NEW CASTLE —
GRADE 7
High honor
Sara Altieri, Julia Baumgarner, Miranda Bruno, Grace Colbert, Jacob Collier, Mallory Conner, Paige Covelli,
Clayton Danielson, Jordan Dantico, Brandon Fabian, Joseph Gregory, Joshua Hogue,
Matthew Hudson, Stephanie Kaminski, Candice Kreitzer, Evan Long, Kathryn McClelland,
Shelby Miles, Jeffrey Morelli III, Abagail Morrison, Amanda Ott, Emily Parker, Cassandra Patterson, Diana Pontius,
Megan Reeher, Laura Sandak, Abigail Savor, Fawn Stunkard, Adam Telesz, Phillip Telesz, Haylie Voorhees.
Honor
Maria Antonio, Evan Armagost, Austin Basinger, Casandra Becker, Marlee Bell, Jonna Bevan,
Christopher Both, Joshua Bowden, Taylor Callahan, Evan Chapman, Tara Colbert,
Alayne Crawford, Abbey Downing, Danielle Duddy, Coltin Esposito, Taylor Felsing, Deeanne Ferrante, Toni Flickner,
Brittany Goehring, Rebecca Hackett, Dalton Hartle, Joseph Horrell, John Hovanec, Leigha Iorio, Spencer Jones,
Alli Lunn, Jeffrey McFarland, Cole McLaren, Mindy Michaels, Dakota Mickey,
Derek Miller, Mason Mraz, Mia Muraca, Austen Nixon, Luke Ostermeyer, Jacob Petronelis,
Damian Quimby, Michael Seth, Hannah Shearer, Zachary Sickafuse, Cassidy Smith,
James Spencer, Ryan Stewart, Dylan Stunkard, Alexis Vanasco, Joshua Wargo, Julia Williams, Benjamin Wilson, Stetson Wolfe
GRADE 8
High honor
Christian Brooks, Colton Brown, Anastasia Bruno, Kristin Dicks, Alexander Hudak,
Gabriella Kosek, Jem Montgomery, Bryanna Musser, Lydia Pollum,
Kathryn Rogan, Scott Siddall, Hannah Soom, Stephanie Telesz, Amri Wadding, Jacob Wright
Honor
David Altman, Joshua Altman, Aleyce Bell, Dylan Boak, Gage Booher, Chloe Brown, Christina Canami, Matthew Case,
Anthony Casuccio, Kacee Caughey, Jaymie Conrad, Lucas Drake, Dominick Figurelli, Emily Gumienny, Katelyn Harlan, Shayna Houston,
John Irorio, Tyler Jewell, Sarah Keller, Brittany Kendall, Brandon King, Amanda Kosior, Alyssa Lovell, Ethan McCosby,
Loganne McGowan, Lucas Meyer, Zachary Morrison, Wesley Paglia, Wyatt Pancher, Kaitlyn Penwell, Joseph Sager,
Alexis Toth, Nicole Wade, Noah Ward, Makenzie Webb, Beau Wiech, Jacob Wilson, Shelby Yough, Ruth Zeigler
GRADE 9
High honor
Delaney Baumis, Lauren Boston, Alexander Brooks, Alec Covelli, Shelby Dean, Makayla DuPont, Kristan Fedrizzi,
Rayann Gallaher, Gina Gardocky, Emily Gibson, Sean Harlan, Victoria Kosek, Alyssa Kreitzer, Colton McGuire,
Tiffany Miller, Taylor Musguire, Marley Parish, Christopher Peluso, Callie Ritchie, Morgan Ritchie,
Ellen Shaffer, Connor Shearer, Rebeka Shepherd, Hailey Tammaro, Kalie Trott
Honor
Zachary Adamczyk, Pasquale Antonio, Casey Baker, Sara Baker, Alicia Betts, Daniel Blinn,
Jake Booher, Cheyenne Chapman, Gabriel Clements, Matthew Conway, Joseph Dantico,
Alan Davis, Maddison Deinert, Evan DeStefano, Rebecca Domer, Stephen Esposito, Emily Fabian,
Abigail Finley, Adam Frazier, Joshua Hassett, Hannah Hunt, Zoe Kerr, Jessica Lively, Madison Lohr, Emilee Long,
Tyler Lunn, Kenneth Mason, Austin McClelland, Loren McConnell, Cheyenne Mickey, Shania Moyer, Richard Nail,
Makenna Natale, Sarah Ott, Mark Pizor, Clayton Sharek, Heather Slippey, Bryan Taylor, Tyler Wargo, Aaron Wilson, Makenzie Wimer
GRADE 10
High honor
Rachael Baker, Jacob Blank, Miranda DeLozier, Noah Donovan, Kyle Forbes, Daniel Hughes,
Allyson Kendall, Rachel LeRoy, Cody Little, Sarah Little, Jesse Litzenberg, Samuel Locke, Kayleigh Mariani, Amanda Moon,
Benjamin Morrow, Kayli Salzano, Abigail Shepherd, Valerie Simko, Damian Steele, Marlon Tanner, Hannah Telesz, Leila Zeigler
Honor
Derek Boak, Brittany Book, Kylea Breitenstein, Jessica Conrad, Joshua Dando, Brooke Dicks,
Evan Downing, Jesse Frew, Jordan Gadwell, Caleb Hill, Mikaylah Jewell, Rebecca Jones, Justin Kennedy, Hannah Kingston, Celine Kneram,
Trenton Knight, Trevor Knight, Erin LaFrance, Bo Lanham, Eric Leasure, Samantha Maslyk,
Victoria Meyer, Rhonda Mitcheltree, Kaesi Morelli, Mackenzie Mraz, Claire O’Connor, Nicholas Peluso, Steven Reeher,
Jacob Reese, Genevieve Romeo, Devin Sallmen, Ryan Schotsch, Rhonni Seth, Sarah Snyder,
Richard Stewart, Annabel Stoner, Donald Stoner, Aaron Vanasco, Samantha Ward, Alexis Whisel, Zachary Wilson
GRADE 11
High honor
Ryan Arblaster, Benjamin Armando, Daniel Bailey, Sarah Bailey, Samuel Baker, Suzanne Benton,
Sarah Blinn, Sean Caughey, Justina Chin, Allie Collier, Kylee Davis, Marissa Duddy,
Rachel Gardocky, Chelsea Gibson, Erin Hassett, William Hughes, Adam Kaminski, Brett Kaufman,
Shane King, Frederick Kreitzer, Erica Latess, Amanda Lubich, Francesca Mastrangelo,
Conor Melichar, Alyssa Morelli, Aimee Nail, Marissa Pence, Brandon Ritchie, Nicholas Santini,
Jessica Schultz, Jacob Shepherd, James Steele, Leah Telesz, Bucky Wiech, Rayanne Wilkins, Shane Wilson
Honor
Katie Adams, Cindy Ambrosini, Robert Campbell, Courtney Clem, Edwin Cracraft,
Andrew DiCerbo, Joshua Finley, Felicia Houston, Jessica Jones, Janel Lane,
Austin McGowan, Kyle Mitcheltree, Edward Natzic, Alexis Oliva, Jenna Petronelis,
Sierra Rickman, Dylan Ritchie, Alexis Ryan, Jenna Tucker, Dalton Valenti, Carrie Whisel, Ethan Wilson
GRADE12
High honor
Kyle Aiken, Matthew Armagost, Taylor Beatty, Michaela Blank, Nicole Brogren, Andrew Brooks,
Allison Brown, Jessica Chin, Kelly Cowher, Aislinn Deinert, Summer DuPont, Andrea Fedrizzi,
Todd Fennick, Allyson Fuhs, Brandon Fuhs, Leah Germanski, Aubrey Gibson, Ryan Hites,
Ciara Hovis, Michael Hudson, Dylan Jones, Krag Kerr, Kaleb Kingston, Tonya Lenhart,
Thomas Litzenberg, Sabrina McLaren, Dalainey Meals, Desirae Montgomery,
Emma Osborne, Haley Richards,David Rogan, Kate Seth, John Sickafuse, Rachel Simko,
Austin Sipe, Lillian Tanner, Raelyn Thompson, Alyssa Vanasco, Marisa Wallas, Justin Weaver
Honor
Christopher Barkley, Dalton Fedrizzi, Brandon Firmi, Stephanie Gibson, Cody Harrison,
Daniel Hege, Sarah Iorio, Eric Jones, Richard Jones, Timothy Jones, Kara Mayberry,
Amanda McDanel, Cody McDanel, Skye McDanel, Ashley Mengel, Cody Montgomery,
Joshua Morrison, Isabella Nene, Kerrie Neuberger, Ronald Owens, Elizabeth Parson,
Logan Pollman, Jacklyn Schlemmer, Alexa Shearer, Bradley Telesz.
Schools
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New Castle district gives early budget highlights
Balancing of the New Castle Area School District’s 2012-13 budget will not require a property tax increase.
The school board has called a special meeting for 6 p.m. Tuesday to introduce its spending plan totaling $40,538,389 for next school year. That represents a 3.7 percent or $1,461,942 increase from this year’s budget. -
Mohawk approves administrator raises
The Mohawk Area School Board last week authorized raises of $2,999 for key district administrators next school year.
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Middle schoolers swarm to reading festival
The rewards of reading are fruitful, and, as the participants in this year’s Lawrence County Reading Festival would say, sweet. Yesterday, fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders from nearly every school in the county participated in the festival at George Washington Intermediate School.
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Union proposes budget without tax hike
Union’s school board introduced a $10 million budget with no tax increase for 2012-13. However, cuts in personnel and programs are being proposed in order to balance the budget.
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Shenango officials accept pay freeze
Administrators in the Shenango school district have accepted a wage freeze for the 2012-13 year. Dr. Michael Schreck, acting superintendent, said the freeze affects high school principal Joe McCormick, assistant principal Dan Mayer, director of special education Christine Moon, elementary principal Adam Vincent and technology director Rob Heath.
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Neshannock to establish cyber academy
Neshannock will begin a cyber/charter school next year. The board last week agreed to contract with VLN Partners of Pittsburgh. The district will pay a $16,750 annual fee for the customized online plan plus an additional $150 for each student who participates in the program and each teacher who taps into its resources.
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Neshannock school trail to memorialize Mr. T
The late John Thompson will never know the magnitude of admiration he had from his students and colleagues. The good-natured bowtie-clad man who gained popularity among Neshannock High School students with his “bee dance” and his ever-flowing science lore, collapsed in his classroom two years ago and died.
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Union could see cuts to avoid tax hike
The Union Area School District is looking at ways to cut expenses in order to avoid a tax increase. A budget for the 2012-13 school will be introduced at Wednesday’s board meeting, but all aspects of the financial plan are still being discussed, superintendent Dr. Alfonso “Butch” Angelucci said.
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Neshannock anticipates school tax hike
The Neshannock school district is looking at a 2 percent property tax increase for next year. Superintendent Dr. Mary Todora said the board’s budget and finance committee anticipates an increase that does not exceed what is allowed under state law — Act 1 of 2006.
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High School Basketball: Locke named new coach at Laurel
Ken Locke is coming home. Well, technically, he never left — but he’s really back now. Locke was hired as the Laurel High boys basketball coach last night by the Laurel School Board.
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