This weekly glimpse of are high schools is written by area high school students under the direction of Sue Ann Gerhard, administrative assistant at Carbon Career & Technical Institute.

Carbon Career & Technical Institute

Gracie Heintzelman

I would like to start off by congratulating all the students who attended SkillsUSA states from April 3 to 5. Here is a list of students who placed first through third along with their competition.

Gold: Kyle Kuznicki, CNC precision machining

Silver: Gracie Heintzelman, John Puzzetti and Makenna Montefour, chapter display; Makayla Scott, CNC Programming, and Noah Bryfogle, computer programming.

Bronze: Zachary Anthony, Jordyn Drumbore, Lily Dickson, Lillian Heydt, Savannah Klotz, Carlos Lopez Rodriguez, Owen Rakos and William Trach, opening and closing ceremonies.

Lehighton High School Koy Wentz

Lehighton High School Aevidum recently had the opportunity to travel to the middle school to provide a training session on mental and physical health. High school Aevidum members will be able to discuss what the Aevidum program is and things they do around the school to promote positive mental health. Aevidum members also used this as an opportunity to recruit some new members for next year. For the training session, students were educated in the importance of mental health and physical health. Students discussed how students can receive help for any concerns they may have, and also how to help other students.

Additionally, 38 Future Business Leaders of America members traveled to Hershey for state competition. The Scholastic Scrimmage team also traveled to the Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit to play in the academic competition. Teams from around the area competed against each other in a trivia/Jeopardy game show style contest.

Panther Valley High School Mikayla Yuricheck

On April 9, our 12th Grade Envirothon Team, Floppy Flounders, placed second at the Carbon County Envirothon. The members of this team were Maddison Maynard, Eli Maynard, Tyler Black, Merissa Miller, and Mikayla Yuricheck.

The 4th marking period is well underway now, so we remind students to keep their grades up to participate in the many end of year activities.

On Friday, students from the high school advanced science classes will be presenting a variety of different experiments to our elementary school students.

Jim Thorpe High School

Gabriella Cerra

A Peer Buddy meeting was scheduled Monday. Peer Buddy is a program in which students at Jim Thorpe spend time and do activities with other students who may struggle socially. As a project conjoined with FBLA, this year Peer Buddy is hoping to plan and participate in a Special Olympics toward the end of the spring.

Jim Thorpe’s History Club will be hosting their weekly meeting once again on Wednesday, from 2:45 to 4 p.m. in Mr. Ellison’s classroom.The 7th/8th grade dance at the LB Morris on Friday, April 26, from 4 to 8:30 p.m. On April 26, the Penn Kidder Family Party Dance will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. JTAHS students are being asked to volunteer.

Law Day is scheduled May 2. The first official practice is April 16, after dismissal in Mr. Strubinger’s classroom. The same Mock Trial Prosecution team from the original competition months ago will be competing on Law Day. Members of the defense team and anyone else interested is also welcome to come to practice.

The theater show of The Addams Family will be May 3 and May 4. The members of theater, in addition to advisor Dr. Christ, have been preparing for this production.

Also coming up is the Track & Field Annual Olympian Invite on May 2, the Junior & Senior Prom on May 10, and the Future Business Leaders of America End of the Year Banquet on May 21.

Palmerton High School

Mrs. K. Baumgardt’s Journalism Class

In the upcoming weeks Ms. Keiser’s art club and Advanced art classes are preparing for the art show that will be held on May 28. Kids are working hard on their pieces and so far it is looking great. This month, the freshman class is working toward raising money for their senior prom by selling flower baskets.

FBLA is on a trip to Hershey for States. Palmerton’s FBLA group is the largest region at the conference with 82 members attending. They are participating in 78 events and 17 open testing events. Students are participating in workshops on leadership and planning for future careers.

The softball team continues their season with an undefeated record. Before this week’s games on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, they have a record of 5-0.

Last week the drama club and stage crew concluded their production of Chicago. Over half of the tickets were sold, making it very successful!

Palmerton Area School District gave solar eclipse glasses to the students on April 8. The last solar eclipse occurred in 2017, so students were thrilled by the phenomenon.