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High School Mock Accident Norwin High School and its Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) Club presented the annual mock accident program on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The goal of the program was to impress upon the nearly 440 seniors in attendance that one mistake or one risky behavior could cost them their futures. Presenters included: Ms. Lori Playso, who spoke about her son, Timothy L. Greenawalt, who was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Halloween night in 1998. Also killed in the accident was David J. Karas. Both were students at Norwin High School. She showed news footage from the accident and urged students to make wise decisions so that their parents don’t have to go through what she did. Mr. Darius Carlins, coordinator of Children Hospital of Pittsburgh’s ThinkFirst injury prevention program. He was 18 when a motor vehicle crash left him a paraplegic. His mistake was getting into a car with a teen driver who was drunk. North Huntingdon Police Department, represented by Chief Michael Daugherty and Sgt. Duane Kucera. Student Ms. Karly Painter, S.A.D.D. Vice President, read the accident scenario which students would see outside the High School. Outside the High School, students witnessed emergency response crews responding to a mock accident between two vans in which one driver was “drunk.” Student actors played the roles of the crash victims, and North Huntingdon Police Chief Michael Daugherty narrated each aspect of the emergency response. In the mock accident scenario, two students died. Click here to read the full program from the event. Click here to see additional photos from the mock accident. Engineering for Young Women A dozen Norwin High School students recently completed a three-week workshop series aimed at helping young women explore the field of engineering. Held afterschool on May 2, 9, and 16 in the classroom of science teacher Mr. Matt Anticole, these workshops featured a different female engineer each week. The speakers shared information about their field, about what it is like in college and the work force, and the advantages and challenges associated with being a female engineer. The workshops included biomechanical engineering with Ms. Trisha Pavel, a 2005 Norwin High School graduate, aerospace engineering with Ms. Dana Brutsche, a 2004 Norwin High School graduate, and electrical engineering with Ms. Janine Ketter Brown, a 2002 Norwin High School graduate. Click here to read the full article. Preliminary Budget Superintendent William Kerr and Director of Business Affairs John Wilson recently presented an overview of the preliminary 2011-2012 Education Budget, which currently calls for no furloughs and expenditures of $56.7 million –– a decrease of $1.2 million, or 2.1 percent, from the current District budget. It also calls for no tax increase. Final adoption will occur June 20, 2011. Click here for more details. Students Patsy Kowalski, Alexa George, and Maddie Yuhas participate in an experiment testing the tensile strength of Hollywood special effects “skin,” with presenter Trisha Pavel at right. Nick Cirucci to be Honored in Harrisburg Norwin High School graduate Nick Cirucci is one of seven students from across Pennsylvania who are scheduled to be recognized at the “2011 Annual Tribute to Good Character” to the Pennsylvania General Assembly Tuesday June 7, 2011 in the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg. Nick, who graduated in the Class of 2011 on May 27, will be honored with the “Students for Good Character” Award during the event, hosted by the National Character Education Foundation. Members of the State Legislature plan to be in attendance, with several of them speaking. The event has been held since 2005 and has been televised by the Pennsylvania Cable Network in recent years. Norwin Superintendent of Schools Dr. William Kerr will serve as Master of Ceremonies. Click here to read more about Nick’s award. Nick Cirucci
Hillcrest Field Day at Knights Stadium The annual Field Day event for Hillcrest Intermediate School was held Friday, May 20 at Norwin Knights Stadium. Always a big day for the kids at Hillcrest, the highlight was the tug of war battle between sixth-grade classrooms (photo at right). Students from Ms. Bonnie Kibel’s class won the student tug of war and had the privilege of trying to beat their teachers. Throughout the day, students participated in 16 stations (activities) located on the turf, track and practice football field which were run by itinerant teachers and high school students. Ms. Mary Ellen Ferragonio (high school physical education teacher) oversaw the high school students who volunteered part of their day to help run a station, be a buddy to a student with special needs, or assist classroom teachers in a unique partnership between the High School and Intermediate School students. The event was organized by Hillcrest Intermediate School physical education teachers Ms. Mary Ann Stevens and Mr. Christopher Tennant. High School Students Create Business Ideas Students in the “Starting a Business” course at Norwin High School had a hefty assignment. The 200-point project, which students took a month to prepare, included presenting a business plan to Ms. Stacey Winfield, Vice President of Commercial Loans at S&T Bank. The student presentations occurred April 21, 2011. Business attire was required as students explained what kind of businesses they were interested in pursuing and answered pertinent questions from Ms. Winfield as if they were applying for a small-business loan. Click here to read more about this. Hahntown Elementary Student Wins Fourth-Grade Spelling Bee The District-wide fourth-grade spelling bee was held Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Sheridan Terrace Elementary School. Students practiced for the event and had school-level Spelling Bees to qualify for the District Fourth Grade Spelling Bee in April. The top ten percent of the highest spellers from each of the four elementary schools qualified to participate in the District Bee. On the second Tuesday of May, 48 students competed for the title of Spelling Bee Champion. The students battled through six rounds and concluded the event spelling seventh-grade words. The winner was Craig Drost, a student from Hahntown Elementary School. “The event is an excellent opportunity for the students to display their spelling talents,” said the event’s host, Ms. Spelling Bee Winner Craig Ciminy St. Clair, who also serves as elementary gifted coordinator. Drost of Hahntown Elem. Sunset Valley “Law Day” Law Day is celebrated each May at Sunset Valley Elementary School. This year, Mr. Keith Nicola, a lawyer from North Huntingdon, visited Sunset Valley Elementary to speak to the fourth graders. He discussed how the government system works. “The students had many questions, so we may have many future lawyers in our midst,” said teacher Ms. Shari Gogets.
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