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Parkland High School World Language Department Hosts Spring Colors Festival

 

 

 

 

 

March 3, Spring Colors Festival, PHS Cafeteria, 12 noon – 4 PM. Sponsored by Parkland High School World Language Department to celebrate diversity and increase international awareness, Parkland elementary students and their families are invited to play, learn, and have fun while discovering other cultures and languages at this FREE event where families can also sample FREE international desserts and purchase $1 hot dogs and water.  PHS students will host a district-wide event that will include country and cultural displays, games, face painting and henna tattooing, and cultural music and dance.  Refreshments will be for sale.

Parkland School Board Director Presented Advocacy Award

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pennsylvania School Boards Association President, Dr. Marcela Diaz Myers and Penns Grant Region 15 Director Larry Feinberg  presented the Timothy M. Allwein Advocacy Award to Master School Board Director Roberta Marcus.
Roberta Marcus was selected to receive the award as a result of her many volunteer hours devoted to raising awareness of key legislative issues on the local, state and federal levels. Her command and knowledge of these issues was described as “prolific.” Marcus’ ability to articulate them to stakeholders of diverse backgrounds makes her a “strong and effective advocate.”

Parkland’s Debate Finals Team become the LVIAC Champions

 

 

 

 

 

Parkland’s Debate Finals Team which includes Molly Diamondstein, Brian Dinkelacker, Bobby George, and Marcus Spiegel–finished the debate season by beating Nazareth in the semi-final round and Emmaus in the final round to become the LVIAC Champions

Angela Qiu, a sixth grade student, is the 2013 Springhouse Middle School Spelling Bee champion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angela, who had a near perfect score on the preliminary round written test, competed against thirteen other contestants in grades six-eight for the championship title.

11th Grade Parkland High School History and Nationally Certified Teacher Licia Paulus participated in the Global Education Symposium in Washington D.C.

Mrs Paulus is part of a group of 160 teachers who were selected to participate in the symposium.  The Teachers for Global Classrooms Program is an exchange and professional development opportunity for secondary school teachers sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the non-profit organization IREX. Through the program, teachers from across the United States learn how to advance their schools’ global education practices, internationalizing teaching and learning in their classrooms. Licia expects to visit India in July to study global competencies and how they can be integrated into our classrooms with this fellowship while other participants will visit a range of other countries.

Mike Krause as the 2012 High School Coach of the Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

The National Federation of High Schools has selected Parkland coach Mike Krause as the 2012 High School Coach of the Year in the sport of Volleyball for Pennsylvania. 

 

Parkland Fields Top Team and 5 Top Ten Mathletes in 2013 Mathcounts Competition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the third year in a row, Yogeshwar Velingker, an 8th grade student at Orefield  Middle School, took first place in the Lehigh Valley MATHCOUNTS ®  RegionalCompetition in a 29th annual  event that  attracted over 200 middle school competitors  from five counties.  Yogeshwar has earned the right to move on to March 23rd state level competitions in the national “Olympics of Math” organized by the National Society of Professional Engineers in association with several other organizations. Orefield Middle School, coached by teacher Brian Fulmer, was the top ranking team of the 30 schools that participated in the regional competition organized by Lehigh Valley Chapter of the PA Society of Professional Engineers. Springhouse Middle School took third place and is coached by teacher Kevin Hallman.  Both teams will advance to the state competition on March 22 and 23. The Lehigh Valley Chapter will pay the registration and hotels costs for the competitors and their coaches. 

Five out of the top ten students who competed were Parkland students as follows:
Shaumik Phadlke 9th place- Springhouse
Mathew Liu- 7th place- Springhouse
Aryaman Khandelual- 6th place- Springhouse
Sai  Mallipedhi- 5th place- Springhouse
Yogeshwar Velingker 1st place- Orefield

 

Parkland Partners Food Drive Raises 20,359 lbs.of Food!!

 

 

Great Job!!!  And…. THANKS TO EVERYONE in the District to help us make this the 7th year of giving!!!

The Most Decorated High School Girls Volleyball Players Ever In The Lehigh Valley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taylor Krause and Kelly Robertson, PHS students, have become the most decorated high school girls volleyball players ever in the Lehigh Valley. This is a summary of the recognition they received this year on a national, regional and local level: 

 Taylor:  Gatorade Player of the Year finalist, Second Team Under Armour All American, Volleyball Magazine 3rd Team All American, Prep Volleyball 2 time All American, finalist Prep Volleyball Setter of the Year, Prep Volleyball Defensive Dandy Selection, LVC first Team, District XI First Team, Morning Call Co-Player of the Year, PIAA All State selection, Little Lion Invitational Co-MVP

Kelly:  Gatorade Player of the Year, Under Armour First Team All American, Volleyball  Magazine 3rd team All American, MaxPreps Second Team All American, Prep Volleyball 2 time All American, finalist Prep Volleyball Player of the Year, LVC Player of the Year,  Dist. XI Player of the Year, Morning Call Co-Player of the Year, PIAA All State Selection, Little Lion Invitational Co-MVP 

 

Orefield Middle School Builders Club attend the United Way TeenWorks Annual Kickoff Dinner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eight student leaders from the Orefield Middle School Builders Club had the pleasure of attending the United Way TeenWorks Annual Kickoff Dinner.  The club was presented with a 2nd place award for “Project of the Year” for their fundraising and community service efforts benefitting the Ronald McDonald Houses in Philadelphia.  Additionally, the club received citations from both the Allentown Mayor’s office and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, both of whom recognized their outstanding community service efforts.  
These kids are not only passionate about doing their part to make the world a better place, but are also catalysts, inspiring others to do the same.

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