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Both girls and boys placed first for AA at westmoreland county championships today!!
Incredible performance by the Westmoreland county MEA junior high band this evening!! TALENTED YOUNG MUSICIANS 🎼🎶🎵 Great coordination, Mr. Buckstein!!
Unified Bocce - MP v Penn Trafford
A great time had by all!!
Congratulations to these rock star teachers on being awarded Exemplary Experience Program (EEP) grant awards through the Mount Pleasant Viking Foundation. EEP grants exist to fund innovative and enriching educational learning experiences. Teachers' project titles are listed below. Our students are the primary beneficiaries and are sure to enjoy the unique learning experiences to come!!
Mrs. Nicole Mickinac-- Baking Up Creations
Mrs. Michelle David & Mrs. Karen Dreistadt-- Enhancing STEAM through LEGO Integration
Mr. Svidron-- Padlet: A Formative Assessment Tool
Mrs. Jennifer Bradley and Mr. Ed Drury-- Transforming Learning with Engaging Math Environments
MPA students had the opportunity to visit General Carbide in Greensburg, PA. They toured the facilities and learned about stages and processes of making things out of Tungsten Carbide. They also discussed with employees working conditions and career options within the company.
Congratulations to Senior Eli Duvall, recipient of the Wimmer Scholarship, a highly competitive award which covers the cost of full tuition, room and board for eight semesters at St. Vincent College. Well deserved, Eli. We are so proud of you!!
We extend our sincere apologies to the members of our educational community who received a late night phone call last evening about this morning's two-hour delay. The email message as well as the voice recording were both created yesterday afternoon prior to Dr. Gabauer's departure from the office and were set to distribute to everyone at 7:30 PM.
The email came out in a timely fashion, but something on the vendor's end went wrong with the voice message. Dr. Gabauer waited patiently until approximately 7:50 thinking it was a busy evening in the system and there was an unusually long delay. He then contacted the IT Director and learned there was a system error that prohibited it from being sent. An effort was made to resend the message at 7:50 after recognizing the system error and it failed once again to send. A final effort was made with the vendor to cancel all communication as it was well past our time of comfort to communicate with our families unless of an absolute emergency. The system still had calls sent.
We apologize for this system failure that may have awakened or inconvenienced any of our staff, parents, or students. There will be a great effort made today to remedy this issue and to ensure timely and effective use of the Apptegy communication tool with all future correspondence.
Kudos to our Young Engineer graduates and their teacher, Mr. Lee Smith!! And, many thanks to Kennametal Inc for being such a strong industry partner and providing our students such incredible opportunities!!
The Mount Pleasant area school district continues to experience power issues in two elementary schools, as do several Mount Pleasant area residents. Therefore, the district will be closed today, January 10, 2024, and a flexible instructional day will apply.
All students are to log onto either their Google classroom or their Schoology accounts and follow the two hour delay cancellation schedule. For families who are without power, extended timeframes for the completion of assignments will be afforded. Thank you. Stay safe and warm!!
The Jr. High is abuzz today with festive holiday activities, including a Scavenger hunt, a jingle bell toss, Bingo, scooter races, a Christmas ornament toss and other games with friends.
Holiday Spirit is in the air at the Jr/Sr High School!!
Tis the season for some holiday fun at Norvelt Elementary!! 🎄
Mrs. DiVecchio's Spanish students participated in a food-themed day. The Fiesta featured a range of authentic dishes including Churros, Tres Leches Cake, and Mexican Wedding Cookies, among many others.
Students in Ms. Minerd’s Biology classes made cell ornaments.
Students at Ramsay Elementary enjoyed hand-carved ham at the annual district Christmas luncheon. Thank you to our Food Service Director, Patrick Rulon-Miller, and his entire staff for making lunch so special for our students.
I spy a couple of Grinches and lots of great students in Mrs. Sterf's 4th grade class at Donegal Elementary!! 🎄❤️
Fleury the elf dropped off cookie supplies at Norvelt Elementary so students could ice “Ugly Sweater” cookies. 🎄❤️
Mrs. Mulnix's AP Biology students were tasked with researching one of over 4,000 enzymes and creating their own cereal which they presented as part of a marketing campaign. Students learned about their enzymes, coenzymes, substrates, inhibitors and diseases caused by their enzymes' deficiency.
Mr. Hladio's AP Physics students were challenged with a Centripetal Force lab today using "Flying Pigs."
