School News

Last Updated on Sunday, 01 June 2014 01:33

Peters Township School District announces past credits and upcoming events.

PV Run Club

Pleasant Valley Run Club

Students at Pleasant Valley competed in the Kids of Steel Marathon on May 3 with help from the PV Run Club. Organized by teachers Heidi Colombo and Stacey Wahl, with help from some volunteer parents, the club met weekly afterschool for one hour to gear up for the one-mile run. The students learned important stretching techniques and increased their stamina for the big race.

Character Counts Awards

Peters Township Character Counts held their spring awards program on April 22, and 29 individuals were recognized for their contributions to our community and outstanding character. Nominated by staff, students and community members, the awardees were: Dominic Bodnar; Ms. Giannario's students at Pleasant Valley (Jack Dunbar; Anna Kelly; Anneliese Goris; Haley Davis; Mary Kelly; Alexis Bashaw; Damien Busche; Gabbi Englesberg); Tess Feitt and Alyssa Mauder; Karen DeCecco; Kelly Kuehn; Nathan Lopus; Carol Hoffman; Barb Viola; Debbie and Rachel Noonan; Kate Hardy and Sydney Cicchini; James Babcock; Keith Lucas; Gregory Oleynik; Kyleigh Cummings; Claire Cocco; Noah Hardy; Emma Held. Olivia Vanistendael; and Dale Malencia.

PMEA Junior High District Chorus

PT Middle School Choral Students

Four students from Peters Township Middle School were selected to take part in the PMEA Junior High District Chorus. Chloe Mesogitis (Soprano II), Anthony Romero (Tenor II), Mary Waigand (Alto I) and Wen Quan Zheng (Bass I) performed in concert at Chartiers-Houston Junior-Senior High School on Saturday, May 2nd. The students are taught by chorus teacher Larry Lucas.

Peters Township's Youngest Historians Heading to National Contest

Two Peters Township students will represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at the U.S. competition of National History Day, slated for June 15-19 at the University of Maryland in College Park. Juniors Nick Larimer and Ryan Williams earned this distinction by taking 1st place at the "National History Day in Pennsylvania" contest held at Millersville University on May 12-13. They were among nine Peters Township students who represented Western Pennsylvania at the state contest, an event that drew over 800 students in grades six through twelve.

Nick and Ryan's Senior Group Documentary entry was titled 'RES OMNIUM COMMUNES: When is There Not a Right of Sovereignty?' and investigated the property rights in Roman times.

Two other projects made the state run-offs, placing them in the top six projects in their category. Eighth graders Mekhela Santebennur and Shruthi Shivkumar placed 5th in Junior Group Performance with their entry, 'Women's Rights: Striving to Achieve Equality' and Junior Alex Franco placed 6th in Senior Division Individual Performance with his entry, 'American Trusts: The Presidents, The Tycoons and the Muckraker.'

Bio Time at Bower Hill

Third grade students at Bower Hill recently presented 'Bio Time!' Under the direction of Ms. Lora O'Brien, the students read a novel, researched a famous person, and wrote a first-person account of this person's life. The students then presented their projects to a group of staff members and parents in Bower Hill's very own living-history museum. Among the biographies were Walt Disney, Laura Ingalls, Ben Franklin and Dolly Parton.