DVHS Newsletter

Our quarterly newsletter, along with social media posts on X (Twitter) (@DVHS__Tweets) and Instagram (@DVHS__Posts), are designed to provide a "window" into life here at DVHS. It is our pleasure to share the happenings of our school community and provide you with information about upcoming events.

Sincerely,

The DVHS Administrative Team

Riley has been a DV Cyber student since 9th grade due to his participation in the sport of Motorcross. He has traveled all over the United States for races. In 2022, Riley qualified for the world's largest and most prestigious amateur race, the Monster Energy Amateur Motocross National Championship race, held at the iconic Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. Only the country's best 42 riders in each class get a ticket to Tennessee after qualifying at a regional race. Riley finished 6th overall in his race class 125C at the Monster Energy Amateur Motocross National Championship race! Currently, Riley is racing local area qualifying races to go to Loretta Lynns in 2024. His long-term goal is to become a Professional in the sport.

Three DV students were recognized by Congressman Matt Cartwright at the Everhart Museum in Scranton, PA.

1st place - Youngeun (Eunice) Choi (Artwork will be displayed in Washington, D.C.), 12th grade

2nd place - Scarlett Weir, 12th grade

Honorable Mention - Maya Zhovkovich, 10th grade

For the first time ever, students from the Delaware Valley School District in grades K-12 joined together to create a community art exhibition for community enjoyment. DV artwork was displayed in business windows throughout Milford. DVSD is grateful to the generous business leaders who opened their doors as venues!

Kendra Blades painted the Smokey The Bear sign that is in front of the Milford Welcome center. Kendra is part of The National Art Honor Society, and for her community hours she decided to paint the The Bear sign. It took her about a month to complete.

Mrs. Lee's Science 9 class did a project-based learning unit on biodiversity where students researched Pennsylvania's Threatened and Endangered Species while learning the content. Each group of students completed an informational slide to show their amazing content knowledge and also created hallway art to teach their peers about species of concern right where we live. These posters help students to recognize these species and offered easy ways to protect them.

Students in Mrs. Giordano's Anatomy and Physiology classes participated in a final exam activity. Students were able to work together at different stations to review for their final in a fun and creative way.

Mrs. Giordano's Anatomy and Physiology classes used rice crispy treats to create their own heart models.

Students in Mrs. Giordano's Biology classes extracted DNA.

Huge congratulations to our resident PA Odyssey of the Mind State Champions, our DVHS Structure and Performance teams! The structure team held a record-breaking 1420 pounds on a 15-gram balsa wood structure and the Performance team competed against 11 other teams from throughout the state, rocking their way to first place! Both teams advanced to the World Finals competition at Iowa State University.

Two of our Delaware Valley Odyssey of the Mind teams traveled to Iowa State University at the end of May to compete at World Finals amongst nearly 700 teams from 10 different countries and 32 states. Our Structure team (Ben Bailor, Karter Peereboom, Abby Zimmerman, Emma Allen, Christa Cirello, Angie Barcia, and Connor Giblin) held an astonishing 1210 pounds on a 15-gram balsa wood structure and came in 2nd place in the World for the second year in a row! Our Performance team (Liv Rowehl, Roxy Cauchi, Nick Colavito, Matthew Schweitzer, Brooke Natter, Bailey Ryan, and Addison Domanico) truly rocked their judges and audience to come in 10th place in the world. Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to our DV FBLA Chapter who placed 1st in the state for the William Seldon Outstanding Award for the 3rd year in a row. Mackenzie Donald completed her 3rd term as a state officer and won a William Selden Scholarship. Ava Troup was voted into office as a PA FBLA Vice President at Large and 17 members have qualified for nationals in Orlando, FL this summer.

PA FBLA Vice President At Large: Ava Troup

Chapter Wins:

DV FBLA William H. Selden Outstanding Chapter 1st Place

DV FBLA Big 33 Community Service - 2113.25 Hours 1st Place

DV FBLA Special Olympics PA - State Project Contributor 3rd Place

Stats:

17 National Qualifiers

11 Events in the Top 4

11 Events in the Top 5-10

28 of 64 students are in the Top 10

Won Chapter Certificates In:

DV FBLA Hollis and Kitty Guy Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit

DV FBLA Champion Chapter - Summer Starter

DV FBLA Champion Chapter - Service Season

DV FBLA Champion Chapter - Shaping Success

DV FBLA Champion Chapter - CTE Celebration

National Business Honor Society Inductees

• Christian Perunsky
• Michelle Zakharova
• Anthony Quadrino
• Mia Thompson
• Queenie Yang
• Anna Vogel

1st Place

• Mackenzie Donald - Future Business Leader
• Vidhi Patel - Intro to Public Speaking
• Elizabeth Bailey, Joseph Benavides, Wooseok (Eric) Choi, & Carl Wallenburg, Carl Wallenburg -Parliamentary Procedure

2nd Place

• Emily Warfsman - Intro to Programming
• Ava Troup & Zoe Sutton - Website Design
• Mackenzie Donald - Who's Who In FBLA

3rd Place

• Cassandra Joyce & Anna Vogel - Broadcast Journalism
• Queenie Yang, Bennett Nielsen, & Joe Benevides - American Enterprise Project

4th Place

• Emily Cronin - Future Business Educator
• Shannon O'Leary - Intro to FBLA
• Mackenzie Donald, Ava Troup, & Anna Vogel - Local Chapter Annual Business Report

• Andrew Williams - Mobile Application Development
• Yeongwon (Olivia) Choi - Business Plan
• Anthony Quadrino - Economics
• Trista Kuddar - Network Design
• Emma Simmons & Kim Smyser - Visual Design
• Shannon O'Leary & Jillian Robinson - Partnership With Business
• Mia Thompson & Queenie Yang - Business Ethics
• Camilla Flores - Database Design & Applications
• Daniella Perunsky - Public Service Announcement
• Mia Thompson, Vidhi Patel, & Cassandra Joyce - Community Service Project
• Christian Perunsky - Data Analysis

On Wednesday May 29th, students from Mrs. Holdredge's and Mr. Matz's Leadership and Adventure education classes took a calumniating trip to East Stroudsburg University's Stony Acres Ropes Course. The students engaged in various icebreakers, low ropes and high ropes elements including; a zip line, rock wall, pamper pole, pirate ropes and many more. The students used their leadership skills to challenge themselves and support each other while putting themselves in vulnerable positions and relying on their peers for help.

In April, DVHS students promoted the DV Book Fair by participating in parades at DDPS, DDES, and SES. The Warrior and fairy tale princesses also made appearances!

On May 1st, DVHS students helped with the Keystone Classroom Initiative at the Dingman Delaware Primary School. America250 staff, community volunteers, and DVHS mascot/students helped make the event possible. Participants were able to read a book to students and goodie bags were passed out to all students.

On Friday May 10th, a group of 10 students from Dr. Cosentino's and Mrs. Lordi's Combo 11 class went to Shohola Elementary for Environmental Day. The students did an outstanding job doing face painting, and running organized games for each class that came in. The students showed their exemplary leadership skills through their energy, patience and kindness. The students who went there were: Renee Ferry, Kara Lupicello, Emma Ciancio, Adam Meyer, Claire Marotta, Trevor Phillips, Peyton LaRocco, Amber Foronda, Addy Oliver, and Dean Finelli.

On May 20, 21 & 22, Leadership and Adventure students from both semesters of class got the opportunity to showcase their leadership skills at DVES. Students: Luke Peereboom, Jackson Corrie

Lily Cosentino, Brooke Cronen, Regan Curabba, Luke Kraszewski, Ryder Machado, Thomas Parker, Ritesh Patel, Chris U’Glay, Haleigh Sibilia, Alyssa Callanan, Mikaela Shallo, Travis Kowal, Lawson Hawke, Lucas Innella & Samuel Yost. The students set up and ran 8 stations of various games and activities for the classes at DVES will rotate through. The students organized each class, explained and facilitated their game each day for grades Prek-5. The high school students showcased their leadership and organizational skills while having fun.

The student journalists at Delaware Valley High School attended the 24th annual Tom Bigler Journalism conference at Wilkes University on Friday, April 26. Congratulations to the Del.Aware newspaper staff as they won various awards. Senior Michael Helt won second place for news writing, junior Emma Ciancio won first place for opinion writing, senior Kaylee Kurcon won first place for page layout/design and senior Francesca Antonecchia won second place for sports photography.

Seventeen DVHS student journalists and adviser Mrs. Leslie Lordi attended the conference. The keynote speakers were Aimee Dilger and Kelly Dessoye, Emmy-award winning journalists and founders of Focus Journalism. There were a variety of other speakers who participated in order to share their experiences with the journalism students in break-out sessions in different locations on campus.

On Wednesday, May 29, Mackenzie Donald and Nixon Kameen presented at the Skylands Research Institute’s 2nd Annual Research Symposium at Sussex County Community College. They were able to share their AP Research project findings with a larger community, including four other AP Research students from surrounding area high schools.

The Student Athlete Advisory Committee held a mental health awareness clothing sale throughout April and was able to raise $440 for local organizations. The money was split and presented to GAIT Equine Assisted Services and the Wayne/ Pike Northeast Suicide Prevention Initiative. Both organizations provide therapeutic and mental health services to those in our community. (Attached photo of Ava Kraszewski and Logan Olsommer with Carol Kneier and Erin Stroyan from Wayne/ Pike NSPI.)

The Student Athlete Advisory Committee ran its 3rd annual Powder Puff Game on May 31st. The seniors came in as being the undefeated, 2X champions. The game was back and forth, with the juniors ultimately winning 33-19. Students came out to support and everyone had a great time. We would love more student/ staff participation and look forward to running the event during the homecoming weekend in the fall. (Last two pictures, seniors in the teal and juniors in their champion shirts in green).

Morgan's Message Ambassadors participated in the Run for Riley, 5K memorial race on June 1st. Shirts were sold and pamphlets were made available to all participants. We were able to raise $250 at this event through donations and shirt sales. The money was donated to the Krick family who will be placing it back into Mental Health Groups here in Pike County. (Photo of Ava Kraszewski, myself, and Lauren Donnelly, and photos of our table at the event.)

The students in Mrs. Pavinich’s Parenting Skills class did a cup stacking activity to try and determine which terms fit with each level of Maslow’s Hierarchy. The students did a coin flipping activity to determine which traits their “baby” would have. Then they drew their baby with the appropriate physical traits.

On bring your kid to work day, Mrs. Pavinich’s children did a development activity with her Parenting Skills classes.

The annual Spring Spirit Games were held on Thursday, May 23rd. In the freshmen vs sophomores, the sophomores defended their title from the fall in a hard-fought comeback winning the tie breaker balloon relay. In the seniors vs juniors games, the seniors easily defeated the juniors with key wins in the boys tug of war, the jumping mat relay, and the whip cream bubble gum challenge.

The results are in! The National Spanish Contest winners for the Northeast Region were: Erik Fass, Karter Peereboom, and Luke Peereboom, who all merited Honorable Mention (classroom experience) both nationally and locally.

On May 30th, the culmination of the year in AP Spanish with “La Gran Cena” took place at El Patron Restaurant in Port Jervis.

Mrs. Ross and Herr Wyckoff team taught on May 22 and 23, 2024 with their Foods A, Foods B, and German II classes. Over two days, classes learned about traditional German cuisine and cooked a traditional cookie known as an "Amerikaner". All classes watched videos on how it is traditionally prepared, followed by German students sharing with Foods A and B students the language of original recipe ingredients and directions. Foods A and B students then aided German II students in the proper preparation of the recipe. It was a great success for all involved!

Students in Mrs. Helmlinger and Mrs. Osczepinski's Concepts of Algebra classes participated in a review game tournament to prepare for the Algebra 1 Keystone.

Kate Prior became the first lady warrior to win a state medal in Freestyle wrestling. She placed 3rd at 155. This is Kate's first year wrestling, and she left her mark. During the regular season, she finished second in the district and fifth in the region, missing states by one win. Early in the season, she defeated the girl who would go on to place second in the state, and she finished with the most wins and pins for our team. In the practice and on the competition mats, she elevated every lady warrior wrestler.

By placing at the freestyle state tournament, she qualified for one of the biggest tournaments in the nation: Fargo Nationals. Unfortunately, she will not be able to compete this year, but we are hoping to send her out there next year with more of her teammates who are working hard. Kate embodies the true warrior's spirit.

Students created posters for Pike Autism Support Services (PASS)'s Poster Contest. This year's theme was "Opening Doors to Independence".

Delaware Valley High School has selected the March Students of the Month. These students have shown exceptional academic, vocational or athletic performance during the month of March and are being recognized by the staff and administrators of the school.

Each of these students received a Delaware Valley Warrior Nation T-shirt from administration and their names will be displayed on the school announcement board during the month of April.

(Left to right: back row)

Ava Kraszewski, grade 11, Athlete of the Month, daughter of Kurt and Jacqueline Kraszewski of Milford

Lydia Navarro, grade 11, Career Tech Student of the Month, daughter of William and Julie Navarro of Dingmans Ferry

Kyle Czekaj, grade 12, Fine Arts Student of the Month, son of Michael Czekaj and Joanna Carley-Czekaj of Milford

Tyler Upton, grade 12, Achievement Award, son of Denis & Beverly Upton of Milford

(Left to right: front row)

Kaylee Hutman, grade 11, Student of the Month, daughter of Lisa Hutman of Milford

Isabella Seidel, grade 10, Student of the Month, daughter of Cristina Seidel of Milford

Not pictured:

Lina Hrytsenko, grade 9, Student of the Month, daughter of Tetyana Bornstein of Shohola

Josephine Dijan, grade 12, Student of the Month, daughter of James and Danielle Dijan of Dingmans Ferry

Dan Rizzo, grade 12, Athlete of the Month, son of Jesse Rizzo and Carol Geisel of Dingmans Ferry

Delaware Valley High School has selected the April Students of the Month. These students have shown exceptional academic, vocational or athletic performance during the month of April and are being recognized by the staff and administrators of the school. This month’s theme was “grit.”

Each of these students received a Delaware Valley Warrior Nation T-shirt from administration and their names will be displayed on the school announcement board during the month of May.

(Left to right – front row)

Monet Murante, grade 9, Student of the Month, daughter of Tom and Kari Murante of Shohola

Carrigan McCormack, grade 11, Athlete of the Month, daughter of Matthew and Kathryn McCormack of Matamoras

Victoria Depew, grade 11, Student of the Month, daughter of Sharon Depew of Milford

Luke Hoffman, grade 12, Achievement Award, son of Jim Hoffman of Milford

(Left to right – back row)

Charles McClain, grade 12, Fine Arts Student of the Month, son of Kenneth McClain and Stancy Greening of Matamoras

Elizabeth Gruodis, grade 12, Career Tech Student of the Month, daughter of Stephanie Gruodis of Milford

Michael Iuzzolino, grade 10, Student of the Month, son of Michael and Jeanine Iuzzolino of Milford

Christopher U’Glay III, grade 12, Athlete of the Month, son of Chris and Kim U’Glay of Milford

Not pictured:

Michael Shannon, grade 12, Student of the Month, son of Michael and Lauren Shannon of Shohola