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JACKSON TWP — Storm Harvin, a Seneca Valley High School senior, was named a national gold medal and a national American Visions Award winner in the 2019 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Competition.
Harvin won for her mixed media piece titled “American Delicacies: Fast, Cheap and Easy,” developed to highlight the over saturation of fast food culture in America.
Works receiving Gold Medals will be on display at Parsons School of Design at the New School from May 31 to June 8.
Additionally, six other Seneca Valley students had their artwork adjudicated in New York City on March 13 after winning Gold Keys in the 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Competition.
Regional Gold Key winners include Kathryn Curtis, Sonia Fernades, Jessie Glatz (two Gold Keys), Amelia Reese (three Gold Keys), Gavin Thomas and Coryn Trjchel.
Seneca Valley Silver Key recipients include Savannah Adomaitis, Matthew Anderson, Grace Bares (two Silver Keys), Olivia Bernd, Jessie Glatz and Amelia Reese (two Silver Keys).
More than 1,700 entries came from students across the region.
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SARVER — The Freeport School District has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. This is the fourth year in a row that Freeport has received this honor.
Now in its 20th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students.
To qualify for the Best Communities designation, Freeport answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, and support for the music programs. Responses were verified with school officials and reviewed by The Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas.
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Butler Intermediate High School students advanced to the next round of competition in the “What's So Cool About Manufacturing Video Contest” sponsored by Catalyst Connection.
The eighth-grade team, including students Ryan McLister, Mark Collins, Carson Boden, Bailee Kauffman and Jessica Mohney, won second place in the Viewer's Choice category and first place in Best Manufacturing Message. This team will go to Harrisburg on April 30 for the state competition.
The seventh-grade team, including students Drew Griffith, Ava Best, Jessica Chwalik, Charlotte Dickey and Jordyn Vandevort, won second place in the Best Videography category.
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The following local residents were recently initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society:
Youngstown State University: Brooke Schaefers of Butler and Mitchell Topf of Cranberry Township
Duquesne University: Kayla Widenhofer of Butler and Crystal Staudt of Cranberry Township.
Slippery Rock University: MaryAnn Steinmiller of Butler, Kelly Sullivan of Hilliards, and Rebecca Anna, Jorge Balerdi, Sharon Mburu, David Mishler and Lanre Oladipupo, all of Slippery Rock.
———JACKSON TWP — After advancing through two phases of an online competition, the Seneca Valley High School JROTC Academic Team composed of Caleb Alters, Diego Ambriz-Hernandez, Mareena Price and Emma Stitzenberg will compete in person at the championship event in Washington, D.C.The 2019 U.S. Army JROTC Academic Bowl Championship will be June 21 to 25 on the campus of Catholic University of America. This event is sponsored by the U.S. Army Cadet Command, JROTC Headquarters, and is conducted by the College Options Foundation.Seneca Valley's Raider Battalion Academic team earned top scores out of the 1,411 Army JROTC teams that competed from around the world.The winner of the U.S. Army JROTC Academic Championship will compete against the winners of the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy JROTC Academic Bowls in the JROTC Joint Service Academic Bowl Championship.
