Riverside Junior Senior High School students, faculty and staff participated in a Care Bag project organized by the Voluntary Action Center to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King JR. They collected 600 items which were included in personal hygiene kits and donated to KRMA Shelter at Bethel, Community Intervention Center, St. Anthony’s Haven, Catherine McAuley…

Tera Sheerin, a senior at Riverside Junior Senior High School, has been accepted to the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in England. Tera is one of only six US students accepted to the Institute this year. Tera will major in acting and stated ” I can’t believe my dream has come true! Liverpool was my…

Seven members of the Lackawanna Trail Chorus will attend the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) Regional Chorus that will be held at  Milton High School, February 26, 27 and 28, 2015. Students qualifying were, front,from left, Seth Williams, Matthew Kinback, Nicholas Pawlukovich, and Bobby Titus; back, Kristen Miller, Cassandra Brown and Alyssa Walker  

Marywood University’s Department of Nursing Holds First Blessing of the Hands Ceremony   SCRANTON, PA—Marywood University nursing students initiated a new tradition on campus, participating in a Blessing of the Hands ceremony as they prepare for clinical practice. This inaugural ceremony, held in the Marian Chapel, Swartz Center for Spiritual Life, on the University’s campus,…

Valley View Geography Bee Valley View Middle School recently held its annual district championship portion of the National Geographic Bee.  All students in grades 6, 7, and 8 took a written qualifying test which determined the 25 finalists who competed on stage in front of an audience of students, teachers, and parents until two finalists,…

Andrew Gallagher, a senior at Riverside Junior Senior High School,  will  participate in District Chorus at Tunkhannock Area High School. He finished first during auditions out of a field in excess of 250 students. The chorus is made up of 180+ singers from over 38 schools from 5 counties of NEPA. Andrew will audition to place for…

Riverside  Junior Senior High School Drama Club presents: Into the Woods Friday, February 6 at 7pm; Saturday, February 7 at 7pm; Sunday, February 8 at 2pm at the Riverside Jr-Sr High School. Cost is $7 for adults and $5 for students.   Pictured left to right:  Cassie Semyon, Katie Howey

Marywood University’s Student Veterans Alliance Awarded Student Veterans of America’s Chapter of the Year for 2014 SCRANTON, PA—Marywood University’s Student Veterans Alliance (SVA) was recently awarded Chapter of the Year for 2014 at the Student Veterans of America’s 7th annual national conference, which took place in San Antonio, TX. Twelve hundred chapters were in consideration…

Quarterback Club Honors Blue Devil Football Team The Shenandoah Quarterback Club held its annual Banquet to acknowledge the members of the 2014 Blue Devils Football Team. Shown in the first photo are the senior members of the team who were presented with football jerseys and a special commemorative game ball. Seated (L-R): Nick Gurski, Clarence…

Shenandoah Valley Student Council makes Check Presentation to Hillside SPCA   For over three decades the Shenandoah Valley High School Student Council has conducted a Christmas Wreath Sale to benefit the Hillside SPCA that has earned in excess of one thousand dollars per year. Continuing the tradition is this year’s fundraiser in which members of…

Shenandoah Valley Elementary Adopts New Classroom Innovation A new and rather unique innovation is being utilized in the Shenandoah Valley Elementary second grade class of teachers Nina Delluso & Sheena Micko. The teachers became aware of a study by researchers who discovered that students learn best when they are involved in movement. By replacing ordinary…

Rachel’s Challenge a national program developed to create a chain reaction of kindness  will take place on Monday, February 2, 2015 at 6:30pm in the Valley View High School Auditorium.   The program is open to the public and free of charge. Rachel’s Challenge is a program developed after the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999.  Rachel…

MMI students selected for district orchestra, band   (Freeland, PA – January 14, 2015) – Five students from MMI Preparatory School have been chosen to perform at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 9 orchestra and band festivals. Senior Claire Sheen, daughter of Kwangsup and Chaeyun Sheen, Mountaintop, will play the cello; senior Soprina…