BASD: Jazz Band Showcase winners

Quakertown Community High School, under the direction of Frank Parker, was named the winner of the SteelStacks High School Band Jazz Showcase on March 16 at the Musikfest Cafe. The event was presented by King, Spry, Herman, Freund and Faul, LLC. The win earned the group the opportunity to open for Cherry Poppin' Daddies May 22 during RiverJazz presented by Concannon Miller.

In addition to the band honors, the competition's judges also recognized several schools and individuals with awards. They included Nailah Vazques, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, Best Jazz Vocalist; Zion Fritzinger, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, best rhythm soloist;and Pat McGee, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, Best Overall Solo. Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts was named Best Rhythm Section.

Liberty: Science fair honors

Liberty students had an outstanding performance at the Delaware Valley Science and Engineering Fair (DVSF) on April 2. The students developed, conducted, and presented a science research project.

The students, projects and awards are Milind Jagota, silver medalist, How Low Can it Go (And Still Be Conductive) ? which qualified her for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 10 to 17 in Los Angeles and Silver Medal, 10th Grade Fair; first Place, 10th Grade Physics; NANO/BIO Interface Center Award and the Franklin Institute Physics Award; Theo Lee, Findng Terms in a Recursive Relation Directly and Efficiently Using Matrices, first Place, 10th Grade Mathematics; Doyong Kim, Fibonacci Sequence and Music, Honorable Mention, 11th Grade Mathematics; GianCarlo Seias, Truss Bridge Angle Size, first Place, Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers Award, Honorable Mention, American Society of Highway Engineers Award. Ceren Alici, Down and Dirty with Detergent, also participated.

Freedom: Golf Scramble April 26

The FHS Girls Basketball Booster Club benefit Fourth Annual Golf Scramble will be held April 26 at the Bethlehem Golf Course, Illicks Mill Road. Registration is at noon and start time 1 pm. Payment is required two weeks prior to event. Individuals and/or foursome's welcome. For registration form or information, email todd2255@gmail.com.

Notre Dame: Speech team places

The Notre Dame Speech and Debate Team competed in the Pennsylvania High School Speech League State Tournament March 28 and 29 at Susquehanna University. .Sara Prager won the State Championship in Oral Interpretation of Poetry.This marks the fourth year in a row Notre Dame has had a state champion in the PHSSL tourney. Kelsey Rosa placed fourth in Oral Interpretation of Prose and Joseph Wetzel won a semifinalist award in Student Congress House.

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