Sunday, January 17, 2010 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 7 STUDENTS CONDUCT CHARITY DRIVE Be Fourth-grade teacher Jennifer Welby, along with students from third through sixth grades at Ross Elementary School, organized a Holiday Charity Drive. Students collected 200 non-perish- able food items for the Noxen Food Pantry. From left, first row, are Amanda Ayers, Nicole Crowley, Morgan Marchakitus. Second row, Jennifer Welby, fourth-grade teacher; Skylar Sutton, Clayton Vasey, Emily Johns, Claire Wilson, Elly Hossage and Melissa Sorber, fifth-grade teacher. DHS PTSO COMMITTEE PLANS EVENTS The Dallas High School PTSO Steering Committee met recently to plan its spring semester events. Planned activities include a Valentine's Day faculty appreciation breakfast, SPCA food drive and Student of the Quarter Breakfast. From left, seated, are parents Deb Chielli, Mary Lou Gilhooley, Sharon Krawetz and Gail Petorak. Standing, Anne Manganello, Judy Rice, School Coun- selor Robyn Jones and Barbara Goode. Interested parents may contact Robyn Jones, Guidance Department, at 674-7217. MU students plan events to note Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Students active in Campus Ministry at Misericordia Univer- sity are partnering with mem- bers of the Kids Care Club of the Jewish Family Service of Greater Wilkes-Barre to fill diaper bags for mothers in need as part of the National Day of Service on Mon- day, Jan. 18, in honor of Dr. Mar- tin Luther King, Jr. Misericordia students and vol- unteers have been accepting do- nations like diapers, baby wipes, small toys and pacifiers from the campus and surrounding com- munities to include in the diaper bags which were purchased by the Kids Care Club. Students will collect the donations from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on January 18 and put the diaper bags together in the Banks Student Life Center on the Back Mountain campus. Do- nations may be dropped off in Campus Ministry in the Banks Center. The filled diaper bags will then be delivered to several local shelters for women and children. Misericordia University will al- so hold a special Mass in honor of Dr. King in the campus chapel located in Mercy Hall at 12:05 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18. The opening liturgy will focus on the teachings of Dr. King. Mass will be celebrated by Rev. Donald Williams, ,, campus chaplain. is free and open to the public. Mass at the chapel is open to the public. Misericordia University students will also join stu- dents from other local colleg- es in a commemoration of Dr. King at 3 p.m. The Jan. 18 pro- gram will be held in the fourth floor city council chamber of Wilkes-Barre City Hall, 40 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre. The program will be hosted by the Honorable Thomas Leighton, mayor of the city of Wilkes-Barre. Misericordia University President Michael A. MacDowell will be among the guest speakers. The event Kindergarten will continue The Lake-Lehman School District invites parents and children to the third install- ment of the Kindergarten Readiness Program for the 2009-2010 school year. The rogram is scheduled for Feb- 2, 3 and 4 and will fea- ture “Bus Safety and Pre-Reg- istration.” There will be an explanation of the registration process. Parents should bring their child’s immunizations with Readiness Program In Lake-Lehman schools them and, while they are start- ing the registration, children will take a ride on a school bus through the community. The schedule is as follows: Ross Elementary, Tuesday, Feb. 2; Lake-Noxen Elemen- tary, Wednesday, Feb.3; and Lehman-Jackson Elementary, Thursday, Feb. 4. All programs start at 9 a.m. Parents are asked to register for the third installment by calling their neighboring ele- (XH WODIIW OOO, mentary school offices at the following numbers: Ross Elementary, 477-5050 or 256-7897; Lake-Noxen Elementary, 639-1129; and Lehman-Jackson Elemen- tary, 675-2165. This program is only for children who will be 5 years of age prior to September 1, 2010 and who are planning to enter kindergarten for the 2010-2011 school year at Lake-Lehman. Members of Commuter Council at Misericordia Yop rersity helped make the nodays pia for needy children in the area by reading letters : Kate Hahn, a business administration major from Dallas; Matthew Brown, cc Sata. president, a rapping prise for Valle a. a. From 1eft are biology major from White Haven; Kristina Hrabcak, council president, a business administration major from Trucksville; Karen Sickler, a sport management major from Tunkhannock; and Kit Foley, dean of students. MU students offer aid to Valley Santa Misericordia University Com- muter Council students helped make the holidays brighter for children in the Wyoming Valley by donating their time and fun- draising efforts to Valley Santa. The students sponsored a raf- fle that raised $100 for the orga- nization. They also went to the Valley Santa center, read letters from families that requested support and prepared the shop- ping list of the items that were needed. Once the shopping was done, they helped to wrap gifts for the children. The wish lists included toys, dolls and games that will be distributed to fam- ilies in the region this coming week. Commuter Council is an orga- nization that represents the more than 800 commuter stu- dents at the university. The stu- dent organization helps to ad- dress issues and provides social opportunities. In its 26th year, Valley Santa is a non-profit organization ded- icated to making sure every child in need in the Wyoming Valley has a gift on Christmas morning. Once volunteers proc- ess the request letters, shop for and wrap the gifts, the U.S. Postal Service delivers the pre- sents. The organization provid- ed gifts to more than 4,000 chil- dren in 2008. BMT residents named to dean's list at Misericordia University Several Back Mountain stu- dents have been named to the dean’s list at Misericordia Univer- sity for the fall 2009 semester. A student at Misericordia Uni- versity qualifies for the dean’s list with a 3.55 grade point average or higher. Named to the list are: Renee Allbless, Shavertown; Rachael Ayers, Dallas; Megan Baker, Wyoming; Renee Barches- ki, Tunkhannock; Abigail Bom- boy, Dallas; Brandi Brace, Hun- lock Creek; Andrew Breazeale, Dallas; Kathleen Brigham, Trucksville; Kristina Brown, West Wyoming; John Bucha III, Dallas; Linda Burczyk, Wyoming; Trish Burgess, Sweet Valley; Tra- cey Burkhardt, Dallas; Karen Ce- lo, Dallas; Sarah Church, West Wyoming; Sharon Clark, Sweet Valley; Elizabeth Clements, Sha- vertown; Bethany Daron, Shaver- town; Rachel Decker, Dallas; Nathan Delmar, Shavertown; Mi- chael Dirsa, Shavertown; Eliza- beth Dudascik, Dallas; Shannon Elqorchi, Harveys Lake; Roger Giovino, Tunkhannock; Amy Groner, Dallas; Elwood Groner, III., Dallas; Lois Gross, Trucks- ville; Jessica Hotz, Harveys Lake; Kristina Hrabcak, Wyoming; Joan Ide, Dallas; Nancy Johnson, Dallas; Leah Kaiser, Dallas; Lau- ra Kingston, Tunkhannock; Gary Koncewicz, West Wyoming; Lau- ren Lando, Dallas; Tanya Lang, Dallas; Bernadette Lawler, Har- veys Lake; George Lazur, Dallas; Joshua Lesinski, Harveys Lake; Alexandria Litchkofski, Hunlock Creek; Anthony Lubinski, Sweet Valley; Joan Luksa, Dallas; Mar- guerite MacDougall, Harveys Lake; Jill Marchakitus, Hunlock Creek; Lisa Marso, Dallas; Tara Matlock, Harveys Lake; Paige May, Dallas; Noelle Mc Kay, Har- veys Lake; John Mc Mullen, III, Shavertown; Brianna McLaugh- lin, Dallas; Ashley Mihal, Wyom- ing; Jennifer Mines, Dallas; Che- ryl Montigney, Hunlock Creek; Ashlie Morris, Dallas; Maura Neher, Shavertown; Denise Ne- rozzi, Dallas; Courtney Novajos- ky, Noxen; Renee Novitski, Dal- las; Alisha Nudo, Tunkhannock; Laura O’Gorman, Hunlock Creek; Brittany O'Neill, Harveys Lake; Brenda Orehotsky, Dallas; Lisa Perugino, Dallas; Anthony Pirouz, Dallas; Jason Platts, Tunkhannock; Carl Postupak, Dallas; Kristin Randazzo, West Wyoming; Robin Razawich, Dal- las; Sarah Rupert, Dallas; Erik Sandstrom, Harveys Lake; Leena Sarieh, Dallas; Rose Scott, Har- veys Lake; Leslie Serino, Shaver- town; Kendra Spears, Trucks- ville; Catherine Stanski, Dallas; Elizabeth Stuscavage, Wyoming; Cara Symons, Shavertown; Mi- chael Truscott, Tunkhannock; Ja- clyn Tschantz, Tunkhannock; Su- zanne Vernon, Dallas; Jennifer Walp, Dallas; Ruth Whitesell, Harveys Lake; Michael Wyberski, Dallas; Kaytlin Yachim, Dallas; Frank Yamrick, Dallas; Sandy Yanchick, Noxen; Stephen Zub- ko, Dallas. ry Wyoming; Tamara Chinikay- Several Back Mountain residents are named to dean's list at Dr. Nicholas A. Holodick, vice president for academic affairs at King’s College, recently an- nounced that several Back Moun- tain students have qualified for the dean’s list for the fall 2009 se- mester. Students at King’s College must having achieved a grade point average of 3.4 or higher in \ order to be named to the dean’s list. They are Nicholas Diaco, Alli- son Evans, James Heffers, Jordan Jiunta, Kristen Justice, Laura Panzitta, Paulina Posatko, Victo- ria Posatko, John Prater, Nicole Rave, Noreen Sarieh. Also, Christopher Skevofilax, Amy Sperling, Lindsay Szalkow- » ski, Erin Tanner, Daniel Tarol, Jane Tomkinson and Angela Wagner, all of Dallas. Also, Eric Butruce, Rachael Gallup, Michael Gergel, Tiffany Gergel, Kevin Gilbertson, Alyssa Gill, Robert Greenhalgh, Alexan- der Kish, Michael Kowalski. Also, Marilyn Malia, Nicole Mitkus, Kathleen Paley, Kimber- LR" ; King's College ly Peron. Also, Robert Peron, Lauren Seelye, Laurie Shevock and Amanda Waligun, all of Shaver- town. Also, Daniel Barry, Jason Bess, Robin Crossley, Aimee Fritzges, Desiree Spears and Rebecca Sta- sik, all of Trucksville. L-L EMPLOYEES RING SALVATION ARMY BELL Employees of the Lake-Lehman School District recently volunteered their time to help the Salivation Army by ringing a bell for the Kettle Drive at Thomas’ Market in Shavertown. Bell ringers collected about $350 to help the Salvation Army during the holiday season. From left, are Heather Wertman, Linda VanOrden, Erin Cragle, teachers; and Marilyn Glogow- ski, principal, Lehman-Jackson Elementary School. ia eR ins Mi
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