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WW National Merit Commended Student

Spencer Smith, Western Wayne senior, has been named a Commended Student in the 2018 National Merit Schloarship Program.  Paul Gregorski, high school principal, has presented Spencer with a Letter of Commendation from the school and National  Merit Scholarship Corporation.  About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise.  Although they will not continue in the 2018 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2018 competition by taking the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.  Western Wayne Administration is proud of Spencer’s achievements.  Along with being a three year National Honor  Society member, Spencer is lead programmer and vice president of the Robotics Club and runs the Computer Club. He wishes to attend Lehigh University with a dual major in electrical and mechanical engineering. From left, Jennifer Bradley, assistant high school principal; Spencer Smith, Commended Student in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program; and Paul Gregorski, high school principal.

3rd Annual Women in Science Symposium Attended by Students in Grades 8 -10

Courage, fearlessness and determination are not just qualities that professionals in careers like law enforcement need.  These are just some of the attributes Western Wayne students, who attended the Women in Science Symposium, learned are necessary when taking on a career in the ever-expanding science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields that are predominantly male.

Female students from Western Wayne High and Middle Schools had the opportunity to attend this event which was hosted by the Wayne Pike Workforce Alliance and the Lacawac Sanctuary& Biological Field Station.  Students from local schools gathered at the Heritage Nightclub at Woodloch Resort on Tuesday, September 19, for an information-filled day.

The purpose of the event was to give students like women, minorities and other underdeveloped groups information on career paths consisting of STEM which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education. Students got to meet with representatives from local colleges to discuss career options, hear presentations from female, working professionals and had the opportunity to speak with these professionals after the presentations finished.  Pictured are Western Wayne students in grades 8 through 10 who attended.

Junior Evan Coons Does Exceptional Work at RDW

The Western Wayne School District requires students to complete a meaningful senior project that in some way enables them to give back to others.  Evan Coons is an 11th grade student and he completed his senior project with the Early Intervention program this past summer at Western Wayne’s Robert D. Wilson Elementary School. Evan was an Early Intervention student in Mrs. Michelle Mistishin’s classroom at RDW when he was three years old.  Evan wanted to do his senior project with EI as he wanted others to know that EI gave him the school readiness skills to be a successful student at Western Wayne.   Over the summer, Evan volunteered in the RDW EI classroom where he was a part of the teaching process for eight young students, ages 3-5.  Evan was instrumental by working on IEP goals and social skills through play, games, and other preschool activities.  As part of his senior project and the act of “giving back” he raised $710 (through a fundraiser at his church) for EI to purchase books for all EI students (EI works with Western Wayne School District, Wallenpaupack Area School District, and Wayne Highlands School District).  EI was able to purchase  720 books with the money Evan raised.  From left: Evan Coons, Michelle Mistishin, EI teacher; Beth Gregory, EI supervisor; and Patricia Jennings, EI service coordinator.

 

 

 

 

Students Create Fun For Elementary Students for Homecoming Week

The Western Wayne Pride Committee run by teachers and administration gathered a group of eager high school and middle school students to paint rocks to be hid throughout the community for Western Wayne elementary students to find.  Elementary students who find the uniquely creative rocks will then have their pictures taken and posted on the Western Wayne Website.  This is just one of many activities students will participate in during the time leading up to Homecoming which will take place at the home football game on Friday,  September 29.  From left:  Emma Dwyer, Becca King, Becca Boots, Harry Martinez, R.J. Clemens, Lily Visceglia, and Hailey Robbins.

EverGreen Elementary to Host Second Annual Community Market Day

A few songs from classic musicals, drum line music, and colonial songs played on fifes and drums will all be performed by Western Wayne High School students at the second annual Community Market Day to take place this Saturday, Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the EverGreen Elementary School.

This event benefits the EverGreen Parent Teacher Association and is free admission. There will be about twenty local vendors at the event selling homemade crafts and other items.

Performers will entertain the crowd from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The line-up includes:  Lynnette’s Twirlerettes, Twin Dragons Martial Arts, Spotlight Performers, the Western Wayne Drama Club, the Western Wayne Drum Alliance, and the Wayne County Fife and Drum Corp. Many of the performance groups will also have tables at the event where they will offer information about their organizations and sell goods.

One such group is the newly formed Western Wayne Drama Club. The club is new this year at the district and is open to students in grades 8 through 12.  For this first performance, high school students will be featured singing songs from past Western Wayne shows such as Bye Bye Birdie, Shrek and Seussical.

The students will end their set with a song from their upcoming musical comedy Nice Work if You Can Get It, which will premiere the last weekend of April in the newly renovated high school auditorium. Drama club students participating on Saturday include: Ty Alpaugh, Lindsey Karwacki, Honour Shaffer, R.J. Clemens, Hailey Robbins, Jill Jones, Lily Visceglia, Jake Jones, Rhonda Fenkner, Victoria Petrosky, Becca King, and Emily Barone.

Junior Lindsey Karwacki will perform with two groups at the event.  Along with singing with the Western Wayne Drama Club she will also play percussion with the Western Wayne Drum Alliance.

The group is composed of Western Wayne student musicians: John Kear, Mason Coccodrilli, Taylor Altenhofen, Katherine Moore, and Lindsey.  Jacob Slomian, Western Wayne alumni, will also perform with the group.

John Kear hopes the audience will appreciate the many genres of music the Western Wayne performing groups will bring to Community Day.

Along with playing in the Drum Alliance, John will also play old-time colonial music with the Wayne County Fife and Drum Corp.

John founded this group and decided to use his work with it for his senior project at Western Wayne.  John explains that he always wanted to form a group to play this type of classic music.

His friends, all Western Wayne students or alumni, make up the ensemble: Mason Coccodrilli, Jacob Slomian, Katherine Moore, and Amanda Herold.

The group recently played at the GDS Fair and look forward to their second performance at Community Day. They plan to play songs such as “Yankee Doodle” and “Road to Boston” among others.

John looks forward to what promises to be a great day for family fun in the local community on Saturday.

“I hope that people will come out to hear the unique songs of our group and all of the other talented groups scheduled to perform at Community Day.”

Front row, from left: Haily Robbins, Emily Barone, Becca King, and Victoria Petrosky. Back row, from left: Jake Jones, Lily Visceglia, Honour Shaffer, Rhonda Fenkner, Jill Jones, R.J. Clemens, and Lindsey Karwacki.

Western Wayne Drama Club students rehearse for the EverGreen Community Market Day event with assistant musical director Sarah Calabro.

 

Drama Club Hosts First Fundraiser

Western Wayne’s newly formed student Drama Club held their first fundraiser this past weekend on Sunday, Sept. 17 at Ray’s Shursave in Waymart. Students washed cars and sang songs for donations from the community. The students are very grateful to all who helped with the event and those who came out to support them. They raised over two hundred dollars. The club plans to meet throughout the school year to have various acting, dancing, and singing workshops along with other activities voted on by students. From left: Lindsey Karwacki, Hailey Robbins, R.J. Clemens, and Becca King wash cars at the Drama Club’s recent car wash.

Ty Alpaugh and R.J. Clemens washed cars this past Sunday, Sept. 17, to fundraise for the newly formed Western Wayne Drama Club.

 

From left: Sydney Peet, Madison Kapschull, and R.J. Clemens worked at the Western Wayne Drama Club’s recent car wash fundraiser.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FBLA National Winner – Allison Mattern

Allison Mattern, junior, has been recognized as an outstanding student. She starts her junior year at Western Wayne High School ranked first in her class. She is a one-year member of the National Honor Society and takes numerous AP and honors courses.

Allison has also played on Western Wayne’s tennis team for three years. Along with her participation in sports, Allison is an active member of Western Wayne’s esteemed marching and concert bands where she plays the baritone and serves as band librarian.

This summer Allison proved her excellence in her business studies by placing 2nd in the nation for the Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure event at the FBLA National Leadership Conference held in Anaheim, CA, from June 29 through July 2.

Allison explained that she had to take a 100-question test as part of the event in which she had to answer questions about how to run a business meeting smoothly. She spent a lot of time preparing for this event. She had many study sessions with former FBLA advisor Ms. Fran Vitovsky. Allison feels glad her hard word and determination paid off.

“Being on a national stage was awesome,” she explained. “I learned just how much I can dedicate myself to a task.”

Theresa Lubash, business department chair at Western Wayne and advisor to FBLA, is extremely proud of Allison.

“Allison did a wonderful job representing Western Wayne at this national event,” Lubash, who also serves as the Region 22 FBLA co-advisor, said. “She is truly a role model of excellence for others at school.”

The Strengthening Families Program

Introducing the Strengthening Families Program: for Parents and Youth 10-14. A FREE program for parents and caregivers and their 6th grade children.

Attend this fun program to help your child transition to the middle school successfully.

Parents and caregivers can enhance their parenting skills by:
 -learning to set limits and showing love.
 -making house rules.
 -encouraging good behavior.
 -protecting their children from substance abuse.
 -learning to handle stress.

Check out the download for more information.

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Summer School Information

Summer School for students in grades 7th through 12th grade will be held at Evergreen Elementary for the month of July.  Registration is June 28th or 29th at Evergreen Elementary and classes cost $150 per course (see flyer for more details).

 

Middle School Holds Annual Ceremony

Western Wayne Middle School held their annual 8th Grade Moving-Up Ceremony on Thursday, June 15, in the middle school gym.  All 8th grade students received awards in various categories for excellence or improvement in all academic and unified arts classes.  In addition, students received awards for good citizenship, excellent work habits, and for a variety of high academic achievements such as making the honor roll for 11 quarters in middle school from 6th through 8th grade.  It is also a Western Wayne Middle School tradition for many years that two outstanding students, one male and one female, are recognized for their patriotism and leadership among other qualities.  The local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the local American Legion present these awards.

Charlene Edgerton and Eloise Fasshauer presented the Daughters of the American Revolution Award to 8th grader Jamie Bryan.  Jamie received the good citizenship medal from the Daughters of the American Revolution for being an outstanding student in the 8th grade class who exhibits the qualities of honor and honesty, service, courage, leadership, and patriotism. George Shaffer presented the American Legion Award to 8th grader Leonard Maiocco.

Lenny received this annual award for being an outstanding student in the 8th grade class who exhibits the qualities of honor, scholarship, Americanism, leadership, and courage. From left: Kristen Donohue, middle school principal; Jamie Bryan, who received the good citizenship medal from the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; and Leonard Maiocco, who received the American Legion Award from the local chapter of the American Legion.

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Pictured are eighth grade students before the annual Moving-Up Ceremony which was held on Thursday, June 15, in the middle school gym.  From left, row one: Courtney Petrilak, Lily Black, and Diala Hassan.  From left, back row:  Chris Wallace, Logan Shaffer, Caleb Hoch, and Caydence Faatz.

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Pictured are some eighth grade students after having received awards at the annual Moving-Up Ceremony.  From left: Tim O’Sullivan, Carter Swingle, Justin Thorpe, Jeremiah Pauler, Alex Taylor, and Harry Martinez.

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Pictured are eighth graders Jake Jones and Lily Visceglia, who along with receiving awards at the Moving-Up Ceremony were both nominated for Student of the Month for April for their work in Western Wayne’s production of Bye Bye Birdie.

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Pictured are eighth grade graduates.  Row one, in front: Natasha Orehek.  From left, second row: Abby Lopez, Amanda Young, Madeline Pasake, and Hailey Robbins.