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Click picture to enlarge Pictured, l to r: Brady, Nick, Scott, Colt, Luke, Hunter, Brady, Beau, and Jordan The Keystone Clay Dusters demonstrated trap shooting at the Youth Field Days at Camp Coffman. The students shot in front of over 900 people and were filmed by Wired Outdoors (hosted by KHS grads, Jason Say and Kyle Schwabenbauer). The video should be available on YouTube and the WO website. |
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| Congratulations to the baseball players named to the All-KSAC 3rd team: Mitchell (infield), Matt (infield), and Chris (outfield). | |
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| Congratulations to our All-KSAC Softball honorees: Mallory (3rd team infield); Kari (2nd team outfield); Jena (3rd team pitcher); and Erica (1st team designated hitter). | Congratulations to our All-KSAC Track athletes: Ryan (2nd team--discus), Samantha (1st team--300 hurdles), and Sara (not pictured; 2nd team--discus). |
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| Congratulations to Mrs. Abbie Tharan and her husband Kirk on the birth of their son, Griffin Phillip! | Congratulations to Sarah, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for May 27. |
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Click picture to enlarge. Mr. Baker's senior high homeroom joined with Mrs. McCance's 7th graders for their final Olweus bullying session of the year. Students worked in small groups to implement activities planned by the older students. |
Congratulations to Garrett, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for May 20. |
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Click picture to enlarge. Ninth graders visited the Virginia monument while touring Gettysburg. |
Marina and Chelsea represented KHS at the annual Math 24 competition. Marina placed 4th in her grade level. |
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| Americorps Week was May 14-21. When you see Mrs. Tharan, our KHS Americorps member, thank her for all she does for us! | Congratulations to Jenna, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for May 13. |
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Click picture to enlarge. Ninth graders posed at the "Pennsylvania at Gettysburg" monument during their field trip to Valley Forge, Philadelphia, and Gettysburg. |
Congratulations to our Prom Royalty, Sara and Johnny! |
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| Congratulations to Colby, the Knox Lions "Student of the Month" for April. Colby is pictured with his parents. | Congratulations to Jordan, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for May 6. |
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Click picture to enlarge KHS Envirothon Club students recently gave KES 3rd graders trees from the PA Game Commission. Pictured are Mrs. Hoffman's students and KHS students (back, l. to r.) Nick, Emily, Samantha, Micah, Jake, and Bryce. |
Reports indicate that the 9th graders had a fabulous field trip! These boys posed with the Liberty Bell while visiting Philadelphia. |
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| Congratulations to Shelby, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for April 29. |
Click picture to enlarge. Congratulations to the 2011 Prom Court: John, Jess, Corbin, Haley, Ben, Candice, Skyler, Victoria, Sara, Colby, Maddy, and Johnny |
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| The Keystone Music Association proudly presented "Anything Goes!" on April 28-30. |
Click picture to enlarge. Congratulations to the 2011 National Honor Society inductees! (front) Cheyanne, Erin, Jessica, Aimee, Sarah; (middle) Victoria, Ashley, Samantha, Taylor; and (back) Sean, Marina, and Garrett. |
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| Katie and Braden performed on trombone with the Clarion University Jazz Band on April 27. This concert featured Hayes Greenfield, a professional alto saxophonist from New York City. | Congratulations to Presley, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for April 22. |
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| Congratulations to Celeste, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for April 15. |
From front, l to r: Kierstie, Ashley,
Heather, Sarah, Reagan, Hannah, Olivia, Shawntelle, Ethan,
Raymond, Mitchell, Tyler, and Kobe. Not present for picture: Lexi,
Alyssa, Amber, Jayce, Mackenzie, Zach, Danielle, Brayden, Shannon,
Lindsey, Josh, Jacob, and Rebekah. These 7th graders from Mrs. McGiffin's reading classes have had their original poetry selected for publication through the "Anthology of Poetry" contest. Congratulations! |
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| Students who competed in the Clarion-Jefferson Safe Driving Competition included Shelby, Hannah, Johnny, and Bryan. They were accompanied by Mrs. Irwin, Traffic Safety instructor. | Shelby placed 3rd in the driving competition essay contest. She is pictured with Jefferson County Sheriff Carl Gotwald, Sr., Sandra Toy (IUP highway safety coordinator), and Clarion County Sheriff Rex Munsee. |
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| KHS hosted students from the IU 6 Gifted Consortium for a mock trial program. (Top) Chief Justice Emeritus John P. Flaherty mixed in a brief history lesson as he encouraged students to learn about the rule of law which governs our nation. (Bottom) Students took on the roles of defense, prosecution, and jury while Clarion County District Attorney Mark Aaron presided over the courtroom at this Clarion County Law-Related Academy. | |
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| Congratulations to Zach, who received a silver medal in Internet Networking at the Skills USA PA State Competition in Hershey. Congrats also to Nicole, who was awarded a silver medal in the nursing assistant competition. | Congratulations to Mrs. Lauren Tharan and her husband Kevin on the birth of their daughter, Gwendolynn Mae, born April 15. |
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| Congratulations to Patrick, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for April 8. | Congratulations to the Career Center's "Students of the Quarter." L to R: Ricky, Sheleena, Zach, and Joey. Not pictured: Nicole, Randy, Justin |
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| Congratulations to Morgan, who was selected to the District 9 1st team for Girls' Basketball! Morgan was also named to the 3rd team All-State roster! | Alex demonstrated the connection between math and music by building this pipe piano. |
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| Congratulations to Daphne, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for April 1. | Jillian was selected to play in the Kozel Foundation's District 9 Girls' Basketball All-Star Game. Congratulations! |
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| Congratulations to Jillian (3rd team), Ben (3rd team), and Morgan (MVP, 1st team) for their selection to the all-KSAC basketball teams! | Congratulations to Victoria, the Knox Lions "Student of the Month" for March. She is pictured with her parents. |
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| Congratulations to Zach, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for March 25. | Congratulations to Sarah, the Knox Lions "Student of the Month" for February. She is pictured with her mother. |
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| Congratulations to Bryce, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for March 18. | Jake has been accepted to the Harvard University Summer School program and will take an 8-credit Physics course! Jake also represented KHS at Regional Band at North East. Congratulations, Jake! |
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| Our Jr. High Cheerleaders earned jr. high national champs and varsity earned a first-runner-up national title. Pictured are the two teams together in front of the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame after earning their titles! Relentless stunt group won with Fame taking second, and Kayla T., Sarah K. and Jessica Z./Olivia H. won their individual and double divisions, too. Way to Go Cheerleaders!!! |
L to R: Braden, Nick, Jenna, Matt H.,
Alyssa, Matt B., Alicia, Marana, and Jesse from C-93 Students in Mrs. Irwin's Traffic Safety classes recently created public service announcements on the dangers of distracted driving using Garageband software on the Macbooks. Students were then selected to travel to C-93 radio station to record their PSAs, which were produced by the C-93 staff. These PSAs will be aired on both C-93 FM and Radio 13 AM later this month. |
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| The Varsity cheerleaders took first place at McDowell Cheer Challenge and earned Best Stunts. Jr. High took 2nd in their division. Fame (Sheleena, Brittney, Aimee, Kayla M., and Megan R.) won jv stunt group, Relentless (Megan D., Julia, Korin, Sarah, Jessica) took 2nd in jv stunts. Kayla T. won senior crowd leader, Megan R. took 2nd in senior crowd leader, and Sarah won junior crowd leader. | Congratulations to Katie, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for March 11. |
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| Congratulations to Johanna, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for March 4. | Congratulations to Tanner, who placed 3rd at Regionals and represented KHS well at States! |
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| Congratulations to Tanner, who placed 3rd at the District 9 wrestling tournament and qualified to compete at Regionals. Congrats also to John, who won his 100th match. He is only the 2nd KHS wrestler to reach that milestone! |
Clarion News photo Congratulations to Dylan, the Knox Lions "Student of the Month" for January. He is pictured with his parents. |
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| Congratulations to Scott, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Feb. 25. | Katie, Braden, and Jake represented KHS at the District Jazz Festival at Brockway in March. |
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| Congratulations to the Varsity Cheerleaders, who took 2nd at the District 9 competition at ECC. | Students who represented KHS at Regional Chorus in February included (l to r) Colby, Ryan, Shelby, Alex, and James. |
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| Keystone students named to the Career Center's Director's List for the 2nd quarter include (l to r) Anna, Robert, Ashley, Cody, Brandi, Thomas, Dalton, Bryan, and Sheleena. Congratulations! | Congratulations to Ashley, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for February 18. |
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| Students who represented KHS at District Band at Indiana High School included Braden, Katie, Hannah, and Jake. | Congratulations to Coach Heath on his 500th win as Keystone's varsity boys' basketball coach. He reached this milestone on his birthday! |
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| Congratulations to Tanner, who took the 145 lb. title at the Bucktail wrestling tournament! John (130) and Matt (160) earned runner-up finishes. | Congratulations to Derek, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for February 11. |
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| Congratulations to the Varsity Cheerleaders for winning the KSAC Schools Cheer Competition. Jr. High took 2nd place in their division. Aimee M. won jump off, Emma H. took 2nd in tumble off and 3rd in jump off, Sarah K. took 3rd in tumble off, Kayla T. took 2nd in individuals, and Jessie Z. took 3rd in jr. jump off. The Relentless stunt group (Megan D., Julia F., Korin H., Sarah K. & Jess R.) took 2nd in varsity stunts. As a result of the varsity win, Keystone gets to host this competition next year! | Congratulations to Marina, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for February 4. |
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| Congratulations to Ian, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for January 28. |
Here we go, Steelers! Animoto video from Black & Gold Day. |
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| Congratulations to Jessica, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for January 21. | Congratulations to Randy, the Knox Lions Club's "Student of the Month" for December. |
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| Congratulations to Jillian, the new school record holder for 3-point shots in girls' basketball with 72. The record (71) was previously held by 2003 grad Brittany Mays. | Congratulations to the Career Center's outstanding students for Quarter 2. L. to R.: Kat, Brandi, Levi, Kayla, and Devin. (Not pictured: Morgan) |
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| Congratulations to Robert, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Jan. 7. | Congratulations to Zach for his 1st place finish at the Skills District Competition for Computer Networking. Zach will move on to the state competition in April. Zach is also The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Jan. 14! |
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| Skyler, James, Colby, and Dylan performed during our annual Christmas Fun Day. See more pictures! | Congratulations to Sara and James, Knox Lions Club's "Students of the Month." |
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| Congratulations to Bryan, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Dec. 24. | Congratulations to Niki, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Dec. 31. |
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| Congratulations to the girls' varsity basketball team for winning the Brookville Tip-off Tournament! Morgan was named MVP, and Jillian was also on the all-tourney team. | Congratulations to Rachel, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Dec. 17. |
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| The boys' JV basketball team took 1st place at the Keystone Tip-off Tournament. Josh was the JV MVP, and Adam was also named to the all-tourney team. Congratulations! | Congratulations to Ben and Mitchell for being selected to the varsity all-tournament team at the Keystone Tip-off Tournament. |
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L to R: Mr. Will Carnahan,
representing Verizon; Mrs. Geary; Mrs. Walters, principal; Mr.
Bonnar, superintendent Library media specialist Mrs. Geary received a $6,500 grant from the Verizon Foundation. She will equip the library lab with a Smartboard and projection system with laptop. |
Congratulations to the Jr. High cheerleaders for their 1st place finish at the DuBois Cheer Challenge. Jessica Z. also took 1st place in the tumble off. |
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| Dr. Julius Menn, pictured with 8th grade English teacher Miss Visseau, spoke to the entire student body on his personal experiences during the Holocaust. His appearance was arranged through the U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. | Congratulations to Ben, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Dec. 10. |
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| Congratulations to Candice, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Dec. 3. | Jake, Shelby, and Braden represented KHS in the IU 6 Honors Band in December. |
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| Congratulations to Malinda (3rd team) and Kari (2nd team), who were named to the All-KSAC Volleyball Teams! | Congratulations to Justin, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Nov. 26 |
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| Jared, Braden, Cameron, Jake, and Courtney represented KHS at County Band at A-C Valley High School. |
Click picture to enlarge. Students who participated in County Choir at A-C Valley include: Front: Julia, Trisha, Ashley, Samantha, Sarah; Middle: Kat, Nikki, Aimee, Kaitlyn, Hannah, Kayla, Faith; Back: Dalton, Brandon, Ryan, Patrick, Alex, Josh, Eli, Jordan, Logan, Sean |
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| Congratulations to Brandi, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Nov. 12. | Congratulations to Logan, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Nov. 19. |
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| Daphne proudly displays the "Charlotte's Web" chair that she painted as part of a fundraiser for the Clarion Free Library. Students from Clarion County schools and other local artists painted chairs that were auctioned to raise money for the library. | Rev. Tony Fields, Sr., an Army and Desert Storm veteran, was the guest speaker at our Veteran's Day assembly. Rev. Fields and many other local veterans attended the assembly and were treated to lunch as our way of thanking them for their service. |
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| Congratulations to Leah, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Nov. 5 |
L to R: Ashley, Scott, Ashley,
Mike, Tylene Congratulations to the Career Center "Students of the Quarter!" |
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| Congratulations to our UAVSL All-Conference selections: Gideon, Molly, and Anthony. |
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Anthony, John, Dylan; Back: Mr. Kifer, advisor. MIssing from
picture: Jake and Colby Congratulations to the Math Team! They took 2nd place at the Clarion University Math Competition. Colby was the high scorer for KHS. |
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| Congratulations to Jake, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Oct. 29. | Congratulations to Dylan, the KHS recipient of the 2010 DAR Good Citizen Award. Dylan was selected by the faculty and his classmates for his leadership, service, dependability, and patriotism. |
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| Our lunch ladies had fun with "Crazy Hair Day" during Red Ribbon Week! | Congratulations to our 2010 Homecoming King and Queen, Dylan and Jillian! |
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Congratulations to Sarah, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Oct. 22. |
L to R: Mr. Heath, Mrs. Scheer,
Mrs. Wingard, Mrs. McNaughton, Mrs. Irwin, Mrs. Tharan, Mrs.
Black, and Mr. Vaughn. KHS faculty and staff showed their support for "Drug-Free Week" by wearing their red "I am Drug-Free" shirts. |
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| Congratulations to Kari, who set a new school volleyball record with 45 aces in a season. | Congratulations to the 2010 Homecoming Court! (l to r) Molly, James, Jillian, Anthony, Sarah, Mitchell, Haley, B. J., Libby, Dylan |
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| Congratulations to Jillian, the Knox Lions "Student of the Month" for September. | Congratulations to Tyler, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Oct. 15. |
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Congratulations to John, who has been named a Commended Student in the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program. He placed among the top 5% of more than 1.5 million students who took the PSAT/NMSQT. Congrats to John, also, for being selected as The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Oct. 1. |
Congratulations to Faith, The Derrick's "Student of the Week" for Oct. 8. |
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| Congratulations to the Junior Class officers: Aimee, vice president; Hannah, president; Faith, treasurer; Katherine, secretary. | 2010-11 Student Government
Officers: Anthony, vice president; Sara, president; Logan, reporter; Molly, secretary; Candice, treasurer. |
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| Congratulations to the 9th Grade class officers: Brady, vice president; Emily, secretary; Kacie, treasurer; and Eli, president. | Congratulations to the 7th Grade class officers: Hunter, vice president; Jacob, president; Kierstie, treasurer; Kelly, secretary. |
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| Welcome to our new teachers! L to R: Mrs. Tharan (SMILES/Americorps), Miss Visseau (English 8), Mrs. McCance (Math 7), Mrs. Kifer (Learning Support), Mrs. Albright (Chemistry), and Miss Warner (Science 7) |
Congratulations to the 8th Grade class officers: Marina, treasurer; Molly, secretary; McKenna, vice president; and Christian, president. |