Campus Notes

The Allegheny Intermediate Unit held its annual History Bowl at the Heinz History Center during the week of October 30-November 2. Students from all over Allegheny County came together to visit many of the exhibits and complete challenging activities inspired by them. This year’s competition included the History of Glass, the British, French, and Indian War, the Sports Museum, and Soul Soldiers. Congratulations to Maria Druchniak, Sara Vallelunga, Jonathan Walasik, Nikita Bokil, Anthony Lee, Rachel Staley, Brianna Hudock, and Cara Lyons for representing South Fayette Middle School. Congratulations also to Jeremy DiBattista, Alex Frazier-Francis, Sarah Hertzler, Nick Karafilis, Wyatt Mauti, Connor Phoennik, Devan Sandala, and Matthew Speidel for competing in the History Bowl’s Grades 4-5 category.

South Fayette Middle school is pleased to announce that a grant of $500 has been received from the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance. This grant was applied for by Mrs. Labutta in March, and word has just been received that our school is one of the recipients. Many thanks are extended to the operators of the Exxon Service Station on Washington Road, Bridgeville, for their participation in this grant program, sponsored by ExxonMobil and Tri-State Petroleum. Their participation in this program made our application for the grant possible.

Puppetry is an art form which communicates beyond age, culture, ethnicity, language and education. On November 5 the kindergarten, first and second grade students enjoyed a puppet show presented by Ms. Laura Opshinsky, an Artist in Residence from the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Ms. Opshinsky completed a residency with the second grade students from November 5-19. During the introductory performance, Ms. Opshinsky demonstrated several different types of puppets she has made as well as how to do the movements and sound effects. The culminating puppet show with the second grade students using their own puppets was held on November 19.

South Fayette Elementary students have been busy selling Big Ben BBQ sauce – and all proceeds from the sale benefit technology in the Elementary Building. At the end of the first Big Ben BBQ “blitz,” the students had raised $1,162.75 and two more “blitzes” are planned before the end of the school year.

Several fourth grade students had the honor of representing South Fayette Elementary School at the Allegheny County History Bowl Competition in November, held at the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center. The fourth grade representatives included: Jocelyn Colussy, Sarah Deutsch, Carolyn Dobies, Joey Franjione, Aaron James, Erika Levine, Zachary Lutz, and Rachel Williams.

At the History Center, teams of students were given a schedule and assignments of five different activity centers throughout the History Center to complete for the competition. The different activity centers were: Clash of Empires, Sports—Who am I?, Great Hall Estimation, Glass, and Special Collections.

On November 2, seventy-five students from South Fayette High School participated in the National Vocabulary Championship Qualifying Exam. Students took the one-hour exam throughout the school day and some even stayed after school on Friday afternoon to take the test. Based on their performances on the exam, Stephanie Boehmer and Katie Terrell will represent South Fayette High School in the Pittsburgh Area Championship on January 14, where the winner will receive $5,000 toward college tuition, the title of NVC Pittsburgh Area Champion, and a trip to Los Angeles (along with a parent or guardian) to compete in the NVC Finals in March.

The Citywide Championship will be held at Keystone Oaks High School at 5:30 p.m.

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