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07/21/2010
"Today's
Announcements" for the Jr/Sr High School
Class Day
Awards for the Class of 2010
This year, Riverside High
School in cooperation with the Vikings Helping Vikings organization, awarded
Riverside graduating seniors with over $100,000 in scholarships at our annual
Class Day ceremony! We would like to give a big thanks to all of our scholarship
donors and the Vikings Helping Vikings organization! Good Luck to the Class of
2010!!
Click here for the school's Awards list
Click here for the Vikings Helping
Vikings Awards list
Congratulations to
MATTHEW PLISHKA who recently qualified for the
 prestigious
National Merit Scholarship.
Matt took the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT)
in the fall and met the requirements to enter the 2011 National Merit
Scholarship Program. With a Selection Index score of 201 or above, Matthew is
among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants of some 1.5 million program
entrants. Because of his outstanding academic potential, Matthew has been
invited to be referred to two colleges or universities of which he is especially
interested. Matthew will be named a Commended Student or Semifinalist in the
fall of 2010. Congratulations Matthew!
CHALLENGE
PROGRAM WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Congratulations
to our first annual Challenge Program winners! The program was a huge success
this year and we look forward to working with The Challenge Program and the
Robert Y. Moffat Charitable Foundation next year to give away another $3000 to
students!
Sophomore Winners: Academic Excellence, Melony Plisko; Academic Improvement,
Samantha Dommes; Community Service, Michael Besecker; Attendance, Joseph Alers.
Junior Winners: Academic Excellence, Andrew Mickavicz; Academic Improvement,
Erik Stengline; Community Service, Melinda Lewis; Attendance, Skylar Lavage.
Senior Winners: Academic Excellence, Sara Fetch; Academic Improvement, Chris
Montafia; Community Service, Samantha Dando; Attendance, Umro Khan
RIVERSIDE
SENIORS – WINNER AND FINALIST IN LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
Riverside Senior, Daniel Howey, was the recipient of a Times Leader Best
& Brightest Scholarship in the Vocational/Technical Category. Dan earned this
$1000 award thanks to his achievement and dedication to his trade. Dan is
currently attending Lackawanna Career Technology Center for Culinary Arts and
will further his education at Luzerne County Community College in the fall,
majoring in Pastry Arts. Congratulations Dan!
Also a Senior, Philip Cianci, was named as a
finalist in this competition in the same category. He also received recognition
for his accomplishments in his trade in an article in the Times Leader. Phil is
currently attending Lackawanna CTC for Automotive Technology and will attend
Northampton Community College next year to further his education in the field.
Congratulations Phil!
See the article at
http://www.timesleader.com/community/brightest/Top-students-recognized.html.
Riverside
Students, Morgan Haduck, Taryn Lucas, Jordan Panek and
 Matthew
Williams were part of the event YOU LIVE HERE, YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS that was
held at the Scranton Cultural Society.
They worked with the Historical Society and Mr. Murphy, a 4th grade teacher at
Elementary West, after school to research Lackawanna County facts. They
categorized questions, and also put them into "difficulty" levels creating a
Jeopardy-style game format using an electronic board in a power point.
Event highlights included Morgan Haduck co-hosting one night's
competition along with John Webster of W.I.L.K. Radio. Jordan and Matthew worked
with the technical crew. Our students received a great deal of praise from
representatives from the Historical Society, N.E.I.U. # 19, and from the
celebrity contestants and audience members themselves.
Just a few of the celebrity contestants who participated are: Steve
Corbett of W.I.L.K. Talk Radio, Scranton Mayor Chris Dougherty, Carbondale Mayor
Justin Taylor, Former Scranton Mayor David Wenzel, Mike Stevens of W.N.E.P. TV,
Dr. Catherine Richmond-Cullen of N.E.I.U. # 19, Daniel Perry (Chief Operating
Officer of the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority), Bernie McGurl (Executive
Director of Lackawanna River Corridor Assn.), Chris Norton (V-Pres. of W.V.I.A.
TV), Evie Rafalko-McNulty (Lackawanna County Recorder of Deeds) and many others.
All proceeds from this event went to the Historical Society. Great Job to
all involved!
The 2009-2010 Prom
Queen, Reyna Kobeski, and Prom King, Artie Kemler,
along with Junior Attendant, Morgann Haduck and her escort
Nick Rossi.
Riverside
Partners with Robert Y. Moffit Charitable Foundation to Challenge Students
Riverside students in 10th,
11th & 12th grade are piloting a new program this year – the Challenge Program –
which rewards students for their efforts in school. Local organizations like the
Moffit Foundation pair with schools to give $3000 in award money to twelve
Riverside Jr.-Sr. High School students.
Students
can win $250 in one of four categories:
Attendance, Highest GPA, Most improved GPA and Community Service. This
information is tracked by the school and at the end of the 3rd quarter the top
10% in each category are entered into a random drawing to win the award money.
Students are automatically entered into the GPA and Attendance categories. The
Community Service category is self-monitored by the student and requires a
signature from the organization at which they are participating in the service.
Riverside
Regional Computer Fair winners
Riverside Regional Computer Fair winners in the High School
and Middle School levels were each presented with a certificate of achievement
for their accomplishment at the April School Board meeting
Click here for details about our students' accomplishments. 1st place
winners will be advancing to the state competition at Dickinson College on May
26. Congratulations to all that participated!
Our Junior girls will be running a dress drive for
Cinderella’s Closet. The drive will run from April 6th-16th. They will have drop
boxes at all 3 schools for collection.
Cinderella’s Closet is run by the
Jr. League of Scranton and provides prom/formal dresses at a reasonable price
for girls who otherwise might not be able to afford one. The 6 girls below will
be volunteering at the event plus coordinating our school’s drive as part of
their senior project. Please donate anything you can to help this great cause.
Remember, all those awesome 80’s and 90’s dresses are back in style!
Lisa Sochovka
Riley Jackson
Jess Rosati
Angela Torba
Leah Jonhson
Samantha Franchella
Thank you for a Record Breaking Blood Drive!!!!!
Our Student Council lead by advisor Mrs. Chilek and our Librarian Miss Voytko
had a record breaking Blood Drive. Out of the 110 registered applicants
... 94 were accepted! This means that Riverside's Blood Drive donated
blood to saved about 282 lives in our area!! We also had 62 first time
donors! Hopefully they will continue to donate in the future. Also, the
Red Cross commented us on how well behaved all of the students were. Great
job everyone! Thanks for your cooperation!!
Three
Riverside students recently concluded their season of scholastic ice hockey.
Sophomores Gary
Lukasiewicz and Marc Lucas, and seventh grader Evan Harbert play ice hockey with
the Scranton Area Lightning Ice Hockey Club. The JV and Varsity teams play in
the NEPA Scholastic Hockey League. Students from Scranton Area, Scranton Prep,
Mid Valley, Riverside, Abington Heights and Lackawanna Trail play for Scranton
Area Lightning.
Click here to read more about this event on our Sports Page.
The
Challenge Program
Riverside High School is proud to be a part of The Challenge Program, which
rewards 10th, 11th & 12th grade students for positive behaviors. The way the
program works is, students can win $250 for being the top student
in their grade in one of 4 categories: Best Attendance, Community
Service, Most Academic Improvement and Academic Excellence (Best GPA). (In case
of ties, winners will be chosen through a lottery drawing of those students who
are tied) The competition is running for the entire 3rd quarter.
Once results from the 3rd quarter are tabulated, students will be awarded their
prizes by our donor at an assembly. We are sponsored this year by the Robert
Y. Moffat Charitable Fund and we would like to thank them for investing in
our students! This is a great chance for our school to pay attention and reward
the good that our students are doing. We hope next year’s program will be even
bigger and better!
 Students in Mr. Patrick Joyce's Riverside Mass
Media class visited WNEP studios recently as part of their study of broadcast
television.
While there students participated in a taping of "Mr. Curiosity" in
which they challenged the notion that a piece of paper cannot be folded more
than seven times. Click on the picture "Mr. Curiosity" to see the video. Special
thanks to WNEP and Mr. Joe
Snedeker for their hospitality. To see more about this event, visit Mr.
Joyce's teacher website.
Click on the picture above to see
the WNEP video.
Riverside High School Drama Club
will
present the play the Wizard of Oz.
The play will run Friday,
March 19th and Saturday, March 20th at 7:00 PM in the high school auditorium. A
free performance will be held on Friday, March 19 at 10:00 AM for senior
citizens.
Pictured left to right are: Ashley Puchalski, Harry Krenitsky, Jillian Bohenek,
Anthony Rempe, Taylor Ott, Kyra Leasure.
Riverside
High School junior, Jorge Ariza came in second place for a t-shirt design
contest sponsored by the Saint Patrick’s Parade Association of Lackawanna
County. He won $50.00 and they made his design into shirts to sell.
Congratulations Jorge!
On Tuesday, March 2, Riverside celebrated READ ACROSS AMERICA! Thank
you to EVERYONE who participated!! The day was a huge success! From our
book donations, we have managed to collect about 2,000 books to help a school
district in Louisiana rebuild their school library that was damaged in 2005 by
Hurricane Katrina.
Detail about
contest winners are posted below.
See Ms. Gedrich's teacher web page for
more photos and information by clicking here.
Congratulations to the winners of the Jr. High “Read Across America” Poster
Contest:
Julia Osmolia
Kaleb Jones
Ashlynn Hunsinger
Melodie Mohyla
Winners received a free movie pass from Cinemark Theater. All posters are on
display in the library.
Congratulations
to Read Across America Door Decorating Winners from each grade:
Life Skills: The Foot Book – Mrs. Ricketts/Ms. McNulty
7th Grade: Where the Wild Things Are – Ms. LaCoe
8th Grade: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Ms. Gedrich
9th Grade: Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog – Mrs. McDermott
10th Grade: Seeing Redd – Mrs. Monahan
11th Grade: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Mrs. Merli/Mrs. Corey
12th Grade: V for Vendetta – Mr. Kennedy
Winning homerooms were awarded a dress down day on Friday, March 5.
For Photos of winning Doors, Click Here.
Congratulations to all of our Riverside artists in
their great showing in the 2010 Northeast Pennsylvania Scholastic Art Awards
Exhibit!
Riverside Jr. - Sr. High School Merit Award winners are Vanessa Donatello for
her Raku fired mixed media sculpture "Native Peace". Alana Hronich won a merit
award for "Folding Geometric" an enameled, fritted, fused and slumped glass
form. Chantal Hronich won a merit award for "Sands of Time" a Raku fired ceramic
vessel. Jaclyn Smith won a merit award for her slumped glass sculpture "Big
Mouth".
Christopher Gnall, an
8th grade student captured a Silver Key Award in the Jr. High division with a
ceramic face jug entitled "Angry".
Alana and Chantal
Hronich also won Silver key awards. Alana's Silver Key was for a mixed-media
enameled and fritted glass and drawing piece entitled "Sunburst". Chantal won
her Silver Key Award for an enameled, fritted, fused and slumped glass form
entitled "Aquatic Fold".
Samantha McGraw's
talents earned her two Silver Key Awards; one for "Lock Jaw" a Raku fired
mixed-media ceramic sculpture and also for "Pollination" an enameled, fritted,
fused and slumped glass sculpture.
Please see Mr. Yanashot's teacher website for photos of this event by clicking
here.
Riverside Jr. – Sr. High School 3-D Design
Glass Artist in Residency program welcomed artist Tony Pachick who is adept at
many techniques of working with glass to create art.
For
more information about this program and to see more pictures, visit Mr.
Yanashot's teacher website by clicking here.
Left to
right: 3-D Design art teacher Denis A. Yanashot, Chantal Hronich, Jaclyn Smith,
Vanessa Donatello, Alana Hronich, glass artist Tony Pachick. Samantha McGraw is
absent from the photo.
Congratulations
to our Junior High boy’s basketball team for winning their league’s Junior High
championship.
Check out the Riverside
Sports page for more details about their season.
Riverside High School will host a Job Shadow program for junior students on
Tuesday, February 2, 2010.
The goal of the program is to match high school students with professionals at
job sites to help students make informed career decisions. This experience may
include any of the following: a site tour, an observation of job activities, or
an explanation of academic preparation, job outlook, entry level
salary, employment opportunities, etc. Students will have the opportunity to
interact with professionals in the workplace and explore job opportunities in
different career fields. Over 50 juniors will be participating in the program
at over 30 different businesses in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
You are all invited to attend the Poetry
Out Loud competition in the auditorium during 2nd and 3rd periods on Wednesday,
Jan. 20th.
The participating students will recite 2 poems that they have memorized before a
panel of judges. The student who gives the best recitation will represent
Riversides High School at the regional competition at WVIA studios in February,
where they will have a chance to progress to state competition. More inofrmation
about this program can be found at
www.poetryoutloud.org Participating students are:
Mindy Lewis, Autumn Resaui,
Brittany Robinson, Jillian Bohenek, Vincent Geris, Kristina Maxfield, Aaron
Janczak, Marissa Gable, Harry Krenitsky (all presenters), and musicians are
Jillian Bohenek and Kevin Folchetti.
Photos by Bob Kolveck
Dual-Enrollment Information
Night Scheduled for Wednesday, January 6th
On Wednesday, January 6th at 7pm at the high school, parents are invited to
learn more about this year’s upcoming Dual-Enrollment program. Administration
and Counselors will be on hand to go over qualifications for the program,
transportation, and fees. A representative from Lackawanna College will also be
there to answer any questions regarding the program and to register students for
Spring classes. The registration fee for a class is $50. Please have this fee
with you if you plan to register.
Riverside
Announces Dual-Enrollment Program
Riverside Jr.-Sr. High School is excited to announce the first semester of our
Dual-Enrollment Program. A Dual-Enrollment program allows high school students
to take college courses simultaneously with their high school schedule. This
program is funded by a grant through the PA Department of Education. The
goal is to allow students to discover the college experience and concurrently
develop a strong interest in furthering their education beyond high school.
Riverside is proud to be
partnered this year with Lackawanna College. Lackawanna College is offering
classes during their Spring 2010 Semester to Dual-Enrollment students. There are
academic requirements that must be met before a student can attend a
Dual-Enrollment class as well as a small fee. Students will not pay the full
price of a course at Lackawanna through this program. Classes will be after
school hours at Lackawanna College and transportation will be provided to and
from the campus for students who require it.
All 11th and 12th grade
students will learn more about the Dual-Enrollment program in an assembly on
December 11th. If you would like more information about this program and/or
think you would like your child to participate please call the Guidance Office
for more details. For 12th grade students contact Abbey Judge x121, for 11th
grade students contact Michelle Wolfsberger x123. A meeting for interested
parents and students will be announced after the new year at which time students
will be able to register for their Spring 2010 course.
Financial Aid Night Announced
A Financial Aid Night for parents will be held on
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 from 7-9 pm. This program will be held in the
Riverside Jr.-Sr. High School Library. Guest speaker is Bill Burke, Director of
Financial Aid at the University of Scranton. Mr. Burke will review the types of
aid available for students and go through the FAFSA (Free Application for
Student Aid). This program is open to parents of Seniors, students may attend as
well. Refreshments will be served. In case of inclement weather, a snow date has
been scheduled for Thursday, January 14th 7-9 pm. Please check local TV stations
for possible cancellation.
Photo by Bob Kolveck
The 2009-2010 Basketball
season has arrived.
Check out our Sports web page for the most recent schedules (the Sports page link
is in the left column of this page.) Riverside uses the HighSchoolSports.net to post schedules. It is interactive and updates as
schedule changes are made. Also, you can call 570-562-2121 option 8 for a
voice mail phone message of any changes for the current DAY events.
We invite you to the Celebration of the
Season  The
Riverside Jr./Sr. High School
Student Council invites you to join them for an evening
full of the sights and sounds of the season on Sunday, December 13th, 2009 from
6:00 – 8:00 pm at the Riverside High School. Entertainment
will be provided by: Chorus, Band,
Drama Club, Student Council, and
Santa will be present for the
children! Activities will also be set up for children to participate in.
Refreshments will be served! This event will be free of charge as our gift
to the Riverside School District Community.
The 2009 Homecoming Queen and her court -
Michael Dranchak, 3rd runner
up Tayanna Lloyd, Kenny West, 1st runner up Amy Gabriel, 2009 Homecoming Queen
Lara Roche, Dave Davis, 4th runner up Jessica Jones, Alex Pucilowski, 2nd runner
up Brianna Pugliese, Michael Siminski, 2008 Homecoming Queen Jessica Segelia and
Michael McCready.
Seniors Attend Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast
Congratulations to the following students for being chosen to represent
Riverside at this year’s Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast: Kerry O’Hop, Alyssa Loney,
Laurie Deininger, Angelique LaPorte, Jess Jones, Sara Fetch. These students were
chosen for their achievement in academic and/or leadership activities and
attended the Breakfast on Friday, October 30th. Congratulations again!
8th and 10th
Grade Students to Participate in Survey
Parents
of 8th and 10th grade students: During the weeks of November 9th and 16th your
child will participate in a Drug & Alcohol survey designed to gather information
anonymously for the improvement of services implemented in the county to
student’s who need them. Your son/daughter has been given a letter explaining
this survey. If you don’t receive this letter you can read/print it by clicking
on this link -
Parent Letter.
Please sign and check box ONLY IF YOU DO NOT want your child to participate. If
you have any questions please contact Abbey Judge at ext. 121.
LAST COLLEGE FAIR OF THE FALL, Wednesday November 4th.
The fair will again take place in the library during periods 5 and 7. Any
interested seniors need to sign up in the guidance office by Tuesday November
3rd! See the Guidance link to the right for more information.
8th Grade Students help out
Elementary West 4th Grade Students
 Murphy's
4th grade Pennsylvania Geography Class and Miss Mazaleski's 8th grade Family and
Consumer Sciences Class, recently collaborated to create a "hands- on" model of
Pennsylvania. Miss Mazaleski's class, Tyler Armillay, Ashley Buffton,
Steve Czankner, Madison Haduck, Charlie Koytek, John Lovallo, Connor Mailen,
Bethany Mickavicz, Gabby Palonis, Maura Powell, Jamie Sacchetti and Abbey
Wzorek; made a 4-layer white cake from scratch. This was the 8th grade students
first cooking lab of the year. Students constructed the 4-layer cake and senior
Jaclyn Smith cut the cake into the shape of Pennsylvania. Mr. Murphy's class
continued to cut and icing the 4- layer cake to create the topography/geography
of Pennsylvania to show a 3-D look at
Pennsylvania's physical regions. Eating it after was also a great deal of fun!
Good Job to all involved!!!
More pictures can be found on Mrs. Mazaleski's teacher website - click here.
Good luck to our 2009-2010 Scholastic
Bowl team.
Members are
Alyssa Loney,
Cassie Cawley, Amy Gabriel, Joe Kane, and Mike Dranchak. Our advisor is Mrs.
Weidow.
Spirit Week will be the
week of October 26-30.
The Hall Decorating contest will be held during Spirit Week with this year's
theme being Horror Books/Films in honor of Halloween!
Spirit Week Dress Down Schedule:
Monday
10/26 - Military Day
Wear anything to support the military.
Tuesday
10/27 - Multiplicity Day
You can match any amount of people but you all need to match!
Wednesday 10/28 - 80's Day
Big hair, flashy clothes (not too 'flashy'), big
jewelry, etc. Mostly all of us have lived
it...lets bring it back!!!
Thursday
10/29 - Pink Day
October is breast cancer awareness month...wear anything pink.
Friday
10/30 - Teacher Halloween dress up day!!!! (the students will have Sport your
Team day)
The
next mini college fair at Riverside will be held on Wednesday, October 14th
during periods 5/7.
Please see our Guidance page for more information like this.
Congratulations to Alyssa Loney who was chosen as this year’s Riverside
“Scholar of the Year”
Each year school
districts in the surrounding area pick one senior class member who exemplifies
outstanding academics and dedication to education. Alyssa will be honored with
other area “Scholars” at an annual dinner in the spring and will also
participate in a radio interview which will be aired on the University of
Scranton’s radio station, WUSR 99.5FM. Congratulations Alyssa on receiving
this impressive honor.
The 2009 Homecoming votes are in!
Our homecoming court, in alphabetical order is:
Amy Gabriel, Jessica Jones, Tayanna Lloyd, Brianna Pugliese, Lara Roche. Our
Homecoming Queen will be announced at the dance, October 3rd. Good Luck to
our Homecoming Court!
The November
SAT’s are Saturday November 7th and will be given at Riverside.
The deadline for the November test is
October 1st.
Remember to send your scores to
up to 4 schools when you register. Paper applications are available in
guidance or you can register online at collegeboard.com. SEE OUR GUIDANCE
PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION LIKE THIS!!!
Congratulations to the 19 current and last year senior students whose art work
is now on display at the MAC Gallery in downtown Scranton.
Each student has a hexagon they created on display.
The Hexagon Project Art Show is an international event in conjunction with
International Interdependence Day. High School student work from all over the
world is displayed in this show. Becka Bushinski won the award for High
School 3-D Relief most relevant to the theme. Emily Taylor won the award for
High School 2-D overall interpretation in this international showcase.
3-D exhibitors from Riverside are:
Taylor Donahue, Mandy Fenner, Laura Fetch, Victoria Grungnale, Elysia Heil,
Kristy Keller, Matthew Kolveck, Maggie Kuchinski, Kendal Paranich, Cassie Quick,
Samantha Rachko, Carly Seidel and Kristen Thomas.
Congratulations again to all these students exhibiting international quality art
work at the MAC Gallery
On Sept. 26th, "Team
Riverside" will be part of the ‘Light the Night Walk’ annual fundraiser
of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
The event will be Saturday, Sept. 26, at Nay Aug Park. The festivities start
at 4:30, and the Walk begins at 6pm.
Riverside’s Kaelyn Besecker will be the Walk’s singer- she
will be signing Amazing Grace at the Remembrance Ceremony, and the National
Anthem before the Walk begins. More information can be found on
Mrs. Voytko's website by clicking here.
Senior
project students who organize Team Riverside are: Brittanni Giehl, Chelsea Hafner,
Daniel Webb, Gary Clark, Samantha Franchella, Kristina Carson, and Taylor
Kempa.
Click here for an article that appeared in the Times-Tribune newspaper.
Here we go Vikings. Here
we go!
Photo by Bob Kolveck
Photo by Bob Kolveck
Photo by Bob Kolveck
Photo by Bob Kolveck
21st
Century Learning
Click here for a sample look at Riverside's
21st Century Learning environment
using Videoconferencing, and
technology tools and resources. The students were asked to answer a
question by Governor Rendell and given one class period with technology
resources to do it. The student with the best answer got to present. |
Reminders...
July 13, Tuesday - Fall Sports Physicals -From 8:30am to 11:30am and from
1:00pm - 5:00pm at the Jr/Sr High School Nurse's Office. Students must use
the online form (see below) or obtain one from the Nurse's Office.
Completed forms MUST be signed by parent/guardian and handed in at time of
physical.
Important Links...
Bell Schedule & Compressed Schedule
Dress Code-Jr/Sr High School
Sports Physical Form
Student Assistance Program
MICROSOFT Software Discounts
Riverside Store - Mr. Feerrar's Class
HONOR ROLL
Listing...
Quarter 1 - Honor Roll - 2009-10
Quarter 2 - Honor Roll - 2009-10
Quarter 3 - Honor Roll - 2009-10
Quarter 4 - Honor Roll - 2009-10
New Student Registration...
Please bring
the child's original birth
certificate and provide proof of immunization for:
4 doses of tetanus
4 doses of diphtheria
3 doses of polio
2 doses of measles
2 doses of mumps
1 dose of rubella
3 doses of hepatitis B
2 doses of varicella
"CHICKEN POX"
1
dose of meningococcal conjugate (MCV)
1 dose of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) If 5 years have
elapsed since last tetanus containing vaccine
REQUIRED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH.
Click here for more information.
Our district presently requires proof of residency for all new
students entering our district. Parents must present 4
acceptable proofs of residency. This is also true for any new
students who are planning to transfer into our district for the
school year
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