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RAIDER RAIDER Pride Pride Summer 2015 SV bids fond farewell Seneca Valley said farewell to staff members at a retirement luncheon held on June 9. A combined total of approximately 700 years of service, these 32 individuals represent the teaching, paraprofessional, maintenance and cafeteria staff, and will be missed by many. The 2014-15 Seneca Valley retirees are: Wednesday, August 26 First Day of School for 2015-16 First Day Reminder! * More dates can be found on our homepage at www.svsd.net. Jonette Capra - SVMS - 22 years of service John Citro - IHS - 18 years of service Carolyn Conti - HMS - 25 years of service William Crummy - SHS - 33 years of service Bonnie DeHart - ECE - 30 years of service Kathy Doerfler - HES - 26 years of service Vicki Frishkorn - HMS - 26 years of service Roslyn Fudor - HES - 18 years of service Mary Ann Gallant - HES - 4 years of service Ruth Glasser - IHS -18.5 years of service Nancy Graham - SHS - 31 years of service Linda Hull - CVE - 19.5 years of service Jeffrey Jinar - HES - 17.5 years of service Mary Lou Jinar - CVE - 4 years of service Wendy Kasing - IHS - 23.5 years of service Toni Keefer - SVMS - 25 years of service Clarence Knox - RES - 28.5 years of service Andrew Kysel - CVE - 24 years of service Rozann Lamberto - HES - 23 years of service Jane Leo - SVMS - 35 years of service Nancy Lintelman - HES - 35 years of service Rita Lonzo - SHS - 15 years of service Elizabeth Maguire - CVE - 13 years of service Nancy Murphy - SVMS - 25.5 years of service James Nagle - SHS - 24 years of service Mary Alice Parish - CVE - 23 years of service Sherri Schubert - ECE - 32.5 years of service Suzanne Sherman - HES - 10 years of service Dale Wagner - SHS - 27.5 - years of service Lynn Wagner - IHS - 21.5 - years of service Margaret Wahl - IHS - 17 years of service Mary Wildman - SHS - 33.5 - years of service Bus drivers have a special job. We invite you to be a part of our team!

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RAIDERRAIDERPridePrideSummer 2015

SV bids fond farewell

Seneca Valley said farewell to staff members at a retirement luncheon held on June 9. A combined total of approximately 700 years of service, these 32 individuals represent the teaching, paraprofessional, maintenance and cafeteria staff, and will be missed by many.

The 2014-15 Seneca Valley retirees are:Wednesday, August 26First Day of School for 2015-16

First Day Reminder!

* More dates can be found on our homepage at www.svsd.net.

Jonette Capra - SVMS - 22 years of serviceJohn Citro - IHS - 18 years of serviceCarolyn Conti - HMS - 25 years of serviceWilliam Crummy - SHS - 33 years of serviceBonnie DeHart - ECE - 30 years of serviceKathy Doerfler - HES - 26 years of serviceVicki Frishkorn - HMS - 26 years of serviceRoslyn Fudor - HES - 18 years of serviceMary Ann Gallant - HES - 4 years of serviceRuth Glasser - IHS -18.5 years of serviceNancy Graham - SHS - 31 years of serviceLinda Hull - CVE - 19.5 years of serviceJeffrey Jinar - HES - 17.5 years of serviceMary Lou Jinar - CVE - 4 years of serviceWendy Kasing - IHS - 23.5 years of serviceToni Keefer - SVMS - 25 years of service

Clarence Knox - RES - 28.5 years of serviceAndrew Kysel - CVE - 24 years of serviceRozann Lamberto - HES - 23 years of serviceJane Leo - SVMS - 35 years of serviceNancy Lintelman - HES - 35 years of serviceRita Lonzo - SHS - 15 years of serviceElizabeth Maguire - CVE - 13 years of serviceNancy Murphy - SVMS - 25.5 years of serviceJames Nagle - SHS - 24 years of serviceMary Alice Parish - CVE - 23 years of serviceSherri Schubert - ECE - 32.5 years of serviceSuzanne Sherman - HES - 10 years of serviceDale Wagner - SHS - 27.5 - years of serviceLynn Wagner - IHS - 21.5 - years of serviceMargaret Wahl - IHS - 17 years of serviceMary Wildman - SHS - 33.5 - years of serviceBus drivers

have a special job.

We invite you to be a part of

our team!

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A little stormy weather didn’t stop approximately 571 students from graduating on Friday, May 29. The Class of 2015 is the 50th graduating class from Seneca Valley. Congratulations to all SV graduates!

Making history

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The Seneca Valley School District and communities of Cranberry Township, Evans City Borough and Zelienople Borough and with the assistance of the SV Swim Club, taught each of the elementary schools students (grades 1-4) about water safety at the beginning of June.

Below are photos of SV elementary students participating in a water safety day at Cranberry Township’s Waterpark. We thank all of our local municipalities for their assistance in these important lessons regarding safety around water bodies, how to get help in a water emergency situation and weather safety around water.

(Water) safety first!

Rowan Elementary School is excited to announce the recent installation of the school’s “Buddy” Bench.

Placed outside on the playground, the purpose of the Buddy Bench is to eliminate loneliness at recess by inviting those students who do not have someone to play with to sit on the bench. Others playing will notice if someone is on the bench and are encouraged to then invite that child to play with him or her.

This is a project that was brought to Mrs. Lauren O’Donnell, school counselor, earlier this year by student Madison Denham (both Ms. O’Donnell and Miss Denham are pictured here on the bench). Since then, many individuals have been working on making this project happen, including the PTA for funding the materials.

Before the Buddy Bench became available for use by students, they were instructed on the appropriate way to use it. The lesson created was complete with a teacher guide, PowerPoint presentation, and video skits of students role-playing. Below is the link to the video of the skits.

According to Ms. O’Donnell, “it was a joy to work with the featured students in making the Buddy Bench possible. Thanks to Madison’s wonderful idea and passion to make the Buddy Bench possible, our playground will be a caring place where students feel happy and accepted.”

To watch a video about the Buddy Bench, click here.

Rowan introduces the ‘Buddy’ Bench

Evans City Elementary and Middle School students and staff recently participated in and raised over $20,000 at the 8th annual STOMP Out Cancer Walk. The schools presented the substantial check to the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) on May 29.

Pictured at right: Eleanor Flannery from UPCI, Alivia Clawson, student at Evans City Middle School, Derek Wessel, student at Evans City Middle School, Lauri Pendred, Evans City Elementary Principal and Lorraine Scarpino, STOMP Out Cancer Chairperson and retired Evans City Elementary Teacher.

STOMP is held in memory of two former teachers, Mrs. Linda Saulle and Mr. Roy Waugaman, who lost their battles with cancer. STOMP participants also walk in memory of and/or in honor of their family and friends who have been affected by cancer.

One hundred percent of all the monies raised go to UPCI. STOMP organizers recently visited the UPCI where they were photographed with a plaque that recognized their efforts. The plaque hangs on the wall at the UPCI cancer research wing at the Hillman Cancer Center. Seen here: Mr. Tom Saulle, husband of the late Ms. Linda Saulle, Ms. Lauri Pendred, principal of Evans City Elementary, Ms. Lorraine Scarpino, Evans City Elementary retiree and Mr. Todd Saulle, son of Tom and Linda Saulle. While there, a future partnership for STEM was made with Dr. Edward Chu who leads the colon cancer research from Ms. Saulle’s endowment. The STOMP Out Cancer Walk has raised $101, 592.50 over the past seven years.

More pictures and information about STOMP can be found here.

STOMP out cancer!

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The Cranberry Township Area Lions Club held their second of two yearly Student Effort and Initiative (SEI) ceremonies which recognized top Seneca Valley Middle School (SVMS) students (pictured at right) for their outstanding accomplishment and activities on May 26.

The three SEI honorees were seventh grade students Aiden Hoffman, Grace Sloat and Emily Tekelenburg, who were “Student of the Month” for February, March and April respectively.

The Cranberry Township Area Lions Mr. Mike St. Clair, Mr. Tim Roscoe, and President-elect Mr. Clyde Cameron presented the students with a certificate of recognition and a gift card to Barnes & Noble bookstore.

In addition, another SVMS seventh grade student, Maranda Dunn, was also recognized for placing third in the Cranberry Lions district wide Peace Poster contest.

Evans City Middle School and Haine Middle School recently had expert, Mr. Philip Little, assigned to the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Education and Outreach Unit, present a cyber safety assembly to fifth and sixth grade students.

Mr. Little covered topics that included how words can be hurtful, the difference between bullying and cyberbullying, the importance of reporting cyberbullying and much more.

Cyber safety

Evans City Middle School (ECMS) and Haine Middle School (HMS) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Fems hosted a Parent Recognition Night during the month of May. Parents were invited to join their child and the group for an evening of STEM focused fun and adventure, as they celebrated the potential, interest, and talents demonstrated by the STEM Fems. The students, along with their parents, had to invent a device that launched a pom pom into the air. Students and parents were provided a bag of materials to create the launcher and had guidelines and focus questions to consider while creating it. The evening concluded with students testing their device at the launch pad to see how far their creation launched.

Launching into STEM

Evans City Elementary students in Mr. Eric Fogle’s classroom spent the last few weeks of school learning how to use green technology for video. Students took turns utilizing the tool most often used for weather reports to record baseball poetry. They memorized baseball poems and presented them in front of the class (and the green paper). Students also partnered up to perform the “Who’s on First” skit and were able to choose their favorite baseball background to make the recordings.

Click here to see these famous moments in baseball history come to life.

Technology in the classroom is a homerun

Cranberry Lions recognize SVMS students for outstanding achievements

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Evans City Elementary fourth graders enjoyed their recent indoor/outdoor “throwback” excursion to the Meadowcroft Rockshelter in Avella.

Historic excursion

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Field Day FunRowan, CVE, Evans City and Haine

students participated in their school’s field days in early June.

Student classrooms worked as teams and some of the events/

activities included tug of war, capture the flag, “crazy” baseball, water relay and

four square.

Field Day FunField Day Fun

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Erica Chatterjee (on right) and Callee McCosby, members of the Seneca Valley Class of 2015, were awarded national recognition at the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in New York City on Friday, June 5.

Mr. Chatterjee won a national gold medal for his mixed media piece titled “Abstract Self-Portrait.” Miss McCosby was awarded a national silver medal for her ceramics and glass piece entitled “Shoe.” Works receiving Gold Medals were on display at Parsons, The New School for Design through June 14. A selection of work was also featured at Pratt Manhattan Gallery. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards has grown to be the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition initiation for creative teens, and the largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers.

The supplemental support classrooms at Haine Elementary School had two students, Michael Antonucci and Casey Rosenwald, that were selected to have their artwork from the Very Special Art Exhibit at Grove City College move on to the Very Special Arts: Selections by Very Special Students.

This exhibit is sponsored by the Hoyt Institute for Fine Arts and will be displayed at Jameson Memorial Hospital in New Castle, PA. The exhibit is open to the public and will run from July 6 - September 26, 2015.

Very special art, studentsArt students bring home gold, silver

The Seneca Valley Middle School (SVMS) Art Department held their 11th Annual Unveiling and Artists’ Reception for the prestigious and permanent collection of student artwork on May 28.

The reception honored three students including Skyler Clark, and her piece entitled “Morning Glory,” Liam Hillebrand, and his piece titled “Bluebird” and Riley Surratt and her piece titled “Tiger Lily.” (Pictured below on left is Riley Surratt with art teacher Mr. George Williams. Pictured below right, Miss Surratt is joined by her father Brian Surratt on her left, and again with Mr. George Williams on her right.)

SVMS art teachers Mr. George Williams, Mr. Stan Zimmerman and Ms. Kathy Pitluga, unveiled the artwork to district employees, parents, and community members who celebrated the students’ amazing talent.

The Annual Unveiling and Artists’ Reception began in 2005 and the permanent art collection now fills the entire side of the art classroom hallway.

Unveiling talent

Seneca Valley was awarded four awards in the National School Public Relations Association’s (NSPRA) 2015 Publications and Electronic Media Contest. The Seneca Valley communications department received an Award of Merit for the E-Newsletter Raider Pride, an Award of Merit for the 2014-15 SV Calendar “Stand Out!,” an Award of Honorable Mention for the Seneca Valley Academy of Choice Partnering Schools Outreach Program for Technology (OPT) and an Award of Honor Honorable Mention for the Seneca Valley Academy of Choice K-8 Families brochure. There were 919 entries in this year’s contest. In the publications’ portion, there were 568 entries, 99 received Awards of Excellence, 134 received Awards of Merit and 155 received Honorable Mention. NSPRA’s Publications and Electronic Media Awards recognize outstanding education publications and marketing/informational materials (print and electronic), video/TV/radio programs, social media and websites.

SV awarded in NSPRA Publications Contest

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Recent 2015 graduate Bailey Hixon (left) and junior Julia Kooser both placed first in the state level Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (PJAS) Competition at Penn State University May 17-19.

At the competition, they both presented their independent research about biochemistry in front of a board of judges. Miss Kooser presented on “The Effects of Dexamethasone on 3T3 Cell Behavior” and Miss Hixon presented on “The Effects of Sodium Hydroxide Pretreatment on Wheat and Oat Straw.”

The Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (PJAS) is a statewide organization of junior and senior high school students designed to stimulate and promote interest in science among its members through the development of research projects and investigations.

Congratulations to SV student Kelly Cannon (pictured below with winning design). Kelly won a design contest for iHub, the revised name for our Seneca Valley libraries. The Seneca Valley School District is in the process of modernizing the school libraries and library programs, and a name change is just the beginning! Our iHub media specialists in grades K-12 have been hard at work rethinking spaces to optimize layout and design, while providing students with enhanced technology.

Inspirational student, space

Seneca Valley 2015 graduate Teresa Leatherow has been chosen as the recipient of the Pittsburgh World Affairs Council’s prestigious Donald E. Farr Award for 2015.

The Donald E. Farr Award is an award given annually to a student who has exhibited exemplary performance in connection with the Council education programs.

“The Education Committee of the Council voted unanimously to give the award to Teresa because of her enthusiastic interest in international affairs, her participation in Council programs, and her genuine efforts to understand the issues that shape the world in which she will live and work,” said Mr. Gerald Voros, Acting President of the World Affairs Councils of Pittsburgh, “considering the thousands of students served by the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh during a typical program year, Teresa has every reason to feel honored for having merited this special recognition.”

The award was presented to Miss Leatherow at a Council luncheon at noon at the Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh on June 16.

SV grad recipient of Donald E. Farr Award

Two first place winners at PJAS

Seneca Valley students in the Industrial Technology Club participated in the regional finals BotsIQ Competition at California University of Pennsylvania on April 25.

The student group worked as a team to design, wire and fabricate a 15 lb. RC controlled battle bot. The student bot, nick-named “Golden Toaster 2.0,” advanced to the third round of the competition before suffering damage to one of the main drive motors.

Team members who attended the regional finals (pictured left to right) Paul Sandherr, Justin LeJune, Jack Lachendro, Kobie Rankin, Mike Zimmerman, Jake Gebrosky, Kristen Welsh, Josh Vargo and Peter Gemperle. The club mentor Caleb O’Brien, (not pictured) is an electronics engineering technician from Mecco Marking & Traceability located in Cranberry Township. Mecco Marking and Traceability also served as their industry partner.

Southwestern PA BotsIQ is an educational robotics competition for high school age students. It provides these students with a unique, hands-on experience that allows them to discover the possibilities of a career in the manufacturing sector, and other science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) fields.

Battle of the bots

The Challenge Program, Inc. distributed financial awards to five seniors at Seneca Valley High School for excelling in the areas of attendance, academic improvement, academic excellence, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and community service.

Westinghouse-Cranberry is the sponsor of the program at the school.

Pictured from left to right are: William Drambel (Academic Excellence); Joshua Focht (Attendance); Mark Ziegenfuss with The Challenge Program, Inc.; Zachary Bryson (Academic Improvement); and Bailyn Bench (Community Service). Not pictured: Valerie Jordan (STEM).

The Challenge Program awards SV seniors

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The 2015 SV All-School Musical The Addams Family picked up seven awards at the 2015 Henry Mancini Musical Theatre Awards on May 30. The annual event recognized outstanding achievement in high school musical theater in Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties. Seneca Valley was named a winner in overall production, overall performance, technical execution, ensemble and community engagement. Two Lead Actress Awards were also given to Rachel Carmella as Wednesday Addams (pictured in top photo, third from left) and Hayley Hoss as Morticia Addams (pictured in top photo, fifth from left). The awards ceremony was held at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center and included nominees from 31 schools.

SV garners 7 Mancini Awards

Keystone State Music Theater (KSMT) chose two Seneca Valley student apprentices to be a part of their upcoming professional summer season. Eighth grade student Tessa DeJeet and recent 2015 graduate, Lance Hahn will be working backstage during Always…Patsy Cline and are both ensemble members in Pinkalicious, The Musical.

“These talented students at KSMT are learning about professional theater onstage and off,” Chris Saunders, founder and artistic director of KSMT said, “it is not only exciting, but important that we provide them with this experience.”

KSMT Academy offers classes in dance disciplines, voice, song repertoire, acting, musical theater, and improv.

Two SV students take part in Keystone State Music Theater’s Professional Summer Season

Senior, Katherine Platt, had the best time in the state of Pennsylvania for a regional exam she took for the Trig-Star mathematics competition held at Seneca Valley on May 7. Miss Platt was one of 16 Seneca Valley students to take the test and was the only one of out of all 16 students to complete all questions correctly in 54 minutes. The Trig-Star contest is an annual high school mathematics competition sponsored by the National Society of Professional Surveyors that focuses on practical applications of Trigonometry. Its purpose is to promote and recognize mastery of trigonometry among high school students and to acquaint them with practical applications of trigonometry in the Engineering professionals.

Star student

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Over 2,000 votes were cast for your favorite logo in celebration of our 50 years as a unified district. An overwhelming 61 percent chose the winning logo featured here. Thank you for participating. Happy 50th Anniversary, SV!

The votes are in!

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What’s Happening in Raider Athletics – Summer 2015What’s Happening in Raider Athletics – Summer 2015

PHYSICALS, DRUG TESTING, & CONCUSSION TESTING for 2015-16

The Athletic Department has confirmed summer dates for physicals, drug testing, and ImPACT baseline concussion testing. A few important reminders:

• NEW in 2015: ALL paperwork must be received in the athletic office no later than Thursday, August 6, 2015 by 3 p.m. (new date – extended from previous date of August 4, 2015). No longer will we accept paperwork on the first day of tryouts.

• The PIAA mandates the CIPPE form as the only permissible form for doctor’s signature – this form can be found on Athletics website and/or the SV Portal.

• All required paperwork for athletic participation in 2015-16 is now available on the SV Portal.

• All student-athletes must be registered in the SV Portal under “Sports Registration” before competing. Registration is now open.

• Complete information is available here.

Remaining Drug Testing & ImPACT Baseline Concussion Testing – Senior High School(No physicals in July)

• July 22, 2015 from 3:30 – 7:30 p.m.

• July 23, 2015 from 8 a.m. – Noon & 1 – 3 p.m.

• July 29, 2015 from 3:30 – 7:30 p.m.

• July 30, 2015 from 8 a.m. – Noon & 1– 3 p.m.

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AlumniAlumniNews & NotesNews & Notes

Mr. Simon Brown, a 2011 Seneca Valley graduate recently graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Arts and Philosophy degree in History and Philosophy. We asked him to catch us up on what he is doing today and how Seneca Valley influenced his life and career.

Q: Tell us about your occupation.A: I have just graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with BA and BPhil degrees in History and Philosophy. I am going to begin a full-time, fully-funded PhD in history at the University of California, Berkeley in August. I will be studying my specific research area, that is, schools and universities in Europe between the sixteenth and eighteenth century. I will also be teaching undergraduate courses as I work on my research. I have always loved historical research and writing, but I am most excited about the opportunity to teach history to undergrads.

Q: Please share with us some information about your family. A: My mother is Laura Hagg and my stepfather is Dustin Hagg of Cranberry Twp., my father is Christopher Brown and my stepmother is Brenda Brown of Economy (PA), and my brother is Ryan Brown, a newspaper reporter in Altoona (Seneca Valley graduate, class of 2008).

Q: How did Seneca Valley help you become the person you are today, both personally and professionally? A: Seneca Valley provided fantastic examples of passionate teaching from which I have drawn as a summer school teacher and as a teaching assistant at Pitt. The opportunities to participate in Model UN, National History Day and theater at SV instilled a lasing love of debate and performance. My teachers’ individual commitments to their students have provided a model against which I judge other classes in which I have been a student and a teacher.

Q: What do you think makes Seneca Valley such a special place to learn and grow?A: My time at SV gave me a special appreciation for individual teachers’ dedication to students’ curiosity -- something not common in many public schools. I never felt as though I was being directed into any one career path or narrow future prospects. My teachers often listened to my interests and respected my opinions and ideas as they would an adult, rather than telling me that my educational aspirations were ‘impractical.’

Q: Who was your favorite teacher/coach/SV staff member?A: I cannot list only one. If I were to list my most influential teachers, I would say Alison Schuster, Jim Lucot, Dale Wagner, Mike Stebbins and the late Gary Watkins and Cheryl Schaudt.

Q: What is one of your favorite memories from your time at Seneca Valley? A: I couldn’t remember only one specific moment, but my fondest memories all come from my times rehearsing for the IHS, Senior Class and Thespian plays with some of my closest friends in SV theater.

Q: If you had one message for teachers or staff, what would it be? A: No one can fully appreciate the work that you do as teachers until he/she tries it. I have gained a unique respect for high school and middle school teachers only after standing in front of a class and trying to do what you do every day.

Q: Is there anything else you’d like to share about your time at Seneca Valley or your time since Seneca Valley? A: If Seneca Valley wants to continue to produce accomplished and striving students, trust your teachers’ abilities and commitments. They know far more about your students than any standardized test.

Alumni Q & A with Simon Brown, Seneca Valley Class of 2011

Amanda Shoup, 2010 graduate of Seneca Valley, is a student chef at American Academy of Culinary Arts at Pittsburgh Technical Institute, and recently earned a bronze medal at regionals in the 2015 Jeunes Chef Rôtisseurs competition sponsored by La Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, an international gastronomic society.

Earlier this year, Shoup took first place at the Pittsburgh competition. She works at the Duquesne Club. Shoup aspires to become an executive chef.

Mr. Matthew Beahm, a 1977 Seneca Valley graduate recently acquired a house containing art work by former Seneca Valley art teacher Mr. Dean Marshall. Mr. Beahm was generous enough to donate two of Mr. Marshall’s pieces; a contemporary oil painting on canvas and a copper sculpture, to the Seneca Valley School District.

The late Mr. Marshall primarily taught in the senior high school for over three decades (1960s-1990s). He was also instrumental in developing SVTV.

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Forty-eight meals were prepared in just three days.

Preparing meals was just one of the things that five Seneca Valley food service employees along with 22 other local attendees did when Seneca Valley School District’s (SVSD) Food Service Department hosted a culinary training session from June 9-11 in the intermediate high school.

Chef Bill Scepansky, CEO of Smart Partner Solutions and a consultant for the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), Division of Food and Nutrition, provided a hands-on culinary training that included knife skills, methodology behind making salads and blending dressings, vegetable cookery, dried beans/legumes and grains preparation, seasonings, flavorings and their uses as well as food production planning.

This is one of six sessions to be held throughout Pennsylvania in 2015 for school food service directors and workers. The objective of the sessions is to train school food service personnel in the preparation and presentation of attractive, healthy meals that students will enjoy. Another training will be held at SVSD again on Wednesday, November 11.

These trainings are in alignment with the Healthy Hungry Free Kids Act (HHFKA), which is meant to ensure that healthy nutritious meals be served to all students in schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program. A section of the bill requires that professional standards for each food service employee be met starting July 2015.

Funding for these sessions is from the US Department of Agriculture administered through PDE, Division of Food and Nutrition. The project is managed through PDE’s partnership with Penn State University known as Project PA.

Chef Scepansky is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York and has vast experience working with schools and encouraging school food service staff and students to embrace new and healthier foods. He has partnered with PDE on various trainings and was instrumental in piloting the chef to schools program.

SVSD Food Service department cooks up a great training

Haine School teachers Ms. Kathy Mahony and Ms. Allison Stebbins (seen standing at right) recently attended the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Innovation Summer Institute (Maker Movement) two-day conference at South Fayette Township School District.

The two SV teachers (and a third group member from Moon Area School District) participated in a Design Challenge, where groups had to design and build a structure made entirely of newspaper and masking tape. The structure had to be able to fit a person inside and also be able to bear weight.

The structure created by our very own SV teachers was simple, but held up to 18 pounds without collapsing!

“The conference was very informative and we certainly learned a lot, “said Ms. Mahony, gifted and cyber business teacher, “We also received a variety of new ideas to add to our gifted programs for next school year.”

The STEAM Innovation Summer Institute provides professional development opportunities to assist districts in transforming education through innovation and to provide experiences for teachers that will become a springboard to a greater vision.

STEAM Summer Initiative

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Seneca Valley School District – Substitute Certified School Nurse, available on an as needed basis in all nine district buildings. Requirements: RN and current CPR certification, proficient technology skills, strong communication & interpersonal skills. School nursing experience preferred. Please access the district website at http://www.svsd.net/Page/223. Complete the classified application under the section titled “Substitutes Teachers & Substitute School Nurses.” Clearances required. Submit your application to [email protected]. E.O.E.

Paraprofessionals (Special Education Learning Support), available immediately. Seneca Valley School District is accepting applications for paraprofessionals in various district buildings. Responsibilities include supervising students’ daily routines. Requirements: Proficient technology skills, strong communication & interpersonal skills. Submit classified application, cover letter, resume, clearances, and three letters of reference to our online application at https://senecavalley.cloud.talentedk12.com/hire/index.aspx. Applications accepted until positions are filled. E.O.E.