During the latest Pleasant Valley School Board meeting, Superintendent Carole Geary announced, "Pleasant Valley High School won seven out of 14 awards, including the top honor of best in show at the 22nd Annual PoconoArts Student Exhibition."

Kristan Lai, a senior at Pleasant Valley High School, won Best in Show with a watercolor piece. In the 2-D artwork, Seth Todora won first place. Brianna Kish and Narissa Hajratalli won first and second places, respectively, in the Fine Functional Crafts category.Shannon Simpson claimed the top spot in the 3-D category, Ryan Cotte took third place in 3-D, and Emily Seda took third-place honors in the Photography section."We have a lot of talented students in our art program," Geary said.School board director Linda Micklo shared a report from a recent meeting of the Monroe Career and Technical Institute."Students from the Culinary Arts program of MCTI won the management competition at Pennsylvania ProStart Invitational on Feb. 25, 2015."The Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association held its inaugural state ProStart Invitational in State College."The win in the category allows the team to compete in Anaheim, California, in the national competition in April," Micklo said.According to the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association's website, the management teams develop a business proposal for an original restaurant concept and present it to a panel of industry judges, who challenge them to address the issues restaurant managers face on a daily basis.The national ProStart Invitational in California will take place at Disneyland in Anaheim on April 18 through 20 of 2015.