Marywood University to Hold Undergraduate Open House SCRANTON, PA—Marywood University will hold an undergraduate open house on Saturday, October 25, 2014, for high school students and their parents. The program will begin with registration at 9 a.m. in the Fireplace Lounge, Nazareth Student Center, on the university’s campus. The event will include an informative…
Riverside Junior Senior High School’s Spirit Week will be October 6-10. The theme of this year’s events will be “Decades”. The halls of the high schools will be decorated to reflect the decade chosen by each class. Decorating will take place on Thursday evening, October 9th. The public is invited to view the halls from…
Four Riverside Junior Senior High School Seniors are volunteering with district librarian Ms. Maris Voytko for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society annual fundraiser, Light the Night Walk. At the Walk, commemorative Stars will be hung in honor or in memory of those touched by cancer. The Stars display the name of loved ones. The four Riverside…
Riverside Jr. – Sr. High School winners in The Hexagon Project International Art Exhibition L to R: Denis A. Yanashot-Art Teacher, Kerilyn Pon, Sabrina Alvarez, Shanece Williams, Joseph Pacholec, Dana Robbins, Sam Wesley, Sierra Anderson, Lisa Temples-Art Teacher.
The Old Forge School District announces its Junior Class Officers for the 2014-15 School Year Left to right: Nick Pelosi- Treasurer, Mattia Krappa, President, Gabrielle Verespey- Secretary, Brendan Bordick Lesavage Vice President. Mr. Joe DeStefano is class advisor.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY ALUMNI BAND PERCUSSION GROUP Recently the Shenandoah Valley Alumni Band which numbered 170 members gathered at the old Cooper Building and paraded to the Veterans’ Memorial Stadium where they performed their nostalgic halftime program. Shown in the photo is 34 members of the percussion group composed of 28 alumni and 6 current…
West Scranton Students Attend 9/11 Memorial Representatives from West Scranton High School’s senior class participated in the 9/11 memorial service at McDade Park on Thursday. The students in attendance included the senior class officers, the student council officers, members of the football team, and the senior cheerleaders. The West Scranton student representatives were…
West Scranton’s Cara Anzulewicz was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the office of The National Spanish Exam due to outstanding performance on the exam in both 2013 and 2014. Cara earned gold medals both years and scored in the 97th and 98th percentiles nationwide during those years respectively. The application for the scholarship required a written…
HOLY REDEEMER STUDENTS NAMED TO LUZERNE FOUNDATION ADVISORY BOARD Four students from Holy Redeemer High School have been named to the five-member Youth Advisory Committee of the Luzerne Foundation for the 2014-2015 school year. Drew Casper, Michael Conlon, Alexis Davison, and Rachel Jones worked with the Luzerne Foundation and other students during the inaugural year of…
West Scranton Boys Soccer Captains:\ Tyler Jakes Noah Gerrity Jason Palauskas West Scranton Girls’ Soccer Captains: Sarah Purawic Camille Dantone Jasmine Quintana
HOLY REDEEMER HIGH SCHOOL WELCOMES FRESHMEN CLASS Holy Redeemer High School welcomed the Class of 2018 during its annual freshmen orientation activities. Freshmen, who are “Heirs to the Royal Kingdom,” were hosted by members of the school’s Student Leadership Council for a day of presentations and group activities. New students were introduced to school programs and…
Riverside Junior Senior High School Freshman, Sabrina Alvarez, was awarded Most Relevant to Interdependence in the High School category in the 2014 Interdependence Hexagon Project VIII. Sabrina’s hexagon featured “a few flags from around the world under a white flag”. Sabrina thinks that “if every country were to stop fighting, it would be better for…
Marywood University Promotes Reading through Bi-annual Book Swap SCRANTON, PA—For the past 15 years, Marywood University has been promoting books and reading through its biannual book swap. The University’s fall book swap will take place on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Fireplace Lounge in Marywood’s Nazareth Student…
Senior members of the Lackawanna Trail Cross Country team and their escorts were honored at their last home meet of the season. Seniors honored were: front, from left, Taryn Matti, Morgan Wiesel, Nathaniel Barbolish, Jared Simon, Shea Myers, Matthew Farrrell, Michael DeBree and Joe Merolla; middle, Karen Matti, Sara Wiesel, Kelly Barbolish, Karen Brown, Elke…