HELPING OTHERS PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD Members of the Valley View Leo Club donated new socks to the Visiting Nurse Association and Voluntary Action Center’s Sock It To Us program. This program donates socks to the human service agencies throughout Lackawanna County. From left to right: Fernanda Morato, Leo Club Vice President; Allison Giombetti,…

Art students from Old Forge High School completed the “Paint the Plow” project to promote winter safety in collaboration with PennDOT. Bottom left to right: Julian Gigio, Mason Morrison , Ricky Eisele, Nick Casella Top left to right: Denise Evans, Kacie Kosek, Kelaiaah Reynolds -Braithwaite

MMI art instructor Lisa Marie Ferry gave a presentation for the third consecutive year at the Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA) conference, which was held in October in Harrisburg. Ferry’s presentation was entitled “Holy Lesson Plan Batman! Adaptables to Encourage Student Success.” During the presentation, she shared several lesson plans that can be adapted to…

Students in the Old Forge French Club donated and presented Halloween gifts to the Ronald McDonald House of Scranton this week for the children of the House and hospital.  Pictured above are Evan Kerrigan, Brett Wargo, Hannah Grasso, Jonathan Nicholoff, George Jurnak, Jenna Ziemba, Hannah Lisowski, Andrew Cummings, Olivia Osborne, Abby Robson, Maddie Wagner, Binnie…

On Saturday, November 3, the Keystone State Literacy Association hosted Reading Time at the Marketplace at Steamtown. The over 250 children in attendance listened to stories, made crafts, and received a free book to take home. Four West Scranton students volunteered their time to help at the event – Photo 1: left to right) Katherine Morales, Tiffany…

MMI Preparatory School senior Andrew Decker, the son of Atty. Elizabeth and Troy Topolski, Sugarloaf and Aaron Decker, Kingston, won the school Poetry Out Loud competition and will represent MMI for the fourth consecutive year at the regional competition on December 12 at the WVIA studios in Pittston. Senior Daniel DeMelfi, the son of Ronald…

Marywood University’s interior architecture department recently announced that it will be the inaugural school hosting a weekly one-hour interview segment on the first live broadcast network on social media, Design Talk LIVE. The inaugural show will launch the first week of December on Mondays at 12 p.m. EST/9 p.m. PST. Marywood’s interior architecture faculty member…

Students from West Scranton High School’s SADD club marked the celebration of Red Ribbon Week by decorating the front of the school. Red ribbons are used as a message to the student body to avoid the harmful effects caused by making destructive decisions. Red Ribbon week is celebrated yearly to commemorate a drug enforcement officer,…

The Valley View High School Student Council held their annual blood drive with Lifesource on October 24, 2018. This event was organized by Senior members: Kathryn O’Leary, Nick Beggin, and Kathryn Kraycer. They had over 70 faculty and students sign up to donate, with 42 successful donors. All blood collected stays in this area to…

MMI Preparatory School’s team of seniors Frederick Mejia and Zachary Young, junior Benjamin Putnam, and sophomore Louis DeAngelo finished third in the Capital Area Interscholastic Math Contest, which was held recently at Dickinson College. A total of one hundred students from 25 schools across Pennsylvania competed in the event, which is hosted annually by the…