.
Earning Gold Medals and qualifying
to compete in the FCCLA National
Competition, which will be held this
summer in Anaheim, CA were Bethel Park
High School freshman Haley Bell for her
project, “Garbage Cans to Rain Barrels” in
the Environmental Ambassador category,
and Independence Middle School
seventh grader Lexi Dorfner for her
project, “Dorfner Family Christmas Party”
in the Life Event Planning category.
Silver Medals were earned by Bethel
Park High School sophomores Caitlin
Chichwak, Jessica Toogood and Tessa
Wagner for their project, “Sweet Ride
Cookies” in the Food Innovations
category, and sophomore Alyssa
Vetere for her project, “Reuse, Recycle,
Refashion” in the Recycle Redesign
category.
Silver Medals were also earned by
Independence Middle School eighth
grader Bella Riepole for her project,
“Becoming a Pediatric Nurse” in the
Career Investigation
category; eighth
grader Ella Morgan and
seventh graders Emma
Haner and Allyson
Yantek for their project,
“Tasty Pastry Puffs” in
the Food Innovations
category; and seventh
graders Lauren Vetere
and Alyssa Headley
for their project,
“Bounce Back to Proper
Nutrition” in the Sports
Nutrition category.
Earning Bronze
Medals were eighth
grader Layla Goodman
Winning medals at the FCCLA State Competition from Bethel Park High
for her project, “Germ
School were (left to right): Haley Bell, Alyssa Vetere, Jessica Toogood,
Caitlin Chichwak and Tessa Wagner.
Patrol” in the Focus
on Children category,
eighth grader McKenna
Carlin and seventh grader Delaney
increase in membership at the Middle
Puskas for their project, “Helping Hearts
School level throughout the state.
for the Homeless” in the Chapter Service
The students were prepared for this
Project Display category, and seventh
competition by Bethel Park High School
graders Lidia Lorenzi and Samantha Kern
Family and Consumer Science Teacher
for their project, “Cooking Up Happiness”
Jill Simpson and Independence Middle
in the Illustrated Talk category.
School Family and Consumer Science
The Independence Middle School
Teacher Heather Fontana.
FCCLA Club also received the Chapter
Award for having the largest percentage
FRANKLIN FOURTH GRADER NAMED
A RUNNER-UP IN NASA ART CONTEST
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Adele Stamenov
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BETHEL PARK
ongratulations to Franklin
Elementary School fourth
grader Adele Stamenov, who
was named an Honorable Mention in
the 2019 NASA Student Art Contest,
which was organized by the NASA
Langley Research Center.
Adele’s drawing depicts an alien sitting
in a room with an “Explore Earth” sign on
the wall. The alien is reading books about
exploring the earth and what it means to
be human.
As a Fourth Grade Honorable Mention,
Adele received a NASA Exploration
Package, which contained a variety
of NASA items, such as posters, pens,
stickers, patches and lapel pins.
Adele’s winning drawing