Superintendent’s Report
May 12, 2011
Student Recognition:
o The following CTC students were recognized for various awards at their Alpha Student Award:
Logan Blouch, Dustin Deamer, Ashley Garber, Jacob Geesaman, Sarah Kinney, Larry Kling, III, Colton Kruse, Danielle Leach, Ashlynn Lefever, Anthony Martin, Rebecca McCloskey, Ian McKenna, Jigar Patel, Shawn Purcell, Dalton Schneff,
Katelyn Suchonick, Harley Teahl, Karli Wall, Ehren Webber, Lindsey Yiengst
o Other CTC recognition:
o Sara Kinney at Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America State Conference
o Ashley Garber earned 2nd for Pastry Arts in the state SkillsUSA results
o Asja Stevens, Carpentry student, won writing contest for Giant A+
o Rotary Club Student of the Month: Julie Buckwalter
o Palmyra Robotics Team participated well in the annual competition. Team members are:
Forrest Fuller, Kevin Fuschetti, Bobby Hallowell, Samantha Heisey, Evan Kovacs ,Martin Lavendier, Anthony Martin, Matt Poltonavage, Brian Ramberger,
o Driving competition winners:
o Billy Beecher (3rd place behind the wheel).
o Savanna Bonds (1st place behind the wheel portion, 1st overall competition). Qualifies to continue competing in the state competition on today (5/12) at Camp Hill.
o Envirothon
o HS – First ever
§ Gold – qualifies for state competition May 25-26 at Susquehanna. Earned highest scores for Aquatics, Forestry, and Wildlife.
§ Bronze – 3 points from capturing 2nd place.
o MS – Swept all top 6 slots for third year in a row.
o Elementary – Compete tomorrow (5/13) ** Added note on 5/13: Pine St. Elem. Black Team took first place. Therefore, PASD took a sweep of first place at all three divisions. This is the first time in Envirothon history that this has happened.
Teacher Recognition:
o The following teachers were inducted into the Lebanon County Educators’ Honor Society:
Pat Bachman, Missy Groff, Barb Mellinger, Melanie Myer, Erin Rose, Laura Thompson
o Two Palmyra MS teachers were accepted for the second year of the ARRMS project, Matt Franchina and Gina Mason. ARRMS is the Math-Science Partnership between IU13 and PDE.
Getting Out and About:
o Attended the School to Work luncheon at which Lebanon County businesses and students were honored. There were many proud students and heart-warming stories on April 28.
o Attended the Art Show at the CTC on May 5. The culinary and pastry arts as well as more traditional visual arts student work was featured and very impressive.
o Attended the Excellence in Education Banquet last night (5/11) sponsored by the Lebanon County Chamber of Conference.
o The following students were honored:
Kristen Ault, Kelly Bitner, Jennifer Brandt, Julie Buckwalter, Ashley Ciortan, Jennifer Cook, Banna Gebre, Brandon Keller, Scott Koman
o The following staff mentors were honored.
Susan Stroh, Kim Grissinger, Jill Broderic, Donna Buckwalter, Heather Hossler, Cynthia Hitz, Dave Watson, Barbara Mellinger, Zach Fletcher
April 28 Tornado / Serious Storms:
o Because of the cancelled school day on April 28 due to the tornado, we have applied to PDE for and have been granted an exception for the elementary level and an early release for the secondary levels. This means that we will not need to make up the day, allowing the students’ last day and graduation to proceed on Wednesday, June 8. We exceed the required 990 hours of instruction at all levels.
o Projections are that the MS roof damage will be approximately $35,000 plus the damage to the box, food delivery truck.
Forewarned:
o Local police officers from North Londonderry will be conducting seat belt awareness checkpoints at the HS between May 23 and June 8 as an education experience as well as a public service.
o We conducted a surprise, drug dog sweep at the HS. This was done in conjunction with Northern Lebanon police and Lebanon County K-9 division. I am pleased to announce that the dogs had no hits or drug finds. This was done primarily as a preventive measure and part of our safety goal.
o The rest of the school year will fly quickly with end of year art shows; band, choral, and orchestra programs; spring sports; prom; awards evenings; and graduation.
