concert of 148 students from 64 schools on Saturday afternoon , May 13 . Selected to participate from Carlynton are fifth and sixth graders Gavin Corrado , Gabriel DiPietro , Georgie Gamble , Peter Gargis , Mareesa Garrett , Sean Hart , Elena Johnson , Clara Keller , Victoria McIntyre , Shea Plante , Simon Schriver , Mary Ella Snyder and Kendall Stark .

On the choral festival front ,

Carnegie and Crafton elementary students will be performing in the 2017 PMEA Singfest to be held March 17 at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland . They include fifth and sixth graders Haylee Boggs , Sean Hart , Rachele Jacob , Victoria McIntyre , Rebecca Walter and Elaine Zhang . At the secondary level , eighth graders Hayle DeSimone , Zachary Holderbaum and ninth grader Elizabeth Duffy successfully auditioned for junior high district chorus to be held May 5 and 6 in the Montour School District .

Jeff Smith , the “ Geode Guy ,” visited third graders at Carnegie Elementary to impart a message about rocks , minerals and geodes . A geologist for 35 years , Smith took students on a virtual trip from Carnegie to an active geode mine about 100 feet beneath the Chihuahuan desert in Mexico . During the simulated tour , third graders discovered three different rock groups and minerals and later had the opportunity to select a geode from a specimen table and watch as it was cracked open to reveal the crystals , colors and patterns inside .

Wilson Choate , Sean Hart , Chikamso Orji and Mason Glover swept the fourth and fifth grade division of the Science Bowl held at the Carnegie Science Center with a first place victory .

participants to determine the contents and quantity inside a bag without looking . “ Barge Building ” required teams to build a barge from aluminum foil and test its strength by adding up to 100 pennies . “ Calculation Station ,” held in Roboworld , was a mathematical scavenger hunt . Competitors searched signs to locate numbers related to robots and then solved mathematical equations . Sportsworks was home to the final challenge , “ Calorie Count ,” another scavenger hunt to find statistics about

Nearly 275 high school students from 15 public and private schools in six counties wrestled with global issues in the Model United Nations conference on January 27 at Duquesne University . Eleven Carlynton seniors participated in the event which simulated the convening of the UN General Assembly and other multilateral bodies . The conference allowed students to step into roles as ambassadors . Drafting resolutions ,

calories . In the seventh and eighth grade division , Carlynton had two teams tie for second place . These teams were comprised of Azjia Gardner , Pierce Greiner , Gwen Kalimon , Michael Kozy , Ethan O ’ Brien , Lukas Prepelka , Audrey Robb and Owen Schriver .

Senior Stephanie Bonifield placed sixth in Impromptu Speaking out of 37 competitors at the Pine Richland Speech and Debate Invitational held on January 21 . In preliminary rounds , Stephanie procured first and third to qualify for the final round . Some 35 high schools from Western Pa and West Virginia competed at the tournament . Members of the high school forensics team are led by English and Public Speaking teacher Margaret Wilson . Moreover , Stephanie will travel for the second consecutive year to the U . S . Space and Rocket Center Camp in Huntsville , Alabama . Stephanie was accepted into a select space academy , an exclusive eight-day camp where she will have the chance to take a simulated

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negotiating with allies and adversaries and resolving conflicts were just some of the activities taking place . “ It actually became a little tense as committees tried to resolve an issue ,” said participant Molly Kozy . Dr . Mark Frisch , associate professor and director of the event said Model UN allows students to realize the importance of the United Nations and discover the challenges of international diplomacy . American Government and Economics teacher Tracy Post offered the educational opportunity to students and accompanied them to Duquesne University .

CARLYNTON SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS

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