Murals, clay pieces, papier-mâché animals, abstract art, surrealist- style paintings among many other masterpieces filled the Western Wayne High School gym this past Saturday, May 13, for the annual Western Wayne Art Exhibit that was titled this year: The American Frontier: Venture Westward to a Cultural Expression of Life.

Students in grades 9 through 12 displayed various pieces of art work that they had worked on in class throughout the year that were created and judged in the following categories: acrylic painting, watercolor painting, graphite pencil, colored pencil, charcoal, pastel (chalk/ oil), pen & ink, mixed media, ceramic sculpture, ceramic vessel, papier-mâché sculpture, and miscellaneous.

Also, ten seniors chose to exhibit portfolios of their work for the show. These seniors included: Nick Antidormi, Skyler Booths, Caitlin Henneforth, Jocilyn Hill, Nascha Lamphere, Molly Nagle, Maggie Podunajec, Makayla Rose, Peter Tomasetti, and Olivia Troiano. Their displays represented an accumulation of up to four years of artwork. The Western Wayne Art Department judged all portfolios in the categories of exemplary artwork and display.

The winners were as follows: Nick Antidormi, first place for display, third play for artwork; Skyler Booths, third place for display, honorable mention for artwork; Jocilyn Hill, fourth place for artwork, honorable mention for display; Molly Nagle; fourth place for display; Makayla Rose, first place for artwork; Olivia Troiano, second place for display, second place for artwork.

The following advanced fashion design students, who were also seniors, had textile displays featured in the art show. These students included: Zoey Rosensweet, Gina Infante, Madison Kornutiak, and Emily Shaffer.

Their displays highlighted many of the pieces they had created in fashion design and sewing classes.

From left, sitting: Nascha Lamphere, Makayla Rose, and Skyler Booths. From left, kneeling: Nick Antidormi, Caitlin Henneforth, and Jocilyn Hill. From left, standing: Maggie Podunajec, Olivia Troiano, and Peter Tomasetti.

Pictured above:  Jamie Bryan, Caydence Faatz, Kirstin Metschulat, Caitlin Falloon, Darlene Black, and Mallory Jablon

 

Please join us in congratulating the students who competed at the State meeting of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science held on May 14-16, 2017 at Penn State University, Main Campus.

Representing the High School:

Mallory Jablon received a first award for her research in Behavioral Science and was chosen as a Pennsylvania Science Talent Search award recipient.

Kirstin Metschulat received a first award for her research in Behavioral Science.

Darlene Black received a second award for her research in Ecology.

Caitlin Falloon served as a technician for the presentations.

 

Representing the Middle School:

Jamie Bryan received a first award for her research in Behavioral Science.

Caydence Faatz received a second award for her research in Zoology.

We are very proud of these students and their accomplishments in the sciences.

 

Thank you for your continued support of this program,

Christine McClure and Maria Masankay

Local Students Celebrate Joy of Reading at 12th Annual NEIU Reading Competition held at Western Wayne High School

Western Wayne School District hosted the 12th Annual NEIU Reading Competition on Thursday, May 11. Numerous area schools competed in both the high school and middle school divisions of the competition. Over 600 high school and middle students participated in the event that celebrates a love for reading. Students at the event competed in three rounds of competition where they had to answer questions about books from an established list. Western Wayne had three teams that participated. Pictured are Western Wayne Middle School students in 8th grade that were a part of Mrs. Megan Rush and Mrs. Jessica McLaughlin’s reading team. From left, kneeling: Makayla Gregory, Hailey Robbins, Hunter Gebert, Maggie Millon, and Haley Estus. From left, standing: Keyly Robinson, Jonatan Stanley, Sydney Hutchinson, Brett Schane, Loida Martinez, and Caydence Faatz.

On May 10th, students from the Western Wayne School District went to Delaware Valley High School stadium to compete in the 11th Annual Track and Field Area P Special Olympics.  They competed in running events, such as the 100M dash, the 400M dash, and the mile run.  They also competed in high jump, long jump, shot put, and softball throw.  Our athletes brought home few gold medals and many silver and bronze.  It was truly an incredible day for all! Click on any photo to enlarge!

Perhaps the most important rule students from local schools learned from the Manners Matter- Dining Etiquette Presentation held this past Friday, May 5, at Lackawanna College, Lake Region, Hawley, involved the importance of putting your highly valued cell phone away or even leaving it in your car when attending a business lunch or dinner.

The Wayne County School-to-Work Committee sponsored the event that students from Western Wayne, Forest City, Honesdale, and Wallenpaupack attended.  The six Western Wayne High School students who attended are currently in business classes taught by Theresa Lubash, business department chair and advisor to FBLA, called Business Communications and Procedures, Entrepreneurship, and are members of FBLA.  These students included Jack Tuman, Ethan Boots, James Kemmerer, John Kear, Jake Tinklepaugh, and Luai Hassan.

All of the students from local schools had the unique experience of hearing a presentation about dressing for an interview given by Ryan French and Jaime Padula from Wayne Bank and hearing a dining etiquette presentation given by Justin Genzlinger of the Settler’s Hospitality Group before enjoying a meal donated by the Lords Valley Country Club.

From left:  Jack Tuman, Ethan Boots, James Kemmerer, John Kear, Jake Tinklepaugh, and Luai Hassan.

This past Saturday, May 6, Western Wayne Musical Theater Students had the opportunity to see the Broadway Show Pippin at the Scranton Cultural Center with complimentary tickets donated by Toyota of Scranton. Western Wayne was one of a few local schools Toyota gave these tickets too. The students who had just recently put on their spring musical Bye Bye Birdie the last weekend of April were thrilled to have this opportunity. From left: Hailey Robbins, Rebeccah King, R.J. Clemens, Lindsey Karwacki, and Emily Barone.