Education briefs
June 2, 2002 IU1 offers classes
Intermediate Unit 1 will offer one-credit classes at the Alternative School site, 1264 Pittsburgh St., Uniontown, from June 12 to July 11.
All district students, grades 9-12, may register for classes, which will be taught by content area certified teachers.
Registration should be completed through your district’s guidance office or Monday, June 10 and Tuesday, June 11, from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the school site. The cost is $150 per credit or $80 per half-credit (physical education), payable by money order or cash. Money orders should be made out to Intermediate Unit 1.
Contact your local district guidance office for details and registration or call the Alternative School at 724-437-6907.
Cal U to sponsor program
The Summer Educational Enrichment for Kids Program (SEEK) will be offered again at California University of Pennsylvania through the Office of Lifelong Learning for all students entering second through ninth grades for the fall 2002 school year.
The SEEK program will run the weeks of June 24-28 and July 22-26. Classes begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Participants are escorted between classes and supervised during lunch. Children will need to bring a bag lunch (refrigeration is not available).
SEEK is an academic enrichment program for school age children.
The fee for the week of June 24 is $140 per child. The fee for the week of July 22 is as follows: full week, full-day program is $125 per child. Full week, half-day (morning or afternoon) program is $80 per child. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, call Terrie Greene at 724-938-5840.
Students to attend seminar
Five area high school sophomores have been selected to attend the Western Pennsylvania Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar this weekend.
They will join more than 180 young leaders representing as many high schools from throughout western Pennsylvania. The May 31 through June 2 (HOBY) seminar is being held at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe.
Selected to attend are: Mark Simpson from Laurel Highland High School, son of Kathleen and William Simpson of Hopwood; Ryan Barnhart from Brownsville Area High School, son of Mary Jo and Bruce Barnhart of Brownsville; Marijo Bilitski from California Area High School, daughter of Mary and Joseph Bilitski of Roscoe; Anjuli Hall from Uniontown Area High School, daughter of Anita and Richard Hall of New Salem; and Danielle Glugla from Abert Gallatin Senior High School, daughter of Lisa and Peter Glugla of Masontown.
HOBY Leadership Seminars bring together a select group of high school sophomores with groups of distinguished leaders in various fields to discuss present and future issues.
Students recognized
A group of young historians from Pennsylvania were honored for their contributions to Pennsylvania History Day, an event held recently at Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Organizers announced the following local students were recognized for their contributions to the event and qualified to present their projects at National History Day to be held at the University of Maryland in June: Emily Wardle, Rachel Delzangle and Krista Krosoff, students of Sandra L. Cover at Rostraver Middle School, placed second in the group exhibit, junior division.
More than 700 students and teachers participated in Pennsylvania History Day May 8-9.
Local students inducted
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, recently inducted 252 new members into Phi Eta Sigma, the nation’s oldest freshman honor society.
Amanda Benevent, a business major and the daughter of Keith and Nancy Benevent of Masontown, was among the honorees.
Street gains honors
Michelle Renee Street, daughter of Michael and Yvonne Street of Scottdale R.D. 1 and the granddaughter of Norma and Paul Cindric of Connellsville, was recognized at the April Honors Day Convocation held at Bethany College in Bethany, W.Va.
She was inducted into the Gamma Sigma Kappa college-wide scholastic society and was named a member of Psi Chi psychology honor society.
A junior psychology major, Street has also been named to the dean’s list.
Mahoney graduates
Teresa Marie Cole Mahoney of Uniontown graduated summa cum laude with an associate degree from Allegany College in Cumberland, Md., where she received a number of honors.
She received Outstanding Physical Therapy Assistant Student and Most Sincere, Compassionate and Humanistic Concern Award. She achieved the dean’s and honors lists and served as class secretary.
Employed at Kings Physical Therapy in Connellsville, she is the wife of Daniel Mark Mahoney and daughter of Jim and Connie Cole.
AG offers food program
The Albert Gallatin Area School District will be offering the Summer Food Service Program at no cost to participants.
Breakfast and lunch is available for free for all children under the age of 18. No pre-registration is necessary.
Meals will be available at the following locations: June 17-21, lunch only – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday at Masontown Elementary; June 24-July 19, breakfast – 8:20 to 9 a.m., lunch – 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Monday through Friday, D. Ferd Swaney Elementary, Friendship Hill Elementary, George J. Plava Elementary, Masontown Elementary and Smithfield Elementary; and July 22-31, lunch only – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, Masontown Elementary.
All children are served the same meals at no charge and there is no discrimination in the course of the food service. Children may range in age from infant through 18.
The Albert Gallatin Area School District policy is that all eligible children have equal access to the benefits of the Summer Food Program, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or handicap. Any person who believes that he or she has been discriminated against in any USDA-related activity should contact the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.
For more information, contact Eileen Watkins at (724) 564-7185, ext. 120.