March board report:

Congratulations to Jacob Lockwood, Leah Yost, and Abrar Shamim for being named to the 2017 Times-Tribune Scholastic Superstar Team. These students are part of a 25-member group chosen by a panel of judges from nominations submitted by 35 school districts in the Times-Tribune coverage area. They will be presented with the Times-Tribune Scholastic Superstar Medal in a ceremony taking place in April. It is very impressive that three of the 25 students selected come from Delaware Valley.

Delaware Valley High School held a random drawing for the students who were successful in their Keystone Retests and the students who have perfect attendance.  The winners of a Kindle Fire tablet were Robert Germann, Mary Quinn and Zach Weber for their successful Keystone Retakes. Catherine Gandolfo was selected for perfect attendance.  Congratulations!

Congratulations to the following students for winning the Rotary “Service Above Self” essay contest: First place, Sophia Catalano, Second place, Ariana Como, and Third place, Brendan Heaney. Congratulations also go out to Power Winner Sydney Couturier. These students will receive a monetary honorarium for their participation.  The first place essay and poster winners will be sent on to the District Rotary level for judging

The Delaware Valley Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) competed at the 38th Annual State Leadership Conference. Nine Delaware Valley students were able to bring home medals from the competition, including four gold medals: Chrissy Nagrowski for Medical Law and Ethics, Collin Kawan-Hemler for Medical Reading, Heather Connolly for Biomedical Laboratory Science and Victoria Sazonov-Smith for Medical Assisting. The team of Lindsey Collins, Ashley Debesis, Brooke Dingman, Pam Parry, and Savannah Rollar also captured the bronze medal in Public Service Announcement.

Congratulations to the following journalism students for placing at the 2017 Student Keystone Press Awards: Vanessa Paolella – Honorable mention for sports photography, Tess Balton – Second place for photo story, Lindsey Toomer – Honorable mention for photo story, Collin Kawan-Hemler and Vanessa Paolella – Honorable mention for layout and design. These four students will travel to Hershey, Pa. on April 12 for an awards ceremony and luncheon.

Celebrations continue for senior Reiley Weems and her recognition as one of WVIA’s Artist of the week. This television campaign, conceptualized by NEIU 19, is designed to call attention to high school students who have excelled in the study of the arts. Reiley was nominated by her art teachers to represent Delaware Valley and has appeared on WVIA in 1-minute vignette showcasing her work and the school district. This opportunity has led Reiley to be further recognized as one of the WVIA’s 10 Artists of the Year. Reiley’s work will be on display for the month of April at the Mainstreet Galleries in Kingston, the Gallery 425 in Williamsport and The Looking Glass Gallery in Hawley.

The Scholastics Art and Writing Awards competition has awarded Gabriella Cuevas an American Visions Medal for her drawing, “The Plains Bitter Dancer”. The work won a Gold Key and an American Visions nomination at the regional event held at Marywood University in February. At the national judging in NYC, her work was among 330,000 entries which were reviewed by professional artists, where the top 1% of works were awarded either Silver Medals, Gold Medals or the prestigious American Visions Award. 

Gabriella will be honored at a ceremony held at Carnegie Hall on June 8th.  Her drawing will be on display at the Pratt Institute Gallery until late June before becoming part of a traveling national exhibit. 

The high school completed a fire drill on Thursday, March 23, 2017. The building was evacuated within five minutes and the students returned to class shortly thereafter. The building also conducted a weather emergency indoor evacuation on March 13th. Students were escorted away from any windows and returned to class within four minutes.

As always, if you need anything else, don’t hesitate to ask. Thanks.

Brian