ENVIROTHON CHAMPS
The 2019 Envirothon
competition, hosted by the
West Jefferson Hills School District,
was held on the grounds of South
Park. With over 250 students
competing from school districts
across Allegheny County, the
Carlynton middle school team
(pictured above) of Sean Hart,
Bailey Vetter, Ella Snyder, Caden
Crow and Wilson Choate finished in
a three-way tie for first place. The
outdoor contest featured a variety of
challenging environmental stations
and activities that allowed over 40
teams of students to follow a rotation
schedule to find solutions to present-
day environmental issues.
The annual spelling bee for 15
Carnegie Elementary third
graders left some stumped with words
such as “ultimatum” or “tarantula.”
Prevailing and named victor of the bee
was a delighted Caleigh Lynch, who
edged out Noah Natale and Kiley
Clapperton for the win. Sponsored by the
Carnegie-Collier Rotary, and held in
Carnegie Elementary third grade spelling
bee winners included Caleigh Lynch, Noah
Natale, and Kiley Clapperton.
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conjunction with the annual gift of
dictionaries for the third grade classes, the
top three winners took home prizes of
Target gift cards and colorful certificates.
Caleigh also won the chance to compete
in a regional spelling bee held at Seven
Springs Resort in May.
High school students enrolled in
an A.P. U.S. Government course
traveled to Gettysburg in the spring to
tour the battlefields in the Gettysburg
National Military Park. Using curriculum
learned in class, the teens were able to
explore the area and recreate moments in
history. Individuals role-played scenes or
battles that took place during the Civil
War, including the Union victory that
ended General Robert E. Lee’s second and
most determined invasion of the North.
The day-trip to Gettysburg was used as an
extension to social studies teacher
While standing in the fields where bloody
battles were once fought, rising seniors
Dakota Mayfield, Jaimee Cabili, Elana Heffner
and Haley Simcic re-enacted a scene from the
Civil War.
Rising seniors Izaiah Babish, Jane Grabowski,
Camryn Kwaitkoski, Olivia Robb, Anya
Carrasco, and Elizabeth Duffy used a large,
flat rock in the middle of a battlefield as a
stage to interpret a moment in history from
the Civil War.
Standing on the same spot once occupied
in 1863 by former President Abraham
Lincoln, Savannah Sevacko read the famed
“Gettysburg Address” to peers and nearby
visitors.
Laura Begg’s U.S. government course and
provided straightforward lessons about
some of the most brutal battles of the
Civil War.
Sixth graders Charlie Burcham,
Mateo Carrasco, Lana Mihelcic,
and Uzochi Orji captured first place at the
Battle of the Books competition held at
the Children’s Choice Literature Festival in
May at Soldiers and Sailors Hall in
Oakland. Earning a respectable second
place were fourth graders Emery
Delrosario and Akachukwu Orji and
second graders Emmet Spitzer and Lexi
Wiater. The competition prompts
responses to questions about the
characters and plot of an assigned
reading book. For their accomplishments,
the champions received tickets to a Pirate
game and drawstring backpacks.
In light of a peer who
experienced a devastating fire
earlier in the school year, members of the
Carlynton National Junior Honor Society
launched a “Cougar Closet,” a space to
store donations of gently-used clothing,
shoes, books, and other items. The “closet”
will be maintained as a safe place for
students-in-need to privately “shop” for
provisions. To further supplement the
variety of items available in the Cougar
Closet, NJHS members held a campaign to