Nativity School is very proud of the achievements that its students (and Teachers) have made in terms of academic excellence in various competitions.  These are some of the examples where our students have brought great pride to our school.

Congratulations to Mrs. Amy Nowakowski, who received the Veterans of Foreign Wars Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year Award!  Mrs. Nowakowski was presented with a plaque from the Local VFW Post 6664.  This award recognizes top teachers in grades K through 12, whose citizenship education topics promote America’s history, traditions, and institutions. 

Mrs. Nowakowski was nominated for this award because of the many methods she uses to engage her students in our history and culture.  This includes Nativity’s student council election process, which mirrors actual elections with voter registration, districts, and balloting.  Students receive a grade for their participation in the annual VFW Patriot’s Pen contest, which has resulted in awards for our students.  And the 7th and 8th grade classes recently researched and wrote essays about great Americans whose contributions improved our country and society, such as Henry Ford, Sojourner Truth, Thomas Edison, Sitting Bull, and Andrew Carnegie.  

Mrs. Nowakowski is well-known for ‘staying late at the office’.  And she is always available to her students, both current and past.  How appropriate that she be recognized for her knowledge and creativity.  Mrs. Nowakowski is now eligible to receive an award at the state-wide level, and she could progress to national recognition.  Mrs. Nowakowski teaches Nativity’s Middle Level grades.  We are extremely proud of her, and honored to have her on our staff.

And Now For Our Student Sucesses!

November 2006:

  • Congratulations to Aaron Sproul, 8th grade and Drew Buckholt,     7th  grade, winners of the VFW Patriot’s Penn Essay contest. Their essays were two of the fourteen selected at the local level from over two hundred entries.

March 2007:

  • Congratulation to Aaron Sproul, 8th grader, who has won the State Level  in the Zaner Bloser Excellence in Handwriting Contest. He will receive a $50.00 gift certificate and will advance to the National Level.

 

Science Fairs:

March 2007: Congratulations to the following students for placing in the Mon Yough Science Fair held at McKeesport Area High School:

  • Jessica Marnik, Honorable Mention in the area of Boitany;

  • Emalee Mountain, 2nd place in the area of Physics;

  • Nicolette Bucci, 2nd place in the area of Consumer Science.

 March 2007: Congratulations to Emalee Mountain on her Honorable Mention in the Pittsburgh Regional Science Fair held at the Science Center

 Forensics:

* February 2007: Nativity Forensics Team won a trophy for placing in the top ten at the Finals Competition

 

Geography Bee

Congratulations to Shane Dazen for winning Nativity’s National Geographic Bee! In the first round, two representatives were selected from each grade (fifth through eighth), and these students participated in our School-level Bee.  Now Shane will take a written test to see if he can be one of up to 100 top scorers in Pennsylvania who will be eligible to compete in the State Bee on March 30, 2007

PJAS

Congratulations to these hard-working students who presented their science projects at the PJAS (PA Junior Academy of Science) regional competition on February 3rd.  The first place winners move on to State finals, held at Penn State main campus in May.  Many of these students will also be competing in the Mon Yough Science Fair, and the Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair, both held in March.  These projects require many hours of diligent research, data collection, and presentation practice, and the students are guided by Mrs. Laird and Mrs. Nowakowski.  Every one of them is a winner!

  • Nicolette Bucci – Grade 7, Removing Baked-On Sauce, 3rd place (we are especially proud of Kiki, who made it through her presentation in spite of illness and a fever!)

  • Allyson Curry – Grade 7, The Effect of Vitamins on Plants, 1st place

  • Nathan Failla – Grade 7, What Effect Does Time and Season Have on Shadows?  1st place

  • Frankie Faraone – Grade 8, Effects of Distance on Splat of a Paintball, 1st place

  • Jessica Marnik – Grade 7, The Effect of Different Lighting on Plants, 1st place

  • Emalee Mountain – Grade 7, Viscosity of Oil, 2nd place

  • Lexi Musillo – Grade 8, Factors Affecting Hair Strengths, 2nd place

  • Nick Palmer – Grade 8, Effects of Washing on Flame Retardant Clothing, 1st place

  • Eddie Rosenbusch – Grade 8, Heating and Cooling of Metals, 2nd place

  • Aaron Sproul – Grade 8, Which Material Provides the Best Insulation? 2nd place

Sarah Has the Power!

Seventh grader Sarah Adler qualified to represent our school at the State finals of the Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge. First place winners at the State level compete for the National title in Orlando Florida. 

  • February 2005
    • Nativity students were at their best at the winter Forensics meets held during January and February.  See the results here
    •  Each of the students that represented Nativity School at the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (PJAS) competition on February 7th came home with a Perfect Score, First or Second Place Award.  Read all about it here.
    • Rebecca Hensler, an eighth-grade student at Nativity School, has been named as the Third Place winner in District 29 Veterans of Foreign Wars and it’s Ladies Auxiliary Patriot’s Pen Essay Competition.  To read Rebecca's work, click here.
    • Two of Nativity's students will be advancing to compete in the State Championships for the Readers' Digest National Word Power Challenge to be held in Reading Pennsylvania on March 18th.  Click here to find out more of this achievment.

 

  • May 2004
    •  Five students have been selected to have their poems published in the anthology "A Celebration of Young Poets".  Congratulations to these achievers!  Their poems may be found here.
    • Ten students swept the PJAS compitition at the State finals at Penn State!
    • And Rebecca Hensler has been selected to receive an award from the Society of Analytical Chemists.

     

  • March 2004 - Congratulations to Ricky Mary (8th grade), Deanna Bucci (6th grade), and Aaron Sproul (5th grade).  These students represented Nativity School in the Math 24 Competition at the Bishop Leonard School on March 19th.  All three students qualified for the regional competition to be held on April 26 at the Greentree Radisson.

 

  • March 2004 - Brendan T. Mathers, an 8th grade student at Nativity School,  has qualified to participate at the state level of the National Geographic Bee.

 

  • February 2004 - Nativity students placed very well in the Pennsylvanian Junior Academy of Science competition by obtaining 10 first place positions for their science projects.  These students will travel to Penn State University in May for the State competition.

 

 


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