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929 lakeshore driveleesport PA 19533-8631

SCHUYLKILL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWSLETTER

IN THISISSUE:

We welcome our new teachers! Front row, left to right: Mr. Dan Shuman, fourth grade; Miss Amy Schneider-han, fourth grade; Ms. Meghan Riley, kindergarten; Miss Charlotte Tilley, K-1st learning support; Mrs. MeganFrench, high school social studies; Mrs. Jen Wise, 6th grade math, long-term substitute. Back row, left toright: Mr. Mitch Gaul, 8th grade science; Mr. Jesse McBride, 11th and 12th grade English; Miss RachelHimes, first grade; Miss Anna Berzins, second grade long-term substitute; Mr. Tony Deininger, high schoolmusic; Ms. Molly Horlacher, middle school special education, long-term substitute; Dr. Mata; Miss Xin Li,high school Chinese.

Pride of SVAwards

WelcomeNew Director

of Human Resources

Student Spotlight

Panther Paths

Faculty Update

SV Board of Directors

Reorganization

Class of 2016

Future Plans

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to our new teachers

Left to right: Mr. Elias Esposito, Mr. Paul Strause accepting on behalf of hisgrandmother, the late Mrs. Stella Strause, Mr. Craig Housenick, Mr. Tim Lash, Mrs. Janelle (Tranquillo) Blankenship, Ms. Joan Althouse accepting on behalf of the late Miss Jessie Rowe.

SCHUYLKILL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 929 Lakeshore Drive Leesport PA 19533-8631

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Warren F. Mata, Ed.D. Superintendent Mr. Michael T. Mitchell, Jr.High School Principal Mrs. Maggie E. Drake High School Assistant Principal Mr. Joshua KuehnerMiddle School Principal Mr. Jeremy L. Crills Assistant Middle School Principal Mrs. Melissa Kelchner Elementary School Principal Mrs. Melissa A. Rhoads Assistant Elementary School Principal Mr. Brian F. Lacey Director, Special Education & Pupil ServicesMr. Michael BillmanDirector, Information TechnologyMrs. Wendy Boarder Business Manager Mrs. Changming WangAssistant Business Manager Mr. Craig A. StrunkDirector, Buildings & Grounds Miss Stephanie L. DeiblerAthletic Director Mrs. Becky RobinsonDirector of Food Services Ms. Robin BrightbillDirector of Human Resources

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr. Kevin Raudenbush, President Dr. Jay R. Melvin, Vice President Mrs. Linda R. Lash, SecretaryMr. Paul L. BendigoMr. Robert M. DempseyMr. Jeffrey B. KingMr. George H. Mertz IIIMr. G. Dane Miller Mr. Geoffrey P. Miller

BOARD MEETINGS Committees generally meet the third Mondayof the month at 6:30 pm. Board meetings aregenerally held the fourth Monday of the monthat 7 pm. in the High School Leroy Seip Room.

TELEPHONE NUMBERS Administration 610-916-0957High School 610-926-1706Middle School 610-926-7111Elementary School 610-926-4165

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This newsletter is the official publication of the Schuylkill Valley School District. Submit news of school or community interest to svdistrictnewsletter@gmail.com.

Pride of SV Awards 2016

Schuylkill Valley honored six individuals with the Pride of SV Award at a luncheon at the highschool on Saturday, October 8, 2016.

Honorees for the award are alumni whograduated at least eight years ago,achieved national, state and/or districtlevel recognition, contributed immea-surably to the school district, andachieved high honors in academics, art,athletics, music and/or the vocations.

This year’s Hall of Fame inductees are:

Mrs. Janelle (Tranquillo) Blankenship –Mrs. Blankenship was the valedicto-rian and president of the SV Class of1994, where she was a four-year var-sity letter winner in field hockey, bas-ketball and soccer. She earned a full

academic scholarship to Ball StateUniversity and played Division 1field hockey there. Mrs. Blankenshipgraduated from Ball State with a 4.0GPA, then received a scholarship to,and graduated magna cum laudefrom, the Notre Dame UniversitySchool of Law. She is currently anequity partner at Faegre BakerDaniels LLP law firm.

Mr. Elias Esposito – Mr. Esposito is aKutztown University graduate withmasters’ degrees in education fromTemple University and Miami (OH)University. He taught chemistry andmathematics for seventeen years atSVHS, while coaching the varsitytrack and cross-country teams, andearned his principal’s certification

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Ception Therapeutics and PenskeBusiness Media, and volunteers as ayouth soccer coach in Darien, CT.Mr. Lash is currently a portfoliomanager at Hutchin Hill Capital.

Miss Jessie Rowe – Miss Rowe wasa health and physical educationteacher at SVHS and served as thefirst girls’ basketball coach in 1960.During her 34-year teaching career,she also coached many other girls’sports teams in the district. Shehelped influence Berks County ad-ministrators to hold the first BerksGirls Basketball championshipgame in 1973, and organized andcoached the first Duke DeluciaGirls Basketball All-Star Game.Her coaching record was 169-42,with SV winning a division orcounty championship in fourteenseasons of her seventeen-year bas-ketball coaching career. Miss Roweretired from coaching in 1997, butcontinued to foster the develop-ment of female athletics until herdeath in 2009.

Mrs. Stella Strause – After having toquit the Ontelaunee Grange Schoolin 11th grade to take care of heryounger siblings, in 1946, Mrs.Strause began working part-time forthe SVSD in the elementary schoolcafeteria. Fifteen years later, she wasappointed supervisor of food serv-ices and head cook for the highschool. She worked in the district’sfood service department for 50years, missing work for only twohalf-days during her entire careerand, in 1995, received an outstand-ing achievement award from thePennsylvania House of Representa-tives for her years of faithful service.Mrs. Strause always embodied apositive outlook, dedication to herjob and love for children. She wasoften quoted as saying about SV,“This is my home. This is my life.”

from Villanova University. He became the SVHS assistant princi-pal and principal, organized andstarted the SV Intermediate School,and served as its first principal. Mr.Esposito served in the U.S. Armyduring the Korean War as sergeantand communications chief.

Mr. Craig Housenick – During hishigh school years at Schuylkill Val-ley, Mr. Housenick participated inPanthers on Parade, volleyball, Aca-demic Challenge, SODAA, chorus,mixed ensemble, senior county cho-rus and local community theater. Hegraduated from Susquehanna Uni-versity with a degree in theatre artsand enhanced his education withstudy abroad at Lancaster Universityin the United Kingdom. Mr. House-nick is a four-time Primetime EmmyNominee for The Voice and wonthree Primetime Emmy Awards in2013, 2015 and 2016 for outstand-ing lighting design and direction fora variety series.

Mr. Timothy Lash – Mr. Lash wasvaledictorian of the SVclass of 1993.He was also a national merit scholar,student council president and mem-ber of the marching band, swim andbasketball teams. A Joseph Whartonand Benjamin Franklin Scholar atthe University of Pennsylvania,Wharton School of Business, hegraduated with a bachelor’s degree ineconomics. He has been employed as an associate at Deutsche Bank Securities and at Third Point LLC.He oversaw investments worth morethan four billion dollars and led thecompany’s first one billion dollarinvestment in Yahoo. Mr. Lash alsospearheaded Third Point’s one billion dollar investment in Sony,which ushered in a new wave of investor activism in Japan. He hasserved on the board of directors of

Introducing SV’s new Director of Human ResourcesThis summer, the District welcomed itsnew director of human resources, Ms. Robin Brightbill. Ms. Brightbill is anative of Palmyra and currently lives in Ephrata with her family.

She is a graduate of Palmyra Area HighSchool, Lebanon County Career andTechnology Center (LCCTC), andStrayer University, where she earned abachelor of business administration de-gree, with a concentration in humanresources. Ms. Brightbill also holds sen-ior certified professional certificationfrom the Society for Human ResourcesManagement. Her previous employ-ment includes various roles in humanresources at Dallastown Area SD, Cen-tral Penn Management Group, WyethPharmaceuticals, BAA Harrisburg,Inc., and as secretary at LCCTC.

At Schuylkill Valley, Ms. Brightbillplans to streamline processes, createelectronic employee files, digitize theapplication and new hire paperworkprocesses, and develop new and cre-ative ways to foster the sense of com-munity between the district’s threebuildings. She is very happy to havefound a perfect fit for her talents at thedistrict. “I could not have asked for abetter fit of a district to start this nextstep in my professional journey,” shesaid. “I have thoroughly enjoyed myfirst few months here at Schuylkill Val-ley. My experiences so far have empha-sized what a great community this is,and I am very happy to be a part ofsuch a great organization.”

HomecomingQueen OliviaRoth, escortedby AaronDanks, wascrowned at theOctober 7Homecomingfootball gameagainstKutztown. The Pantherswon the game,31-13.

Senior Lindsey Zimmerman was recently highlightedas a Young Ag Leaderin the Berks Countrysection of the Octo-ber 5 edition of the Reading Eagle. Lindsayserves as secretary-treasurer of the senior class,writes for the student newspaper and literarymagazine, and is a member of the LEO Cluband the Northern Berks 4-H Dairy Club.

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Seniors Daniel Behlerand Kylie Brown areamong 34,000 students nationwidewho have been named CommendedStudents in the 2017 National MeritScholarship Program.Commended students

demonstrate outstanding potential for academic success by placingamong the top five percent of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2017 competition by taking the 2015 PSAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

HOMECOMING2016

2017 National Merit Scholarship Program Awards

PA State Junior Grange Princess

Berks CountyYoung AgLeader

STUDENTSPOTLIGHT

Pennsylvania Grangers gathered in Harrisburg recently to meet withlegislators, learn more about Grange policy, and explore the Capitol aspart of their annual Family Grange Day. House Resolution #871 wasintroduced, designating June 21, 2016, as PA State Grange FamilyGrange Day and congratulating the Grange members and families fortheir dedication to the Commonwealth.

Sophomore Mikayla Davis, the Pennsylvania State Junior GrangePrincess, met with our local State Representative Barry Jozwiak in his Harrisburg office.

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HomecomingCourt: AmberWalters, MadisonSisco, RachelRehrig, RileyHimmelberger,Olivia Roth, AbbieBailey, JennaPhillips, MeganLynam. For aservice project, themembers of thecourt collectedmoney andcanned goods for the SV FoodPantry.

Photo courtesy ofPurdon Photography.

Spirit Kingcandidates: DustinBrown, HunterMountz, TrevorWinkler, StevenPhan, Spirit KingDan Behler, andNathan Braucher.All money raisedduring the PennyWars wascontributed toDan’s charity ofchoice, the AnimalRescue League.

Photo courtesy ofPurdon Photography.

White House RecognitionMs. Annaliese Yoder (Class of 2003) is a U.S. Department of State employeewho spent 19 months with the National Security Council (NSC) support-ing the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for theStrategic Planning Directorate. She assisted in the finalization and roll outof the President’s 2016 National Security Strategy, helped coordinatemeetings the President held with outside experts to help inform/challenge

thinking on specific issues(China, Countering Violent Extremism, etc.) in advance ofhis international trips and majorsummits/ conferences, and supported regular reporting to theWhite House’s Chief of Staff onthe status of the President’s national security priorities.

At the conclusion of Ms. Yoder’sdetail, she received two person-ally signed thank-you letters, onefrom the President and one fromthe current National SecurityAdvisor, Ambassador Susan Rice,and was invited to participate ina photo session with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Yoder, as is tradition for staff who haveserved a minimum of one year at the White House.

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HOSA Speaking Skills Competition Winner

Fall Sports Round-Up

Class of 2016 graduate Kaitlin Valen-tine was awarded first place in theSpeaking Skills Competition at theHOSA Future Health ProfessionalsInternational Leadership Conferenceheld in Nashville, TN in June.Kaitlin competed against twenty-fiveother students from around thecountry in delivering her speech titled, “Innovate, Ignite and Inspire.” A student in the dental assisting program at Berks Career & Technol-ogy Center during her tenure atSchuylkill Valley, Kaitlin spokeabout what drove her to pursue a career as a dentist. “My mom wantedto be a dental hygienist, but she stut-tered so she felt like she could never

attempt her dream,” Kaitlin said. “I, too, was really shy in high schooland I hated talking to people. Evensome of my teachers didn’t believethat I could speak in front of acrowd. I realized, though, that if Iwant to be a dentist, I’ll have tospeak to people.” Kaitlin credits thehelp and support of high schoolstudy support substitute teacher Mrs. Kathe Bucks in encouraging herto participate in the contest. “Shewas with me every step of the way,”said Kaitlin. “She really helped meby listening to my speech over andover.” According to Mrs. Bucks,Kaitlin is an inspiration who is destined to succeed.

Senior Hayley Reichardt won her firstinternational bronze medal at the2016 Youth World WeightliftingChampionships in Malaysia in October. Her competition in thesnatch and clean and jerk contestsearned her sixth place overall againststudents from around the world.Hayley’s accomplishment was featured in “Faces In The Crowd” in the November 14 issue of Sports Illustrated.

Cheerleading – SV hosted the firstknown Sideline Cheerleading Competition in Pennsylvania. Thiscompetition tested a team’s ability toengage the crowd at football games.Teams were judged on their cheeringability, band dance and ability toconnect cheers with defensive andoffensive plays in the game.

Cross-Country – Junior Ben Reisenweaver qualified for the PIAA State Championship Meet.

Field Hockey – SV was the DivisionII Champion, finishing the regularseason at 15-1. The team was also a BCIAA semi-finalist and District III quarter-finalist. SeniorsEmma Bressler and Gracey Butsackwere named All-County.

Girls Soccer – SV’s team was aBCIAA semi-finalist and District III semi-finalist.

Girls Volleyball – Sophomore Courtney Blimline was named to All-County.

Golf – Seniors Olivia Roth and Richie Spatz qualified for the District III Championship.

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Miss Pennsylva-nia’s OutstandingTeen Alysa Bainbridge (Classof 2016) won theAmerica’s Choicecompetition in the Miss America’s Outstanding TeenCompetition held in Orlando,FL, in August.

Alumni Marching Band Seeks MembersMrs. Jackie (Tobias) Boyer (Class of 1998) is inviting all Schuylkill Val-ley marching band alumni to form an Alumni Marching Band as a jointventure with Hamburg High School. The aim is to march in two or threelocal parades (ex., King Frost,Temple Halloween and Read-ing Christmas) and SV Home-coming each fall. Anyone who participated in SV’s marching band orband front, in any year, is welcome to participate. “Remember howmuch fun we all had in marching band?” said Mrs. Boyer. “Let’s gettogether and make the magic happen again.”

Please contact Mrs. Boyer at 610-468-2513 or captianb1701@yahoo.com. Write “Alumni Marching Band” in the subject line, and include the instrument you played or if you were in the band front.

Seventh-grader Hannah Deily submitted anentry in the Berks County and Chester CountyDistrict 14-P Lions Club’s annual Peace Postercontest.

Senior Kylie Brown represented Schuylkill Valley in the Berks County Outstanding YoungWoman Awards scholarship competition heldat the Scottish Rites Cathedral on September24, 2016.

November 30 – December 8Holiday Shoppe, Elementary School

December 13 – PTO Meeting, Elementary School Cafeteria, 6:30 p.m.

January 10 – PTO Meeting, Elementary School Cafeteria, 6:30 p.m.

February 14 – PTO Meeting, Elementary School Cafeteria, 6:30 p.m.

March 14 – PTO Meeting, Elementary School Cafeteria, 6:30 p.m.

For more information about upcoming events or joining the PTO, please look for Schuylkill Valley PTO on Facebook.

HIGH SCHOOL

SCHOOLELEMENTARY

PANTHERPRIDE

SV Parent Teacher Organization

Elementary School Panther Pride SponsorsDeka East Penn Manufacturing CompanyThe Gigliotti Family Trista Hook CreationsLauryn Lush, Pampered Chef Consultant New Era Logistics, Inc.SAM Service Access Management, Inc.Stonewall Farms Produce Sublime Cupcakes

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complete. But all along, Mrs. Seymour kepther goal in mind – to teach children, andboys, in particular, about managing moneyand the power of giving. “I started mybucket list project in class last year,” Mrs.Seymour said. “I have put twenty years in as an educator and I would say to mystudents, ‘once you achieve a goal, set a new goal, reinvent yourself.’”Illustrating was a labor of love as Mrs. Seymour created the visual aspects of the story and added specialimbedded touches to each page –the acronym “GTG” for Good ToGive and the image of a bicycle appearthroughout the book, which can be purchased at FireflyBookstore in Kutztown and Learning Express in Wyomissing.

Moving on…We bid a fond farewell and goodluck in the future to Mr. PatrickSasse, former high school principal.In September, Mr. Sasse accepted arole as principal with the Penn-Delco school district. Mr. MichaelMitchell, who has served as middleschool principal since 2008, hasbeen named the new high schoolprincipal. Mr. Jeremy Kuehner, whoserved as assistant principal at thehigh school from 2008 to 2013, replaces Mr. Mitchell as MiddleSchool principal.

District Receives AwardThe District has again received the

Meritorious BudgetAward for excellence inthe preparation and is-suance of its budget forfiscal year 2016-2017.The award reflects the district’s commitmentto sound fiscal manage-ment and budgetarypolicies. Congratula-tions to Mrs. Wendy

Boarder, Business Manager, and thestaff of the Business Office.

The Gift of GivingMrs. Ronda Lee Seymour, art teacherat the Middle School, recently illus-trated her first book, The Giving Jar.The story, written by Mrs. Sey-mour’s friend, Mrs. Lisa Werley, fol-lows twin brothers Johnny and Jayas they learn what it means to re-ceive an allowance and portiontheir money in order to save, spendand give. “The message is simple,but so powerful,” said Mrs. Seymour.“If you save, spend and share wisely,you will be in a position to givewhen the time comes along.” Thebook went through thirteen differ-ent versions and took six months to

Bringing up a BookwormThe value of a book in the hands of a child cannot be over-estimated. Mrs. Marsha Townsend,fourth grade teacher at the elementary school, believes sofirmly in empowering parents to develop literacy skills withtheir children that she startedher own non-profit, “Bringing Up A Bookworm.”

Through her fiscal sponsor, Humanitarian Social Innovations(HSI), Mrs. Townsend created aprogram that provides childrenwith foundational reading skillsby encouraging parents to readaloud to them from the day theyare born. Her goal is to providegift bags to every expectantmother at an early obstetrics ap-pointment. The bag includes an introductory letter, a brochurefor local libraries and a copy ofMem Fox’s book, Reading Magic:Why Reading Aloud To Our Chil-dren Will Change Their Lives For-ever. “It is our desire that parents,having read this book, will followthrough and read regularly to

their children in infancy and tod-dlerhood, giving each child not only valuable reading skills, butalso enjoyable experiences thatbond parent and child in a warm environment of safety, security, encouragement and love that will be positively associated with readingas the child enters and progressesthrough school,” Mrs. Townsendsaid.

For more information about thisproject and how you can get involved, please see the website,http://humanitariansocialinnovations.com/tools/bringing-up-a-bookworm/

Mr. Robert M. Dempsey, a resident of Ontelaunee Township, is the newestmember of the district’s Board of Directors. Over the past twenty-fiveyears, Mr. Dempsey has been a mem-ber of the Board of Directors twicepreviously, from 1991 to 1995 andfrom 1997 to 2009. He served aspresident of the Board from 1993 to1995 and again from 1998 to 2009.During his most recent term, he alsowas a member of the Board of theBerks County Intermediate Unit.Mr. Dempsey is a member of thePride of Schuylkill Valley Award se-lection committee and was a coach

for Schuylkill Valley Youth Basket-ball for five years and treasurer ofthe organization for nineteen years.A graduate of Albright College(B.A. History) and Temple Univer-sity (Masters, Education), Mr.Dempsey is employed in contractorbuilding supply sales with BerksProducts Corp. He served on theBoard of Directors of the Home-builders Association of BerksCounty and was named AssociateMember of the Year in 2009. Hisfamily includes his wife of forty-twoyears, Claire, and daughter, Laura,who is an SV Class of 2002 alumna.

Schuylkill Valley School Board Reorganization

The 2016-2017 Schuylkill Valley Board of Directors, Seated, from left: Mrs. Linda Lash, Secretary; Mr. Kevin Raudenbush, President; Dr. Jay R. Melvin, Vice President; Mr. G. Dane Miller.Standing, from left: Mr. Paul L. Bendigo; Mr. Jeffrey B. King; Mr. Geoffrey P. Miller; Mr. Robert M. Dempsey; Mr. George H. Mertz III

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Mr. Dempsey believes that the Board’sprimary responsibility is to assure thatall students are afforded educationalopportunities that will enable them tobe productive, contributing membersof their community. “I will work col-laboratively and collectively with theSV community, the school board andthe administration towards that goal,”Mr. Dempsey said. “I believe that withmy sixteen years of previous boardservice I can be an asset to this schooldistrict. I have an understanding ofthe responsibilities and limitations ofthe position and will do my best to ful-fill those responsibilities.”

Michele AdamsEmployment

Tatum AdamsCedar Crest College

Damon ArenaAlbright College

Daniel AustillPenn State University

Brianna BairBloomsburg University

Olivia BauerReading Area Community College

Sage BeringU.S. Marines/Navy

Elenia Bernet-AponteReading Area Community College

Noah BohnCulinary Institute ofAmerica

Nikole BotschellerShippensburg University

Bailey BoyerAmerican University

Bree-Anna BoyerBerks Technical Institute

Catherine BoyleKeystone College

Lillian BoyleWilson College

Chelsea BrennanUniversity of Pittsburgh

Caitlin BrickeyBloomsburg University

Andrea BruchezUtah Valley University

Madeline BrzostekPenn State University

Zachary BubelThaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Claire BurkertWidener University

Samantha BurkertPhiladelphia University

Elizabeth CalenceaAlvernia University

Jordyn CallejaReading Area Community College

Cailynn ChaseReading Area Community College

Isabella CiervoMontclair State University

Emmanuel CivilBloomsburg University

Kevin CookUniversity of Oklahoma

Tony Ray CruzReading Area Community College

Joshua CurleyKutztown University

Aritte De la RosaReading Area Community College

Derek DewaldPenn State University

Kyle DimovitzAmerican University

Garreth DonlyReading Area Commu-nity College

Skye DouglasUniversity of Pittsburgh

Alyssa Engel-SwiftWilson College

Dustin EvansEmployment

Dakota FaustPenn State University

Jacob FenstermacherEmployment

Mileishlia Fernandez-MoralesCedar Crest College

Sydney FosterPenn State University

Sophie GoadDeSales University

Shelby GoodhartReading Area Community College

Daisy GraceLafayette College

Morgan GriffithsNorthampton Com-munity College

Samantha HaagReading Area Community College

Adam HarmuthU.S. Air Force

Alyssa HartliebWest Chester University

Dylan HeckmanReading HospitalSchool of Health Sciences

Aaron HessKutztown University

Jaden HillThe Academy of Dramatic Arts

Brent HoffertReading Area Community College

Riley HorningDuquesne University

Jacob HorstAlvernia University

Tiffany HudockBerks Technical Institute

Jack InnisStevenson University

Shianne JamesPenn State University

Megan JardinePenn State University

Anna JohnsUniversity of Pittsburghat Johnstown

Jacob KieneU.S. Army

Hunter KneppEmployment

Madison KneppPenn State University

Gabrielle KnowlesU.S. National Guard

Brett KochMessiah College

Emily LigowskiBerks Technical Institute

Joshua MaccaroneKutztown University

Justin MadenfordKutztown University

Erin MahoneyUniversity of Tennesseeat Martin

Emilia MaressaSlippery Rock University

Alyssa MarmontelloReading Area Community College

Alyssa MartinezKent State University

Angel MartinezPolice Academy

Emily MaulickMetro Beauty Academy

Rachel MazurReading Area Community College

Kortney McEwenWest Chester University

Kevin McGinleyPenn State University

Heather MengelIndiana University ofPennsylvania

Matthew MilanekPenn State University

Dalton MohringLebanon Valley College

Benjamin MoodyKutztown University

Ethan MoquinKutztown University

Joseph MundellUniversity of Pittsburgh

Luke Munoz-ColonAustin Community College

Megan MurphyClarkson University

Charles OrrEmployment

Austin OswaldIndiana University of Pennsylvania

Estefany PaezPenn State University

Naquan PassAutomotive Training Center

Skyler PereraReading Area Community College

Brianna PerezReading Area Community College

Tylor PhillipsEmployment

Adriana PopaUniversity of the Arts

Monika RaudenbushColorado Mountain College

Kevin ReichartSoutheastern Louisiana

University

Carson ReitnauerEmployment

Jenson ReitnauerEmployment

Nolan Rickert West Virginia University

Michael RinehartAlbright College

Rhett RobinsonBrigham Young University

Joseph RunkleU.S. Army

Abigail SalviYork Technical Institute

Kadijah SannohReading Area Community College

Kiersten Santoro WalterThe Academy of Dramatic Arts

Cameron ScarpacuiWilkes University

Aaron SchlegelUniversity of Richmond

Cassandra SchlotterEmployment

Samuel ScicchitanoThaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Jesse SeidelU.S. Navy

Alexus SenishenShippensburg University

Joseph SensenigElizabethtown College

Tyler ShriverPolice Academy

Alyssa SickReading Area Community College

Brett SigodaPenn State University

R. Aaron SmithMillersville University

Zachary SpatzAlbright College

Jacob StahlAlvernia University

Meghan SteffeyAlvernia University

Samuel StellwagonBloomsburg University

Lauren StephanyTemple University

Savanah StevensNorthampton Community College

Tabitha StoudtEmployment

Macala StylerReading Hospital School of Health Sciences

Daniel TetreaultMiddlebury College

Sarah TimmonsReading Area Community College

Kaitlynn TindallReading Area Community College

Angelica TotaPhiladelphia University

Olivia Velgara Employment

Gabriella VeraReading Area Community College

Calliesta WatmuffKutztown University

Evan WhitmoyerLiberty University

Jacqueline WilliamsReading Area Community College

Kyle WorrellAlvernia University

Valerie YoderFrostburg State University

Billie ZadloAlbright College

Madison ZimmermanAlbright College

Syrah ZimmermanAlbright College

CLASS OF201

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Please consider being part of the Panther PridePath project, a proud combination of family,community, alumni, faculty, staff, current students, and all supporters of the Panther PrideStadium Campaign. As part of the project, 4" x 8" name brick pavers from Glen-Gery Corporation will be installed at the newly renovated SVSD stadium.

Plans include installing the pavers on both sidesof the main grandstand. Graduating seniors willwalk over the Panther Pride Path as they enterand leave commencement ceremonies. You maypersonalize your brick with up to 3 lines of textwith no more than 15 characters per line. Make sure to use all capital letters. All forms are subject to review and anything deemed inappropriate will not be processed.

Please fill out all contact information in case we have any questions about your order form.The cost of each brick is $100 with 100% of theprofits after materials/installation going to thestadium project. A separate form is required foreach brick. Additional forms may be printed byaccessing our website at Panther Pride Stadiumcampaign so please share this information withother family members and fellow alumni.Schuylkill Valley will live forever in our heartsand now we can give something lasting back.

Examples of inscriptions:John SmithClass of 2013

In Memory ofMary JonesClass of 1938

Jill, John, Susan & WilliamSmith Family

Cost is $100 per brick paver. 100% of proceeds benefit the stadium project.

Your brick can be imprinted with up to three lines, with a maximum of 15 characters per line (including spaces).

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Opening Day Raffle SponsorsEach year on the first official day of thenew school year for teachers, facultyand staff participate in a raffle to raisemoney for the United Way of BerksCounty. This year, the raffle againraised more than $1,000. We are grateful to the following sponsors who donated prizes for the raffle:

Andali’s Family Restaurant

Blue Marsh Italian Restaurant

Cammauf Family Farm

CK Tours & Cruises

Crossroads Family Restaurant

Dino’s Wings & Things

Esbenshade’s Garden Centers

Eshelman Transportation, Inc.

Fehl’s Pool, Patio & Stoves

Johnny & Jay Books

Just Born, Inc.

La Vie Nails & Spa

Leesport Diner

Luigi’s Italian Delight

Maidencreek Distributing LLC

Schell’s Mini-Golf

Sheetz

Spokes Bike Shop

Start To Finish Sportswear

Stitch ‘N Stuff

Tranquility Day Spa & Salon

VF Outlet Center