Crestwood students compete in PJAS Regional Meeting

Students from the Crestwood Secondary Campus participated in the PJAS Regional Meeting which was held on Saturday, March 4 (first time in person since 2020). Nineteen students earned a first Award, including perfect scores by juniors, Maggie Kozich, in Botany, Edwin Kimsal in Computer Science, Saif Rehman in Math, as well as Sophomore, Zane Villafuerte in Math. Six students earned Second Awards and two students earned Third Awards. First Award winners move on to the State Competition to be held at Penn State, Main Campus in May. Several students also received special awards.

Scholarships were earned by seniors, Caitlin Dushanko (King’s College), Zain Ansari (Wilkes University), Shreya Rupareliya (Wilkes University) and Juliet Biscotti (Penn State, Worthington). Juniors, Austin Campbell, Edwin Kimsal, and Kyle Orrson were awarded tuition for one 3 credit course at LCCC’s Early College Program. Seniors Zain Ansari, Caitlin Dushanko, and Shreya Rupareliya also won Perseverance Awards for participation of 6 years. Maggie Kozich also earned the Excellence in Senior High Botany for her perfect score.

Congratulations to all!!

Shown from left in the first row are Jack Groth, Kaelyn Anderson, Pauline Villafuerte, and Anna Zaroda; row 2, Jack Hoovler, Yixuan Huang, Kyra Bechtel, and Vasiliki Victoros; row 3, Kevin Luther, Clark Groth, Zane Villafuerte, Emily Leicht, and Shreema Rupareliya; row 4, Onur Haltas, Scarlett Evans, Cheyenne Straub, and Hibba Mehran; row 5, Maggie Kozich, Saif Rehman, Edwin Kimsal, Kyle Orrson, and Austin Campbell; row 6, Zain Ansari, Shreya Rupareliya, Caitlin Dushanko, Juliet Biscotti; row 7, faculty sponsors Jean Zanolini and Sara Nemshick. Absent from photo: Michael Mullisky.