West Scranton Athletes Earn Foreign Language Poetry Awards Two West Scranton High School student athletes recently received first place awards for the recitation of Spanish poetry in the annual contest conducted in the Spanish II classes of Mrs. Linda Cerra. Donovan DePasquale, who plays varsity football, and Sean O’Hara, who is a member of…
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Five members of the Western Wayne High School Future Business Leaders of America chapter recently captured a first place award in the Parliamentary Procedure event at the annual FBLA State Leadership Conference recently held in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The students, Tim Lescinski, Kayla Bolduc, Joe Clauss, Alaina Lengner, and Matt Russo competed against teams more than…
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Marywood University Students Win TecBridge Business Plan Competition SCRANTON, PA (May 6, 2015)-Marywood University’s Collegiate Team won the 2015 TecBridge Business Plan Competition. Marywood University’s team, Late Skate, won the top prize of $10,000 in cash start-up funds and $90,000 in-kind services. The third place finishers were Marywood University’s team Last Lung. Marywood…
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Marywood University Students Win International Awards in Business Ethics Case Competition SCRANTON, PA (May 6, 2015)—Marywood University undergraduate students recently won awards at the International Business Ethics Case Competition that took place in New Orleans. Marywood students competed against schools from around the world with teams from Europe, Australia, China (Hong Kong), Canada, and…
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Members of the Lackawanna Trail Fifth grade class participated in a Career Fair held at the Elementary Center on Monday May 4. The Fair was organized by Elementary Guidance Counselor Leanne Lombardi and High School Guidance Counselors, Brittany Vennero and Tim Ronchi. Presentors for the Lackawanna Trail Elementary Career Fair were; front, from left, Betsy…
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Marywood University Students Win American Advertising Federation Awards SCRANTON, PA (May 6, 2015)-Marywood University senior graphic design students recently competed and won top awards at the AAF American Advertising Awards Competition. Marywood students competed against other entrants from New York City, Albany, Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Frederick, Md.. The AAF American Advertising Awards…
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Aaron Harman participates in PMEA District 9 Jazz Festival (Freeland, PA – May 5, 2015) – MMI Preparatory School freshman trombone player Aaron Harman recently participated in the Pennsylvania Music Education Association’s (PMEA) District 9 Jazz Festival. Students in grades 9-12 spent the first day of the two-day event in rehearsal at Forest City…
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SV Drama Club Sets School Record for Attendance for their Portrayal of West Side Story Shown in photo are the members of the cast of the Shenandoah Valley Drama Club which set a school record for attendance with over 1400 people for their portrayal of the Broadway version of West Side Story. The SV…
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West Scranton Concert Band Plans Spring Performance The West Scranton High School Concert Band will present a spring concert on Friday, May 15 at 7:00 pm. For this performance, alumnae and area music educators are collaborating to perform the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s early Broadway shows, Leonard Bernstein’s “A Simple Song”, music from…
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Thirty five students listened to a presentation by Steve Voytek from Lackawanna College’s School of Petroleum & Natural Gas. The presentation, which took place at Riverside High School, introduced juniors and seniors to career and education opportunities in the gas drilling and distribution industry. This is part of a focused effort to expose students to…
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