Bethel Park School District May 2018 Highlights Please enjoy reading about the

outstanding achievements of our students and staff!

Bethel Park Named A 2018

Best Community For Music Education

For the fourth consecutive year, the Bethel Park School District received a Best Communities for Music Education Award. The award is presented by the National Association of Music Merchants Association (NAMM). Bethel Park is one of 583 school districts in the country to receive this award for demonstrating outstanding achievement in an effort to provide music access and education to all students.

BPHS Music Department Has Successful Spring Trip

FIRST PLACE/SUPERIOR RATINGS • Top 21 in the Jazz Choir Event • Top 21 in the Chamber Choir Event • Bethettes • Majorettes • Drum Line • Jazz Ensemble • Percussion Ensemble • Concert Band • Symphonic Band • Chamber Orchestra

BEST OVERALL AWARDS • Jazz Ensemble • Symphonic Band (William D. Revelli

Award) • Chamber Orchestra • Top 21

The Bethel Park High School Music Department had a successful Spring Music Trip to the Festivals of Music in Myrtle Beach, bringing home 27 awards, including 10 First Place Awards, 10 Superior Ratings, four Best Overall Awards, one Outstanding Section Award and one Second Place and one Superior Rating.

OUTSTANDING SECTION AWARD • Jazz Ensemble (Saxophone

Section) SECOND PLACE/SUPERIOR RATING • String Orchestra

96 Inducted Into National Honor Society

The Bethel Park High School Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 96 students—including one senior, 19 juniors and 76 sophomores. Inductees must embody the Four Pillars of the National Honor Society—Character, Scholarship (including a 3.85 GPA), Leadership and Service (including 35 hours of community service annually).

SENIOR • Michaela Isenberg

JUNIORS • Tyler Andreis • Jeffrey Bele • LaNora Barber • Lance Chorney • Kaylee Coblentz • Natalie Farmerie • Andrew Garland • Ariana Guerra • Brenna Manko • Maggie Marsteller • Connor Price • Emma Puzausky • Madalynn Rago • Nicole Reilly • Eve Rosemeier • Nolan Roth • Christopher Toth • Anton Yanovich • Jenelle Wu

SOPHOMORES • Jessica Abraham • Connor Anderson • Jessica Ashton • Lauren Bader • Grace Bair • Madison Becker • Evan Bromley • Aaliyah Brown • Alexander Brownfield • Alexis Bruckner • Sydney Burns • Juliana Carbone • Joseph Cardamone • Cole Carter • Matthew Casaldi • Andrew Cassano • Jenna Chernicky • Marissa Christenson • Adam Collier • Lindsay Cook • Hannah Crawford • Matthew Delach

• Jenna DeTesta • Sebastian DiPrampero • Thomas DiRenzo • Marissa Disori • Samuel Donaldson • Madelyn Dziezgowski • Dominique Eckley • Brian Einhaus • Roma Eisel • Kaitlyn Faber • Ryan Ferris • Joseph Fertal • Xavier Gaefke • Sophia Galietta • Sarah Gilliam • Hannah Gold • Olivia Greene • Kira Greer • John Gummo • Kayla Hare • Melissa Haunn • Molly Hoffman • Claudia Huber

• Logan Huwe • Maura James • Brandon Janus • Miranda Johns • Alyssa Kane • Alexis Kiesling • Kevin Kogler • Melody Kusan • Tyler Kvak • Mallory Locke • Sarah Long • Patrick May • Madelyn Marzina • Luke McLinden • Ryan McLinden • Jared Miller • Benjamin Minick • Camden Morgan • Lauren Mullen • Natalie Nerone

• Isabella Nowozeniuk • Jordan Rogers • Caleb Shook • Alex Sodini • Tianna Torles • Mark Vighetti • Caitlin Wahal • Meghan Wahal • Nicholas Walker • Haley Zevola • Lily Wilson

Congratulations, DECA

Students!

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WINNERS (for meeting all standards of performance in their respective events) • Greydon Tomkowitz (Human Resources Management) • Paige Davidson and Valerie Wengryn (Business Law and Ethics Team Decision

Making) • Samantha Dunn (Quick Serve Restaurant) • Chelsea Hallman (Entrepreneurship) • Audra Kozlowski (Start-Up Business Plan) • Rachel Gilliam and Sarah Gilliam (Advertising Campaign) • Tammy Stugan, Dalton Moore and Tim Nuss (Creative Marketing Plan) • Diana Brueggman (Business Growth Plan) • Lance Chorney and Alex Duguid (Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan) • Sami Huwe and Brenna Manko (Community Service Project) • Brian Torles (Principles of Business Administration)

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TOP 20 FINALIST • Greydon Tomkowitz

(Human Resources Management)

Bethel Park High School students earned one Top 20 Finalist Award and 11 Awards of Excellence at the DECA International Career Development Conference held in Atlanta, GA. This year’s conference had over 19,000 students from across the country and several foreign countries competing in a variety of events. An average of 200 students or teams competed in each event.

Nineteen

Inducted Into French National Honor Society

This year 19 Bethel Park High School French students were inducted into the French National Honor Society, and 48 students were recognized for maintaining their membership. New inductees were:

FRENCH III Student • Ryan Meis FRENCH II Honors Students • Weeam Boumaza • Kevin Collins • Madelyn Hoffman • Natalie Manns • Scott Orzechowski • Abigail Phillips

• Tobias Roule • Caleb Shook • Delaney Thomas • Rachel Toth • Marissa Wycinsky • Evan Zelt

FRENCH II Students • Gabrielle DeCarlo • Rachael Fulton • Karen Juarez • Amanda Mallow • Hannah Ulakovic • Michael Walsh

Life Skills Students Enjoy Prom At PNC Park

Bethel Park High School Life Skills students enjoyed a special Prom at PNC Park, with students from 14 area school districts. The event was held in the Lexus Club and sponsored by Pirate Charities. Students enjoyed food, music, dancing photos, and games.

Thanks to the students at the South Hills Beauty Academy who stopped by the high school on the morning of the event to do hair and nails.

Elizabeth

Costanzo and Brandon Furniss Receive SHASDA Award

Bethel Park High School seniors Elizabeth Costanzo and Brandon Furniss received the SHASDA Awards from the South Hills Area School Districts Association.

The awards are presented annually to students who have shown significant improvement in academic performance and/or have overcome personal obstacles to succeed in school and in life.

Sophomores Receive Extra Effort Awards From Steel Center

Bethel Park High School sophomores Brandon Hartman (Medium/Heavy Truck Technology) and Anthony Stephon (Electrical Construction) received the Extra Effort Award for the Fourth Quarter of the 2017-2018 school year from the Steel Center for Career and Technical Education.

The awards are given to those students who demonstrate outstanding attitude, work ethic, attendance and dependability.

Eight Students Named To

Director’s List

Eight Bethel Park High School students were named to the Director’s List of Honor Students for the Third Quarter of the 2017-2018 school year at the Parkway West Career and Technology Center.

• Ellis Bott (Electrical Systems Technology)

• Madison Cochran (Veterinary Assistant)

• Christine Dunlap (Cosmetology)

• Mackenzie Kellington (Veterinary Assistant)

• Kyle Minteer (Public Safety)

• Julie Montanez (Cosmetology)

• Emma Smith (Cosmetology)

• Sierra Tessari (Veterinary Assistant)

Garrett Hoffman Named May Rotary

Student Of The Month

BPHS senior Garrett Hoffman was named the May Bethel Park High School Student of the Month by the Rotary Club of Bethel Park.

Each month during the school year the Rotary Club recognizes an outstanding Bethel Park High School student for his or her contributions to school and/or community.

Garrett was recognized for his involvement and leadership roles within the High School Music Department as well as his Eagle Scout project, which created a “reading train” for the Bethel Park Children’s Library.

38 BPHS Student Athletes To Continue Their Athletic

Careers in College The Bethel Park Athletic Department held a reception for the 38 BPHS senior student athletes who will be continuing their athletic careers in college next year:

• Anthony Bomar (Basketball/Chatham) • Evan Bradley (Lacrosse/Walsh) • Gavin Campbell (Lacrosse/St. Leo) • Candice Chalus (Swimming/Clarion) • Samantha Coda (Diving/Bowling Green State) • David Conely (Soccer/Seton Hill) • Joshua Crist (Lacrosse/Chatham) • Bailey Farabaugh (Soccer/Robert Morris) • Zachary Ferris (Lacrosse/Walsh) • Corey Fischer (Baseball/Waynesburg) • Dominic Galietta (Soccer/Colgate) • Rachel Gilliam (Track/Millersville) • James Gmiter (Football/West Virginia) • Cheyenne Hamel (Softball/Lake Erie) • Rachel Hankin (Softball/Muskingum) • Veronica Johns (Volleyball/Seton Hill) • Constantine Kallaur (Swimming/Westminster) • Hunter Kernan (Wrestling/Pitt) • Morgan Kiefer (Volleyball/Chatham) • James Krandel (Track/Seton Hill)

• Kamryn Lach (Basketball/Carlow) • Noah Larouere (Lacrosse/Wheeling Jesuit) • Adam Malecki (Baseball/Gannon) • Luke Mattola (Lacrosse/Seton Hill) • Koryna McKinney (Cheerleading/Cal U of PA) • Jordan Mehalko (Soccer/Allegheny) • Justin Meis (Baseball/Eastern Michigan) • Madison Miller (Lacrosse/Allegheny) • Jason Montgomery (Wrestling/Penn) • Savannah Popp (Soccer/West Liberty) • Anthony Richards (Lacrosse/Thiel) • Jessica Scarlett (Swimming/Dickinson) • Christopher Sylvis (Lacrosse/LaRoche) • Nicholas Sylvis (Lacrosse/Alderson Broaddus) • Gavin Vargesko (Football/Slippery Rock) • Tanner Volpatti (Football/Slippery Rock) • Connor Wholey (Football/Carnegie Mellon) • Christina Zeher (Lacrosse/Gannon)

Girls Tennis Team Wins Highest

GPA Honors For 2017-2018 The Bethel Park High School Girls Varsity Tennis Team is the recipient of the Highest Team GPA Award, winning with an average GPA of 4.10.

Their team name will be placed on a banner that will hang in the BPHS gymnasium.

The award was calculated by averaging the cumulative individual grades from all varsity athletes for the first three grading periods of the 2017-2018 school year.

All BPHS Varsity Athletes averaged a 3.72 overall GPA.

IMS Art Club Adds Mural To Auditorium Display

A group of 12-15 Independence Middle School students stay after school every other Wednesday to create a new 9 foot x 32 inches mural that will hang in the IMS auditorium.

Since 2014, IMS students have created a banner containing pictures that symbolize what’s important to them during the school year, including a “hidden” tribute to the annual IMS musicals.

Memorial Third Grader Wins District’s Spelling Bee

Memorial Third Grader Neha Adhikari defeated 31 other Bethel Park Third Grade students to win the Sixth Annual Bethel Park Third Grade Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bethel Park.

For her victory, she received a $250 Amazon gift card from the Rotary and is now eligible to compete at the Rotary’s District Spelling Bee which will be held in June at Seven Springs.

Finishing in Second Place and receiving a $150 Amazon gift card was Lincoln Third Grader Lillian Graff. Washington Third Grader Michael Hladio finished in Third Place and received a $50 Amazon gift card.

Three Bethel Park Elementary Students Were Winners In The 2018 WQED Writers Contest

Three Bethel Park Elementary Students were selected as Winners in the 2018 WQED Writers Contest!

• Lincoln First Grader Olivia Anderson earned an Honorable Mention for her story, “Luna’s Perfect Pet”

• Franklin Third Grader Adele Stamenov earned Second Place for her story, “The Broken Watch”

• Memorial First Grader Harris Wannous earned Third Place for his story, “The Fish Who Had a Wish”

Their stories were selected from over 1,000 entries submitted by students from a five state area.

They attended a Winners Celebration in WQED’s Fred Rogers Studio. Go to: https://www.wqed.org/education/writers-contest/2018-winners to listen to/read their award-winning stories

Memorial Wins Elementary Gifted Challenge Cup

Memorial Gifted Students were the winners of the Elementary Gifted Challenge Cup Competition!

They competed against gifted students from all five Bethel Park elementary schools in brain-related games such as tangrams, logic puzzles and games like Q-Bitz and Square Up as well as some grade level STEAM Challenges. This competition has been an annual event since 2008.

Exciting Things Going On At Lincoln!

• Lincoln Elementary School is the first school in the country to offer the new PBS “Play and Learn Science Program.” Incoming kindergarten students who are attending the four-week Spring Into Lincoln kindergarten readiness program are learning about things such as ramps, shadows and the weather, by participating in several hands-on STEAM activities.

• Lincoln received a $1,000 Let’s Move Pittsburgh Champion Schools Grant, which will be used to assist with the planting of the second growing season of the Lincoln Community Garden to benefit SHIM.

• WQED will be at Lincoln on May 31 to film the planting of the Garden for an “Edible STEAM” segment for the Emmy Award winning “IQ Smart Parent” show which will air nationally at a to be determined date.

Elementary Students Raise Almost $5,000 For

Autism

All five Bethel Park Elementary Schools raised money during World Autism Month in April with $4,934 donated to the Autism Center of Pittsburgh and the Autism Society of Pittsburgh.

The money was raised through coin drives and the creation of this beautiful bulletin board at William Penn, where $1 donations enabled the donor to put his/her name on a paper flower petal that was then affixed to the bulletin board, creating this reminder for Autism awareness.

Lincoln And

Franklin Participate In

Be My Neighbor Day

Lincoln and Franklin Elementary Schools participated in the Fred Rogers Be My Neighbor Day to help make their schools better places.

At Lincoln student, parent and staff volunteers helped to get the Lincoln Community Garden ready for planting at the end of May.

At Franklin, 45 volunteers either worked outside in the flower beds around the school or inside, painting a beautiful, Dr. Seuss-themed “Oh the Places You’ll Go” mural on a hallway wall.

Franklin Students Support Community Garden

For the fifth consecutive year, Franklin students are helping the Samuel and Anna Mae Richardson Bethel Park Community Garden get off to a great start by planting vegetable seeds and tending to them until they are large enough for the students to take them to the Community Garden and plant them in the ground on the last day of school. This year the students planted their seeds in hydroponic pots so they can also see the roots develop.

The students were assisted by Bethel Park High School STAND (Standing Together Against Negativity and Discrimination) students.

The Mission of the Bethel Park School District is to lead an educational partnership with the community, maintaining an environment that challenges all students to reach their potential as lifelong learners and responsible members of

society.

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District Where Futures Begin