Octorara Area JR./SR. High School Principal’s Monthly Spotlight February 2012The annual blood drive, led by students Cy Kauffman, Danielle Murray and Kharrera Hill, was a succe ss. The Red Cross was able t o collect 99 pro ductive units of blood, potentially helping 297 people in southea st Pennsylvania. The art students at OAHS have claimed a number awards at this year’s Lancaster County Young Artist Competition. The competition is tough to place in because the level of competition is fierce. Please congratulate this year’s winners when you see them. Melanie Andersen 3 Exhibition Hannah Anderson 3 Exhibition Jeanna Bissinger 1 Silver, 1 Exhibition Rachel Boldt 3 Exhibition Eliza Brown 1 Silver Jonathan Brown 1 Silver, 3 Exhibition Alissa Buckwalter 1 Exhibition Bryar Bullock 1 Exhibition Bailey Peterson 1 Gold, 3 Exhibition Rebecca Burrell 1 Exhibition Julie Upchurch 1 Exhibition Ashley Camacho 1 Silver Casey Urban 3 Exhibition Bradley Camerote 1 Exhibition Victoria Whitney 1 Exhibition
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Jr. High Spelling Bee This year’s Spelling Bee took place on January 24. We had a strong field of 23
seventh and eighth grade students. Thank you to everyone who participated in theSpelling Bee. Congratulations to Danielle Durning who is this year’s winner.Congratulations also to Olivia DeHaven for her strong second place finish.Danielle represented Octorara Junior High at the Chester County Spelling Bee onFebruary 7. While she did very well, she was eliminated in the second round. Makesure to congratulate her the next time you see her.
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Front Row (l. to r.): Mackinze Burdett, Michael Choudhary, Brandon Watterson, AlexDilworthBack Row (l. to r.): Olivia DeHaven, Lucas Tiffany, Erin Lomboy, Miles Horton, AnnaCassidy, Amanda Herr, Ben Stapleton, Sean Hazen, Muhammad Parham-Ransom
Eighth Grade
Front Row (l. to r.): Chloe Kerr, Zach Landis, Gave Kepler, Zyaire TwymanBack Row (l. to r.): Dareic Lockman, Billy Duffy, Andrew Ferrari, Alexander Meek,Danielle Durning. Missing from Picture: Julie Mako
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Singing Valentine at Octorara Senior High School On February 14, 2012, the students and teachers at the Octorara
Senior High School were treated to some very special performances of a “Singing Valentine”. The performing group consisted of eight malesingers, known as “Bravely A Cappella”. “Bravely…” meets Mr.William Johnson every Tuesday, after school, and learns 3-4 part acappella songs for tenors and basses.
This year they decided to “market” a singing valentine for the students andstaff members at their senior high school. For $3.00, students, teachers, andother staff members could have a special song performed for their“sweetheart”, during the class of their choice. The song was “1-2-3-4”, asrecorded by Plain White T’s.
Nearly 40 students, teachers, and administrators “bought into the idea”. Themoney collected was distributed evenly among the singers.
Pictured (left to right) are: front row – Jason Sadler, Jose Avila; second row– Daniel Tate, Rusty Lloyd, Caleb Tate; back row – Robert Dowling, JamesSupplee, Joseph Young.
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The Octorara Senior High School Chorus held their first annual dinnerrecital on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Family members and friendsof chorus students enjoyed a pasta dinner (featuring Mary LouJohnson’s famous homemade meatballs and “gravy”), salad, bread,beverages, and desserts, all served by the chorus students themselves.Throughout the evening, these same chorus students took turns
singing their songs to their customers. A total of thirty-one chorusstudents participated, serving close to one hundred patrons. Everyoneseemed to really enjoy the evening, and is already looking forward tonext year’s event.
The evening was organized and put on by these High School ChorusBoosters: Jackie Bonanno, Jenny Hagans, Mary Lou Johnson, GinnyParfitt, Mary Kay Phillips, and Sandy Reel.
Geneva Blaha received 4th place after re-auditions at Region Chorus.
That means she will be placed into All-State Chorus! She’s the firstfemale singer from Octorara to make All-State Chorus in a very longtime!!
On Saturday, March 3 approximately fifty students from Octorara Junior HighSchool participated in the National History Day Regional Competition atImmaculata University. Students spent months researching and preparing theirprojects for presentation to local historians and college professors who evaluatedtheir projects based on a number of criteria including historical accuracy andrelationship to the theme “Revolution, Reaction, and Reform”. The student’sprojects included exhibits, documentaries, and performances.All of the students did an outstanding job representing Octorara. The followingstudents were chosen to represent the Southeast Pennsylvania Region at the StateCompetition in Mechanicsburg, PA in May:
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Grade 7 –Anna Cassidy - First Place – Individual Performance – “ The Vitamin C Revolution”Grade 8-Alexander Meek/Brian Robinson – Second Place – Group Documentary –“How the HueyHelicopter Revolutionized Modern Warfare”Andrew Agen/CJ Huntsinger – Second Place –Group Documentary – “ Thomas Ustick Walter”
Congratulations to Brandon Arnsberger for placing 8th at states in Hersheythis weekend. He had five tough matches for his 145 pound weight class.