N
orth Hills High School held its
second annual Dance Marathon for
12 hours on Jan. 15 from 8 p.m. to
8 a.m. on Jan. 16 in two North Hills Middle
School gymnasiums to raise funds for the
local Make-A-Wish chapter and the Four
Diamonds Fund that supports families
affected by childhood cancer.
The event raised $14,050.
The dance marathon was based on the
legendary and successful dance marathon,
THON, held at Penn State University each
North Hills High School
Raised More Than
$14,000 for Charitable
Causes during Annual
Dance Marathon
year. At the North Hills event, each dancer
was required to raise an entrance fee of
$25, but participants were encouraged to
raise as much as they could to support the
two charitable organizations benefiting
from the dance marathon. Hundreds of
students stayed on their feet dancing,
moving and playing games while helping
youth and children affected by cancer and
other life-threatening illnesses.
The event was spearheaded by high
school teachers Jennifer DiPasquale and
Amy Patsilevas and sponsored by the high
school’s Student Council and Hands for
Service Club.
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orth Hills High School senior Anna Aguiar Kosicki has been
named a National Hispanic Scholar as part of the College
Board’s National Hispanic Recognition Program.
Aguiar Kosicki is one of only 5,000 students selected for
the academic honor. Nationwide, National Hispanic Scholars
represent just 2.5 percent of Hispanic/Latino U.S. high school
students who took the PSAT exam during their junior year, and
their ranks include some of the highest-scoring entrants in each
state.
Throughout her high school career, Aguiar Kosicki has been
active in symphonic, madrigal and jazz choirs and musicals and
plays as part of the high school’s drama club. She is the Future
Business Leaders of America vice president and Diversity Club
secretary and a member of American Field Service, National
Honor Society, S.A.D.D., Student Council and Spanish and Hands
for Service clubs.
She plans to continue her education at a college or university
with a self-designed major that includes a focus on arts analysis.
The National Hispanic Recognition program is part of the
College Board’s National Merit Program, an academic competition
for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. 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 screening of approximately 1.5
million juniors in 22,000 high schools each year – and by meeting
published program entry/participation requirements.
Nor th Hills School District
North Hills Senior
Named a National
Hispanic Scholar