THREE SV STUDENTS WIN
NCWIT AWARDS
The National
Center for
Women &
Information
Technology
(NCWIT)
recently chose
three Seneca
Valley Senior High School students; Urvi Gupta, Sarah
Johanknecht and Kelsie McElroy, as 2016 Western & Central
Pennsylvania and West Virginia Affiliate winners of the NCWIT
Award for Aspirations in Computing.
These three young women, of almost 2,100 young women who
are Affiliate Award recipients this season, are being recognized for
their computing-related aspirations, outstanding aptitudes and
interest in information technology/computing.
Junior, Urvi Gupta, and seniors Sarah Johanknecht and Kelsie
McElroy have been added to the list of award recipients on
aspirations.org and the Western & Central Pennsylvania and West
Virginia Affiliate Award winner designations have been added
to their personal profile pages. To view their profile pages and
read more about their awards visit: aspirations.org/users/urvi86322; aspirations.org/users/sarah-61502; aspirations.org/users/
kelsie-34855.
Julia Scanlon, a senior instrumentalist at
Seneca Valley, was awarded one of three $1,000
scholarships from the Pennsylvania Music
Educators Association (PMEA).
Each year, PMEA District 5 awards three
scholarships to high school seniors who are
choosing to pursue music education as a major
in college. These scholarships are based not only
on the student’s academic, musical achievement
and involvement in PMEA festivals throughout
their high school career, but also on their future goals in the field
of music education.
Scanlon is a member of the Seneca Valley Instrumental
program, participates in Marching Band, Wind Ensemble and Jazz
I. She has repeatedly been selected for PMEA District 5 Honors
Band, PMEA District 5 Jazz Festival, and PMEA District, Region and
All State festivals. She plans to attend Brigham Young University
next fall and major in music education.
District 5 is comprised of school districts from Beaver, Butler,
Lawrence and Mercer counties.
SV TEACHER NAMED 2016
NCWIT ASPIRATIONS IN
COMPUTING EDUCATOR
The National Center for Women &
Information Technology (NCWIT) recently
recognized Seneca Valley Senior High School
Computer Science Teacher, Diane Krauland,
with the 2016 NCWIT Aspirations in
Computing Educator Award.
The Educator Award is conferred upon
educators that have demonstrated a
commitment to encouraging young women’s aspirations in
computing. As a recipient of the Educator Award, Krauland
will receive two engraved commemorative trophies, a $250
cash award, up to $750 of expense reimbursement for
computing‑related professional development activities, and a bag
of NCWIT resources and branded items.
Krauland was also invited to attend the Western/Central
Pennsylvania and West Virginia Affiliate event being held on
Apr. 2, to receive her award, meet the student award recipients
and interact with others who support young women in
technology.
“Young women represent a promising source of technical
talent, yet are woefully underrepresented in computing,” says
Marissa Hofferber, communications assistant at the National
Center for Women & Information Technology. “Great teachers are
one of the most important factors in inspiring young women to
engage with technology in meaningful ways and pursue technical
careers.”
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Seneca Valley seniors Jacob
Rickabaugh and Siona Sharma,
have been named finalists in the
61st Annual National Merit
Scholarship Program held by
the National Merit Scholarship
Corporation (NMSC).
Rickabaugh and Sharma are two
of approximately 15,000 finalists and now advance to the next
level of the program where they have the opportunity to earn
National Merit Scholarships and, ultimately, the Merit Scholar®
title.
NMSC, a not-for-profit organization that operates without
government assistance, was established in 1955 specifically
to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by
approximately 440 business organizations and higher education
institutions that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s
scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic
excellence.
About 1.5 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools
entered the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking
the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying
Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program
entrants.
SV SENIOR AWARDED PMEA
SCHOLARSHIP
Seneca Va