Archive for January, 2018
Solanco grad designs popular Eagles t-shirts
As we get closer to Super Bowl Sunday, it seems like practically everyone is wearing them, t-shirts featuring designs of Philadelphia Eagles players adorning dog masks. Those incredibly-popular t-shirt designs were created by 2011 Solanco grad Doug Huegel! WGAL TV-8 reporter Barbara Barr interviewed Doug about the shirts for a story that has been broadcast on […]
Swift 8th grade parents invited to Scholar-Led Showcase on Feb. 15
For Swift Middle School 8th grade students and their parents, the standard parent-teacher conference has been replaced by an event in which the students themselves report their academic progress to their parents. The Swift Scholar-Led Showcase was initiated last year and went very well, therefore it is being used again this year to inform parents of […]
Wrestlers earn championships and medals in L-L tournament
Congratulations to Solanco wrestlers for their impressive performances in the Lancaster-Lebanon League Tournament, including three championships, five total medalists, and a seventh place team finish out of 22 teams in the tournament. In the photo are the Solanco medalists: Sheldon Peiffer, Ben Root, Grayson Charles, AJ Wilson and Nick Yannutz. Grayson Charles pinned his way through […]
Outstanding middle school students earn recognition
Smith and Swift middle schools have recognized their Breakfast Club Students of the Month. Students who consistently display good character, and demonstrate respect for others, responsibility, honesty, self-control, courtesy and manners are nominated for the honor, which includes breakfast with their parents and middle school principal Paul Gladfelter. The Smith Breakfast Club Students are, front […]
Solanco’s daily and hourly educational costs
An annual audit of the Solanco School District by Trout, Ebersole and Groff has determined that the cost of education in Solanco during the 2016-2017 school year was $82.90 per student per day. The hourly cost was $10.36 per student per hour for an eight-hour day in 2016-2017. The costs include student transportation, food service, […]
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Billy Guhl earns Eagle Scout award
Congratulations to Solanco senior Billy Guhl, who has earned the Eagle Scout rank, the highest honor conferred by the Boy Scouts of America. One of the many ways Billy demonstrated the Eagle Scout requirements of leadership, service and outdoor skills was fundraising to purchase the necessary materials he needed to renovate a fitness trail in Little […]
Top honors for Ciana Malchione in local art contest
Solanco 2017 graduate Ciana Malchione has won Best in Show in the Quarryville Library Painting Awards Exhibition. The image below shows Ciana’s winning work, Dependency, which is pastel on paper. Ciana also has two additional works at the library which will be on view through February 20. “Ciana’s work possesses a sophistication that is well beyone […]