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JACKSON TWP — A recent community service project provided seventh-graders from Ryan Gloyer Middle School the opportunity to work with the PA Fish and Boat Commission to build 40 fish habitats for Lake Arthur at Moraine State Park.
In 2019, RGMS science teacher Matt Durst reached out to Mike Shaffer, environmental education specialist at Moraine and McConnells Mill state parks, to ask him about possible service projects that his seventh-graders could participate in at the park. Shaffer had the idea of connecting the students with the PA Fish and Boat Commission to build the fish habitats that would be placed in Lake Arthur.
The team of middle school teachers and team guidance counselor Jennifer North worked together to make this service project happen again this year.
The students and teachers were both excited to reconnect with the PA Fish and Boat Commission to resume their work on the fish habitats after a two-year hiatus from field trips due to the pandemic.
The structures built by students will begin to grow algae, which will then attract insects, bait fish and eventually larger game fish to the waters of Lake Arthur.
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Recent Seneca Valley High School graduate Daniel Spear has been offered a National Merit Purdue University Scholarship.
Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. An additional group of scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients in the 2022 competition to about 4,000.
“I’m excited to study computer science at Purdue University. They have helped with this goal by presenting me with a Purdue Merit Scholarship based upon my qualifications as a National Merit Scholar finalist for my high PSAT score,” said Spear.
Seneca Valley High School graduating senior Abby O'Shea was the winner of a $1,000 in the 1st Annual Georgie Smigel Group Scholarship Essay Contest.
Along with Rachel Smith, the first runner-up, Abby stopped by the Coldwell Banker Realty office in Cranberry Township to collect their awards.
Smith, along with three other runners-up, Torrey Hill, Kaitlyn Livorse and Peyton Riddle, received substantial gift cards to be used for college or seconddary education expenses.
Smigel said, “These two exemplary essays conveyed the image and wholeness of community that we feel makes our area such a wonderful place to live.”
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Two recent Butler Senior High School graduates have been named as recipients of the 2022 Rosanne Cavalero and Jane Cavalero Scholarships.
The Rosanne and Jane Cavalero Scholarships are distributed through the Wellington C. Carl Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation. The funds provide scholarships in equal shares to the male and female graduates from Butler High School having the highest cumulative grade point average who pursue post-secondary education.
Rebekah Kalberer will receive $7,131 as the recipient on the female side. Rebekah is the daughter of Kenneth and Lisa Kalberer of Butler. She will be studying actuarial science at Florida State University.
Isaac Busler will also receive $7,131. He is the son of Shaun and Melissa Busler of Butler. He will be attending Grove City College majoring in computer engineering.
