- WA Wins WVIA's
Scholastic Scrimmage Championship
Wyoming Area High School's Scholastic Scrimmage Team concluded
their academic year by winning the school's first Grand
Championship. The team defeated Honesdale in the finals broadcast
on WVIA TV on May 9. The team won $5000.00 for the school's
general fund.
- Scholastic
Scrimmage quizzes students in the areas of social studies,
language arts, mathematics, science and fine arts. Wyoming Area
has been LIU 18 Champion five times in the last ten years and has
won a total of $9000.00 for the school district.
- Pictured
is this year's team consisting of Sophomore Davide Fanelli, Junior
Debbie Gross, Junior Eric Werbin, Junior Team Captain Samantha
Scott and Sophomore alternate Trevor Alder. Team moderator is
Eileen Palmer, Academic Teams Coach.
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- JFK Receives
2009-2010 Distinguished Title I School Achievement Award
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 Each
year the Division of Federal Programs from the Pennsylvania
Department of Education allocates a portion of Title 1 funds to
Title 1 schools making AYP for two or more consecutive years.
All Title 1 schools in Wyoming Area School District
received Achievement Award funds for acquiring AYP for the 2009
school year.
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Also, every year the
Division of Federal Programs select a small number of Title 1
schools who meet the criteria for receiving the maximum Title 1
Achievement Award of $5000.00 and be selected to be named a
Distinguished Title 1 School.
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Title 1 Distinguished
Schools demonstrate a commitment to learning by holding their
students to the high academic standards set forth by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education for students and schools.
This year the Division of Federal Programs selected 114 Title 1
schools to receive this maximum Academic Award and be recognized
as a Distinguished Title 1 School.
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The criteria used for
the selection was based on a 25 percentage gain on the PSSA test
in Reading, Math and other tested subgroups of students within a
Title 1 school.
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This year the John F.
Kennedy Elementary School in Exeter was one of the selected 114
schools throughout the state to receive the 2009-2010
Distinguished Title 1 School Award.
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Recently all of the 114
selected 2009 -2010 Distinguished Title 1 Schools
were honored and recognized for their best instructional practices
and successes at the 2010 Title 1 Improving School Conference help
in Pittsburgh,
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Pictured receiving the
Distinguished Title 1 School Achievement Award at the conference
from Renee Palakovic, Chief of the Division of Federal Programs is
Janet Serino, District Principal of Curriculum, Rita Mauriello,
Reading Supervisor/Title 1 Coordinator and Title 1 Reading
Specialists Linda McDermott, Rose Ann Stull and Carolyn Flickinger.
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- WA Middle
School 2nd at Science Olympiad
 - Wyoming Area Middle School's Science Olympiad Team recently participated in regional
competition at Penn State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus.
- The team finished in
second place overall out of a field of 21 teams. Team members were
awarded a total of three gold medals, four silver medals, and one bronze medals. The entire team will advance to the state
competition to be held at Juniata College on April 30, 2010.
- Pictured in the photo,
front row kneeling, left to right: Emily Bellanco, Danielle
Spagnuolo, Audrey Hiedacavage, Gabrielle Spagnuolo, Julia Banas.
- Middle row: John
Marianacci, Maria Marianacci, Maddy Ambrusso.
- Back row: Rose Mary
Litwin, Ed Grivenski, A.J. Lenkaitis, Gregory Cajka, Alex Krispin,
Leslie Shumlas, Andrew Coco, Nicholas Gushka, Clarise Townsend.
- Absent: Gared Zaboski.
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- WA
Physics Team Recently Competed
The AP
Physics class participated in the 2010 JETS TEAMS
competition on March 8. The team finished in sixth place
for the Northeast Regional.
- Pictured
from left to right: Matthew Pizano, Cody Poder, Corey
Furman, Dillon Cason, Ray DeArmitt, Eric Willis, Michael
Romanowski, Paul VanAuken.
- The
team is coached by Mr. David Pizano.
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- WBRE's Candice
Kelly Visits WA
 - Candice Kelly, WBRE's
evening co-anchor, spoke to the WA Journalism classes on
Wednesday, January 27.
- Miss Argento's 7th and
8th period classes prepared questions from Mrs. Kelly's biography.
The
- informal Q & A session was held
in the alcove in the auditorium.
- Before leaving, the
students presented Mrs. Kelly with a WA Journalism t-shirt.
- "I had a great
time and look forward to returning next year," stated Kelly.
- This was Mrs. Kelly's
third year visiting the Journalism students secured through the
efforts of Tony Callaio, WA's Public Relations Coordinator.
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- Wyoming
Area
Middle School
Students
- Working
with NASA
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 Members of Mr.
Grivensky's Advanced eighth-grade
Science class at the Wyoming
Area
Secondary Center
are participating in the NASA Endeavour Program.
- The Endeavour program
allows students to collaborate with NASA through a variety of
challenges designed to problem-solve real problems faced by NASA
engineers. The Wyoming
Area team's project entitled "Balanced Forces in a
Microgravity Environment" was chosen as a National Finalist
and will be performed by NASA's team of engineers.
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In the photo, from left to right: Ed
Grivensky teacher/advisor, Brian Wisowaty, Gabrielle Spagnuolo,
Christopher Wall, Emily Bellanco, Danielle Spagnuolo, and Courtney
Melvin.
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- Wyoming Area
Promotional Video
- A promotional video has
been launched featuring Wyoming Area. This vehicle was designed to
give people outside our area as well as inside the District, a
better look at what is available at WA.
- We hope you enjoy the
video that was shot, written and produced by Morgan Harding,
Karisa Calvitti and Anthony Ponzo, all members of Mrs. Berti's
Audio/Visual Communications class and the WAVE.
- Click here
for the link.
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- WA
Kindergarten Pre-Registration
- for 2010-2011
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Pre-registration is being held for students who will enter
kindergarten for the 2010-2011 school year in the Wyoming Area
School District. Parents of
students who are pre-registered will be invited to parent
workshops and receive kindergarten readiness information to assist
their children in preparation for kindergarten.
- The
pre-registration information will also allow the district to
provide registration information prior to the official
registration in the spring. Parents
are asked to complete the form found here
or pickup a registration form at the registration office located
at the Secondary Center, 20 Memorial Street, Exeter.
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Parents
may also receive a form by calling 655-3733 ext. 2457.
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- WA Vies for
Second Consecutive
- Academic Title
Wyoming Area High
School is again competing in Scholastic Scrimmage, an academic
competition sponsored by the US Army and WVIA-TV. - Scholastic
Scrimmage quizzes students from in the areas of social studies,
language arts. mathematics, science and fine arts. The competing
teams from LIU18, NEIU 19 and CSIU16 have the opportunity to win
$5000 for their school district.
- Wyoming
Area won the LIU18 Championship in 2009 and hopes for another
successful year. This years team consists of Sophomore Davide
Fanelli, Junior Debbie Gross, Junior Eric Werbin, Junior Team
Captain Samantha Scott and Sophomore alternate Trevor Alder.
- Team
moderator is Eileen Palmer, Academic Teams Coach.
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- First General
Services Conducts Fire Safety Program
 - On October 8,
First General Services of NEPA, held a fire safety seminar for the
JFK students in the cafeteria. First General handed out
"goodie containers" for each teacher that included
school supplies, classroom decorations, t-shirts, etc.
- Each
child also received a fire safety coloring book & crayon set.
Al Zekoski, who has been doing fire safety for over 25 years, ran
the PowerPoint presentation along with Danielle Sciandra.
- The
seminar ran almost an hour including a review on the importance of
"being prepared" in cases of fire.
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- WA
Food
Service Announcement
- If your family has had
a reduction in monthly income, your children may qualify under the
income guidelines for free or reduced meals.
- You may reapply for
eligibility any time during the school year. Free and Reduced
Meal applications are available at your child's school, or call
655-2836, ext. 2351 and we will be happy to mail you an
application.
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- Wyoming Area
Hosted Area Vets
 - Wyoming Area, once
again, had the privilege of honoring local Veterans by hosting a
Thanksgiving style luncheon, followed by a program in front of the
student body in the gymnasium. Nearly 90 Vets participated in the
program where students gave them a rousing and emotional standing
ovation as they entered the gym. This year, SSG. Matthew B. Noll,
US Army was the guest speaker.
- Photos of the event
here.
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- Shore
Bowl Teams Competed at Rutgers University
- The Wyoming
Area Shore Bowl teams recently competed at this year's
regional Shore Bowl competition at Rutgers
University.
- Team
"A" captain Cody Poder, and members Rachel
Gross, Alyssa Cajka, and Eric Werbin placed in the top 10
teams at the competiton.
- Team
"B" captian Matt Pizano and members Samantha
Coco, Robert Brozowski, Brittany Spak, and Rachel Taylor
made it to the quarter final round and were defeated by a
team from the Marine Academy.
- Pictured
kneeling, left to right: Samantha Coco, Robert Brozowski,
Rachel Taylor, and Brittany Spak.
- Standing: Molly Kearns
(advisor), Alyssa Cajka, Eric Werbin, Cody Poder, Rachel
Gross, Matthew Pizano and Anne Wall (advisor).
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- WA Places
Second at Science Olympiad
 - Wyoming Area High
School's Science Olympiad Team recently participated in regional
competition at Penn State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus.
- The team finished in
second place overall out of a field of 33 teams. Team members were
awarded a total of five gold medals, four silver medals, and two
bronze medals. The entire team will advance to the state
competition to be held at Juniata College on April 30, 2010.
- Pictured in the photo,
front row, left to right: Alyssa Cajka, Samantha Scott, Tia
Spagnuolo, Jillian Balberchak, Rachel Gross, Andrew Ambruso.
- Back row: David Pizano,
Damien Rutkoski, Gordon Williams, Justin Winters, Debbie Gross,
David Dorbad, Matthew Pizano, Eric Werbin, Davide Fanelli, Clarise
Townsend, Molly Kearns.
- Absent from photo:
Corey Furman, Cody Poder, Trevor Alder, Ann Wall, Erica
Robaczewski.
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- WA Wall of
Fame
- Wyoming Area, under the
guidance of librarian Mrs. Charlene Berti, would like to create a
Wall of Fame to be displayed on a wall in the Secondary Center
library.
- The goal of the
"Wall" is to create a life-line to those graduates of
Wyoming Area that have succeeded in their life/career. This will
give the students at WA a chance to see that one can succeed in
life that began right here in the hallways of WA.
- If you would like to
nominate an individual or perhaps become a member of the
"Wall" yourself, please click on the link to download a Nomination
Form.
- Remit the form to Mrs.
Berti by the address on the top of the form.
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- Wyoming
Area Awarded a Bronze Medal by U.S.
News & World Report
- U.S. News
looked at thousands of public schools to identify the most
outstanding.
- The 2010 U.S.
News & World Report Americas
Best High Schools methodology, developed by School
Evaluation Services, a K-12 education data research business
run by Standard & Poor's, is based on the key principles
that a great high school must serve all its students well,
not just those who are college bound, and that it must be
able to produce measurable academic outcomes to show the
school is successfully educating its student body across a
range of performance indicators.
- This year,
Wyoming Area is proud to have garnered a Bronze Medal.
- Click here
to get to the Wyoming Area School District profile.
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- WA School
Board Re-organizes
Wyoming Area School Board re-organized on Tuesday, December 8 with
the swearing-in of two incumbents and two new members being sworn
in.- John Bolin and John
Marianacci are back for a second term while Gil Dominick, a
veteran of the school board returns and newcomer, Frank Casarella
took the oath of office.
- Bolin will assume the
presidency, Marianacci, vice president, Toni Valenti will return
as secretary and Frank Casarella will take over the treasurer's
position.
- Shown in the photo,
left to right, District Magistrate Joseph Carmody, Dominick,
Casarella, Marianacci, and Bolin.
- Good luck to all.
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- Wyoming Area
Continues to Score High in PA Standardized Testing
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Parents now
able to access their child's grades online.
- Superintendent Raymond J. Bernardi is pleased to announce district
students, once again, performed above state averages in the 2009
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) tests.
- Eleventh-grade students
scored particularly well being 83% proficient or advanced in math
and 80% in reading, which is well above the state average of 56%
in math and 65% in reading.
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In writing, the 11th
grade class scored an impressive 96% proficient or advanced in
writing whereas the state average was 83%. As a result of this
success, the class ranked in the top 2% out of 501 school
districts in Pennsylvania.
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"Our success in
PSSA testing is due enlarge to the partnering of our dedicated
staff of administrators and faculty along with students and their
parents," said Bernardi.
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Wyoming Area is
continuing to further that partnering strength by adding a tool
for parents and/or guardians to access real-time grades of their
students through a program called ProgressBook.
- ProgressBook
is a classroom management system supporting the most recent K-12
standards-based education practices. To
access online grades, click on the link at the top of this page in
the left-hand column. Once there, you will enter a name and
password. The site is confidential and secure.
- In addition
to accessing grades, parents will be able to search for details on
quizzes, tests, labs, attendance, and homework assignments.
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Grades for Secondary
students may be accessed at this time with the elementary level
being added next year, accordi
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"With this secure
system in place, parents and/or guardians will no longer have to
wait until the end of a quarter to see how their student is
progressing," said Bernardi.
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If
you have any further questions with online grades, please contact
Secondary Center Principal Vito Quaglia or Assistant Principal
Cathy Ranieli at 570-655-2836.
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- Wyoming Area
Scholars "Threepeat"
 Wyoming Area Middle
School competed in the 14th Annual Young Scholars Program at
Scranton Preparatory School on Saturday, November 7th.
Approximately 100 top students from 23 schools competed in
academic and nonacademic areas. The Wyoming Area team won our
third consecutive championship and fourth in five years by
defeating Good Shepherd Academy and Our Lady of Peace.
Congratulations to Gabrielle Spagnuolo, Captain, Audrey
Heidacavage, Danielle Spagnuolo and Gared Zaboski. Moderator is
Eileen Palmer, Academic Teams Coach.-
- The
Right to Know Law
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The Board recognizes the
importance of public records as the record of the district's
actions and the repository of information about this district. The
public has the right under law to inspect and to procure copies of
public records, with certain exceptions, subject to Board policy.
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The public records of this district shall mean any account,
voucher or contract dealing with the receipt or disbursement of
funds; acquisition, use or disposal of services or supplies,
materials, equipment or other property; or any minutes, orders or
decisions fixing the personal or property rights, privileges,
immunities, duties or obligations of any person or group.
- The
Board shall make the district's public records and copies thereof
available for inspection in accordance with established
guidelines, with the exception of those records exempted from such
inspection and copying by law and Board policy.
- To request permission
to review said documents above, please download the policy
and request
form and submit it to the District's Right to Know Officer,
Denise Holmes, at the Secondary Center.
- For further questions
or information, please contact Denise at 655-3733, ext. 2420.
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- Microsoft
Discount Program for
Penna. Students!
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