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the voice of the abingtons abingtonsuburban.com | august 24, 2017
An area resident has a new role at University of Scranton. |PAGE 6
A local resident took part in a leadership conference. |PAGE 7
First-year med students at Geisinger held a white coat ceremony. |PAGE 9
End of SummEr BASh Back-to-school carnival is student-run
by Linda Scott
games such as Kan Jam, Spikeball, yard twister, a giant Connect Four and live SPEciaL to tHE abinGton SUbURban music by students. The orchestra and band will have a haunted house in the As summer turns to fall, students school auditorium. everywhere try to cram in as much fun “The carnival is entirely student-run,” as they can before it’s time to go back to said Tarr. “The students meet each week school. throughout the summer and call the For several students in the Abington vendors and organize all the details. “We Heights School District, part of that have high school students from all the summer was spent planning a carnival different clubs. In fact, each booth is run designed to welcome their fellow stuby a different team or club at the carnidents back for the new year. val.” The carnival will be held Wednesday, Mannings, Nina Bites and Southwest Aug. 30, at Abington Heights High School Savory, among others, will have food in Clarks Summit starting at 5 p.m. The trucks on site. event will feature free games and activi“We wanted the carnival to be well ties for all ages. The evening will end with organized and have something for everymeet the Comets at 7:30 p.m. when fall one,” said Pariseema Pancholy, who will sports teams and the band are to be be a senior at Abington Heights and a Naintroduced. tional Honor Society officer. “It’s a way to “The carnival began as a way for the give back to the community, kind of like a students to welcome the new freshmen thank you gift. It is really important that and give back to the community,” said we support local businesses and local acts Jennifer Tarr, National Honor Society advisor and an English and social studies as much as possible. We worked all summer to make sure it will be the perfect teacher. “The carnival is driven by our National Honor Society senior students, end to the summer. It will be great to see all of our hard work come together.” but it is not limited to these students “The Abington Heights Middle School helping. It is a wonderful time for our community and school to ring in the new PTA will have a table at the carnival for membership for the PTA,” said Mindy school year.” Dickman, president of the PTA. “We will The events include a dunk tank with also be taking a collection of gently used administrators and teachers, backyard dress code-compliant clothing and Comets gear to be donated to the school for students in need.” “I lead the public relations committee for the carnival. We designed and printed fliers, contacted the other schools in the TS_CNG/SUBURBAN/PAGES [S01] | 08/23/17
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Scenes from last year’s carnival.
district and advertised for the carnival,” said April Sokalsky, who will be a senior and is the treasurer of the National Honor Society. “For older students, it is a way to volunteer in their clubs or sports by running the games. High school students run the event doing everything from set up to taking everything down at the end of the night. I think working together to make the event happen is a way of building school spirit, not just for the high
school but in the entire district.” “We come together as a community showing our support for our students,” said Tarr. “What a great way for us to show our students that we believe in the importance of their future and their education as we rally behind them going into the new school year. It is an incredible learning tool for our students who plan the carnival. They work together to put on a carnival for the entire community.”