ABINGTON HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL

Abington Heights High School students Eric Onofrey, Ryan McDonald and Kanak Chattopadhyay have been named National Merit Commended Students and have received letters of commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise.  They are named on the basis of a nationally applied selection index score. In addition to being named a Commended Student, Aidan Hodge…

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How about them Apples?

On this day in 2001, Apple unveiled the iPod. That first iPod had 5GB of storage and, in the words of Steve Jobs, “put 1000 songs in your pocket”. While the iPod was certainly revolutionary, those of us of *ahem* a certain age fondly (or not so fondly) remember another portable music player that changed…

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WEST SCRANTON HIGH SCHOOL

West Scranton Soccer – Red Card Cancer Fundraiser   The West Scranton boys’ soccer team participated in the annual Red Card Cancer fundraiser during their Senior Night game on October 3.  Several players were standout participants in the event: seniors Vinnie Arcieri, Zach Hiller, Gordon Hodanich, and Corey Lestansky were actively involved in the majority of the…

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LACKAWANNA TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL

Senior members of the Lackawanna Trail Girls Volleyball and their parents were honored at their last home match on Monday October 21. Seniors honored were: Sara Cobb, Meghan Healey, Brandi Holland, Brook Mitchell and Ashley Purdy; middle row, Assistant Coach Mark Bennett, Gayle Cobb, Colleen Healey, Chrisann Holland, Sommer Mitchell and Bethany Purdy and Coach…

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RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

The Riverside Drama Club presents “Creepy Karaoke” on Saturday, October 26th @ 7pm in the Riverside Jr-Sr High School auditorium.  Cost is $5 and all proceeds go to the RHS Student Help Fund. The Student Help Fund supports RHS students and families in financial need.   Pictured are Drama Club President Peter Miles and Vice President Megan…

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Staying Power

Between the recent government shutdown and yesterday’s Facebook fiasco, we’re willing to bet that, like us, you’ve had just about enough of things not working when they’re supposed to. Yeah, it’s a crazy and somewhat out-of-control world out there, but it is possible to take control is some small ways. One of those ways? Having…

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OLD FORGE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Pictured are the officers for the Old Forge School District Science/Math Club for the 2013-14 School Year. Left to Right:Rhyan Barnic- Co Treasurer , Marisa Zambetti- Vice President, Matthew Trotta- President, Taylor Nemetz-Secretary, Matthew Cesare- Co Treasurer Advisors are Chris Gatto and Frank Berardelli

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RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

Riverside Junior Senior High School Homecoming Court   Left to right Abbey Wzorek (3rd runner up) and Charlie Koytek, Tabetha Saylock(home coming queen) and Jake Torba, Megan Kolis (2nd runner up) and Steve Czankner, Madison Haduck (4th runner up) and Peter Miles(home coming king,) Ashley Bufton (1st runner up) and Joe Janesko, Alexandria Scott (2012 home coming queen) and…

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Knock it off!

Or, don’t. Because you really don’t have to (… settle for knock-offs, we mean). We know that plenty of folks think of us as the source to find cars, machinery and lots of other humdrum stuff, but what lots of people don’t realize is that we’ve got a pretty thriving Clothing category. Even better? We’ve…

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Don’t believe the snipe hype!

Oh, sure. Joke about snipe hunting. Go ahead – we’ll wait (though we think you can tell by the disapproving glance of our friend pictured above that he’s a little tired of being considered as fictitious as the Tooth Fairy or Sasquatch). While the hunt for the elusive snipe is something akin to a wild…

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WEST SCRANTON HIGH SCHOOL

9th Grade Class Officers: President – Kaile Martinelli Vice President – Olivia Viscomi Secretary – RaeAnn Topa Treasurer – Colin Kelly 10th Grade Class Officers: President – Brian Martin Vice President – David Lutchko Secretary – Cassie Merrill Treasurer – Hannah Makowski 11th Grade Class Officers: President – Andrew Simpson 1st Vice President – Leah…

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FAQ: Will you continue to print Paper Shop?

Questions. We love ‘em. When somebody has a question for us here at Paper Shop, we know that they’re either already advertising with us or thinking of giving us a try. We’re happy to help with and all inquiries, and we’ve found that a number of them are, well, frequently asked questions. Here’s where we take…

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Word up!

Did you know that English has the largest vocabulary of any language on earth? it’s estimated that our language contains around 800,000 words, and the average English speaker uses about 60,000 of those words. That may seem like a rather puny percentage, but when you think about it, it’s actually pretty impressive: many of those…

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VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL

Laura RomanvichGrade 12Daughter of Paul and Diana RomanvichLaura has been selected as Valley View High School “Scholar of the Year”recipient for the 2013-14 school years.  The Scholar of the Year Programis sponsored by the Northeastern Education Immediate Unit 19 and WUSR(99.5) of the University of Scranton.Clubs:  National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Spanish club  …

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