West Scranton Musicians Participate in String Fest 2018

West Scranton freshmen Joshua Safuto and Victoria Reilly participated in the PMEA (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) Region IV String Fest, which was held at Wyoming Seminary School on March 14, 2018.  These students were nominated by their director, Laurie Burdett, and were chosen to play in an orchestra of over 100 students from Northeast Pennsylvania.  It was…

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Marywood University to Offer Professional Continuing Education “Multicultural Competence: Strategies to Address Spirituality in Clinical Practice” Program

Marywood University will host a Professional Continuing Education program titled, “Multicultural Competence: Strategies to Address Spirituality in Clinical Practice,” on Friday, March 23, 2018, from 9 a.m. – 4:30 pm. The program will take place at the Nazareth Student Center in the Upper Main Dining Hall.   This program aims to share with mental health…

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Marywood University Receives Pennsylvania Education Tax Credit Donations

SCRANTON, PA (March 9, 2018)—Marywood University was recently the recipient of two Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit Donations through the University’s Momentum program, an approved EITC program that gives high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to earn college credits by enrolling in college-level courses at a significantly reduced cost. The EITC program enables companies…

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Marywood University to Hold Accounting and Financial Reporting Conference

Marywood University’s School of Business and Global Innovation in partnership with the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) will hold an “Accounting/Financial Reporting Update and Revenue Cycle” Conference on Thursday, March 22, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Nazareth Student Center, in the Latour Room. Topics to be discussed include: Accounting Standards; Trends…

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St. Patrick’s Day Festivities in NEPA

MARCH 10th Scranton’s St. Patricks Dat Parade This the second largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the country! Parade Day Mass begins at 10a.m. at St. Peter’s Cathedral. The Brian P. Kelly Memorial two-mile footrace starts at 11 a.m. The race, sponsored by Geisinger, is the oldest road race in the Scranton area. It begins and…

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Valley View Chorus News

Congratulations to junior, Noah McKane and sophomore, Beatrice Chindemi, who recently auditioned, qualified for and represented Valley View at the PMEA Region IV Chorus Festival. Eligibility for these events begins in grade ten. This is Noah’s second year to qualify for the Region level and Beatrice’s first. Pictured left to right: Beatrice Chindemi and Noah…

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Valley View Middle School News

William Darienzo, from Valley View Middle School, has qualified to compete in the state level competition of the National Geographic Bee!The Pennsylvania State Bee will be held on Friday, April 6, 2018 One champion from each state and territory will advance to the National Geographic Bee Championship, which will be held May 20-23 at the National Geographic Society…

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Old Forge High School Devil Pride for February

Mr. Chris Gatto, Old Forge School High School Principal. announces February  Devil Pride High  School Students. The students were chosen based on their recognition for outstanding demonstrations of Devil Pride. Pride stands for Prepared, Respectful, Independent, Dependable, and Example to others Left to right:  Mr. Chris Gatto- Principal, 7th grade- Angelina Mucciolo, 8th grade- Hezekiah Deitz, 9th…

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Valley View High School Band News

From February 22nd through the 28th, three Valley View Band students qualified to represent Valley View at the PMEA Region 4 Band Festival held at Wyoming Area Secondary Center. Pictured left to right: Mia Mercatili placed 10th on clarinet, Samantha Humen placed 3rd on flute, and Julia Romanovich placed 2nd on French Horn.

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