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District News for 2011-12

 


 

 

 

 

 


 


 


 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
  WCMEA Billboard Design Winner
The Westmoreland County Music Educators Association (WCMEA) is planning to design a billboard to advocate music education in Westmoreland County.  This billboard will be in Mt. Pleasant and is being donated by Olympus Media. The design is also going to be featured on an LED billboard in the Irwin/Greensburg area. The music students throughout Westmoreland County were challenged to create a slogan consisting of around five words advocating music education. The winning slogan “Music is Medicine for the Mind” was created by Joey Basista a fourth grader from Sunrise Elementary School.  Joey will now meet to assist with developing the artwork and his picture will also be included on the billboard.  Congratulations Joey, we look forward to seeing you as we drive Route 30 in the future!
 

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Robotic Competition Winners - (Details)
Congratulations to the following students for their hard work and perseverance: Bryan Wilson, Tyler Silcox, Nathaniel Heydt, Evan Tatarka, Jordan Lockand also to Bryans brother Mark, who was a big help loading the robots during the competition. See details above for more photos and highlights of the competition.
 
georgraphy bowl winners
From left, Haley Aiken, Trevor Wilson, Dan Lipinski, Eden Skreppen, and Alina Tomko achieved second place at this event.  
 Geography Bowl
Twelve students from the elementary gifted group decided to give up their day off on November 8th and attend the Geography Bowl hosted by and held at Yough Intermediate Middle School.
geography bowl team
Harrison Park, McCullough and Sunrise Estates were represented by this group.
  Students Place Third in Spectrum History Bowlspectrum student winners
Fifth and Sixth grade Spectrum Students competed in a History Bowl at Heinz History Center.  Students were challenged to find answers to questions,think and write creatively, and practice problem solving abilities as they explore exhibits. Third Place History Bowl Winners:  Ryan Moorhead, Emma Rain, Grace Bender, Logan Kreutzberger.
  Students Place First in in Spectrum History Bowlspectrum winners first place
Fifth and sixth grade students competed at the Heinz History Center in the History Bowl on November 2nd.  Students were challenged to find answers to questions, think and write creatively, and practice problem solving abilities as they explored the History Center exhibits. First Place History Bowl Winners: Noah Schlessinger, Natalie Wilson, Jared Peters, and Andrew Wertz
  Girls Volleyball East Feature Athlete Taylor Solo - (Link)
  Student Athlete of the Week - Manny Simpson - (Link)
  Trib Male Athlete of the Week - (Link)
Dan Maier, Senior
  Penn Trafford Wins Fedko Skylights Spirit Award - (Watch the video)
  Girls' Tennis Feature Athlete
Charlotte Vertas, grade 9 is one of only two freshman to qualify for the WPIAL Class AAA singles tournament. Vertas earned her trip by placing second in the Section 1-AAA tournament late last week. (Link)
  Penn-Trafford Keeps Breaking Records
TribLive article about the Girls Golf Team. (Link) 		 
  Penn-Trafford Senior Aces Athletics and Academics
TribLive article about Marisa Siergiej. (Link)
Trib Female Athlete of the Week
Congratualtions to Kara Novotny a senior at Penn-Trafford. (Link)

The Battle For the Bell
Congratulations to our high school football team for winning the Battle For the Bell game held Friday, September 23rd at Penn-Trafford.

    Warriors Field Hockey WPIAL AAA Champions
Girls Field Hockey WPIAL AAA Champions 3-0 victory over North Allegheny. Congratulations!!

PMEA Honors Choir Festival - November 4 & 5
Twelve students will be representing Penn Trafford High School at the PMEA Honors Choir Festival being held at Seton Hill Performing Arts Center on November 4th & 5th.  The students were selected for the festival by auditions.   The festival will have a different format this year with a Womens’ choir and a Mens’ choir instead of a combined choral festival. Lorraine Milovac, Upper St. Clair Choral director will be the guest conductor for the women and Robert Kurth from Duquesne University with be the guest conductor for the men. The concert will be performed on Saturday, November 5th at 2:00 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door. The students selected are: Dan Forringer, Madison Grapes, Alex Hogan, Alexa Ives, Monica Mazel, Nikki Mousseau. Courtney Olesky, Rachel Read, Breanna Robinson, Audrey Schussler, Hannah Winchell and Stephen Young.
 
Division II Golf Semifinals - (Link)