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Bethel Park School District
January 2015 Highlights
Please enjoy reading about the outstanding
achievements of our students and staff!
DECA Students Partner With Chamber Of
Commerce For ‘Shop Local’ Campaign
BPHS seniors Cassie Brown, Abby Hartzell and
Kelsey Tischler partnered with the Bethel Park
Chamber of Commerce on a “Shop Local” campaign.
The students developed two online surveys—one
for consumers to gauge their interest in supporting
Bethel Park businesses and the other for businesses
to find out what they need from the Chamber.
The students coordinated a Santa Breakfast for 92
children. The BPHS lobby was decorated with 10
artificial trees, generously donated by Chamber
businesses and decorated by BPHS student groups.
The trees were raffled off, with the money going
directly to the student groups. The DECA tree was
decorated with $5 gift certificates from Bethel Park
businesses, to encourage people to “shop local.”
Cassie, Abby and Kelsey were happy to participate
in this project, which gave them hands-on
experience in a real-world situation.
65 BPHS DECA Students Qualify For State
Conference
Seventy-five Bethel Park High School students finished in Fifth Place or higher at
the DECA District Conference, with 65 students qualifying to compete in the DECA
State Conference in Hershey in February. Qualifying for States are: PLACING BUT NOT
FIRST PLACE
• Sabrina Tatalias
• Valerie Wengryn
• Corinne Swogger
• Brandon Drusbasky
• Tara Nath
• Sean McClaine
• Harrison Zelt
• Maura Ellsworth
• Natalie Lalama
• Gavin Campbell
• Shane Fiorentini
• Haley Reid
• Christine Dunlap
• Rachel Gilliam
• Jared Robbins
• James Smith
• Tasha George
• Carolyn Vona
• Emma Bruno
• Justin Nath
• Ethan Wdowiak
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Alex Yerkey
Riley Frank
Haylee Seeberger
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SECOND PLACE
• Paige Davidson
• Alex Stolpa
• Brian Malarkey
• Jill Sosnak
• Anthony Bomar
• Miles Turner
• Sarah Stephan
• Emily Kukan
• Hanna Seese
• Justin Lesnak
• Tarush Bahl
• Lucian Dean
• Jenny Gavett
• Emily Wagner
• Stephanie Kazalas
• Delaney Strzyz
• Jaime Gerst
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Megan Tomasetti
Sabrina Locke
Rachel
Wannamaker
Bob Bruner
Brendan Murray
Taylor Evans
Kristina Frangione
THIRD PLACE
• Lainey Drahusz
• Johnathan
Scarsella
• Brendan Todd
• Cassidy DeLeo
• Becca Kubiczki
• Noah Bussard
• Sean Davis
• Anthony Dupree
• Rachel Dittmer
• Sam Hall
• Josh Poe
FOURTH PLACE
• Josh Duda
• Zach Sanker
• Cassandra
Jameyson
• Wil Dunn
• Tammy Stugan
• Nick Sylvis
QUALIFYING FOR
STATES
THIRD PLACE
• Nick Schindehette
• Shane Schreiner
• Emma Beck
• Nikko Bello
• Melody Joyce
• Deanna Nagle
FIFTH PLACE
• Lauren Barr
• Noah Friday
• Hailey Means
• Maggie Wolf
Rotary Names Julianne Rosa and Harrison
Zelt December Students Of The Month
BPHS seniors Julianne Rosa and
Harrison Zelt were named the
December Students of the Month by
the Rotary Club of Bethel Park. Each
month the Club recognizes a BPHS
student for outstanding commitment
to school and/or community service.
Julianne and Harrison were recognized
for their “Verbalize for Victory”
project, which partnered Student
Government students with Black Hawk
TV students to video and audio record
children’s books that were transferred
to DVD and taken to Children’s
Hospital to help the patients there to
pass the time while recuperating.
KDKA Radio’s Mike Pintek Broadcasts Live
From BPHS
KDKA-Radio Talk Show Host Mike Pintek broadcast his show live from Bethel
Park High School as part of his “High School Enlightenment Tour.” BPHS
students served as his audience and shared their opinions on several current
events topics. Musical entertainment was provided by the BPHS Jazz Band,
Top 21 Choir and Orchestra. BPHS programs such as the Career Spotlight
Series, the Go Pro Camera Grants, the Big Data Project and the DECA Shop
Local Campaign were also highlighted.
Adaptive Tech Ed
Students Create
Snowman Hat
Centerpieces
Students in Mrs. Pireaux’s Adaptive Technology Education classes
learned the value of recycling while developing their fine motor skills
by creating Snowman Hat centerpieces using cans they recycled from
the High School Cafeteria. Before the students took their beautiful
decorations home to their parents, these holiday decorations graced
the tables during the Bethel Park Senior Citizen Gold Card Christmas
Lunch in the BPHS cafeteria.
Six BPHS Musicians Selected For District Band
Six Bethel Park High School
musicians were selected to
participate in the Pennsylvania
Music Educators Association’s
District Band Concert, which was
held on January 9 at North
Allegheny High School.
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Chris Bright – Percussion
Daniel Gillece – Trombone
Corey Kroboth – Clarinet
Matea Pranjic – Bass Clarinet
David Uhlmann – Percussion
Joe Wasko -- Tuba
Five BPHS Musicians Selected For Region Band
Five Bethel Park High School musicians
were selected to participate in the
Pennsylvania Music Educators
Association’s Region Band Concert,
which will be held on February 13 at
Hickory High School.
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Chris Bright – Percussion
Corey Kroboth – Clarinet
Matea Pranjic – Bass
Clarinet
David Uhlmann –
Percussion
Joe Wasko -- Tuba
Seven BPHS Musicians Selected For District
Orchestra
Seven Bethel Park High School musicians will participate in the Pennsylvania Music
Educators Association’s District Orchestra Concert, which will be held on February
6 at Penn Hills High School.
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Matlyn Barranti -- Bass
Joe Beaver -- Trumpet
Chris Bright -- Percussion
Samantha Smith -- Violin
David Uhlmann -- Percussion
Jonathan Unger -- Viola
Joe Wasko -- Tuba
Twenty BPHS Vocalists Performed In District
Chorus
Twenty Bethel Park High School Vocalists performed in the Pennsylvania Music Educators
Association’s District Chorus Concert, which was held on January 16 at Bethel Park High
School.
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Jefferson Belback -- Bass 2
Joe Campion – Bass 1
Peyton Capristo – Tenor 2
Josh Como – Bass 1
Marie Dykstra – Soprano 2
David Erzen – Bass 1
Nathan Harrold – Bass 2
Anna Henkels – Soprano 1
Michael Krut – Bass 1
Tyler Krzyzanowski – Tenor 1
Sebastian Leis – Tenor 2
Emi Makohus – Alto 2
Shannon Mueser – Alto 2
Patrick Raymond – Tenor 1
Daniel Sedor-Franzak – Bass 1
Joe Serafini – Tenor 1
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Adriane Slater – Soprano 2
Dan Spanner – Tenor 1
Matt Tarbert – Bass 2
Alexandria Zallo – Alto 1
Fifteen BPHS Vocalists To Perform In Region
Chorus
Fifteen Bethel Park High School Vocalists
will perform in the Pennsylvania Music
Educators Association’s Region Chorus
Concert, which will be held on February
27 at Trinity High School.
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Joe Campion – Bass 1
Josh Como – Bass 1
Marie Dykstra – Soprano 2
David Erzen – Bass 1
Nathan Harrold – Bass 2
Anna Henkels – Soprano 1
Michael Krut – Bass 1
Tyler Krzyzanowski – Tenor 1
Emi Makohus – Alto 2
Shannon Mueser – Alto 2
Patrick Raymond – Tenor 1
Joe Serafini – Tenor 1
Adriane Slater – Soprano 2
Matt Tarbert – Bass 2
Alexandria Zallo – Alto 1
Fifteen BPHS and IMS Musicians To Play In
Junior High District Band
Fifteen Bethel Park High School and Independence Middle School students will perform
in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Junior High District Band Concert, which will be held
on April 11 at Bethel Park High School.
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Liam Brusoski – Trumpet
Benjamin Davin – Baritone Saxophone
Bruce Deal – Tuba
Jon dePoutiloff – Trumpet
Alex DeRose – Clarinet
Noah Gearhart – Trombone
Zach Janus – Bass Clarinet
Kathryn Kimes – Alto Saxophone
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Anthony Lucchitti – Percussion
Will Miller – Baritone Horn
Tyler Petrossi – Percussion
Connor Remington – Tuba
Tyler Simpson – Tuba
Alexander Sodini – Tuba
Theresa Stolpa – French Horn
Four BPHS/IMS Students To Play In Junior
High District Orchestra
One Bethel Park High School and three Independence Middle
School Students will perform in the Pennsylvania Music Educators
Junior High District Orchestra Concert, which will be held April 18 at
Pine-Richland High School.
• Emily Cowser – Viola
• Kyleigh Flood – Bass
• Lily Wilson – Viola
• Jenelle Wu -- Violin
Team 8C Cares!
Independence Middle School
eighth grade students on Team
8C raised $595 in one week
and visited local businesses to
get donations to purchase
supplies that were put into 100
one-gallon bags and sent to
Navy Seals stationed in
Afghanistan.
This the fifth year Team 8C has
conducted a similar
community service project
around the Christmas holidays.
IMS Students Make Scarves To Help The
Needy To Stay Warm This Winter
A group of 25 Independence Middle School students stay after school every Tuesday
as part of the newly-formed Family and Consumer Science Club to participate in
community service projects.
The students recently made 25 fleece scarves to be distributed to needy in the area
through the South Hills Interfaith Ministries’ Clothes Closet and Food Pantry.
The students have also made ornaments for the IMS Cafeteria’s Christmas tree and
baked cookies for needy Bethel Park families.
NAMS Shops For SHIM
For the 15th year, Neil Armstrong Middle
School students purchased presents for the
South Hills Interfaith Ministries’ Angel
Emporium.
This year the students and staff raised more
than $8,000 and NAMS students shopped in
small groups to purchase presents for needy
South Hills families.
The students dropped their presents off at
SHIM to see how the Angel Emporium
positively impacts the South Hills.
Carnival Raises Over $4,500 For SHIM And
Adopt-A-Family
This year’s Neil Armstrong Middle School
Charity Carnival raised over $4,500 that was
shared between the South Hills Interfaith
Ministries and the Bethel Park Adopt-AFamily Program.
Students paid 25 cents to play a variety of
carnival games and take chances on several
raffles.
This was $1,000 more than was raised at last
year’s Carnival.
Grace Skalniak Wins
Third Grade Spelling Bee
William Penn Third Grader Grace Skalniak won the Third Annual
Bethel Park Third Grade Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Rotary Club of
Bethel Park. As this year’s winner, she received a $200 Toys R Us Gift
Card and the opportunity to compete against the winners of other
Rotary Spelling Bees at a Regional Rotary Spelling Bee to be held in
May.
Finishing in Second Place was Washington Third Grader Dylan Prindle
and in Third Place was Memorial Third Grader Hersh Kambli.
This year 55 spellers competed. The winning word was “apologize.”
Memorial Fourth Graders
Adopt A Marine
Memorial Fourth Graders adopted BPHS graduate Marine Lance
Corporal Bryan Rock as part of their Fourth Grade Pay-It-Forward
Program.
The students wrote letters to Lance Corporal Rock and sent care
packages for him to distribute to his fellow Marines who are currently
stationed in Yuma, Arizona.
When Lance Corporal Rock was home over the holidays, he stopped by
Memorial to thank the students for their caring gestures and answered
their questions about life as a Marine.
Five Alumni Inducted Into
The Bethel Park Great
Alumni Hall of Fame
The Bethel Park Great Alumni Hall of
Fame inducted five new members as part
of its Class of 2015:
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Andrew Amrhein (Class of 1978)
Anthony Daniels (Class of 1959)
Rebecca Masisak (Class of 1975)
Sgt. Todd Patterson (Class of 1979)
Jessica Wright (Class of 1970)
You can read biographies of these
outstanding individuals at:
http://www.bpsd.org/Downloads/Class%
20of%202015.pdf.
Athletic Hall Of
Fame Inducts Six
The Bethel Park Athletic Hall of Fame inducted six new members as the Class of 2014.
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Pete Cwalina – Class of 1982/Basketball
Sarah Dunleavy – Class of 2008/Swimming
Sheryl Love – Class of 1981/Swimming
Deanna Parks – Class of 1983/Softball
James Roy – Class of 1960/Basketball and Baseball
Nate Thimons – Class of 1995/Baseball
• Pete Edwards received the Distinguished Contribution Award.
You can read about their accomplishments at:
http://www.bpsd.org/Downloads/2014%20HOF%20Inductees2.pdf.
District Receives $5,000 Grant From Highmark
Foundation
The Bethel Park School District received a $5,000 grant from the Highmark Foundation’s
Creating a Healthy School Environment Grant Program to implement the Go, Slow, Whoa!
Program in all Bethel Park School District cafeterias.
The program is designed to promote healthy eating by making the best nutritional choices
from the foods that are available.
“Go” foods are “eat almost any time foods.”
“Slow” foods are “eat sometimes/less often foods.”
“Whoa!” foods are “once in a while/special occasion foods.”
Posters are hung in all school cafeterias and students will be able to participate in free food
samplings to better understand the concepts.
The grant was written by Food Service Director Joe Consolmagno and
IMS School Nurse Lori Kelley.
Pre-Register Your Child For
Kindergarten
Parents whose children will be age five on or before September 1,
2015 are encouraged to Pre-Register their child for Kindergarten by
Friday, January 30.
Pre-Registration Forms are available in all Bethel Park Elementary
Schools or are available on-line at:
http://www.bpsd.org/Downloads/Kindergarten%20PreRegistration%20Form20.pdf.
Once parents Pre-Register their child and return the forms, they can
pick up a Kindergarten Registration Packet and have the forms
completed in time for Kindergarten Registration in March.
Kindergarten Registration Forms are also available on-line at:
http://www.bpsd.org/KindergartenRegistrationForms.aspx.
The Bethel Park School
District
Where Futures Begin
The Mission of the Bethel Park School District is to lead an educational
partnership with the community, maintaining an environment that challenges all
students to reach their potential as lifelong learners and responsible members of
society.