West Scranton Hosts Baby Shower to Benefit St. Joseph’s Center Jayme Rillstone, Toni Christiano, and Katie Allert, students in the Family and consumer Science class of Mrs. Nicole Hanni, collaborated with the West Scranton High School SADD club to host a baby shower to benefit St. Joseph’s Baby Pantry in Dunmore. Alexandra Kerecman, treasurer of…
Valley View High School Scot Wasilchak will continue his academic and football career at Misericordia University. Pictured standing left to right: Larry Pegula, Valley View High School Assistant Principal; George Howanitz, Valley View Head Football Coach; Joe Zabielski, Misericordia Assistant Coach; and Chris Mendicino, Valley View High School Principal Sitting left to right: Marcy…
MMI holds National Junior Honor Society and National Latin Honor Society inductions (Freeland, PA – May 12, 2016) – MMI Preparatory School inducted 18 eighth-grade students into the National Junior Honor Society and 12 eighth graders into the National Latin Honor Society during a ceremony at the school. MMI Head of School Thomas G.…
Valley View High School Senior and varsity soccer player Leah Sokoloski was selected for The Jamie Kotula Foundation scholarship. “The Jamie Kotula Foundation was created to honor the life and memory of Jamie Kotula. His daily life demonstrated kindness, compassion, loyalty, intelligence, spirituality, and generosity. The Foundation’s mission is to support individuals and organizations who…
Forget “You are what you eat.” You are how you eat. Dining with good manners is an important way to make a great lasting impression on a prospective employer or coworker. Recently, seven students from Western Wayne High School had the opportunity to learn this firsthand by participating in a “Manners Matter” experience. Sponsored by…
Five MMI juniors to receive National Merit Scholarship Program recognition (Freeland, PA – May 10, 2016) – Five MMI Preparatory School juniors will receive 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program recognition after placing among the top 50,000 out of 1.5 million participants on the qualifying test. Ali Aijaz, Anirban Chowdhury, Allison McGeehan, Samuel Sessock and…
Two Students Awarded the 2016 Claire Williams O’Neil Scholarship Claire Williams O’Neil (1928-1980) was a teacher in the Susquehanna Community School District for over twenty years. Because of her dedication to education and the community, the Claire Williams O’Neil Foundation, a non-profit institution that sponsors educational and charitable initiatives on a community level, awards…
Marywood University Recognized by Society of Collegiate Journalists at National Contest SCRANTON, PA (May 6, 2016)—Marywood University’s Chapter of the Society for Collegiate Journalists (SCJ) took home ten awards and four honorable mentions in the national contest for the students’ work at The Wood Word, Marywood University’s student-run newspaper, and TV-Marywood, the campus television station. First…
Marywood University Students Win at International Business Ethics Competition SCRANTON, PA (May 5, 2016)—Marywood University undergraduate students recently placed first and second in two categories at the international business ethics case competition (IBECC), Cambridge, Mass. The undergraduate students who competed in the IBECC are: Ellen Clauss, Meryl Fioriti, Joseph Duda, and Micheal Plate. The students are…
Five MMI teams finish in top 15 overall at Luzerne County Envirothon (Freeland, PA – May 4, 2016) – Five MMI Preparatory School teams finished in the top 15 overall out of 36 teams at the 2016 Luzerne County Envirothon. The Luzerne County Conservation District coordinates and sponsors the Envirothon, an annual environmental competition…