STUDENT DIRECTORY
GROVE CITY — Colin Freyvogel of Butler was co-captain of the Grove City College Debate Team that recently won an overall national championship, as well as several individual ones. The team is one of the most successful teams in college history.
The team secured the national championship at the National Christian College Forensic Invitational in Phoenix at Grand Canyon University, where it competed against the nation's top Christian schools.
That win followed awards and honors at the American Enterprise Institute's annual debate tournament, a competition at Bowling Green State University and the 2016 Chief Justice Invitational.
Pennsylvania State University, Notre Dame, Purdue University, University of Illinois, Pepperdine University, Oberlin College and the University of Kentucky were among the schools in these competitions.
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BATON ROUGE, La. — The following students were initiated into the honor society Phi Kappa Phi:
Duquesne University: Christopher Carcia of Sarver and Angela Mignanelli of Zelienople
Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Heidi Fleming of Butler and Heather Urbaniak of Slippery Rock
Pennsylvania State University: John Choma III and Allison Crouse, both of Cranberry Township
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania: Kiley Ruffaner of Butler, Meisha Hollefreund of Chicora, Adam Byko of Cranberry Township, Stephanie Policaro of Ellwood City, Joey Kerle of Emlenton, Wesley Knight of Grove City, Glenn Utsch of Grove City, Allison Birckbichler of Karns City, Corinne Savena of Portersville, Deanna Brookens of Slippery Rock, Connie Edwards of Slippery Rock and Heather Frederick of Slippery Rock
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MARS — Mars Area Middle School eighth-grader Chloe Milliron was selected to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum: Explore STEM program, in July at Loyola University in Chicago.
Milliron, 14, daughter of Ryan and Melissa Milliron of Mars, will join students in sixth through eighth grades from across the country to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers through hands-on simulations, workshops and competitions in computer science, engineering and medicine.
The program also will offer students an opportunity to develop their time management, conflict resolution, information analysis, collaboration and public speaking skills.
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MARS — Mars High School sophomore Dustin Bauer took sixth place in the Introduction to Financial Math competition at the 2016-17 Pennsylvania Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference.
The organization helps students enhance their leadership abilities and prepare for entry into and advancement within a business or business-related occupation.
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MARS — Mars Area Elementary School recently raised $22,762.08 to benefit the American Heart Association through the school's annual Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser.
As part of the fundraiser, students in second through fourth grades jumped rope during their physical education classes and collected pledges to benefit the association.
Michael Fugh's fourth- grade class brought in the highest amount, Kathryn Haney's second-grade class took second place and Kelli Schiffhauer's second-grade class took third place.
The top individual fund-raisers were fourth-grader Gavin Wagner, fifth-grader Cooper Courson, second-grader Isabella Martini, fourth-grader Julia Nassif,second-grader Reagan Dunn, fourth-grader Alyssa Hipsky and third-grader Jake Golebiewski.
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MARS — Mars High School students were inducted into the school's National Honor Society this month.
Inductees include seniors Lindsey Brand, Katie Huggins, Megan Gow and Lauren Titchen.
Juniors inducted were Jack Anderson, Shaun Birch, Taryn Campion, Owen Corsi, Luke Diel, Nicholas Dinderman, Jordyn Douglas, Sam Gentile, Ian Goetz, Zachary Greene, Kailey Grill, Raymond Kahn, Ally Kennedy, Jonathan Knotts, Sophia Lamm, Julia Lehman, Elias Manjerovic, Erin McChesney, Emily Metro, Luke Miller, Grace Rihs, Maria Rosenberg, Christa Sauers, Alison Scaletta, Connor Schmitt, Eva Shterengarts, Alec Skomo, Audrey Smith, Juliet Thomas, Rachel Wawrzynski, Nicholas Weber, Maggie Williams and Nicole Zukowski.
Sophomores inducted were Dustin Bauer, Will Bednar, Anastasia Bonifate, April Bonifate, Hunter Boyd, Camille Bromley, Nicholas Bruno, Madison Ceasar, Alexander Chipps, Noah Cipkins, Rowen Fletcher, Jeana Garrity, Mia Giglietti, Matthew Graham, Alexa Grau, Emily Grieco, Ryan Grove, Lindsay Herold, Megan Hooper, Ting-Yu Huang, Katrina Johansson, Anjali Kaul, Regan Kramm, Jackson Krock, Lauren Lussier, Madelene Lussier, Mia Manuppelli, Megan Mappin, Benjamin Merritt, Shea Moffa, Cassie Mueller, Zane Mundy, Matthew Olsen, Andrew Pierre, Jack Ramsey, Rebekka Ranalli, Emily Rogers, Nicholas Rupnow, Caleb Schmidt, Andrew Seles, Marissa Seles, Paige Seles, Christopher Sicher, Jacob Smith, Natalie Sobel, Stephanie Streb, Izzy Trimble, Claire Valentine, Vincenzia Vargo, Connor Volk-Klos, Hayley Ward, Teressa Wesley and Erica Wojcikiewicz.
Society members participate in a variety of service-related projects during the school year.
