Summer 2022

SUMMER

2022

Young Artists & Writers. The SSA winners are, Sophia Jho, Crystal Ma, Maria Schwendeman, Hannah Song and Anker Zhao.

Grant Cummings Hannah Song

Sophia Three Shady Side Jho Academy Senior School students earned places in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) All-State Festival music ensembles. The students performed April 8-9 with the ensembles at the annual PMEA All-State Festival at Kalahari Resort in The Poconos. The all-state musicians are: Grant Cummings, Hannah Song, and sophomore Sophia Jho.

Seneca Valley

Seneca Valley School District Athletic and Activities Director

Heather Lewis

has been named 2022 Region IV Athletic Director of the Year by The Pennsylvania State Athletic Directors Association (PSADA).

Fox Chapel

Building on its recognition as a Special Olympics Unified Champion School, Fox Chapel Area High School recently added a Unified Robotics program, the first of its kind in the eastern United States.

Four Fox Chapel Area High School students ranked among the best at the Pennsylvania High School Speech League (PHSSL) State Championship Tournament. Winners were Patrick Alexander, Ian Mackey-Piccolo, Adhitya Thirumala and Isabella White.

Fox Chapel Area High School seniors David David Lydia Dering Dering Turnquist and Lydia Turnquist were named 2022 All-American Athlete Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year Award recipients in swimming. The athletes are also recognized for their academic accomplishments, as well as their integrity as student-athletes.

Two Fox Chapel Area High School students Nicholas Goodman and Anna Ferris were named national winners in the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

Fox Chapel Area School District senior

Colin Stephens

earned a $10,000 scholarship by placing in the Greater Pittsburgh Automotive Dealers Association/Pennsylvania Automotive Association competition at CCAC West Hills. Colin is a second-year student in A.W. Beattie’s Automotive Technology program.

Mars Area

Mars Area School Board appointed Eric Kasperowicz as the head coach of Mars Area High School Varsity Football Team, beginning with the 2022-2023 School Year.

Eric Kasperowisz

Mars Area High School students

Lucas

Kuremsky,

Riley Lefcakis

and Luca Moran set new records at the United States Powerlifting Association Steel City Clash which held April 3 at Steel City Barbell in Swissvale.

Mars Area Middle School students Preston Heynes, Emma Ladesic, Addison Pangonis, and Luke Reinhart were selected as Grand Prize winners in the school National Library Week challenge.

BC3

Butler County Community College will offer 172 courses in summer 2022 sessions and Fast Tracks that follow those in which guest students transferred nearly 900 of BC3’s affordable credits to other institutions of higher education in states such as Alabama, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Current, new, transfer, guest and returning students can learn more at bc3.edu/summer.