Mock Trial Competition at Stroudsburg HS

The Mock Trial team had a competition on Saturday (11.17.2007) at the Stroudsburg High School. They won 3 trials and lost 1, which is the best they have ever done at this competition. Zak Pyzik took an award for best lawyer, which is the third year in a row that he has accomplished this. He has a very bright future in law and many judges and lawyers in Monroe county have given him great advice and look forward to seeing him working here in the future.

Our team members are the following:

• Adriana Lopes
• Zak Pyzik
• Casey Drake
• Casey Fannell
• Brian Moore
• Joey LoPresti
• Dan Silverstein

Urbane's Workshop with Phillip Mentor

Last week, many of our schools were lucky enough to have their music students work with Mr. Phillip Mentor, an opera singer from the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC.

Attached are 2 photos of Mr. Mentor working with the Urbane Gospel Choir students at WHS. The students learned so much in the hour-long presentation/workshop....and this past weekend when Urbane sang in PHiladelphia for a childhood-cancer research fundraiser, they received 2 ENCORES!

Urbane will be performing this Sunday morning at the Mount Pocono Methodist Church Service at 9:30.

Langan Invitational - 11.10.7

The PMWHS Speech and Debate Team attended the Langan Invitational on November 10th. The team received a trophy and placed 5th out of 30 teams in the varsity competition. This is the first time a PMWHS team has placed as a team at this tournament.

The following individuals placed at the tournament:

• Erica Crown, 12th grade, 2nd Varsity Humorous Interpretation of Literature
• Erica Crown and Emily Besser, 12th/12th, 3rd Varsity Duo Interpretation of Literature
• Sarah Vansise, 11th, 3rd Varsity Oral interpretation of literature
• Lisa Johnson, 12th, 4th Varsity Original Oratory
• Kurt Boling and Justin Kurcik, 11th, Varsity Policy Debate, 7th
• Dan Goodstien, 9th, 3rd, Novice Student Congress, 3rd.
• Joe LoPresti, 9th, 7th Novice Oratorical Declamation
• James LoPresti, 7th, 4th Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
• Krysta Tan-Tioncgo, 12, 2nd Novice Poetry Interpretation

Marching Band - 11.12.7

Congratulations go to the the students in the Pocono Mountain West HS Marching Band. The were able to hold on to a 5th place Gold Medal finish in last night's Atlantic (www.tob.org) Coast Group II Championships in Dover, Delaware. The competition was one of the closest races ever- West was only a mere 0.8 points from 2nd place!

There were 68 bands competing in Group II this year and the top 25 competed in Dover. PM East finished in 17th place.

The Panthers increased their score by another 2.5 points (95.15) and won special awards for Best Woodwinds and Overall General Effect- Music. Drum Major Michael Shelter placed 2nd and the brass section was ranked 4th.

Congrats West Football!

Pocono Record - November 3, 2007
Article by: Andrew Kroeckel, Record Sports Writer

Pocono Record - November 8, 2007
Article by: Mike Kuhns, Record Sports Writer

Michelle Resigno going to PMEA District 10 Chorus

Congratulations to Michelle Rescigno, Soprano, who was selected by audition to represent Pocono Mountain West at the PMEA District 10 Chorus!

This year’s event will be hosted by Brandywine Heights H.S. on February 7 – 9, 2008.

Band going to ACC's

Congrats Pocono Mountain West Marching Band on a 1st place finish at the Chapters competition on Sunday, November 4th. They scored 93.6 and were awarded Best Percussion, Best Auxiliary and Best Brass. This win makes them the Tournament of Bands Group II Chapter 7 Champion! Next stop is ACC’s!

Band and Color Guard - 11.1.7

Last night (Wed, 10.31.7), the Pocono Mountain West marching band finished in 1st place with a score of 91.40 at the Tournament of Bands competition hosted by Parkland High School.