SV students advance in music festival
Seneca Valley School District senior Shawn Bliss and sophomore Jacklyn Ko will participate in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Western Region Orchestra Festival in Feb. 21 at Hollidaysburg Area High School.
These students joined other Seneca Valley instrumentalists as they participated in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Districts 2, 3 and 5 Orchestra Festival held Jan. 10 to 12. Based on these audition results, Shawn and Jacklyn moved on to the festival in February.
More than 31 school districts in Pennsylvania participated in the festival, with more than 100 student musicians performing the music of Berlioz, John Williams and Verdi. The festival was directed by guest conductor Johnathon R. Moser, currently the director of the Erie Junior Philharmonic.
Students are led by Sarah Miller, secondary orchestra instructor.
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Local students at the University of Findlay, at Findlay, Ohio, were awarded endowed scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year:
Natalie Savannah of Butler was awarded the Kalmbach Feeds Operating Scholarship.
Alexis Foran of Freeport was awarded The Ferguson Farm Equestrian and Pre-Veterinary Medicine Scholarship Endowment Fund and the Katharine Ballard Reed Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Samantha Bartley of Valencia was awarded the TLB Foundation Christian Service Operating Scholarship Fund.
Morgan Hollabaugh of Worthington was awarded the Margaret and Paul Palmer Family Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Rishin Sharma, a senior at Seneca Valley Senior High School, has been named one of more than 4,500 candidates in the 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
Rishin is the daughter of Asha Sharma and Praveen Sharma.
The candidates were selected from nearly 3.6 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2019.
The program was established in 1964 by Executive Order of the President to recognize some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating seniors for their accomplishments.
Scholars are selected on the basis of superior academic and artistic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character and involvement in community and school activities.
Annually, up to 161 U.S. Presidential Scholars are chosen from among that year’s senior class.
All Scholars are invited to Washington, D.C., in June for the National Recognition Program that features various events, activities and the presentation of the Presidential Scholars Medallion during a White House-sponsored ceremony.
