Tornado Times Volume 1, Issue 3 Spring/ Summer 2018

A Mount Carmel Area Junior Senior High School Student Publication

End of the

Year Events

Promenade

Sat. June 2

6:00 p.m .

High School

Auditorium

Senior

Baccalaureate

Sun. June 3

7:00 p.m.

Class Night

Mon. June 4

7:00 p.m.

Graduation

Wed. June 6

7:00 p.m.

Adviser:

Mrs. Diane Rumbel

Copy Editors:

Alexa Collins

Katie Flynn

Contributors:

Julia Burns

Alexa Collins

Nick Diminick

Katie Flynn

Colin Herb

DaniRae Renno

Bradley Shurock

Nick Troutman

Elijah Watkins

Mackenzie Zerbe

APRIL IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH PSSA Gift Card Winner

The School Wide Positive Behavior Team’s Silent Reward Auction went off without a hitch!

The April 6th event had students excited about the cool rewards they could win for showing good behavior. Different departments of the school came together, along with some generous donors, to create 21 different baskets that stu-dents could choose from. Some of the baskets included an assortment of snacks, different gift cards, as well as sup-plies that students could use to help them during school. Students saved up their Tornado Tickets and put them into the baskets during each lunch, hoping luck would go their way. Winners ranged from 7th to 12th grade, showing just how involved the student body got. Each de-partment showed their support for the positive behavior their students displayed, not only throughout the school week, but all year. The SWPBT hopes that this fun event will motivate students to keep up the good work every school year. Although not everybody could be a win-ner, the SWPBT hopes to hold more events just like this Silent Auction. Teachers, keep encouraging your students to show their positive behav-ior and students, save up your Tornado Tickets! You never know when

you’ll get rewarded for doing the right thing! - Alexa Collins ‘18

Lucas Damour ’22 with Science teacher, Jesse Wagner, after winning a $50 gift

card. Each time a student attended after-school PSSA tutoring in either Math, Science, or English, they received a

chance to win. PSSA exams were admin-istered April 11-25 throughout public schools in Pennsylvania. Keystone ex-ams for upperclassmen will also have tutoring and the testing window runs

from May 14-25, 2018.

Some MCA Jr./ Sr. High School Staff wore Autism Awareness Shirts to show support. L-R: Superintendent, Bernard Stellar; Ashley Evans; Michele Krah; Melinda Hoopes; Diane Rumbel;

Kalyn Essick; Tori Wariki; Maggie Gola.

Do you ever wonder why MCA Live shows a word of the day? “Word of

the Day” helps students better their vocabulary. Strong vo-cabulary, according to the National Assessment of Educa-tional Progress, can lead to better test scores and overall comprehension of the written language. There is a pattern between above average and advanced scores in standard-ized testing and vocabulary. Students who have a stronger vocabulary have better test scores. So pay attention to the word of the day to learn new vocabulary words and getting

a better score on standardized tests. -Mackenzie Zerbe ‘21

Congratulations!

School Board Merit Award: January- Max Franklin

February- Mackenzie Zerbe March- Benjamin McFadden

Rotary Student of the Month: January- Sarah Cooper February- Nicole Varano March- Matthew Cimino

Elks Awards: Student of the Month:

January- Emilee Barnhardt February- Mackenzie Witt

March- Alexa Collins

Jr. Student of the Month: January- Miranda Fiamoncini February- Dougherty Fesniak

March- Tanner Karycki

Teen of the Month: January- Julien Stellar

February- Lauren Shedleski March-Lauren Ayres

Jr. Teen of the Month: January- Garret McGee

February- Lexi Kane March -Katie Witkoski

Junior High Pride Awards: January- 8th Grade: Jasleen Dhillon

7th Grade: Trinity Bluge February- 8th Grade: Judy Kanafani

7th Grade: Layth Kanafani March- 8th Grade: Amar Kanafani

7th Grade: Leah Shedleski April- 8th Grade: Kassy Fernandez

7th Grade: Austin Day

Student Council Students of the Month: January- Senior High: Alijah Hollenbach

Junior High: Gabrielle McGinley March- Senior High: Matthew Cimino

Junior High: Rachel and Katie Witkoski

Catholic Daughter’s Essay Contest:

1st -John Ayres 2nd-Chloe Smith

3rd-Camlin Bogutskie

Honorable Mentions: Tyler Adams

Mackenzie Zerbe

FBLA Nationals:

Graphic Design: Kourtney Honicker

Sara Davitt

Social Media: Haile Kimsal Hailey Swaldi

Allison Shurock

8th grade students, Kiara Blocker and Elise Makowski came in 1st place at the regional Middle School Computer Fair and will now advance to the State competition in May.

PMEA All-State

Conference & Festival

Joseph Dudeck partici-pated in the 2018 PMEA All

-State Conference and Festival All Wind Ensem-ble, April 18-21, at J.P.

McCaskey High School in Lancaster. Joseph is the

first MCA band member to qualify for an All-State wind ensemble since 2011, and is the very first percussion-

ist to qualify from Mount Carmel Area.

VFW Patriotic Art Contest

1st- Kourtney Honicker 2nd- Brandon Shirk

3rd- Christine McGovern

Sarah Cooper– Musical

Artist of the Week

WVIA Artists of the

Week – April 22-28, 2018

Rosolino Mangiapane

Visual Artist of the Week

2018 Field Day Candidates

L-R: Front: Peyton Doyle, Maci Mazzatesta, Mackenzie

Witt ; Back: Eliza Nevis, Alijah Hollenbach, Haile Kimsal

Vo-Tech HOSA Health

Occupation Students Of America

Leadership Award

2nd place: Angel Hertzog

MCA FIELD DAY QUEENS The first ever Field Day

Queen was crowned in 1951 during the annual Class Day

Track meet at the Silver Bowl. The first queen was

Miss Frances Andreano,. She was crowned by track cap-tain Walt Hynoski and was

presented with gifts by Jack Griffiths of the track team.

Afterwards Mary Lou Andrewlevich sang “Hail to Our Field Day Queen.” Tho-mas Demboski, also of the

track team, announced that all of the awards during the meet would be presented

from the queen. It was esti-mated that crowds of close

to 3000 people attended the early Field Day ceremonies. -Researched by Jose Gonzalo,

MCA Sports Historian

Members of the Mount Carmel Area Girls and Boys Varsity Basketball teams presented kindergarten teacher Amy Hager with funds raised from the “Amy’s Army” MCA vs SCA Basket-ball Classic Tournament. Front L-R: Emilee Wasilewski, Myia Miriello, John Ayres, and Donovan James. Back: Bailey Little,

Nicole Varano, Amy Hager, Hannah Nolter, and Brandon Pupo.

Mrs. Amanda Lebo, teaches Keystone Math,College Algebra, and Topics in Math to 9th through 12th grade students. Mrs. Lebo went to Shikellkamy High school where she participated in march-ing band. Mrs. Lebo received her Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from Bloomsburg University and her Masters of Arts in Teaching Secondary Mathematics at Liberty University. Mrs. Lebo previously taught in Virginia, teaches March-ing Band at Shikellamy High School, as well as the Requiem Indoor Color Guard out of the Sunbury Selinsgrove Area. Mrs. Lebo is involved in the Cub Scout program and enjoys watching baseball and softball with her husband Ryan and her three sons;

Braedyn, Hunter, and Owen. -DaniRae Renno ‘21

Welcome to MCA

The Mount Carmel Area Music Department performed the Broadway classic “Fiddler on the Roof” and it was a great success! MCA has a reputation of putting on in-credible musicals and “Fiddler on the Roof” was no ex-ception. Seniors Ben McFadden Sarah Cooper played the power couple, Tevye and Golde, with their five daughters played by Alexa Collins, Mackenzie Witt, Miranda Fiamoncini, Katie Flynn, and Cierra Clayton. The eldest daughters’ suitors were Andrew Rooney, Zachary Hunter, and Manus McCracken. Fiddler on the Roof was under the direction of Ms. Melinda Hoopes, with choreography done by Ms. Katrina Calvin, stage construction and detailing by Mr. David McFee, and pit orchestra direction by Mr. Bernard Stellar. Ms. Hoopes is already looking for a new musical to dazzle the stage for next year! –Katie Flynn ‘19

“Fiddler on the Roof” March 17-18, 2018

Calendar Dates: 4/24- LCCC Placement test / Field Day / HS Envirothon

4/24-4/25 PSSA Science

4/28– Student Council’s Jr. High Dance 7-9:30p.m.

4/30-5/3 PSSA Makeups

4/27-5/4 PTA Book Fair

5/1-PSSA Makeups/ Family Forum 6:30 p.m.

5/4-Symphonic Band Rehearsal 7th & 8th Pd.

5/6-Symphonic Band Concert 3 p.m.

5/7-JH Band & Chorus concert 7p.m. / AP Chem Test 8a.m.

5/8-ES Band & Chorus Concert 6:30p.m./ MS Envirothon

5/9-Art & Tech Ed Show 6pm / AP Lit Test 8a.m.

5/10- 5/14 VA Band Trip

5/10-Unity Assembly 1:30

5/11- Chorus Concert Rehearsal 7th & 8th Pd.

5/14- 5/18 Keystone Exams

5/14- 5/15 AP Calc Test 8 a.m.

5/15 -National Honor Society

5/17- School Board Mtg 7:30 p.m.

5/18- AP Euro Test 12:00 p.m.

5/19-Varsity Track & Field Districts

5/21– Sr. High Chorus Concert 7 p.m.

5/21- 5/25 Keystone Exams

5/22- HS Computer Fair

5/23- MS Computer Fair/ Kdg. Graduation 6:30 p.m.

5/24- Jazz Band Concert 7 p.m.

5/24/- 5/25 VT & F States

5/28-Memorial Day- No School

6/1-6th grade moving on up day

6/2-Prom 7 p.m. / Celebration of Special Athletes

6/3-Baccalureate 7 p.m.

6/4-Class Night 7 p.m.

6/5-Honor Student Dinner 6:15 p.m.

6/6-Graduation 7 p.m.

6/7-Teacher in-service day

6/8-Summer Vacation begins

May 9th 6-8 p.m.

Art work pick-up 8:00- 8:15 p.m.

High School Gym

Grades: K-12

Art Teachers:

Mrs. Shockey, Mrs. Stahr, Mrs. Petrick

Tech .Ed.: Mr. Fourspring

Prom season is fast approaching and everyone is working hard to make sure the Mount Carmel Area Jr./ Sr. Prom will be a night to remember. The prom is set for June 2rd and the theme is “Old Hollywood”. To set the mood, the colors will be black and silver with accents of red. To start off the night, promenade begins at 6 p.m. in the audi-torium where family and friends can see their loved ones and many others prior to the main event. After the promenade, the music and danc-ing will begin at 7 p.m. in the gym, with dinner being served at 8 p.m. Throughout prom, there will be snacks and refreshments provided. The Prom Queen and King Crowning Ceremony will take place at 10:15 pm. Ticket sales start April 30th in the Athletic Office. As always, seniors’ tickets are free and students will be given a card to pick their tables later. Come out to the 2017-2018 MCA Prom and have fun in Old Hollywood! - Katie Flynn ‘19