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Congratulations to 2016-2017 Gifted Students Accomplishments!
Congratulations to the following students they placed in the May SAT #2 Post Test
First Place
Alice Banks (10th)
Marin Dremock (9th)
Todd Grenfell (11th)
Alexis Kulish (10th)
My Mai (12th)
Frank Ruggiero (11th)
Hannah Soden (12th)
William Strassner (11th)
Second Place
Seidy Bobadilla (11th)
Verina Gad (9th)
Francine Lamasko (10th)
Pranjal Satija (12th)Congratulations to the following students they were top scorers in the April SAT #1 Post Test
First PlaceZach Baran (10th)
Seidy Bobadilla (11th)
Marin Dremock (9th)
Todd Grenfell (11th)Frank Ruggiero (11th)
Logan Savage (10th)
Second Place
Pranjal Satija (12th)
Third Place
My Mai (12th)
Fourth Place
Tabatha Schwendeman (9th)Congratulations to
Dario D'Amato (12th)
He placed 6th in the Individual Competition in the Newton Mathematics Competition NMC-2017 Pennsylvania Chapter which was held at King's UniversityCongratulations to
Samantha Zaremba (12th)She placed 14th in the MathCON 2017 Second Round Challenge in Chicago, IL
Congratulations to
John Gordon (11th)
He placed 5th in the MathCON 2017
Congratulations to
Dario D'Amato (12th)
John Gordon (11th)
Colin Greybosh (11th)
Samantha Zaremba (12th)
they competed in MathCON 2017 in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, April 22, 2017Congratulations to the Top Scorers in the
March Math League Challenge
First Place
Jorge Tirado (12th)
Erika Book (11th)
Second PlaceJohn Ashton (9th)
Zach Baran (10th)
Frank Ruggiero (11th)
Third Place
Noah Ancharski (11th)
Jefferson Casado Felix (9th)
Marin Dremock (9th)
Haley Drumheller (9th)
Joseph Halcisak (9th)
Alexis Kulish (9th)
Francine Lamasko (10th)
Lily Nowak (10th)
Ben Sabatos (10th)
Rebecca Schell (12th)
Dustin Snyder (11th)Congratulations to the Top Scorers in the February Math League Challenge
First Place
Zach Baran
Kyle Bonin
Erika Book
John Gordon
Rebecca Schell
Dustin SnyderSecond Place
John Ashton
Jefferson Casado Felix
Todd Grenfell
William Strassner
Jorge TiradoThird Place
Tristen Adams
Brian Bartal
Seidy Bobadilla
Marin Dremock
Haley Drumheller
Francine Lamasko
Raydelys Morrebel Reyes
Mai T.My
Victor Polanco
Brian Rigotti
Jeremy Rossi
Ben SabatosGood Luck to
Abigail Hartz and Raydelys Morrobel Reyes
They have applied for a fellowship with HERlead,
a national leadership mentoring program
sponsored by the
Ann Taylor Clothing Corporation.Good Luck to
Joey Halcisak
Alison RancontKayla Dickert
They have entered a movie, Distributive Properties to the
LIU18 High School Computer FairCongratulations to
Dario D'Amato placed 6th in the
Newton Individual Math Competitionat King's University.
This event was held on January 31, 2017
Dario has been awarded a four year renewable scholarship to King's University.Congratulations- to the
2017 Science Olympiad TeamsExperimental Design:
Dario D'Amato, Ben Palfey, and Nicole Leshko ranked 7th out of 28 teams.Chemistry Lab:
Erika Book and Frank Ruggiero
ranked 12th out of 28 teamsWrite It/Do It:
Erin Ballick and Nicole Leshko
ranked 12th out 28 teams
Congratulations to the following students on placing in the national online math competition, MathCON 2017
11th Grade
12th Grade
First PlaceColin Greybosh
Second Place
John Gordon
Third Place
Abbey Hartz
Frank Ruggiero
First PlaceSamantha Zaremba
Second PlaceDario D’Amato
Third Place
Ben Palfey
Nicole Leshko
9th Grade
10th Grade
First PlaceBrian Bartal
Second PlaceEthan Mariano
Third PlaceJohn Ashton
Ricky Blase
First PlaceNurys Amancio
Second Place
Zach Baran
Third PlaceAlexis Kulish
Ben Sabatos
Congratulations to Nick Vitagliano, he placed fourth in the LCCTM Math Competition at Wilkes University on Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Congratulations to the Top Scorers in the January 2017 Math League Challenge:
First Place
John Gordon (11th)
Jefferson Casado Felix (10th)
Second Place
John Ashton (9th)
Dario D'Amato (12th)
Alexi Kulish (9th)
Francine Lamasko (10th)
Ben Palfey (12th)
Rebecca Schell (12th)
Dustin Snyder (10th)
William Strassner (11th)Third Place
Brian Bartal (9th)
Ricky Blase (9th)
Kyle Bonin (12th)
Erika Book (11th)
Brinn Gammer (9th)
Kyle Bonin (12th)
Colin Greybosh (11th)
Abigail Hartz (11th)
Joseph Halcisak (9th)
Charles Lanum (12th)
Nicole Leshko (12th)
My Tan Mai (12th)Congratulations to the Gifted Trivia Team
they competed in the WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage Competition. In Round 1 HAHS competed against Hanover High School on Friday, January 13, 2017 and in Round 2 they competed against Pittston Area High School on Monday, January 16, 2017. These TV shows will be aired in April of 2017.
The Trivia Team Members are:
Nick Vitagliao
Ciara Bannon
Carl McHugh
Dario D'Amato
Charles Lanum
Jorge TiradoCongratulations to the top students in the December Math League Challenge
First Place
Kyle Bonin (12th)
Erika Book (11th)
Dario D’Amato (12th)
Samantha Zaremba (12th)Second Place
John Gordon (11th)
Christian English (11th)Third Place
Noah Ancharski (11th)
Erin Ballick (12th)
Zach Baran (10th)
Jefferson Casado (10th)
Marin Dremock (9th)
Christian English (11th)
Todd Grenfell (11th)
Alexis Kulish (10th)
Megan Llewellyn (11th)
Frank Ruggiero (11th)
Dustin Snyder (11th)
William Strassner (11th)
Good Luck to Rebecca (Becca) Schell (12th)
she has submitted a photograph to
Scholastic Art & Writing Contest
(Updated 12-16-16)Congratulations to the top scores in the
November Math League Challenge
First Place
Jorge Tirado (12th)
Erika Book (11th)Second Place
Zach Baran (10th)
Lance Book (9th)
Jefferson Felix Casado (10th)
Dario D'Amato (12th)
Christian English (11th)
Abigail Hartz (11th)
Myles Hernandez
Victor Polanco (11th)Jeremy Rossi (10th)
Frank Ruggiero (11th)
Samantha Zaremba (12th)
Congratulations to the
October 2016 Top Math League ScorersFirst Place
Kyle Bonin (12th)
Erika Book (11th)
Dario D'Amato (12th)
John Gordon (11th)
Natalie Ryba (12th)
Rebecca Schell (12th)
Hannah Soden (12th)
Jorge Tirado (12th)
Samantha Zaremba (12th)Second Place
Tristen Adams (9th)
John Ashton (9th)
Zach Baran 10th
Brian Bartal (9th)
Lance Book (9th)
Christian English (11th)
Todd Grenfell (11th)
Myles Hernandez
Liam Katz (10th)
Alexis Kulish (10th)
Megan Llewellyn (11th)
Carl McHugh
Raydelys Morrobel Reyes (11th)
Frank Ruggiero (11th)
Dustin Snyder (11th)
Francine Lamasko (10th)
Summer Whitley (9th)
Congratulations
Natalie Ryba (12th grader - HAAS) and
Abbey John (12th grader - HAHS) have been selected for the "WVIA Artist of the Week"
Natalie and Abbey will be profiled on WVIA,
the week of January 22-28, 2017
Natalie Ryba - did a ballet performance
to a song from the Broadway Play, "Waitress."
Abbey John - a visual artist, displayed her artwork.
On 10-17-16 both students were interviewed by Mrs. Andrea O'Neill, the Educational Director for the TV station, WVIA.Congratulations:
The following students will represent HAHS at the
2017 WVIA Scholastic Scrimmage ChallengeDario D'Amato (12th) HAAS
Nick Vitagliano (12th) HAHS
Charles Lanum (12th) HAAS
Ciara Bannon (11th) HAHS
Jorge Tirado (12th) HAAS
Carl McHugh HAHSCongratulations to the following students, they are the top scorers in the
September Trivia Challenge
(Updated 10-11-16)
First Place
Dario D'Amato HAAS (12th)
Second Place
Charles Lanum HAAS (12th)
Third Place
John Ashton HAAS (9th)Fourth Place
Jorge Tirado HAAS (12th)September 29. 2016
Congratulations to Kimberly Bellard, an 11th Grader at the Hazleton Area Academy of Sciences STEM School, her original poem "Trough Love" was selected for publication.
Her poem will be published in the
December issue of the
Creative Communications publication.
Kimberly submitted her poem for the Summer Creative Communications Contest.