2024-2025 FOX CHAPEL AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT # FCProud
• Senior Gabriella Hample was named a member of the 37th class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program. She was one of 150 high school students from across the nation from more than 105,000 applicants based on academic excellence, leadership, and service demonstrated in school and community activities. Each winner receives a $ 20,000 college scholarship.
• Junior Victoria Pfendler was honored by the United Nations Association of the USA and InnerView Technologies as part of the 2024-2025 National Community Service Awards. The program is open to students across the nation and is designed to connect student community service activities, skill development, and commitment to sustainable development goals. Victoria was also the recipient of the Kroger Co. Zero Hero Zero Hunger Award, which is given to students for taking action to help create communities free of hunger.
• The Fox Chapel Area High School library was named the 2025 Outstanding Pennsylvania School Library by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association. The honor recognized the library for exceeding the criteria of the six foundations that are part of the American Association of School Librarians National School Library Standards: inquire, include, collaborate, curate, explore, and engage.
• Fox Chapel Area School District students held their 35th annual telethon in December 2024 and raised $ 90,228. This brings the money raised by Fox Chapel Area students and staff to more than $ 1.2 million during the last 35 years for various local and regional charities. The telethon raised money for Backpack for Hunger, a local volunteer organization that provides weekend food for students in the school district.
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