Tiger Pride 2014
Hollidaysburg Area
School District
201 Jackson Street
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
www.tigerwires.com
Superintendent
Dr. Robert J. Gildea
Board of Directors
Ron Yoder, President
Troy Keefer, Vice President
Scott Brenneman
Brady Leahey
Patrick McClain
Aaron Ritchey
Dr. Ronald Sommer
Drew Swope
Robert Vonada
Dave Andrew, Esq., Solicitor
Robert Roberts, Business Administrator/Treasurer
Susan Baker, Business Manager/Board
Secretary
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I recently had a conversation
with a long time real estate
agent who also happens to be
a District alumnus. He made
it a point to note that new families to the area often request
to see houses within the Hollidaysburg Area School District
attendance area.
Because
of the sacrifice of taxpayers
and the steadfast commitment from current and former
school and community leaders, Hollidaysburg Area School
District has a long established reputation of being one of the
premier districts in our region. At a time when mediocre student performance and national criticism of the effectiveness
of public education abound, the Hollidaysburg Area School
District remains strong and the community supportive, reinforcing the belief that a first-rate community and a first-rate
school district go hand in hand.
The Hollidaysburg Area School District teachers, support
staff, administration, and 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 impressive results. On behalf of the Board
of Education, administration, teachers, staff and students I
want to thank you for your support. I invite you to witness
the great things that are happening firsthand by taking in a
play, concert, athletic event, or simply becoming a school
volunteer. Please check out our website at Tigerwires.com
for more information or contact me directly at 695-8702 with
comments, questions, or suggestions.
Sincerely,
Dr. Robert J. Gildea
Superintendent of Schools
Budget
District Accolades
2013-14 Budget...................................................$44,648,287
The senior high school was named to the list of
America’s most Challenging High Schools by the
Washington Post. The senior high school was one
of thirty-nine schools in Pennsylvania to receive
this recognition. This honor was based on student
achievement on the PSSA, college readiness and
student-teacher ratios.
Millage Rate (1 mill generates $205,633)......................97.50
Funding Sources
Local...................................................................$24,447,221
State.....................................................................$19,121,540
Federal/other............................................................$786,358
Fund Balance...........................................................$293,168
HASD Enrollment for 2013-2014
Building..................................................Number of Students
Charles W. Longer............................................................526
Foot of Ten........................................................................589
Frankstown........................................................................ 659
For the third 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. The Hollidaysburg Area
School District joins 376 districts across the country to receive the prestigious distinction in 2014.
Junior High.......................................................................854
Senior High.......................................................................817
Total Enrollment............................................................ 3,445
School District Personnel
Faculty...............................................................................258
Thank you...
...to the junior high school journalism students and
to the many HASD teachers who contributed information and articles and to Loren Woods for supplying many of the photos for this publication.
Support Staff..................................................................... 161
Administrative Staff............................................................ 21
Faculty Experience
Five years or less..............................................................12%
Six to ten years.................................................................19%
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].
Eleven to nineteen years..................................................41%
Twenty years or more.......................................................28%
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
Caitlyn Edgell
Read Across America
Salutatorian
Students from Mrs. Sweitzer’s Life Skills class, Mrs. Robert’s Autistic class and Mrs. Parker’s Multi-Handicapped
room recently participated in Read Across America day on
March 4. John Clay, news anchor from WTAJ, visited and
read with the students. Not only did the students have a
great time in class, they also enjoyed seeing themselves on
the news later that evening!
Mira Patel
Outdoor Classroom is Open
In the Fall of 2013 the EcoAction Club received
a $5,000 grant from Dominion Energy to make
an outdoor classroom. The Ecology and Wood
Technology classes banded together to revive
the old amphitheater to create a useable outdoor classroom. In the fall of 2013 the ecology
students created the design and determined the
amount of materials needed for the classroom.
The ecology students conducted soil tests and
experimented with different plants to determine
which plants would work best on the site. Materials were bought and the construction of the
classroom started when winter decided to set in
for a very long time. Starting in April, the Wood
Technology students began to build the outdoor
classroom. The amphitheater and terracing have
been completed with drought tolerant plants
growing in the terraces. The outdoor classroom
is not finished. There are plans to create a teaching station in the fall of 2014.
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Front row (left to right): David Elliott, Cameron
Brown, Jeffrey Reed, Jessica Heck, Jack Clay;
Back row (left to right): Terri Thompson, MDS
Aide, Elizabeth McChessney, Adam Foor, John
Clay, Terri Jo Pearce, MDS Aide, Stephen McGeehan, Kristie Hart, HAHS Librarian, holding Anson
Clay, Kim Parker, MDS Teacher
Fry Wins Award
Hollidaysburg junior, Susie
Fry, wrote a thirty page research paper on Financial
Literacy Promotion, which
educated her fellow Greater
Altoona Career and Technology Center classmates and
her fellow DECA members.
Susie presented her paper at
the Pennsylvania DECA State
Conference last February with over 2,000 Pennsylvania
DECA’s best and brightest students. Susie’s written event
on Community Service Projects won second place at this
conference, which qualified her for the DECA International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia,
held on May 3-6, 2014. Here, her work was evaluated on
an international level with 15,000 students from all over
the world.
Tiger Victory Garden Update
TAAD (Tigers Against Alcohol and Drugs) students Alexis Palfey, Courteney Storm and Alexis
Stitt are shown with the Blair County Commissioners Ted Beam, Diane Meling and Terry Tomassetti. The Commissioners issued an official
proclamation of Red Ribbon Week at the senior
high the week of October 23 to 31.
In 2012 The Tiger Victory Garden began as a
combined effort between the Wood Tech classes
and the Ecology classes to build a compost bin
for the high school. Since then this small project blossomed into the desire to build an entire
garden and to incorporate as many different students, faculty and staff into building and maintaining the garden. In 2014 the Hollidaysburg
Foundation Grant program awarded many grants
to assist with the garden’s growth.
L to R: Ted Beam, Diane Meling, Terry Tomassetti, Alexis Palfey, Courteney Storm, Alexis
Stitt and Kathy Mathias, TAAD Advisor.
Stock Market Game
Honors economics students at the Senior High
earned First Place Regional honors in the Stock
Market Game of Pennsylvania, a ten week online simulation managing a $100,000 portfolio.
Students were sponsored and advised by Larry
Cordek, a financial advisor at Wells Fargo.
Senior High
Red Ribbon Week
The Tiger Victory Garden is an interdisciplinary
project that is continuing to enhance the students’
learning at the Senior High. The garden will
continue to provide produce for the Senior High
Cafeteria and for the Summer Lunch program.
This summer the EcoAction Club will help with
maintaining the garden by watering, weeding and
gathering produce.
Currently the Tiger Victory Garden is expanding
to incorporate a series of “mini-beds” to showcase different types of plants such as drought or
shade tolerant plants. A green wall was also built.
This will allow the ecology students a chance to
garden vertically. The garden has also expanded its handicap accessibility by adding pavers
around the different beds.
Pictured (l-r) Jennifer Heinlein, teacher; Daniel
Stubbs; Grant DeLozier; Collin Terchanik; Rommy
Obeid; and Larry Cordek, Financial Advisor.
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Senior High
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Apples 2014
In April, students from French, German and Spanish
classes traveled to St. Francis University for the annual Apples Foreign Language Festival. Students had
the opportunity to compete against students from other schools in academic and non-academic categories.
Apples Award Winners—French
Level II
Shani Evans—1st place Construction Model, 2nd
place Literary Recitation, Elizabeth Catalano—3rd
place Literary Recitation, 2nd placeSpeaking Proficiency
Level III
Amarisa Miles—2nd place Literary Recitation, 2nd
place Listening
Level IV
Emily Brzana—3rd place Literary Recitation
Apples Award Winners - German
German I- Junior High
Sara Bollman – 2nd place Reading Comprehension,
2nd place Poetry Recitation, 3rd place Listening
Comprehension, Christina Raposas – 1st place Reading Comprehension, 2nd place Composition.
David Auerbeck - 2nd place Listening Comprehension, 2nd place Speaking Proficiency, 1st place Composition., Anne Diminick – 1st place Speaking Proficiency, 1st place Listening Comprehension.
Kaitlyn Marks – 1st place Poetry Recitation, 3rd place
Listening Comprehension, Meaghan Holsinger – 3rd
place Art Model.
German 2 – Senior High
Matt DeLozier – 3rd place Reading Comprehension, 2nd place Listening Comprehension, 2nd place
Speaking Proficiency, Madison McKeirnan – 2nd
place Reading Comprehension, 2nd place Composition, 1st place Poetry Recitation, Sara Stoltz – 1st
place Reading Comprehension, 1st place Listening
Comprehension, 1st place Speaking Proficiency, 1st
place Composition.
German 4 – Senior High
Miriah Hershberger – 1st place Reading Comprehension, 1st place Listening Comprehension, 1st place
Speaking Proficiency, 1st place Composition, OVERALL German Festival Winner
Spanish 2
Alexandra Kaplan - 1st place Music Instrumental,
2nd place Reading, 3rd place Listening
Superconference
On May 7, students from the junior and senior
high school attended the annual Superconference at Mount Aloysius College. Students were
selected based on their desire for personal improvement and growth, demonstrating leadership
qualities in traditional and non-traditional ways,
and who have an academic and/or social impact
on other students.
L to R: Lindsey Huether, Peter Gildea, Alexis
Robbins, David Wertz, Natalie Shawley, Clair
Rhodes, Veronica Helsel, Logan Kovach, Maria
Murphy, Adam Smith
National Latin Exam
This year in March, 80 students and eight parents
traveled to The Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art in
New York City to explore the Greco-Roman exhibit.
This exhibit is the largest exhibit on the east coast.
Students were able to see amazing frescoes, hundreds
of Attic Red-Black figure vases as well as the exhibits
of their choice.
The National Latin exam is an exam taken by
Latin students all over the world. More than
149,000 Latin students from all fifty states participated in the National Latin Exam this year.
There were Latin students from a few foreign
countries including Australia, Mexico, Belgium,
Canada, China, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Zimbabwe. The National Latin Exam was taken by
the Latin students at the Hollidaysburg Area Junior/Senior High who 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
Latin Club Visits New York
Latin Students Explore Red/
Black Figure Attic Vases
This year after final exams, Mrs. Letizia’s Latin classes had the opportunity to explore the narrative art of
Greek Red/Black figure Attic Vase Painting. Many
students had the unique opportunity to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art and view the vases in
person. The students researched several vases, chose
one that they liked and recreated it after writing a
brief essay about the story depicted upon it. The students enjoyed the activity and are eager to recreate
another next year.
Winners left to right from the Sr. High include:
Victor Dimitroff, Emre Cardakle and Brian
Walker.
Winners from the Jr. High include:Rohan Gupta, David Antonowicz, Jillian Wills and Courtney Byrnes.
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Senior High
German Lessons at Frankstown Elementary
For the third year, Alicia Schmouder’s German 3 and 4 students have been doing lessons at Frankstown Elementary School. The lesson usually involves a song, basic vocabulary and a small group activity. This year,
students in the kindergarten and second-grade classes participated.
The lesson was based on Das Kleine Küken Piept song from the group Pulcino Pio. It features animal names
and the sounds they make in German. The German 3 and 4 students taught the animal names and sounds
(along with a motion to go with each) using flashcards, and then taught the elementary students the song and
motions.
“20 Under 20”
Five Hollidaysburg Area Senior High students
were honored at the Altoona Mirror’s “20 Under 20: Future Leaders of Central Pennsylvania”
award banquet on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at the Casino. The “20 Under 20” award recognizes high
school students from across the coverage area for
outstanding achievement in academics, the arts
and community service. Over 140 students were
nominated for the award, but only 20 make it to
the final round. Each year two students from the
top 20 are selected to receive the scholarship.
One of the students was Jessica Brumbaugh, a
senior at Hollidaysburg. Mace and Colter Long
were also the first siblings to be selected into the
top 20 together. Congratulations to all of these
students for their hard work!
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Pictured (from left to right):
Taylor Baum, John Johnson, Jessica Brumbaugh, Colter Long, Mace Long
On April 1st, five students from
Germany arrived in Hollidaysburg
through the Friendship Connection Program. During the month
of April, they lived with local host
families, attended school at the senior high, helped out in the German
classes, and experienced American
culture first hand during many activities. Host partners were as follows: Rachael Angermeier hosted
Nathalie Klein and Verena Poepperl, Miriah Hershberger hosted
Jennifer Meyer, Avery Jones hosted Constanze Losert, and Madison
McKeirnan hosted Christine Schell.
Senior High
German Students Visit Hollidayburg
German students and their host partners traveled to Washington, D.C. to enjoy the cherry blossoms and visit
the capitol. They also attended a Curve baseball game. Nathalie threw out the first pitch, and several other
students participated in activities during the game. German Club students took a field trip to the Belleville
Amish Market and Penn’s Cave. After learning about the German connection to the Pennsylvania Dutch,
it was fun to hear the girls from Germany converse in German with an Amish man speaking Pennsylvania
Dutch. The month-long visit culminated with an American style goodbye picnic and kickball game. The
students flew home on April 28th. This June, Miriah Hershberger and Madison McKeirnan will be traveling
to Germany for the second part of this exchange. They will live for four weeks with a host family and attend
school there. Avery Jones and Rachael Angermeier are also making plans for future travel to Germany.
PMEA Choral Festivals
It has been an exciting year for our high school
choral students. Two students, Taylor Baum and
Amy Podoletz, qualified to participate in PMEA
District 6 Vocal Jazz Ensemble, a group of approximately 20 students. Sixteen students qualified
for District 6 Chorus and then Region III Chorus.
They are: Amy Podoletz, Maude Sherrill, Taylor
Baum, Divya Gupta, Paige Matteson, McKennah Rabel, Alex Douglas, Cierra Redinger, Victor
Dimitroff, Eli Wood, Charles Antonowicz, Kyle
Gornick, Andy Schaner, Wyatt Cree, Seth Partner and Blake Walter. From Region Chorus, Kyle
Gornick, Maude Sherrill and Eli Wood qualified for PMEA All-State Chorus which was held in Hershey.
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Senior High
Chemistry Olympiad
On March 21st, Naaila Ali, Madison Aungst, Ryan Blair, Emily Brzana, Grant Delozier and Rachael McKinney competed in
the Local Chemistry Olympiad Exam. Top scores for our school
were Emily Brzana and Grant Delozier. Of the approximately 100
students who took the local exam, Emily was one of ten students
chosen to compete in the National Chemistry Olympiad Exam administered at State College Area High School. This seven hour
exam determines the top 20 most promising young chemists. The
three-part exam included two laboratory experiments, 60 multiple
choice questions on organic, physical and traditional high school
chemistry as well as eight in-depth essay questions. The United
States has participated internationally in this event since 1984. It is
sponsored by the American Chemical Society which was founded
in 1876 and holds a Congressional Charter.
Senior High Community Service Week
On May 13, 14 and 15, seniors had the opportunity to give
something back to their community. During this time, 294
twelfth-graders participated in service-learning activities.
While underclassmen were involved in Keystone Testing, these
students were at 26 various sites around the county. They performed a number of tasks including maintenance, beautification
of parks and trails, clerical, construction, pet care, warehousing,
childcare and various painting projects involving the Art 4 class.
A number of sites have been involved in the program since its inception. These include Rails to Trails, Canoe Creek State Park,
Altoona Community Theater, HeadStart, Penn Mont Academy,
Blair County Historical Society, Hollidaysburg Borough, Hollidaysburg YMCA and the Humane Society.
New sites continue to be added each year which allows this program to remain a major activity for the senior
class. One major project involved the construction of an elevated walking platform over the Marsh Trail at
Canoe Creek State Park.
DEP Grant Awarded
In April of 2014, the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High was
awarded $2,928 Environmental Education Grant from
DEP. The grant is going to create the Tiger Nature Sanctuary and will be used to improve the dilapidated Biopond
at the Senior High into a teachable space focusing on wetlands. Work will begin on the project in the fall of 2014.
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On May 5, 2014, Mrs. Bufalini’s Honors Biology II students participated
in the long awaited annual Anatomy
Awards. The gala award ceremony
was the culmination of the students’
intensive study of human anatomy
including anatomical landmarks and
orientation, medical terminology,
abdominal pelvic quadrants and regions, and a plethora of knowledge
encompassing directional terms, major planes, cavities, and body systems. The Anatomy Awards unit was
designed to showcase the exceptional
efforts of the Honors Biology II students. These students are participants
in the College-in-High School Anatomy and Physiology course offered at the Hollidaysburg Area Senior
High.
Senior High
Anatomy Awards
Utilizing the language of anatomy and reaching back to the Renaissance to the great artist-anatomists such
as Leonardo da Vinci, students were able to create their own human figures and anatomy models. Metamorphosing from amateur anatomists to refined and competent pre-medical professional candidates, the Honors
Biology II students manifested their skills by illustrating the human form and identifying the appropriate anatomical landmarks, systems, and regions on their “cadaver” models.
After intensive study and modifications of their “specimen”, student projects were evaluated by Mrs. Bufalini
and peer review. Project criteria incorporated attention to accuracy, organ placement, realism, and dynamic
display quality. This year’s first place award winners were Caitlyn Batiste, Alexandria Galanti, and Abigail
Love from period one; Taylor Givler and Sarah Goss from period four; and Sydney Fochler and Daniel Stubbs
from period seven. Second place awards were captured by Margaret Franco, Victoria Gleason, and Kaitlin
Lutton in period one; Noelle Bradley and Saje Starbird-Clancy in period four; and Kiersten Batiste, Maeve
Lawruk, and Kendall Routch in period seven. Third place honors went to Jacob Barton and Aaron Gallagher
from period one; Hannah Civils and Sierra Kirsch from period four; and Megan Cook and McKenzie Ryan
from period seven.
In conjunction with the recognition of all “cadaver” honorees and the acceptance of awards, the Honors Biology II students participated in a variety of multi-modality activities to showcase their comprehension of
anatomy material content. Whether dancing the “Bufferena” while demonstrating anatomical landmarks or
competing in “Body Boards” to outsurf the opposing team in identification of human anatomy, this year’s
Honors Biology II classes were able to integrate their unit knowledge in an entertaining but educational Anatomy Awards finale. The exceptional and dedicated efforts during this unit from all of the Honors Biology II
students are acknowledged and congratulated with Mrs. Bufalini’s greatest admiration and esteem.
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Junior High
Be a PAL
Some lucky seventh- graders had a ninth-grade
PAL this year! PAL (Peer-assisted Learning)
was a group formed by Mrs. Marion Borr and
Mrs. Lindsey Detwiler. Fourteen students from
Mrs. Detwiler’s ninth-grade English classes
volunteered to work with certain seventh-grade
students from Mrs. Borr’s English classes who
needed extra help with reading and writing.
Mrs. Borr and Mrs. Detwiler chose digital lessons for the whiteboard for the volunteers to
“practice” with the students; these lessons were
received through a HASD Foundation Venture
Grant. In addition to peer tutoring, Mrs. Detwiler’s group presented a program to Team 2
students giving them some much-appreciated
tips and advice for eighth and ninth-grade. The
group’s t-shirts were designed by ninth-grader
Kate Baker.
1st row: Zaina Younes, Madison Clapper, and Megan
Gilles. 2nd Row, left to right: Dalton Stone, Molly
Deprospo, Madra Furman, Kate Baker. (Absent from the
picture: Courtney Byrnes, Gabe Hayes, Victoria Grigg,
Bridget Perry, Lauren Everett, Nick Piacentini, Kerrigan
Freeman.)
Safe Trick-or-Treat
In October 2013, the first semester Introduction to Journalism class and the ninth-grade Tiger Tales yearbook
staff members participated in Safe Trick-or-Treat Night. Safe Trick-or-Treat Night is a community service
project sponsored by the Senior High’s Key Club that is advised by Sarah Garman. The proceeds of the Night
benefited the Zach Hinish Foundation.
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By Cherie Langenbacher, 9th-grade
Celebrate Diversity! is a program that teaches
seventh-graders to treat everyone with respect.
The 2013-2014 school years marks the program’s
twentieth anniversary. Students are taught about
prejudice, discrimination, living with disabilities, different religions, how to combat intolerance and the Holocaust. Three Saturday events
are held during the school year, and the students
attend a field trip to Washington, D.C. in May.
In Washington, D.C., students visit the United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum and tour the
National Mall.
Junior High Quiz Team
The quiz team from the junior high participated
in the annual Bedford-Blair Quiz League sponsored by Appalachia Intermediate Unit 08. The
team consisted of eighth-graders Dan Calvert and
Derek Baum, along with ninth grade students Sophia Dellinger, Gabe Hayes, and Dalton Stone.
The season consisted of three meets featuring
students from districts in the region. Each round
featured toss up questions and bonus rounds. The
junior high team, known as “Loki’s Army,” finished the regular season in first place with a record of eight wins and one loss.
Junior High
Celebrate Diversity!
The top four finishers from the regular season
competed in a playoff match to determine the
season’s champion. Hollidaysburg played the
fourth place team in the first match and won.
The students then played against the regular season runner’s up, Bedford. The students worked
hard,but lost the final match to Bedford in a close
match. The team took home second place honors.
The team was coached by Christina Bracken and
Alli Herbaugh.
Gymnastics Champ
Congratulations to seventh-grader Dani Young,
winner of the 2014 Pennsylvania Level 7 State
Gymnastics Championships, age 12 group. Pictured is Dani with four of the medals that she
won at the event.
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Junior High
Holocaust Project
by Madra Furman, ninth-grade
In March, Mrs. Detwiler’s ninth-grade Honors English class presented their Holocaust projects during the
Celebrate Diversity! assembly held at the junior high. The assignment was to create a story, poem, or piece of
art to represent something that the class learned while studying the Holocaust unit. After presenting projects
in front of the class, Mrs. Detwiler chose the ones that she felt were the most organized and portrayed the
emotions of the unit. Students that presented were Cailin Brashear, Dillon Lance, Dalton Stone, Olivia Ozio,
Micah Clouse, Brianna Blevins, Sophia Dellinger, Ally Bihary, Zaina Younes, Nathan Stull, Molly DeProspo, Marissa Dubrow and Olivia Brockman. As a reward for talking in front of the two hundred Celebrate
Diversity! students, the ninth-grade speakers attended the Celebrate Diversity! field trip to the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum in May.
Children’s Book Author Mac Barnett
by Madra Furman, Kaylee Dunlap and Hunter
Leaper
Why would a children’s book writer come to talk
at the Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School?
Children’s book author Mac Barnett came to show
students that it
is possible to
become a writer
and to talk about
reasons someone should continue writing in
his/her life.
Mr. Barnett realized that he
wanted to be
an author in the
seventh-grade.
His teacher had
told him he could become a writer, but he had never seen it as a real profession because he had never
personally met one. Barnett realized what types of
books he wanted to write while working at a summer camp for children between the ages of four and
six. While there, he would create stories to tell the
kids and loved how easily they accepted the fictional
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Barnett says that to become a writer, it is important
to enjoy reading and to read every day. He also says
that it’s not easy to write a story and there will have
to be many different drafts, so patience is key. Barnett mentioned
that when writing a picture
book, it’s important to make
sure the pictures
and text work
together to tell
the story. When
asked
about
writing, Barnett
says,
“Writing is a skill. A
skill you have to
communicate something you love.”
Mac Barnett’s next book is called Sam and Dave
Dig a Hole and is going to be coming out sometime
in October 2014. He currently lives in Berkley, California and travels all over presenting and reading
his books.Each year the elementary school librarians bring in an author to visit; however, the author
doesn’t always come to the junior high. The schools
use book fair profits to pay for visiting authors, hoping it will inspire the students.
Junior High
MATHCOUNTS
The Blair Region MATHCOUNTS competition
was held at Penn State Altoona on February 1,
2014. MATHCOUNTS is a competitive mathematics program for middle school students
that promotes mathematics achievement. The
MATHCOUNTS team from Hollidaysburg Area
Junior High School came in first place and advanced to the state competition in Harrisburg on
March 8th, 2014. The team consists of Casey
Ottaway, Alexandra Kaplan, Rohan Gupta, and
Mackenzie Baker. Additional students also com- L to R: Alexandra Kaplan, Mackenzie Baker, Casey Ottpeted individually. Daria Van Allman advances away, Daria Van Allman and Rohan Gupta
to state competition for her individual performance.
The students from Hollidaysburg who placed in the top ten in the Blair Region are: 1st - Casey Ottaway , 3rd
Alex Kaplan, 4th-Daria Van Allman, 5th-Rohan Gupta, and 7th place-Mackenzie Baker. Casey Ottaway has
placed first in the individual competition in the Blair Region for the past two years.
Veterans Day Breakfast at HAJHS
The Hollidaysburg Area Junior High
hosted its annual Veterans Day Breakfast in November. Over 100 local veterans and their families were invited to
remember Veterans Day and share their
stories with students.
Breakfast was served by members of
The National Junior Honor Society
while a string quartet under the direction of Jennifer Pappal provided music.
Following breakfast, guests enjoyed
music by both the boys’ choir and HAJHS band. A patriotic poetry contest
has held at the junior high and the winning poems were read aloud. It was
a great opportunity for the students to
say thank you to the veterans for their
sacrifice and service to our country.
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Junior High
Newseum
by Jacob Helsel- ninth-grade Introduction to Journalism student
In May, ninth-grade Introduction to Journalism,
eighth and ninth-grade Tiger TV, and ninth- grade
Tiger Tales yearbook staff visited the Newseum in
Washington, D.C. This fairly new museum focuses
on how the news has evolved, and how it has impacted human history.
Permanent exhibits viewed included the NBC Inter-
active Newsroom, 9/11 Gallery, Berlin Wall Exhibit, News Corporation History Gallery, Today’s Front
Pages Gallery, and the always popular Pulitzer Prize
Photographs Gallery.
Two of the most popular temporary exhibits visited
were the 2013 Pictures of the Year and the hilarious
Anchorman: The Exhibit. In addition, the students
experienced a 4-D movie titled “I-Witness: A 4-D
Time Travel Adventure” and they participated in a
photo ethics class.
Wrestler Places
Congratulations to seventh grader Trevor Mitchell (representing Team PA in the
heavyweight division) for winning 5th place in the 2014 Dual National Championships at Ohio State University. This tournament was sponsored by the National
United Wrestling Association.
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by Hailey Shaffer, ninth-grade Introduction to Journalism student
In April, Mr. Harris’s eighth-grade geography students had the opportunity to use a giant 20 by 30 foot map of
Pennsylvania. The map was loaned to Mr. Harris by Dr. Janet Smith, a geography professor at Shippensburg
University, through a program designed to focus attention to Pennsylvania geography. The map was placed in
the seventh-grade gym, and students were engaged in activities from “Where was it made in PA?” and “How
far is Hollidaysburg from…?”
McKenna Hurd stands on Easton, PA where
Crayola crayons are manufactured.
Junior High
PA Map
Mr. Harris and his eighth period geography class
measure distances on the map.
Yearbook Staff
by Morgan Holland, ninth-grade Intorduction to Journalism student and Tiger Tales yearbook staff member
In August 2013, ninth-grade Tiger Tales yearbook staff
members Kaitlyn Gaus, Morgan Holland, John McCoy
and Mikayla Warren along with eighth-grade Tiger TV
staff member Khala Vines took a field trip to the Jostens
facility in State College, PA. At the Jostens facility,
the students learned new photo tips to improve their
photography skills, and they learned how to develop a
yearbook theme. The staff brainstormed ideas and by
the end of the session, the 2013 Tiger Tales yearbook
theme Earning Our Stripes was developed. In addition, the staff worked with a Jostens artist who conceptualized their ideas into an illustrated custom yearbook
cover.
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Junior High
School Wide Positive Behavior Support Program
The Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School was the
front runner in implementing a district-wide initiative called the School Wide Positive Behavior Support Program (SWPBS). The goal of this program is
to emphasize positive social interactions with peers
and staff members, increase instructional time by
decreasing time used to address negative behaviors,
and boost overall school climate. The entire junior
high staff (teachers, administration, secretaries, cafeteria workers, custodians, paraprofessionals, and
IT department) were trained to understand the Response to Instruction and Intervention (RtII) Model and to effectively utilize this program on a daily
basis. Additionally, students in the building were
taught the expectations we had for this program and
their role in it.
The Be a Tiger, Earn Your Stripes motto encourages
students to Be Here! Be Accountable! Be Safe! Be
Prepared! Be Respectful! When a student was ob-
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served exhibiting one of the qualities above, he/she
was presented with a Tiger Stripe to acknowledge
the positive behavior. Students kept track of their Tiger Stripes and could “cash them in” for prizes, exciting opportunities, or large events including: Movie Day, Field Day, School Spirit Day or like events.
Some of the smaller opportunities included eating
outside, getting in line first at lunch, Tiger Punch
Out Prize Board, and using Tiger Stripes to purchase
items at the Student Store.
Based on the success of this program, the junior
high has seen an increase in positive peer interactions, improvement in the manners and respect of
students, and a more positive learning environment
in the building. This program received a grant from
the HASD Foundation and a donation from the Parent Advisory Committee. The SWPBS program will
be implemented at C. W. Longer Elementary and the
senior high during the 2014-2015 school year.
Left to right - Kyle Gornick, Maude Sherrill, Eli
Wood, Marielle Nackley, Jesse Ottaway, Carl
Klingbeil, Madalyn Martinsen, Peter McMahon, and Jenna DeLozier
District Jazz Festival
The following students attended the PMEA District 6 Jazz Festival at Altoona Area High School
on Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2014.
Student Performs at Carnegie
Andrew Burk, a student at Hollidaysburg Area
Senior High School was selected for the 2014
High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. He performed at Carnegie Hall in
February with the Honors Band, playing the euphonium. The Honors Performance Series was
created to showcase accomplished individual
high school performers on an international level
by allowing them to study under master conductors and perform in the celebrated venue, Carnegie Hall. Finalists came together for four days in
New York City to have the opportunity to learn
from conductor Craig Kirchhoff, work with other
finalists, and get a taste of New York City.
Music
All-State Musicians
Andrew auditioned in the fall of 2013 for the
Honors Performance Series and was accepted
after a review by the Honors Selection Board.
Acceptance to the elite group is a direct result of
the talent, dedication, and achievements demonstrated in his application and audition recording.
Andrew joined other performers from the United
States, Canada, and select international schools
for a special performance at world-famous Carnegie Hall, a venue that marks the pinnacle of
musical achievement.
Andrew studies music with Scott Sheehan and
Kris Laird and is a member of the marching
band, jazz band, symphonic wind ensemble, con-
Front row (l-r) - Colter Long, Charles Antonowicz, Cody Farabaugh, Mace Long, Standing
(l-r) - Matt DeLozier, Taylor Baum, John Johnson, Andrew Burk, Jacob Miller, Andy Schaner,
Casey Holliday, Emily Naugle, Courtney Noal,
Amy Podoletz.
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Music
District Band
These students attended the
PMEA District 6 Band Festival
held at Meyersdale Area High
School in February. Seventeen
students qualified to advance
to the Region III Band Festival
held in March at State College
Area High School.
Row 1 (l-r) - Jenna DeLozier, Row 2 (l-r) - Max Gehringer, Clarissa Budd, Rachel Kaneshiki, Mikayla McCord, Jessica Brumbaugh, Nick Lashinsky, Celena Turiano, Avery Jones, Matt DeLozier, Row 3 (l-r) - Peter
McMahon, Charlie Reilly, David Wertz, Taylor Baum, Madalyn Martinsen, Hannah Smith, Marisa Ewing,
John Johnson
District Orchestra
In January, twenty-four students traveled to Richland Sr. High School to participate in the PMEA District
Orchestra under the direction of Jeff Turner, principal bassist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Of
those students, 14 went on to participate in the PMEA Western Region Orchestra at Trinity High School in
late February. Three students, Marielle Nackley, Carl Klingbeil and Jesse Ottaway advanced to the PMEA
All-State Orchestra which was held in Hershey, PA during the PMEA All- State Convention in late March.
Congratulations to all of our orchestra festival participants!!
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Junior High County Chorus
In April, twelve students represented the Hollidaysburg Area School District at the annual District 6 Bandfest. This year’s festival was held
at Berlin Brothersvalley School District and included over 150 students. These students were
selected for their outstanding musical talents.
In February, the junior high choral department
hosted Blair County Junior High Chorus. Approximately 180 students sang in the choir, 32
of whom represented our district. Our guest director was Dr. Ryan Beeken, Director of Choral
Activities from IUP. After two days of intense
rehearsing, students gave a public performance.
It was an enriching opportunity for all involved!
The Hollidaysburg band students who participated this year were: Rachel Sabatino (clarinet),
Aubrea McIntire (alto saxophone), Ian Smilnak
(tenor saxophone), Kyle Gochnour (trumpet)
and Lily Evans (trombone) from Frankstown Elementary; Lauren Simpson (flute), Walt Wedel
(tenor saxophone), Bryce Helmer (trumpet) and
Meghan Cutshall (French Horn) from Foot of
Ten Elementary; and Abigail Karn (flute), Nathan Ferris (trumpet), and Kyle Daugherty (baritone) from C.W. Longer Elementary.
Adam Naugle from Foot of Ten Elementary and
Jesse Clayton from Frankstown Elementary were
also selected to participate in the District 6 percussion ensemble which takes place at Bandfest
as well.
These students spent the day at Berlin Brothersvalley School District preparing for an evening concert. Students from Blair, Bedford,
Cambria, and Somerset counties participated in
this annual event.
Music
Elementary Bandfest
Participants:
Row 1: Evan Kelly, Dominic Daily, Olivia Seeley, Chelsea Showalter, Alex Kaplan, Trinity
Lear
Row 2: Seth Lowey, Nathan Hilderhoff, Briana
Blevins, Sammy Obeid, Kain Davis, Sophia Dellinger, Marissa Dubrow, Josh Redinger
Row 3: David Antonowicz, Josh Lynn, Isaac
Wood, Nic Seeley, Kamrynn Wantz,
Jaden
Parker, Grace Everett, Maura Gildea
Row 4: Chris Gorman, Austin Finochio, Abby
Betar, Mandy Sky, Clair Rhodes, Daria VanAllman, Rebekah Hammaker, Mikayla Warren, Bailey Pfeffer
Row 5: Thomas McKeon, Casey Ottaway, John
McCoy, Matthew Vonada, Nathan Stull
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Music
Eli Wood Achieves Honor
National Recognition
Congratulations to Eli Wood who has participated in every honors choral ensemble possible
over the course of his high school career! Eli
has qualified for PMEA District 6, Region III and
PMEA All-State Chorus all three years. Additionally, Eli qualified for the NAfME All Eastern
Division Honors Chorus held in Hartford, Connecticut in March of 2013 as well as the NAfME
All National Chorus held in Nashville, Tennesee
in October 2013. Eli’s hard work and dedication
has resulted in the opportunity for life changing
musical experiences. Best wishes to Eli as he
enters the U.S. Naval Academy this summer.
For the third consecutive year, the Hollidaysburg Area School District was recognized by the
NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commit-
ment to music education with a Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) designation.
The Hollidaysburg Area School District joins
376 districts across the country to receive the
prestigious distinction in 2014.
The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit organization supported in part by the National
Rockin’ the Strings
In late January, the Hollidaysburg Area String
Orchestra presented the fourth annual “Rockin’ the Strings” concert. This year’s theme was
“Rock Royalty” which featured songs from
artists Queen, Prince, Elvis and Michael Jackson. The group played music selections such as
“Royals,” “Rolling in the Deep” and Nirvana’s
“Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
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Association of Music Merchants and its nearly
9,000 members around the world with the mission
of advancing active participation in music making across the lifespan by supporting scientific
research, philanthropic giving and public service
programs from the international music products
industry. For more information about the NAMM
Foundation, please visit www.nammfoundation.
org.
Fantazia began their school year with two invitations. In October, Fantazia sang with Blair Concert Chorale
(BCC) at their fall concert under the direction of Dr. Ryan Beeken, new Artistic Director of BCC and Director
of Choral Activities at IUP. The theme was “Music Across the Ages.” Fantazia performed several pieces of their
own as well as several pieces with the adult and children’s BCC choirs.
Music
FANTAZIA
In November, Fantazia was a part of a “Choral Summit” hosted by the Penn State University music department
at the invitation of Dr. Anthony Leach. Choirs from nine different high schools across the region performed
for each other. Following each performance, a faculty member of the Penn State music department worked
with and critiqued each ensemble. Both opportunities were invaluable experiences for our students!
Frankstown Chorus
The Frankstown Elementary School celebrated the arts at the Hollidaysburg Area YMCA on April 29th. The
5th and 6th Grade Chorus, and the FranksTones performed their spring concert to a packed house, while some
amazing artwork from Frankstown students, as well as the entire school district, was on display throughout
the YMCA.
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Music
The FranksTones and ASO
The Frankstown Elementary vocal group, The FranksTones, were recently invited to perform with the Altoona
Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestra Teresa Cheung. This holiday concert took place 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 Alyssa Bell, Maya Connell, Olivia Day, Lily Evans, Niyah Gransbury, Dominic Lill, Aubrea McIntire, Tanner Mock, Claire Nackley, Natalie
Nagle, Kristin Neeley, Megyn Nolan, Katie Ocker, Sarah Partsch, Allison Patrick, Ellie Sheehan, Samantha
Shoemaker, Ian Smilnak, and Meghan Snyder. They were joined by students from the Bellwood-Antis Middle
School for the sold-out performance.
Song Fest
The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association
District 6 Song Fest was held at Northern Bedford
High School in May. The guest conductor was Mr.
Kim Raugh from Richland School District in Johnstown. Approximately 140 fifth graders from Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Somerset Counties were
selected to participate. Participants from our district included: Katie Avery, Ava Krstyen, Elizabeth
Sensebaugh, Olivia Snyder, and Jacob Stephens
from C. W. Longer; Lydia Eger, Isabella George,
Sydney Hilliard, Grace Jester, Peyton Pasley, Kateia
Priel, Andrew Roman, Brandon Rowan, Noah
Smith, and Katie Tinker from Foot of Ten; Alyssa
Bell, Ian DiPangrazio, Holly Guise, Jeremy Jones,
Laken Lynch, Claire Nackley, Sarah Partsch, Ellie
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Sheehan, Samantha Shoemaker, and Ava Ventura
from Frankstown. The students were accompanied
by their directors, Martha Miller, Lori Stephens and
Mary Villani.
Chats and Crafts
The Hollidaysburg Area School District Title 1
reading specialists held a very special Bingo for
Books night in February at C. W. Longer Elementary. Over 100 parents and students attended this fun event. Parents helped their children
play bingo, and many children won books and
stuffed animals. Snacks were sponsored by the
Hollidaysburg Area Food Service program, and
we even had a visit from the Blair County Dairy
Princess. Dr. Francine Endler did a great job as
the bingo caller, and all children left with a book.
It was a fun night for everyone involved.
Moving from elementary school to junior high
can be a tough transition. Teacher Lisa Surkovich from C. W. Longer Elementary hopes to
make this transition a little easier for sixth grade
girls. Funded by friends and family, the Chats
and Crafts group meets for five Mondays to discuss issues and have fun making crafts. This year
twenty girls from C. W. Longer participated in
this exciting group. Topics discussed included
being unique, kindness, bullying and being a
bully, setting goals and individuality. Crafts included flip flops, bubble gum machines, jewelry,
picture frames and much more.
Elementary
Bingo for Books
Girls participating were: Grace Snyder, Libby
Burwell, Allison Hileman, Allison Black, Rachel
Westley, Maura Kriebel, Elizabeth Henderson,
Ariel Icenhour, MacKenzie Kifer, Brianna Madden, Lyndsay Keagy, Jadyn Gallagher, Brianna
Boykin, Kelly Chipperfield, Carrisa Fedesco,
Splendora D’Ottavio, Samantha Betar, Carly
Finochio, Hannah Snyder and Elise Gailey.
CWL Student Council Caroling
Over 100 CWL students led by the C. W. Longer student council and many parents and staff
members spent a cold December evening caroling through Hollidaysburg. This was one way
student council gave back to the community in
which they live.
We Are
Tiger Proud
Of Our
Students!
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Elementary
Good Days Start with Breakfast!
Students at Charles W. Longer Elementary participated in “Fuel Up to Play 60” which is a fun nutrition and physical activity program created by
the National Dairy Council, the National Football
League (NFL) and the United States Department
of Agriculture. In May, the students celebrated the
importance of eating a nutritious breakfast with promotional themes such as “YO-Go Yogurt Parfait
Day,” “Fun with Milk Moustaches,” and a “Breakfast Dance Party,” each complete with announcements and prizes. Sarah Leahey, fifth-grade teacher,
led the student team to create and perform a dance
during breakfast to encourage students to make positive changes by being physically active. The “Fuel
Up to Play 60” Team recognizes that proper “fuel”
at breakfast is important for students to stay alert
and ready to learn throughout the school day.
L to R: Weston Barnes, Riley Tryninewski, Makayla Koelle, Nathan Ferris, Emmalee Claar, Sarra
Wilkins, Sarah Leahey, Carrisa Fedesco
Sports Illustrated Kids
Students in Miss Leahey’s fifth-grade language arts classroom at C.W. Longer Elementary benefited from a
subscription to Sports Illustrated Kids magazines. The magazines were delivered in January thanks to a grant
from the HASD Foundation. Students were excited to read the articles and learn about different athletes. The
magazines have been utilized in numerous ways. In addition to reading articles for classroom assignments,
students have enjoyed reading the articles during
their free time. The magazines were purchased to
give students more exposure to nonfiction texts
in a format that they enjoyed. Also, the students
completed assignments regarding comparing and
contrasting articles, completing time lines, writing summaries, and writing letters to their peers
about their views on the content of the article.
SI Kids has a lot of features that appeal to
fifth-graders. The articles are short and easy to
read, have fun facts about athletes in every issue, pictures are everywhere, and even though
the layout stays the same, the content is always
different. This grant has motivated our students
to read more nonfiction pieces of literature!
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Minecraft in the Classroom
Students in Mrs. Brown’s second-grade classroom at Charles W. Longer Elementary took a
trip across our country culminating in a celebration on Read Across America Day. During the
trip the school read over 900 books.
The sixth-grade students from Mr. Madden’s science classes at Charles W. Longer Elementary
used the game Minecraft to create biomes, volcanoes, and geysers to demonstrate their understanding of Earth science. Minecraft is a creative
game that allows players to build constructions
out of textured cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world. Students used their tablets and smartphones to collaborate and create these projects.
They presented their Minecraft worlds to the
class through Apple TV.
Elementary
Read Across America
Pictured L to R: Greyson Morris, Jacob Gardner, Cecelia Williams, Ava Barnes, Leah Snelling
Rubik’s Cube
Fifth grade students in Mr. Burkey’s class at C. W. Longer participated in the You CAN Do the Rubik’s Cube
program as part of their math enrichment with Mrs. Moore. Students worked through the eight week unit using cubes purchased with grant funds from the HASD Foundation and C. W. Longer PTO. The course incorporated math concepts and provided an opportunity for students to practice their problem-solving and critical
thinking skills. Peer mentoring was provided by junior high students who had used the program with Mrs.
Moore to learn to solve the cube. Students were highly motivated to learn the algorithms required to complete
this challenging puzzle. As an extension activity, students applied their skills to create mosaic pictures using
a borrowed set of 100 Rubik’s
cubes as pixels. After completing a mosaic using a template
provided by the program, the
students tackled the challenging process of pixelating their
own picture. The end result
was a surprise Rubik’s cube
mosaic of Principal Gildea
that was unveiled during the
end of the year assembly.
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Elementary
Tiger Paw Painting
The CWL Student Council and Mrs. Watt’s Senior High Art Club gave back to the community by repainting
the tiger paws onto the Tiger Paw Path. This service project was led by the student council officers and parents.
Governor’s School Breakfast Challenge
Last fall, Governor Tom Corbett and First Lady Susan Corbett issued a challenge to all Pennsylvania schools to increase participation in their school breakfast program. It is well documented that when kids skip breakfast, it can affect their
overall health as well as their ability to learn in school.
The winner of the challenge was awarded to the Pennsylvania school who had the largest gain in breakfast participation. Of more than 150 school districts that completed
the challenge, Hollidaysburg was recognized as runner
up, receiving $750 to be used to support the continuation
of a strong breakfast program.
One of the most notable breakfast programs for the district was implementing “Breakfast in the Classroom” for
kindergarten students. Just as the name implies, a nutritious breakfast was served to each student right in the
classroom enabling them to start the school day ready to
learn without hunger-related disruptions.
Mrs. Mielnik, a kindergarten teacher at C. W. Longer,
took this opportunity to teach her students table manners and said that the program “gave the students a sense of community.” Mr.
Swogger, kindergarten teacher at Frankstown, was impressed by the fifth grade student helpers taking their responsibility above
and beyond what was expected. A parent commented that her children do not like to eat first thing in the morning, so knowing that
breakfast was available as part of the school day was reassuring.
In addition to the kindergarten program, the Food & Nutrition Department promoted the importance of breakfast by celebrating
National School Breakfast Week March 3rd-6th. Breakfast participation increased from 12% in 2013 to 19% in March, 2014 due
to fun and informative newsletters, announcements, and promotions.
Betsy Snyder, Food Service Director, is honored to receive the runner up award. She is looking forward to continuing innovative
breakfast programs encouraging our students to make breakfast a priority and an important part of the school day.
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Frankstown Book Club earned a
1st Place ribbon at the IU08 Reading Competition held at Forest
Hills Middle School in April.
L to R: 1st row: Claire Nackley, Elaina Fisher, Morgan Bihary, Alyssa Bell, Holly Guise,
Lizzie Johnson, 2nd row: Ethan
Shanafelt, Xeriah Blevins, Ann
Franco, Coach, Eva Chen, Kristin Neeley, Olivia Baird and Beth
Tully, Coach.
Elementary
First Place Finish - Frankstown
Math and Science Saturday
In February, the 11th Annual M. A. S. S. (Math and Science Saturday) was held at the senior high school.
Over 200 students in the district’s three elementary schools participated in this exciting event. Students in
grade one through six were able to attend three different hands-on science and/or math activities.
Teachers Rick Imler, Dawn Elchin, Lynette Luke and Sheryl Imler coordinated the event. Members of community organizations and local colleges and universities were on hand to provide exciting activities for the
students to enjoy.
Earth Day Event
At the Earth Day event at the Logan Valley Mall on Saturday,
April 26, Foot of Ten’s recycling videos were displayed. This
year’s theme was This is how recycling works in my school...
Foot of Ten had three entries. Foot of Ten’s Trash Diva’s
won first place! Team members were Torie Herr, Sydney Hillard and Mackenzie McCaulley. Congratulations on a job well
done!
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Elementary
Brain Bowl
Frankstown
Elementary
School hosted its 16th 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 173 students.
Top Center: Congratulations to this year’s Brain Bowl Champions, Orange Oranges, with Nick Matteson, Cooper Otto, and Triston Odroneic!
Cereal Drive
In just one week, Frankstown Student Council’s cereal drive brought
in $900.00 worth of cereal to be
donated to the St. Vincent DePaul
Food Pantry.
Students pictured left to right:
Gaige Orndoff—President, Natalie Nagle—Vice President, Aubrea McIntire—Secretary, Rachel
Raposas--Treasurer
Elementary Band at the Curve
On May 7th, the Hollidaysburg elementary sixth-grade band students
performed at an Altoona Curve game.
The students performed the piece Regal Fanfare and March by Dr. Scott
Watson followed by The Star Spangled Banner. It was quite an honor
to be on the field to perform the National Anthem.
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Science Fair
Frankstown Book Club attended the March 25
meeting of Blair Reading Council at C. W. Longer Elementary and presented a mock reading
competition.
The 2014 Central PA Science Fair was held on
April 26th at the Forest Hills Middle School.
This annual science fair is for students in grades
1-8. Three of the winners were from the Hollidaysburg Area School District.
Jacob Ott, a second-grader from Frankstown Elementary won third place in the Division I (grades
1, 2, and 3) for his project “Changing Lengths =
Changing Frequencies”.
Elementary
Frankstown Book Club
Mark McCoy, a fourth-grader from C.W. Longer Elementary won third place for Division II
(grade 4) for his project “The Effect of Temperature on a Golf Ball”.
Read Across America @ FKS
Approximately 18 senior high students took time
out of their busy schedules to visit Frankstown
Elementary on March 4th to help our students
celebrate Read Across America Day.
Adam McCoy, a sixth-grader from C.W. Longer
Elementary won Honorable Mention for Division III for his project “What is the Best Soil to
Grow Grass?”.
Students visited a variety of classrooms and read
stories to the students. Books varied from One
Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish to Where the
Red Fern Grows.
Our elementary students enjoyed having the older students in their classrooms, probably as much
as some of the former Frankstown students liked
returning to their elementary school!
Guided Reading Grandma’s
Rita Haluska, Pat Hunter and Debbie Smith, all grandparents of students at
Frankstown, have been a welcome addition to kindergarten’s guided reading. All the grandma’s are retired teachers who have so graciously donated
their time to help Frankstown’s kindergarten students get off to a great start
with their reading skills.
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Sports
Girls’ Track Records
The senior high girls’ track and field team enjoyed a banner spring season this year, establishing 5 new school
records and earning the first medal for a Hollidaysburg relay team at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. The
1600M relay team of Makenzie Wilkinson, Alexis Palfey, Taylor Pond and Maddy Aungst earned a silver
medal with a new school record of 4:04.54, shattering the record they set last year by six seconds. The time
earned them an overall placement of 112 out of 595 girls’ teams. The Lady Tigers won the West Perry Invitational with a dominating performance. The Lady Tigers not only took home the team title but also collected
the following awards.
L to R: Mackenzie Wilkinson, Ali Wyland, Makayla
Williams, Taylor Pond, Alexis Palfey, Maddy Aungst
L to R: Mackenzie Wilkinson, Alexis Palfey, Maddy
Aungst, Taylor Pond, Coach Don Tantius
MVP Awards:
Meet MVP went to Ali Wyland,
Track MVP went to Alexis Palfey
Field MVP went to Makayla Williams.
School Records:
100M Dash – Ali Wyland - 12.34
200M Dash – Ali Wyland - 26.14
400M Dash – Taylor Pond - 1:00.29
1600M Relay – Makenzie Wilkinson, Alexis Palfey, Maddy Aungst, Taylor Pond
Pole Vault – Makayla Williams - 9’6”
Girls’ Track District 6 Champions
The following athletes were District 6 Champions and qualified for the PIAA State Championship meet in
Hershey. Madelyn Betar , 1st place Discus; Makayla Williams, 1st place high jump; Madison Aungst, Victoria
Surma, Alexis Palfey, and Alison Wyland, 1st place 4x100 Relay. Alison also qualified in the 100 meter dash.
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Girls’ Swimming
The boys swim team finished 12-0 completing
the first undefeated season in school history.
They finished in first place in the CWAAC. Mace
Long (100 Fly), Colter Long (100 Breast) and the
200 relay team of Mace Long, Max Gehringer,
Alex Gehringer and Greg Dinges all won District
6 titles and qualified for the PIAA State Championship meet at Bucknell.
The girls’ swim team finished the season undefeated at 12-0. They finished in first place in the
CWAAC. Megan Keefer, Emily Brown, Cassidy
Saleme and Madison Clapper were selected to
the CWAAC All Star team.
Sports
Boys’ Swimming
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Sports
Boys’ Tennis
Girls’ Tennis
The 2014 edition of the Boys Tennis team completed an undefeated regular season and won its
first District Championship in school history, finishing with a final record of 16-1. They also advanced to the final 8 in the state playoffs for the
first time, and ended with the most victories in
one season in team history.
The 2013 Lady Tiger Tennis team finished the
season with an undefeated 18-0 record. It was
the fifth straight year that the Tigers have finished
undefeated. They currently have an amazing 83
match undefeated streak, spanning the last 5
years. They recently won their 5th straight District Team Championship with a 3-0 shutout victory over rival State College.
Amir Alkhafaji was District 6-AAA Singles
Champion, Hollidaysburg Boys first District
Champ in singles since 1996. He was also named
Altoona Mirror 1st team All-Star as well as PIAA
All-State Honorable Mention.
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Marissa Lanzel, senior, won the District 6-AAA
Singles Tennis Championship with a 6-3,6-2
victory over Lauren Lucas from Altoona. With
the victory, Marissa advances to the PIAA state
tournament, and the final 16 players in the state.
The state tourney will be held November 1st in
Hershey. Marissa has an undefeated record of
15-0 this season, and is the Lady Tigers #1 singles player. She was also named Altoona Mirror
Athlete of the Week and is a past District Doubles Champion.
Wrestling
Cross country athletes, Makenzie Wilkinson
and Bridget Perry, qualified for the PIAA State
Championships in Hershey.
Damien Huff was a District 6 Champion in wrestling and qualified for the PIAA State Championships in Hershey.
Sports
Cross Country
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Foundation
Foundation Dedicated to Supporting Educational Programs
The HASD Foundation, which is dedicated to supporting the educational mission of the Hollidaysburg Area
School District, has provided over $400,000 in grants to teachers for innovative programs, artists-in-residence, clubs, and educational enrichment activities since its inception.
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.
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:
Dr. Penne & John Edgell
Dr. Robert Gildea
Dr. Janelle Brumbaugh
Janice Grzesinski
Doris Criswell
James & Margaret Hancuff
In Memory of Harry Criswell Jr. Marilyn & Jim Hilling
Philip & Lugene Delozier (1974)
In Memory of Donna Joy Hilling
Scott Finnochio
Fred & Joann Imler (1959)
Dr. Paul & Anne Gallagher
Donald Imler
Michael & Dawn Garrity
Kathy Johnson
Tom Gildea
Jolene & Thomas Kopriva
Harrison & Margaret Snyder Kris Laird
Charitable Trust
James Leamer (1959)
Hollidaysburg Area Women’s Angela Letizia
Club
Mindy Li
Hollidaysburg Rotary
Barbara Linares (1959)
Dr. Charles Howells II
Ruth Longer
Dr. Natasha Karanjia
In Memory of Charles W. Longer
Kohl’s
Cecelia Mackey (1960)
Lexington Investments (UPMC Joseph & Lori Martinelli
Altoona)
Anna May
Lexington One, Inc. (UPMC Al- John & Brenda McGregor
toona)
Judith McLaughlin
Shawn McCarl
James Murphy
In Memory of Wade Porter
Rebecca Myers (1995)
Shirley Pechter (1938)
In Memory of Regis Flaugh
Cindy Raposas
(1981)
Dean and Judith Rossi
& J.R. Flaugh (1998)
James Routch
Jeffrey & Barbara Nein (1967)
Sheetz, Inc.
Shirley (Hackenberg) Norman
Erica & Travis Sheetz
(1945)
Louie & Holly Sheetz
In Memory of Dr. Nile E. NorGlen W. Smith (1975)
man
Debra Springer
Brent & Ellen Ottaway
James and Kim Van Buren
In Honor of Dr. Paul Gallagher
Thomas Over
Kelly Parnell
Silver ($100-$249)
Ruth Proctor
Amy Barefoot
In Honor of Dean & Lucille
Stephen & Patti Bickley (1986)
Blair Gastroenterology Associates Rhodes
Wendy Saltzburg (1962)
Gordon Delozier (1947)
Mike & Marcia Satryan
Jean Dolinger
Imogene Stayer
Sam & Linda Dougherty
Platinum($250& up)
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Stephen Nearhoof
Veronique Stern
Meena & Rashmikant Pandit
Russell Stiles
Tyler & Sarah Piper
Dwight & Debra Straesser
Patricia Sheridan
Richard Taylor (1958)
In Memory of husband, Edward
Nancy Vonada
Helen Smith
Barbara Wachter
In Memory of V. Bud Smith, Class
Martha Wenger
of 1937
Raymond Wolfe
Dr. Jesse & Susanne Wright Susan Taneyhill
Mary Villani
(1961)
Andrea Walter
Eileen Williams
Bronze ($50-$99)
Marion Wright (1935)
Jane & John Becker (1976)
Leon & Janet Zook
Catherine Breisacher
Stephen Carey (1967)
Friend ($10-$49)
Theresa Cedzo
In Memory of Raymond & Leah Karly Aiken
Paula Albright
Barroner
Wayne Ayer
Timothy & Annette Civils
In Memory of Thomas W. Civils Anna Balouris
Jennifer Barry
Glenn & Ruth Clapper
Gail Behe
Crista (Allen) Coleman (1987)
Rachel (Crooks) Black
James & Mary Ann Cook (1969)
In Honor of Carol (Allen) Palone Marion Borr
P. Kaye Bouslough
Larissa Crum
In Memory of Richard K.
Lara Dolphin
Bouslough
Charles Flick ((1961)
Catherine Breisacher
Elsie Garris
Christine & Leonard Brown
Tim Gildea
Dave & Angela Heim (1984/1986) Jill Bulman
Arlene Burket (1945)
Linda Hoover
Melissa & Jeffrey Burkhart (1985)
Timothy & Colleen Hughes
Wendy Campbell
Vicky Imler
In Honor of Jeffrey Allen Imler, Maribel Caskey
Nick & Heather Cecere
Class of 2007
Lou Ann Clary (1965)
Karen Kaczmarek
Class of 1953
Kessey Kieselhorst (1969)
In Memory of Otis (Sonny) Imler
Lara Larson
Class of 1953
In Honor of HASD Teachers
In Memory of Ronald L. Everhart
Martha Miller
Class
of 1954
Anthony Muro
Sally Harclerode
Carol Herrera
Paul & Sally Hetrick (1961)
Rick Imler
Margaret Jeffreys
Steve Kirsch
Stacey Knott
Francis Kolbenschlag
Elizabeth (Albarano) Martinson
(1968)
Michael McGuigan
Mariah Miller
Wayne & Fujie Moses
Rita Murphy
Forrest & Patricia Nale (1960/61)
Christopher & April O’Neil
Lauren Pannebaker
Joe Peroni
Stephanie Platon
Susan Plummer
Guy Ratchford
Bob & Ginny Reeder
In Honor of Barb Bundy
Virginia Rickard
Karen Rosensteel
Marcia Rossman
Rev. Robert & Jean Rupp
Joseph Saclaro
George Seely (1955)
William & Hazel Shaw (1958)
Helen Sinal
Phillip Smith
Dr. Ronald Sommer
Foundation
In Memory of Thomas J. Tierney
Dr. Andrea Coulter (1956)
Jen Cox
Angela Crawford (1975)
Darlene Ann Crum (Willebran
1976)
Rakshya Dahal
Alice Davis
Diane Diller (1976)
Ronald & Amy Dobbins
Constance Dolinski (1956)
Frank Filkosky
Stephen & Janice Frank
Lacy Frazier
Victoria Grosser
Tom Haluska
George Hansen (1940)
Lorraine Stephens
Sara Stultz
Stacy Stuttard
Ruth Ann Surma
Ernest & Helen Tomasetti
Allison Tomkowski
Amy Turiano
Kelli Vent
Pamela Voytish
Ethel Walters (1947)
Barbara Wertz-Leiden
John Wessner
Nicole Wombacher
Jean Yingling
John Yogus
Jennifer Zbozny
The following staff members were honored by students and their families this holiday season through a gift to the Hollidaysburg
Area School District Foundation:
C. W. Longer Elementary
Mr. Gregg, Bus #18
Mara Murgo
Shane Reffner, Student Teacher
Deborah Smith
Connie Tomassetti
Lauren Wharton
Foot of Ten Elementary
Alyssa Carpenter
Lydia Dively
Brigitte Donlan
Laura Heffelfinger
Heather Lightner
Amy Loya
Linda McMahon
Dianne Neff
Stacy Stuttard
Teresa Sullivan
Nichole Tewell
Pamela Voytish
Angela Waibel
John Wessner
Paul Yakymac
Frankstown Elementary
Deb Barroner
Heather Berish
Justin Clark
Kristie Clayton
Mr. Craig, Bus #7
Sherry Desort
Mr. Frank Filkosky
Ann Franco
Lacy Frazier
Brandy Gregg
Jaime Hartline
Judy Heslop
Tim Keech
Ms. Lightner
Valerie Montgomery
Karen Morder
Jennifer Newfield
Lauren Pannebaker
Craig Shale
Misty Shoenfelt
Evelyn Sidehammer
Brandi Snowberger
Matt Stinson
Niccole Stultz
Derek Trimmer
Mary Villani
Polly Wiley
Jr. High
Elda Boose
Leigh Ann Craig
Lindsay Detwiler
Stephanie Everett
Allison Herbaugh
Barb Huff
Kellie Hurd
Jacqueline McKeehan
Jennifer Pappal
Tina Peters
Alicia Schmouder
Veronica Sell
Mark Shoemaker
Andrew Tinker
John Walls
Dianna Walters
Karen Weise
Barb Wertz-Leiden
Michael Bianco
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.
Dr. Penne Edgell
Peggy Hancuff
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, boradening teaching and learning opportunities,
and encouraging community
involvement.
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National Achievement Program Outstanding Participation
The National Achievement Scholarship Program, sponsored by National Merit Scholarship Corporation, is an academic competition established to honor
Black American high school students. Marisa Ewing was one of approximately
4700 high school seniors whose 2012 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test scores were among the top 3% of more than 160,000 Black
Americans who requested entry to the 2014 National Achievement Program.
Marisa was recognized for her academic success, and her name was included in
a roster of Outstanding Participants being referred to about 1,500 U.S. colleges
and universities.
National Merit Scholarship Commended Students
Annually, 1.5 million students take the PSAT and SAT to enter the National Merit Scholarship Program Competition. Approximately 35, 000 students nationwide are recognized as commended scholars. Congratulations
to Caitlyn M. Edgell, Aaron W. Logue, Mira V. Patel and Anna E. Springer for being recognized as commended
students.
2013-2014 HASD Foundation Educators-of-the-Year
Congratulations to Mrs. Alysia Watt, senior high art teacher and Mrs. Kim Nicewander, kindergarten teacher at Foot of
Ten Elementary, for being named the 2013-2014 HASD Foundation Educators-of-the Year! This award is sponsored by
the Hollidaysburg Area School District Foundation, Beerbower Jewelers and Horace Mann Insurance.
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