Western Wayne Junior Lacey Falloon won second place for
the Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Academy Creative Task Challenge
for its first unit of study.
Lacey is working through the course as a part of her
computer science class at Western Wayne High School. Lacey explained that the task that won her
the second place certificate was her coding of actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s face
when he played Jack in the blockbuster hit Titanic.
She explained that he is one of her favorite actors, and
she thought it was a unique idea for a coding task. Lacey loves the challenge of coding and has
been spending time both in the classroom and outside of school on perfecting
her coding skills.
“I like beating others to get a task complete,” Lacey
explained. “I’m always trying to finish
first.”
Along with trying to work on her coding speed, Lacey also
constantly tries to come up with new creative ideas for coding.
“For my second unit task for the Carnegie Mellon course,
I made stick figures climbing a ladder,” Lacey said. “For this project, my picture has to keep
changing to different things. It takes
time to create projects like this.”
When Lacey isn’t working on her programming skills, she
enjoys doing projects for Future Business Leaders of America where her primary
focus is accounting. Lacey likes to set
goals to challenge herself in all of the work that she does.
“I like a challenge,” Lacey said. “When I finally figure out something with
coding, I sit there and wonder why I didn’t figure it out from the start.”
Lacey looks forward to working on more coding projects in
her course at Western Wayne. Western
Wayne faculty, administration, and staff are proud of her accomplishments and
can’t wait to see what she does next.
EverGreen Elementary celebrated healthy snack options with apples on Apple Crunch Day! Klim’s Orchard donated yummy apples to help our students get a taste of the different varieties. The lessons did not stop at snacking. Teachers incorporated math, science and language arts into the day by creating experiments, graphs and writing descriptive words to describe the texture, color and taste of the apples. During lunch, students had Apple Crisp and apple slices to enjoy as well. Apple Crunch Day is a great way to encourage healthy eating habits and a great way to extend our learning.
Family,
Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) from Western
Wayne High School learned leadership skills, organizational skills,
and project ideas while attending the FCCLA Regional Leadership Meeting on October 25th at Reading Area Community
College.
Members
attended workshops on Leadership, Statewide Initiatives, Publicizing your Chapter,
Safety, Family Consumer Sciences related topics, and State Officer Candidacy. During the meeting, local chapter members also
learned about the PA FCCLA outreach project and the membership campaign.
Club advisor Lori
Lucchesi, FCS Teacher, Western Wayne High School, explained how this is an exciting
year for her students.
“We have built
our club membership up this year,” Lucchesi explained. “The students felt excited to start the year
off at the Regional Leadership Meeting and are now working on projects for the
FCCLA State Leadership Conference in the spring.”
Western Wayne
members expressed enthusiasm toward returning to their chapter with great ideas
and lots of motivation for a successful year.
Freshman, Ashley
Small Bermudez learned about FCCLA programs and competitions and stated, “The
workshop taught me about a useful planning process that will help me organize
community events and achieve my future career plans.”
Sophomore
Katarina Wood explained, “I attended an FCCLA work session that gave me key
strategies to balance my extracurricular and academic skills.”
Another
sophomore Mackenzie Sheatler found it very interesting to learn about the
safety of children at the conference.
“I like
learning about how kids interact and child development,” MacKenzie, who aspires
to be a social worker, explained.
Sinclaire Ogof,
a senior and vice president of membership for Western Wayne, reported that
“Twenty seven students attended the FCCLA Regional Leadership Meeting and our
Western Wayne Chapter’s membership has tripled this year, totaling 52 students!”
All of Western
Wayne’s FCCLA members are excited to work with this club throughout the year
and some have already begun their projects for the State Leadership Conference
to be held in the spring at Penn State Main Campus.
Sinaea Buford,
FCCLA president who aspires to major in forensic science and minor in criminal
justice, is working with fellow FCCLA member Sadie Nahman on a project for the
category of event management for the State Leadership Conference.
The girls are
working to plan a senior citizen prom for the local community. They wish to work with Wayne Woodlands Manor
and Laurel Place on the event.
“I really like
to work with the elderly,” Sinaea, who has volunteered at Golden Way Personal
Care Home in Waymart, explained. “I like
to make them happy by listening to them and making them feel like they are at
home when they talk to me.”
Fellow FCCLA
member Shailyn Pugh said she also hopes to do a service-based project for FCCLA
this year.
“I like
helping in the community and doing service projects,” Shailyn, who aspires to
be a pharmaceutical technician, said.
Family,
Career, and Community Leaders of America is a dynamic and effective national
student organization that helps young men and women become leaders and
addresses important personal, family, work, and societal issues through Family
& Consumer Sciences Education and Related Occupations.
FCCLA
is unique among youth organizations because its programs are planned and run by
members. It is the only national
in-school organization with the family as its central focus. Participation in national programs and
chapter activities helps members become strong leaders in their families,
careers, and communities.
Twenty-nine members of the Western Wayne chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America recently attended the organization’s annual State Leadership Workshop at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in the Poconos. This was the largest workshop in FBLA history bringing together more than 1,500 members and advisers from across the state for leadership development. Senior Ezra Tetreault, PA FBLA’s First Vice President, together with the other eight state officers, conducted the opening and closing sessions. Students were then able to choose from a variety of workshops to attend covering such topics as Entrepreneurship, Leadership Lessons, Communication, Characteristics of Leaders, Business Innovation, FBLA Competition Boot Camp, Officership, and Marketing and Digital Branding. This workshop was also the kickoff of the PA FBLA State Project, which benefits the American Heart Association. With a goal of $67,000, the state chapter has already raised more than $14,000 by holding a charity walk, a charity basket auction of nearly 100 baskets, a t-shirt sale, and several meals at the Great Karoo restaurant with a portion of the profits going to the state project. Attending the workshop were Cassidy Asinski, Jamie Bryan, Julie Bryan, Haley Estus, Rachel Hoch, Sydney Hutchinson, Abby Kapschull, Skylar Long, Emilie McAllister, Madison McGlone, Laynee Nugent, Ella Pavlovich, Sydney Peet, Lena Piccolino, Anya Rusnak, Gabby Tetreault, Lou Azzato, Tommy Gogolski, Parker Howell, Zane Janiszewski, Matt Leslie, Lenny Maiocco, Derek Mason, Jack McAllister, Kiel Rizzi, Carson Rush, Kelton Slifko, Tim Smith, and Ezra Tetreault.
Row 1 (l to r): Jamie Bryan, Cassidy Asinski, Lena Piccolino, Haley Estus, Madison McGlone. Row 2 (l to r): Emilie McAllister, Gabby Tetreault, Sydney Hutchinson, Anya Rusnak, Derek Mason. Row 3 (l to r): Rachel Hoch, Sydney Peet, Abby Kapschull, Tommy Gogolski, Kelton Slifko, Kiel Rizzi, Lou Azzato. Row 4 (l to r): Laynee Nugent, Ella Pavlovich, Skylar Long, Julie Bryan, Matt Leslie, Jack McAllister. Row 5 (l to r): Lenny Maiocco, Carson Rush, Zane Janiszewski, Tim Smith, Parker Howell.
Western Wayne junior Cassidy Asinski is the 2019 ACS
Susquehanna Valley Section National Chemistry Week Poetry Contest 9th-12th
Grade Winner. Cassidy’s poem was judged as being the best out of all 9th-12th
grade entries received by our section.
The poem has successfully been submitted to the national competition for a chance to win up to $300. In addition, Cassidy, her parents, and her science teacher Maria Masankay are invited to the annual Susquehanna Valley ACS Awards Banquet in May. Cassidy will receive a $50 check and a certificate at the banquet.
Cassidy’s poem is titled “Rust.” She explained that she chose this topic after
doing some research. Cassidy, who enjoys
both science and English classes at Western Wayne, said she really wanted to make
her poem stand out by personifying rust throughout it. The poem is told in the first person point of
view of rust itself.
“I wanted to make it really unique,” Cassidy
explained.
Cassidy is highly involved at Western Wayne High
School. She is a triple-sport athlete
who is a member of the soccer, basketball, and track teams. She just made the first team all-stars for
soccer. Cassidy, also, participates in
FBLA and is a member of NHS. She is
keeping her options open for the future, and says she is interested in the
study of forensic science.
She feels excited to have won the poetry contest and
looks forward to representing Western Wayne at the awards banquet for it in
May.
Western Wayne faculty, administration, and staff, are
proud of Cassidy’s accomplishments and wish her the best in her future
endeavors.
Western Wayne FBLA members joined with students from several area schools at
the Woodloch Resort for the annual Region 22 Leadership Workshop. Region
22 President and Western Wayne senior Ezra Tetreault presided at the opening
and business sessions.
The workshop is a wonderful opportunity for students to get together and meet
students from neighboring schools in a social setting rather than a competitive
one. Also attending were members from Carbondale Area, Delaware Valley,
Honesdale, Mid-Valley, and Wallenpaupack Area,
Ice skating was available before the sessions and a haunted hayride concluded
the evening’s activities.
Representing Western Wayne were Ezra Tetreault, Kate Mattern, Darlene Black,
Lenny Maiocco, Landon Firmstone, Jacob McCormack, and James Fryzel.
Theresa Lubash, chapter adviser, accompanied the students.
Western Wayne juniors Brett Schane and Madison McGlone represented Western Wayne at the 2019 Central Pennsylvania HOBY Leadership Seminar at Shippensburg University held last May.
The students greatly enjoyed their experience. Brett and Madison were glad to learn leadership skills along with making lasting friendships with other students from across the state.
“This was a good experience not only to build leadership and character, but also to meet a lot of different people that I never would have had the opportunity to be friends with otherwise,” Brett explained.
Madison agreed stating that she still keeps in touch with many of the students she met at the seminar.
“I made a lot of life-long friends,” Madison, who aspires to study psychology after graduation, said.
Brett and Madison explained that they did many getting-to-know-you activities when they first arrived at the seminar. Then they also had the chance to do community service projects.
Madison’s group went to a local Boy Scout camp and worked on setting up tents and building other needed items for the camp. She explained how all of the students at the seminar were broken into different groups to work on various service projects.
Brett said along with the service aspect of the seminar he also enjoyed the time the students got to spend in Harrisburg in the capital building.
“We got to do a mock legislature and work to get a bill passed among our peers,” Brett, who aspires to major in journalism and write about political science, explained. “It was really great to get to sit in the room where real bills are passed in the state.”
Brett and Madison thought they benefitted so much from their experience at HOBY last year that they wish to apply to be student leaders at the upcoming HOBY Leadership Seminar this spring. Brett and Madison explained how as a part of the process they individually have to complete 100 hours of community service along with the application process. If chosen, they will help to set up and facilitate this year’s event, which would mean they would be working alongside this year’s chosen Western Wayne sophomores Bridget Oppelt and Rachel Tuman.
Oppelt and Tuman will represent Western Wayne at the 2020 Central Pennsylvania HOBY Leadership Seminar at Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, from May 14 through May 17.
Both young ladies are very accomplished at Western Wayne. Bridget is an honor roll student who enjoys being a part of the Western Wayne Marching Band where she plays the alto saxophone. She also does baton with the Double R Twirlettes and likes to ride horses in her spare time.
Like her classmate, Rachel also is highly involved in academics and activities. Rachel is a member of the Mock Trial Team, PJAS, Science Olympiad, FBLA, Spanish Club, and is the vice president of the sophomore class.
The girls were chosen for HOBY through essays they submitted about what leadership means to them.
“I wrote about how leadership is a role that you can use to guide and help others,” Bridget said.
Rachel agreed that helping others is a large part of leadership.
“I wrote about how there are two types of leaders: positive and negative ones,” Rachel explained. “Positive leaders help to develop tomorrow’s leaders.”
Both girls are very excited to attend the HOBY Leadership Seminar.
“I look forward to hearing what is said about leadership and meeting other students and hearing their experiences,” Rachel said.
Hoby will soon celebrate 50 years as the country’s top youth leadership development organization. Founded in 1958 by veteran actor Hugh O’Brian, HOBY’s mission is to provide lifelong leadership development opportunities that empower individuals to achieve their highest potential. O’Brian set out to help young people make a difference and become positive catalysts for change—in the home, school, workplace, and community. Now, with more than 355,000 alumni leading the way, HOBY is respected worldwide for its youth leadership programs.
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an
evidence-based three-tiered framework for improving and integrating all of the
data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day. It is a way
to support everyone – including students with disabilities – to create the
kinds of schools where all students are successful.
PBIS is a commitment to addressing student behavior through
systems change. When it is implemented well, students achieve improved social
and academic outcomes, schools experience reduced exclusionary discipline
practices, and school personnel feel more effective.
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From left are eighth graders Haley Walsh and Aurora Morris.
From left are sixth graders Magda Malcolm and Audrey Agnello.
From left are sixth graders Joey Tickner and Aedan Lampman.
From left are seventh graders Abigail Sadowski and Cedar Gilpin.
Western Wayne elementary, middle, and high school students all participated in a fall activity day at their respective buildings on Thursday, Oct. 31, as a reward for the students’ achievements and positive behavior in the first marking period as a part of the district’s PBIS initiative. Our PBIS initiative is successfully creating a positive school environment in which students are demonstrating their Wildcat PRIDE daily. From left are eighth graders Taylor Maiocco, Brooke Kellogg, and Olivia Cottell.
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Band Performs at GDS Fair and Meets Kurt AaronAugust 29, 2024Kurt Aaron and Michael Olivo
Band and Color Guard perform at the GDS Fair.
The annual Western Wayne Marching Band and Color Guard performance at the GDS Fair was especially eventful this year because on the day of their performance Wednesday, August 28, WNEP’s Kurt Aaron and his infamous dog Ranger were also there doing live spots. Aaron briefly interviewed Western Wayne band member Michael Olivo, a senior. Michael proudly told the viewing audience about Western Wayne’s upcoming performance at the fair.
“It was really exciting to get to promote our band to a TV audience,” Michael said.
The students were thrilled to perform their 2024-25 Boy Bands themed field show for the audience along with playing some fan favorite stand tunes.
Drum majors this year are seniors Lia Hartman and Kalob Franko. This is Lia’s second season as drum major.
“We are all so grateful to be able to perform for the local community who is so supportive of us,” Lia said.
The Western Wayne Band is under the direction of Mrs. Elaine Ort who is now in her 11th season with the district.
The entire Western Wayne Band and Color Guard invite the local community to attend the first home game of the season for varsity football against Lackawanna Trail on Friday, August, 30, at the Sharkey-Rosetti stadium. Western Wayne will have the pregame show starting at about 6:45 p.m.; kick-off is at 7 p.m. [...]
Western Wayne to Host Annual Car Show Saturday, Sept. 7—NEW RAIN DATE! August 27, 2024The Western Wayne Hot Rod Club and Drama Club will host their 2024 Annual Car Show on Saturday, September 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the high school parking lot, 1970A Easton Turnpike, Lake Ariel, PA, near the football stadium. Please note our NEW RAIN DATE is Sunday, September 15.Food to be sold at the concession stand. Registration fee is $10. Spectators are free. The Hot Rod Club will give prizes for best car, truck, tractor, motorcycle, and best in show.In addition, the Drama group will sell a variety of concessions. There will also be a raffle of baskets and gift certificates generously donated by businesses and families in the local community.Drama Club student Robert Scramuzza is excited to partner with the Hot Rod Club for the for the Car Show. He explained how the Drama Club students will be dressed in 50s attire for the event.“We wanted our presence at the event to go along with the variety of cars from the past that surely will be there,” Bobby said. “We hope that the public comes out to enjoy the cars and to have some good food and purchase some chances to win baskets and gift certificates.”Members of the Drama Parents Club are working to obtain a variety of items for the raffle at the Car Show from many very generous businesses and families in our Wildcat community. The students involved in the Hot Rod Club and Drama Club can use the funds raised from this event for their club activities.The Hot Rod Club meets on a regular basis to work on a variety of automotive projects after school and can use the funds for their projects among other activities.The Drama Club meets on a regular basis after school to work on a variety of projects and activities.“Drama Club gives students a place where they can express themselves,” club president Lillian Maros explained. “We are like one big family in our club and really enjoy coming together to work as a team on events such as the Car Show.”All of the members of the Hot Rod Club, Drama Club, and Drama Parents Club cordially invite the public to attend this fun-filled event on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the High School parking lot near the stadium. Come out and see some great vehicles, take some chances on our basket raffle, enjoy some food, and enjoy some time socializing. Rain date is Sunday, September 15. [...]
Freshman Orientation – Save the Date!August 8, 2024August 22, 2024 – 6:00-7:30pm – Veterans Memorial Auditorium, WWHS
Western Wayne High School welcomes the Class of 2028!
Information on the high school/ 9th Grade Transition
High School Survival Guide
Student’s class schedule
Tours
Refreshments [...]
Safe2Say Something is a youth violence prevention
program run by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.
The program teaches youth and adults how to recognize
warning signs and signals, especially within social media,
from individuals who may be a threat to themselves or others
and to “say something” BEFORE it is too late.