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Octorara Area JR./SR. High SchoolPrincipal’s Monthly Spotlight
February 2012
The annual blood drive, led by students Cy Kauffman, Danielle Murray and
Kharrera Hill, was a success. The Red Cross was able to collect 99 productive
units of blood, potentially helping 297 people in southeast Pennsylvania.
The art students at OAHS have claimed a number awards at this year’s Lancaster
County Young Artist Competition. The competition is tough to place in because the
level of competition is fierce. Please congratulate this year’s winners when you see
them.
Melanie Andersen 3 Exhibition
Hannah Anderson 3 Exhibition
Jeanna Bissinger 1 Silver, 1 Exhibition
Rachel Boldt 3 Exhibition
Eliza Brown 1 Silver
Jonathan Brown 1 Silver, 3 Exhibition
Alissa Buckwalter 1 Exhibition
Bryar Bullock 1 Exhibition Bailey Peterson 1 Gold, 3 Exhibition
Rebecca Burrell 1 Exhibition Julie Upchurch 1 Exhibition
Ashley Camacho 1 Silver Casey Urban 3 Exhibition
Bradley Camerote 1 Exhibition Victoria Whitney 1 Exhibition
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Emily Carrigan 1 Exhibition Adam Winski 1 Exhibition
Kassie Cordillo 1 Exhibition Alejandra Zavala 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Exhibition
Holly Cosenza 1 Exhibition
Annalyce Daprix 1 Exhibition
Julia Ditro 1 Exhibition
Kelsie Dougherty 3 Exhibition
Roy Engel 2 Exhibition
Brianna Fletcher 1 Silver, 1 Exhibition
Hannah Gillespie 1 Exhibition
Sasafras Gingrich 1 Exhibition
Alexis Gwizdak 2 Exhibition
Phoebe Harnish 1 Silver
Stephanie Hertweck 1 Silver, 3 Exhibition
Sarah Jurasinski 1 Exhibition
Cody Kime 1Silver
Lauren King 1 Exhibition
Sergei Lapp 2 Exhibition
Kevin Launi 1 Exhibition
Emily Maxwell 3 Exhibition
Wesley McCormick 1 Exhibition
Jeremy Miller 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Exhibition
Omar Murillo 3 Exhibition
Sierra Myers 1 Exhibition
Julya Nichols 1 Exhibition
Madison Oster 1 Exhibition
Bruce Reeves 1 Exhibition
Erika Schaefer 1 Exhibition
Jessica Stead 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 5 Exhibition
Caitlin Stoltzfus 1 Silver
Jolene Sweitzer 1 Exhibition
Cassandra Triplet 1 Exhibition
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FEBRUARY
6 Richard Baker
6 Jason Ralston
14 Karen Letts
14 Tina Nuse
15 John Cummings
17 Laura Keefer21 Scott Cullen
23 Matt Livingood
26 Joe Coyle
26 Pat Ford
27 Christine Robinson
Jr. High Spelling Bee This year’s Spelling Bee took place on January 24. We had a strong field of 23
seventh and eighth grade students. Thank you to everyone who participated in theSpelling Bee. Congratulations to Danielle Durning who is this year’s winner.Congratulations also to Olivia DeHaven for her strong second place finish.Danielle represented Octorara Junior High at the Chester County Spelling Bee onFebruary 7. While she did very well, she was eliminated in the second round. Makesure to congratulate her the next time you see her.
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Olivia DeHaven and Danielle Durning
Here are all of the participants.
Seventh Grade
Front Row (l. to r.): Mackinze Burdett, Michael Choudhary, Brandon Watterson, AlexDilworthBack Row (l. to r.): Olivia DeHaven, Lucas Tiffany, Erin Lomboy, Miles Horton, AnnaCassidy, Amanda Herr, Ben Stapleton, Sean Hazen, Muhammad Parham-Ransom
Eighth Grade
Front Row (l. to r.): Chloe Kerr, Zach Landis, Gave Kepler, Zyaire TwymanBack Row (l. to r.): Dareic Lockman, Billy Duffy, Andrew Ferrari, Alexander Meek,Danielle Durning. Missing from Picture: Julie Mako
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Singing Valentine at Octorara Senior High School On February 14, 2012, the students and teachers at the Octorara
Senior High School were treated to some very special performances of a “Singing Valentine”. The performing group consisted of eight malesingers, known as “Bravely A Cappella”. “Bravely…” meets Mr.William Johnson every Tuesday, after school, and learns 3-4 part acappella songs for tenors and basses.
This year they decided to “market” a singing valentine for the students andstaff members at their senior high school. For $3.00, students, teachers, andother staff members could have a special song performed for their“sweetheart”, during the class of their choice. The song was “1-2-3-4”, asrecorded by Plain White T’s.
Nearly 40 students, teachers, and administrators “bought into the idea”. Themoney collected was distributed evenly among the singers.
Pictured (left to right) are: front row – Jason Sadler, Jose Avila; second row– Daniel Tate, Rusty Lloyd, Caleb Tate; back row – Robert Dowling, JamesSupplee, Joseph Young.
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The Octorara Senior High School Chorus held their first annual dinnerrecital on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Family members and friendsof chorus students enjoyed a pasta dinner (featuring Mary LouJohnson’s famous homemade meatballs and “gravy”), salad, bread,beverages, and desserts, all served by the chorus students themselves.Throughout the evening, these same chorus students took turns
singing their songs to their customers. A total of thirty-one chorusstudents participated, serving close to one hundred patrons. Everyoneseemed to really enjoy the evening, and is already looking forward tonext year’s event.
The evening was organized and put on by these High School ChorusBoosters: Jackie Bonanno, Jenny Hagans, Mary Lou Johnson, GinnyParfitt, Mary Kay Phillips, and Sandy Reel.
Geneva Blaha received 4th place after re-auditions at Region Chorus.
That means she will be placed into All-State Chorus! She’s the firstfemale singer from Octorara to make All-State Chorus in a very longtime!!
On Saturday, March 3 approximately fifty students from Octorara Junior HighSchool participated in the National History Day Regional Competition atImmaculata University. Students spent months researching and preparing theirprojects for presentation to local historians and college professors who evaluatedtheir projects based on a number of criteria including historical accuracy andrelationship to the theme “Revolution, Reaction, and Reform”. The student’sprojects included exhibits, documentaries, and performances.All of the students did an outstanding job representing Octorara. The followingstudents were chosen to represent the Southeast Pennsylvania Region at the StateCompetition in Mechanicsburg, PA in May:
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Grade 7 –Anna Cassidy - First Place – Individual Performance – “ The Vitamin C Revolution”Grade 8-Alexander Meek/Brian Robinson – Second Place – Group Documentary –“How the HueyHelicopter Revolutionized Modern Warfare”Andrew Agen/CJ Huntsinger – Second Place –Group Documentary – “ Thomas Ustick Walter”
Congratulations to Brandon Arnsberger for placing 8th at states in Hersheythis weekend. He had five tough matches for his 145 pound weight class.