DAA Ceremony - May 16, 2007

This DAA Ceremony was preceded by several significant events:
 

Representative Mike Turzai presented the District with a check for $75,000 in grant monies that he assisted the UBO parents, Mr. Bob Bozzuto and School Board Leadership to attain for lighting at various athletic fields on the NASH Campus.

 

Mr. Bob Devlin recognized the four individuals who will have
completed 25 years of service with the District at the end of
this school year.  They are:

• Mr. Kevin Schofield - Road Supervisor @ Transportation
• Ms. Marsha Vlah - Biology Teacher @ NAI
• Ms. Jo Ann Witt - Science Teacher @ MMS
• Ms. Elizabeth Colcombe - Principal @ MES

 

The School Board of Directors honored the Student School Board Representatives,
Lily Chen and Andy Hamm,  for their service this year.

2007 National French Exam

In March of each year, interested North Allegheny students are given the opportunity to take the National French Exam, which is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French.    The National French Exam is a competition that is designed to find and recognize the best French students in the country.  The exam tests listening and reading comprehension skills, as well as vocabulary and grammar knowledge, through multiple-choice questions given in a sixty-minute period.  Except for directions, the entire exam is in French.  Nationally, more than 104,000 students took the exam at various levels this year.  A total of 14 North Allegheny students placed at the top of the nation.

Level 01A – Submitted by French teacher:  Ms. Gail Will
Level 1 – Submitted by French teacher:  Ms. Nancy McKnight
Level 2 - Submitted by French teacher:  Ms. Barbara Obaker
Level 3 - Submitted by French teacher:  Ms. Barbara Zaun
 

Level 01A
Sixth Place in the nation
Morgan Shaber-Twedt

Level 1
 Sixth Place in the nation
Annie Yan

Seventh Place in the nation
Madison Kraus
Alexandra Strycula

Level 2
Tenth Place in the nation
Kelly Gilmour
Ashley Truxal

Level 3
 Fourth Place in the nation
Hillary Richard
Wen Xu

Fifth Place in the nation
Brandon Caro

Sixth Place in the nation
Colleen Cadman
Alexandra Zabierek

Eighth Place in the nation
Katherine Muskal

Ninth Place in the nation
Rebecca Scheuer
Li Xu

2007 National Latin Exam

The National Latin Exam is given annually to test knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, mythology, Latin reading comprehension, and Roman history and culture.  It is sponsored by the American Classical League.  Students from North Allegheny joined more than 134,000 Latin students from across the nation and 13 foreign countries in taking the 2007 National Latin Exam this year.  They earned a total of 58 Gold Medals and 62 Silver Medals in the various levels of competition. 

Latin I – Submitted by Latin teachers: Ms. Angela Hanshew and Ms. Melody Hannegan
Latin II - Submitted by Latin teacher:  Ms. Terry Klein
Latin Poetry III, Latin Poetry IV and Latin Prose III were submitted by Latin teacher, Mr. Jay Thomas
 

Latin I

Gold Medal
Andrew Adam
Sujaya Balachandran
Megan Barrett
Gina Carretta
Julia Concelman
Christy Cotter
Megan Doerzbacher
Madeline Gray
Chelsea Henderson
Lindsay Holdcroft
Joshua Kaib
Jacob Klingensmith
Aidan MacDonagh
Matthew Magdic
Claire McGinnis
Jenna Mulligan
Matthew Poole
Sean Radermacher
Natalie Rogers
Jennifer Rumble
Michael Severyn
Kelsey Steele
Connie Yuan

 Silver Medal
Max Adzema
Ryan Bailey
Nikki Bindas
Domenic Borgese
Michael Bove
Jonathan Buerger
Andrew Candiello
Liang Deng
Jacob DiBattista
Daniel Jefferies
Steven Madden
Bayleigh McMenamin
Michael Noh
Allison Reckless
Daniel Veres
Jacob Wrigley
Cindy Yuan

Latin II

Gold Medal
J. Patrick Baum
Paul Bergdahl
Hyeong (Bryan) Cho
Maura Crock
Thomas Dean
Andrew Fishell
Alexis Geeza
John McElhattan
David Tobias
Michael Vuono
 

Silver Medal
Keshav Dhanda
Mia DiRienzo
Katherine Gibson
Vanessa Kachulis
Paula Noh
Dennis O’Neil
Elaine Oestreich
Edwin Phelps
Jessica Rosenblatt
Kenneth Tsang
Steven Verez

Latin Poetry III

Gold Medal
Gwyn Agnew
Molly Boyce
Nathan Carlin
Lisa Czerniewski
David Duffett
Anna Israel
Hae-Song Jung
Clifford Kim
Lisa Marcellus
Brian Marcus
Samuel McCandlish
Sarah Rauterkus
Cory Sarver
Kimberly Schmitt
Joseph Snatchko
Hannah Snyder
Andrew Sullivan
Stephen Tjader
Christian Totera
Brian White
Edward Wu

Silver Medal
Daniel Borzelleca
Grace Concelman
Timothy Hubert
Claire Kairys
Kristina Krebs
Dana Lynch
Ken Nakajima
Jocelyn Ralutz
Kendra Siegel
Rebecca Slanders
Mark Tuell
Amber Wetzel
Michael Williamson
Katherine Wu
Yilu Zhang

Latin Poetry IV

Gold Medal
Erin Dauson
Nathan Trapuzzano
Harrison Turner
Claire Xu

Silver Medal
Jonathan Barrett
Norman Gottron, III
Trevor King
Samuel Moore
Molly Moynihan
Logan Nye
Elena Stark
Scott VanBuskirk

Latin Prose III

Silver Medal
Peter Gayler

2007 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Program
Submitted by art teachers: 
Ms. Frances Hawbaker and Ms. Marlene Paulick  

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards offer early recognition of creative teenagers and scholarship opportunities for graduating high-school seniors. The Awards are national in scope and administered by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The process begins across the country as young artists and writers submit creative works of art and writing to a network of affiliate programs of the Alliance who share the Alliance’s vision to inspire the next generation of artists and writers. Supported by their visual arts and writing teachers and other community mentors, participants create and submit their best works in various categories.
 

Gold Key Region-at-Large Winners
Stephen Hood
Kristen Lied

Gold Key Region-at-Large Winner and a Silver Award National Winners
Brianna Layman
Cailann Meehan

6th Grade Knowledge Master Open
Submitted by teachers:  Ms. Ann Hilty and Ms. Dana Boyd:

The Knowledge Master Open Competitions were designed to stimulate enthusiasm for learning and recognition for academic accomplishment.  The contest runs on classroom computers to allow all students the opportunity to complete in a large academic event without the expense of traveling to a central site.  Scoring for the competitions is based on the accuracy and speed of the answers.  Competitions are held several times a year at various age and grade levels.

In March students from practically every state and several countries competed in the Fifth and Sixth Grade Knowledge Master Open academic competition.  A team of 11 students from Carson Middle School scored 812 out of 1,000 possible points.  Their score entitled them to first place in Pennsylvania and tenth place in the Nation.  Another team of 17 students from Ingomar Middle School competed and scored 793 which entitled them to second place in Pennsylvania. 
 

First Place in Pennsylvania
and Tenth Place in the Nation
Matthew Caswell
Benjamin Gibbs
Emma Gross
Kelsey Hake
Dillon Naylor
Connor Phillips
Jessica Podlogar
Jeffrey Rabinowitz
Graham Walker
Valerie Zappia
Benjamin Ziolkowski

 

Second Place in Pennsylvania
Sirmina Dremsizova
Kimberly Goehring
Megan Grzyb
Grace Ho
John Hopkins
Leqi Huang
Skanda Koppula
Cathy Li
Joel Mabey
Kevin Mo
Kristen Poole
Jakob Przybycien
Cade Seljak
Shane Snyder
Taylor Soergel
Carol Wang
Bozhang Zhao
 

AAA State Swimming Championships
Submitted by:  Mr. Bob Bozzuto

Eleven students comprised the Boys Swim Team that represented North Allegheny at the PIAA State competition in March.  The team, coached by Mr. Corky Semler, came in third out of 137 eligible AAA schools across Pennsylvania.  In order to compete at the state level, an individual and/or relay team must first compete at their district level championship.  Our district is known as WPIAL or the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League.  Only individuals or teams that achieve first or second at the district championships are eligible to move onto the state level competition.  The NA Boys Swim Team had a terrific season.  In addition to finishing Third Place in the state, this was the fifth straight season that the team went undefeated in their dual meet schedule.  They won their seventeenth consecutive Section Title.  They captured first place honors at the State College Invitational, IUP Relays, Lititz Invitational and the Westminster Relays.  They went on to win their second consecutive WPIAL by a large margin.

Third Place in Pennsylvania
Matthew Becker
Jonathan Buerger
John Crellin
Brendan Kirsch
Nathan Kurtanich
Robert Meyers
John Nolan
Luis Rodriguez
Matthew Scherer
Brandon Smith
Mark Waugh

Pennsylvania High School Speech League's State Tournament
Submitted by:  Ms. Sharon Volpe

The Pennsylvania High School Speech League was founded in 1961.  Its overall purpose is to stimulate an understanding and appreciation of all areas of speech through educational competition. In addition, the League promotes various kinds of speech activities in Pennsylvania high schools and assists schools in curricular and extracurricular speech programs.  Membership is open to any public, private or parochial high school in the state. Currently, more than 150 schools are members of the League. The state is divided into 13 districts. Students compete in district tournaments, which qualify them for the state competition.  North Allegheny's team of juniors captured Second Place in Pennsylvania in the category of Public Forum Debate this year.

Second Place in Pennsylvania in the category of Public Forum Debate
Nazih El-Khatib
Claire Kairys

George Mason University's Patriot Games Classic
National Forensics Tournament
Submitted by:  Ms. Sharon Volpe

George Mason University hosts an annual forensics competition called the Patriot Games.  It is a national level tournament that the debate community recognizes as one of the best and biggest in the country.  John Grennan competed in this year’s tournament which was held in December at the George Mason University Campus in Fairfax, Virginia. He qualified to the semi-finals in Extemporaneous Speaking and he took fourth place in Impromptu Speaking.

Semi-Finalist in Extemporaneous Speaking  and  Fourth Place in Impromptu Speaking
John (Jack) Grennan

University of Pennsylvania's Liberty Bell Classic
National Forensics Tournament
Submitted by:  Ms. Sharon Volpe

The Liberty Bell Classis is yet another national level forensics tournament that is hosted and held at the University of Pennsylvania.  Over the past several years, the tournament has experienced tremendous growth which has led the tournament to becoming highly reputable within the debate community.  John Grennan also competed in this tournament which boasts that it is designed to maximize its educational value for everyone involved.  Again he qualified to the semi-finals in Extemporaneous Speaking.

Semi-Finalist in Extemporaneous Speaking
John (Jack) Grennan
 

Pennsylvania Cup
Hockey Championships
Submitted by:  Mr. Bob Bozzuto

On April 7 of this year, members of the North Allegheny Ice Hockey Team carved a place for themselves in the NA history books by being the first Ice Hockey team ever to win the Pennsylvania Cup Championship.  The final score of the championship game was 6-3, and the game included four power play goals.  The Tigers dominated play in the first period, but the period ended in a tie score.  NA continued to dominate the game in the second period and held a 23-3 shot advantage at one point.  Still the game remained close as the teams entered the second intermission with a tied score of 2-2.  In the third period, the Tigers took the lead and then some, bringing the final score to 6-3.  This year the NA team, coached by Mr. Jim Black, enjoyed a final record of 20-4-1, which earned them the titles of Division Champions, Penguin Cup Champions and for the first time ever, the Pennsylvania Cup Champions! 

First Place – State Title
Daniel Gaertner
Thomas Gillespie
Matthew Gordon
Joshua Herbert
Adam Jacob
Matthew Jacob
Matthew Lancaster
Donald Lewis
Adam Lutty
Michael Peterson
Max Richards
Dylan Rohar
Brett Schindler
Robert Schwab
Bradley Schwartzmier
Brian Sharlow
Corey Sheran
Joseph Snatchko
Tyson Stupy
Brady Waldschmidt
Weston Waldschmidt
Jacob Williams
Robert Wright

NIKE National Indoor Track Meet
Submitted by:  Mr. Bob Bozzuto

The Nike Indoor National Track Meet has been held annually since 1999.  It is currently staged at Prince George's Sports Complex outside Washington, D.C.  The facility is known for its fast, 200-meter track, where numerous records have been set.  The men's shot put in this competition had a weight of 25 lbs.   Garrett Larkin, who is a senior, competed at this national event and finished in seventh place with a throw of 57’4.5”.  Garrett is coached by Mr. John Neff and Mr. Mike Hambrick.

Seventh Place in Shot Put
Garrett Larkin

Pennsylvania Track & Field Coaches Association
Indoor State Championships
Submitted by:  Mr. Bob Bozzuto

The Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association was formed in 1975 to promote the sports of track and field and cross-country in the state of Pennsylvania.  They sponsor two indoor meets, one of which is the Indoor State Championships.  Senior Sean Gil captured the First Place spot in Pole Vault this year with a height of 15-6.  This is the second year in a row that Sean, who is coached by Mr. John Neff and Mr. Rob Thiessen, took the pole vault state title.  Jade Hambrick, also a senior this year, is considered under height at 5’4” to be a thrower.  Nonetheless, she is now a three-time qualifier for the Indoor State Championships and this year she placed third in Girls’ Shot Put.  Jade is coached by Mr. John Neff and Mr. Mike Hambrick.

 First Place Pole Vault
Sean Gil

Third Place Shot Put
Jade Hambrick

Junior Engineering Technical Society
Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science
(JETS Teams)
Submitted by:  Mr. Bill Jorden

The Junior Engineering Technical Society Test of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (JETS TEAMS) exam is a one-day competition that requires students to think critically.  They must have knowledge of math, chemistry, physics, biology and computer applications to respond to the questions posed, which represent college-level engineering coursework.  The problems presented as part of TEAMS competitions are designed to provide students with an opportunity to see how engineering touches almost every aspect of contemporary life.  The North Allegheny team of eight students that participated in this year’s competition achieved the rank of Third Place in Pennsylvania. 

Third Place in Pennsylvania
Ryan Bennett
Lily Chen
Michelle Clogan
John Logoyda
Katelyn Masiuk
Molly Moynihan
Andrew Rullan
Claire Xu

Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth Talent Search 2007

In 1972, Dr. Julian Stanley at the Johns Hopkins University developed the first talent search designed to identify, challenge, and reward academically able young people.  Known as the Center for Talented Youth (CTY), the program has expanded over the years to include academic opportunities, research, information dissemination, consultation with educational organizations, and public policy initiatives.  Annually, the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth Talent Search identifies students with exceptional mathematical and/or verbal reasoning abilities.  Students in grades 7 and 8 who have scored at or above the 97% on Nationally Standardized Aptitude or Achievement Tests are invited to take the SAT I as an above-grade-level test. This year, thirty-three 7^th and 8^th graders from North Allegheny received a score of “Distinction” in the Johns Hopkins University Talent Search.   The score of “Distinction” is awarded to those students who score equal to or above the score of the average college-bound senior on the SAT.

Score of Distinction:
 

Jeffrey Campbell
Kaitlin Campbell
Griffin Caruso
Jonya Chen
Patricia Chen
Alan Dai
Anne Erickson
Andre Ficerai
Zhuxuan (Sean) Geng
 

Thomas Helgerman
Jonathan Ho
Wendy Jiang
Kirsten Kreh
Dominic LaBella
David Lee
Jun Seock Lee
Caroline Li

Adam Majewski
Martin Majewski
Jeremy McCandlish
Abhinav Mehra
Srikanth Palanisamy
Dana Palmisano
Brandon Pannier
Rohith Rao

John Rectenwald
Amy-Louise Strickland
Stephen Thayer
Emily Wu
Julie Wu
Patrick Yates
Amy Zhang
Yijia Zhang

 
 

Pennsylvania Middle School Association Art Contest
Submitted by:  Ms. Marlene Paulick

Abigail Stevenson is an eighth grader at Ingomar Middle School.  Abigail participated in the Pennsylvania Middle School Association’s Art Contest and was selected as a winner.  Her design was one of only four designs selected from hundreds of entries that were submitted by students in 20 different middle schools.  Note cards featuring the four winning designs were distributed to those who attended the Pennsylvania Middle School Association’s State Conference.

State Note Card Design Contest Winner
Abigail Stevenson

Key Club International State Convention
Submitted by:  Ms. Barbara Schmid and Ms. Kathryn Esposito

Key Club is a service organization for high school students, which operates under school regulations and draws its members from the student body. Key Clubs are sponsored by a local Kiwanis Club, members of which are leading business and professional people of the community. Key Club’s objective is the development of initiative, leadership ability, and good citizenship practices. It functions not only on a local level, but on a district and international level as well.  Key Club is the largest service organization of its kind with over 135,000 members from approximately 3,900 clubs.  In this school year, the NAI and NASH Key Clubs completed 82 service projects requiring a total of 3,262 service hours and raising $8,329 for various charities.  The following Key Club members were awarded state honors
this year and the NAI Key Club was awarded Third Place in Pennsylvania for Single Service Project.

Distinguished Officer Award
Bahar Ataai
Lindsay Bock
Andrew Fishell
Andrew Kuremsky
Clarke Lewis
Ariana Poulakos

Appointed to State Board Position for a second term as Lt. Governor of Division 4/5
Brian Deluca

Elected and Installed to the State Board Position of Lt. Governor of Division 3
Andrew Fishell

Third Place in Pennsylvania for Single Service Project
NAI Key Club 

MENC, the National Association for Music Education
Submitted by:  Mr. Ernie Pontiere

MENC, the National Association for Music Education, was founded in 1907 with 64 members.  Today's membership has grown to nearly 130,000.  Formerly known as Music Educators National Conference, the association's mission is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all.  Students are recognized by this organization on a state level by earning placement to All-State Honors Ensembles in band, orchestra, chorus, and jazz band.  The next level of recognition is at geographical divisions.  The MENC Eastern Division is comprised of 13 states.  Eligibility of students for the All-Eastern Honors Ensembles is based upon criteria established by the Eastern Division leaders.  Very few schools are honored with having student representatives that qualify to participate at this level.  Jackson Kernion was selected this year for the All-Eastern States Chorus.

All-Eastern States Chorus
Jackson Kernion

Pennsylvania Music Educators Association
Submitted by:  Mr. Todd Stefan, Ms. Sarah LaVelle and Mr. Ernie Pontiere

The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association is a service organization to music education.  It provides leadership in professional growth and offers special opportunities for musical development to school students.  The mission of this organization is to advance music education by encouraging excellence in the study, teaching, and making of music.  Eight North Allegheny students were selected by audition to participate in the 2007 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association All-State Honors groups. 

All-State Chorus
Michael Gaertner

All-State Concert Band
Lauren Malik

All-State Orchestra
Anne Caruso
Brett Freithaler
Andrew Ho
Jeffrey Lin

All-State Wind Ensemble
Anna Shelow

2007 North American Music Festival

The North Allegheny Bands gave top level performances at the recent 2007 North American Music Festival and were declared the Overall Grand Champions.  The Marching, Auxiliary, Jazz Ensemble, and Concert Bands each swept their sections in competition.

The Marching Band, NASH Wind Ensemble, and Jazz Ensemble I all received first place, superior ratings, and gold medals (the highest possible awards).  The NASH Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble II both received excellent ratings and beat all of the other high schools’ top groups. The NASH Symphonic Band won first place in the open division and Jazz Ensemble II was only beaten by the NA Jazz Ensemble I. 

The NASH Wind Ensemble received the Most Outstanding Concert Group in the Festival, First Place Level 6 (Highest Division), Superior Rating and Gold Medal.  The Jazz Ensemble I received the First Place Overall, Superior Rating, Gold Medal and Outstanding Trumpet and Trombone Sections.  Both Jazz Ensemble I & the NASH Wind Ensemble were awarded the highest possible trophy, the Instrumental Sweepstakes Award for having the best overall ensembles at the festival.  The NASH Symphonic Band received First Place (Open Division) and an Excellent Rating.  The Jazz Ensemble II captured Second Place and an Excellent Rating. 

The “Tiger” Marching Band received a Superior Rating and Gold Medal.  The Dance Team received a Superior Rating and Gold Medal.  The Flag Team received a Superior Rating and Gold Medal.  The Majorettes received a Superior Rating and Gold Medal. 

 Grand Champions
NA Bands and Auxiliary
 

Pennsylvania Newspaper Association's Keystone Press Awards Program
Submitted by:  Ms. Kathy Will

The NASH student paper, North Star, has won honors in three categories of the Keystone Press Awards.  This contest is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association and is intended to reinforce excellence in the newspaper profession by recognizing journalism that consistently provides relevance, integrity and initiative in serving readers, and faithfully fulfilling its First Amendment rights/responsibilities. 

First Place Photo Essay
Katie Zemel

First Place Review
Amy Goldman

Second Place Editorial
Sisi Tang 

American Scholastic Press Association

The American Scholastic Press Association sponsors an annual contest for high school and college newspapers nationwide.  The contest involves a full review and critique of the publications that are entered and points are allocated for 25 different categories.  The NASH North Star newspaper scored 870 points out of a possible 1,000, which was enough to earn them a First Place Distinction.  The only honor higher is First Place with Special Merit and they only missed that designation by 30 points.  The North Star scored exceptionally well in the categories of Content, Coverage, General Plan, Creativity and Production.   Ms. Kathy Will is the staff advisor for the NASH newspaper. 

First Place Classification
North Star newspaper

Pennsylvania School Press Association

The Pennsylvania School Press Association announced at their annual convention that the NASH Yearbook, Safari, was being honored with an All-State Keystone Award.  The All-State Keystone Award is the highest honor PSPA presents to member publications.  It is achieved after the publication is first given a Gold rating in the annual summer evaluations.  All Gold rated publications are sent to an out-of-state judge who selects publications representing the top 10 percent of all publications entered in that division that year.  The Safari, under the direction of Jeanne Giampetro, has received the “Keystone” rating for the past 14 years.  Ms. Jeanne Giampetro and Ms. Frances Bogos are the staff co-advisors for the yearbook. 

All-State Keystone Award
Safari Yearbook Staff

Pennsylvania State Finals of the National Economics Challenge
Submitted by:  Ms. Joelle Keats

The National Council on Economic Education holds an annual National Economics Challenge, which is sponsored by The Goldman Sachs Foundation.  It is the only national competition to foster interest among high school students in economics by recognizing their achievements and offering a fun and competitive way to showcase their knowledge.  In each competition, teams of students answer rigorous questions on microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international economics. The most exciting round of the competition is the final round conducted in an oral quiz-bowl format.  First place teams from each division in each state advance to compete in one of four regional contests. Divisional finalist teams from each region receive an all-expense paid trip to compete for the national championship title.  North Allegheny Students achieved both First and Second Place in the state level competition. 
 

First Place
Patrick Fives
Karl Freithaler
Sherry Niggel
Claire Xu

Second Place
Elliot Griffin
Carrie Lotz
Theresa Timcheck
Siyuan Tu

Pennsylvania/Delaware String Teachers Association

Ms. Sarah LaVelle, a teacher at NASH, was recently presented with the 2007 PADESTA Outstanding New String/Orchestra Teacher Award by the Pennsylvania/Delaware Strings/Orchestra Association on April 19, 2007.  This annual award is designed to recognize a novice strings/orchestra teacher in the states of Pennsylvania or Delaware.  The recipient is someone who has been successful and has exhibited excellence in a variety of areas including teaching, recruitment, coaching, advocacy, leadership, and dedication in public or private school music programs.  Sarah was nominated for this award by a colleague who described her as “…a dedicated and passionate teacher, with a commitment to excellence for herself and her students and is recognized by teachers in the community for her leadership skills and high standards.”

2007 Outstanding New String/Orchestra Teacher Award
Ms. Sarah LaVelle

Pennsylvania School Counselors' Association Conference

Mindy Floro, Guidance Department Chairperson, is a member of the PA School Counselors’ Association.  Mindy served as the Workshop Chairperson for the Association’s conference which was held in April.  More than 100 workshops were made available to participants. The conference theme was “School Counseling: A Tapestry of Change” and it was attended by more than 700 school counselors from across the state.

State Conference Workshop Chairperson
Ms. Mindy Floro

Pennsylvania School Public Relations Association's
Excellence in Communications Contest 2007

Joy Ed, Manager of Communications and Public Relations, was informed that North Allegheny School District has won three publication awards in 2007 PenSPRA “Excellence in Communication” Contest -- more total awards than any other district.  This is another accolade for North Allegheny.  Your Schools, Horizons and Stafflines each won a state level  “Award of Honor.”

Awards of Honor for District publications
(Your Schools, Horizons and Stafflines)
Ms. Joy Ed