(L-R) Teachers Erika Graham & Maria Klingenberg were honored
April 9 at an awards banquet for earning an Award of Excellence.
Students Take First Place at Odyssey of Mind Competition
Several Pine-Richland teams competed at the Odyssey of the
Mind Western Pennsylvania Regional Tournament.
Three teams earned first place including:
Eden Hall Team (Problem 1/Division 1) Tied for first place
(Team members include Gabrielle Boudreau, Nicolai Ezolt, Damian
Ivanov, Avyukta Nagrath, Ethan Priore, Ryan Scott and Mia
Tucciarone. The coach for this team was parent Sarah Ezolt.)
Eden Hall Team (Problem 4/Division 2) Earned first place
(Team members include Miles Brown, Joshua Katruska, Tadg
Manna, Colby Ohlund, Colin Ohlund and Amish Sethi. The coach
for this team was parent Julie Katruska.)
PRMS 8th Grade Team (Problem 1/Division 1) Earned first place
(Team members include Erin Ahearn, Tejal Gupta, Nicholas Michel,
Adrienne Rock, Arden Webster. The coach for this team was parent
Susan Michel and Teacher Kathy Deal was the sponsor.)
The first-place teams will advance to the State Finals.
The PRMS 7th grade team comprised of team members Mia Baker,
Gianna Julio, Catherine Lee, Rebecca Peng, Melissa Riggins and
Delaney Rodriguez, also competed.
The teams were challenged to solve a long-term problem over the
last several months. They used their creativity skills and team work
to develop their presentation for the competition. In addition, the
teams had to solve a spontaneous problem on competition day.
They were scored on their long-term problem solution, the “style”
of the presentation and their spontaneous problem solving.
Eden Hall
Upper Elementary
Team members
(left to right):
Ryan Scott,
Damian Ivanov,
Ethan Priore,
Gabi Boudreau,
Avyu Nagrath,
Nicolai Ezolt and
Mia Tucciarone.
Take first place.
(Not Shown:
Tadg Manna)
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The Pennsylvania Association of Family and Consumer Sciences,
Inc. is honored the Pine-Richland Middle School Department of
Family & Consumer Sciences with a 2016 Award of Excellence.
Teachers Erika Graham and Maria Klingenberg will accepted
the Pennsylvania Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 2016
Standards For Excellence-Middle School award on behalf of the
department. The two were invited to an awards dinner held at
6 p.m. on Apr. 9 at the Kovalchick Center in Indiana, PA.
“The award appropriately reflects your dedication and
contribution to the family and consumer sciences profession,”
writes PAFCS President Esther Aloia and PAFCS Internal Relations
Vice President Patricia Hetrick. “Thank you so much for being such
a worthy department and dedicated individuals. Yours is a perfect
example of a program with commitment to a vision that supports
our profession and recognizes the significance of our professional
organization. We applaud your initiative and appreciate and
recognize your efforts as truly instrumental in support of advancing
the mission of Family an