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Tornado Times Monthly Edition M A R C H 1 8 , 2 0 1 5 V O L U M E 1 I S S U E 3

T h e N E W

News Reporting Adviser:

Mrs. Diane Rumbel

Editor:

Maddie Shurock

Assist. Copy Editors:

Emilee Wasilewski

Sara Parker

Contributors:

Dylan Fiamoncini

Sara Parker

Luke Darrup

Tyler Krah

Welcome 2015!

Happy March! Spring is a huge season for MCA, from sports, to testing, to the musical,

and finally prom. As we approach the second half of the school year, MCA is super busy

with something new happening almost every week. In this month’s issue of Tornado

Times you will read about the spring musical, award winners, sports, and so much more!

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for… Time to kick winter to the curb and

welcome in the warm spring months!

Got news? Email us at: TornadoTimes@mca.k12.pa.us -Tornado Times Staff

With singing, dancing, and re-

hearsing lines, practices are in full

swing for Mount Carmel Area’s

spring musical. This year, it’s the

classic hit “Bye Bye Birdie”, which

is set for Friday and Saturday March

20th and 21st.

The year is 1958, and rock and roll

superstar, Conrad Birdie is drafted

into the army. His agent, Albert Pe-

terson, and Albert’s business partner

Rose Alvarez, give one last hoo-rah

to save their musical company from going broke. Their plan involves writing a song enti-

tled “One Last Kiss.” Conrad performs this cheesy, stereotypical 50’s song on the Ed Sul-

livan show. After singing the song, the Conrad Birdie fan club president and super fan,

Kim MacAfee, is randomly selected to get one final kiss from Conrad – or so we think!

Kim’s “steady,” Hugo Peabody, isn’t too happy about this, and takes matters into his own

hands.

Under the direction of Miss Melinda Hoopes, all of the exciting roles in this year’s musi-

cal make this comedy come to life. With an excellent stage crew under the direction of

Mr. David McFee and stage manager, Isaac Darrup, a huge near-20 piece pit orchestra

under the direction of Mr. Bernard Stellar, and choreography by Mr. Gary Wychock, the

show is a classic masterpiece that you won’t want to miss!

Tickets for the March 20th and 21st shows are on sale in the Athletic Office and are avail-

able at the performance. Curtain time both nights is 7:30 PM.

As for what happens next to Conrad Birdie, you’ll have to go see the show to find out!

-Luke Darrup

In This Edition:

Bye Bye Birdie

Award Winners

Winter Sports

Wrap Up

Spring Sports

Overview

Important Dates

Boat Regatta Info

Job Search Work-

shop Schedule

ThinkBIG’s Latest

Fundraiser

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Catholic Daughters of

America Essay Winners: 1st Place: Tina Delbo 2nd Place: Ciaran Fisher 3rd Place: Paige Domboski

School Board Merit Award: Jan: Rachel Startzel Feb: Dominic Farronato

Rotary Student of the Month:

Dec: Taylor Conches Jan: Brianne Graff Feb: Jennifer Bolick

7th Grade Jr High Pride:

Dec: Anthony Stutzcavage Jan: Andrew Rooney Feb: Tyler Barnhardt

8th Grade Jr High Pride: Dec: Daniela Mangiapane Jan: Hailey Paul Feb: Miranda Fiamoncini

3rd Place Entrepreneur

Challenge Team: Mike Makowski Darren Rosenstein Logan Wills

Elks Awards: Student of the Month:

Dec: Kevin Nolter Jan: Christopher Stellar Feb: Taylor Conches

Jr Student of the Month: Dec: Leah Nicola Jan: Cameron Getty Feb: Jacqualin Lyden

Teen of the Month: Dec: Hannah Nolter Jan: Joey Dudeck Feb: Megan Green

Jr Teen of the Month: Dec: Bryson Zvoncheck Jan: Dylan Duceman Feb: Tyler Winhofer

Student Council Awards:

December:

Teacher: Mr. Bernard Stellar

Students: Gabby Taylor, Ben McFadden

January:

Teacher: Mr. Andrew Yaracz

Students: Elijah Watkins, Carl Darrup

February:

Teacher: Mr. Joe Varano

Students: Megan Green, Brenda Neidig

Student Awards: MCA Artist of the Month:

Art teachers, Mrs. Jennifer Stahr and

Mrs. Theresa Madison, are now pre-

senting an Art Student of the Month Award to an upperclassman in an ad-

vanced art class(es). This award is

presented to a student who exceeds

teacher’s expectations, is a good role

model, and who helps others in class.

The art student of the month for Febru-

ary is senior, Paige Domboski. Paige is currently taking the senior studio art

class and likes to work with acrylic

paint, charcoal, clay, foam, and

wood. Paige was inspired by Heather

Vaughan, a Mount Carmel Area

Graduate from 2007, who first helped

Paige create and put emotion into

her art. She is also inspired by Mrs.

Stahr and Mrs. Madison who helped

refine her skills as an artist.

Art student of the month for March is

sophomore, Keagen Lindauer. Keagan takes Mrs. Madisons Fibers

and Printmaking II and Ceramics,

Metals, and Sculptures (CMS) classes.

She likes working with glass, paper,

fabrics, clay, and yarn to make crea-

tive and interesting projects. She is

inspired by Art teacher Mrs. Madison

and likes to look for neat projects on

the internet. She is also inspired by

her favorite artists, Salvador Dali and

Rene Margritte.

Each Art student of the

month’s work is featured in

the new downstairs display

case.

-Tyler Krah

odyssey of the mind

Movin’ On to STATES!

HS: 2nd at regionals

Coaches: Jesse Wagner, Chris Cunningham,

Andrew Yaracz

Team: Joanna Rompallo, Caitlyn Curran, Shamus

McGovern, Paige Domboski, Aleah Alderson, Kasey

Rompallo and Carl Darrup

ES: 1st place regional champ

Coaches: Carleen Zlockie, Bryson Purcell

Team: Brynn Evert, Molly Petrucci, Livia Zlockie,

Azure Bosland, Judy Kanafani, Ammar Kanafani,

Mia Chapman

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P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 I S S U E 3

Along with the cold winter days, gone are the winter sports here at MCA. The winter season saw Mt.

Carmel Area send athletes to the District competition and beyond in each of its four winter sports: varsity swim-

ming, varsity wrestling, boys basketball, and girls basketball.

The varsity swim team saw a decline in its number of par ticipants this school year ,

but still remained a competitive force within the district. This season the team sent four members

of its 400 freestyle relay team to the district competition: Kourtney Honicker, Vanessa Klemas,

Ashley Doyle, and Morgan Zarko. The team finished 10th overall in the district with 54 points.

The varsity wrestling team was led this season by a new man in charge, Mr. Steve

Sinkovich. Coach Sinkovich took over the program looking for improvement, along with high goals for his

wrestlers and defeated that task this season. The team saw a drastic improvement in its dual meet record and

advanced five of its wrestlers to the district tournament. Out of these five wrestlers, two went on to compete in

the regional competition: Allen Yancoskie, at 195 pounds, and Wes Shurock at 220 pounds.

The varsity boys basketball team was also extremely competitive throughout the winter months.

The team had an outstanding regular season led by senior, and new 1,000 point scorer, Zach Tocyloski. The

boys team went on to qualify for this seasons district playoff competition. The team beat Bloomsburg in the first

round and would later go on to lose to Loyalsock ending their season. All in all, the varsity boys

team once again proved they’re a force to be reckoned with.

And speaking of forces, the varsity girls basketball team proved to be just as dominant as

they’ve been in recent years. The girls were guided through a dominant 20-2 regular season by soph-

omore, Maura Fiamoncini. The team just barely missed out on the Heartland Conference title in a heartbreaking

overtime loss, but went on to place third in the district and qualify for the state competition. The girls went on to

lose to Dunmore in the first round of states, but the dynasty that has become of the Lady Red Tornadoes still

lives on. -Dylan Fiamoncini

Tornado Times has your final wrap-up of all winter sports and a quick run through of

the spring sports fast approaching!

With the winter sports season wrapped up, MCA competes interscholastically in four

varsity spring sports. These sports include: junior var-

sity and varsity baseball, junior high and varsity boys

and girls track and field, and junior varsi-

ty and varsity softball. The varsity girls

softball team, the baseball team, and both

the boys and girls track teams at MCA

compete as a co-op with Lourdes Re-

gional High School. Girls softball plays play under

Lourdes as the Lady Red Raiders, while the Lourdes

baseball players play under MCA, and Lourdes track

athletes also compete under MCA as the Red Torna-

does. Best of luck to all MCA spring athletes!

Mark Your Calendars!*

P A G E 4 V O L U M E 1 I S S U E 3

Look for

MCA’s Think BIG

Student leaders’

FLOAT

At the Girardville St. Patrick’s Day

Parade

Saturday, March 21st

T O R N A D O T I M E S M O N T H L Y E D I T I O N

Mr. Dan Klebon of PA CareerLink and our MCA Career Center will offer the following job search workshops in the LGL during afternoon homeroom. (1:55—2:20pm)

Mon. Mar. 16 8 stages of Job Searching Fri. Mar. 20 Skills Identification Mon. Mar. 30 Applications Tips Fri. April 3 No School

Mon. April 13 Resume Writing Fri. April 17 Cover Letters Mon. April 27 Interviewing Skills Fri. May 1 Thank You Notes after Interviewing

Mon. May 11 Employer Expectations Fri. May 15 CareerLink presentation for Seniors going into the workforce after graduation

3/20-21 7:30pm School Musical

3/23- Regional HS Computer Fair

3/25- 6:30- Elem. Spring Concert

3/26- CSIU KNEX Challenge competition

3/27- Tech Ed Boat Regatta

3/30- Last Day of 3rd Marking Period

3/31- 9th grade NCCTC Tour

4/2- Hoops for Heart Snow Make-Up Day

4/3-4/6 Easter Vacation

4/6- Senior Make-Up Day

4/10- Middle School Band Fest

4/13- 4/17- English PSSA Grades 3-8

4/16-4/18 - District 8 Jazz Band

4/18- Mahoney Brothers Concert

4/20- 4/24- Math PSSA Grades 3-8

4/24- ES Chorus Festival

4/25- 7:00- Symphonic Band Concert

4/27- 5/1- Science PSSA Grades 4 & 8

5/1- Middle School Chorus Fest

5/6- ES & HS Mobile Dentist

5/7- ES Mobile Dentist

5/8- ES Music in the Park

5/13- 5/27- Keystone Exam Window

5/20 – 6:30- Kindergarten Graduation

5/30- 7:00- Prom

5/31- 7:00- Baccalaureate

2015 P. E.T. Boat Regatta

The 7th running of Mr. Fourspring’s Power, Energy, and Transportation cardboard boat regatta is slated for

Friday, March 27 in the pool starting at the beginning of 6th period. Students in the class have been working

for almost nine weeks to plan, design, scale, and construct a cardboard boat that each participating student will

paddle on race day. The 16 participants will go head-to- head in a double elimination bracket format. Gold,

silver, and bronze metals will be awarded to the top three finishers. The students also went out to local busi-

nesses in the community to sponsor their boats.

Ticket sales: $2 each

All individual ticket sales will be prior to race day and cost $2 apiece. The regatta is open to Seniors, Juniors,

and any entire class where the teacher will supervise their students, but all student attendees must purchase a

ticket. In order to purchase a ticket, students need to pick up an teacher permission form in the cafeteria dur-

ing lunches, or in the Tech Ed room. Once the teachers have signed off for the race time, students then can

purchase a ticket. Teachers bringing entire classes can purchase tickets at the door, but are encouraged to buy

them prior to race day. Teachers and staff are admitted free.

Ten snow make-up days as of 3/18/ 2015

6/1- 7:00- Class Night

6/2- 6:15- Honor Student Dinner

6/2- 6/5 Snow Make-Up Days

6/8 Last Day of 4th Marking Period

Last Day of School for Students!!!*

*AS OF 3/18/15*

*AS OF 3/18/15*