Year-End Achievement Report Hollidaysburg Area School District

T ige r Pride
2013
Year-End Achievement Report
Hollidaysburg Area School District
Tiger Pride 2013
It is truly an honor for me to be the Superintendent of Schools for the Hollidaysburg Area
School District. I have been a lifelong resident
of Hollidaysburg and have served the district as
a teacher, coach, principal, athletic director and
now superintendent. I can think of no better way
to give back to the community that has done
so much for me than as your superintendent;
knowing that without the wonderful teachers,
coaches, parent volunteers and supportive community members that have guided me along the
way, I would never be in this position.
Hollidaysburg Area
School District
Hollidaysburg Area School District has a long established tradition of academic
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public school system. It is my goal to continue that commitment through these chal-
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
lenging fiscal times while providing our children with a quality education that will
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prepare them for whatever career path they choose to pursue.
Superintendent
The Hollidaysburg Area School District teachers, support staff, administration, and
Dr. Robert J. Gildea
Board of Directors
excellence. Generations before us have committed themselves to maintaining a strong
Board of Education are proud to present the highlights of this past school year. You
will find as you peruse the following pages that the commitment the Hollidaysburg
Area community has made to public education has produced remarkable results. On
behalf of the Board of Education, administration, teachers, staff and students I want to
Ron Yoder, President
thank you for your support. I invite you to witness the great things that are happening
Darlee Sill, Vice President
firsthand by taking in a play, concert, athletic event or simply becoming a school
Peter Hart
volunteer. Please check out our website at Tigerwires.com for more information or
Troy Keefer
contact me directly at 695-8702 with comments, questions or suggestions.
Brady Leahey
Aaron Ritchey
Walter Tomassetti
Robert Vonada
Stephanie Wertz
Sincerely,
Dr. Robert J. Gildea
Superintendent of Schools
Dave Andrews, Esq., Solicitor
Robert Roberts, Acting Business
Administrator/Treasurer
Susan Baker, Assistant Business
Administrator/Acting Board
Secretary
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Hollidaysburg Area School District is to
empower all students to achieve their best…every day.
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Budget
District Accolades
2013-14 Budget...................................................................$43,797,627
The senior high school was named to the list of America’s Most Chal-
Millage Rate (1 mill generates $201,572)......................................97.50
lenging High Schools by the Washington Post. The senior high school
was one of twenty-eight schools in Pennsylvania and 1,900 schools
Funding Sources
nationally to receive this recognition. This honor was based on student
achievement on the PSSA, college readiness and student-teacher ratios.
Local...................................................................................$23,842,952
State.....................................................................................$18,547,795
Federal/other............................................................................$949,868
Fund Balance...........................................................................$457,012
HASD Enrollment for 2013-2014
Building............................................................... Number of Students
Charles W. Longer............................................................................526
Foot of Ten........................................................................................589
Frankstown........................................................................................659
Junior High.......................................................................................854
Senior High.......................................................................................817
Total Enrollment............................................................................3,445
School District Personnel
Faculty...............................................................................................256
Support Staff.....................................................................................161
Administrative Staff............................................................................19
Faculty Experience
Five years or less............................................................................. 12%
Six to ten years................................................................................ 22%
Eleven to nineteen years................................................................. 38%
Twenty years or more...................................................................... 28%
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For the second consecutive year, the Hollidaysburg Area School District was named as one of the Best Communities for Music Education
by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation. This prestigious honor recognizes schools for their outstanding
support for music education as part of core curriculum. Hollidaysburg
Area School District was one of 36 school districts in Pennsylvania
and 367 school districts in the country to receive this prestigious honor.
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The senior high school was recognized as one of the best high schools
in the nation by Newsweek and the Daily Beast based on PSSA tests,
SAT scores, AP test and Dual Enrollment participation.
Thank you..
..to the junior high school journalism students and to the many HASD
teachers who contributed information and articles. Also, thank you to
Loren Woods for supplying many of the photos for this publication.
Attention HASD Alumni
If you have information about your class reunion that you would like
to have posted to the HASD website, please email [email protected].
Tiger Pride is published annually for the Hollidaysburg Area School District community. Please direct comments or suggestions for
this publication to Dr. Robert Gildea, Superintendent, 814-695-8702; e-mail: [email protected].
The Hollidaysburg Area School District is an equal opportunity education institution and will not discriminate in employment or the
provision of programs and services to students based on race, gender, religion, age, national origin or handicap.
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Senior High
Congratulations
Valedictorian
Joana W. Li
Never Sell Our Young People Short
That was the message The Chamber’s “Buy Here. Live Here.” Committee took away from a meeting with fifteen high school students from
Hollidaysburg Area High School. At the urging of Chamber President Joe
Hurd, the students designed a strategy aimed at promoting the concept of
local buying to a consumer group with more than a little bit of influence.
Salutatorian
Nur Cardakli
2013 National Merit Scholarship Finalists
Hollidaysburg Area Senior
High School students, Joana
Li and Roman Drake, were
named as Finalists in the
National Merit Scholarship
competition. Joana Li was
selected as a winner of the
competition.
“They showed us how to grab the attention of young people from
elementary school through high school,” Committee Chair Randy
Green reported. “They emphasized that buying decisions that are often
attributed to adults are actually made by their sons and daughters. They
challenged us to take their insight and to move forward with it. It was
eye-opening.”
The students represented a marketing class headed by teacher Jude
Decort. “They understood how important local buying was to the quality
of life of where they live,” Decort explained. “They also were aware
that too often their opinions on what happens here don’t always seem
to matter. They wanted to have an impact and they put a lot of time
and thought into what would mean the most to people their age. I think
they covered it pretty well.” So does Hurd.
“I could never have imagined that merely suggesting that the students
take a look at this would result in such great feedback,” Hurd acknowledged. “Our committee now has a blueprint of how to reach this particular
group of consumers. Shame on us if we let the ball drop.”
To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record
Roman Drake and Joana Li throughout high school, be
endorsed and recommended
by the high school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the
student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test. The semifinalist
and a high school official must submit a detailed scholarship application, which includes the student’s essay and information about the
semifinalist’s participation and leadership in school and community
activities.
Approximately 15,000 semifinalists advance to the finalist level and it
is from this group that approximately 8,300 National Merit Scholarship
winners are chosen.
Kyle Brashear, Nur Cardakli, Sarah Kordish and Brian Urban were
recognized as National Merit Scholarship Commended students.
Commended students placed among the top 5% of the 1.5 million
students who entered the competition.
Front row: Seth Morris, Zack Weaver, Gage Hollingshead,
Jacob Barton and Kyle Eberhart.
Back row: Dylan Cannarsa, Colin Schultz, Keegan Brunner,
Jordan Kirsch, Hannah Mercer, Sierra Shoeman, Alexis Wilt,
Andy Rubritz and Mike Roberts.
Pennsylvania Math League Contest
This year, Hollidaysburg Area participated in the Pennsylvania Math
League Contest series and were awarded the Mathematics League
Regional Championship plaque. The friendly competition was rather spirited at times and the intellectual sport was energetic and fun! Students
take a series of six exams over the entire school year. Each exam consists
of six challenging questions. The total of the highest five scores in each
contest are submitted to the Pennsylvania Math League headquarters.
Commended students are Brian Urban, Nur Cardakli,
Sarah Kordish and Kyle Brashear.
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Students who had at least one of their scores contribute to the school
team effort or participated in all six contests include; Roman Drake,
Joana Li, Emmett Eldred, Nur Cardakli, Juliana Piacentini, Kyle
Brashear, Kyler Madara, Kaitie Hughes, John Lin, Michael Klingbeil,
Alec Heininger, Caitlyn Edgell, Brian Walker, Addison Hayes and
Mae Miller. Congratulations to all members of the Math League.
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Key Club members kept active
this year with over forty-seven
events, and over one hundred
opportunity service hours. Activities included: Safe Trickor-Treat Night, Operation
SOS, Big Brothers Big Sisters
Christmas Party and Shopping,
Senior Citizen Prom, March
of Dimes fundraisers, Read
Across America and a Zumba-Thon to name a few of the
various activities that club
members participated in.
Safe Trick-or-Treat night, held
in October, benefited the Zack
Hinish Foundation. Over twenty clubs with approximately two hundred high school
students hosted over three
hundred elementary age students to games, crafts, candy and cookie
decorating. The event raised over $800 for the Zack Hinish Foundation.
The Senior Citizen Prom was held February 14th and the event featured music from the 1950’s, 1960’s and a few modern songs. The
event was a great experience for all involved, and the club hopes that
it grows every year.
Science Olympiad
Fifteen students competed in the Science Olympiad Competition in
March at California University of Pennsylvania. The team of Naaila Ali
and Nur Cardakli placed second in the Designer Genes event, which
required the students to solve problems involving molecular genetics
and biotechnology. The team of Roman Drake and David Hess placed
fourth in the Fermi Questions event, which required the students to
make estimate answers to questions and problems that could not be
solved directly.
The Read Across America
event was the third year in
which the Key Club participated. Twenty Key Club members and approximately one
hundred elementary age kids
played games, read books and
made crafts centered around
Dr. Seuss books. At the end
of the event, Mrs. Cathy Breisacher shared the story of her
book publishing and read her
book Petunia Peppers Picture
Day. As the event wrapped
up, the kids decorated and ate
cookies and received coloring
and story books as they left for
the evening.
Senior High
Key Club has a Busy Year
Key Club Members Tiny Tigers and Key Club
members worked together
again this year to raise funds for March of Dimes. Fundraisers this
year included bake sales, candy sales, Family Skate at Galactic Ice,
Zumba-thon, t-shirts sales and Dime Wars. Everyone involved worked
very hard to raise $12,943.03 to help fund March of Dimes research.
Key Club hopes to continue to be the top National Key Club fundraising team again this year.
Student Participates in
American Invitational
Mathematics Competition
Roman Drake, a senior at the Hollidaysburg Area
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Roman Drake Senior High School, participated in the 29 annual
American Invitational Mathematics Examination
(AIME). He qualified for the AIME by scoring 100% (approximately
the top 1%) on the American Mathematics Contest 12 (AMC 12, 12th
grade and below).
This contest was established in 1973 as an intermediate step between
the high school contests and the USA Mathematical Olympiad. The
AIME is a 15 question, 3 hour examination in which each answer is
an integer number from 0 to 999. The questions on the AIME cover
high school mathematics, are much more difficult than those on the
AMC 10 and AMC 12, and students are very unlikely to obtain the
correct answer by guessing. All problems on the AIME can be solved
by pre-calculus methods and the use of calculators is not permitted.
Nur Cardakli, David Hess, Roman Drake, and Naaila Ali.
The AIME provides the students who are invited to take it with
the opportunity to challenge their mathematical abilities. Like all
examinations, it is but a means toward furthering mathematical
development and interest. The real rewards come from challenging
each student with mathematics that is new, different and “outside of
the box.” Mathematics is increasingly important in our technological
and scientific age. Taking enough mathematics in high school is the
gateway to jobs and careers of all kinds. By offering these contests, we
can challenge and inspire students to want to learn more mathematics.
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Senior High
National Latin Exam
National Latin exam is an exam taken by Latin students around the world. More than 149,000 Latin students from all fifty states participated in
the National Latin Exam this year. There were even Latin students from a few foreign countries that included Australia, Mexico, Belgium, Canada,
China, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Zimbabwe. The National Latin Exam was also taken by the Latin
students at the Hollidaysburg Area Junior and Senior High that wished to participate. The exam is given to test the general knowledge of Latin grammar,
vocabulary, mythology, Roman culture, derivatives and translation abilities.
Senior high award winners are (front row) Jenna DeLozier and
Julianna Piacientini; (back row) Dominic Carson, Patrick Ollinger,
Nur Cardakli, Kyle Gornick and Brian Walker.
Junior high award winners are (front row) Daria VanAllman and
Rohan Gupta; (back row) Ayana Gray, Rachel Kaneshiki,
Emre Cardakli, Victor Dimitroff, David Antonowicz.
Chemistry Olympics
Nine students from the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School
STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Club and
Advanced Placement Chemistry Club competed at the Thirty-Third
Annual Pittsburgh Chemistry Olympics on May 1, 2013. Each group
of three completed labs pertaining to reaction chemistry, analytical techniques, chemical analysis, instrumental analysis, or organic
analytical chemistry. Following the competition, students learned
about chemical reactions through chemical demonstrations lead by
Pittsburgh University students. In a field of 62 teams, Hollidaysburg
brought home a fourth-place finish from Katie Hughes, Alex Smith,
and Roman Drake in organic chemistry; a third-place finish from Ginger
Glass, Mira Patel, and Kendall Routch in second-year chemistry; and
a third-place finish from Claire Rosenberger, Alec Menard, and Jenna
Delozier in first-year chemistry.
Sophomore Nominated for
Youth Leadership Seminar
David Wertz, an upcoming junior, was nominated to
represent the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School
at the 2013 Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership
David Wertz Seminar. The mission of HOBY is to seek out, recognize and develop leadership potential in students. The
seminar was held at Washington and Jefferson College in June.
The HOBY seminar is a highly interactive weekend. Students are introduced to distinguished leaders in business, government and education to
discuss present and future issues. The participants get a realistic look at
their nation, its people and their own role in the world community.
David was chosen to participate in this seminar based on his leadership
skills and active involvement in extracurricular activities. Congratulations, David!
Intergenerational Sports Day
Mira Patel, Roman Drake, Ginger Glass, Kendall Routch,
Claire Rosenberger, Jenna Delozier, Alec Menard,
Alex Smith, Katie Hughes.
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Twelfth-grade athletes Hannah Mercer, Susie Ellis, Nur Cardakli, Ian
Bilofsky, Matt Gregory, Emerson Trimble and Tanner Claar spent
the afternoon at Garvey Manor for Intergenerational Sports Day to
celebrate Older Americans week. The student athletes showed up in
their uniforms along with the Tiger mascot and intermingled with the
residents of Garvey Manor to reminisce about athletics, old times,
and high school. Students introduced themselves, talked about their
sports, sang songs with the residents and played sports trivia. It was a
wonderful afternoon for all involved.
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Angela Letizia’s Latin classes had the opportunity to explore the
narrative art of Greek Red/Black Figure Attic vase painting. Students
discussed and researched where the vases are excavated, including the
site in Greece where Penn State students are presently working. The
students researched several vases from the Metropolitan Museum of
Fine Art, chose one they liked and recreated it after writing a brief
essay about its history. Students got a first-hand look at their research
when they visited the museum in March.
French and Spanish students teach
lessons at Longer
Several times throughout the year, French III students and Spanish III
and IV students travelled to C. W. Longer Elementary to teach lessons
to first-grade classes. Lessons were taught by the French and Spanish
students in small groups. These lessons included Christmas in France
and Spain, French Mardi Gras, Spanish Carnaval, and Valentine’s Day.
Students sang songs, made crafts, learned vocabulary and played games.
Senior High
Latin Class Vases
World Language Week
During the first week of January, all junior high and senior high students taking
a foreign language participated in World
Language Week. During this week, the focus of all classroom lessons was culture.
Students sang and listened to songs in the
language they are studying, made cultural
crafts, enjoyed cultural food and participated in cultural games.
Spanish II students and their Mexican
yarn art craft.
Students practice
Spanish in the
community
Students in Spanish II and Spanish III
had the opportunity to go to Montezuma
Restaurant. Students were not only able to
eat authentic Mexican food but also had
the opportunity to speak to the waiters in
Spanish. The students completed a unit on
food and restaurants earlier in the year in
addition to practicing typical restaurant
dialogs. This was a great opportunity for
students to meet and speak to native Spanish speakers in the language they have been
studying for two to three years.
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Junior High
7th Grade Poetry Contest Winners
Classroom Grants
By Jessica Greiner, 9th grade
Some of Mrs. Fox’s seventh-grade English students won the Creative
Communications poetry contest. Students entered their poems to the
Creative Communications online website and judges choose the top
ones. Students were recognized with a certificate and will have their
poems published.
The students who won the 2013 spring poetry contest
are (front row) Alexa Harding, Alayna Kephart, Racheal Dull,
Macey Nelson, Shane Gleason; (back row) Ryan Johnson,
Serena Hunter, Mrs. Fox, seventh-grade English teacher,
Mackenzie Baker, Daria Vanallman and Chloe Wyper.
Junior High Quiz Team Success
Team 2 teachers in the seventh-grade were the lucky recipients of
grants for 2013 from the Hollidaysburg Area School District Foundation. Mr. John Yogus received a grant for environmental activities,
including a trout release at Legion Park. A grant for Glogster helped
Ms. Allison Tomkowski’s students to create online multimedia posters.
Mrs. Marion Borr’s grants aided in the purchase of digital flash cards
for literary terms, a Mark Twain CD and SAT prep student materials
for the Johns Hopkins program.
Students Noah Herron and Drew Dunmire work on a Glogster poster.
Career Fair Essay Winner
This year, the junior high quiz team competed in the Bedford/Blair
Scholastic Quiz League sponsored by Appalachia Intermediate Unit
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finished the season in first-place with ten victories and one loss. In
order for a champion to be crowned, the final four teams contended in a
final meet. Although the team finished in fourth place during the finals,
the team accomplished their goal of being competitive and finishing
in the top half of the rankings. The team members included Cameron
Smith (captain), Matthew De Lozier, Emre Cardakli, Mohammed Ali,
Maddison Fitch, Gabe Hayes and Dan Calvert. The team was coached
by Mrs. Christina Bracken and Miss Alli Herbaugh.
By Mike Lauer, 9th grade
Nick Piacentini won this year’s annual eighth-grade Career Fair Essay
Contest. The topic of the essay was for students to write about their
experience and what they learned after they attended the school’s annual
career fair. All eighth-grade students were required to submit an essay to
their English teachers. The teachers then graded the essays and picked
the top ones to submit to Mrs. Sell, a guidance counselor. She reviewed
around twenty to thirty essays with the help of other guidance counselors
and they then picked a select few to go to the Blair County Chamber of
Commerce for another review. Nick Piacentini, one of Ms. Gottshall’s
students, was selected for his essay by the chamber and attended a breakfast at the Blair County Chamber of Commerce.
Quiz Team members are (front row) Maddison Fitch,
Daniel Calvert, Gabriel Hayes; (back row) Kishan Patel,
Mohammed Ali, Cameron Smith, Emre Cardakli.
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Nick Piacentini, the career fair essay winner, stands
with his English teacher, Ms. Gottshall.
By Sophi Conn, 9th grade
On Saturday, April 13th, several students from the French, Spanish and German classes participated in the World Language Festival (APPLES) at
the IUP Campus in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Students had the choice of participating in either academic or non-academic events. The academic events
included speaking, reading, listening, composition and literary (poetry) recitation. Non-academic events consisted of vocal or instrumental musical
performance, dancing, original art creation, art reproduction, 3-D models of a landmark in the given languages’ borders, tee shirt design and web
page design.
Winners were Ally Church and Annie Ruggles in Spanish 1, who won second place for a tee-shirt they designed; Alex Kaplan in French 1, who won
second place in reading; Cailen Brashear in French 2, who won third place in poetry recitation; Bella Newman in French 2, who won second place in
the art reproduction; Shannon Barnes in French 2, who won second place in the vocal musical performance; Miriah Hershberger in German 3, who
won 1st place in poetry recitation, composition and reading comprehension, and 3rd place in listening comprehension; Sara Stoltz, in German 1, who
won 1st place in composition, speaking, listening and reading; Rachael Angermier, in German 1, who won 3rd place in reading; Sophi Conn, German
1, who won 2nd place in listening; Colter Long in French 2, who won 2nd place in music instrumental; Olivia Drake in French 2, who won 2nd place
in composition; Emily Brzane in French 3, who won 3rd place in literary recitation; Alexis Carl in French 1, who placed 2nd in listening; and Roman
Drake in French 4, who won 3rd place in listening and 1st place in reading.
Junior High
APPLES: World Language Festival
It was a great day for Hollidaysburg, as many students placed in their competitions and won. Katie Hughes from the Senior High placed as the overall
winner in German!
APPLES participants
Bandarama
By Marissa McCoy, 9th grade
Bandarama is a feature concert that is held annually to highlight the
junior and senior high school marching bands, majorettes and dance
drill in grades seven through twelve. The groups perform their pregame and halftime music and routines in the junior high auditorium.
This is a great opportunity for the parents who are unable to attend
the football games to see the finished product of all the hard work the
students and directors have put into the season. Each year, the directors
create a list of music that the bands will play, which are then given
to the dance drill and majorettes to choose which routines they will
perform during the concert. The bands, majorettes and dance drill have
practices in the auditorium to go over the concert. Both the junior and
senior high drum lines put in extra practice to fill in transition times.
The lighting, ticket sales and the program are taken care of by the
directors and HAMPA (Hollidaysburg Area Music Parents Association)
volunteers to ensure that everything will go smoothly. The rest is up to
the students to make the performance a memorable one.
Trout in the Classroom
Mr. John Yogus’ seventh-grade science classes are participating in the
Trout in the Classroom program at Hollidaysburg Area Junior High
School. This program is designed to allow students the opportunity to
study and observe brook trout development from egg to fully developed
fish. While the fish are in the classroom, the students will have the
opportunity to discuss the nitrogen cycle, life cycle and predation,
as well as many other topics related to life and the environment. The
program culminates with a release day. The trout that have been raised
in the classroom will be released into the wild at this time.
Mr. Yogus’ participation in the Trout in the Classroom program
was made possible through funding provided by PA Fish and Boat
Commission, PA Trout Unlimited, PA Department of Education
and Environment Ecology Section and the HASD Foundation. The
partnership between PA Fish and Boat Commission, PA Council of
Trout Unlimited and PA Department of Education Environment Ecology
section also provides the brook trout eggs, trout food, technical assistance and curriculum support throughout the school year.
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MATHCOUNTS
The MATHCOUNTS Competition Program is a national middle
school coaching and competitive mathematics program that promotes
mathematics achievement through a series of fun and engaging “bee”
style contests. The program exists in all 50 states plus U.S. territories
and the Department of Defense and State Department schools.
The Junior High School MATHCOUNTS team competed in the
regional MATHCOUNTS competition on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 at
the Penn State Altoona Campus. The team took first place against
five teams from Blair County. The team consisted of Casey Ottaway,
Megan Varney, Daria VanAllman and Mackenzie Baker. In addition
to the team, five additional students competed as individuals. The
individual competitors were Alex Kaplan, Nate Toscano, Ayana Gray,
Shane Gleason and Rohan Gupta. The students from Hollidaysburg
Students attending the state competition in Harrisburg are
took four out of the top ten places in Blair County. Casey Ottaway took
first place, Megan Varney took third place, Alex Kaplan took fourth
(front row) Casey Ottaway, (Back row) Alex Kaplan,
place and Nate Toscano took tenth place.
Mackenzie Baker, Daria VanAllman, Megan Varney.
Casey Ottaway won an award for the top scoring student, sponsored by the Altoona Penn State Math Department. Megan Varney won an award for
the highest scoring female in Blair County for the second year in a row, sponsored by the Business and Professional Womens Organization.
Veterans Day Breakfast
Women Back to the Future:
Patriots in Petticoats
By Kaylee Dunlap, 9 grade
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For years, men and women have given their time and dedicated their
lives to our country. As a way to say thank you to our veterans, Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School had a Veterans Day breakfast.
Around 100 men and women came to the junior high so we could
thank them for serving in all branches of the military. National Junior
Honor Society, along with the band and a few of the orchestra students,
served breakfast and entertained the veterans.
The veterans told stories about the wars and their lives when they were
younger. They also spoke about their friends and about the breakfast itself.
Some veterans have been coming to the breakfast for three years or longer.
Several junior high students read essays aloud during the program,
stating the importance of the veterans and the day which honors them.
Everybody seemed to have a good time talking to the veterans and the
veterans seemed to enjoy talking to the kids.
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In April, Kate Campbell Stevenson performed a school-wide assembly
at the Junior High School entitled “Women Back to the Future: Patriots
in Petticoats”. Ms. Stevenson, who is a professional actress and women’s history enthusiast, incorporated vocals, props and monologues in
a theatrical production. There were three women that she brought to
life on stage; Abigail Adams, Sacajawea and Alice Paul. At the conclusion of the program, she conducted a question and answer session,
in which the students were able to ask relevant questions about the
historical women portrayed, Ms. Stevenson’s process of research or
general questions on the performance.
This worthwhile performance
was funded by the Hollidaysburg
Area School District Foundation
through a grant obtained by
eighth-grade U.S. History teacher, Mrs. Amy Dobbins. Mrs.
Dobbins had the opportunity to
attend a performance and lecture
by Ms. Stevenson last summer,
and she felt that it would be a
wonderful opportunity to expose
junior high students to women’s
historical contributions which
are often overlooked in history.
In addition to the performance,
students in the junior high
school completed research projMrs. Amy Dobbins (left) and ects focusing on famous women
Kate Campbell Stevenson in their history or civics classes.
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By Max Sheetz, 9th grade
Ninth-grade students got into the Election Day spirit and held a mock election on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Andrew Yanowsky came out on top,
despite Makenzie Wilkinson winning the popular vote. Candidates from
Mrs. Hurd’s and Mr. Kirsch’s civics classes went up against each other in a
mock presidential race. Students who wanted to run for president got up in
front of their class and told them their platform. Classes then chose which
candidate they would want to represent them in the race.
Candidates included David Snyder, CC Paul, Lucy Wagner, Makenzie
Wilkinson and Maddison Fitch from Mrs. Hurd’s classes. Candidates from
Mr. Kirsch’s classes included Andrew Yanowsky, Nick McIntyre and Kevin
Roberts. Students from the classes then supported their candidate by making
commercials, audio ads, posters, pins, yard signs and more. Candidates
then wrote speeches and presented them to other classes for the Primaries.
Candidates gave their speech and showed some of their ads and posters.
Everyone who has Mrs. Hurd for civics voted to see who would represent her class and the same for Mr. Kirsch’s. Students voted, but the vote in
Mrs. Hurd’s class came out a tie. David Snyder and Makenzie Wilkinson would both move on to the general election. Andrew Yanowsky came out
the winner in Mr. Kirsch’s classes.
Junior High
9th Grade Presidential Mock Election
All ninth grade students then assembled in the auditorium on Tuesday, November 6th for the general election. Candidates participated in a debate narrated
by Jack Ansley. After the debate, candidates gave their speeches to the large auditorium crowd. Then the voting began. The election format would follow
that of the real election, with the different civics classes representing the states. Each class would be assigned a number of votes for the Electoral College.
The classes voted, and the results were in. Mackenzie Wilkinson won the popular vote, but Andrew Yanowsky won the Electoral College.
Supporting Red Ribbon Week
Snowflakes for Sandy Hook
By Candice Brannan and Olivia Bowmaster, 9 grade
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Red Ribbon week at the Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School was
held for one week in October. During Red Ribbon Week, the junior
high students pledge their commitment to be drug free. On Monday,
students had the opportunity to sign a banner at lunch. On Tuesday, students were asked to wear red to show their support on being drug free.
On Wednesday, students and staff got to wear their favorite team jerseys. Thursday was team spirit day. Students and staff got to wear blue
and white to show their school spirit. During school, students had an
assembly for the teachers to tell them about Red Ribbon Week and
how you can do things other than drugs. The week-long event ended
with crazy-sock day.
In the weeks leading up to the re-opening of Sandy Hook Elementary
School, many schools asked “What can we do?” In response, there was a
call for “Snowflakes for Sandy Hook.” The thought was that students and
teachers across the country could make and send snowflakes that could
be used to decorate the halls of the new school building to welcome students back. The response far exceeded expectations. More than a million
snowflakes were received from schools, PTAs, community centers and
families around the world. Since the outpouring was so overwhelming,
the Hollidaysburg Junior High School decided to decorate our building
and send photos of the snowflakes to Newtown, CT. With the help of
the seventh-grade teams, Miss Herbaugh and the National Junior Honor
Society, Mrs. Schmouder and her German students, Mrs. Wertz-Leiden
and her art students and many other volunteers, we were proud to show
our support to the victims and families of the Sandy Hook tragedy. An
electronic picture book was sent to Newtown, CT for everyone to enjoy.
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Junior High
Reading Competion
By Kacie Emeigh, 9th grade
Who are the Paper Cuts? They are the Junior High School’s reading
team! You may be wondering what a reading team is. It is a group of students who join as a team and read selected books and compete against
other schools, answering questions about the selected books. The books
are divided up among the students and then they ask practice trivia
questions about the book to prepare for the competition. The students
won all three rounds, but their overall score placed them in 3rd place
for the competition. There are about 35 different schools competing,
and ten students on the Paper Cuts. Their captain is Maddie Fitch.
Book club encourages students to read, but also it gives them competitiveness. If you enjoy reading, definitely join book club!
Front row: Abby Bettwy, Emily Baker, Emma Sease, Daniel Calvert
Back row: Jess Hayes, McKenna Hurd, James Horsfall,
Courtney Steward, Maddie Fitch.
Recycling Rewarded
By Annie Ruggles, 9th grade
The Team 3 Recyclers won the 2012 Waste Watchers Award for their
weekly recycling project. This award was given by the Professional
Recyclers of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association and
the Keystone Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America,
which recognizes Pennsylvania’s most outstanding recycling programs.
Front row: Dalton Stone, Alexis Stitt
Back row: Mr. Barton, Joseph George, Helen Rose, Mrs. Sinal.
Nearly 50 municipalities, counties, private businesses, individuals and
community organizations are being recognized this year under Act
101, the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction
Act. The Waste Watcher Awards are given to recycling, waste reduction, reuse and composting programs in Pennsylvania that have shown
outstanding performance.
This is the second year that Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School
has received the Waste Watchers award.
Visiting Author
As part of the theme “Writing in the Real World,” Mrs. Marion Borr’s
pre-honors English classes were visited by Kieryn Nicolas, author of
Rain and Flawless Ruins. The students also explored the many forms
of collaboration that use informational writing: email, blogs, memos,
and Edmodo (a Facebook for educational purposes).
Author Kieryn Nicolas autographs posters for students
Mandy Sky and Ryan Shade.
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Junior High
National Junior Honor Society (NJHS)
This year’s National Junior Honor Society was led by guidance counselor Alli Herbaugh. In order to be eligible for NJHS, a student must
receive a 92% average for the first three marking periods of their
eighth-grade year. Students that meet these requirements fill out an
application, which must include school activities and community service;
the applications are judged by the school’s Faculty Council. The 2013
Honor Society had roughly 92 members, including president Max
Sheetz, vice president Emily Myers, secretary Mohammed Ali, treasurer Kishan Patel and webmaster Maddie Fitch. Ms. Herbaugh stated
that she was proud of the students this year and felt that NJHS was
successful in its volunteering. Activities in which the students volunteered include The Pumpkin Fest, The Winterfest Parade, Light-Up
Night and the Veterans Day Breakfast. This year’s students took an end
of the year field trip to indoor waterpark, Splash Lagoon, in Erie, PA.
The Odyssey of the Mind Team
Competes at States
Kaplan Wins Award
Congratulations to Team 2 seventhgrader, Alexandra Kaplan, who
received two Honorable Mentions
for her poetry and fiction from
The National Scholastic Art and
Writing Awards. The Alliance for
Young Artists and Writers recognized the top entries from more
than 230,000 submissions.
By: Erica Lindsey, 9th grade
Odyssey of the Mind is a mind playing game. It is a team sport that
consists of building mechanical devices to teams presenting their own
interpretation of literacy classes. Teams can participate on the local,
state and world level. The junior high’s Odyssey of the Mind team
competed at states. The five team members included Maddie Fitch,
Marissa Maher, Mikayla McCord, Kara Sease and Avery Jones.
Voice of Democracy
Tackling Cancer …A Huge Success
By Izzy Peroni, 9 grade
By Candice Brannan, 9th grade
Voice of Democracy is a VFW sponsored youth essay competition that
gives students a chance to write essays about their view on democracy.
This competition is conducted nationwide, and the prize is scholarship
money. The essay’s theme for this year was “Is the Constitution Still
Relevant Today?” The winners from Hollidaysburg were Seth Partner,
Megan Smith, Annie Ruggles, Madison Baker, Julianna Franco and
Haylee Heaton.
Hollidaysburg students participated in a Tackle Cancer fundraiser.
This fundraiser was a combined collaboration of The Griffith Family
Foundation and the American Cancer Society. Over $8,000 was raised
and the proceeds were split between the two organizations. Students
helped sell over 1,000 pink and purple t-shirts. The pink shirts were for
breast cancer and the purple shirts were for pancreatic cancer. Students
and staff wore their shirts to school to show their support, and at the
end of the week the shirts were worn at the varsity football game at
Tiger Stadium.
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Front row: Annie Ruggles, Madison Baker,
Julianna Franco, Haylee Heaton
Back row: Mr. Barton, Seth Partner, Megan Smith,
Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Sinal.
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Music
Fantazia Hosts “Special Friends Day”
It was a country western theme for Fantazia’s first “Special Friends Day.” Fantazia hosted students and their aides from the Junior and Senior High
MDS, Lifeskills and Autistic classes for an afternoon of games, crafts, dancing and singing. It was a great day of fun and new friendships! Everyone
is looking forward to our next opportunity to be together.
Jr. High Hosts Keystone String Fest
PMEA District 6 Chorus
By Sophi Conn, 9 grade
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The Junior High hosted the 2013 Keystone String Fest in February. The
festival consisted of selected area string instrument-playing students.
Congratulations to these high school choral students who participated in PMEA District 6 Chorus, held at Altoona Area High School. All
students qualified to continue on to Region III Chorus in March, in
Curwensville.
Many schools from around the area participated, including middle school/ junior high students from Hollidaysburg, Altoona, State
College, Bellefonte, Somerset, Richland, Ebensburg and Johnstown.
The participating students, having been hand-selected for the event,
practiced together all day, and in the evening performed a public
concert for members of the community. The group was conducted by
Dr. Stephen Benham, the Associate Professor of Music Education and
the Director of Graduate studies at the Mary Pappert School of Music
at Dusquesne University.
The Junior High students who represented Hollidaysburg at the event
were Madelyn Betar, Kayla Clemenson, Gabrielle DeLange, Matt DeLozier, Victor Dimitroff, Gracie Everett, Rebekah Hammaker, Avery
Jones, John McCoy, Emily Myers, Cameron O’Conner, Casey Ottaway, Olivia Ozio, Christine Raposas, Helen Rose, Daria Van Allman
and Madilynn Whittaker.
Front row: Amy Podoletz, Maudie Sherrill, Taylor Baum Second row: Melissa Smithmyer, Alex Douglas, Eli Wood, Divya Gupta Third row: Kyle Gornick, Michael Klingbeil, Alex Smith,
Ben Black, Wyatt Cree, Joe Carper, and Ryan Stull. Missing from the picture is Brady Emeigh.
District 6 Elementary Bandfest
In April, twelve students represented the Hollidaysburg Area School District at the annual District 6 Bandfest. This year’s festival was held at Chestnut
Ridge Middle School and included over 160 students. These students were selected for their outstanding musical talents:
Aidan Bouchard (clarinet) and Alexa Smith (alto saxophone) from C.W. Longer Elementary; Joshua Howells (trumpet), Evan Soisson (trumpet),
Maria Murphy (French Horn), Nate Fisher (trombone), Abby Clayton (tenor saxophone), Hunter Heaton (tenor saxophone) and Nathan Howells
(tenor saxophone) from Frankstown Elementary; Andrew Simpson (percussion) from Foot of Ten Elementary.
Kendrick Imler from Foot of Ten Elementary and Mallory Neil from Frankstown Elementary were also selected to participate in the District 6
percussion ensemble which takes place at Bandfest as well.
The students spent the day at Chestnut Ridge Middle School preparing for an evening concert which was to a sold out crowd of over 500. Students from
Blair, Bedford, Cambria and Somerset counties participated in this annual event.
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The Hollidaysburg Area Sr. High School string and full orchestra were very active in the district and the community during the 2012-13 school year.
In the fall, the orchestra along with the symphonic wind ensemble and Fantazia, presented an American-themed concert for elementary students titled
“A Star-Spangled Spectacular” featuring all American music. For the holiday season, the orchestra teamed up with “The Altoona Ballet Company”
to perform several movements of the Nutcracker ballet at both the Jaffa Mosque and then at the Hollidaysburg Area Sr. High School for the vertical
orchestra concert in December. In January, the strings presented their annual “Rockin the Strings” program featuring the elementary cello ensemble,
“Cello Rock” from Foot of Ten and the “Keystone Strings festival” participants from the Jr. High School.
Music
Orchestra
In February, the Hollidaysburg Area Sr. High School was the host school for the PMEA Western Region Orchestra festival that included 160 students
from over 60 schools in Districts 1-6 of PMEA. Dr. John Fetter from Eastman School of Music was the guest conductor for the concert which featured
music by Todd Goodman and John Williams.
In May, the orchestra presented “A Concerto Concert” as part of the Hollidaysburg Area School District’s “Young at Art” festival held at the Sr.
High School. This concert featured James Nackley on cello, Joana Li on piano, Madalyn Martinsen on guitar and Vanessa Conner on the harp, each
performing a movement of a concerto with the orchestra. Finally, the string and full orchestras performed a spring concert that featured the theme,
“The Dance” including music from The Polovtsian Dances, The Dance of the Tumblers and the “The Lord of the Dance.”
Regional Orchestra Participants are (front row) Juliana Piacentini,
Maddie Martinsen, Sarah Everett, Marielle Nackley, Joana Li and
Melissa Smithmyer; (back row) James Nackley, Mace Long,
Colter Long, Gabe Imler, Jesse Ottaway and Michael Klingbeil.
Elementary Band
The fifth- and sixth-grade band students had another very busy year.
Sixth-grade band students gave numerous performances, as well as
marching with the junior high band at a home football game.
Fifth- and sixth-grade band students once again performed in the lobby
of their buildings the week of Christmas.
In May, 70 sixth-grade band students shared their talents at an Altoona
Curve game. The students performed “Regal Fanfare and March” their
commissioned piece by Scott Watson. This piece was commissioned
to be written for the Hollidaysburg elementary band and the Hershey
middle school band. This was the premiere performance of the piece.
The band then played “The Star Spangled Banner.” It was quite an
honor to perform the National Anthem. The students then enjoyed
staying and watching the Curve game.
The fifth- and sixth-grade grade band students performed their spring
concert in May to a packed house at the junior high. The band students
also performed outside of their respective buildings the last week of
school. The students are to be commended for excellent performances!
It was a fantastic school year!
All-State Orchestra Participants are Marielle Nackley,
James Nackley and Joana Li.
Eli Wood Participates in NAfME All
Eastern Division Honors Chorus
Eli Wood, a junior at HAHS,
participated in the National Association for Music Educators
(NAfME) All Eastern Division
Honors Chorus in April in Hartford, CT. Eli was able to apply
for this opportunity only because
he qualified and participated in
the PMEA All State Chorus his
sophomore year. Eli was one of
350 students representing 13 different states. The chorus was directed by Dr. Z. Randall Stroope,
Associate Professor of Conducting and Director of Choral and
Vocal Studies at Oklahoma State
University. Dr. Stroope is a highly esteemed composer, director, teacher and clinician. The experience culminated in a performance given at
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford.
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Music
Rockin’ the Strings
The senior high school string ensemble performed its annual “Rockin the Strings” elementary tour and evening concert featuring the junior high
string ensemble, elementary “Cello Rock” group and the “Wood and Steel” cello ensemble from the high school. This year’s theme was classic rock
and roll featuring the music of groups like Queen, Deep Purple, Katy Perry, Evanescence, Led Zeppelin and the Beach Boys. The students toured
all three elementary schools to perform the concert during the day and then presented an evening concert for parents and community members. The
senior high string ensemble also performed this concert again in Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL and for the Blair Co. Arts
Festival as a community performance.
PMEA Region III Chorus
Congratulations to these high school choral students who qualified and
participated in PMEA Region III Chorus, at Curwensville Area HS in
March. Dr. Amanda Quist, from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ was the guest director.
Front row: Amy Podoletz, Taylor Baum, Alex Douglas,
Melissa Smithmyer, Maude Sherrill, Divya Gupta
Row two: Dr. Amanda Quist (guest conductor from Westminster
Choir College), Wyatt Cree, Ryan Stull, Eli Wood, Kyle Gornick
Row three: Brady Emeigh, Alex Smith, Michael Klingbeil,
Joe Carper, Ben Black.
PMEA All-State Chorus
Songfest
Congratulations to high school choral students Ben Black, Joe Carper,
Eli Wood and Melissa Smithmyer, who auditioned and qualified for
PMEA All-State Chorus. These students travelled to Erie in April to
rehearse and perform with students from across the state.
The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 6 Elementary
Songfest was held at Rockwood High School in May. The guest
conductor was Mrs. Barbara Spiri from Penn Hills School District.
Approximately 130 fifth-graders from Bedford, Blair, Cambria and
Somerset Counties were selected to participate. Participants from our
district included: Samantha Betar, Splendora D’Ottavio, Luke Grove,
Maura Kriebel, Adam McCoy and Nicholas Seiler from C. W.
Longer; Kaitlyn Champeno, Akeyan Conrad, Cody Glass, Maggie
Greenland, Connor Huttenlocher, Mia LeCrone, Trestan McCalpin,
Conor McKeirnan, Hannah Merriman and Lauren Simpson from Foot
of Ten; Jesse Clayton, Lily Evans, Emily Greiner, Sarah Isenberg,
Natalie Nagle, Kristin Neeley, Megyn Nolan, Allison Patrick, Ian Smilnak
and Meghan Snyder from Frankstown. The students were accompanied
by their directors, Martha Miller, Lori Stephens and Mary Villani.
Ben Black, Joe Carper, Eli Wood and Melissa Smithmyer
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By Lucy Wagner, 9th grade
This spring, Junior Theatre presented The Music Man Junior. The show centers around the antics of con man Harold Hill (played by Seth Partner)
as he tricks the town of River City into buying band instruments. His plans go a bit astray when he falls in love with the town’s librarian, Marian
Paroo (Gracie Everett). Rehearsals began in October, and the whole cast worked very hard to prepare for the show in March. Many dedicated and
talented actors and actresses took part in the production. The combination of a talented cast, a great stage crew and a fantastic director made the show
a success.
How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying
Drama
The Music Man
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Hollidaysburg Area Repertory Players performance of How to
Succeed in Business Without Really Trying was directed by Stephanie
Everett and Russell Stiles and produced by Meredith Henderson. A
cast of 40 talented students brought the play to life, including Eli Wood
as J. Pierrepont Finch, Taylor Baum as Rosemary, Brady Emeigh as
Mr. Biggley, and Austin Lowey as Miss Jones. Student directors and
producers were Jessica Brumbaugh, Maddy Martinsen, Alana Beck,
Sarah Everett, Emerson Trimble and Sena Kleinbrink.
The Hollidaysburg Area Repertory Players presented the timeless
comedy classic Arsenic and Old Lace. Performers included Kristen
Murgo and Nora Lamtouni as Abbey and Martha Brewster, Andy Shaner as Teddy Brewster, Blake Walter as Mortimer, Melissa Smithmyer
as Elaine, Luke Archey as Jonathan and Maude Sherrill as Dr. Helga
Einstein. The comedy was directed by Russell Stiles and produced by
Meredith Henderson.
Students practice a number for the show.
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Arts
Art Club Workshops
Empty Bowls
For the first time, Art Club offered Saturday morning art workshops this past fall to raise money for their annual field trip to an art
museum. Elementary students had the opportunity to sign up for these
workshops to enjoy art projects and crafts. The high school students in
Art Club created the lessons and taught the projects that were offered
during the workshops. The workshops were a huge success and the Art
Club plans to offer them again next fall.
By Jessica Greiner, 9th grade
Empty Bowls is an international effort to fight hunger and was created
by The Imagine Render Group. Experienced potters to everyday
craftspeople can be a part of this event, creating handmade clay bowls.
After they have created all of the bowls, they invite guests to have a
simple soup and bread meal. They are asked to give a donation, and
in return they get to keep their bowl. The Empty Bowls events have
now been taking place across the United States as well as dozens
of other countries. Millions of dollars have been contributed to help
hunger-fighting causes.
Hollidaysburg Area School District participated in the Empty Bowls
program. Students from fourth to twelfth grade made ceramic bowls
for the guests at the Empty Bowls dinner in May. The money raised
went to the Hollidaysburg Rescue Mission Food Pantry. The goal was
to raise $10,000, and students raised over $11,000 for the American
Rescue Workers of Hollidaysburg. With this money, the Rescue Mission
will be able to help serve many local families in need.
Murals
Art 4 students had the opportunity to work with Artist-in-Residence,
Deb Bunnell to create a beautiful mural at the entrance of the high
school. The design and colors were inspired by high school principal
Linda McCall. Currently, Art 3 and 4 students are working with Deb
on an incredible mural inspired by the performing arts and the music
program at Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School. The mural is
expected to be completed in the fall of 2013. Thank you Ms. McCall
for all of your support of the arts!
Watercolor Residency
Mrs. Watt’s Art 3 students enjoyed the talents of Artist-in-Residence,
Lynne Magee, as they studied portraiture and color theory during the
ten day unit. Each student drew and painted a portrait with the guidance of Mrs. Magee. The students enjoyed trying something new and
were extremely successful with their results!
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Girls’ Track
Final Standing: 2nd Place District VI
Altoona Mirror All-Star: Amir Alkhafaji
District VI Champion: Makayla Williams
School Record: Taylor Pond (400 m), Taylor Pond, Maddy Aungst,
Lauren Pheasant, Makenzie Wilkinson (1600 m relay)
Sports
Boys’ Tennis
Amir Alkhafaji
Maddy Aungst
Lauren Pheasant
Makayla Williams
Taylor Pond
Makenzie Wilkinson
Softball
Girls’ Swimming
Final Standing: 1st Place CWAAC
1st Team All-Conference: Megan Keefer, Maisie Supp, Cassidy
Saleme, Casey Holiday, Meghan Grassadonia, Jessica Nagle
Altoona Mirror All-Stars: Megan Keefer, Maisie Supp,
Cassidy Saleme, Casey Holiday
Meghan Grassadonia
Jessica Nagle
Casey Holiday
Megan Keefer
Cassidy Saleme
Maisie Supp
Final Standing: District VI Champions
Altoona Mirror All-Stars: Hannah Mercer and Alyssa Pheasant
Hannah Mercer
Alyssa Pheasant
Boys’ Golf
Boys’ Track
Altoona Mirror All-Star: Jordan Kirsch
District VI Champion: Matt Barton
(shot put, discus)
Jordan Kirsch
Matt Barton
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Sports
Girls’ Basketball
Girls’ Tennis
Final Standing: District VI AAAA Champions
(D6 title 3rd consecutive year)
Pennsylvania 3rd Team All-State: Morgan Griffith
Altoona Mirror Player of the Year: Morgan Griffith
Altoona Mirror All-Stars: Morgan Griffith, Hannah Mercer
8 District VI Individual/Team Titles (B-ball and Tennis): Susie Ellis
Altoona Mirror Coach of the Year: Deanna Jubeck
Hannah Mercer
Susie Ellis
Final Standing: District VI Champion Team, Final Eight in State –
Undefeated Season 18-0-0
District VI Doubles Champions and PIAA State Qualifiers:
Marissa Lanzel, Susie Ellis
Morgan Griffith
Wrestling
Boys’ Swimming
Final Standing: 1st Place CWAAC
State Qualifier: Mace Long
AAA District VI PIAA Swimming State Qualifier by place in 100
butterfly Gold Medalist in 52.88
AAA District VI PIAA Swimming State Qualifier by time in 100
backstroke Silver Medalist in 52.92
District VI Champion: Mace Long
1st Team All-Conference: Mace Long, Colter Long, Brian Flynn,
Greg Dinges, Jaden Mauk
Altoona Mirror All-Stars: Mace Long, Colter Long, Brian Flynn
District VI Champions: Matt Barton, Damian Huff
PIAA State Qualifier: Matt Barton
Altoona Mirror All-Star: Matt Barton
1st Team All-Conference: Damian Huff
Matt Barton
Damian Huff
Girls’ Soccer
Greg Dinges
Colter Long
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Brian Flynn
Mace Long
Jaden Mauk
Final Standing: 2nd Place District VI
Altoona Mirror All-Stars: Michele Muir, Mikayla Dongell Mikayla Dongell
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Michele Muir
Girls’ Volleyball
PIAA State Qualifiers: Emily Ansley, Lauren Pheasant
Altoona Mirror All-Star: Emily Ansley
District VI AAA 1st Team All-Stars: Katie Reed, Alex Scheel
Katie Reed
Emily Ansley
Sports
Girls’ Cross Country
Alex Scheel
Lauren Pheasant
Boys’ Soccer
Football
WPIAL Playoff Qualifier
1st Team WPIAL All-Conference: Matthew Barton
Altoona Mirror All-Stars: Matt Barton, Brian Urban
Matthew Barton
Brian Urban
Boys’ Basketball
Final Standing: Semi-Finals District VI
Altoona Mirror All-Star: Zach Ottaway
Zach Ottaway
Todd Azeles
Zach Franks
David Katz
Chris Miller
Final Standing: 2nd Place District VI
Altoona Mirror All-Stars: David Katz, Chris Miller, Todd Azeles,
Zach Franks
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Elementary
Bio Bottles
Charles W. Longer Railroaders Club
Fifth-grade students from Miss Leahey’s and Mr. Burkey’s classes
at C.W. Longer Elementary school created Bio Bottles to culminate
theme two, “Give It All You’ve Got!” In this theme, students read
several excerpts about various people who have demonstrated resiliency,
hard work and the ability to give it all they had. To conclude the unit,
students were to choose a person with any of the aforementioned qualities who served as an inspiration to them. This could be someone they
knew personally or a celebrity they admired. Many familiar “people”
graced the halls of Longer, including Bill Cosby, Sydney Crosby,
Taylor Swift and Abraham Lincoln. Miss Leahey and Mr. Burkey even
made cameos themselves.
Students in grades three through six participated in the CWL Railroaders Club this year. The goal this year was to build their own model
railroad display to be kept in school. After a visit to the Alto Model
Train Museum Association (AMTMA), they began work on their own
display. The members of the AMTMA contacted a few model train
manufacturers and, to their surprise, an entire model train set, track
and scenery kit, along with numerous model railroad magazines were
donated to CWL Railroaders Club. Many thanks to Bachmann Industries, Woodland Scenics and Kalmbach Publishing for their generosity. Additional thanks to the wonderful members of the AMTMA for
their help.
The FranksTones sing with
the Symphony
Frankstown Book Club
The Frankstown Elementary select choir, The FranksTones, was invited
to sing with the Altoona Symphony Orchestra for their holiday concert
at the Mishler Theatre in December. The students were directed by
their music teacher, Mary Villani, who also plays in the orchestra. The
fifth and sixth-grade students who participated were: Alexandria
Auerbeck, Alycia Auerbeck, Katelyn Diehl, Olivia DiPangrazio, Abigail
Goodman, Hunter Heaton, Aubrea McIntire, Natalie Nagle, Kristin
Neely, Kaylee Nolan, Sarah Ocker, Sidney Pohar, Nathan Ringkamp,
Claire Sauerland, Emily Schultz, Shayan Sipes, Ian Smilnak, Meghan
Snyder, Lillian Viego and Aaron Woods. They were joined by students
from Bellwood-Antis Middle School for the performance.
Frankstown Book Club members competed for the fifth year in the
IU08 Reading Competition for both the fall and spring. The thirteen
members of the book club who competed received a 2nd place ribbon
in both competitions. Team members had forty-two books to read and
discuss for each competition. Our Rainbow Readers stepped up to the
challenge and demonstrated their knowledge and love of reading. Congratulations to all!
Ally Fagans, Lilly Evans, Abby Clayton, Maria Murphy,
Ashley Lindskold, Alyssa Bell, Claire Nackley,
Kristin Neeley, Aubrea McIntire, Eva Chen, Kiersten Koch,
Izaac Wilkinson and Drew Desort.
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After reading about the Titanic in their Houghton Mifflin Reading series, Foot of Ten fourth-grade students in Mrs. Lightner’s and Mrs. Hess’s class
of extensions and explorations, unraveled history by researching a shipwreck, writing a letter as if they were the captain of the ship and creating
a Geocache treasure chest that would eventually be found using a GPS system. Their Geocache consisted of a treasure chest, three artifacts from
their shipwreck, an explanation about their artifact and a letter written from the captain. After all their hard work, the students were given flip video
cameras and a GPS System in which they became “lost at sea” on the Foot of Ten playground to locate a sunken treasure that was created by their
classmates. Students also practiced their public speaking skills by presenting information to the class.
Learning Wraps
Cards for Veterans
Fifth-grade students from Foot of Ten were recently supplied with a
math fact learning tool called Learning Wraps, thanks to the gracious
donation by the HASD Foundation. The program consists of “keys”
that review addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts.
Students, while practicing the facts, must wrap a string around the
key and it helps them determine where mistakes have been made. Mr.
McClelland and Mrs. Tewell use the keys on a daily basis for students
to continue to work towards mastery of math facts. The tools are
being used in the classroom, and students borrow them each night to
continue to practice. The students really enjoy the hands-on approach
to learning and are showing strong growth in their recall of facts!
Mrs. Myers’s and Mrs. Mikolajczyk’s third-grade classes at Frankstown
Elementary made holiday cards in December for the Hollidaysburg
Veterans Home. This activity was sponsored by Home Helpers. Home
Helpers supplied the students with all the materials they needed. They
made so many cards that Home Helpers rewarded them with a certificate
to show their gratitude. The students enjoyed making the holiday cards
to brighten the holiday season for the veterans.
Elementary
Titanic
Front row: Lakota Dick, Joshua Morina, Hunter Diehl, Kyndra
Salyards, Katlyn Champeno, Darian Stehley
Back row: Mrs. Tewell, Kylee Shoaf, Matt Parks, Danyelle Piper,
Jordan Woolridge, Cameron Wahler, Jared Scarbro,
Scott McConigle, Levi Hoover, Blaise Pierce, Hunter Hoenstine,
Evan Eaken, Mr. McClelland.
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Elementary
The Write Tools
Chats and Crafts
Foot of Ten’s third and fifth-grades utilized the district’s new writing program The Write Tools to plan and write essays about toys and
Toys for Tots. The teachers chose different ways to incorporate this
into their particular classrooms. Some had their students select a toy
and persuade their classmates to vote for the best persuasive essay in
the class. The winning essay winner’s toy was then bought by the class
donation money to donate to Toys for Tots! Other classes wrote essays,
shared them with their classmates and donated toys to this great cause.
The third and fifth-grade students went above and beyond for Toys for
Tots! This was surely a writing that warmed hearts this past winner.
Chats and Crafts was a sixth-grade girl group started by teacher Lisa
Surkovich this year at C.W. Longer. Sponsored through a venture
grant from the HASD Foundation, this group was started as a way
to empower young girls. Each week the girls talked about subjects
such as kindness, empathy, setting goals, competition and others while
creating fabulous crafts. The girls made picture frames, bubble gum
machines, crocheted scarves, jewelry, headbands and decorated cupcakes! Lots of fun and friendship were found at every meeting.
Brain Bowl
Frankstown Elementary school hosted its 15th Annual Brain Bowl
Competition. Since its inception in 1999, the Brain Bowl competition
has provided an opportunity for students to showcase their academic
ability. This year’s Brain Bowl boasted the most participants in the
competition’s history, with 171 students. Congratulations to this year’s
Brain Bowl Champions, Abby Clayton, Joshua Howells and Maria
Murphy of team JamBlueberry.
Pi Day
On March 14, 2013, the sixth-grade students from Mr.
Madden’s math class at Charles W. Longer Elementary celebrated Pi Day with their own technology.
Students used their tablets and smart phones to scan
several QR codes to actively and collaboratively discover more about
pi. Answers were then discussed using Socrative, an interactive, real
time website that allows students to share their answers on their smart
phones and tablets. After learning about pi, students enjoyed more pie,
this time in the traditional sense, with a pie eating contest at the end of
the day. To see more pictures of BYOT for Pi Day and the pie eating
contest, scan the QR code or visit www.tigerwires.com/madden.
Trophy Finds a Permanent Home
Daffodil Days may have ended this spring, but the inspiration of Mr. Bob
Bundy, a former teacher at Foot of Ten Elementary school, was evident.
The American Cancer Society announced they would no longer sponsor Daffodil Days, and Foot of Ten students met the challenge head-on.
Once again, Foot of Ten Elementary school was the top-selling school in
Blair County, a distinction the school has held since 1991.
The goal for the school was to sell 20,000 daffodils. The goal was
surpassed with a total of 24,383 daffodils being sold for a total of more
than $27,000!
The school secured the Bob Bundy Daffodil trophy, the award presented
to the top-selling school. The award is in memory of fifth-grade teacher
Bob Bundy who died after battling cancer in 2002 during daffodil week.
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Tiger Pride 2013
Scott Sheehan, Director of Bands,
music theory instructor and Music
Department Chairperson at Hollidaysburg Area Senior High school in
Hollidaysburg, PA has been elected
president-elect of the NAfME Eastern
Division. He will serve in this position
from July 1, 2013 to July 1, 2015, at
which time he will assume the presidency of the division and a position on
NAfME’s National Executive Board for two years. He holds Bachelor’s
degrees in Music Education and Music Marketing from Clarion University and a Master’s degree in Music Education from Penn State University. Within Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, a federated state
association of NAfME, Scott is Immediate-Past State President, a
member of the Mentoring Team and currently chairing the Strategic
Planning Committee. He was recognized as a Keystone Technology
Integrator by the Department of Education and is currently serving on
the Department’s Educator Effectiveness Stakeholders Panel. Scott is
also active as a guest conductor, clinician and trumpet performer. He
and his wife, Amy, have a daughter, Elizabeth, and a dog, Einstein.
“Music education is facing a myriad of challenges,” said Sheehan in
Educator receives
scholarship
Veronique Stern, high school French
teacher, received two scholarships
from Language in Motion at Juniata
College in Huntingdon, PA, to attend
state, regional or national conferences
on language and culture. In July, Stern
was in Chicago at the national conference of the American Association
of Teachers of French. Stern also
attended a workshop on “Discourse
Analysis and L2 (Second Language) Teaching and Materials Development” at the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education
and Research at The Pennsylvania State University in State College.
In August, Stern presented what she had learned to other area language
teachers at the Language and Culture Teaching Institute at Juniata College.
Jubeck takes Coach
of the Year Honors
Deanna Jubeck was named the
Altoona Mirror Coach of the Year,
making this the second time Coach
Jubeck was nominated in her three
seasons coaching the Lady Tigers.
The Lady Tigers won their third District VI title in as many years. Jubeck’s
season record was 22-3 with a career
record of 59-17.
an election statement. “NAfME’s greatest challenge is staying aware
of the unique circumstances that affect the diverse needs of music
educators across the country. NAfME must remain vigilant and proactive
with all advocacy initiatives, providing members with professional
development resources and opportunities to share the importance of
music for all children.”
The Eastern Division of NAfME is comprised of the following states;
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode
Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania,
along with a European chapter representing mostly Department of
Defense schools.
Educators
Scott R. Sheehan Elected to National Leadership Position within
National Association for Music Education
National Association for Music Education, among the world’s largest
arts education organizations, is the only association that addresses all
aspects of music education. NAfME advocates at the local, state and
national levels; provides resources for teachers, parents and administrators; hosts professional development events; and offers a variety of
opportunities for students and teachers. The Association orchestrates
success for millions of students nationwide and has supported music
educators at all teaching levels for more than a century.
For more information, visit www.nafme.org.
Educator Workshop
Hully Hoover, senior high guidance
counselor, gained insight into the
opportunities a military career can
offer students by attending the Marine
Corps Educator’s Workshop. Held in
February at the Marine Corps Depot
at Parris Island, South Carolina,
educators were given the opportunity
to observe first-hand how a young man
or woman earns the title of United
States Marine.
Educators participated in a hands-on sample of boot camp, from the
famed yellow footprints to the graduation ceremony, all of which leave
a lasting impression on participants. Educators also learned about a
Marine’s daily life, educational benefits and code of conduct. Educators
traveled to a Marine Corps Air Station and met with more experienced
Marines who are currently serving with operational forces.
The Marine Corp Educators Workshop is an all-expense paid trip for
educators to the Marine Corps Depot for an insider’s look at the making
of a marine and the opportunities provided by military service.
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Foundation
Foundation Dedicated to Supporting Educational Programs
The foundation, which is dedicated to supporting the educational mission of the HASD, has provided over $370,000 in grants to teachers for innovative programs, artists-in-residence, clubs, and educational enrichment activities since its inception. This year alone, the foundation awarded 38 grants
to teachers and funded an after school enrichment program for elementary children in grades four through six.
Additionally, the foundation board of directors has worked with numerous families and businesses to establish scholarship programs that benefit Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School students. This year, there were 16 different scholarship programs available for seniors through the foundation.
It is through the generosity of local businesses, school district employees, alumni, community members and other organizations that the HASD
Foundation has been able to provide these resources to enhance the district’s educational programs.
A heartfelt thank you to the following contributors:
Platinum ($250 & up)
Dr. Janelle Brumbaugh
Class of 1960
In Honor of Pat Cummings
Philip & Lugene Delozier (1974)
Scott Finnochio
Paul & Anne Gallagher
Amy & Lawrence Gallo
GIANT Foods
Harrison & Margaret Snyder
Charitable Trust
Hollidaysburg Rotary
Dr. Charles Howells II
Troy and Becky Keefer (1982, 1983)
Lexington Investments (ARHS)
Lexington One, Inc. (ARHS)
Fred & Nancy Marschak
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co.
Shirley Pechter (1938)
Gary & Nancy Robinson
Dean and Judith Rossi
James Routch
Sheetz, Inc.
Patricia Sheetz (1972)
Louie & Holly Sheetz
Debra Springer
University Orthopedics Center
James and Kim Van Buren
Andrea Walter
Waste Management
Brian Wilson (1990)
Your Building Centers
Silver ($100-$249)
Amy Barefoot
Ed & Susan Barton (1976)
Lawrence & Jennifer Brenner
John & Mary Cavrich (1947)
In Memory of Louis K. Elliott
Matthew & Beth Delozier (1978)
Linda Dobbie
John & Penne Edgell
John & Penne Edgell
In Honor of Dr. Paul Gallagher
& Mrs. Giller
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Stuckey Ford
Michael & Dawn Garrity (1984, 1983)
Jeanne Gildea
Robert Gildea
James & Margaret Hancuff
Marilyn & Jim Hilling
Eugene & Linda Horomanski (1974)
Jeffrey & Bonnie Imler
Donald Imler
Kathy Johnson
Jolene & Thomas Kopriva
Kris Laird
James Leamer (1959)
Angela Letizia
Joseph & Lori Martinelli
Linda McCall
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Charles Monts
Janet & Robert Moore
James Murphy
James & Rebecca (Fraugh) Myers
(1995)
Shane & Rebecca Neff (1982, 1983)
Shirley (Hackenberg) Norman (1945)
In Memory of Dr. Nile E. Norman
Elizabeth & George Gardner
Thomas & Julie Over
Mary Petrak
Wendy Saltzburg (1962)
Mike & Marcia Satryan
Imogene Stayer
Russell Stiles
Richard Taylor (1958)
Thompson Pharmacy
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Nancy Vonada
Barbara Wachter
Raymond Wolfe
Dr. Jesse & Susanne Wright
Bronze ($50-$99)
Ruth Aungst
In Memory of Richard Aungst
Stephen & Patti Bickley (1986)
Theresa Cedzo
In Memory of Raymond &
Leah Barroner
Timothy & Annette Civils
(1979, 1981)
Joyce Clark (1948)
Crista (Allen) Coleman (1987)
James & Mary Ann Cook (1969)
Dr. Andrea Coulter (1956)
Deborah Frei
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Joseph & Patsy Gallagher (1949)
Tim Gildea
Rodger & Sally Hammond
Marcia Erickson & Michael Harris
Sue Ann Hess
Patrick Hooper (1966)
Russell & Julia Huff
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Timothy & Colleen Hughes
Kessey Kieselhorst (1969)
Donna Messner
Perry & Bonnie Miller
In Honor of Tyler Hiott
Andrea Morina
Wayne & Fujie Moses (1961)
Anthony Muro
Brian & Carrie Novosel
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Paul Rowe
Kathleen Shaffer
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Helen (Corbin) & Kevin Smith
Robin Smith
Sr. High Faculty
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Sr. High Special Ed. Dept.
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Veronique Stern
Susan Taneyhill
Seana Westcarr-Gray
Marion Wright (1935)
Tiger Pride 2013
Friend ($10-$49)
Karly Aiken
Donna Albright
Paula Albright
Amber Ayer
Anna Balouris
Jennifer Barry
Gail Behe
Eric & Karen Biddle
In Honor of Justin (2011)
Rachel (Crooks) Black
Marion Borr
Christine & Leonard Brown
Jill Bulman
Arlene Burket
Wendy Campbell
Class of 1953
In Memory of Dalleen (Hamilton)
Wyerman
Angela Crawford (1975)
Darlene Ann (Willebran) Crum
(1976)
Lewis & Barbara Daugherty
Alice Davis
Juan & Lui Diaz
Diane Diller (1976)
Constance Dolinski
Karen & Robert Duffett
Frank Filkosky
Tracy Flynn
Stephen & Janice Frank
Lacy Frazier
Paul & Anne Gallagher
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Patricia Gildea
Mark Gingrich (1984)
Victoria Grosser
Tom Haluska
Sally Harclerode
HASD Psychologists
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Silke Hoover
Rick Imler
Margaret Jeffreys
Regina Miller
Cesar & Gaby Montero
Rita Murphy
Forrest & Patricia Nale
(1960, 1961)
Christopher & April O’Neil
Lauren Pannebaker
Carmen Pequignot
Joe Peroni
Stephanie Platon
Thomas & Joyce Raught
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Virginia Rickard
Karen Rosensteel
Marcia Rossman
Rev. Robert & Jean Rupp
Perry & Linda Russo
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Joseph Saclaro
George Seely (1955)
Patricia Sheridan (1946)
In Honor of husband, Edward
Helen Sinal
Phillip Smith
Lorraine Stephens
Jeffrey Stiffler
Dwight & Debbie Straesser
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Stacy Stuttard
Ruth Ann Surma
Ernest & Helen Tomassetti
Allison Tomkowski
Amy Turiano
Kelli Vent
Pamela Voytish
Andrea Walter
Ethel Walters (1947)
Barbara Wertz-Leiden
John Wessner
Betsy Williams
Eileen Williams
Ronald & Nicole Wombacher
John Yogus
Sherry Zhang
Foundation
Erica Kaurudar
Lowell & Dona Kirk
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Steve Kirsch
Terry Koelle
F. B. Kolbenschlag
Charles & Luethel Kormanski
In Memory of Dan Kubitsky
Lara (Sternagle) Larson (1988)
In Honor of HAHS teachers
Jill Maggiore
Elizabeth (Albarano) Martinson
(1968)
Jennifer Melbinger
Kenneth & Susan Mielnik
(1960, 1961)
The following staff members were honored by students and their families this holiday season through a gift to the Hollidaysburg Area School District Foundation:
Andrew Aiken
Shanon Berger
Michael Bianco
Nicole Brenneman
JoAnna Brumbaugh
Robert Burkey
Rhonda Calhoun
Alyssa Carpenter
Judy Clapper
Kristie Clayton
Jason Clever
Leigh Ann Craig
Kristin Cramer
Brian Denis
Sherry Desort
Josh Detrich
Amy Dobbins
Brigitte Donlan
Ellen Dougherty
Dawn Elchin
Frank Filkosky
Joy Finochio
Adele Giller
Babette Gottshall
Mr. Greg
Cheri Grimaldi
Mike Harris
Jaime Hartline
Melissa Hatch
Bonnie Hershel
Kristie Holtz
Justin Hoover
Linda Jodon
Deanna Jubeck
Timothy Keech
Kris Laird
Michelle Lanzendorfer
Sarah Leahey
Angela Letizia
Bill Madden
Josh McClelland
Martha Miller
Valerie Montgomery
Michael Moore
Mara Murgo
Dianne Neff
Sue Nori
Kim Olsavick
Jennifer Pappal
Doug Reffner
Krista Reid
Kenzie Schneeberger
Jennifer Seecs-Mielnik
Craig Shale
Scott Sheehan
Joe Shuta
Julie Smith
Brandi Snowberger
Debra Solomon
Matthew Stinson
Tiffany Stuckey
Nicole Tewell
Connie Tomassetti
Jim Trexler
Derek Trimmer
Lisa Vanveendaal
Kelli Vent
John Walls
Karen Weise
Barbara Wertz-Leiden
Kristie Wissinger
Raymond Wolfe
Thank you for honoring these individuals with a gift in support of public education. We are so proud to work with your children in this great public
school system!
HASD Foundation
Board Members
Dawn D. Garrity, President
Kim Van Buren, Vice President
Michael Routch, Secretary/Treasurer
Cate BurgerLeister
James Campbell, Jr.
Penne Edgell
Peggy Hancuff
Shawn McCarl
Kelly Parnell
Sarah Piper
Erica Sheetz
Mission Statement
The mission of the Hollidaysburg
Area School District Foundation is
to put ideas for enhanced education
into action by funding innovative
programs, broadening teaching and
learning opportunities, and encouraging community involvement.
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2012-13 HASD Foundation Educators-of-the-Year
Congratulations to Mr. Scott Sheehan, senior high music teacher and Mr. Matt Stinson, sixth-grade teacher at Frankstown Elementary, for
being named the 2012-2013 HASD Foundation Educators-of-the Year! This award is sponsored by the Hollidaysburg Area School District
Foundation, Beerbower Jewelers and Horace Mann Insurance.
Mr. Matt Stinson
Mr. Scott Sheehan