A large contingent of parents and students attended the recent Saucon Valley school board meeting. On the agenda was the recognition of efforts and awards received for numerous students who participated in the Lehigh Valley MathCounts Competition, Robotics Club, iTeam and a wrestling athlete.

The Robotics Club participated in a competition at Temple University on March 8th. They competed against schools from lower Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. Saucon Valley Middle School was the only school from the Lehigh Valley. Out of the 24 teams, Saucon received the following: Fourth place award for their presentation, an award for their notebook outlining all their notes taken, First place award for team spirit and was the only winner in that category, Second place for the robotic design and course and 1st place in the overall award. The team will be participating in an international competition in Maryland on June 1 and 2. The team members consist of: Emily Chi, Aiden Cody, Joshua Fryer, Aliyah Gazzillo, Braylynn Hasenauer, Jeffrey Holzbaur, Lilian Kubisek, Ava Kuehner, Josiah Lamirand, Teegan Lannon, Aryanna Lenner, Zachary Lebo, Sonia Lloyd, Abigail Luftig, Kimberly Moser, Katelyn Pequeno, Clarissa Phillips, Braeden Schriffert, Julia Youngkins, Victoria Youngkins, Cathleen Zeigafuse.

The MathCounts Club participated in the Lehigh Valley MathCounts Competition in February. MathCounts is a national organization that participates in school, chapter, state and national competitions. February’s competition was a chapter competition with approx. 250 participants. Saucon Valley student Jeffrey Holzbauer finished first among all seventh graders in the competition. Saucon Valley’s top four students finished seventh out of 25 teams and all 10 participants finished in the top half. Saucon’s participants are as follows: – Lincoln Alicea, Zayden Ashraf, Benny Brodhead, Ivy Chi, Kyle Chi, Amanda Dettmar, Louis Flowers, Jeffrey Holzbaur, Cole Hubert, Yasvi Javia, Daniel Lanning, Ethan Lucas, Ian Lucas, Will Maynard, Kimberly Moser, Alex Morawski, Jacob Norwood, Lucy Norwood, Claire Phillips, Madison Reith, Zac Rex, Rudra Thakkar, Edmund Webb, Julia Youngkins, Victoria Youngkins.

The Saucon Valley MS iTeam participated in the “What’s Cool about Manufacturing” contest which was held across all Lehigh Valley school districts. The Team won the best editing award. During the meeting, they showed the board a brief video of their project. The members are as follows: Emily Chi, Tanner Gilly, Caitlyn Keeney, Teegan Lannon, Kyle Laub, Abigail Luftig, Sonia Lloyd.

The board also recognized Jake Jones who participated in the 2019 PA Junior Wrestling State Championship. Jake was the 1st to ever win a state Junior Wrestling Championship from Saucon Valley.