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HASD Alum play at the Orange Bowl
Jada Droesch - Class of 2024, Ellie Sheehan - Class of 2021, Jack Bailey - Class of 2023, Madeline Waibel - Class of 2022
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These outstanding musicians from Hollidaysburg Area Sr. High school will be participating in the PMEA Western Region Orchestra in late February at the Richland Area Sr. High School.
These students advanced to Regionals from the District Orchestra festival in January.
Benjamin Freedman, Gideon Karn, Jeff McCoy, William Zhu and Marisa Salisbury.
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The students listed all participated in the 2025 PMEA District 4/6 Orchestra concert at Westmont/Hilltop Sr. High school under the direction of IUP's orchestra director, Dr. Rebekan O'Brien.
Benjamin Freedman, Olivia Palguta, Tabith Smith, Bailey Ross, Gideon Karn, Marisa Salisbury, Lindsey Warmath, Ethan Donlan, Caleb Engle.
Carson Brenneman, Anna Bender, William Zhu, James Sutton, Michael Waibel, Jeff McCoy and Sebastian Diaz.
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Congratulations to senior Benjamin Freedman, who has qualified to perform on Horn in the NAfME All- Eastern Orchestra. Ben will travel to Connecticut in April to perform in the NAfME Honors Orchestra Ensemble made up of students from 12 states in the North-eastern region of the USA.
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You can donate to pay for CRP & AED training to school employees
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Hundreds of teachers and professionals throughout Pennsylvania guide high school students through this natural resource environmental education program that combines classroom learning and outdoor activities. This exposure to nature and seeing how humans impact the natural world provide invaluable lessons for understanding ecosystems and our environment.
At the Envirothon, teams of five high school students compete in field testing using their knowledge in five topic areas – Soils and Land Use, Aquatic Ecology, Forestry, Wildlife, and Environmental Issues. A current environmental issue is chosen each year as the “hot topic” for the focus of this station.
The teams that represented Hollidaysburg at the Blair County competition were all enrolled in AP Environmental Science. 12 other teams/schools competed in the event. Team 1 from Hollidaysburg placed first overall and had the highest scores in 2 categories. Team 2 from Hollidaysburg placed 4th overall and scored the highest in one category. They were as follows.
Team 1(1st place)
Will Auman(Current Event Specialist(Clean Energy))
Isabella Yohn(Soil Specialist) * Top Score
Sela Cameron(Aquatic Specialist) *Top Score
Julia Schmouder(Forestry Specialist)
Sophia Blescia (Wildlife Specialist)
Team 2(4th place)
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Team 1 will now compete at the Pennsylvania State Envirothon on May 22 at Camp Mount Luther.
Dylan Deur (Current Event Specialist(Clean Energy)) *Top Score
Mason Goodman(Soils Specialist)
Patrick Harker(Aquatic Specialist)
Jake Hileman(Forestry Specialist)
Drew Banks(Wildlife Specialist)
Hollidaysburg took 1st place overall high scoring school!! We have never won 1st before.
Congratulations to the wrestlers who made it to regionals. Brayden Sidney is missing from the picture. Left to right Coach Harr, Mitchell Baronner, Landon Krupka, Tyson Bridenbaugh, Wyatt Maines, Coach Mitch Johns
Congrats to Coach Mitch Johns and Mike Moore for being inducted into the wrestling coaches hall of fame at districts on Saturday.