NORWIN THEATRE COMPANY
The Addams Family
Congratulations to the Norwin Theatre Company on a successful run of their fall musical, The Addams Family. The production consisted of more than 72 students in the cast and crew. The show ran for four days at the end of October, which was the perfect time of the year for this glitzy-gloomy musical. Ms. Lauren Scheirer was the Co- Director / Producer along with Ms. Erin Shrader Co-Director / Choreographer. This year the students were lucky to have a Special Guest Director, Mr. Ryan Jacob Wood. Ryan performed in the national tours of The Addams Family as Lurch. The Technical Director was Mr. Todd Leighty, who worked many hours with the crew on the amazingly creepy sets.
This is a very special year for the Norwin Theatre Company. This season marks 25 years of Musical Theater at Norwin High School. The Norwin Theatre Company has been performing classical and new age musicals since 1993. Please come and enjoy their spring musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie, running March 22-25, 2018.
L-R: Kaitlyn Kersting, Stephen M. Taylor, Sam Cholodofsky, Lauren Leoni, James Stanley, Andy Stanley, Tessa Repicky, Emily Dodaro, James Taylor, and Anthony Orsino.
Norwin Alum Donates Children’ s Books to Rotary Backpack Project
NORWIN SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS
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Ms. Victoria Piekut, a member of the Norwin Class of 2014, has donated dozens of children’ s books to benefit a school backpack program as part of activities associated with her victory at a state pageant.
Ms. Piekut won the 2017 National American Miss Pennsylvania title and will be competing in Anaheim, California at the national pageant in November. The state-level pageant required the hundreds of contestants to bring charitable donations, such as books or school supplies, to emphasize the importance of community service.
For the second time, Ms. Piekut chose the Norwin Backpack Project as her beneficiary. In 2014, she made a similar donation of children’ s books after being crowned Miss Pennsylvania Teen at the 2014 National American Miss pageant.
Each Friday, pre-designated students at Sheridan Terrace Elementary School have been able to grab a backpack stuffed with nonperishable foods to eat throughout the weekend, as well as age-appropriate children’ s books to read. It is run by the Norwin Rotary Club. A similar program run by the Norwin Lions Club benefits Hahntown Elementary, Stewartsville Elementary, Sunset Valley Elementary, and Hillcrest Intermediate. A possible expansion of the program to the Middle and High School is being explored.
Mr. Tim Kotch, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education, assists with the delivery of the backpacks from Rotary to Sheridan Terrace Elementary School. He also participates on the Rotary Club’ s team for the Norwin Lions“ Cubcake” Wars fund-raiser for the backpack program. For his commitment to the program, among other reasons, the Norwin Rotary Club named Mr. Kotch the Paul Harris Fellow and Rotarian of the Year.
Norwin School District salutes Ms. Piekut and all involved in the backpack program for their commitment to children and youth.
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L-R: Mr. Tim Kotch, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education and Member of Norwin Rotary; Mr. Jason Csukas, Rotary Backpack Project Coordinator / Community Service Chair; Ms. Victoria Piekut, 2017 National America Miss Pennsylvania; Ms. Brenda Kacvinsky, Rotary membership chair and past president; and Mr. Don Morrison, Rotary Club president.