School: Week of Sept. 23
Open house
Seton-La Salle Catholic High School will hold an open house 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 4 for sixth- to eighth-graders and transfer students. Learn about the school’s broad academic and AP course offerings, its one-to-one Chromebook initiative, clubs, sports, activities and scholarship opportunities. For more information, visit www.slshs.org or call 412-561-3583.
Nat’l Merit Semifinalists
Two students from Peters Township High School class of 2016 have been named semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Connor Schwartz and Varun Sharma will now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $32 million, that will be offered next spring.
BP senior ambassador
Bethel Park High School senior Macie McKitrick was one of 14 American High School students who traveled to Russia this summer as an Ambassador of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth’s Russian Language and Culture Program.
Macie was part of a group of 14 academically high achieving students from 10 states, who spent six weeks in Moscow, where they studied Russian language, history, arts and culture, and participated in a wide-range of professional visits with leading international companies and individuals representing a diverse span of industries.
AP Scholars
Peters Township High School students continue to receive national recognition for their outstanding performance on the Advanced Placement exams. Not only do these students challenge themselves in taking the exams, but 153 students have earned AP Scholar Awards for their performance in 2015. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on these exams. The AP exams provide students with the opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement at the college level.
Seventeen students have qualified for the prestigious National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students are: Samuel Barnes, Rylen Faloni, Matthew Gummersbach, Julie Hilden, Sebastian Hymson, Daniel Krajovic, Nicholas Larimer, Kyle Marshall, Alessia Mihok, Maria Oldenburg, Mary Kate Pritz, Nicholas Roberts, Meredith Rohn, Varun Sharma, Isabelle Stasenko, Benjamin Steratore and Delaney Wehn.