Mountain View H.S. “Students of the Month” for December 2013? Shown are: George Barbolish (Dean of Students), Sabrina Fallon, Hannah Phillips, Aaron Weida, and Donna Porter (School Counselor)

Marywood University Student Receives a Scholarship from the Society of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick of Lackawanna County   Marywood University student Margaret Presnal, Sayreville, NJ, was recently awarded the Dr. John H. Corcoran Scholarship from the Society of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick of Lackawanna County. In hopes of enlarging an appreciation…

Valley View High School Students’ of the Month sponsored by the Valley View High School Student Council and The Blakely-Peckville Lions Club are: Cali Wilson for English, Casey Pearce for Social Studies, and Tyler Williams for Math.     Pictured left to right are; Mr. Ken Rupp, Valley View High School Student Council Adviser; Cali Wilson, Senior of the…

MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY STUDENT RECEIVED THE TODD ROCHE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD   Lauren Olsen, graduate student and graduate assistant in the Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) department at Marywood University, was recently awarded the Todd Roche Memorial Scholarship for her work with children and adults with autism.   Criteria for the scholarship is based on students…

Marywood University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Participated in the Christmas Giving Tree Campaign   SCRANTON, Pa.—Members of the Marywood University Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) collected gifts from students, staff, and clients, who receive services at the Marywood University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, for Marywood University’s Christmas Giving Tree campaign.   Gifts were…

Valley View High School NewsFifteen Valley View High School and Middle School students participated in career shadowing experiences at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (Archbald, PA) in the area of engineering and accounting and Burkavage Design Associates (Clarks Summit, PA) in the area of architectural design on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Back to Front: L to R:  Ryan Wilkes,…

SKILLSUSA Bronze Winners ( L to R): Mr. Tom Czachor, SkillsUSA Advisor; Matt Rudovitz, Valley View High School, Culinary Arts; Jessica Paroby, North Pocono High School, Early Childhood Education; Lauren Fitz, Dunmore High School, Nail Care; Robert Phillips, Riverside High School, Plumbing; Martin McAndrew, Mid Valley High School, Welding; Tyler Czachor, Mid Valley High School,…

Skills USA Gold Medal Winners   SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA helps each student excel.  SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations.…

Congratulations to Andrew Gallagher, a junior at Riverside High School, on his outstanding performance at District Chorus at Marywood University. Andrew finished second in a field of 20 on his voice competition. He will now advance to Regional Chorus in February with a concert to be held at Tunkhannock High School In February.

West Scranton Student Athletes Are Valuable Contributors to the SADD Club   Two of West Scranton High School’s outstanding student athletes are also officers of the SADD club.  They were among the students on hand to accept a service award, which was presented to West Scranton’s chapter of the club by the office of the Lackawanna…

2013-2014 Shenandoah Valley Student Council Pictured are the members of the 2013-2014 Shenandoah Valley Student Council. Seated in photo are the council oficers (L-R): Mikayla Davidson Secretary, Lidia German President, Mr. Anthony Pytko Faculty Advisor, Jillian Dove Vice president, & Kristen Florio Treasurer. Standing Middle Row: Tabitha Collins, Clarence Grutza, Nicholas Gurski, Nicholas Rusin, Nicholas…

41st Annual Fireplace Project at CTC A process that took over three months to complete and used more than 900 bricks has been completed by the juniors and seniors in the Trowel Trades program at The Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County.  Students did the layout and design, estimated the project cost and completed entire structure…

Valley View High School Scholastic Bowl Team Members representing the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County   The Scholastic Bowl program is an academic competition for high school seniors. Teams participate in two competitions to determine who will move on to the semi-finals. The top three teams compete in a final competition and are honored…

Valley View High School News Valley View High School Senior, Collin Ferguson, signed his letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic career at Hartford University on an Athletic Baseball Scholarship.Pictured standing left to right; Mr. Chris Mendicino, Valley View High School Assistant Principal; Head Baseball Coach, Mr. Jason Munley; and Valley View Athletic Director, Mr. Chirs Killiany …