SPOTLIGHT ON PUPILS

SPOTLIGHT ON PUPILS
Experience with medicine
BELOIT -- John K. McGuire Jr., a West Branch High School student, has enrolled in the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, based on academics, leadership potential and interest. He will be among 350 students from around the country who will spend 10 days learning concepts in public health, medical ethics, research and general practice, making site visits to medical facilities, participating in a patient treatment simulation, and interacting with medical leaders, educators and professionals.
Walking to support troops
BOARDMAN -- Fifty West Boulevard Elementary School fourth-graders showed support for American troops by walking a total of 8,000 miles -- the distance to Baghdad. Youngsters walked as a group and individually to accumulate miles by the end of the school year.
Musicians place in contest
BOARDMAN -- Several students placed in a Boardman High School Orchestra Department underclassmen competition, winning savings bonds.
In class B string: Freshman cellist Andrea Albertini placed first. In class A string: Junior violinist Mariana Szalaj placed third; sophomore violinist Sarah Albani placed second; and junior violinist Jenna Barvitski placed first. In class A wind: Sophomore Jenna Agnew on French horn and sophomore oboist Scott Eddy tied for third place; sophomore oboist Ron Strasik placed second; and junior clarinetist Jenna Diori placed first.
CAMPUS HAPPENINGS
YSU program endorsed
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State University's exercise science major was recently approved for endorsement as part of the American College of Sports Medicine University Endorsement Connection Program.
The endorsement program is designed to recognize academic institutions with programs that cover all the criteria needed to prepare students for careers in health and fitness and clinical exercise programming.
The endorsement allows YSU to hold certification exams on campus and ACSM will use YSU as a model for other institutions seeking an endorsement.
EDUCATOR NEWS
Grant goes to production
BESSEMER, Pa. -- Mohawk Elementary School teacher Debbie Farelli received a $250 grant from Mix It Up, a national activism initiative run by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Study Circles Resource Center in Montgomery, Ala.
She used the funds for a "Dinner in Oz" dinner theater production put on by the schools fifth- and sixth-graders. The event involves students from various social and economic backgrounds in a collaborative project.