february 2012 jr.-sr. high school newsletter

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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



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



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.



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



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.



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:



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.

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