Seventh, eighth, and ninth grade students attended the annual forensics competition at Riverside High School on Tuesday, February 6^th.  Six school districts competed, but overall, Ambridge placed in the highest number of categories!  Our students’ results are as follows:

Duo News Broadcast – Junior High

Third Place                  Hazel Bell and Meghan Kinkade

Duo News Broadcast – Senior High

Second Place               Maura Devine and Sammy Farah

Third Place                  Rhiannon Bosh and Kyla Fitzgibbons

Poetry – Junior High

First Place                    Madison Mihalic

Second Place               Leah Fritsch

Third Place                  Lydia Mycyk

Poetry – Senior High

First Place                    Dinah Bailey

Second Place               John Barnhart

Third Place                  Kyla Fitzgibbons

Extemporaneous – Junior High

First Place                    Lanaya Pharr

Extemporaneous – Senior High

Second Place               John Barnhart

Duo Impromptu – Junior High

First Place                    Lydia Mycyk and her Central Valley partner

Second Place (tie)       Madison Mihalic and her Central Valley partner
                                      Lanaya Pharr and Zoe Maurer

Third Place (tie)          Jaina Ilko and Luke Sovich                                       

                                      Leah Fritsch and her partner.

Duo Impromptu – Senior High

First Place (tie)           Maura Devine and her Blackhawk partner

                                     Gabby Milcoff and her Blackhawk partner

Second Place               Dinah Bailey and her Riverside partner

Third Place                  Sammy Farah her Blackhawk partner

Congratulations to all who participated!

On Wednesday, February 21, 2018, President Trump will be speaking in the Ambridge Area School District’s Wright Field House, located on the corner of Duss Avenue and 8^th Street. The event is slated to begin at 7 p.m. More details are available on the Donald Trump for President, Inc. website here.

Since this is an evening event, the Ambridge Area School District will operate on a normal schedule for the day. Students will be dismissed with the assistance of the police and District Administration.

As with all other rental groups, Donald Trump for President, Inc. has followed District policy in renting the field house for the visit. The Ambridge Area School District respects the office of the President of the United States; however, the rental of District facilities for this event does not reflect an endorsement of or affiliation with any political party or candidate.

On Saturday, February 3rd, ten students from Ambridge Area Junior High competed at Penn State Beaver for the annual Beaver County MathCounts Competition. MathCounts is a nationwide junior high school math program. Its purpose is to administer math enrichment, coaching, and competition programs, while increasing enthusiasm and enhancing achievement in middle school mathematics. Each year, 500+ local competitions and 57 state competitions are conducted through the United States.​

Competitors from Ambridge were: Rudy Erickson, Leah Fritsch, Will Gruca, Josh Hovan, Camden Mawhinney, Elliott Powell, Dalton Prevost, Ivan You, Evan Waschak, and Nicholas Waschak​. 

After 3 rounds of competition, our four person team of Rudy Erickson, Josh Hovan, Elliott Powell, and Ivan You won the 2nd place team trophy. After the final countdown round, where each student in the top ten came to the stage for a head to head contest, three of our students placed in the top ten. Ivan You earned the 8th place spot, Elliott Powell the 5th place award, and Rudy Erickson earned 3rd place. 

As part of the top 4 individuals in Beaver County, Rudy Erickson will be representing Ambridge and Beaver County at the state MathCounts competition in Harrisburg on March 23-24, 2018. Please join us in supporting Rudy as he travels to Harrisburg to compete against students across Pennsylvania!

The flu season is upon us, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided valuable information for the identification and treatment of flu symptoms in children.

The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses and affects the nose, throat and lungs. The flu differs from the common cold in that it comes on suddenly and includes symptoms such as fever, runny/stuffy nose, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Sometimes diarrhea and vomiting can accompany the flu, but is more common in children than adults.

While the flu can be active year-round, the height of the season is projected to begin in early October and last through May. The Pennsylvania Department of Health and Human Services lists the cases of flu for Beaver County so far this flu season at 877.

A CDC tip sheet for the flu season is available here.

Special thanks to Sandy Kowal and the Ambridge Area Federal Credit Union for providing breakfast this morning for October – January Student of the Month and Extra Effort Award Winners! Great job everyone and thank you for going above and beyond!!!

Student of the Month –January  

9^th Brandon Lewis

10^th Haley Racioppo

11^th Marissa Hooks

12^th Dmitri Niarios

December Extra Effort – January  

9^th Mallory Barkley

10^th Caleb Terrick

11^th Leuca Hanish

12^th Rachel Pawlawski

Student of the Month - December

9^th Kyla Fitzgibbons

10^th Nathan Ritchey

11^th Riley Sas

12^th Sarah Gazda

December Extra Effort - December  

9^th Zach Massimani

10^th Brooke Lively

11^th Dalton Brandt

12^th Coltin  Barker

Student of the Month – November

9^th Jeremiah Giordani

10^th Gabriella Miller

11^th Dasha Jackson

12^th Logan Dobson

Extra Effort  - November

9^th Kierron Kelly

10^th Ryan Racioppo

11^th Hannah Minnitte

12^th Elias Shingleton

Student of the Month – October

9^th Elizabeta Pucci

10^th Kyla Shingleton

11^th Jacob Dunlap

12^th Joshua Schmitt

Extra Effort – October

9^th Logan Sullivan

10^th Logan Erickson

11^th Sydni Orlowski

12^th Priya Runner

Our Ambridge Brrridgers raised over $1,500 for Special Olympics at the Beaver County Polar Plunge held in Bridgerwater on Sunday, January 28.

Student of the Month –January  

9^th Brandon Lewis

10^th Haley Racioppo

11^th Marissa Hooks

12^th Dmitri Niarios

December Extra Effort – January  

9^th Mallory Barkley

10^th Caleb Terrick

11^th Leuca Hanish

12^th Rachel Pawlawski

As part of the 8th grade Accelerated Science class, the students began work on a Science Fair project in early September and work diligently through the end of January culminating in the Junior High Science Fair.  This year was the 21st annual competition.  We bring in judges from various walks of science related life as our experts to interview the students.  We award the top four projects with certificates and checks.  The top 20 will then attend the annual Pittsburgh Regional Science Fair at Heinz Field just after Spring break.