PASC News, March 2012 by Leadership Logistics

PASC News Flood Devastation Still Very Real Inside This Issue News & Notes...................... 2 • Resource Development Coordinator Position Created • PASC’s NASC Region 2 Nominee Selected • PASC Thanks Amy Kauffman for Six Years of Service Great Ideas for State Charity Fundraisers............................ 2 PASC to Host Activity Advisor Seminar in June.............. 3 2012 PASC District/Regional Conference Schedule.......... 3 Decisions Made at March PASC Board Meeting........... 4 Mark Your Calendar for a 2012 Summer Camp Experience with PASC ................... 5 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Announced...... 6 Student Summit Proposals to Be Shared With Educational Leaders................................... 7 Plan Now to Attend the State Conference in New Castle...................................... 8

PASC State Charity Designed to Help In November 2011, at the State Conference held at Altoona HS, the 2012 State Conference Hosts from Laurel and Union high schools announced that their state charity project would involve reaching out both locally and globally. In September 2011, counties along the Susquehanna River from northeastern Pennsylvania through the Harrisburg/Hershey area faced the most devastating floods since Hurricane Agnes in June 1972. Thousands of families lost their homes, businesses were destroyed, and schools near the river and its tributaries were damaged. Photos from Athens (District 7), Pittston (District 9), and Lebanon County (District 8) show not only the original damage, but what faces these communities in March 2012. The second aspect of the 2012 State Charity project focuses on raising funds to buy books for a library at Ivory Park in South Africa. We urge schools to develop fundraisers to help complete the Ivory Park project, thus acting globally as well as locally.

Although to date nearly $2,000 has been raised, much more still needs to be done, and done soon! We urge our member schools to hold fundraisers this spring and to contribute NOW to the state charity efforts. The flood devastation along the Susquehanna River occurred six months ago, but the need for help continues. The portion devoted to Flood Relief Funds will be divided equally for distribution in Districts 7, 8, and 9 and will be sent to PASC Executive Board members in those areas who will ascertain the most critical needs within their districts. The need is immediate, therefore, the funds will be divided and distributed to those areas on April 2, May 1, June 1, September 3, October 1, and November 3. Donations should be sent to: PASC 2012 State Charity/Flood Relief, c/o Jasmine Major, Chair, Union HS, 2106 Camden Ave., New Castle, PA 16101. Go to www.pasc2012.org for more information and for forms to be completed for the 2012 State Charity.

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News & Notes Resource Development Coordinator Position Created In an effort to widen the search for additional funding, for leadership development scholarships for students, and for grants that will benefit PASC’s program outreach, the PASC Executive Board has created a position of Resource Development Coordinator. This volunteer position will be filled on an interim basis by PASC District 12 Director, Chris Seifert of Bishop McDevitt High School-Wyncote. PASC NEWS and the PASC website will post the job description in April. The goal will be to fill the position, which has a three-year term, through interviews of interested advisors or other adults during the PASC Executive Board to be held in Hanover, PA, August 3–4, 2012

PASC’s NASC Region 2 Nominee Selected Six outstanding sophomores and freshmen were interviewed as part of the PASC Board meeting to be the Pennsylvania nominee for the NASC Region 2 Rep position. Sophomore Jarrod Cingel of Bethel Park HS (District 3) was selected. Jarrod, as technology coordinator, is one of two sophomores on the BPHS Student Council Executive Board. He will be interviewed with other Region 2 state nominees in late April by the state presidents and executive directors of the Middle Atlantic States at a regional meeting in Annapolis, Maryland. The student selected at that meeting will become a member of the NASC Advisory Council and serve a two-year term beginning July 1, 2012. Congratulations and Good Luck, Jarrod. Other Pennsylvania students who were interviewed included, Mikaila Barba (South Western HS—District 8); Eli Badaczewski (North Allegheny Intermediate HS—District 3); Kacie Cassar (North Penn School District—District 12); Maggie Elias, (Tunkhannock HS—District 9); Mikayla Nolfi, (Norwin HS—District 4).

PASC Thanks Amy Kauffman for Six Years of Service For the past six years, Amy Kauffman, advisor at Emory H. Markle Intermediate School in Hanover, has served as PASC Middle Level Coordinator. Through two terms in this role, Amy has added materials to the website resources page, supported the efforts of the student middle level reps and their advisors, and promoted new curriculum initiatives at the PASC Blue Workshops. Amy’s term ends on June 30, 2012, but she will continue serve PASC through January 2013 as the advisor to Middle Level Student Rep, Molly Hundertmark. Thank you, Amy for your continued service to PASC.

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Great Ideas for State Charity Fundraisers Cake Walk—A cake walk resembles bingo and musical chairs. Have members of your council bake a cake. Then, have a room with chairs and a table of cakes (or fancy cupcakes or cake pops). Contestants walk around a circle of chairs. When the music stops, pick a lucky number and the contestant with that number on their chair wins a cake of their choice!

Car Smash—Contact someone who has an old car. Remove gas and liquids for safety purposes and let the fun begin! Allow students to pay for their time to smash the car! This works great before a sporting event. You can even paint the car with the rival team’s mascot and colors!

Coffee Cart Café—Students never like just sitting in a study hall with nothing to do. Now they don’t have to! During school, sell coffee or hot chocolate. Students can hang out with their friends and enjoy a nice cup of coffee.

Donation Delay Day—Students are always reluctant to start learning in class right away. With Donation Delay Day, students bring in as much change as they can to a designated period of the day. Class cannot begin until the teacher has finished counting all the change!

Movie Night—Movies are too expensive nowadays! Get your school a movie license and start showing classics. Show movies in your auditorium and make sure you have refreshments!

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Pancake Breakfast—Open it to the public! Have adults, kids, and families come and enjoy a pancake breakfast

Penny Wars—Have a competition between homerooms or class departments. Students bring in pennies to fill up milk jugs. The winning team gets rewarded with a pizza party or another fabulous prize.

Teacher Trivia—Have a favorite game show? Reenact that show with your teachers being the stars. Whether it’s Jeopardy, Family Feud, Hollywood Squares, or Last One Standing, who wouldn’t want to see what their teachers actually know?!

Share Your Successful Ideas

Does your council do a great fundraiser? Write up a short description and send it with photos to PASCInfo@aol.com and you could find yourself featured in an upcoming issue of PASC News!

PASC to Host Activity Advisor Seminar in June Under the leadership of PASC Workshop Directors Andy Costanzo and Kathy Coll, PASC will sponsor a workshop that will reach out to student council advisors, class advisors, NHS advisors, and club advisors. At the 2011 state conference, 82% of the advisors surveyed expressed an interest in attending a seminar for advisor training and networking if PASC were to offer it in June 2012. Details are now being developed. An application and Activity Advisors’ Seminar Info sheet will be included with the invoice for PASC dues, which advisors should receive in mid-April. Dates • Beginning Wednesday, June 27 at approximately 11:00 am • Ending Thursday, June 28 at approximately 4:00 pm Site • Susquehanna University, located 50 miles north of Harrisburg. • Air-conditioned classroom and accommodations Registration Cost: $75 Meals: $33 Lodging Packages • $18 per person double occupancy • $27 single occupancy Act 48 Credit will be granted Resources: PASC resources will be provided at each session, including Lyn Fiscus’ excellent Adviser’s Guide to Student Activities. Program: The program will be appropriate for both new and experienced activity

advisors and will feature large group and breakout sessions. Featured program elements will include: n David Trevaskis, expert on the legal aspects of activity advising n Effective use of technology for advisors n Principles of situational advising

n Working effectively with the

n Idea exchange session

administration n Parliamentary procedure/ meeting skills n Stress management for busy advisors n Icebreakers and activities to increase student involvement n The Value of Co-Curricular Activities in the Educational Process

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management tips n Creating/developing a leadership class. Invite other advisors or coaches to be part of the 2012 activity advisors’ seminar and plan now to join PASC June 27–28 at Susquehanna University!

2012 PASC District/Regional Conferences Mark your calendar and plan to attend the district/regional conference in your area. District/Region Date Location Region A Districts 1 & 2 April 20 Riverside HS Theme: Don’t Tell Me the Sky’s the Limit When There Are Foot prints on the Moon Contact: Bill Knab: wknab@riverside.k12.pa.us District 3 March 23 South Fayette HS Theme: Putting on the Cape of Leadership. http://capeofleadership.weebly.com Contact Felix Yerace: fyerace@southfayette.org District 4 April 12 Hilton Garden Inn at Southpointe Hosted by Canonsburg MS Theme: One Step At A Time www.cms-student-council.blogspot.com Contact Adam Manion: amanion@cmsd.k12.pa.us District 6 May 7 Bishop Carroll HS-Ebensburg Theme: Believe Contact Joe Skura: skura.joseph@daj.k12.pa.us District 7 March 16–17 Athens Area School District Theme: The Amazing Race to Leadership Contact: Tressa Heffron: theffron@mail.athensasd.k12.pa.us District 8 April 5 Waynesboro HS Theme: Chill Out Contact Mark Hollen: mark_hollen@wasd.k12.pa.us District 9 April 30 Mid-Valley HS Theme: Swing into Leadership Contact Michelle Higgins: higginsm@mvsd.us Region F Districts 11 & 12 April 24 Penndale MS Hosted by North Penn HS Theme: Start the Trend—Get Connected @Region_F #SGA https://sites.google.com/site/2012pascregionf/ Contact Kyle Berger: bergerkg@npenn.org PASC News • March 2012 • www.pasc.net

Decisions Made at March PASC Board Meeting The PASC Executive Board had a busy meeting in March. Among the decisions made at the meeting:

Erica Castaldo Named New Middle Level Coordinator Erika Castaldo rejoins the PASC Executive Board as the Middle Level Coordinator. She teaches music at North Pocono MS in Moscow. She served on the board as the advisor to Middle Level Rep Sean Todd in 2010 and as a co-advisor for the 2010 state conference held in Scranton in October 2010. Erika’s goals as she begins her three year term on July 1, 2012 are to: 1. Utilize the resources and ideas from the Middle Level Student Reps 2. Increase the ability of middle level students and advisors to attend district and regional conferences in their local areas using the models developed by PASC Districts 2 and 3.

Student members of the PASC Executive Board

PASC Board Cuts 2012 Budget To Streamline Costs With a commitment to maintain PASC programs that benefit both students and advisors, while adjusting to difficult economic times, PASC has cut expenses in the 2012 budget by 8%. The following changes were made: 1. Did not increase annual dues but maintained them at $75

3. Seek ideas from middle level advisors and students on new workshop topics at state conferences.

2. Increased summer workshop registration by $5 per delegate to reflect increasing cost of college facilities

4. Solicit tips and ideas from advisors to add to the middle level resource pages of the PASC website.

3. Increased the per-delegate registration fee for the 2012 state conference by $5

Dotty Noll Reappointed as Website Coordinator Eastern Lebanon County School District Technology Coordinator Dotty Noll was reappointed for a new term as PASC Website Coordinator, beginning on July 1, 2012 and ending June 30, 2015. Dotty continues to work with PASC District Directors and Regional Reps to add PASC information onto the website for PASC districts in the state. She is changing the look of the home page and is seeking pictures of students and advisors in action as well as project ideas that can be shared. Send your materials to dnoll@elcosd.org. In addition to her website responsibilities, Dotty also oversees providing Act 48 credit for advisors who attend PASCsponsored programs.

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4. Cut all honoraria for PASC coordinators and Executive Director by 50% 5. Limit the amount of funds given to student board members to attend the NASC Conference and a PASC summer workshop to one program in each year of their two year terms. 6. Eliminated funding to pay registration fees for Summer Workshop Directors to attend National Workshop Director’s Conference. 7. Reduced allocations for expenditures for the January, March, and August Executive Board meetings 8. Reduced funds allocated for printing of brochures and for mailings Our member schools can help us maintain our programs, website resources, and PASC NEWS communications by paying 2012–2013 dues prior to June 1, 2012. Invoices for dues in the amount of $75 will be mailed to schools as of April 16th. Please look for that mailing and help us maintain the quality of PASC programs and resources by promptly paying your 2012–2013 dues.

PASC NEWS is published monthly during the school year. To submit announcements, articles, or corrections for newsletters, please email the Executive Director or Assistant Executive Director. Articles or information from PASC NEWS may be reproduced for use, with appropriate credit. Executive Director Jim Finnemeyer North Penn HS 1340 Valley Forge Road Lansdale, PA 19446 215-280-9299 215-855-0632 (Fax) Finnemeyer@aol.com PASCInfo@aol.com Assistant Executive Director Kathy Ann Coll 174 Link Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15237 412-366-5744 Kcoll1@comcast.net PASC President Kristina Riggans Union MSHS 2106 Camden Avenue New Castle, PA 16101 PASC President-Elect Danielle Croner Boyertown High School 120 N. Monroe Street Boyertown, PA 19512 PASC News Editor Lyn Fiscus Leadership Logistics PASC Email: PASCInfo@aol.com PASC Website: www.pasc.net

Underclassmen: Mark Your Calendar for a 2012 Summer Camp Experience with PASC Looking for a great way to obtain some leadership training, extend your network, and have a great time this summer? The PASC 2011 Summer Leadership Workshop is just what you are looking for. The application, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) sheet, sample daily schedule, and curriculum benchmarks for this summer’s camps can now be found on the PASC website.

View Summer Workshop Video Online Want to see what camp is like? Visit the PASC Summer Workshops video, which you can see on You Tube by going to www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A-kX8vGGoU. Please share this video at an upcoming Student Council meeting, or provide it to your student leaders and parents to give them a sense of what our leadership workshops programs offer. This video can also be found on our website by clicking on summer workshops. Please note the following dates and locations and begin planning now for students to attend in July. Costs & Deadlines: Blue (Grades 7–9) Grove City College July 8–12 Lebanon Valley College July 29–Aug 2 Gold (Grades 9–12) Grove City College July 15–20 Susquehanna University July 29–Aug 3 Advanced Gold (Grades 11–12) University of Pittsburgh/Johnstown July 15–21

Early Bird (May 11th)

Regular ( June 8th)

$340 $340

$365 $365

$390 $390

$450

$475

Workshop Scholarships Available Many of the PASC District Associations have scholarships available to attend a Blue or Gold PASC Summer Leadership Workshop. Now is the time to contact YOUR District Director to see what is available in your area or go to www.pasc.net and check out scholarship information on your District Association’s page. Don’t delay, deadlines are fast approaching in many districts.

PASC Alumni Share the Value of Their PASC Experiences “I would never have had the confidence or basic skills to go on after high school and achieve so much if I didn’t take advantage of all PASC had to offer. I encourage everyone to go to as many conferences, workshops, and PASC Summer Leadership Workshops (Camps) as possible. The people you meet and the skills you gain are so valuable.” —Stacy Toy, Western Wayne HS graduate, Elizabeth College B.A. in Mass Communications. Masters degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland, additional studies at Oxford University, England. Employed at WNEP-TV Channel 16.

“PASC has helped me maintain strong personal and professional leadership skills throughout my education and career. The PASC conferences and workshops I attended helped me learn how to network with peers and create lasting connections. I strengthened my public speaking ability by leading student workshops and learned valuable leadership skills I still use everyday in the management of hospital operations.” —Jonathan Forte, graduate of Pocono Mountain HS, 2003 graduate of the University of Scranton in Biology, Masters in Health Administration, employed as Executive Assistant for Operations at the VA Maryland Health Care Systems, Baltimore, MD.

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Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Announced Yardley and Guys Mills students earn $1,000 awards, engraved medallions, and a trip to the nation’s capital. Honors also bestowed on youth volunteers from Harrisburg, Johnstown, Lancaster, Moscow, Nazareth, Pittsburgh, Stroudsburg, and Wexford. Neha Gupta, Pennsbury HS sophomore, and Calista Pierce, a sixth grader at Maplewood ES, were named Pennsylvania’s top two youth volunteers for 2012 by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. As state honorees, Neha and Calista will each receive $1,000 and will attend a national awards program in Washington, D.C., in early May. Neha founded a nonprofit organization known as “Empower Orphans” that has raised more than $240,000 to provide educational and other resources to disadvantaged children in India and the United States. While volunteering at an orphanage in India, Neha realized that without an education, the children there faced a bleak future. Neha began by selling her toys at a garage sale and then expanded to selling charms and greeting cards. Her nonprofit organization has established four libraries, two computer centers, a science lab, and a sewing institution in India. She has expanded her philanthropic activities to the greater Philadelphia area to include furnishing apartments to needy families, and providing toys, bikes, food, and clothing to orphaned and abused children. Calista has raised nearly $12,000 so that local Special Olympic athletes can participate in regional and state competitions and more than $8,000 to grant wishes to two gravely ill children through the MakeA-Wish Foundation. Her brother’s illness motivated her to raise funds to help with SpePASC News • March 2012 • 6

cial Olympics and Make-AWish. Calista makes and sells crafts, hosts bake sales, and organizes raffles and other fundraisers. Thanks in part to her efforts, athletes from Crawford County continue to participate in distant competitions. Calista, who serves as a Special Olympics buddy said, “I feel really good every time I see athletes excited when they find out they are selected for competition. It is an amazing moment to watch.”

Distinguished Finalists In addition, eight other Pennsylvania students were named as Distinguished Finalists for their service activities. n Shrada-Sonia Chhabria, a senior at Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, has raised more than $9,000 to provide medicine, milk powder, and other necessities to the victims of the Haitian earthquake. She also implemented a number of cultural awareness and fundraising projects in her school to assist people in Chile, Japan, and Pakistan. n Connor Higgins, a freshman at Bishop McCourt HS, has collected and distributed more than 30,000 toys and stuffed animals to children locally and in Haiti, Iraq, and Mexico through his “Cuddles for Kids” program. He began his program in 2006 and continues to hold annual toy and stuffed animal drives. www.pasc.net

n Brian McWilliams, Pine-Richland HS senior, raised more than $50,000 for the “Team Alex Fund” to help pay medical costs incurred by the four-year-old son of his former cross country coach by coordinating charity run/ walks for the past two years that featured more than 800 participants. n Emily Morgan, a junior at North Pocono HS, raised $22,000 worth of books and materials to create six literacy centers at the local Boys and Girls Club, a school for the deaf, homeless shelters, and a women’s resource center. Emily, who calls her project “How to Eat a Book,” teaches a free reading course and taught at two summer reading camps. n Kendall Ohrwashel, a Nazareth HS senior, organized and managed a used book drive and sale every summer since a 2007 fundraiser that yielded nearly $23,000 to grant wishes for six children with life-threatening medical conditions though the Make -A-Wish Foundation. He has donated more than 40,000 leftover books to various children’s charitable organizations. n Lauren O’Grady, a senior at Manheim Township HS, founded ECHO (Encore Community Humanitarian Outreach), a youth service

organization of fellow dancers that has given annual benefit performances choreographed by Lauren. Members of ECHO have taught classes at the local Boys and Girls Club and have cleaned and helped at a day-care center. They have raised $18,000 to support the Schreiber Pediatric Rehab Center for earthquake victims in Haiti and for American soldiers. n Monica Oxenreiter, a senior at Mount Lebanon HS, founded “Zip the Cure,” a nonprofit organization that has raised more than $65,000 for diabetes research. Monica, who has juvenile diabetes, recruits volunteers from all over the country in an attempt to secure a $100 donation from every zip code in the country. n Katye Trexler, a junior at Harrisburg’s Bishop McDevitt HS, founded “Katye’s Helping Hands” and has donated stuffed animals and blankets to more than 500 “hero” children whose law enforcement and fire-fighter parents have been killed in the line of duty. Katye’s father, who is a police chief, raised more than $15,000 to support the project. PASC recognizes and honors these outstanding community volunteers, and we hope that PASC students and advisors can find inspiration in the projects noted above. The 2013 Prudential Spirit of Community Award applications will be due in late October, 2012. Look for details in the September issue of PASC NEWS or contact the Prudential Foundation directly at www.spirit. prudential.com.

Student Summit Proposals to Be Shared With Educational Leaders Students who attended the PASC Student Summit on Educational Issues in Harrisburg on February 23, adopted four proposals that will be shared this spring with Pennsylvania’s educational leaders. The proposals came from essays written in advance of the Summit by the student participants. During the morning work session, four student committees worked with volunteer facilitators to refocus the essays and to formulate them into specific recommendations that could be discussed during a general session that afternoon. Following debate and a question and Student leaders present their proposals on the floor of the House of Representatives as part of the PASC Student Summit on Educaanswer session on each comtional Issues in February. mittee proposal, the student a syllabus and released prompts on topics that will be the subject delegates cast their yes/no vote of the Keystone Exams. Teachers should then work to prepare lesfor the written documents. Delegates could also submit addisons that reflect the expectations of each test. tional recommendations to the committee for amendments to the proposals. Teacher Re-Certification Following the general session held in the House of Representative’s Chamber, an afternoon work session was held to refine the proposals based on the discussion, vote, and written notes made by the participants. Each committee also selected student leaders to work on the additional refinement of proposals and presentation to educators. All student delegates were urged to present the proposals and their personal viewpoints on the four educational issues to members of their school administrations and School Boards. The following proposals were adopted: Academic Accountability Committee Proposal 1 • The state government should promote the use of dual enrollment and encourage colleges within the Commonwealth to work with high schools to develop cooperative agreements that would include scholarships for high school students in dual enrollment programs. • School districts should be encouraged to create cyber schools and cyber courses. Students enrolled in cyber-school programs should be allowed to participate in cocurricular activities including clubs, sports, and school assemblies. Academic Accountability Proposal 2 Keystone Exams should be implemented for 10 subject areas. The Keystone Exams should count as the final exam in those subjects at 10–20% of the final grade as determined by each school district. The first year that exams should count as final exams would be 2016. To prepare for the exams, teachers should receive

• Every three years, each teacher would be required to complete one college course of at least three credits. Courses would be approved by each school district based on a mandated list provided by the PA Department of Education. Courses should expand teacher’s knowledge and hone their subject area skills. • In addition, each teacher would be required to take a course given to all teachers in their school which pertains to relevant issues within each school environment. These could be done as part of in-service days and address technology advancement and new teaching techniques. • The State Board of Education should mandate an annual oneday (7 hour) technology seminar for all educators conducted by each school district. Statistics show the desire of teachers for this instruction and the value of technology to students found in recent studies. Equitable Funding • Recommends a devolution of federal power and transfer of accountability to state governments • Endorses the implementation of a pilot voucher program in an urban, suburban, and rural school setting • Calls for the creation of a “Funding Efficiency Board” within the State Board of Education to analyze the effectiveness of increased educational spending • Encourages a reassessment of the property tax structure to state income tax ratio to reflect a 50/40/10 state, local, and federal continued on page 8 PASC News • March 2012 • www.pasc.net

Student Summit Proposals Sent to Elected Officials (Continued from page 7) funding structure • Urges the creation of an additional “rainy day” fund to better allow districts to deal with economic crisis Importance of Co-Curricular Activities* According to a survey by the American Management Association, “in addition to the 3 Rs of reading, writing, and arithmetic, employers are also looking for the 4 Cs, which consist of critical thinking and problem solving, effective communication skills, collaboration and team building, and creativity and innovation.” All of these skills can be developed thorough co-curricular activities. The proposal cites several studies that show the positive effect of participation in co-curricular activities on academic success, lower drop-out rates, school attendance, and college success. To reach the goal of supporting co-curricular activities with the present economic difficulties, the committee recommended: • That districts create or maintain organizations with the sole purpose of providing supplemental funds for all co-curricular activities within the district. These funds, raised separately from those in the school district general budget, would be distributed equitably to all activities through a voluntary board within the district. • Recommend that the PA Department of Education appoint a

governing body dedicated to advising and regulating the organizations mentioned above as well as monitoring the advancement of co-curricular activities within the districts. * The SumStudent leaders debate their proposals at the PASC Student mit participants Summit on Educational Issues in February. showed strong support for co-curricular activities and accepted the strong statistical evidence of their value to schools, communities, and students, but defeated this proposal as written and the creation of staterequired activity boards in each district and at the state level. Share your thoughts on these issues and student proposals by joining the PASC Facebook Group. For a full copy of each of the five Student Summit proposals go to www.pasc.net

Plan Now to Attend the State Conference in New Castle n Dates: November 1–3, 2012 n Cost: $115 per student and advisor delegate (includes program materials, all meals, transportation, and housing for student delegates) n Registration Deadline: August 27 to October 5 [8 student delegates plus advisor(s)] n Housing: Student delegates in host homes School option to house delegates in hotels (with advisor transportation and some meals) n Hotels for Advisors: See conference website or see re-

view in February PASC NEWS n Schedule: Detailed schedule for students and advisors now on the website n Speakers: See background information on the website • Matt Emerzian • Heather Schultz • Ian Tyson n Entertainment: • Thursday Night, Fireworks at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds • Friday Night, Banquet at the Scottish Rite Cathedral • Separate High School and Middle Level Dances n Seeking Student-Led Workshops: Student del-

egates will be able to select two workshops conducted by peers. Applications for workshop presenters will be on the website in mid-April. Workshop application deadline: August 10th n Seeking Advisor Roundtable Presenters: Advisors will attend four 10–12 minute roundtable presentations following Friday afternoon’s Advisor Luncheon at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Volunteers are needed to share a successful project/activity or best practice with your fellow advisors. Contact Kathy

Coll to volunteer at kcoll1@ comcast.net. We need your new ideas! n Questions: Contact pasc2012help@gmail.com

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