Perkiomen Valley School District Annual Report 2015-16 | Page 12

Student Highlights

The 2015-16 school year brought many notable accomplishments from our students . This list is representative of just a few of those outstanding achievements :
• Perkiomen Valley High School student Jordan Alberico , who also attends the North Montco Technical Career Center , won a gold medal in the mechatronics category at the National SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference .
• Seven Perkiomen Valley High School students ( Emily Daubenspeck , Layne Gustafson , David Moran , Joshua Noel , Tyler Perla , Hannah Stolpe , Quinn Verbeke ) were named Commended Students , and three students ( Shaan Kewalramani , Tucker Spencer-Wallace , David Wang ) were named Semifinalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program . Shaan and Tucker also made it on to the Finalist round of this program .
• The Perkiomen Valley High School Volleyball Team finished the season as the Pioneer Athletic Conference Co-Champions , and made school history by qualifying for the PIAA Class AAA Championships .
• The Perkiomen Valley High School Girls Cross Country Team captured the Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship and had an undefeated season . The team also placed third in the District 1 Championship and won the prestigious PIAA Foundation Meet . Team member Annie Glodek captured the Individual PAC Championship and was the PIAA Foundation Meet Individual Champion .
• Perkiomen Valley High School tennis players Jasmine Morris and Allison Newman won the PAC Tennis Doubles Championship .
• Perkiomen Valley High School golf player Carly Dorminy won the PAC Girls Individual Girls Championship .
• Perkiomen Valley High School students Jessica Avery , Andrew Beattie , and Elisha Long ( who also attend North Montco Technical Career Center ) won awards at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in the Agricultural Education Horticulture competition .
• The Perkiomen Valley High School Girls Basketball Team won the Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship and also won the District 1 AAAA Championship .
• The Perkiomen Valley High School Girls Swimming and Diving Team won the Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship .
• Emma Muller , Perkiomen Valley High School student , was named winner of the English Speaking Union of Philadelphia ’ s Shakespeare Competition .
• Perkiomen Valley High School student Trinity Doerr , who also attends North Montco Technical Career Center , won the Pennsylvania Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative PSA Contest .
• The PV Science Research Club won a variety of awards for their projects at the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science Regional Competition , and the Montgomery County Science Research Competition .
• The Perkiomen Valley High School Softball Team won its first District 1-AAAA Championship .
• The Perkiomen Valley High School Envirothon Team finished first and fourth out of 14 teams in the county competition held in spring 2016 .
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