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Walnut Street Christian School Quarter Three Honor Rolls

Honor Roll: First Grade — Gabriella Hunter, Westyn Koch, Henry Krick, Alena Nelson, Wyatt Tomb Second Grade — Westin Brooks, Davis Mellott, Grayson Miller, Payton Nicholson, Dominick Rosh, Annalise Snyder Third Grade — Rebekah Henderson, Asa Sheely Fourth Grade — Carson Brooks, Graden Kilpatrick, Malory Klemick, Lincoln Krick, Victoria Zollitsch Sixth Grade — Evelynne Krick Seventh Grade — Malachi Dick Eighth Grade — Acer Rosypal Ninth Grade — Dominic Brooks 12th Grade — Sydney Kennedy, Clark Thomas Merit Roll: First Grade — Hayden Boob, Juliana ...

St. John Neumann Regional Academy Quarter Three Honor Rolls

High Honor Roll: Sixth Grade — Samantha Almond, Kennadee Ballard, Brooklyn Clabaugh, Elliott Drajem, Kaydance Meixel Seventh Grade — Owen Fagnano, Kane Meixel, William Reed Eighth Grade — Justin Crosby Ninth Grade — Samantha Logue, Breanna Nixon 10th Grade — Ella Ballard, Lucas Bower, Kaidance Meixel, Joseph Pontious, Sophia Reid, Brandon Walter 11th Grade — Emma Gallew, Joshua Hamilton, Elizabeth Weller 12th Grade — Angelo Fernandez, Brianna Lisi, Elliott McKelvey, Jaden Nixon Honor Roll: Sixth Grade — Amare Bush, Miller Knepley, Alexander Milton, ...

Northern Ireland visit sets stage for enhanced partnership

A cultural interchange between Pennsylvania College of Technology and visitors from North West Regional College in Northern Ireland – a two-week whirlwind that was five years in the making – came to a close with memories indelibly shared and lives irrevocably altered. Ten students and ...

Anna L. Gawel named Pa.’s 2023 Outstanding Assistant Principal

ENOLA, Pa. — Anna L. Gawel, Assistant Principal of Hershey Elementary School, 4th and 5th grades, in the Derry Township School District, has been named Pennsylvania’s 2023 Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year by the Pennsylvania Principals Association. As a state winner in the ...

As debut book garners accolades, ‘Waffles’ to return in print

“A Week With Waffles,” an interactive chronicle of a guinea pig’s delightful day-to-day adventures, received two honors in the Reader Views 2022-23 Literary Awards competition. The book, authored by Pennsylvania College of Technology writer/video producer Tom Speicher and illustrated by Argentinian artist Marina Saumell, is a Gold Medal winner in the preschool/toddler category and was selected for the Best Children’s Picture Book Award. “I am humbled by the reaction to the book. Waffles was a wonderful pet, and I’m glad that many readers, especially children, have found ...

Memoirist and jazz producer interviewed in next issue of Brilliant Corners

In her memoir “Art: Why I Stuck with a Junkie Jazzman,” Laurie Pepper describes a particularly challenging recording session for her late husband, alto-sax legend Art Pepper: “He dragged himself out of the quicksand of that chart, ignoring it, at last, relying just on what he heard inside. It sounded as if he was ripping his own guts out in the studio. He was magnificent, and when he heard the take he knew it.” The Summer 2023 issue of Brilliant Corners features an interview with Laurie Pepper, focusing largely on that memoir as well as Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper, ...