STUDENT
Highlights
Special Education Field Trip to Heisler’s Market
Our friends at Heisler's Market welcomed our students from
McMurray for a field trip recently. The students were given
a tour of the store, and each student made and took home
a sandwich, cupcake, and entire
pizza at no cost.
PSU Engineers
Penn State Engineering
Ambassadors Visit PTHS
Student engineers from Penn
State visited PTHS in April to do
some hands on projects with our
chemistry and physics students.
They also facilitated a career
assembly for interested students
to learn more about the
field of engineering.
Scholastic American
Vision Award
PTHS sophomore
Julianna Chen has
been recognized with
the American Voice
Award in the national
Scholastic Arts and
Writing Awards. She
recently had the chance
to read her poem at a
recognition reception
held at the California University of Pennsylvania.
PTHS Media Awards
Congratulations to our PTHS Media students who excelled in
The Digital Media Arts Consortium (DMAC) competition at
Robert Morris University. The students came away with seven
awards of excellence and two best
in category awards.
In addition, Joey Pardini received
the 1st Annual Dean’s Award from
Robert Morris University. Joey took
away a $1,000 scholarship to be
used while he attends RMU in the
fall. Jack Yuran also received the
Founder’s Award that is presented
to an outstanding senior from
each school.
Pie in
the
Face
Bower Hill Raises Money
for LLS
Some people will do anything for a good
cause, including getting pies thrown in their
face! Mrs. Hanak at Bower Hill led the effort to
raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society and the winning class got to throw a
pie in her face. Mrs. Kimutis's class raised more
than $500 and the whole school donated
$7,000 to the worthwhile cause.
High School Music
Students Visit
Disney
EvolvingSTEM at PTHS
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh visited PTHS
this month to work with biology students in Mr. Albright’s and
Mr. Orend’s classes. The effort is part of EvolvingSTEM and is
designed to spark interest and motivation in science. They
performed experiments to teach quantitative skills, teach
laboratory methods and build student teamwork.
Epic Rap Battles at PTMS
Students in Mr. Cheran’s social studies classroom put their
knowledge of World War I to the test in the Epic Rap Battle
Challenge. Students were challenged to write rap lyrics
based on their studies and create slide show videos with
the help of school librarian Mrs. Stouden. The videos were
narrowed down to five finalists and the students voted for
their favorite video. The winners were Ellian Ascencio,
Rocco D’Arrigo, and Derek Liguori.
Pleasant Valley Authors
Pleasant Valley celebrated more than 50 student authors
with a special segment of PV-TV. Students in grades K-3 were
invited to try their hand at writing and illustrating their own
story and now those stories will be available in the library
for classmates to check out and enjoy. Students at each level
were recognized for their outstanding work in writing fiction,
non-fiction and illustration.
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PV Authors
Members of the High
School band, orchestra
and chorus enjoyed
their trip to Orlando to
perform in Disney this
spring. In addition to
performing in parades
and in downtown
Disney, the student
musicians also had the
opportunity to record
music for an upcoming
Disney soundtrack.
McMurray Career Fair
On March 24, McMurray Elementary held its annual Career
Fair. The students had the opportunity to listen and learn from
a variety of guest presenters representing many different
careers and businesses, including Engineers, Scientists,
Military Professionals, a TV Helicopter Pilot, a Baker, therapists
with therapy, EMTs with their ambulance and many more.
Hockey Team Takes State Title
Congratulations to our High School Ice Hockey team who
completed their season with two titles in four days. First, the
team defeated Central Catholic to take home the Penguins
Cup and later that same week the 6th seeded Indians
defeated Holy Ghost Prep, 2-1, in the state championship.