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BEAR FACTS MAHANOY AREA HIGH SCHOOL SPRING 2018

Bear FactsSPRING 2018 MAHANOY AREA HIGH SCHOOL FREE

Bear Facts meets every Monday at 7:40 in the high school art room. All students in grades 7-12 are welcome to con-tribute to every edition.Topics are available or choose one of your own. All issues may be viewed at mabears.net. Click on “district”.

Congratulations to the Elks Students of the Month

DecemberSeniors: Payton Bernardyn and Seth Soriano

8th grade: Cambria Mayberry and Noah ZilkerJanuary

Seniors: Hannah Bruce and Matt Lewandowski8th grade: Kaziah Streisel and Caden Burke

FebruarySeniors: Sydney Gnall and Nick Cavenas8th grade: Amelia Fetco and Ryan Bowles

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Congratulations to Mahanoy Scholar Athletes:

Nathan Macleary and Megan Bisco

Easter Break Friday, March 29 - Monday April 1

Tentative Graduation Date: June 4, 2018

Congratulations to the following FBLA State Qualifiers:

Cade Bleashka - 1st Place, Word ProcessingMorgan DeWitt - 2nd Place, Accounting I

Caitlin Honus - 2nd Place, Introduction to FBLAMeredith Rhoades - 2nd Place, Personal Finance

Jessica Waldron - 4th Place, Business CalculationsKathryn McCarthy - 5th Place, Insurance &

Risk Managemt

Congratulations to Abby Dudash, Louis Frye and Ben Manley for being elected to Student Council

Congratulations to Matt Lewandowski on his 100th win at the Lackawanna Trail Duals

Congratulations to Megan Bisco on scoring her 1000th point.

Congratulations to Colin Fegley on his 100th win during Regional Wrestling competition.

Congratulations to John Wiekrykas for placing 2nd in Electronics/Technology category at the Skills USA

District 6 Competition at Penn Tech. Congratulations to Maddi Kufro for taking 1st place in the Nurse Assisting category. She will be advancing

to states in Hershey on April 18-20th.

Congratulations to the Lady Bears for winning the League Championship and a very successful season.

Congratulations to Ms. Mayberry for being honored as Mahanoy City Elks Lodge No. 695 Elk of the Year

Congratulations to The following wrestlers for placing at the District 11 Wrestling Tournament

Michael Ansback 6thDanny Lawrence 5th

Colin Fegley District ChampionMatt Lewandowski District Champion

Congratulations to Matt Lewandowski and Colin Fegley for placing third at the Regional

Wrestling Competition qualifying them for the State Competition in Hershey.

Congratulations to Matt Lewandowski for placing 6th at the State Wrestling Competition

Congratulations to Kris Boxter, Danny Wall and Caleb Snyder for qualifying for the State Swimming competition.


Who’s Involved?

CHOIRCierra AbrachinskyJamie AlbaughMichael AnsbachJohn BabinskyMegan BabinskyBrenden BennettSerena BennettKendall BernardynMegan BiscoHunter BlossPaige BrodeHannah BruceMaddie ByrneIsabel CaseyTyler ClewellMadison CavenasMaddy ColonMarcus CrespoCade CunninghamNatasha CunninghamMadison DenchyKerri DewittMorgan DewittTaylor EvansDevan FisherSydney GnallSophia GranadosJoey GunoskeyAnna HanleyMadison HohercheckCaitlyn HonusBrandon HullihanJordan KarmonickNoah KarnishIsabella Kramer

Kayla KristopaitisDanny LawrenceEmily LawrenceMegan MaclearyPayton MartinNathan MaclearyKathryn McCarthyRobbie McCarthyJustina McKenzieKody McKenzieAnthony MerchlinskyMaddison MilewskiShayla MullenNoella NearyCody PalubinskyAlexis PerezTommy PriceMaddison QuickSam QuickZachary RudimanKayla SchmerfeldDarrel SippieSeth SorianoCole SoultCole StreiselWillie StreiselMiranda StrollisBen TerryMJ TerryColin TimkoLeah Van HornDario VivarJessica WaldronDanny WallHaydn WallSierra Ward

After 30 years of servicing Schuylkill County as Big Brothers Big Sisters, the name of the organization has changed to Big Impact Group of Schuylkill County. The decision to disaffiliate from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Amer-ica has come after much discussion and careful consideration by the board of directors. This opportunity will bring greater services to the youth in our mentoring programs. The organization is thrilled to continue the same mento-ring programs with the same staff and looks forward to adding new opportu-nities to better serve the youth in our area. Its’ relationship with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has been pos-itive and the program is exceptional. However, their new business model is concentrated on large population areas. Schuylkill County does not receive funding from the National Office. In fact, it was required to pay affiliation and technology fees that now have be-come cost prohibitive. Financial support has always come from the Schuylkill United Way, local businesses, community organizations, and the people of Schuylkill County. These funds provide community and school-based mentoring programs. They fund partnerships with the Potts-ville Police and Penn State and provide monthly activities that provide positive outlets for the kids in the program. While the name has changed, the goal remains the same – to provide great ser-vices to the youth of Schuylkill Coun-ty as Big Impact Group of Schuylkill County!

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After School Snack CartHungry after school? Check out the snack cart provided by the Wellness Committee from 2:30 - 3:30. The cart is located outside the gym. Items available include fresh fruit, bagged snacks, water, and Propel. Snacks are cents and cold drinks are $1. Anyone who would like to work the cart for community service hours should see Mrs. Evancho.

The Winter Semi Formal was held on Sunday, February 18th from 6-10 pm at the Elks Lodge. Tickets were $7. Students had to be academically eligible on the week of February 11th to attend and had to be in the drug testing pool. Light snacks were served and soft drinks were available for pur-chase. Mrs. Brylewski, Student Council Advisor organized this event, as well as the Homecoming dance in October. Both are always very well attended by students in grades 9 -12. A 7th and 8th grade formal will be held in May.

Scholarship Opportunity The Schuylkill County Quilters Guild is sponsoring a $75 creative textile award to a graduating senior who displays an interest and aptitude in the use of textiles. Any senior who has taken an FCS course, worked with the costumes in the-ater arts, is involved with 4/H or FCCLA is able to apply. Applicants should submit a letter stating their qualifications to Mrs. Pepe by March 30th.

SCCA Annual High School Art Show

Six Mahanoy students will have their artwork exhibited at the Schuylkill County Council for the Arts in Pottsville from April 8 - May 11, 2018. There will be an opening reception on April 08, 2018 from 1-5 pm. Light refreshments will be available. There is no entry fee but donations are wel-come. Everyone is invited to see the artwork of students in the county, including Mahanoy students Brian Boyle, Sere-na Bennett, Shayla Mullen, Kailee Kaufman, Brooke Fifth and Leslie Gonzalez

The North Schuylkill School District will be hosting the Spartan Games on Tuesday May 15, 2018 from 9:30 – 1:30 pm on the high school campus. The games will include athletic events and carnival like games designed to meet the needs of students with disabilities. All athletes

Winter Semi- Formal Well Attended

Spartan Games Scheduled in May

will be provided with a participation medal, t-shirt, gift bags, lunch, and snacks free of charge throughout the day. Students, grades K-12, enrolled within a Schuylkill County school district who have a disability (intellectual, cognitive, learning, and/or physical) which prohibits them from competing in sports with their typically developing peers are eligible to participate.

Stop SuicideBy: Serena Cramer

There’s approximately one million people that commit sui-cide every year worldwide. That’s about 1 death every 40 seconds or 3000 per day. For each individual who takes his/her life at least 20 attempt to do so. Suicide has a global mortality rate of 16 per people. There are so many reasons why suicide occurs: bullying, death, and much more. There is help for you. Don’t be ashamed to ask for help. There will always be help for you. Seek the help you need, don’t let something ruin your life!


FCCLA members attended an Adopt-A-Grandparent pro-gram on January 23 at the Mahanoy City Senior Center. Seventeen adult/seniors and seven FCCLA members learned about the healthful benefits of journaling. Pictured are Jo-anne Reitnour, Brandon Hullihan, Kailee Kaufman and Christian Alvarez. The FCCLA will be holding their next Adopt-A-Grand-parent day on March 22nd at the Mahanoy Area Senior

Ski Club Travels to Vermont

The Ski and Snowboard Club went to Smuggler’s Notch in Vermont from February 14-17. Students in

If you or a friend are experiencing any difficulties with school or home or anything that keeps you from learning, contact a Student Assistance Program Team member or fill out a referral form and drop in the box located outside Ms. Merchlinsky’s office. The Student Assistance Program Team can help remove those barriers that keep you from learning and enjoying school.High school members include Mr. Nester, Mrs. Kelchner, Ms. Merchlinsky, Mrs. Orsulak, Mrs.Delia, Mrs. Caulfield, Mrs.Stone, Ms. Reitz, Carolyn Fishburn, Ms. Mayberry, Ms Marshall, Mr. Sabol, Mr. Holman and Ms. Scicchitano.

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Center. They will be working with Healthy Mahanoy and Schuylkill Vision director Mrs. Jeanne Elberfeld to present on the healthful benefits of bone broth. The presentation will run from 10:30-11:30 and will also feature ham and bean soup for sampling. On Friday, February 2 the following students assisted with the food bank distribution: Brandon Hullihan, Joanne Reit-nour, Bree Kristopaitis, Kailee Kaufman, Christian Alvarez and Lorenzo Rodriguez. The next Mahanoy City Food Bank provided by the Berks/Schuylkill Food bank and America’s Second Harvest will be on Friday, April 6th from 11:00-1:00 at the Family Dollar Store in Mahanoy City. March in National Nutrition Month. The Nutrition Advisory Council has posted some fresh tips for staying healthy and shopping healthy in the auxillary cafeteria. On January 31 two students from MAHS partici-pated in a school gardening webinar presented by Penn State University. The webinar focused on creating a school garden to promote both agricultural science and nutrition education. Students are invited to participate in a student gardening commitee, who will be working on our very own MA garden this Spring. Interested stu-dents should see Mrs. Pepe for more details. All of these activities were organized by Family and Con-sumer Science teacher, Mrs. Bethany Pepe.

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grades 7-12 who have been in the club for three or more years were permitted to attend. The students that had the opportunity to experience the mountains of Vermont were Jordan Lipshaw, Mason Burke, Michael Terry, Cade Cun-ningham, Justina McKenzie and Caitlin Honus.


National School Bus Safety Week is October 15-19, 2018. The theme of the annual poster contest is “My School Bus, The Saf-est Form of Student Trans-portation!” Each public, parochial, and private school may submit posters for each division to the state poster contest. The di-visions are:Division #1 Grades K – 2Division #2 Grades 3 – 5Division #3 Grades 6 – 8Division #4 Special EducationDivision #5 Computer Aided Drawing Completed poster designs must be postmarked before midnight, June 30, 2018. All entries will become the proper-ty of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Penn-DOT), and will not be returned. Poster specifications and mailing procedures for the 2018 poster contest can be found in the School Bus Safety Week Poster Contest Guidelines at www.dot.state.pa.us

Mahanoy Students Win Video Contest

A team of eighth grade students partnered with Highwood USA to compete in the “What’s So Cool About Manufactur-ing” video contest. The purpose of the contest was to make students aware of the numerous jobs available in manufac-turing by creating a video. The team worked very hard on their video. The link to the page with the video is https://www.whatssocool.org/contests/berks-schuylkill/. The school who collected the most votes wins the Viewer’s Choice Award. Last year, the winner had more than 6,000 votes. Mahanoy competed against 29 other schools in Berks and Schuylkill Counties. The voting window was open for three days. Each student in the high school received direc-tions explaining how to vote in homeroom. Although stu-dents are not allowed to use their cell phones in class, Prin-cipal Mr. Sabol gave teachers permission to allow students to use their phones for the first three minutes of each class to vote for the video produced by our eighth grade team. Mahanoy Area won the biggest award of the night – Viewer’s Choice Award for the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” video contest. The 8th grade team and Mrs. Mayberry cannot thank everyone enough for all their help. This win is a result of everyone in this district and commu-nity participating. Everyone was rewarded with a swetpants dress down day! Mahanoy competed against 29 other districts in Berks and Schuylkill Counties and won by a significant amount. The competition broke several records in the process. In ad-dition, this is the largest competition of this type in all of PA. They would like to use some of our strategies to roll out across the nation. So again, we say thank you. You made our little school very popular in the manufacturing and business world!

The following students competed in the regional comput-er fair at the IU29 on March 2: Allyson Babinsky, Ryan Bowles, McKenna Cavenas, Amelia Fetco, Alex Karmon-ick, Caitlee Kessock, Cambria Mayberry, Alicia McGlade, Kloey Poslosky, Madilyn Rick, Kaziah Streisel, and Taylor Walsh. Their hard work paid off with the following results:· 3rd Place – Graphic Design: Ryan Bowles, Alicia Mc-Glade, Kloey Poslosky · 2nd Place – Logo Design: McKenna Cavenas, Madilyn Rick, Taylor Walsh · 1st Place – Digital Movie: Allyson Babinsky, Amelia Fet-co, Kaziah Streisel. They advance to state level competition in May. · 1st Place – Graphic Design: Alex Karmonick, Caitlee Kessock, Cambria Mayberry. They advance to state level competition in May. · 1st Place – Animation: Aaron Lawrence. He will advance to the state level competition in May.

Amelia Fetco, Kaziah Streisel and Allyson Babinsky show off the blue ribbons they earned in the Digital Movie cate-gory.

2018 School Bus Safety Week Poster

Contest


GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL

GIRLS JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL

GIRLS 7th & 8th GRADE BASKETBALL

Baseball FundraiserThe baseball and softball teams are selling t-shirts and hood-ed sweatshirts. If you are interested in purchasing one please see a softball or baseball player before March 23.

BASEBALLHead Coach: Jim MayberryAsst. Coach: Pete Stetson

Asst. Coach: Brian FinneranAsst. Coach: Jeff Bowers

Asst. Coach: Greg Yanchuck

March 29 ShenandoahApril 3 ShenandoahApril 5 @ WeatherlyApril 9 Lincoln LeadershipApril 10 MarianApril 16 @ Panther ValleyApril 18 @ MinersvilleApril 20 Schuylkill HavenApril 24 @ Williams ValleyApril 26 Tri ValleyApril 30 @ ShenandoahMay 2 WeatherlyMay 4 @ MarianMay 7 NativityMay 9 Panther ValleyMay 10 @ Shamokin

SOFTBALLHead Coach: Joe HullihanAsst. Coach: Kelly Wolfe

Asst. Coach: Ashley HullihanAsst. Coach: John McGroarty

March 27 @ Schuylkill HavenMarch 30 @ Pine GroveApril 2 @ TamaquaApril 3 ShenandoahApril 3 ShenandoahApril 5 @ WeatherlyApril 9 Lincoln Leadership April 10 MarianApril 16 @ Panther ValleyApril 18 @ MinersvilleApril 20 Schuylkill HavenApril 23 ShamokinApril 24 @ Williams ValleyApril 26 Tri-ValleyApril 30 @ ShenandoahApril 30 @ ShenandoahMay 2 WeatherlyMay 4 @ MarianMay 7 @ NativityMay 9 Panther Valley


9th GRADE BASKETBALL

VARSITY BASKETBALL

7th & 8th GRADE BASKETBALL

Congratulations......to the following Blue Fins’

swimmers: Abby Dudash placed 3rd in the

backstroke Abby Dudash and Oceana O’Boyle placed 6th in the Medley Relay and

4th in the freestyle relay They will all be advancing to states .

TRACKBoys Head Coach: Dave Holmes

Boys Asst.: Kieran Cray Boys Asst.: Francis Bowman

Girls Head Coach: Natalie Zawada Girls Asst.: Tim Tobin

March 20 ShamokinMarch 28 Pine GroveApril 9 Panther ValleyApril 12 @ Schuylkill HavenApril 13 @ TamaquaApril 18 ShenandoahApril 20 @ Jim ThorpeApril 25 NativityApril 27 @ Pine GroveMay 2 MarianMay 9 Leagues @ Blue Mt.May 15 DistrictsMay 16 Districts

Volunteers Needed

Flexer is looking for 5 volunteers for this year’s Spartan Games in May. It will be on a first come first serve basis. Please see Mrs. Flexer if you are interested.


VARSITY SWIM TEAM

JUNIOR HIGH WRESTLING

VARSITY WRESTLING

Congratulations to the following wrestlers for placing at the Coal Cracker Tournament on January 27: Matt Lewandowski- 1st place @ 182, Colin Feg-ley- 1st place @ 170 and Jared Spalti- 8th place @ heavyweight

Senior Matt Lewandowski and Junior Colin Fegley before their first match of State Competition at the Giant Center in Hershey, PA. Matt placed 6th.

Danny Lawrence (5th place), Matt Le-wandowski (1st place) and Colin Feg-ley (1st place) sport their medals at the District wrestling tournament. Michael Ansbach also placed 6th.

Swimmers saw success this season with Kris Boxter earning 1st place in the 100 breast stroke at Leagues and Districts, advancing him to State com-petition. Caleb Snyder placed 2nd in the breast stroke and 1st in the 50 free at Leagues, advancing him to states. The boys medley relay finished 2nd at leagues as well.


5th Annual Stomp Out Suicide Walk/Event

Hometown Farmers Market 125 West Mahanoy Avenue Tamaqua

Saturday April 28th, 2018 From 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Music By: DJ Party Tyme with Gary

Admission is FREE!! Rain or Shine!!

Food Available For Purchase Children’s Activities

Valuable Community Resources

Thomas Hricisak Memorial Honor Society Banquet

May 6, 2018 @ 5:00

West End Banquet Hall

Tickets will be on sale in April $17 adults $11 childrenNHS members receive a

complimentary ticket

Guest Speaker: Jolee Van Horn Mahanoy Area Class of 2006

A Special Night on the Mat

Each year the wrestling boosters put together a special eve-ning to honor Mahanoy wrestlers of the past, present and future. Between the junior high and varsity matches, Coach McMahon and Mrs. Fegley introduce the youth, junior high, varsity and alumni wrestlers to the crowd. This evening has grown to become a special night on the mat.

Scholarship Opportunities

The Raymond Cavenas Scholarship is available to seniors who are member s of the football team and the theatre arts program.

The Andrew Neidlinger Scholarship is available to seniors who are members of the football team who plan to pursue a career in the medical field. Applications can be picked up from Nurse Merch and are due back to her by April 2nd Seniors: please be aware that the deadline for the Schuylkill Area Community Foundation scholarships is fast approach-ing. Completed scholarship applications are due in the Guid-ance office by March 29 due to the Easter holiday. Schol-arships available through SACF can be found by visiting www.sacfoundation.com. Click on the “Students” tab, then the “Scholarships” tab and search for “Mahanoy Area”.

Please continue to listen to the announcements, visit the Guidance website on mabears.net, and check the bulletin board for additional scholarship opportunities. Additionally, check the requirements for each scholarship you are apply-ing for, and give teachers 5 days notice if you need a letter of recommendation. If you have any questions or concerns, please see Ms. Marshall or send her an email at [email protected].


The Mahanoy musicians thatparticipated in the County Band Festival are recognized at a recent pep rally. Pictured are Brandon snider, Noah Karnish, Madison Denchy, Kayla Schmerfeld, Morgan Dewitt, Kathryn McCarthy and Kerri Dewitt. Joey Gunoskey also participated.

Many of the best of the best student musicians in Schuylkill County took to the stage Saturday in the 43rd annual Schuylkill County Band Festival hosted by the Mahanoy Area School District.Musicians from the 13 school districts in the county gathered in the school auditorium for the annual gathering of musical talent, with 119 students taking the stage.The guest conductor was Christopher J. Heffner, an associate professor of music and director of bands at Lebanon Valley College. The host director was Mahanoy Area director of bands Allison Kline.The annual festival began in 1975 and was held at Tamaqua Area, and each year it is held at another school. Blue Moun-tain hosted the concert in 2017. The last time it was at Mah-anoy Area was 2004.Before the concert, Kline spoke about the background of the event.“It consists of students of all the 13 county high schools. They auditioned for the festival in November, and then we come together in February and March each year,” Kline said. “They (students) have been here since Thursday evening, all day Friday, though we did lose three hours yesterday due to the snow, and then they came in nine o’clock this morning.”Kline said Heffner chose the repertoire of music, which was forwarded to Kline and distributed to county band directors.“We work with our individual students between November and now to prepare them,” Kline said.Band directors from other schools were in attendance as part of the audience. Shenandoah Valley band director John P. Shoener said there were eight musicians from the high school. This was his first time as band director involved with the festival, but he has experience with it from when he was at Pottsville Area High School.“I was in it four years when I was at Pottsville. I played trumpet,” Shoener said. “By being on the director side, it’s cool to see the inner workings of the organization, doing reauditions and more. It’s cool to see how it all comes to-gether from the adult side.”Mahanoy Area Superintendent Joie L. Green welcomed ev-eryone and praised the students on stage for the work they do to prepare for such concert events.“I know you, as parents, know how much work these stu-dents put into their music, as well as other activities,” Green said. “I know how hard they have to work with all the things that they do throughout the day, along with keeping up their academics. I want you to know that music is a very import-ant thing in people’s lives, and for the students up here, mu-sic can never be taken away from them. Once they learn that instrument, they can pick it up at any time and start playing.”After the playing of the national anthem and a march direct-ed by Kline, she said, “I’m sure that I speak on behalf of our

Mahanoy Hosts County Band Festivalentire district in saying it has been a pleasure to host your students for the past three days. The young men and women that you see on the stage this afternoon exemplify many out-standing qualities, such as leadership, integrity, class, dedi-cation and musicianship, just to name a few. Because of this, you are in for a phenomenal performance, and you should all be proud of their accomplishments.”Kline introduced Heffner with his background in music. Af-ter directing a song, he spoke to the audience, which filled the auditorium.“I’m very excited to be here and to work with these young musicians on stage,” Heffner said. “We had a great three days. They were super hard workers and we had a wonderful time.”Before the final song, Kline announced the annual scholar-ship.“Each year, the county Band Directors Association chooses one student or multiple students from the ensemble to be awarded a scholarship of $500 to further their education in a field of music,” Kline said, announcing Andrew Dickinson, Williams Valley, as the recipient.The concert finished with a performance of “Kirkpatrick’s Muse” by Jay Bocook.Before the band started, Heffner said, “Thanks again to Allie Kline for the invitation. I had a wonderful time and students on stage really stepped up, given the delay yesterday. We didn’t alter anything and still programmed everything that I had planned to program, so that’s a big deal and they did an amazing job.”In addition to the above-mentioned high schools, other par-ticipating high schools were Blue Mountain, Marian, Min-ersville Area, Nativity BVM, North Schuylkill, Pine Grove Area, Schuylkill Haven Area and Tri-Valley.jusalis, republican-herald


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Megan Babinsky volunteers to read to an elementary class as part of the Read Across America Day activities. Also participating were Kayla Schmerfeld, Kath-ryn McCarthy, Nathan Maclear, Leah Van Horn, Matt Lewandowski, Logan Van Horn, Cheyenne Dunlap, Tyler Clewell, Cierra Abrachinsky, Alexis Jones, Nick Cavenas, Jordan Hannon, Mor-gan Dewitt, Taylor Evans, Maddie Byrne, Seth Soriano, Marcus Crespo, Kerri Dewitt, Kayla Kristopaitis, John Babinsky, Noah Karnish, Cealinn McGroarty, Ben Terry, Isabella Kramer, Bryce Butcavage and Maddi Kufro.

If you are interested in traveling to Greece and the Mediterranean Islands in March 2019, enroll before the end of March and you will receive a $100 scholarship to be used towards the price of the trip. If enough students are not enrolled by the end of April, the trip will be cancelled and all money will be refunded.

Students that are considering attending the north vo-tech school next year had the opportunity to take an individu-al tour of the educational facilities on March 19. Those that took advantage of the chance to see if VT is right for them were Kierstyn Aldsworth, Olivia Beynon, Nyasia Braxton, Andri Cabre-ra, Cameron Cress, Kareena Kapes, Anthony Kromer, Kevin Marcano, Ev-elyn Minarchik, Shayla Mullen, Jesse Stewart, and Jaxil Tovar. Any student who is still interest-ed in applying to the Vo-Tech but did not submit an application can get ap-plication materials from Ms. Marshall. All completed applications must be returned by Wednesday, March 22 in order to be considered. If you have any questions, please see Ms. Marshall.

Spanish Club Tees

The Spanish Club has designed its an-nual tee shirt once again. Any member who wants to purchase a t-shirt should see Mrs. Yakubik as soon as possible to pick up the information paper.

Read Across AmericaMarch 5, 2018

Are you ready for the sunshine and the warm weather? Get ready for the Hershey Park field trip on June 5, 2018. All grades may attend the trip as long as you are academically eligible, in the drug testing pool and have not had more than 5 detentions, ISS or OSS. The cost of the ticket and transportation is $35 if the ticket is purchased prior to April 30, 2018. After that date, the ticket price increas-es to $40. Permission slips are available in the high school office or you can see Mrs. Brylews-ki if you are interested. If you have questions please see Mrs. Brylewski. REMINDER CLASS DUES DO NOT COVER THE COST OF THE TRIP!!!!!

Hersheypark Happy

Students Tour Vo-Tech

Travel Scholarship Available


Students Attend Summit Six students attended the Youth Summit at Pottsville Court-house with Mr. Smith on Friday, March 9. Local community leaders, have been meeting to come up with ways to invite the youth to assess the needs and assets of the county; to include major stakeholders in government, business, education and other sectors to plan and participate in the summit as mentors and supporters; to determine action steps that can create change to improve the county climate for youth; to create effective youth councils that are support-ed by adult leader mentors that will coordinate the action steps; to determine benchmarks to help evaluate the success of the steps; and to hold the youth summit annually to eval-uate and continue progress. Mahanoy students that attended the summit were Megan Bisco, Justin Letcavage, Madison Cavenas, Danny Law-rence, Emily Lawrence, and Alexis Miller.

Visit Dublin, Paris and London

Mahanoy students have the opportunity of a lifetime as the Global Education Program plans its’ fifth tour to Europe. The GEP, along with EF (Education First) Tours has sched-uled a tour to Dublin, London, and Paris in March 2020. Students that will be in grades 9-12 in 2020 are eligible to travel. Adults may travel with the group as well. Ms. Scic-chitano is the coordinator for this trip. EF Tours over 40 years experience in student travel and offers students the lowest possible prices. Despite this, it is still difficult for students to afford a trip of this magnitude. It is for this reason that the Art Club is seeking monetary donations or donations of services or products from area businesses and community members. The experience these students will be exposed to while traveling will serve as life-long lessons and will undoubt-edly change their perspective on themselves and their place in the world. If you would like to donate, please call Ms. Scicchitano in the high school or e-mail at [email protected].

Painting Event with Amanda’s Custom Creations 1 p.m. -- Saturday, April 21, 2018

Mahanoy Area Jr./Sr. High School Rhoades Library

Option A

SIZE = 14” x 14” (can be customized with teacher’s name or other name)

Option B

Option C

SIZE = 14”x14” Paint colors customizable – many colors available.

COST $40 includes all materials and coffee/tea and refreshments. Benefits the 7th & 8th Grade Semi Formal Painting is done on a distressed pine wood board.

Check out Amanda’s Custom Creations on Facebook to see examples of finished products!

SIZE=11.25” x 15” (can be customized with teacher’s name or other name)

Painting Event with Amanda’s Custom Creations

1 pm - Saturday, April 21, 2018Mahanoy Area Rhoades Library

COST $40 includes all materials and coffee/tea and refreshments.Benefits the 7th and 8th grade Semi Formal

Painting is done on a distressed pine wood board.

Check out Amanda’s Custom Creations on Face-book to see examples of finished products!

Class of 2020 Attention Class of 2020, Mrs. Kelchner is looking for stu-dents to run the fundraising table during lunches in the near future. Any profit made will go directly towards your indi-vidual class dues. Please see Mrs. Kelchner if you are inter-ested.

Attention 7th Graders Your Krispy Kreme donut orders and payment are due on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Delivery will be on March 28 from 2:30 until 5 in the LGI room.

The Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Council, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide programs and services that will develop a qualified workforce and competitive business community in Northeast Pennsylvania. The Council implements the YES (Your Employability Skills) Certificate Program. Mahanoy Area YES students have toured Hazleton Health and Wellness Center and Lowes Distribution Center. The class is taught by Mrs. Valerie Kane.

YES Students Complete Tours


-Learn some fun facts about April, the fourth month of the year.-April is one of only four months that has exactly 30 days. The oth-ers are June, September & No-vember.-April begins on the same day of the week as July every single year.-Diamonds are the birthstones of people born in April.-April is also known as a rainy month. Have you ever heard the phrase, “April showers bring May flowers?”-In America, April is when we celebrate National Poetry Month, Earth Day, and of course, April Fools’ Day. April 15th is also no-torious for being Tax Day.-But around the globe, April is an important month, too. Bataan Day in the Philippines is cele-brated on April 9th, the Thai New Year is celebrated in Thailand on April 13th, and Freedom Day is celebrated in South Africa on April 27th to commemorate the first post-apartheid elections held in that country in 1994. And of course, Easter and Passover are celebrated all around the world during this month.


Red Out Day A “RED OUT” dress down day to benefit the American Heart Association was held on February 16, 2018. Students wore an appropriate red shirt with appropriate jeans. The donation was one dollar unless you purchased an Ameri-can Heart Association tee shirt. The American Heart Asso-ciation conducts research and education to help fight heart disease. Their efforts have even reached our school district by providing us free of charge with three sets of mini Anne mannequins to use to learn CPR. This is a $2400 donation that they made to our school. Health and physical education teacher, Mrs. Brylewski, organized this event. Thank you to all who donated to the American Heart Association on the “Red Out” day. A total of 964.50 was collected.

Class officers of grades 7-12 stand around a banner created by the sophomiore officers, Jordan Karmonick, Tony Merch-linsky, Cole Soult and Haydn Wall. The banner expresses Mahanoy’s support for Parkland, Florida, the scene of the recent horrific school shooting.

Class Officers Organize Assembly One month after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, high school students across the United States walked out of school for 17 minutes not only to remember the 17 victims, but to express their discontent. Mahanoy administrators feared for the safety of the stu-dents in the district if they chose to walk out of the building so they met with the class officers to devise an alternate plan. Each grade of officers was assigned a different task. The 7th and 8th grade officers created posters announcing the events that took place on March 14, 2018. The 9th grade of-ficers created a memorial display, complete with 17 candles and pictures of each victim of the Parkland tragedy. Sophomore officers created the banner pictured below, merging the logos of Mahanoy and Parkland. The banner

was then signed by Mahanoy staff and students and sent to Parkland. Accompanying the banner was a check raised from a dress down that same day - everyone dressed in Park-land’s colors of red or gray. The day began with two presentations, one by mental health experts who explained how to handle daily stress and the other by Mahanoy City Police Department, who urged students to talk to someone if they feel there may be a threat to our school. Junior and Senior class officers read a description of each victim as the gym silently listened. It was an emotional and well planned morning that made an impact on almost every-one at Mahanoy. Well done, class officers!

Theatre Arts to Present “Grease”

You do not want to miss Megan Bisco as Sandy and Brendan Bennett as danny as Mahanoy Area Theatre Arts presents “Grease” on April 6-7 in the auditorium. It promises to be very entertaining! The Pink Ladies will be played by Pay-ton Bernardyn, Hannah Bruce and Megan Babinsky. Cast as the T-Birds are Nick Cavenas, Nathan Macleary, MJ Terry and Robby McCarthy. A cast of many more talented students promise to entertain so don’t miss it!


Quiz Bowl Team Competes in County Match

Why Homework?By: Serena Cramer

When you go to class and you don’t have homework you’re so relieved, but when you do get homework you’re like, why do we have to learn this? So, why do teachers give us home-work? The reason teachers give us homework is because we need education for jobs that you need to survive or jobs you want to do. Teachers want you to practice for that subject so you know what you’re doing. So next time you moan and groan about homework, think, because a: you will just get more homework and b: think of the benefits! When teachers tell you to do your homework some of us don’t. If you don’t do your homework, you lose prac-tice for your upcoming tests and you will have a pretty good chance of failing the year, which would be on your perma-nent school record. If you go to college they will see that, giving you a very slim selection for colleges. If you don’t go to college you will have a tough time paying bills and getting a job. SO DO YOUR SCHOOL WORK!!!

After the Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill on Friday, March 16, Mahanoy’s team poses with the Nittany Lion. Mahanoy placed 8th in the county. Pictured are Justin Letcavage, Joey Gunoskey, Cody Pa-lubinsky, Sierra Ward, Jaxil Tovar, Brandon Snider, Kerri Dewitt, Marcus Crespo, Jordan Lipshaw and seated is Cade Bleashka.

The Symposiums are one-day workshops of mentoring, mo-tivation, and opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors. Participants are students who are nominated by their schools. A typical Symposium includes presentations and speak-ers, mentoring sessions, and activities that help students gain personal and career success skills. The students who participate have the opportunity to explore a variety of op-portunities available to them after high school through their interactions with business professionals. Throughout the year, seven Symposiums are held to ben-efit over 900 students in South Central Pennsylvania. This program is offered at no cost to the attending schools. There-fore, volunteers and financial supporters from the local com-munity are vital. Mahanoy students that attended the 2018 symposium with Mr. Tobin were Maddie Byrne, Madison Cavenas, Morgan Dewitt, Joanne Reitnour, and Meredith Rhoades.

Students Attend Symposium

2018 Prom The Senior Prom will be held on May 18, 2018 at Capriottis in McAdoo. Entertainment will be provided by DJ Skuba and Photos will be taken by Daniel’s Photography. Tickets are $35. Class Dues must be paid to attend

2018 Yearbooks must be paid

in full by April 20, 2018

see Ms. Scicc in the high school art room

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