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Veteran's Day Parade Awards The North Allegheny Marching Band won it’s 7th consecutive “BEST OVERALL BAND” award at the City of Pittsburgh’s annual Veteran’s Day Parade on November 11, 2010. National History Day Competition Sophia Taborski from North Allegheny Intermediate High School was a top-six winner for the state competition level of National History Day in Millersville, PA. Sophia gave a ten-minute presentation on Marquis de Lafayette and his leadership role in both the American and French Revolutions. She portrayed his pious wife, Marie Adrienne Francioise de Noailles, praying for Lafayette and his safety. Sophia wrote the script based on extensive reading and research including original source documentation. Her GOAL teacher, Mrs. Urbaniak stated, “Sophia’s acumen on Marquis de Lafayette is astounding and her individual preparation for this competition was a labor of love.” Knowledge Master Team - State Champs Our 9th grade Knowledge Master team is the Spring 2009 Pennsylvania State Champion! The “KMO” is a computerized competition. Students must answer 200 multiple choice questions and are scored on both accuracy and speed of response. Our team gave the correct answer for 194 questions. Their score for the Spring 2009 competition was 1622 – an improvement over their Fall 2008 score of 1559. Team members are: Brian Boehmke, Griffin Caruso, Alan Dai, Elizabeth Furiga, dominic LaBella, Chris Lippiello, Tara Manesh, Jeremy McCandlish, Morgan jShaber-Twedt, Ford Smith, Michael Vukmer, Dan Whitehurst and Joey Zou Mathematics League 2008-2009 Kostya Borisov (10th grader) was the First Place Individual League High Scorer and North Allegheny High School Highest Individual Score for the Mathematics Council of Western PA Senior High (9-12) Mathematics League 2008-2009. He participated in every contest (once a month from October through March) and out of a possible 36 points he scored a 32. Our five top scorers participated in the finals competition on Tuesday April 28th and Kostya earned every point possible. Our team ended up taking first place. 2009 National Latin Exam Congratulations to these Latin students who scored a perfect paper on the 2009 National Latin Exam:
Latin students at NAI earned a total of 32 gold medals and 32 silver medals on the exam. 19 additional students received certificates of merit. Great job Latin scholars! PRSEF Science Fair The following students took part in the science fair at
NAI Teen Scheduled to Visit Antarctica Ashley Aftanas is one of 15 teens nationwide - and the only one from Pennsylvania - going to Antarctica this Christmas as part of the People to People Student Ambassador Program. Read the full story by reading the online Tribune Review article written about her. Trib Total Media Outstanding Young Citizen Awards Congratulations go out to the following NAI students who have received Trib Total Media Outstanding Young Citizen Awards:
2009 National Latin Exam Honors Four freshmen from North Allegheny Intermediate High School scored perfect papers on the 2009 National Latin Exam. These Latin students were Alan Dai, Stephanie Fulton, Samir Jindel and Yuzhou Zou. Pupils from the Intermediate High School joined more than 135,000 Latin students from all over the nation and from 11 foreign countries to test their knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, mythology, Latin reading comprehension, and Roman history and culture. The sponsors of the National Latin Exam at the Intermediate High School are Terry Klein and Connie Sobieralski. 2009 NATIONAL LATIN EXAM NAI 2009 NATIONAL LATIN EXAM NAI
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Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair The following students took part in the science fair at Heinz Field/Carnegie Science Center on Friday April 3rd. Hafsa Ahmed – NAI Richard Gayler – NAI: Awarded First Place in Physics Senior Division Kelly Hung – NAI Michelle Lee – NAI Fardeen Mehdi – NAI Edden Rabin – NAI: Awarded Third Place in Physics Senior Division Julie Wu – NAI Kevin Zhang – NAI Jonya Chen – NAI: Honorable Award for Chemistry Senior Division
Euro Challenge National Competition Five students from North Allegheny Intermediate High School were awarded a trip to New York City for the national Euro-Challenge Competition. Approv Dhir, Thomas Helgerman, Andrea Evankovich, Lili Peng and Katie Adams worked cooperatively for months to prepare a fifteen minute presentation focused on the current economic situation in the euro area and the slow economic growth of Portugal. After winning the regional competition and edging-out a strong team from North Carolina, these students will present their project at the New York Federal Reserve Bank on April 29th. The Euro Challenge is an exciting educational opportunity for students to learn about the United States’ biggest trading partner. The program was created to promote economic and financial literacy, and build a better understanding of economic policy issues within the European Union. The competition is organized and funded by The Moody’s Foundation, Credit Suisse Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Deloitte.
Windy City Music Festival Congratulations to the NA bands who returned from the Windy City Music Festival with all of the awards listed below: Shakespearean Monologue Contest Congratulations go out to Adair Creach, Andy Hickley and Lauren Shideler who will be performing at the O’Reilly Theater this evening as finalists in the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Shakespearean Monologue Contest. Over 1000 students from all over the city audition for this contest each year and only 30 acts make it to the finals, so this is quite an honor. The contest finals are free and open to the public at 7pm tonight. Break a leg, Adair, Andy and Lauren! Hockey Christopher Fenn, a sophomore at NAI has been selected to represent the USA Deaf Hockey Team in Winnipeg, Canada. The USA team is competing for the World Championship Cup. Christopher will leave for Winnipeg to begin this honorable adventure on April 7. Forensics Harvard Competition - Bryan Hogg (senior) and debate partner Richard Bochicchio (sophomore) broke to the top 64 in varsity public forum. In novice public forum debate, freshmen Anis Adnani and Kevin Zhang broke to the top 64. Bethel Park Competition Claire Weiss - 2nd in prose. Orchestra Michelle Sunjoo Lee has won first place for the McKeesport Symphony Orchestra Young Artists’ Competition. Diversity Contest Winners from NAI Tara Foran - "No Matter Who" Sponsoring Teacher: Ms. Mantella Hundreds of Students Flock to the Halls to Recognize Captain Bill McClelland NAI Social Studies teacher and captain in the Army National Guard, Bill McClelland, was recognized on January 23 on his last day of teaching before serving a 12 month deployment in Iraq.Read about it on the Tribune Review web site: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_608617.html Beatty Technical School - Student of the Month - November Alex Peretik - Advertising DesignNA Students Take First in the Nation in the Knowledge Master Competition On December 3, 2008, students across the United States and in several foreign countries competed in the Knowledge Master Competition. During this competition, the students faced their computer and 200 tough questions to vie for top scores based on the accuracy and speed of their answers. Congratulations to the North Allegheny Intermediate High School 9th grade Knowledge Master Team for an outstanding performance in the event. The ten students on the North Allegheny Intermediate High School team scored 1,559 of 2,000 possible points to place first in the state of Pennsylvania and third overall in a field of 117 Junior High and Intermediate High Schools. Among schools with similar enrollments, North Allegheny Intermediate was also first in the state and first in the nation in Division IV. The mean score earned by students in this year’s competition was 1268. The team sponsor, Mrs. Serdy, described the event as “fun-filled, fast-paced and very challenging. Our students look forward to the competition every year. They are to be commended for their dedication, excellent team work and overall academic achievement.” Students on the North Allegheny Intermediate High School team were: Brian Boehmke, Griffin Caruso, Annie Erickson, Beth Hartigan, Ricky Kotermanski, Dominic LaBella, Martin Majewski, Jake Plichta, Ford Smith and Joey Zou.
NA Marching Band Selected to Represent Pennsylvania in the 56th Presidential Inauguration Parade The North Allegheny High School Marching Band has been chosen to represent the state of Pennsylvania in the 56th Presidential Inauguration Parade in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Here is a hyperlink to a news release with more details: News Release NAI Students Win Second Place in the Carnegie Science Center's "Chain Reaction Contraption" Contest On December 5, twenty-seven high schools competed in the Carnegie Science Center's "Chain Reaction Contraption" contest. The teams were required to build a machine that would wrap or unwrap a present in 20 or more steps. NAI students, Jonathan Timcheck, Daniel Lesh, Shane Smith and Tyler Abbs won second place with their "Present Processor." Their advisor is Sherri Fochler and their mentor is Stephen Reed, a volunteer from Westinghouse. Check out the Tribune Review writeup: Speech and Debate The speech and debate team competed at Bethel Park on November 22. The following received top honors:
Also this past weekend, senior Stacey Chen competed at the Glenbrooks tournament in Chicago. This tournament is the largest national-level tournament during the regular season, and Stacey came out of her final round with first place rankings from all of her judges to win the prestigious first place in extemporaneous speaking.
Video Created by Students for World Diabetes Day A video was created by some students here at NAI as a part of a group for students with Diabetes. The video is titled “Do You Accept this Mission”. The intent of the video was to send a message to the next President about what he needs to do to end Diabetes and were to be submitted by teens. This was all part of World Diabetes Day, November 14th. For each video submitted, a donation was made by Novo Nordisk Inc to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Here's the link to the video: http://wdd.quickcompliance.net/ Speech and Debate At the November Quigley tournament, the North Allegheny Speech and Debate Team took the top FOUR places in Public Forum debate. NAI students who performed well were freshman newcomers Anis Adnani and Kevin Zhang. They were the surprise of the day came when they came in second only by a few points to a senior NA team. Both top teams had 4-0 records. Sophomores Richard Bochicchio and Lili Peng came in 3rd in Public Forum with a 3-1 record. In extemporaneous speaking, freshman and first time extemper Abby Stevenson got an award for being one of the top novice extempers at the tournament. Finally, in congress - new members Akshaya Arjunan, a sophomore, and freshmen Christine Troy took top honors. Beatty Technical School Student of the Month Award Brett Mitchell received the Student of the Month Award in the category of Advanced Computer Programming. PMEA District 1 Honors Band District One includes over 550 school and private music teachers from Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland counties. Over 650 students auditioned for approx. 125 spots in the PMEA District 1 Honors Band- Beatty Technical School Student of the Month Awards - September 2008 Two North Allegheny students won awards for the month of September:
Alex Papson honored as Student-Athlete of the WeeK! North Allegheny sophomore running back Alex Papson was honored as our Clearview Federal Credit Union Student-Athlete of the Week on Thursday. Link to news site State Competition of the Junior Academy of Science The North Allegheny Science Research Team , winners of over $25,000 in cash and scholarships this year, made their final research project presentations during the 74th Annual State Meeting of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science at Penn State University on May 19, 2008 where North Allegheny received 6 First place Awards and 1 Second place award including: _________________________________________________________________ On Tuesday, April 29, 2008, North Allegheny Intermediate High School inducted new members into the National Junior Honor Society. Click on the links below to view the names of these students: Thirteen students from NAI have been selected for enrollment in the National Junior Classical League Latin Honor Society for 2007-2008. They are Andrew Adam, Bryan Caswell, Megan Doerzbacher, Kearsie Dougherty, Laura Marti, Jenna Mulligan, Michael Noh, Sean Radermacher, Natalie Rogers, Kelsey Steele, Dasun Wang, Rachel Weaver, and Julie Wu. Five freshmen from NAI scored perfect papers on the 2008 National Latin Exam. These Latin students were Bailey Blashford, Kearsie Dougherty, Julia Meyer, Sean Nimmo, and Lauren Shideler. Latin I students at NAI garnered 16 gold medals and 9 silver medals on the test. Seventeen gold medals and 13 silver medals were earned by Latin II students at the Intermediate High School. North Allegheny students did incredibly well at the PMEA Western Region Orchestra Festival this past week!
Six North Allegheny BAND students have auditioned into the PMEA All-State Honors Ensembles. We have 3 Band students in the All-State Band and 3 Band students in the All-State Orchestra. 5 of the six are not only in the All-State ensembles, but earned a first chair spot. These are truly 6 of the finest musicians in all of the state. 17 members of the North Allegheny Science Research Team competed at Upper St. Clair High School on Saturday February 2 in the Regional Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science. Students receiving First place Awards included: Shivani Mehta (NASH), Jonathan Lin (NASH), Katherine Luo (NASH), Richard Gayler (NAI), Jay Segal (NAI), Ava Miller (NAI), Julie Wu (NAI), and Skanda Koppula (IMS). These students are now invited to the State Competition of the PJAS in May at Penn State. Students receiving Second Place Awards included: Dorothy Curran (NASH), Akshaya Arjunan (NAI), Hally Bayer (NAI), Andrew Beck (NAI), Abigail Gunn (NAI ), Kelly Hung (NAI), Valerie Kopyta (NAI), Fardeen Mehdi (NAI), and Shivam Verma (NAI). The following are the students from NA Intermediate High School who were among the winners of the 2007-08 Diversity Contest: At Beattie Technical School, Matthew King has been nominated as the "Student of the Month" for the Automotive Technology program.
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