N OR TH HI L LS SC HO OL DI STRI C T N E WS
or th Hills School District
New Ross Elementary School Principal
and Food Services Director Join North
Hills in the 2016-17 School Year
Mary Grimm - Ross Elementary School
Principal
Grimm comes to North Hills from
Blackhawk School District in Beaver
County where she has been a sixth-grade
teacher since 2013. She brings 15 years of
elementary education experience in various
grade-levels as well as in gifted education
to Ross Elementary. At Blackhawk, Grimm
updated the sixth-grade English language
arts curriculum to coordinate with PA Core Academic Standards
and revamped the building’s Accelerated Reader program.
Prior to her time at Blackhawk, she taught fifth- and sixthgraders in Western Beaver Junior-Senior High School for eight
years where she created the science curriculum for both grade
levels. She also taught second-graders at Stratton Elementary
School and gifted support and enrichment to kindergartners
through fourth-graders at Fairview Elementary.
Grimm holds a master’s degree in teaching and a principal’s
certificate from the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her
bachelor’s degree in business administration from Duquesne
University. Prior to her career in education, she worked as a
software trainer, instructional designer and project manager for a
technology solutions company.
In her spare time, Grimm is an instructor at Arcadia Gymnastics
where she teaches preschool-age children gymnastics
fundamentals and serves as the head cheer sponsor for the
Central Valley Li’L Warriors youth cheerleading program. She was
the assistant director and choreographer for Western Beaver High
School’s musical productions for five years.
She lives in Center Township with her husband and two
children.
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North Hills Students Win at State
Science Competition
orth Hills High School students won
top honors at the Pennsylvania
Junior Academy of Science (PJAS)
competition at Pennsylvania State
University.
All four students who competed placed
first in their categories, and sophomore
Lauren Rebel and Class of 2016 graduate
Anna Meyer notched perfect scores for
their experiments.
Students designed a unique experiment
and were judged on their ability to
conduct and convey the results of their
experiment using the scientific method.
PJAS is a statewide organization of middle
42 Ross Township
Lindsay Radzvin – Food Services Director
Radzvin comes to North Hills from
Deer Lakes School District where she has
been the Director of Food Service since
2006. During her time at Deer Lakes, she
successfully implemented and oversaw the
district’s transition to new state and federal
school meal guidelines while continuing
to ensure that students received nutritious
meals and snacks. Prior to her time at Deer
Lakes, she worked in nutrition education for Metz & Associates at
North Allegheny School District. She developed and implemented
nutrition education and marketing programs for the entire
company and served as assistant food service director at North
Allegheny supporting daily operations.
She is president of the Pittsburgh Regional Food Service
Directors organization, a registered dietitian with the Commission
on Dietetic Registration and a member of the School Nutrition
Association.
Radzvin holds a master’s degree in health and rehabilitation
sciences with a concentration in wellness and human
development from the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her
bachelor’s degree in nutrition and clinical dietetics from the
Pennsylvania State University.
Mrs. Radzvin lives in Gibsonia with her husband and two
children.
and high school students designed
to stimulate and promote interest in
science among its members through the
development of research projects and
investigations.
First Place
• Class of 2016 graduate Anna Meyer
- Microbiology – “The Effects of
Tanacetum Parthenium on Sunflower
Tumor Inhibition,” winner of a Senior
Award for six years of PJAS participation
and also the Pennsylvania Director’s
Award in Microbiology
• Sophomore Maria Arlia – Engineering –
“Can You Take the Heat?”
• Sophomore Lauren Rebel – Microbiology
– “The Cleaning Power of Microbes”
• Freshman Allison Lukac – Microbiology –
“The Effects of Different Facial Cleansers
on Escherichia Coli K-12”