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Winners of the Geography Awareness Week Poster Contest
The Pennsylvania Alliance for Geographic Education is delighted to announce winners of our inaugural Geography Awareness Week Poster Contest:
| Grand Prize & K-2 First Place: |
Edward Patrick, 2nd grade, St. Jude School, Mountain Top (Mary Anne Crofchick, teacher) |
| Grand Prize & 6-8 First Place: |
Brielle Bolinsky, 8th grade, North Schuylkill Junior-Senior High School, Ashland (Patricia Dougherty-Wade, teacher) |
| 3-5 First Place: |
Dakota Johnson, 4th grade, South Mountain Elementary School, Dillsburg (Kimberly Hicks, teacher) |
| 9-12 First Place: |
Cody Hohn, 11th grade, Red Lion Area Senior High School, Red Lion (John Royer, teacher) |
Additional Grade-level winners:
| K |
Natalie Hunsiger, St. Jude School, Mountain Top (Anita Legge, teacher) |
| 3 |
James Lavan, St. Jude School, Mountain Top (Brenda Kolojejchick, teacher) |
| 4 |
Shawn Cutright, South Mountain Elementary School, Dillsburg (Kimberly Hicks, teacher) |
| 5 |
Kiley George, Fairview Elementary School, Waynesboro (Barbara Blubaugh, teacher) |
| 6 |
Catelynn Swartz, Gettysburg Area Middle School, Gettysburg (Kristin Fluman, teacher) |
| 7 |
Reiley Lonergan, St. Nicholas School, Minersville (David Holland, teacher) |
Honorable Mentions:
| Kindergarten |
Avery Chepolis, St. Jude School, Mountain Top (Anita Legge, teacher)
Carly Glaser, St. Jude School, Mountain Top (Anita Legge, teacher)
Jack Novelli, St. Jude School, Mountain Top (Anita Legge, teacher) |
| 2nd grade |
Emma Fure, Rutherford Elementary School, Harrisburg (Heather Zlogar, teacher)
Gabriella Schideler, St. Jude School, Mountain Top (Mary Anne Crofchick, teacher)
Evin Olson, Sporting Hill Elementary School, Mechanicsburg (Angela Benion, teacher) |
| 3rd grade |
Vincent DeMarco, St. Jude School, Mountain Top (Brenda Kolojejchick, teacher)
Caitlin Kernick, St. Jerome Regional School, Tamaqua (Mrs. Lindenmuth, teacher)
Michael Lucas, St. Jerome Regional School, Tamaqua (Mrs. Lindenmuth, teacher) |
| 4th grade |
Emma Coccio, St. Jerome Regional School, Tamaqua (Mrs. Williams, teacher)
Brooke Wargo, St. Jerome Regional School, Tamaqua (Mrs. Williams, teacher)
Julia Whitbeck, St. Jerome Regional School, Tamaqua (Mrs. Williams, teacher) |
| 5th grade |
Tiffany Huynh, Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg (Eileen Harris, teacher)
Elizabeth Patterson, Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg (Eileen Harris, teacher)
Lanie Vevasis, , Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg (Eileen Harris, teacher) |
| 6th grade |
Andrew Eller, Rice Avenue Middle School, Girard (Mr. Beachly, teacher)
Shreyas Srinivasan, Eagle View Middle School, Mechanicsburg (Rick Hennessey, teacher)
Maizy Troxell, St. Jerome Regional School, Tamaqua (Mrs. Daukshus, teacher) |
| 7th grade |
Emma Rago, Tamaqua Area Middle School, Tamaqua (Jennifer DiSante, teacher)
Nicole Wasserleben, Tamaqua Area Middle School, Tamaqua (Jennifer DiSante, teacher) |
| 8th grade |
Samantha Markley, Lower Dauphin Middle School, Hummelstown (PJ Schan-Bigler, teacher)
Abby Pilla, St. Jerome Regional School, Tamaqua (Leslie Confer, teacher)
Isabella Romani, Wyoming Area Catholic School, Exeter (Lori Ann Sweet, teacher) |
Congratulations to winners and all participants!
PA Alliance Teachers Receive National Recognition
Two PA Alliance teachers were recognized by the National Council for Geographic Education at the National Conference on Geographic Education meeting in Portland, Oregon in early August. Kristy Snider, Clear Run Intermediate School in Tobyhanna and Lisa Draper, Nitschmann Middle School in Bethlehem, were selected to receive this prestigious award. Only 13 K-12 teachers nationwide were presented the 2011 NCGE Distinguished Teacher Award! Both Kristy and Lisa are exceptional classroom teachers and energetic ambassadors for geography. Both work tireless promoting Geography Awareness Week as well as serving the PA Alliance on the Alliance Steering Committee. Congratulations to both Lisa and Kristy for this honor!
PA Alliance Developing Strategic Plan
Members of the PA Alliance Steering Committee met for a two day retreat in June to draft the initial version of our Strategic Plan. National Geographic Education Foundation is encouraging all state Alliances to develop a strategic plan in order to more effectively meet the needs of geography education in each state and to work toward achieving the National Geographic goal of creating a geographically literate population by 2025. If you have an interest or expertise in strategic planning, Jan Smith would love to hear from you. You can reach her at jssmit@ship.edu
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