STUDENTS
JACKSON TWP — Twenty-one Seneca Valley Band students were selected to participate in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 5 Band Festival at New Castle Area High School Jan. 27 and 28.
Based on audition results, 18 Seneca Valley students including Alaina Althouse, Paityn Armstrong, Emma Conrad, Bekah Heltzell, Elizabeth Hixon, Leta Hixon, Trey Hixon, Peter Ko, Katelyn Livorse, Katie Mack, Colton Marley, Maggie Monahan, Sreya Padamati, Jackson Scherzer, Katie Sylves, Sydney Thompson, Zachary Tolleton and Ray Walker will be moving on to the PMEA Region 1 Band Festival that will be at Mt. Lebanon High School later this month.
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Butler Catholic School welcomed state Rep. Marci Mustello, R-11th, to school March 1 for a special visit with second-graders.
In honor of National Read Across America Day, Rep. Mustello read the Sesame Street book “I Want to be President” to Rosemary Watson’s class and Shauna Hohn’s class.
Before she started reading, Mustello talked to students about the capital of the U.S., the office of the president, and key executive events, such as the State of the Union address. Students also learned about the Pennsylvania capital.
At the end of her visit, Mustello distributed state wildlife coloring books and other learning materials to students.
She also presented BCS librarian Krissy Wissinger with a copy of Peter Barnes and Cheryl Shaw Barnes’ “Woodrow for President: A Tail of Voting, Campaigns, and Elections.” The book will become part of the school library.
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ADAMS TWP — Several Mars Area Middle School students competed in the Academic Games League of America Current Events and Theme academic competition Feb. 23 at Slippery Rock University.
Participants included eighth-graders Sarah Arnold, Julian Coquelet, Alexa Everhart, Grace McCarty, Olivia Miller, Brody Slavicek and Clarke Wickland; and seventh-graders Sabrina Ruiz-Gonzalez, Brett Kelly, Jackson Kotula, Grace Nam, Luke Reinhart, Elizabeth Schwartz and Brynn Williams.
As part of the Current Events competitions, students joined in two question-and-answer rounds — a Lightning Round focused on the topics: people in the news, sports, entertainment, disasters, science/technology, and business/economy; and, a Wager Round, which asked questions regarding national and international news and politics. For the Theme contest, students were asked to study the Gilded Age and to answer questions related to the period of American history between 1876 and 1912.
The competition, open to students in grades four to 12, brought together 49 students from Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties.
