North Hills
sophomore
takes
1st place
at state
science
competition
C
ongratulations to North Hills High
School student Hannah Sciulli on
her success at the Pennsylvania
Junior Academy of Science (PJAS)
State Competition.
Hannah competed in the category of
Zoology and earned a first place award
for her experiment on the effects of UV
radiation and the survivorship of Drosophila
melanogaster, a species of fly commonly
known as the fruit fly.
This was her third year qualifying for states
and participating in the PJAS program.
North Hills seniors
recognized for
achievements
in chemistry
N
orth Hills High School graduating
seniors Marissa Karpinski and Cheryl Yue
were recognized for their outstanding
achievement at the Pittsburgh Section of
the American Chemical Society and the Society for
Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh’s Annual Awards
Dinner on May 14.
Marissa and Cheryl were among 80 students
Cheryl Yue and Marissa Karpinski
from western Pennsylvania chosen to participate
in the Pittsburgh Section of the American
Chemical Society’s 2019 Secondary School Chemistry Contest at the University of
Pittsburgh.
They were also selected to participate in the National ACS Olympiad Exam at
Duquesne University.
Cheryl and Marissa completed CHS Chemistry and Honors Chemistry,
respectively, during their sophomore years and took AP Chemistry as seniors.
Congratulations, ladies!
North Hills Middle
School teacher
awarded national
fellowship
C
Hannah Sciulli
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ROSS TOWNSHIP
ongratulations to North Hills
Middle School history teacher Larry
Dorenkamp who was awarded
the James Madison Fellowship for
Pennsylvania by the James Madison Memorial
Fellowship Foundation.
The $24,000 award will fund Dorenkamp’s
graduate study of American history.
James Madison Fellowships recognize
promising and distinguished teachers while
supporting their further study of American
Larry Dorenkamp
history. Fifty-three fellows were selected from
each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
and the nation’s island and trust territories
Dorenkamp, along with middle school teacher Alexander Martinez, was also
awarded a summer fellowship from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University in
Ohio.
Dorenkamp and Martinez participated in a week-long graduate-level U.S.
government and history course tuition-free over the summer as part of the
fellowship.