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TO REACH THE SCHOOLS Dr. Donald Boyer, Superintendent (412) 490-6500, ext. 6222 Mr. Jason Burik, Asst. to the Supt. (412) 490-6500, ext. 6231 burikjason@mail.montourschools.com Dr. Christopher Stone, Dir. Curric. & Instr. (412) 490-6500, ext. 6103 stonec@mail.montourschools.com Dr. Fran Serenka, Dir. Special Education (412) 490-6500, ext. 6101 serenkaf@mail.montourschools.com Mr. Bill Addy, Dir. Human Resources (412) 490-6500, ext. 6235 addyw@mail.montourschools.com Mrs. Peggy Schweitzer, Business Mgr. (412) 490-6500, ext. 6232 schweitzerp@mail.montourschools.com HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Todd Price, Principal (412) 490-6500, ext. 1612 pricet@mail.montourschools.com Mr. William King, Asst. Principal (412) 490-6500, ext. 1614 kingw@mail.montourschools.com Mrs. Jennifer Kosanovic, Asst. Principal (412) 490-6500, ext. 1613 kosanovicj@mail.montourschools.com D. E. WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL Mr. Dominick Salpeck, Principal (412) 771-8802, ext. 2611 salpeckd@mail.montourschools.com Mrs. Candice Bostick, Asst. Principal (412) 771-8802, ext. 2612 bostickc@mail.montourschools.com FOREST GROVE ELEMENTARY Mr. Michael Marvin marvinm@mail.montourschools.com (412) 264-6452, ext. 3611 BURKETT ELEMENTARY Mr. Dan DiDesiderio, Principal (412) 787-0408, ext. 4611 desideriod@mail.montourschools.com INGRAM ELEMENTARY (412) 921-2727, ext. 5611 Sophomores Participate in Institute For the fourth consecutive year, a small group of Montour High School sophomores were presented with the opportunity to travel to State College to participate in the Leadership Institute. The Leadership Institute is a four-day intensive program designed to help students become leaders within their school and community. Students learn about the qualities and skills of effective leaders through participation in a variety of activities and lessons. The students, as a team, assess the needs of their school and community and begin to develop a project that they can implement the following school year. Students Mark Schlaegle, Matt Cook, Sydney Angelo, Sean Siegel, Karen Lugaila, and Chloe Carlini represented Montour High School at last year’s Leadership Institute. Students who attend the Leadership Institute are afforded the opportunity to become core members of the Montour Mile Leadership Club. Past projects of previous Leadership Institute teams include “The Freshman Leadership Challenge,” “Montour Mentors,” and “The Freshman A.C.E. Cup (Athletics, Clubs, and Excellence).” Technology Takes Over at D.E.W. Along with the brand new Montour Senior High School came brand new state-of-the-art technology. Now this technology is filtering its way down through David E. Williams Middle School and taking over our school. At David E. Williams, we use a lot of different technology during our school day. As we learn about and use the different technology, we learn more about the world around us, and use this technology to enhance our learning. All teachers have Promethean Boards in their classrooms. Each grade level houses portable laptops to use in the classroom. Sixth and eighth grades both have a set of Promethean clickers which they share with other grade levels. The Promethean clickers enable students to answer multiple choice questions and text short-answer questions individually. The teacher is then able to access each student’s answer to see which students understand the material and which do not. Students can also take quizzes using the clickers. All teachers use Edline to post grades. This feature allows parents and students to have continuous access to grades which are updated BY STUDENT WRITERS MARGEAUX BERMAN, ALEX MANNINO, REGINA TOCHIA, AND SUONG TRAN every Friday. Edline also contains teacher bios, classroom rules, and a calendar of events. Some teachers post worksheets and assignments for students to access at home. During school time, children use Nooks, Kindles or Kindle Fires, and iPads to read in the classroom. They also work with Ebooks which makes it easy for them to access their textbooks at home and prevents them from having to carry heavy books to and from school. Calculators and document projectors are available to all staff members. A document projector projects the students’ work or textbook pages onto the Promethean Board. The student can explain to his/her classmates what he/she did to complete the work, students can peer edit each other’s writing, and a variety of textbooks and sources can be used to study different topics. In all grades Study Island is used to assess the student’s knowledge, give pretests to access prior knowledge, provide practice in chosen skills, and prepare the students for the PSSA tests. www.montourschools.com 24 Allegheny West Magazine September/October 2012
DEW Takes First Place at Phipps Conservatory Beginning September 2011, David E. Williams eighth grade Physical Science 9 students and 16 other local middle schools participated in The Fairchild Challenge at Phipps Conservatory. This challenge consisted of five different challenges that encouraged critical thinking skills, appreciation of nature, urgency of conservation and biodiversity, heightened environmental awareness, and recognition that students can make a difference. The first challenge involved local plants and recreating them artistically to represent the local ecosystem. Students had to choose a plant from around their home or school, research information such as common and botanical name and native habitat, and design a sign to be placed around the school. David E. Williams was able to snatch second place in this challenge. ABOVE: Mrs. Roehn (integrated art teacher), Jordan Waltz, Mrs. Cegelski (Gifted and Talented Coordinator), Olivia Trevenen, Carolyn Young, Keegan Ramser, Nicole Benigni, Luke Heller, Mrs. Trovato (Science Teacher). The second challenge was a global challenge. Participants were asked to create a wreath suitable for an Olympic champion out of local plants. The winning wreath would be sent on to the national competition and eventually the global competition. The overall winning wreath was displayed at the 2012 Olympics in London. Once again, David E. Williams was able to achieve second place. The third challenge was an individual challenge, spanning over two days. On the first day, participants had to create a log of all of the technology they had used throughout 24 hours. On the second day, students had to refrain from using any technology they had listed. After completing the task, participants had to write an essay describing their experience. Milan Patel, Maggie SUBMITTED BY STUDENT WRITERS NICOLE BENIGNI AND MILAN PATEL Nolfi, and Jordan Waltz were chosen out of their class to submit their essays. For the fourth challenge, students had to come up with their own slogan about environmental awareness. After thinking of a slogan, students had to create a mural based on the slogan. The mural was to be drawn and painted on poster paper. However, the students still had to choose where they would put the mural if they were to paint it. For the fifth and final challenge, participants had to change a week of their school lunches into healthier options. Using their new lunch ideas, they had to create a tri-fold poster to display their new menu items. Items on the menu were healthier and even had a vegetarian option added to the menu. Participating in all five challenges, David E. Williams scored the most total points of all participating middle schools. Because of this, the Physical Science 9 students won first place award for the Fairchild Challenge and received $1,000. Award money was to be put toward increasing students’ environmental awareness. The students are now able to discuss ways in which the environment impacts their lives and convince others to take action to help the environment. Forest Grove Elementary Gains “Champions” Title The students at Forest Grove Elementary were busy collecting change for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Pennies for Patients program last spring. This program helps local children who are battling leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma. By pooling pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, the students were able to donate $4,267! The school received a banner recognizing them for having one of the largest percentage increases from last year. Also, each classroom was rewarded with a pennant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society thanking them for all of their hard work. www.montourschools.com September/October 2012 www.alleghenywestmagazine.com 25
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