Student Directory
Ryan Gloyer Middle School seventh-grader Lucas Boyle was a winner of the 2019 Joan Jarrett Outstanding Middle Level Student Award for the West Region by the Pennsylvania Association for Middle Level Education.
Students nominated for this award must demonstrate exceptional leadership abilities, good citizenship and positive contributions to their school community.
“The staff at Ryan Gloyer Middle School felt that Lucas was an outstanding young adolescent deserving of this award,” said PAMLE Awards Chair Jessica Good.
Middle level students from all over Pennsylvania are nominated by their teachers, principals or guidance counselors for this special award. Two students from each of PAMLE’s five regions are chosen as recipients.
Lucas was presented with a certificate. In addition, PAMLE will make a $50 contribution in his name to a charity of his choosing.
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Joseph Demeis of Cranberry Township and Brittany Kolek of Freeport were two of the 77 students at the University of Mount Union, in Alliance, Ohio, who were inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta, the national honor society for first-year success.
To be eligible for membership, students must have a 3.5 GPA after the first semester or a 3.5 cumulative GPA at the end of two semesters.
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Slippery Rock University will bestow President’s Awards for Civic Engagement upon three individuals who promote civic engagement through their leadership and innovative practices.
Becky Lubold, a resident of Slippery Rock and manager of the Slippery Rock Farmers Market, will receive the Community Partner Award that recognizes a community-based organization or individual that has enhanced the quality of life in the community.
Nikol Damato, a senior dual major in history and biology from Ellwood City, will be awarded the President’s Student Civic Leadership Award, given to an individual student or a student organization that models a deep commitment to civic responsibility and leadership.
Lynne Motyl, associate vice president for human resources and diversity, will receive the President’s Civic Engagement Ambassador Award, which honors an individual SRU employee or group that has significantly advanced the campus’ distinctive civic mission.
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JACKSON TWP — The Seneca Valley Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Eastern Division Conference at the David L Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh April 5.
Over 170 recorded applications were submitted and only a handful of high school groups were selected to perform. The best high school bands from a 12-state region were eligible.
