SV Drama Club will perform West Side Story This spring, the Shenandoah Valley Drama Club will present the great American musical, “West Side Story.” According to SV drama director Dane Rooney, the program will involve a cast of approximately 90 students, including past Majestic Theater Award-winner Nick Twardzik and Majestic nominees Meghan Artley, Riley Miller,…

SV Students Collect Supplies for SPCA   The students at the Shenandoah Valley High School conducted a drive to assist the Hillside SPCA by collecting items that appeared on the Shelter Website “Wish List”. Shown in the photo are members of Mr. Anthony Pytko’s homeroom which brought in the most supplies and will be awarded…

Three SV Students Selected for County Chorus   Pictured in the photo are the three Shenandoah Valley students will participate in the upcoming Schuylkill County Chorus Concert which will be held at the Tamaqua Area High School on February 21, 2015. Front Row: Meghan Artley. Back row: (L-R): Rocco Roguskie, Music Director Walter Choplick, &…

Valley View High School Choral students who successfully auditioned and placed in the top rankings of their repsective voice parts and will attend the PMEA District 9 Chorus Festival at Tunkhannock Area High School from January 21-23, 2014. Row 1 L-R:Gabriella Tolerico, Adeline De​B​ ella, Kasidy Leggin, Cassie Dumas, Hali Bargella and Sarah Kandel Row 2…

In conjunction with Senator Blake’s 339 planning, the Valley View Middle School has been coordinating a Career Shadowing program for 22 years. This years highlight experience was provided by Solutions Architect Frank Walsh from Amplify.  Various gaming programs were explored and the students had the opportunity to turn their cell phones into robots. Pictured from Left to right Amy Borick…

SV Sophomore is Selected for both District Band & Orchestra Rocco Roguskie, a sophomore at Shenandoah Valley High School, was informed by SV Band Director Mr. Walter Choplick that he was the youngest student in the school to ever successfully audition for both the District Band and the District Orchestra. Rocco who plays the French…

Three SV Band Members selected for HS Honors Band   Three members of the Shenandoah Valley High School brass section were selected to perform with the High School Honors Band which will be held at Lebanon Valley College on January 24, 2015. Selected were front row Erick Cespedes on trumpet. Back row (L-R): Rocco Roguskie…

SV Students Visit Shenandoah Senior Living Community   Members of the Shenandoah Valley Student Council dawned in Christmas apparel and accompanied by Santa Claus paid a visit to all the residents of the Shenandoah Senior Living Community where they sang songs and distributed a wide variety of tasty treats and gifts. Shown seated in the…

Valley View School NewsOn December 23, 2014, the Valley View High School Junior Class Officers, Douglas Gerichten, Kalei Kowalchik, Joe Koniszewski, Kyle Kolcharno, Michael Gallagher and class advisor, Mrs. Jennifer Mauro, sponsored an Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest to benefit the Jessup Breadbasket.  More than 100 students and faculty member participated.  Students raised over $200.00 and additional canned food donations. Pictured…

Lackawanna Trail swept the awards in the 7th and 8th grade division of the Stock Market Game, sponsored by the Honesdale National Bank Center for Economic Education at the University of Scranton.  Teams from Lackawanna Trail finished first, second and third out of a total of 30 teams participating.  Trail’s first place team was the…

Local author, Donna W. Hill donated her young adult book, The Heart of Applebutter Hill, to the Lackawanna Trail High School Library during a recent visit to the school with her guide dog, Hunter.  Photo: front, from left, Librarian Kelly Hopkins, Author Donna W. Hill; back, Taylor Selwood, Jordan Flynn, Allison Decker, and Annika Kongvold. The…

The Valley View High School Industrial Arts Power Shop class created wooden Tic Tack Toe toys to donate to the Toys For Tots program.  The class created 24 wooden toys under the direction of Industrial Arts teacher Mr. Brandon Dodson. Pictured left to right standing; Mr. Larry Pegula, Valley View High SchoolPrincipal; Angelo Mazzoni, Mr. Brandon Dodson, Valley…

West Scranton High School “Angel on the Tree” The Student Council of West Scranton High School organized its annual “Angel on the Tree” collection to benefit fellow students of the Scranton School District.  Students and faculty at West Scranton purchased various toys, clothes, and gift items for children “adopted” through the program.  Approximately 50 young children in…

Vinny Betti, Grade 10, was selected to represent Valley View High School in the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Conference.  He was selected to represent Valley View along with approximately 200 other high school students across Pennsylvania.  The conference will be held at Shippensburg University in May. Vinny is also a member of the Math Honor Society, Spanish club, Leo club,…