School news: Week of May 30
USC NHS new members
The Upper St. Clair High School chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 158 new members during its annual induction ceremony on April 19. They include: John Beggy, Aicha Bellaoucha, Isabella Benoit, Daniel Berlin, Samuel Berlin, Anber Bhuiyan, Vivian Boettger, Ynyra Bohan, Ava Burlingame, Benjamin Burlovic, Anna Busalacchi, Chance Cahn, Emma Caldart, Mayka Chaves, Eshita Chhajlani, Brooke Christiansen, Peyton Ciesco, Haley Coe, Mia Collis, Ashleigh Conn, Lauren Connors, Daniel Dabulis, Aya Dakroub, Connor Damon, Timothy Daschbach, Taylor DePolo, Olivia Debski, Mitchell Decock, Allison Dellicarri, Nicholas Devlin, Makarios Dickos, Samuel Ding, Anna Dipasquale, Justin Dreyer, Joshua Edkins, Jacob Engel, Alexis Feldman, Scotlynne Fennell, Anne Ferry, John Fitzpatrick, Brynn Foster, Mattigan Fultineer, Emily Gallagher, Kate Galligan, Julia Geisler, Terrance Gensler, Quinn Giacobbe, Veronica Gibbons, Carter Graham, Stephanie Grunwald, Rachel Harris, Evan Heilman, Caroline Hendrix, Christopher Hess, Halle Hewitt, Kiera James, Meghan Joon, Shalmalee Joshi, Nishita Kalepalli, Cassandra Kartsonas, Arushi Khaitan, Katherine King, Kathleen Knizner, Claire Kohler, Shashank Kokkula, Samantha Koller, Kevin Krawczyk, Graham Kretschmar, Erin Lang, Emma LaRocco, Shaunak Lavande, Jacqueline LeKachman, Riley Lenthall, Claire Leonard, Jason Levy, Dina Leyzarovich, Mary Lucas, Serena Luo, Sravya Maddipatla, Nandita Mahesh, Nicholas Majkic, Jonah Manalo, Sean Martin, Gabrielle Martin, Mallika Matharu, Lauren Mazzei, Abigail McCardle, Margaret McClintock, Matthew McCormick, Caroline McDonough, Juliana McKelvey, Colin McLinden, Annabel McQuillan, Lauren Mertz, Lindsay Meyer, Dylan Mira, Nicholas Mudry, Alexander Mudry, Catherine Mueller, Quinn Murray, Nitesh Nagpal, Brendan Neal, Anh-Duy Nguyen, Kayla Nulph, Robert O’Brien, Michael Orsino, Christopher Pantelis, Nicolo Paolina, Shivam Patel, Neha Patel, Hailee Perri, Ross Petrone, Sarah Price, Joseph Pulit, Taylor Quinn, Morgan Ragaller, Austin Reardon, Vikram Reddy, Dustin Riberi, Gabriel Riberi, Helen Ritter, Tushar Roy, Ethan Rutowski, Connor Ryan, Benjamin Sandusky, Olivia Schlichting, Amanda Shaffer, Paarth Shankar, Ayush Sharma, Jack Shephard, Elizabeth Shontz, Sabrina Slagle, Sarah Slagle, Savannah Smith, Mia Snyder, Rebecca Speer, Megan Starr, Jacob Stevenson, Madison Suter, Jason Sweeney, Yingqi Tao, Lauren Tefft, Christopher Travers, Rachel Tudi, Amelia Vasilko, Arushi Verma, Jennifer Vighetti, Grace M Wagner, Grace A Wagner, Grant Walnoha, Katelyn Weber, Madeline Welch, Lauren Wholey, Lauren Wieczenski, Christopher Wright, Evan Wyke, Aochen Zhang and Mitchell Zotter. Science teacher Laura Carlino serves as the faculty advisor for the National Honor Society at USC High School. Officers for 2017-18 include: Isaac Goodman, president; Akshar Golakiya, vice president; Krisha Monpara, treasurer; and Caroline LeKachman, secretary.
ML Green Ribbon School
Mt. Lebanon High School is among the 2018 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools award honorees. The school was nominated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and recognized for a variety of green initiatives and accomplishments including: developing a comprehensive recycling and composting program; establishing a locally sourced, healthy food program; supporting a student-led environmental club; implementing a school-energy savings program; prohibition of the use of pesticides on school grounds.