Steven Behr, Principal of the Tamaqua Area School District's elementary schools, has released the names of students earning honor roll status for the fourth marking period of the 2011-2012 school year. This list includes students from the Tamaqua and West Penn Elementary schools. To be eligible for High Honors, students must earn straight As. To earn honors, students in grades four through six must earn four As and two Bs, while third grade students must earn three As and one B.

Fifth grade students earning honor roll status include: HIGH HONORS - Emily Amershek, Emily Barrett, Ilan Basrawi, Olivia Behr, Angeline Castagna, Daniel Chinchar, Mason Dolinsky, Matthew Franklin, Olivia Lattanzi, Morgan Lusch, Meghan McArdle, Sarah Maue, Brady Moyer, Kayla Sherry, Justin Weiksner; HONORS - Kali Alabovitz, Kaitlyn Bender, Detrick Borden, John Buchala, Brandon Eberts, John Franko, Emily Fremberg, Joe Gursky, Thomas Hosler, Morgan Houser, Alicen Hull, Takota Kromer, Claire Lewis, Talia Lewis, Sarah Martinez, Luke Mateyak, Dylan Miller, Jacob Rudy, Melanie Shimko, Elizabeth Wagner, Samantha Wagner, Jessica Weinburger and Kayla Zamudio .Fourth grade honor roll students are: HIGH HONORS - Brandon Andescavage, Adrian Bilodeau, Nathan Boyle, Bryce Clifford, Pierce Demetriades, Brianna Dumond, Rene Engle, Thomas Fegley, Nathan Filloy, Brandon Fogarty, Sarah Frantz, Jennifer Frederickson, Alden Gilbert, Logan Hartney, Rebekah Hromyak, Matthew Kistler, Sean Lavine, Hayley Leslie, Ian Machay, Salvatore Manganelli, Lauren Marcolla, Lottie Mateyak, Madison McGlinchey, Brian Milot, Sadie Morrison, Nathaniel Noftz, Jack Ross, Megan Schoener, Emily Titus, Jamie Zuber; HONORS - Savannah Alfaro, Ashlei Arthurton, Dominick Banditelli, Jake Barron, Helena Beshay, Amelia Cassell, Caleb Chaken, Emanuela Difore, Lauren Fritzinger, Laurisa Gruver, Bella Hamm, Oliver Kressley,Tate Ligenza, Sarah McCabe, Gabriel Miller, Christopher Osenbach, Baylee Reinhardt, Katie Rudy, Cameron Schilling, Andrew Taras, Ethan Turrano, Domanic Weider, Hannah Wollweber, Lee Woods, Nick Zehner and Wyatt Zeigler.Third grade students are: HIGH HONORS - Mia Alicandri, Ethan Amershek, Nicole Aguero-Ramirez, Caroline Balogach, Tressa Barron, Aaron Coccio, Brooke Dietrich, Sheridan Downing, Andrew Fiorilla, Connor Fredericks, Ariel Frederickson, Matthew Greenzweig, Zachary Groner, Morgan Hadesty, Tyler Hazlett, Michael Hegedus, Jessica Koscak, Kendra Kunkel, Justin Lewis, Kaya Lutz, Leah Mateyak, Ella McLaughlin, Bryn Miller, Kiara Moser-MacDonald, Nastassia Orach, Megan Rolko, Jedediah Seibel, Caitlin Smith, Dominic Stegermerten, Randy Steigerwalt, Tyler Steigerwalt, Anya Stott, Hailey Toth, Dominic Valentine, Alexus Warne, Nathan Wickersham, Riley Zeigenfuss; HONORS - Ryan Adams, Gabrielle Beishline, Sophia Boyle, Shane Brown, George Budihas, Zachary Cerimele, Jordyn Cusik-Graves, Adriana Dalessio, Ian Davis, Emma Edwards, Trisha Farber, Donald Goho, Shelly Goho, Joshua Grim, Jillian Hartranft, Logan Hess, Rachel Hinkle, David Hull, Natalie Hydro, Aryel Jacobo, Frances Kabana, Makenna Kane, Mackenza Kunkle, Emily Lawson, Logan Miller, Makenna Miller, Molly Murphy, Kaleb Mushock, Anastasia Oertner, Jovin Petritsch, Michael Shlanta, Michael Soda, Nyssa Sippler, Annika Stahler, Ember Starr, Terra Steigerwalt, Alexsya Thomas, Kaitlyn Van Horn, Luke Verta, Katryna Williams and Johanna Wolbach.