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Least Amount of Lunch Trash Challenge

Each year , Asbury Woods teams up with Millcreek Schools for a trash collection competition . This year ’ s “ Least Amount of Lunch Trash Challenge ” winners were Asbury Elementary School and Tracy Elementary School .

In the fall of 2016 , Mrs . Dean ’ s second grade class from Asbury Elementary won the second grade competition for generating the least amount of trash at lunch . The class generated only one ounce of lunch trash for the entire class . Mrs . McQueeny ’ s fifth grade class from Tracy Elementary won the fifth grade competition for generating the least amount of trash at lunch . The fifth grade class also generated only one ounce of trash for the entire class .
The amount of trash collected during lunch for all the 1,425 students and teachers from the Millcreek Township School District ’ s second and fifth grade classes was only 34.54 pounds . It is amazing that only 34.54 pounds of trash was collected for 1,425 people ! This amount equals . 24 ounces per person . To put it in perspective , a Snicker ’ s bar weighs 2.5 ounces . All their remaining items from lunch were either reused , recycled , upcycled , or composted .

McDowell Students Win STEM Competition and Advance to State Competition

McDowell students , under the direction of teacher Kyle Bucholtz , won the Governor ’ s STEM Competition at the Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit # 5 . McDowell students created a smart armband that senses distance and provides visual and haptic feedback to the user . The target market for the product is the visually impaired . McDowell qualified for the state competition to be held on May 19 , 2017 , and the students are excited to showcase their invention !

J . S . Wilson Academic Sports League Wins State Title illcreek

MILLCREEK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS
Following their study on World War II , the J . S . Wilson Academic Sports League Team won the State Middle School Academic Sports League Title . At a recent competition , held at Collegiate Academy , the team competed in six categories . The team will now advance to the National competition , which is an on-line contest .
Left to right : David Nasibyan , Victoria Avanesov , Peter Oblinski , Aidan Fordyce , Jack White , Aashka Gupta , Vaughn Wampole , Maddie Lloyd , Teddy Buchanon
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McDowell team member Spencer Ferber working on the device at Bonnell ’ s Collision , who is McDowell ’ s business partner for this endeavor .

McDowell Speech and Debate Wins State Championship

The McDowell Speech and Debate Team recently competed in Championships at Bloomsburg University . McDowell students completed the competition with strong performances , including senior Vanessa Pierce and junior Garrett Garlock placing second in Parliamentary Debate .
The best individual performance of the tournament was by senior Chris Butler , who won the State Championship in Humorous Interpretation . This was McDowell ’ s eleventh State Championship !
The team earned the Lutz Award . This award is given to the team that demonstrated sustained excellence in speech and debate . McDowell accumulated the most points of the over 200 different schools at recent state tournaments , thus becoming the Team State Champions !