Perkiomen Valley School District Annual Report 2018-19 Annual Report 2018-19 | Page 12

Student Accomplishments
• Milan Chandy, Andrew DiSanto, Derek Lee,
Connor Letterio, Maxwell Lin, Katie Litak,
Scott Mahon, Vian Rosal, Jordan Wenning
and Abigail Yeager were named Commend-
ed Students in the 2018 National Merit
Scholarship Program. Maxwell and Katie
went on to receive Finalist status.
• Milan Chandy was selected to represent
Pennsylvania as a U.S. Senator for 2018
American Legion Boys Nation.
• The Perkiomen Valley High School Boys
Soccer Team won its first Pioneer Athletic
Conference title in 17 years.
• PV Voice received a Gold Mark rating in
the Pennsylvania School Press Association
Summer Critique contest.
• The Perkiomen Valley High School football
team won its third consecutive Pioneer
Athletic Conference Championship.
• North Montco Technical Career Center
students Jessica Avery, Patrick Davis,
Dante DiDomenico, Joseph Dinnocenti,
Ryan Keebler, Brandon MacMahon, Ha-
ley Rumer, Maya Scheuerman, and Laith
Stanley won awards in the Pennsylvania
Farm Show for floral arrangements.
• High school students Taja Mazaj, Lillian
Miller, Ryann Piperno, Keira Trout, and
Andrew Voigt, as well as Hansen Smith
from Perkiomen Valley Middle School
West, all received awards at the Pennsyl-
vania Junior Academy of Science Fair held
in Souderton. Taja, Keira and Ryann also
won awards and honors at the Montgom-
ery County Science Research Competition
held at Germantown Academy.
• Lillian Miller was one of only 113 students
from around the world to earn every possi-
ble point on the AP United States Govern-
ment and Politics Exam in May 2018. She
is in an elite group of students represent-
ing just .034 of 2018 AP US Government
and Politics Exam takers.
• The Perkiomen Valley High School Boys
Track and Field Team won the school’s
first Pioneer Athletic Conference Champi-
onship.
• Brooke Zelin, a Perkiomen Valley Middle
School East seventh-grader, was accepted
into the Junior Mensa Honor Society. She
is one of only 61 students across the country
to be admitted into this elite organization.
• South Elementary School was named “Best
in State” in the 2018 Scholastic Summer
Reading Challenge, a free, online summer
reading program that aims to help stu-
dents return to school reading-ready.
• Fourteen fifth- and sixth-grade band mem-
bers participated in the Pennsylvania Music
Education Association’s District 11 Elemen-
tary Band Fest at Upper Perkiomen High
School in January.
• The Perkiomen Valley High School Science
Olympiad team finished third out of 30
teams during a regional competition held
at Kutztown University.
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