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Cv Homecoming Recap by Cameron Lauer
Cv Homecoming Recap by Cameron Lauer
Conemaugh Valley just recently held their annual homecoming. To start, Cv had spirit week from Monday to Friday and this year’s theme was “ the 80’s”. Monday was class colors, Tuesday was character day, Wednesday was 80’s day, Thursday was decades day, and Friday was blue and white day. On Thursday, October 1, 2020, we had our homecoming parade but it was a little different this year because of the pandemic going on right now. It was not your typical homecoming parade because we were not allowed to have the sports teams in the parade like the football team, the volleyball team, and the cheerleaders.
This year we had 5 king candidates and 5 queen candidates. Our homecoming king candidates were Dylan Chontas, Casey Cruse, Isaac Bailey, Cameron Lauer, and Ashton Knox-Bennett. Our Queen candidates were Ella Angus, Sarah Ribblett, Delanie Miller, Jessica Buchan, and Kaitlyn Yoder. We announced the King and Queen on Friday, October 2, 2020. For the king candidates, the second runner up was Isaac Bailey, the first runner up was Dylan Chontas, and your 2020 king candidate was Casey Cruse. For your queen candidates, the second runner up was Kaitlyn Yoder, the first runner up was Jessica Buchan, and your 2020 Queen candidate was Ella Angus.
To end the week we held our annual homecoming football game and dance on Saturday, October 3, 2020. The Bluejays had a sweet victory over the Blacklick Vikings with a score of 43 to 27. After the game, we had our homecoming dance thus concluding the homecoming festivities.
LivRed Game by Sydney Richards
LivRed Game by Sydney Richards
On January 31st, the first annual LivRed basketball game took place. This event was a way to bring two high school rivals together by spreading kindness. Co founder of the foundation, Stephanie Urban found this game to be the perfect opportunity to spread awareness. The goal of the foundation is to spread kindness in the world in Liv’s memory, so what better way to do it then bringing these two schools together for a common goal.
Conemaugh Valley played rival Ferndale Yellow Jackets two times before the LivRed game. They won all three games against the Jackets. The final score of the LivRed games was 65-56. At the games, the foundation sold red towels, bracelets, spirit wear, and also basketballs with the game on it. Both teams wore LivRed inspired warm-ups.
The LivRed foundation is giving students wonderful volunteer opportunities. Conemaugh Valley students have already been able to participate in highway clean up, and many other things organized by the foundation. I encourage every one of you to get as involved as you can in this wonderful foundation. Remember Do Good Be Kind.
Alumni Feature - Mr. Derek Dietz by Sydney Richards
Alumni Feature - Mr. Derek Dietz by Sydney Richards
November 19th 2019
Our first Alumni feature is CV Alumni, Mr. Derek Dietz, and he had a little to tell me about his time at CV and his time in the armed service. Mr. Dietz is a recipient of Purple Heart medal which is a combat decorated medal.
While at CV, he played football and hockey. In September of 2000, he attended basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina for the PA National Guard and Advanced Individual Training Fort Lee, Virginia and continued his education at the Pittsburgh Technical Institute in January 2001.
In January of 2003, Derek graduated from PTI with an Associates Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology. September 11th changed his life, along with millions of other Americans. In March of 2003, with the start-up of the Iraq war, he was deployed to Kosovo in support of Peacekeeping in the Balkans. He then returned home in 2004 after a 15-month deployment.
In 2005, about eleven months later, Derek was deployed for his second deployment, this time to Iraq. The Infantry Battalion that he was attached to was assigned to the Habbaniyah, Al Anbar Province in Western Iraq in between Fallujah and Ramadi. This was one of the most dangerous places in the world at the time. There were a few other CV alumni that were deployed to this area with the Engineers of the PA National Guard (Mallie Stephens and Tom Stiffler). He earned a Purple Heart. The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.
Every day was a fight for freedom and survival and approximately 1/3 of his Battalion received Purple Hearts during the deployment. He received his Purple Heart February 19th, 2006 while on a convoy mission, the gun truck that he was riding in struck an IED causing injuries to all three soldiers inside. After a week or two of rest, he was back going on missions and was able to finish his 18-month deployment.
Mr. Dietz has some very important advice for CV students and students around the world, in his words he says…
1) Live life and continue to learn every day.
2) Think about joining one of the branches of the Military and serve this "Great Nation"...It could be a way to continue your education while protecting our valuable God-given Freedoms.
3) Be open-minded and gather facts for yourself before you make a decision.
4) Compromise goes a long way.
5) 4-year degrees may not be the way to go....2 years might be, I tell you this because I had Mr. Cobaugh for Physics my junior year and we took a class and discussed the PROs and CONs of 4 years and 2-year education.
6) Take your time and make a wise decision that will work for YOU!!
Thank you, Mr. Dietz, for your service and for taking time out of your day and life to tell us a little about yourself.
Challenge Program Kicks off at CV
Challenge Program Kicks off at CV
October 28th, 2019
Students at CV were recently introduced to The Challenge Program, Inc. during a kick-off assembly at the high school. The assembly theme was Future Influencers: #whynotme.
During the assembly, students in 10th-12th grade were introduced to local career opportunities. Throughout, the year they will be eligible to compete for financial awards in five areas linked with academic and workplace success: Attendance, Academic Improvement, Academic Excellence, STEM, and Community Service. The business partner for CV during the current school year is G.A.P. Federal Credit Union.
Congratulations to the following students who received awards: Sam Berger & Casey Cruse- Attendance, Emily Reininger & Ella Angus - Community Service, Kenzie Hagens - STEM, Brendan Worthington & Sarah Ribblett - Academic Excellence, Casie Stewart & Isaac Bailey - Academic Improvement.
September is ovarian cancer awareness month by Mikayla Burke
September is ovarian cancer awareness month by Mikayla Burke
September is ovarian cancer awareness month. About 21,000 people in the US get diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year. Conemaugh Valley is lucky enough to have teal-out shirts given to us for the third year in a row now. These shirts are donated to us by Laurel Auto Group. Mike Smith is the owner of this company and does this in honor of his wife, Ann Harris Smith, who died of ovarian cancer.
Since we began receiving the shirts, Conemaugh Valley has had a teal-out game each year. In the past years, it was a football game. However, this year the teal-out game was a volleyball game. Our band even came out to help raise awareness. Our varsity volleyball team played Berlin and sadly came up short with a loss. We coordinated with Jennie Baughman for the shirts. She was at the volleyball game and commented saying:
“ Conemaugh Valley is one of my favorite schools to come to because not only are you supportive of ovarian cancer and the teal-out games, but the camaraderie of the students is one of my favorite things about coming to school events here. All of the kids get along and get into it and I enjoy that.”
Ovarian cancer is not something people hear about as much as other types of cancer. Our school played a part in trying to raise awareness to better the people around us. We would like to say a special thank you to Mrs. McDonald and all others involved in making this possible each year. Also, thank you to everyone who came out to support our Lady Jays Thursday evening for our teal-out game.
CVTV is up and running by Sydney Richards
CVTV is up and running by Sydney Richards
Conemaugh Valley has a new announcement system. We are now fully involved in CVTV news. CVTV is filmed by Mrs. Williams’ public speaking classes. Williams has a public speaking class 5th and 8th period. Her students put a lot of time and effort into filming and editing our morning announcements. The idea of CVTV originated last year when our Principal Mr. Miller suggested students “step into the real world”. Miller wanted students to get involved so he went to Williams and asked her public speaking class last year to start it. Last years public speaking class only has 7 people. I was part of that class, we did our best to get it together but just didn't have the time. We also faced several setbacks, such as no place to put a green screen, and only having a camera no one knows how to use. This year the class has lights, a green screen, and an Ipad to film the videos.
Molly Hamula is currently taking charge and doing most of the editing and putting together the film, so it is a picture-perfect before it airs in the morning. This is not easy work and takes a lot of time. I went and talked with the 5th-period public speaking class and was able to hear from some of the students.
Autumn Stoup says “Filming makes my days more interesting, I love watching them every morning.”
“I feel like it's a great addition to Conemaugh Valley,” says Jacob Urban
This is a great opportunity for kids to step out of their comfort zone. Mrs. Williams is ecstatic about how great it is coming together.
Mrs. Willams says “ the kids has a lot of energy”
Even though CVTV is a big part of that class, it is still a credit class through Penn highlands.
Williams says “We are successfully doing the news and actively involving the required curriculum.”
CVTV needs support from the teachers and the student body. They are putting work into this to benefit the students. This change is something that some of the teachers need to embrace, the announcements are now fully on film. If teachers don't play them and students don't pay attention. The only people who are going to struggle are the students. I can not wait to see how far CVTV will come in the future. Keep up the great work.
Here is a link to CVTV https://www.cvk12.org/cvtv-conemaughvalley
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