The Academic Decathlon competition was recently held at Montoursville Area High School. Montoursville’s team came in second place, South Williamsport in third and St. John Neumann in fifth place out of eight teams. In the scholastic division Hunter Moyer, 12th grade, received two gold ...
The fall 2018 stock market game ended Dec. 14 with Montgomery High School students Rhyle Strausbaugh, Gage Yohn, Brayden Strouse and Brennan Bailey ranking first in the state for the Pennsylvania Council of Financial Literacy’s (PennCFL) stock market challenge. The spring stock market game ...
One doesn’t have to be a historian, but it may be beneficial to be a bit of a theater buff to be both entertained and enlightened by “A Brief History of Broadway.” Beginning later this month, Lycoming College will present a four part community seminar course with Gary Boerckel, ...
During December, Southern Tioga students in kindergarten through sixth grade learned about computer programming in their library classes. Students are applying their knowledge in a series of challenges during Southern Tioga’s Robotics Day. Robotics Day will help students understand how ...
The Financial Aid Office at Pennsylvania College of Technology will help current and future college students and their families complete the 2019-20 Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Penn College’s free FAFSA completion session is scheduled at 4 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The session ...
On the surface, the three men have little in common. They are separated by appearance, age, background and job title. But the three share educational roots at Pennsylvania College of Technology and mission at Packaging Progressions Inc. in Souderton. Larry Ward founded the company to design ...
Damon Young, co-founder of VerySmartBrothas and senior editor of The Root, will be at Lycoming College at 7 p.m. Thursday in Clarke Chapel on the Lycoming College campus. This event is free and open to the public. With work that vacillates from anthropological satire and absurdist racial ...
Jersey Shore High School organic chemistry students recently visited Lycoming College’s chemistry laboratory to learn organic synthesis that they are unable to perform in the high school lab. Led by Jersey Shore High School chemistry teachers, Alex Hunter ‘09 and William Ferguson, the ...
I bought myself a laptop this summer, mainly in preparation for college next year, but also for my senior year of high school. Just like many of the other devices I have, I find myself accustomed to using it every day. I use it for school work, column writing, social media and even the ...
JERSEY SHORE — This month’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) student of the month is Kristopher Zinck, 12th grade. He is part of the culinary arts Career and Technical Education program at Jersey Shore Area Senior High School. “I’ve always been in the kitchen my whole life cooking ...
It’s that time of year when any enclosed spaces, especially schools, can feel like germ factories, with cold and flu bugs lurking and multiplying on every surface. What are parents and teachers to do? It’s time for “handwashing awareness,” said Jill Wood, information systems ...
The Zeitgeist String Trio is a musical group that consists of and is run by three high school students. The group’s musicians are Emilie Tupper on violin, Megan Wike on viola, and Rachel Boll on cello. The trio began playing together last winter when Megan Wike had an idea to direct a ...
Without A Cue is Williamsport High Area School’s improvisation troupe. Their shows consist of an array of improvisational activities including things such as group pantomime and activities like as “Hitchhiker,” “Freeze” and “Lines on the Floor.” Improvisation requires ...
One of Williamsport Area High School’s very own, Lydia Smith, had a very successful fall sport season this year. As a junior, Smith is involved in several sports including cross country, swimming, and track. This cross country season, Smith again qualified for districts as she has each of ...
Williamsport Area High School and Middle School recently had visitors from Edith Coden University located in Perth, Western Australia. Nine students and two professors made the three-day trip, thanks to a sister program at Bucknell College. Bucknell students also traveled to Australia to ...
MONTGOMERY — One student, Lexus Gebhart, wanted to donate her birthday money to the Lycoming County SPCA and through her act of kindness her classmates and teachers at Montgomery rallied together to make a bigger impact. Gebhart and Randi Jo Preston, special education teacher for ...
Captivating. That’s the word that I would use to describe the “Nutcracker” performance I saw last weekend. I had been to a few Saint John’s School of the Arts performances in the past, but nothing compared to this spectacular performance. The lighting, props, costumes and talent blew me ...
“Coat drive,” “Volunteers needed,” or “Canned food drive” is not exactly what you would expect to see on the chalkboard next to AP Calculus 2 problems. But my classmates and I are used to seeing those reminders by now. The constant announcements and Mrs. Flint’s smiling face are ...
While thinking about this week’s column, I considered Powderpuff, but dismissed the idea because I worried it was too cliche. Yet it seemed that in every one of my classes, people were excited about Powderpuff. So excited that I could no longer ignore it. The excitement begins in October ...
Zoe Wagner remembers the excitement she felt in second grade participating in the show her big brother, Zane, organized to raise money for Make-A-Wish. “It was my first time performing in front of anyone, and I was very nervous,” Wagner recalls. “But even at a young age, I knew that ...