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NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART
AWARDS
Eleven Seneca Valley students visited New York City after
winning Gold Keys in the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Competition.
Gold Key winners include Alex Lecce (six Gold Keys), Dennis
Adams, Micah Schirra, Cara Mastrostefano, Rhea Kudtarkar , Ciarra
Hegadorn, Julia Milo, Megan Piotrowski, Kelly Campbell, Sophia
Becker and Zofia Chrzanowska.
The Seneca Valley Silver Key winners were Dennis Adams (three
Silver Keys), Cara Mastrostefano (six Silver Keys) Carly Weigel, Riley
Bell, Bailey Geyer (two Silver Keys) Kelly Campbell (two Silver Keys)
Shelby Crispin, Micah Schirra, Sarah Foster (two Silver Keys) Caitlin
DeVries, Kristen O’Brien, Chloe Young, Brenna Stubenbort and
Taylor Wright, Lucy Geronime, Sydney Long, Zofia Chrzanowska
and Olivia English (two Silver Keys).
Also, several students from Seneca Valley High School received
Honorable Mentions for their entries including Sarah Foster,
Shelby Crispin, Dennis Adams, Jared Nocera, Taylor Wright,
Serenity Sproat, James Faber, Sarah Foley, Lucy Geronime (four
Honorable Mentions) , Hung Ha (two Honorable Mentions)
Joanna Valentas, Erin Piotrowski , Lindsey Ocheltree and Isabella
Moosa.
All Seneca Valley students were honored at a special ceremony
of the Pittsburgh Arts Region of The Scholastic Art & Writing
Awards at the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC)
North Campus on Feb. 20. At this event, two seniors received
additional awards in art. Alex Lecce was awarded $200 for his
portfolios in the Emma Munson Memorial Scholarship and Cara
Mastrostefano won $50 in the Pittsburgh Arts Region Special
Recognition Award.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards has grown to be the
nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition initiative
for creative teens, and the largest source of scholarships for young
artists and writers.
SV DECATHLON TEAM
TRIUMPHS IN COMPETITION
The Seneca Valley Academic Decathlon team recently
competed at the Pennsylvania Academic Decathlon regional
52 Cranberry
competition, earning third place overall in the large school
division which carried with it automatic qualification to the state
competition at Penn State University, Main Campus Mar. 11-12.
Team members include seniors Colton Botta, Zachary
DeDionisio, Bryce Hrivnak and Darpun Kohli; juniors Kyle Cindrich
and Emily Kastroll; and freshmen Sydney McGahey and Rishin
Sharma.
USAD is a privately funded, independent organization devoted
to enhancing the quality of education. Through the efforts of its
board and membership, USAD provides students of all learning
levels the opportunity to excel academically through team
competition. Although USAD works to achieve this in several
ways, to students, teachers, and family members across the
country, the USAD is primarily thought of as a competition. From
local “heats,” to regional, then state, and finally an annual national
competition, USAD recognizes outstanding achievement on the
part of individuals and schools in ten different academic fields
of endeavor: mathematics, language and literature, art, music,
economics, speech, interview, essay, Super Quiz, and social
science or science alternating depending upon the Super Quiz
topic.
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