Six students from Western Wayne High School recently participated In Manners Matter, an event sponsored by the Wayne County School-to-Work Committee. The event was held at Lackawanna College Lake Region and featured a gourmet luncheon catered and donated by the Lords Valley Country Club. Students from Forest City, Honesdale, Wallenpaupack, and Western Wayne participated. Prior…
MMI Preparatory School junior Sydney Karpowich was selected to attend the Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship, which will be held from July 2 through July 29 at Lehigh University. Karpowich is the daughter of Atty. Donald Karpowich and Tracy Gallagher, Sugarloaf. The Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship brings American high school sophomores and juniors together…
Valley View High School’s Cali Craig will continue her academic and athletic career at Misericordia University to play tennis. Pictured left to right standing: Chirs Killiany, Valley View Athletic Director; Carrie Peter, Valley View Assistant Tennis Coach; Jerry Pickard, Valley View Head Tennis Coach; Kim Dudrich, Valley View High School Guidance; and Larry Pegula, Valley…
WSHS Students Attend Spanish Concert On April 11, Spanish class students from West Scranton High School attended an interactive concert performed by Emir Sensini, a pop singer from Argentina and part of the Justo Lamas Group. In addition to using music to promote the study of world languages, the message of the group encourages…
MMI inducts students into National Junior and National Latin honor societies (Freeland, PA – May 5, 2017) – MMI Preparatory School recently held a ceremony at the school to induct students into the National Junior Honor Society and National Latin Honor Society. MMI Head of School D. Scott Wiggins welcomed the attendees and the…
Two MMI juniors will attend PA Governor’s School for the Sciences (Freeland, PA – May 3, 2017) – MMI Preparatory School juniors Gabriella Kupsho and Angelica Alday were recently accepted into this summer’s Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences, which will be held from July 2 through August 5 at Carnegie Mellon University. The…
Valley View High School Leo Club President, senior Natalie Palevac, was selected as the Lions Club District 14-H Leo of the Year. Pictured left to right are: Melissa Snyder, Valley View High School Leo Club Adviser; Natalie Palevac, Valley View Leo Club District 14-H award winner; and Jamie Zaverl, Valley View High School Leo Club…
Pennsylvania State Representative, Kevin Haggerty presented Valley View Golfer Hannah Yanoski with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The House of Representations Athletic Citation for being named the first All- State Valley View Golfer in Valley View History and the first golfer to medal in a State Championship. Pictured left to right: Chris Mendicino, Valley View High School…
Seventeen MMI students place in top 10 at Pennsylvania FBLA state leadership conference (Freeland, PA – May 1, 2017) – Eight MMI Preparatory School students advanced to the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) national leadership convention and 9 additional students placed in the top 10 in their respective competitive events during the Pennsylvania…
Marywood University to Offer Applied Guitar Course SCRANTON, PA (April 25, 2017)—Marywood University’s music, theatre, and dance department will offer a new applied guitar course during the fall 2017 semester. The course will teach the guitarist how to improvise solos in the classic style of the great Blues-Rock musicians revered by so many. The…
Marywood University’s Professional Continuing Education Program to Hold Therapy Workshop SCRANTON, PA (April 25, 2017)—Marywood University’s Professional Continuing Education Program will hold a “Brief Therapy Practices and Lifestyle Changes to Enhance Recovery” workshop on Friday, June 9, 2017, from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., in the Upper Main Dining Hall, in the Nazareth Student Center,…
Marywood University to Present “Dance into Spring” Classes and Performances SCRANTON, PA (April 12, 2017)—Marywood University’s music, theatre, and dance department will host a daylong “Dance into Spring” event on Saturday, May 6, 2017, including a master class in jazz with members of the company of PIPPIN; a master class in modern dance with dancer-choreographer…
Marywood’s Annual Community Leadership Celebration to include Selections from Godspell, Aerialists, Living Statues, and Plants that Move SCRANTON, PA (April 21, 2017) – This year, when hundreds of business professionals, community leaders, and friends of Marywood University come together on May 4 to attend the University’s fourth annual Community Leadership Celebration, they are going to soon…
Marywood University’s Music, Theatre, and Dance Department to Host Spring Symphony Orchestra Program SCRANTON, PA (April 20, 2017—Marywood University’s music, theatre, and dance department will host its spring 2017 symphony orchestra program on Saturday, April 22, 2017, at 7:30 p.m., on the Main Stage of the Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts. The performance is…
Marywood University’s Holds 16th Annual “Release the Light” Sexual Assault Awareness Program SCRANTON, PA (April 18, 2017)—Marywood University will hold its 16th annual “Release the Light” Sexual Assault Awareness program, in conjunction with National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The event will take place on the campus green, in front of the…