SCHOOL 8 The Post Sunday, December 28, 2003 Dalles Local PSU graduates © Elementary’s 0Ca ora ua €S ¢ November Penn State Wilkes-Barre held Associate in Information Sci- Standouts ences and Technology: April From left, first row: a.m. kindergarteners Darian Healy and Kim Pretko. 2nd row: Ist graders Kameryn McGee, Kellie Meehan, Talia Szatkowski, Eric Pinofski, Olivia Thomas. 3rd row: 2nd graders Samuel Reinert, Kayla Gleco, Elizabeth Dillon, Drew Cohen, Vincenzo Parente, Maggie Michael. 4th row: 3rd graders Michael Podskoch, Chris Reimard, Bridget Boyle, Brian Stepniak. Sth row: 4th graders Shane Dunn, Michael Wright, Haley Bullock, Matthew Moser, Alyssa Charney. 6th row: 5th grade, Danielle Reimard, Gary Anderson, Drew Schaub, Samantha King. Oratorical contest offers scholarships High school age students of the Back Mountain are invited to compete in the 65th annual National High School Oratori- cal contest. William Kupstas, Commander of the Daddow- Isaacs Post 672 American Le- gion, Dallas, said more than $132,000 in college scholar- ships will be awarded to win- ners. The subject in the Prepared Oration portion of the contest must be about some aspect of the Constitution of the United States, emphasizing the duties and obligations of a citizen to the United States government. The prepared oration must be the original effort of the con- testant and must be 8-10 min- utes in length. In addition to awards to win- ners of various elimination rounds of competition, scholar- ships of $18,000, $16,000 and $14,000 will be given to the first through third places in the national finals. Each state win- ner who competes in the first round of the national contest will receive a $1,500 scholar- ship. Participants in the second round who do not advance to the national final round will re- ceive an additional $1,500 scholarship. Entries in the local contest will be accepted until the first week in January, 2004. The American Legion will pay the expenses of state win- ners at the national contest. “Heh school students in the Back Mountain who are inter- ested in entering the contest will find the complete rules and contest information at the schools, or contact Clarence J. Michael at 675-0488. DMS physicals Dallas Middle School sixth grade physicals will be given to all students on January 15, 2004, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Parents are welcome to be present. Parents who choose to have the examination done by their personal physician must submit the physical report to the nurse by January 5, 2004. Spring sports physicals will be held on February 5 and Feb- ruary 12 at 8:30 a.m. Parent permission forms are available in the school office and must be completed and returned to the nurse prior to the examina- tion. Any student who plans to play baseball, softball, or track and field in the spring is re- quired to have a physical before the first day of practice. 212 Mooretown Rd. (Mooretown) Sweet Valley * YANKEE CANDLE November FRAGRANCE . ror 34,000 MONOGRAM DESIGNS » COUNTRY ¢& PRIMITIVE GIFTS * 62 YANKEE CANDLE As li 3940 Bod ie 10-4 From left, first row: Kristopher Smith, John Mishanski, Richard Kern, Dr. Dale Bruns, Dean of the College of Science and Engineering Second row: Dr. Maravene Loeschke, University Provost; Mr. Matt Zukoski, Assistant Pro- fessor, Department of Math and Computer Science; Cody Raspen, System Administrator. Wilkes students win programming contest Wilkes University freshmen Richard Kern of Noxen, John Mishanski of Lehman, and jun- ior Kristopher Smith of Wilkes-Barre, recently took first place in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Mid Atlantic Regional Programming Contest held at Wilkes. The students, known as “Wilkes Blue,” were given a list of eight problems that could be solved by writing computer programs. The prob- lems dealt with such issues as simulation, artificial intelli- gence and discrete structures. Wilkes Blue was one of 161 teams from colleges and uni- versities throughout Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Vir- ginia and West Virginia. They competed against teams from Villanova University, the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr College and Swarth- more College. “This is an impressive and much deserved win for our students,” said Matt Zukoski, Assistant Professor of Math SO 3rd graders’ holiday show Third grade Wycallis Elementary School students recently presented a program of holiday songs, dances and a short play called “Santa and the Snowmobile. music teacher, was the director. ” Deborah Pike, From left, first row: Nadia Novak, Andrea Boedecker, Aman- da Judge, Briana Konecke, Jamie Wise and Nathan Vario as Santa. 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Crite- ria for membership include maintaining a 3.0 GPA or high- er over 30 or more credits. commencement ceremonyon Saturday, December 20, in gym- nasium of the Athletics & Recreation Building. The cere- mony will begin at 10 a.m. with musical selections by Joseph Jumpeter, Ph.D., assistant pro- fessor of music. John R. Murphy, director of student affairs, is the guest speaker. Murphy will retire in January, after serving Penn State University and its stu- dents for almost 38 years. Class speaker is a graduating student, Kimberly Boyle. A re- ception for graduates and their families, sponsored by the stu- dent activities fee, will immedi- ately follow the ceremony. Graduates from the Back Mountain are: Medical College Admission Test @) Eaton, Brian Puza, Mark Savig- nano. Bachelor of Arts in Adminis- tration of Justice: Danielle Kamine. Bachelor of Science in Busi- ness: Alec Baird, Stephen Bolin, Kimberly Boyle, Karen Brace- Hodle, Janet Connolly, Carson Hawke, Matthew Keiper, Bar- bara Lispi, Vicki Manka, Grego- ry Naylor, David Shaner, gason Smith. Bachelor of Science in’ ‘Blec- trical Engineering Technology: Stephen Clark, Jenelle Kerr, Kazuyuki Nishi,. Bachelor of Science in Elec- trical Engineering: Nicholas Arnone. workshop at King’s College The Medical College Admis- sion Test (MCAT) Preparation Workshop to be presented by King’s College on January 21, 22, 24 and 25 provides a thor- ough orientation to the MCAT. The workshop includes tech- niques for approaching all three types of questions: verbal rea- soning, physical sciences, and biological sciences. The MCAT workshop at King’s College consists of four sessions: evening sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 21 and 22, from 6-9 p.m.; and weekend sessions on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25, from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The four sessions of the MCAT Workshop provide 15 hours of intensive skill-building and preparation. Specific skills and strategies for each situa- tion will be addressed, includ- ing how to untangle dense prose, how to use scientific knowledge, and how to manage one’s time throughout the test. The workshop emphasizes practicing these strategies on real MCAT questions. The ba- sics, such as how the MCAT fits into the overall picture of the medical school admissions process and how to produce an effective writing sample, will be covered as well. Dr. James Yoho, the MCAT workshop instructor, is nation- ally recognized in teaching test preparation through such schools as. Lehigh, LaSalle, Temple, Penn State and Rut- gers universities. Dr. William Van Der Sluys, a chemist with 12 years of university experi- ence, is also a workshop in- structor. The cost for the workshop is $300 per student. For registra- tion information, call the King’s College Educational Conference Center, at 208-5807 or e-mail semccabe at Kings.edu. Feinstein chosen for leadership seminar Ross Feinstein of Shaver- town, a sophomore at “Wyoming Seminary Upper School, has been selected to serve as Sem’s representative to the annual Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation Leadership Semi- nar (HOBY), to be held May 14-16, 2004 at Eastern Universi- ty in St. David's, Pa. Feinstein, son of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Feinstein, serves as an of- ficer in student government and as opinions editor for the student newspaper, The Opina- tor. He is also a member of the Mock Trial team, the Science Research Group, Blue Key, Peer Group and the Sem Orchestra, and was recently named to dis- trict orchestra. He also is a member of the Sem soccer and tennis teams. 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