Silver Award Project Leads Students to Start National Junior Honor
Society
Lilly Kosoglow and Evelyn Swanson decided to work together on their Girl Scout Silver Award. The Silver Award,
representing leadership, is the highest award a Middle School Girl Scout can earn and involves choosing a project that is
both sustainable, and meets a need in our local community. Their project accomplishes both of these goals.
Both of these young ladies wanted to make a difference in the Greensburg Salem Middle School. They realized not
every outstanding student is recognized for their achievements since only 10% of students achieve the prestigious
recognition of Distinguished Honors for a 4.0 GPA.
To address this challenge, Lilly and Evelyn are working with Mr. Jones, Principal of Greensburg Salem Middle School as
well as the School Board and Superintendent Dr. Amato to start a chapter of the National Junior Honor Society at GSMS.
A teacher advisor as well as a five teacher panel are being determined and will be in place at the beginning of the
school year. At that time the Advisor will make the request for the Chapter Charter, and these young ladies will begin as
the foundation of the new team of officers. They will work with the teachers and administration to have the first class of
students inducted at the end of the 2017-2018 school year. It is a long process, but these young ladies are determined to
succeed and make an impact as leaders in their school and their community.
Art Invades Nicely Elementary
Teachers, PTO members, students, families and the
community worked together to bring an exciting night of
hands-on art experiences to Nicely Elementary’s first Family Art
Night. Students viewed works of art by famous artists, then
created their own masterpieces in the artistic style on display.
Other stations included a “Who Drew It?” contest, a visit with a
local artist and a student-created mural project.
Students guess which of their favorite teacher artists created the master-
pieces on display.
Hutchinson Elementary Hosts STEAM
Carnival
Hutchinson Elementary’s 3rd Annual STEAM Carnival was held on
Tuesday, May 16th. This year’s Carnival engaged our K-5 students in
learning activities related to robotics, physics, coding, music, biology,
a math “escape room,” and more!
Captivated students look on as Mrs. Goodge conducts a science
experiment.
Summer STEAM Camp students demonstrate
for Dr. Suppo how to design a video game
using Bloxels technology. STEAM Camp was
funded by a grant from the Westmoreland-
Fayette Workforce Investment Board.
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