{"id":13619,"date":"2014-10-01T13:58:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T13:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/?p=13619"},"modified":"2014-10-01T13:58:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T13:58:06","slug":"school-notes-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/2014\/10\/01\/school-notes-5\/","title":{"rendered":"School Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Blue Ridge<\/strong><br \/>\nAndrew Scott aspires to expand his knowledge of another country.<\/p>\n<p>The sixth-grader enrolled in Spanish and enjoys learning about the Spanish culture. Andrew speaks complete sentences in Spanish and enjoys practicing the language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like basically everything about it,\u201d Andrew said. \u201cWe\u2019re learning how to greet people and make conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also serves as a member of student council.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elk Lake<\/strong><br \/>\nLauren Vermeulen is serving as co-president of student council this year.<\/p>\n<p>One of their projects is called Haunted Hallways, which will be held Oct. 25 and is open to the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve done it in the past, so we thought it would be fun to bring it back. We\u2019re having a kids\u2019 side, where they can be read to with a scary book (Halloween stories) and then get to go trick-or-treating throughout the hall,\u201d Lauren said.<\/p>\n<p>She is active with yearbook, band and chorus, National Honor Society, volleyball, basketball cheerleading and dance.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren is hoping to attend Misericordia University to major in occupational therapy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forest City<\/strong><br \/>\nSonny Albright and Emily Statkun recently conducted an anti-bullying presentation for the school\u2019s seventh-grade class and continue to be involved with efforts to curb the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation included a skit in which two girls who are studying in the library are bullied. The skit was designed to get students talking and asking questions, and observers said it worked.<\/p>\n<p>The pair serve on the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program Volunteer Committee, a program in its second year at Forest City Regional High School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is good for the school,\u201d Emily said. \u201cI wanted to be involved because I want my school to be happy and bully-free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Montrose Area<\/strong><br \/>\nMatt Ruseski doesn\u2019t just have a job. He owns and manages his own business.<\/p>\n<p>The sophomore started the business in the beginning of April. His services range from mowing lawns to chopping wood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started the business because I needed money to buy a truck and I wanted to have money in the bank for college,\u201d Matt said.<\/p>\n<p>His father serves as supervisor and chauffeur, but the 10th-grader handles all other aspects of the business. Matt also balances school work and playing baseball with owning the business, and plans to keep the business throughout his academic career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very hard work, and there\u2019s a lot of sacrifices I\u2019ve found myself having to make,\u201d Matt said. \u201cI plan on keeping this business throughout college.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mountain View<\/strong><br \/>\nFor the second year in a row, Alexis Wansacz serves as one of the driving forces behind spirit week and the homecoming dance.<\/p>\n<p>After planning homecoming last year, the junior is back at it again, serving as this year\u2019s chairwoman of the homecoming committee. The committee settled on a circus theme for the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe decided to switch it up this year and do something a little more fun,\u201d Alexis said. \u201cWe had a bunch of people lie down, and we traced them in really funny positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After creating silhouettes and using a lot of paint and glitter, students prepared the school for the week ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe made a thing to go across the gym so it looks like a big trapeze, and that was really hard,\u201d Alexis said.<\/p>\n<p>The junior also serves on student government and plays soccer. Upon graduation, Alexis wants to enter a scientific field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to Temple over the summer, and I sort of fell in love with it,\u201d Alexis said. \u201cThat\u2019s probably where I would go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spirit week is underway and the homecoming dance is scheduled for Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Susquehanna Community<\/strong><br \/>\nBrianna Trieble is a Type 1 diabetic, but she doesn\u2019t allow it to define her.<\/p>\n<p>Diagnosed in the summer of 2009, the freshman continues to live life as if she never had the disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t let my diabetes affect my grades or sports,\u201d Brianna said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t stop me at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ninth grader also enjoys hanging out with friends and riding four wheelers on the weekends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Ridge Andrew Scott aspires to expand his knowledge of another country. 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