WHAT’S NEWS IN MOON AREA
LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES
SCHOLARSHIP FROM
CLEARVIEW
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
RECOGNIZES LOCAL
STUDENTS
The Allegheny County Health Department
(ACHD) announced the winners of the 17th
Annual Environmental Poster Contest and
Moon Area students were among them.
“It is with great pleasure that we announce
the winners of these awards today,” said Dr.
Karen Hacker, Director of the Allegheny
County Health Department. “There are many
great environmentally friendly activities
happening in Allegheny County. Today, we
congratulate the students who participated in
the Environmental Poster Contest. They’re
developing lifelong ideas and habits that will
improve our environment.”
Four Allegheny County students from
grades 6-8 have been announced as the
winners in the 17th Annual Environmental
Poster contest sponsored by the Health
Department: Steven Costa, Lauren and
Lindsay Dolence and Alyssa Sanchez are the
first, second and third place winners.
Eighth-graders Lauren and Lindsay
Dolence of Moon Area Middle School won
second place with their poster supporting
actions to reduce pollution, including reusable
water bottles and grocery bags and “meatless
Mondays.”
The theme of this year’s middle school
poster contest was “Pollution: Be Part of the
Solution.” Students were encouraged to create
posters depicting how they can help reduce
pollution at home and at school, as well as
how they can encourage others to help keep
our planet clean.
The winning students will receive a $75
Barnes & Noble gift card. Teachers of the
winning students will receive a $50 Staples
gift card.
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Clearview Federal Credit Union recently
announced the winners of the 17th Annual
Ralph B. Canterbury Scholarship. Noah
Firmstone of Moon Area High School was
awarded a $1,000 scholarship to use toward
his college education. Firmstone was one of
10 regional students winning a scholarship
from Clearview.
The scholarship is in honor of Ralph B.
Canterbury’s outstanding service and loyalty
to Clearview during his 34-year tenure.
Applicants were judged based on a number
of criteria including academic performance,
community involvement, a statement of
personal goals and an essay on “Why I chose
to belong to Clearview.”
MOON AQUA CLUB GAINS
NEW HEAD COACH
Moon Aqua Club is gearing up for the
2016-2017 Short Course season. Kicking
off the new season will be the newly hired
head coach, Jeff Berghoff. Berghoff has over
20 years of coaching experience spreaded
between USA Swimming, AMS Aqua Club,
high school/varsity programs, and collegiatelevel swim programs.
“Moon Aqua Club has been making extreme
investments, advances and enhancements to
continue developing our aquatics program
for the community. We are extremely excited
to have the opportunity to work with Jeff
Berghoff as our new head coach,” said Heather
Patterson, President of the Moon Aqua Club
Board of Directors. “Jeff 's extensive and
impressive history of producing swimming
excellence is exactly what Moon needs to
accelerate our team and achieve our goals and
objectives. We spoke to some excellent coaches
throughout the search process, but Jeff just
brought a perfect alignment to our club’s vision
of what a cohesive Moon swimming program
should look like.”
UPCOMING MOON PARKS AND
RECREATION EVENTS
Volunteer opportunities are available
for all ages and abilities at Moon Park!
If you or your company is interested in
volunteering at any of the special events,
please contact the Parks office at
Robin Hill Park at 412.262.1703 or email
[email protected].
SUMMER CAMPS AT ROBIN HILL PARK
Mad Science: Fizz, Boom, Bang!
(Ages 5-12)
Monday-Friday, Aug. 8-12
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
Hi-Tech Learning: Video Game Design
(Ages 7-10)
Monday-Friday, Aug. 15-19
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
Hi-Tech Learning: Adventures in Minecraft
(Ages 7-10)
Monday-Friday, Aug. 15-19
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.
CO-ED SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE
(Ages 18+)
Sundays, Aug. 7 through Oct. 9
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
(Whispering Woods)
DRIVER'S EDUCATION FOR SENIORS:
AARP COURSES
SENIORS REFRESHER CLASS
Thursday, Sept. 8
Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Full Class
Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 27 & 28
Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Find more programs and event details at
moonparks.org.
Register for any of the listed programs by
calling the Parks office at Robin Hill Park
at 412.262.1703 or by e-mailing info@
moonparks.org. Online registration open for
select programs; visit the website for more
information. n