The Deputy Phil program was at EverGreen on November 7th
to present to students in grades K-4. This program is brought to the students
by the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department. The program offers three core values
to the program which are safety, respect, and awareness. Each value is
described and talked about in a manner that allows students to learn about each
value in an amusing yet educational way.
On October 17, 2019 the Western Wayne High School AP Biology students visited Lacawac Sanctuary and Biological Field Station. Students had the opportunity to engage in field research in the area of Forest Ecology and Conservation Biology. During the course of the visit students collected and analyzed data from the Lacawac Forest including a comparison of biodiversity inside of Deer Exclosures as compared to the rest of the forest, tree identification, invasive species discussions and conservation ecology. These rich field experiences allowed students to really understand the characteristics of a stable forest ecosystem. Students learned about research that is happening at the collegiate level at Lacawac Field Station and about partnerships between Lacawac and various Universities. These students will return to Lacawac in the spring to conduct their own research in the area of aquatic ecosystems.
Western Wayne High School Students attended the Wayne
County Collaborative Transition Expo. held on Oct. 22 at Ladore Lodge in
Waymart. At the event, they learned
about college and career opportunities.
The event is designed to assist transitioning students with disabilities
and their families.
Senior
Rebeccah King enjoyed the knowledge she gained from the event.
“Representatives
from different schools help you with your questions about college,” King, who
aspires to study welding after graduation, explained. “They offered scholarship help, and I also
learned about opportunities for employment available to me now. I learned that Woodloch Pines is hiring.”
Rebeccah’s
classmate Becca Boots also thought she gained some valuable insights from the
expo.
“I am
very interested in culinary studies in college,” Becca explained. “I spoke to someone representing Lackawanna
College’s culinary program, and I learned that they have a separate building on
campus for that major. That made me even
more interested in attending that school.”
All of
the students who attended the transition expo. were happy to gain more
knowledge about fields they can pursue after their time in high school.
Pictured
are some of the Western Wayne High School students who recently attended the
Wayne County Collaborative Transition Expo. held on Oct. 22 at Ladore Lodge in
Waymart. Front row, from left: Jamie Newman, Mya Lukas, Amy Newman, Caleb
Burns, Jordan Diaz, Braydon Christian, and Rebecca Weist. Back row, from left: Jack Klikus, Caleb Swingle, Becca Boots, and
Rebeccah King.
Lieutenant
Junior Grade Garret Enslin, who graduated from Western Wayne in 2012, has gone
on to achieve many outstanding accomplishments in the United States Navy.
Enslin graduated from
the United States Naval Academy in 2016.
He earned a degree in mechanical engineering. After graduation, Enslin
was stationed on a ship in Everett, Washington, for about two and a half
years. He worked as a gunnery ordnance
officer where he led twenty sailors in maintenance work. This type of work included working with the
guns on the ship, logistics projects, management of the ammunition itself,
getting missiles on board, coordinating teams, etc.
Once his first tour was completed,
Enslin received a Navy Achievement Medal for his work as Gunnery and Ordnance
Officer onboard the U.S.S. Momsen.
Enslin went on to Nuclear Power School,
a technical school operated by the U.S. Navy in Goose Creek, South Carolina, to
train enlisted sailors, officers, KAPL civilians and Bettis civilians for
shipboard nuclear power plant operation and maintenance of surface ships and
submarines in the U.S. nuclear navy.
There he learned theory about how nuclear reactors work among many other
aspects of this field. He graduated
second in his class from Nuclear Power School. Then Enslin applied the theory
he learned at Nuclear Power School in prototype school, which is a Nuclear
Power Training Unit.
Enslin explained that at the training
unit there are essentially two nuclear power submarines that were
decommissioned from naval service and refitted for the specific purpose of
training nuclear operators now. Enslin
graduated first in his class from prototype.
He discussed how his training was a progression because first
he learned the theory in Nuclear Power School, then he applied that theory in
his prototype training, and now he will begin applying all of this acquired
knowledge from school and training on a ship that has two actual nuclear
reactors, the U.S.S. Nimitz.
Enslin started on the Nimitz on November 4. He is a surface warfare officer
(nuclear). He will spend 28 months there running and
overseeing operations and working to lead about forty sailors.
Enslin explained why he chose this path in his military
career.
“I love the technical aspect of it,” Enslin said. “I was able to get a lot of in-depth
technical training, and this has allowed me to be really able to think about
problems. This path has given me the
chance to lead others very early on in my career. It is a great opportunity.”
In addition, Enslin also fondly reflected on his days at
Western Wayne. He recalled enjoying his
time on the wrestling team. He was a
part of the team from his time in middle school through his four years of high
school.
Another highlight from Enslin’s time in high school was the
leadership qualities he learned as a member of the Future Business Leaders of
America club that was led by advisor Fran Vitosky at the time Enslin was a
member.
“My time in FBLA in which I learned how to speak well in
front of others has most directly translated to some of the success I have
had,” Enslin explained. “Speaking well
to another person when you meet that person for the first time is very
important. First impressions are very
important in life and in the military.”
Enslin also has some words of wisdom for Western Wayne
students who will soon be entering the real world upon their graduation this
coming year.
“It is very important to be humble,” Enslin said. “Being able to admit that you are wrong and
to seek help even if you don’t want to is a very important part of succeeding.”
Enslin discussed how he, at a young age, after graduating the
Navy Academy, had to oversee some people who were much older than him. He explained that he learned a lot about
critical thinking and humility from that experience.
The second piece of advice he gives Western Wayne High School seniors involves resilience.
“It is important to be resilient and come back from failure,”
Enslin said. “You need to reflect
honestly about why a failure occurs, so you can learn from that mistake.”
Enslin is excited for his experience on the Nimitz, and says
that after this tour he plans to look for work outside of the Navy. He thinks his experience on this ship will be
a good transition to him working in the future in civilian engineering.
Western Wayne administration, faculty, and staff are very
proud of Enslin’s many great accomplishments and wish him the very best in all
of his future endeavors.
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.
Western
Wayne members expressed enthusiasm toward returning to their chapter with great
ideas and lots of motivation for a successful year.
WW
Freshman, Ashley Small 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.”
WW Sophomore Katarina Wood explained “I attended an FCCLA work
session that gave me key strategies to balance my extracurricular and academic skills.”
Sinclaire Ogof, a WW Senior and Vice President of Membership,
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!”
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.
The Western Wayne Marching Band visited local nursing
homes on Wednesday, Oct. 30. They spread
some cheer for the fall season while playing music and wearing costumes at
Ellen Memorial, Wayne Woodlands, and Julia Ribaudo nursing homes. The band is under the direction of Mrs.
Elaine Ort.
First quarter Western Wayne eighth grade family & consumer science students, after studying different cultures in their social studies class, voted to represent Mayan culture in a Cake-Off Competition held in late October. The Cake-Off Competition was made up of nine teams, competing against each other to be the ultimate Cake-Off winner. Mrs. Dawn Krautter is the Western Wayne Middle School family & consumer sciences teacher.
Krautter explained that
each team created a cake that represented Mayan culture, civilization, or
contributions. In addition, the teams wrote
a descriptive paragraph explaining their representation. Cakes were judged on
eye appeal, creativity, accuracy of facts, descriptive paragraph writing, and
overall presentation.
The third place cake winner with a total of 216 points was made by Justin Eldred, Leah Fedorchak, Cayden Rose, Isis Christian, and Karina Booths. The second place cake winner with a total of 217 points was made by Taylor Maiocco, Laila Filkovsky, Eddie Belavitz, William Parry, Darrell Schramm and Adrianna Scarpati. Finally, the first place champions with a total of 229 points for their cake included Stephanie Soom, Michaela Birnkrant, Emily Dickson, Tyler Gottshall, and Cianna Tyler.
The third place cake
winners explained that astrology played a key role in the design of their cake
that has purple and blue icing and looks like the night sky in a galaxy.
“The Mayans enjoyed
studying astrology, so we decided to make that part of our cake design,” eighth
grader Karina Booths explained.
Fellow group member Isis
Christian discussed the challenges the group faced that later paid off in their
third place win.
“Leveling the cake was challenging,” Isis explained. “We also had to learn how to be cooperative with each other and be able to work with the supplies we had to make the cake.”
The second place cake
winners agree that they learned a lot about working together from their
experience in the Cake-Off Competition.
“In order to get
everything done in time, we had to learn how to do separate jobs within the
group at the same time,” eighth grader Taylor Maiocco explained.
This second place group
worked together to create a cake that looked like a temple where Mayans would
worship the Gods and bring food and other sacrifices to it to please them.
The winning Cake-Off
Competition group included a variety of different aspects of the Mayan culture
into their cake design. They had a small
temple on it made of Rice Krispie treats, a river on it with Goldfish crackers
in it to represent how the Mayans got some of their foods, and the sides of the
cake were a grayish blue color to represent the Mayan’s love of astrology.
“We wanted to
incorporate as much as we could about the Mayan lifestyle in our cake design,”
eighth grader Michaela Birnkrant explained.
All of the eighth grade students
involved in the Western Wayne Middle School Cake-Off Competition were excited
to take on this challenge and display their work for the school community. Western Wayne Middle School administration,
faculty, and staff are proud of the accomplishments of these students.
Western Wayne High School will send seven of their high school chorus students to the PMEA District 9 Chorus Festival to be held from January 15 through January 17 at Marywood University. The following Western Wayne students have all been accepted to District Chorus as either qualified or as an alternate. The students pre- auditioned to qualify for districts at Tunkhannock Area High School in October. These students include: Alexandra Solimine, 1st place, alto 2; Joanna Regalbuto, 2nd place, soprano 2; Dakota Beavers, 7th place, tenor 2; Trinity Williams, 14th place, alto 2; Brad Wood, 16th place, tenor 2; Alex Taylor, 16th place, bass 1; Rhonda Fenkner, 19th place, soprano 1; John Nichols , 22nd , 1st alternate; and Lily Visceglia, 23rd , 2nd alternate.
All
of the students involved are excited to represent Western Wayne at District
Chorus in January. The students will get
their audition music sometime in November.
Western Wayne junior Rhonda Fenkner explained that the students will
have at least seven songs to prepare.
“It
is exciting and stressful at the same time,” Rhonda explained. “Last year we had both a South African and
Korean piece to prepare for the audition.
Those pieces, of course, are more challenging because, along with
learning notes and lyrics, you also have to learn all of the correct
pronunciations.”
Western Wayne Administration, faculty, and staff all wish these students
the best at the District Chorus Festival in January.
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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 [...]
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The program teaches youth and adults how to recognize
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