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“Because it’s all about the bus, about the bus — no trouble.” When the popular song, “All About the Bass” by Meghan Trainor took center stage on last year’s music charts, it helped inspire administrators at Lackawanna Trail Elementary Center in their quest to create a program to positively enforce good behavior on the school’s 12 daily bus routes. “One of the bad trends that we were seeing was the increase in bus referrals for bad behavior,” said principal Brian Kelly. “Obviously, that was a concern from a behavioral standpoint but also from a safety standpoint. We are in the process of developing a schoolwide positive behavior system and I felt that the buses should be first on that list. I had discussions with students, teachers and bus drivers and learned from each of them. Ultimately, we decided to do a ‘Bus of the Month’ program and came up with great ideas to get students to behave.” The Bus of the Month program was unveiled at the beginning of January, featuring a school commercial, produced by digital media students from Lackawanna Trail High School, with student actors from kindergarten and sixth grade who would model both correct and incorrect bus-riding behaviors, including keeping clean, being kind and courteous, using inside voices and not jumping on seats. “All About the Bus” was sung during each scene. “It has been really positive,” said elementary teacher Sarah Haus. “I’ve heard in the community that people are glad we’re taking a proactive, positive approach. I think it is neat that we aren’t drilling the rules in a boring old manner, the video was unique and highlights our students’ talents.” The Elementary Center will decide on the January “Bus of the Month” this week, following a daily tally where bus drivers would signal a “thumbs up” for good behavior or a “thumbs down” for bad behavior. The winning bus will
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Students, teachers and administrators participating in the Lackawanna Trail Elementary School Bus of the Month program are pictured holding the “Bus of the Month” magnet to be displayed on the winning bus. From left, front row: elementary teacher Sarah Haus, Gibson O’Mealy, Avery Ronchi, Nadia Kuckak, Noelann Polkowski, Ryan Horutz and elementary teacher Jessica Witinski. Second row: Kaya Koflanovich, Emma Thomas, Gavin Jagoe and Noah Schlegel. Third Row: Mackenzie Newhart, Emma Fowler, Logan Dixon, Sophie Haus, Bradyn Genello, Mason Grella, Celia Fortney, Leah Levan, Ray Melnikoff and Kyle Austin. Back row: bus driver/owner Mary Smarkuski, Lackawanna Trail High School digital media adviser Jon Hickok, Beth Cosminski, Katie Nealon, Jordan Hannon, Addison Hoffman and Lackawanna Trail Elementary School principal Brian Kelly. Connor McCarthy also participated.
get to display a magnet, designed by fourthgrade student Emma Fowler, and the student riders will receive and extra recess as well as a breakfast with their driver. As of press time, 10 out of 12 buses have had a “thumbs up” every day since the program’s beginning. “I can really see a difference in the kids and their attitude,” said Bus 11 driver Mary
Smarkuski. “They want to win.” “The primary job of a bus driver is to keep their eyes on the road,” Kelly said. “I am trying to do everything I can as a building principal to make their experience a lot better and safer. This is the least I could do to support their very, very difficult job. Hopefully this brings more structure and less chaos to their jobs.”
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The University of Scranton was among the 766 higher education institutions in the nation named to 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Colleges named to the honor roll were recognized for their achievements in economic opportunity, education, interfaith community service and/or general community service. The university was recognized in three of these categories. Scranton was among 82 institutions recognized for Economic Opportunity Community Service and was among the 194 colleges recognized in the Education Community Service category. The university was also among the 663 colleges recognized in the General Community Service category. Each year, more than 2,800 university students perform well over 170,000 service hours. Among the volunteers who recently delivered 200 Thanksgiving food baskets are, from left: University student Kaitlyn Davis of South Abington Township, Criminal Justice professor Harry Dammer, Ph.D., and Ellen Judge, from the university’s Center for Service and Social Justice.
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Third-graders across Pennsylvania will combine oral health education and creativity this February during the Pennsylvania Dental Association’s annual poster contest in celebration of National Children’s Dental Health Month (NCDHM). Those who participate will have a chance at winning several different prizes. Three statewide winners will be selected from the entries. The first-place winner will be awarded $500. In addition, the first-place winner’s school and teacher will each receive a $250 prize. The grand prize will be awarded to the first-place winner at a school function. The second place winner will receive $250, while the third-place winner will
receive $100. NCDHM lesson plan kits are distributed electronically. The kits are designed for third-grade teachers in Pennsylvania public, private and charter schools, and contain a lesson plan featuring information on dental health topics, fun classroom activities and instructions for the PDA-sponsored poster contest. Email Sara Mattrick at slm@ padental.org to receive these materials. All entries for the poster contest must be submitted by Friday, March 13. Only one classroom winner is requested and should be submitted to: Pennsylvania Dental Association, Attn: NCDHM Poster Contest, 3501 N. Front St., Harrisburg, PA 17110. PDA will announce the top three winners in April.
Email your organization’s events to suburbanweekly@timesshamrock.com. Please have them in by noon on Friday to have them included in the following Thursday’s edition. Visit the abingtonsuburban.com for the complete calendar listing, including additional events. SPECIAL EVENTS Saturday, Jan. 31: All-You-Can-Eat Dinner The Fleetville Volunteer Fire Co., located on Rte. 407, will host an all-youcan-eat pasta dinner on Saturday, Jan. 31, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Tickets are $7.50 in advance and $8 at the door. Take-outs are available. Call 570-945-3139 or 570-5631596 for tickets or for more information. Saturday, Jan. 31: Campaign School The League of Women Voters Campaign School will be take place on Saturday, Jan. 31, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The University of Scranton’s Brennan Hall. Elected officials, educators and consultants will provide information on developing and executing a political campaign. Topics that will be addressed include planning and financing a campaign, as well as the use of traditional and social media in a campaign. The Campaign School is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Lackawanna County, the university’s political science department and WNEP television. The snow date for the seminar is Saturday, Feb. 7. Costs are $40 for non-members of the League of Women Voters, $25 for members and $15 for students. The cost to attend the seminar includes a continental breakfast and handout materials. For additional information or to register, visit lwvlackawanna.org or email info@lwvlackawanna.org. Saturday, Feb. 7: Competition Scheduled The University of Scranton will host the 16th annual Northeast Pennsylvania Brain Bee for high school students in grades nine through 12 on Saturday, Feb. 7. The competition begins at 1:30 p.m. in the Loyola Science Center on campus. The 2015 Northeast PA Brain Bee encourages high school students to study the brain and how it relates to intelligence, memory, emotions, sensations, movements, stress, aging, sleep
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An official at a local university has invited my opinion on border plantings at a community garden they are building for the neighborhood. I plan to recommend a hedge, but not the kind of hedge used to hide a foundation. I’m not even suggesting the formal privet hedge that replaces a border fence. Mine will be no “white picket fence” suggestion. Instead, I am thinking of suggesting the traditional combination of hedges and fields. In his 2010 book, “The Field Guide to Fields,” Bill Laws details how living hedges were made in old Europe. “The living hedge was made by planting saplings of thorn, oak, crab, hawthorn and holly against a temporary stake-and-pole fence,” he wrote. These saplings were planted much closer than we would ever plant landscape plants and, while they were still flexible enough or when slightly cut by a “hedger,” they were bent and woven together to make a living fence. When the fence began to grow, landowners would cut it using a version of a pruning technique called “pollarding.” Pollarding is a way of making the same pruning cuts year after year. The tree’s repeated sprouting and healing produces a kind of healthy knuckle end on the branch and multiple “pole-looking” sprouts that could be used for firewood. Other products of the living hedge included fruit and wildlife. The British website hedgelink.org.uk reports that more than 600 plant species, 1500 insects, 65 birds and 20 mammals have been recorded
at some time living or feeding in hedgerows, and this includes 47 species of conservation concern in Britain and 13 globally threatened or rapidly declining species for whom hedgerows are their primary habitat. In terms of species diversity “at the margins” of a field, this is what concerned Wendell Barry in “The Unsettling of America” — If we cultivate to the edges of our fields, we will lose diversity. If we lose diversity, inevitably we will lose our vitality and health. In terms of fruit, let’s start at Roba’s apple orchard, and let our minds wander from there. At Roba’s, the newest and highest yielding style of orchard resembles an apple fence: dwarf apple trees planted close together and trained along a wire so that no ladders are needed for harvest. Imagine if that fence line were also planted with grapes, blackberries, raspberries, etc. The hedge would have a nearly three-season harvest. On the other side of the wildlife equation, Laws pointed out that living fences could keep wolves and bears out of fields. In today’s neighborhoods, the mammal of concern is deer. Studies show that various combination plantings can protect vulnerable plants from deer browsing. Before buying a shiny new vinyl fence for your property, use your green imagination — think hedges! Joshua Arp is an ISA-certified Municipal Specialist, a Clarks Summit tree commissioner and an operator of a landscape maintenance business. He can be reached at josarhuap@ aol.com.
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SPECIAL NOTICES Waverly Preschool The Waverly Preschool, located inside of the Waverly Community House, 1115 N. Abington Road, is now accepting registrations for the 2015-’16 school year. The school offers three programs: a threeyear-old, two-day program with classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays; a four-year-old, three-day program with classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and a new four-year-old, five-day program with classes on weekdays. All classes run from 9-11:30 a.m. and offer an optional extra day class from 12:30-3 p.m. on Tuesdays (four-yearolds) and Wednesdays (three-year-olds). There is also an optional daily extra hour, “Lunch Bunch,” running from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Call Kathy Davis, owner/director at 570-586-2654 for more information or visit waverlypreschool.com. The Waverly Preschool is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. AHSD Notifications Abington Heights School District would like to remind residents that they can receive up-to-date closing and delay messages, as well as other alerts, via text or email. To receive messages via text, text @abingtonhe to 570-471-5703. Standard text messaging rates will apply. To unsubscribe from text messaging, text ‘unsubscribe @abingtonhe’ to the same number. For email messages, send an email to abingtonhe@mail.remind.com. To unsubscribe, reply with ‘unsubscribe’ in the subject line. For more information on the service, visit remind.com. Winter Hours Winter hours for the Newton Recreation Center, 1814 Newton-Ransom Blvd., will be weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon and from 3-8:30 p.m. Saturday hours will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday hours will be from noon to 5 p.m. These hours will run through Sunday, May 31. Permits Required Clarks Summit Borough officials would like to remind residents that burn permits are required in the borough, even for recreational burning. Call 570586-9316 for more information. Reflective Address Markers The Fleetville Volunteer Fire Co. is selling reflective address markers for the residents of Benton Township. Organizers say that the markers are highly visible
day and night, with reflective material on both sides. They are also fade-resistant and will last for years. Markers are $20 and will help the fire department find residences quickly in case of an emergency. Call 570-945-3139 for more information or to place an order. Assistance Available The Voluntary Action Center (VAC), 538 Spruce St., Scranton, was recently awarded a grant to help seniors age 60 and older enroll in SNAP, formerly food stamps. Officials say that the Senior SNAP Enrollment Initiative Grant will increase the enrollment of senior citizens residing in Lackawanna County in the SNAP program and that approximately two out of three senior citizens who qualify to receive SNAP are missing out on benefits. Senior citizens who have an income at or below $1,916 for single individuals or $2,585 for married couples and resources under $9,000, excluding primary home, vehicle and other items, could qualify for SNAP benefits. Call Jennifer Wynn at 570-347-5616 or email jwynn@vacnepa. org for more information. Volunteers Needed The borough of Clarks Green is recruiting residents to serve on various boards and commissions. These include the borough’s zoning hearing board, board of health, planning commission and shade tree commission. Residents should send letters of interest to Clarks Green Borough, 104 N. Abington Road, or email them to jbrown@clarksgreen.info. Call 570-586-4446 for more information. Preschool Available The Oppenheim Family Children’s Center at Keystone College is accepting new enrollees. Located on Keystone’s campus in La Plume, the program offers several preschool program options for children three to five years old. Children must be three years old by Sept. 1 to participate. Preschoolers will receive developmentally appropriate educational services provided by qualified earlychildhood professionals. The center also serves as a training site for students majoring in education and related fields at Keystone College. Licensed and inspected by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, the center is accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs and has earned a “Four-Star” rating by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning Quality Rating System.
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Once the venue and caterer have been reserved, it’s time to find the right DJ to set the dance floor afire. If you opt for a more classical style of music, such as a string quartet, you should start looking even earlier; they are few and far between. You also need to book your professional photographer about six months before the wedding. You’ll be glad you bothered, when you’re leafing through your wedding album a few years down the road. And if you intend to go abroad for your honeymoon, book your tickets and hotel now. You’ll save precious dollars that can be invested instead in the decoration of your reception hall or in buying favours for your guests.
For example, if the wedding venue is booked only a few months before your big day, you may end up having to make compromises on such important details as the date or the services on offer. The same thing applies to the caterer. Supplying your guests with good food is paramount at a wedding. The company you were hoping to hire may no longer Where weddings are concerned, the rule is simple: be available if you only call a few weeks before the make all your reservations well in advance so you event. can get the top-quality professionals you want.
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Cultivating Creativity
Youth theater program supports creative freedom through movement acting by Anna Coutts
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Imagine a classroom where the teacher’s goal was to encourage students to find their own avenue for learning. They choose the topics that interest them and decide the direction where they want to take the lessons. There is no right way or wrong way to get to the conclusion, only the individual’s way. Michaela Moore, a professional actress and owner of All About Theatre in Waverly, studied this form of acting, referred to as “movement acting” or “Lecoq theatre,” through the Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia and uses it as her pedagogy for her youth acting classes. Lecoq’s method essentially rests on the dynamic of motion. He believed that engaging the body is the first element of capturing reality in theater. “We did in-depth work on studying animals, elements like air, water and fire and also materials,” Moore said. “We thought about things like ‘how does a rubber band move’ and how a character would come out of that movement.” Through age-appropriate theater games and activities, students of All About Theatre learn Lecoq’s techniques for acting, improvisation, voice production and movement as they relate to acting, staging and other theater skills. Following Lecoq’s example, Moore’s class will culminate in an original production that is to be created and performed by the students. “The thing that’s sort of unique about our acting classes is that I’m teaching the kids how to embody a character, how to be present on stage and how to use your voice and all the regular things you can learn in any quality acting class,” Moore said. “But I’m also teaching them how to create their own original pieces of theater.” Moore will work with Pig Iron throughout the year and will bring back new ideas, concepts and skills to share with her students. “[The Lecoq style] is very much based on how you present yourself on stage and how you make the audience feel, not just by what you’re saying, but by how you’re moving your body on and through the stage,” she said. “Kids have a lot of energy
Students performing in a recent production by the Waverly-based All About Theatre program are pictured. Front row: Julia Noto. Back row: Michaela Livingston, Lily Polizzi, Julia Braatz, Lily Macia and Ethan Gives.
and they want to utilize it, so it’s a great way to meld acting with a younger mind in a way that’s fun and acceptable to them.” An important part of Lecoq theatre is its emphasis on ensemble work. The children’s ability to create openly is linked to how comfortable they feel when expressing themselves and whether they feel their ideas will be heard. Moore strives to create a comfortable class environment where students feel connected and everyone’s creative input is respected. “What’s really important to me as a teacher is that we want to emphasize ensemble work and working as a group so that all the kids’ ideas and performances are respected,” she said. “This is a safe place for kids to explore.”
Keeping with the ensemble mindset, the class explores both basic and advanced theater training and anyone with any level of experience is welcome to join. Moore is confident that novice and experienced actors alike will find a lot to gain from one another in this kind of environment. “I have some students that have worked with me for five years and some that are working in theater for the first time and they learn from each other,” she said. “The student with experience can look at this new student coming in with fresh eyes and think ‘Wow, I’ve never thought of it that way,’ or the new student who may be nervous can watch other students and look to them for support and see that we’re going to help them through it.” Students will work together as a group JANUARY 29, 2015
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and use their new skills to create an original piece of theater for their production in June. That month, they’ll be doing an intensive workshop in the theater where they’ll be rehearsing and presenting the performances they have created. Moore says that the goal of the performance is to create a dynamic piece that is fun and meaningful for both the actors and the audience members. “I’m taking these ideas and helping these kids say ‘okay, well what do you want to talk about?’ and ‘what do you want to share with the world?’” she said. “And together we figure out how we bring that on to the stage in a way that’s not just fun to preform but is also really fun for the audience to watch.” Past groups have explored many different themes based on the topics about which they were most enthusiastic. One group opted to apply the “Kids for Cash” scandal in Luzerne County to their play and combined it with themes of dystopia and insanity. “Last year [the older group] did a production called ‘Hilldale’ where the students wanted to explore the idea of dystopia, mental illness and what mental illness means,” Moore said. “We wrote an original piece that addressed all of those topics. It was a pretty intense piece, but it also had humor in it and it really spoke to a lot of the things happening in our area right now and spoke to what the kids were really interested in.” Moore believes that All About Theatre’s use of the Lecoq pedagogical style gives students more autonomy than some other places where children might participate in acting, better enabling them to create and discover. “They can do musicals in school, and those are great experiences and wonderful and there’s definitely merit and quality to that, but they’re not necessarily exploring ideas that they themselves are interested in exploring,” she said. “We give them a chance to explore their own ideas and make theater about something that they really care about.” For more information on All About Theatre and the programs they offer, email Michaela Moore at allabouttheatre@gmail. com or call 570-233-3622. THE ABINGTON SUBURBAN
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Four years ago, Max Voyce was eager to begin his high school swimming career at Abington Heights, hoping that his one year with the Gators age-group program would serve him well. When he was thinking about what event he might like the best, the 100yard butterfly seemed to be the most intriguing to attempt. “It was the stroke that I thought was the most interesting, it’s always been known as the most tiring stroke,” Voyce said. “I decided to try to overcome that, so I started trying it out. Then I ended up being pretty decent at it, so I kept on working on it and now I’m very good at that event. I’m pretty decent at the 100 freestyle and the 200 IM (individual medley), but the butterfly is the event I like the most.” Comets boys swimming coach Sue Hartman is just happy to have Voyce on her team, knowing the senior can provide points in just about any event. “He has a lot of versatility, and the fact, if there is any events that I’m lacking in or where I need a little bit of extra help, Max is usually the one who does that,” Hartman said. “He comes to practice, works hard, never complains; does anything you ask him to do.” With Voyce, that means his versatility often can take him away from the butterfly, but he does not allow that to bother him at all. “I just want to do what’s best for the team. I’ll try anything,” Voyce said. “I’m not necessarily the best in every single event, but I’m able to place well in just about every event.” That team-first attitude is among the reasons Hartman is happy to have had Voyce selected as a team captain by his peers. “If there’s anything that needs to be addressed to the team, he steps up; he’s the one who takes care of it. He’s kind of my go-to person,” Hartman said. “He’s a leader who leads by example and by the
Abington Heights swimmer Max Voyce prefers the butterfly out of all of his events, but can score points in all types of swimming trials.
fact he has all his ducks in a row. I don’t think he has anything but good intentions in everything he does.” Voyce needed some time to figure out how to handle that assignment, but has adapted to the role. “It put a little bit of stress on me at first, but now I feel like I have the courage to hold that position,” Voyce said. “I want to make sure they’re having fun and of course improving themselves.” It seems to be working for the Comets, who won three of their first five league meets.
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As a captain, he will make sure everybody is on the same wavelength. “A lot of times, at this time of the year, the kids have other things going on, ‘senioritis’ is hitting but he hasn’t lost his focus,” Hartman said. “He continues to be at practice, works hard and tries to motivate the rest of the kids to do the same. He’s more mature, it isn’t about him, it’s all about the team. I asked him about some races, and he said to do what was best for the team, do whatever you have to do, put him in the lineup wherever the team needs him the most. That makes my job easy.” Voyce has come a long way since he began to swim for his age-group team. He’s not doing too badly with a sport where there is not a long history. “It was stressful at first because I didn’t fall in love with the sport right away,” Voyce said. “My sophomore year, I kept going at it, and it was surprising to find out meaningful the sport could mean to you. “There wasn’t that chemistry there at first, but I ended up loving it.” Not bad for a sport that’s been in his blood for just five years. “I play tennis in the spring,” Voyce said. “I played when I was little, but I keep on going to Birchwood every now or then.” A big similarity keeps Voyce evenkeeled and able to react to the stress of athletics. “You need a lot of courage in both sports,” Voyce said. “When you’re up there on the blocks, going up against tough competition, that pressure’s on you. It’s similar in tennis, where that pressure is on you the entire game. There is a lot of stress, but you have to go out there and finish it off.” It wasn’t all that long ago since Voyce first tackled the most difficult stroke in swimming, doing so with gusto that has turned him into a team captain for the Comets. Attacking life with a similar attitude will make him a success no matter what he’ll try to do. THE ABINGTON SUBURBAN
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