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2008 graduate Sophia Bender was named aNational Merit Scholarship winner in the 2007-08 program. Only 700 students nationwide wereawarded a $2,500 scholarship out of 1.4 millionstudents who entered the 2008 competitionby taking the Preliminary SAT exam. 2008graduates Aaron Hassett and Amy Lutzwere designated National Merit Scholarshipcommended students and were among the topfi ve percent of entrants.MAHS students were accepted to shadowprofessionals in possible career fi elds throughthe Allegheny Intermediate Unit’s 2007-08Apprenticeship Program. Participating studentsincluded: Leah Bubeck (Art Careers), AlexColarossi (Civil and Environmental Engineering),Melanie Fonner (Architecture), Anne Maines(Journalistic Writing/Reporting), Ankit Medhekar(Biotechnology), Kayla Miller (Photography),Maddison Paule (International Affairs), MichaelSaylor (Civil and Environmental Engineering),Anita Shriver (Musical Theater) and JoshuaSlaby (Animation).Parkway West Career and Technology studentsgained workplace experience through thecenter’s Co-op Program. Students included:Renee Daniocek (Cosmetology), ScottKruman (Drafting and Design), David Lanigan(Machine Tool Technology), Andria Morrison(Cosmetology), Ben Neumann (Food StoreOperations), Breanna Razete (Cosmetology),Zachery Ross (Auto Body Technology) andBrandon Sealock (Machine Tool Technology).Sarah Michelbrink was second runner-up in the NorthernAlliance Against Highly Addictive Drugs poster contest.Ankit Medhekar, Ling-Ling Lee and Abe Stucky represented MoonArea in December on KDKA-TV’s Hometown High Q competition,hosted by KDKA anchor Ken Rice.The College Board named Aaron Hassett, StephanieJackson, Melissa Opsal and Vincent Pronesti2008 AP Scholars with Distinction following theirperformance on the college-level Advanced Placementexams. Elizabeth Donahoe, Ling-Ling Lee, AnkitMedhekar, Kevin Tomb and Kaitlyn Wauthier werenamed AP Scholars with Honor. Sophia Bender,Lauren Deem, Stephanie Dombrowski, TravisDuncan, Siddarth Govindarajan, Elizabeth Hatton,David Homol, Aradhana Purker and Anita Shriverwere named AP Scholars. Only 18 percent of the 1.6million high school test-takers performed at a level tomerit recognition.MAHS student David Korotky won $3,000 and twotrophies for Moon Area by claiming a communicatingscience award with his fi lm “Silent Cities” and anAbstract Award for “We Have The Sun” in the2008 C.A.U.S.E. Challenge Film Festival. TheC.A.U.S.E. festival, short for Creating Awarenessand Understanding of our Surrounding Environment,promotes environmentalism in young adults throughfi lm and utilizes a partnership between Bayer Corp.,Carnegie Science Center’s SciTech Initiative andPittsburgh Filmmakers.High school students Kaitlyn Wauthier, Kayla Miller,Dan Murray, Zac Liskay and April Peng and middleschoolstudents Pietari Sulkava, Nora Kupiec,Selin Sirinterlikci, Sarah Henderson, Sarah Kellyand Jenna Murray attended the 2008 AcademicGames Leagues of America National Tournament inKissimmee, Fla., on April 25 - 28. Kaitlyn placed fi rst inthe senior division and Dan and April placed third in thejunior division in the presidents category competition.The students qualifi ed to compete by winning theregional competition in the presidents category atRobert Morris University in September. This wasKaitlyn’s third year of national qualifi cation.Moon Area8Community Report
April Peng and Dan Murray placed third in presidentscategory competition in the 2008 Academic Games Leaguesof America National Tournament’s junior division in April.High School DECA members competed at theInternational DECA Conference in Atlanta onApril 25 - 30. Jeff Snaman, Joshua Payton,Jason Clary, Marco Bartoletta and DarrenBurns qualifi ed for the conference by fi nishingfi rst and second in the Retail MerchandisingServices, Tourism Management Team andBuying & Merchandising Management Teamstate DECA competition at Hershey in February.Pennsylvania Governor’s School of Excellenceselected Ling-Ling Lee to attend the program’sHealth Care School at the University ofPittsburgh in summer 2008. Lee was chosen onthe academic merits of her application. She wasone of 3,736 applicants who competed for 788positions in eight different schools.Jim Palamara, Vash Patel, Abe Stuckey,Aman Saleh and Nikole Warn designed anddeveloped a radio-controlled and autonomous,hybrid robot for First Tech Challenge RobotCompetition. Held at Weatherly Area SchoolDistrict, the competition drew teams from asfar away as Singapore. The robotics teamrepresents a partnership between MAHSand Robert Morris University’s EngineeringDepartment. Students are mentored by RMUEngineering Department Associate ProfessorArif Sirinterlikci.MAMS student Allison Murphy was chosento represent the entire district in the DowntownVibrancy Project at Point Park University heldon June 23 - 27. She helped determine a planto create a healthier downtown Pittsburghduring the fi ve-day program after meeting withlocal leaders.Madeline Scanlon was Moon Area’s fi rstNational History Days state-level participantat Millersville University in May. She qualifi edby placing in National History Day Pittsburghcompetition with her project “Confl ict andCompromise at the Constitutional Convention.”MAHS students Sophia Bender, SiddarthGovindarajan and David Defucciaparticipated in the National VocabularyChampionships qualifi er held at KeystoneOaks High School in January. Qualifi ersscored top marks on an exam taken by morethan 300 MAHS students.MAMS students Chad Trice and VidishaSharma placed in the Top 20 out of 150students at MATHCOUNTS RegionalCompetition at Robert Morris University.ACHIEVEMENTSFaculty RecognitionJoe Martonik, middle school science teacher, was named a 2008 Teacher of Excellence Award fi nalist.The award recognizes and honors outstanding teachers and is distributed by the Teacher ExcellenceCenter, which represents 19,687 teachers in 83 southwestern Pennsylvania school districts.Nancy Burgunder, middle school keyboarding and computer science teacher, attended the Governor’sInstitute on Financial Education at Elizabethtown College in July to learn how to include ageappropriatefi nancial concepts into lesson plans. She is preparing for a story-time session that teachesthe ideals of saving money at the Moon Township Public Library.Warren Kooi, high school chemistry teacher and Oracle Academy instructor, was chosen as GlobalLead Adjunct for the Oracle Academy PL/SQL programming course. He provides support for academyinstructors around the world. Mr. Kooi also taught at the Oracle Academy Institute, helped judge the2008 Academy International Data Modeling competition and developed a global support forum.Moon Area9Community Report
Page 1 and 2: MOON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTCommunity
Page 3 and 4: Moon Area administrators fi nalized
Page 5 and 6: Technology InitiativesKeep MASD on
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