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NORTH ALLEGHENY SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS
NA Celebrates Homecoming Weekend
The annual North Allegheny School District Homecoming |
Parade and Game was held on the North Allegheny Senior High |
School( NASH) campus on Friday, Sept. 30. |
The celebration began at 4p. m. with pre-parade activities that |
included a football toss, floating ball race, skeet-ball, plink, roller |
bowler and prize wheel games, as well as food tucks and multiple |
booths run by various NA student groups. |
At 5:45 p. m., the parade began. The parade’ s theme was |
“ Behind the Mask” and featured a dozen floats. The parade looped |
around NASH campus twice, and each float and homecoming |
court candidate were announced when passing the front of the |
school. |
At 7 p. m., an Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony began and at |
7:30 p. m., the Homecoming Football Game kicked-off against the |
Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils. The Tigers beat the Devils 22 to 15. |
The halftime show was presented by the NA Marching Band |
and this year’ s homecoming King, Christopher Lofink, and Queen, |
Madison Pavlick, were crowned. |
Special congratulations to the following students elected as |
members of the 2016 Homecoming Court: |
Representing |
Queen Candidates |
King Candidates |
DECA |
Julie Chen |
Shane Mitnick |
Forensics |
Yara El-Khatib |
Eric Ricci |
Band |
Ava Guarnieri |
Sawyer Smith |
ROTC |
Cecillia Groom |
Dalton Crump |
Orchestra |
Stana Topich |
John Lyon |
NHS |
Sam Shoup |
Samir Yellapragada |
Student Counci |
Mia Hawbaker |
Danny Lebovitz |
Chorus |
Caelan Ulke |
Caleb Karsh |
Senior Class * |
Abigail Washabaugh |
Dino Denillo & Michael Gralewski |
Junior Class * |
Caitlyn Edwards |
Jack Kairys & Christopher Lofink |
Sophomore Class * Lauren Rogus & |
Madison Pavlick |
Dillion Bugni |
Freshmen Class * |
Maria Catalane & |
Taylor Bertini |
David Mrazik |
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On Saturday, October 1, there were two Homecoming Dances. The dance at NASH for juniors and seniors was held from 8 to11 p. m. A separate dance will be held on Saturday at the North Allegheny Intermediate High School for freshmen and sophomores from 7:30 to10:30 p. m.
The Homecoming events were sponsored, organized and managed by NASH Student Council and the NA Band / Band Patrons in collaboration with the school’ s principals. Fran Hawbaker and Kevin Zebley are the NASH Student Council Advisors.
NA Students Selected for AIU Apprenticeship Program
Twenty-two high school students from the North Allegheny School District have been selected to participate in the 2016-2017 AIU Apprenticeship Program, which will provide them with handson experiences in a variety of career fields.
The Apprenticeship Program consists of a half-day or daylong learning experience each month over a six or seven month period during the school year. Students meet and work with professionals who share their experience, expertise, enthusiasm and zeal for their professions. In addition to providing behindthe-scenes insight into prospective careers, the program helps students make connections with organizations and people who can help them as they pursue career options.
The following students have been selected to participate in a variety of professional areas:
Advertising / PR: Adelle Fernando and Joy Fu
Architecture: Elise Maletta and Akshaya Sudhakar
Astronomy:
Alex Flagg Computer Engineering: Tomer Shamir and Rebecca Shaw Engineering:
Melanie Brkovich, Mackenzie Gongaware, Ethan James and Daniel Rodgers Leadership Development: Allison Kollitz Mechanical Engineering: Jiwoo Cheon Musical Theater:
Natalie Daninhirsch International Affairs: Roshie Xing Nursing / Healthcare: Jack Lopuszynski Robotics:
Alexandria Adams and Laura
Schwenderman Sports Medicine: Savannah Benko Zoo Animal Care: Ashley Boehmke, Kira Klein and
Bethany Ricci For more information on the AIU Apprenticeship Program, contact the NASH GOAL Office at 724.934.7219 or the NAI GOAL Office at 412.369.5457.
NA Students Recognized by the National Merit ® Scholarship Corporation
The National Merit ® Scholarship Corporation( NMSC) has recently recognized 49 North Allegheny high school seniors in the 2017 National Merit ® Scholarship Competition.
Congratulations to the following 19 students who have been named semi-finalists: