Palmerton Area School District students can take solace in the fact that their accomplishments won't go unheralded.

Superintendent Carol Boyce acknowledged student academic and athletic achievements as part of the school board meeting on Tuesday.Among the students Boyce recognized academically were:2010 Computer Fair Winners - Abby Storm and Brianna Hoglen; second place, Computer Fair Logo; Kayla Bottcher, Rachael Reichenbach, and Jordan Ruzicka, second place, Text Based Desktop Publishing; Greta Hartsell and Jenna Ritter, third place, Text Based Desktop Publishing; Garrett Scott, first place, I-Move Competition; and Greta Hartsell, second place, Photoshop Competition.Safety Patrol Award - Garrett Rice.American Legion - Matthew Binder, Class 1 winner of the Americanism Essay Contest titled "My Patriotic Role as a U.S,. Citizen"2010 Sixth Sense Competition - third place, Gavin Scott, Ben Everett, Brynn Boehler, Lila Goodhile, Seth Andress, and Tyler King.Mock Trial Competition - second place, Karl Pielmeier, Jillian Renninger, Kevin Seemiller, Jordan Ruzicka, Chuck Sterling, Samanatha K. Smith, Jay Hall, Brent Green, Danielle Eastgate, Laurel Seemiller and Michelle Rickert.County Chorus 2010 - Rebekah Ahner, Cassandra Berger, Brittany DeFrain, Ellen George, Monica Handwerk, Brielle Hartman, Olivia Haydt, Kalyn Lehr, Kimberly Varano, Lydia Anthony, Allyson Arndt, Stephanie Kistler, Danielle Kutz, Ashley Whiteman, Katlyn Ziegafuse, Frank Jay Hall, Kevin Seemiller, and Nick Bock.District Chorus - Kimberly Varano.2010 Carbon County Band - Lydia Anthony, Kayla Driscoll, Monica Handwerk, William Heinick, Kalyn Lehr, Austin Luers, Danielle Norris, Kevin Seemiller, Laurel Seemiller and Alexandrea Sestok.PA Music Educators Association District 10 Band - William Heinick.Palmerton High School HOBY Representative - Karl Pielmeier.Region 21 FBLA Conference - John Achtermann, first place, Word Processing I; Blake Campbell, first place, Impromptu Speaking; Karl Pielmeier, first place, Introduction to Business Communication; Chuck Sterling, first place, Cyber Security; Sibel Rasim, third place, Computer Applications; Alex Miller, fourth place, Introduction to Business Communication; Ryan Kleintop, second place, Job Interview; Kevin Seemiller, second place, Public Speaking II; Courtney Gruber, fourth place, Computer Applications; and Brandon Scherer, fourth place, Word Processing I.Concourse Club - Jessica Fegley, Madeline Koller, Sara Smiley, Allison Horinko and Stephanie Gursky.Exchange Club Honors - Daniel Haney, English; Jessica Fegley, Mathematics; Madeline Koller, Science; Frank Jay Hall, Social Studies; Robert Keyser, Spanish; Sarah Dreyer, German; Jonathan Banko, Industrial Arts; Kathleen Gasper, Art; Kimberly Varano, Music; and Jessie Reis, Business/Technology.2010 FBLA State Leadership Conference - Karl Pielmeier, third place, Introduction to Business Communication.Among the students recognized athletically were:District 11 Junior High Wrestling Tournament - Zachery Christman, third place,107 lbs; Joshua Evans, first place,102lbs; and Jacob Christman, first place,157lbs.Boy's Soccer - Jesse Reis, Boy's Scholar Athlete.Field Hockey - Stephanie Gursky, Colonial League All-Star Academic Scholar Athlete.Football - Josh Grohotolski, National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete; Joe Weber, First Team All Colonial League Defensive End; Levi Serfass, Second Team All Colonial League linebacker and National Honor Society member; and Steven Semmel, attended a leadership conference in February at the Pentagon.Golf - Mike Englert, TIMES NEWS Golfer of the Year; Morning Call Golfer of the Year 2009-10, shared with Dan Costenbader; competed in the PIAA State Golf Tournament, where he finished sixth and earned All-State Honors; Dan Costenbader, repeated as individual champion in the Colonial League Tournament; Morning Call Golfer of the Year 2009-10, shared with Mike Englert, competed in the PIAA State Golf Tournament for a second consecutive year.Girl's Basketball - Kelsey Hay, unanimous selection to the Colonial League First Team.Girl's Gymnastics - Kassidy Stauder, accepted a scholarship in gymnastics to Penn State University.Boy's Basketball - Ryan Kleintop, Colonial League Academics All Start Scholar Athlete, Eagle Scout, will attend the United States Air Force Academy in the fall.Down Hill Skiing - Kylee Turko, top overall female ski racer in Pennsylvania; four first place and three second place wins this season; awarded the Governor's Cup at the final race, a series of eight races; represented Pennsylvania at the Eastern Jr. 2 Championships held at Stowe, VT, as well as the Eastern High School Championships, held at Attitash, NH, where she had several top finishes at those events.Swimming - Allan Sawyer, District XI second place in the 100 Yard Breaststroke; qualified as District XI alternate and swam in the PIAA Swim Meet.Karl Pielmeyer - District XI fourth place in the 200 Yard IM and third place in the 500 Yard Freestyle; swam both events at the PIAA Swim Meet, where he placed 11th in the 500 Yard Freestyle.Katie Pielmeyer - District XI second place in both the 200 Yard IM and 100 Yard Breaststroke; swam both events at the PIAA Swim Meet.Shea Solt - District XI Champion in both the 200 and 500 Yard Freestyle; District XI Dennis McGinley Swimmer of the Meet award for her performance; placed third in the 200 and fourth in the 500 Freestyle at the PIAA Swim Meet; accepted a scholarship to swim at Delaware University; was named TV 13 Winter Athlete of the Year.Winter Track - Lanny Buck, placed third in the PIAA Winter Track Meet in the pole vault with a height of 14'6".Wrestling - Dan Costenbader, placed fourth in the PIAA District XI Tournament.