NAtioNAl Merit AchieveMeNt - Westmont Hilltop School District

middle School Achievement
Middle School Students Strengthen their
Minds and Bodies through exercise
Competitions such as National Current Events Team, Knowledge Masters,
Word Masters, Spelling Bee, and Continental Math League are offered to students
at the middle school as a way to test their skill against their peers on local, state
and sometimes national levels. Medals and Certificates are signs of outstanding
academic performance in these competitions.
Knowledge Masters
Congratulations to the Knowledge Masters Open Team! In the spring KMO
competition, the Grades 7-8 Team ranked 10th in the STATE of 61 schools. The
Grades 5-6 Team finished 13th of 30 schools in Pennsylvania. They are growing
strong. These highly competitive teams include the following members:
Grade 5:
Brock Bernstein, G. Thomas Brill, Kyle
Drennen, Venkat Gella, Elle Goldblatt,
Daniel Kevenk, Matthew Mostoller,
Laura Mulrooney, Taylor Smitherman,
Rachel Toth, Meredith Trio
Grade 6:
Rita Bekhash, Emily Brazill, Zoe
Goldblatt, Mitchell Hochfeld,
Madison Hrin, Megan Huber,
1 “Middle School Achievement”
Sarah Kilpatrick, Ashley Kush,
Monica Lough, Sarah Minnick, Bryan
Mock, Jenna Paratore, Erik Wehner
Grade 7:
MaryJo Beckhash
Grade 8:
Rex Cosgrove, Carli Huber, Isaac
Joseph, Dorothea Oller, Niccolas
Shorto, Matthew Wehner
technology club Participated in computer Fair
There was a new club formed this year at WHMS: Technology Club. Any
student in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade who is interested in technology was able to join
the club. The students worked by themselves or with one or two other students
to create projects for the PA Regional Middle School Computer Fair, which is held
in March at the Penn State, Altoona Campus. The students worked on projects in
the following categories: Computer Fair Logo, Desktop Publishing, Digital Movie,
Graphic Design, and Multimedia. All students chose the category and the topic
for their projects. There were 21 students from WHMS who attended the fair:
Computer Fair Logo Category
Lauren Fregly – 7th grade - 1st Place
Lauren was able to advance to the
state competition held on May 26th at
Dickinson College.
Jonas Geisel, Dylan Kmecak, and Ben
Wiesenbach – 7th grade – 2nd Place
David Williams and Erik Wehner
– 6th Grade
Desktop Publishing Category
John Minnick – 7th grade – Coney
Island Lunch Flyer
Caitlyn Miller, Michelle Concannon,
and Jenna Paratore – 6th grade
– Technology Club brochure
Digital Movie Category
Erica Claycomb and Mattison Evans
– 8th grade - “Save the Animals” – 3rd
Place
Corrin Claycomb, Maiya Mastovich,
and Mariah Kozak – 7th grade -
“Childhood Obesity”
Veronica Petrus – 6th grade –
“Bullying for Bad Grades” – 2nd Place
Graphic Design Category
Zoe Johnson – 7th grade – “CAOW
– Children Are Our World” – 1st Place
Zoe was able to advance to the state
competition held on May 26th at
Dickinson College.
National current
events teams
Students in National Current
Events League commit to seven
months of extensive study of
current events in the news and
weekly discussion meetings on
current events topics. Four times
per year, students across the
country then take a test requiring
analysis and evaluation. Listed are
the students who participated in
this rigorous study.
Grade 5:
medal and certificate
Mitchell Hochfeld
certificates
G. Thomas Brill, Lauren Criswell,
Venkat Gella, Elle Goldblatt,
Joseph Hlivko, Daniel Kevenk,
Laura Mulrooney
Grade 6:
certificates
Rita Bekhash, Zoe Goldblatt,
Megan Huber, Ashley Kush,
Monica Lough, Sarah Minnick,
Erik Wehner
Grades 7-8
medal and certificate
Devon Gilbert
certificates
Timothy Barry, Mary Jo
Beckhash, Rex Cosgrove, Carli
Huber, Emily Kilmartin, Tori
Lehman, Andrew Miller, Emily
Strandquest, Matthew Wehner
Jordan Brant and Ryan Adams – 6th
grade – “Brant’s Driving School” – 3rd
Place
Multimedia Category
Natalie Fiorica – 8th grade – “How
to Choose the Right Path” (College
Admission – PowerPoint)
Claire Gagnon – 6th grade – “Bullying”
(PowerPoint)
Erik Wehner and David Williams
– 6th grade – “The Pittsburgh Zoo”
Powerpoint