Students Named Semifinalists in National Merit Program
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation named three PineRichland High School students as semifinalists in its 2017 program.
Semifinalists include seniors Richard Kwon, Joshua Pantanowitz
and Kendall Pomerleau.
These seniors, along with 16,000 other students, were recently
notified that they qualified for semifinalist status out of 50,000 top
scorers.
High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking
the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, a
test which serves as an initial screen of approximately 1.5 million
entrants each year and by meeting published program entry and
participation requirements.
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Joshua Pantanowitz
Kendall Pomerleau
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Four PRHS Grads Recognized for Being Named 2016 National AP Scholars
Pine-Richland High School is
recognizing four graduates for being
named 2016 National Advanced
Placement (AP) Scholars based on their
performance on AP exams given during
the 2015-2016 school year.
As seniors, 2016 graduates Nathan
Carnovale, Benjamin Harris, Hannah
Reiling and Monica Shope were added
to the 2016 National AP Scholar roster.
Nathan Carnovale
Benjamin Harris
Hannah Reiling
Monica Shope
These students earned an average score
of at least four on all AP Exams taken and
scores of four or higher on eight or more of AP exams.
Advanced Placement courses allow students to take
In all 157 students are recognized for being added to the
challenging, college-level courses and receive college credit,
AP Scholar Roster with a designation of National AP Scholar,
advanced placement or both for successful performance on
AP Scholar with Distinction, AP Scholar with Honor and AP
AP exams.
Scholar.
Teacher Earns
Recognition
Teacher Michelle Bruno
44 Pine-Richland
Pine-Richland High School English Teacher
Michelle Bruno was nominated for the ATHENA
award and was honored for her work this fall.
The ATHENA Awards Program of Greater
Pittsburgh recognizes exceptional women who
demonstrate excellence in their profession,
contribute to their community and help other
women to succeed through mentorship.
Bruno has been teaching at Pine-Richland
School District for 18 years. When she was
hired in 1998, she helped create the curriculum
and design a theater program to help students
as they entered the professional theater and
film world.
She has earned many nominations including
in the Teacher of the Year program, Claes
Novel Educator of Distinction and in the
National Honors of High School Scholars.
She mentors alumni as they work in the
publishing, directing and dancing field and
other performance-based arts and also serves
as a mentor to women by encouraging them to
volunteer and be active in the community.
“My goal is to dedicate my life to helping
others unite, collaborate and reach their
dreams and make this world a better place by
spreading kindness and understanding with
laughter,” says Bruno.
She is an acting coach and has helped
with production projects such as South Paw
and commercial work for Westinghouse. She
also was a former library lecturer for Carnegie
Library.
Each year, she helps high school students
participate in the Pittsburgh Public Theater
Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest
which she helped build through collaboration
in the program’s infancy back in 1997.