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Frederick County Retired School Mother Seton School Students Take

Personnel Association Holds Fall Top Honors in local VFW Patriot’s

Luncheon Pen Essay Contest

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Recently, the Frederick County Retired School Personnel Association Pictured from left are Sharon Williams, vice president, VFW Post 6658 Auxiliary; Annette Wivell,
(FCRSPA) had their fall luncheon at the Lewistown Fire Hall. essay chairperson, VFW Post 6658; Martin Williams, commander, VFW Post 6658; Cassidy Sill, first-
place winner; Helen Hochschild, second-place winner; and Emerson Racheff, third-place winner.
The winners of the beautiful door prize pumpkin planters were:
(pictured above, from left) Bonnie Strine; Jackie DeWitt; Diana Struntz; Three middle school students from Mother Seton School received the top
Kathy Mitchell; Judy Pickens; Ginny Mohler; Mildred Nicodemus; Mary awards in the 2018-2019 Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest sponsored by Veterans of
Lynn Smith; Carol Jones; Dan Pfeiffer; Ross Meem; Michael Planz, CEO, Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6658.
Community Living (our guest speaker). Writing on the theme of “What America’s Flag Means to Me,” Cassidy Sill
Planz described how the non-profit organization provides support and (Grade 7) earned first place and advanced to the VFW District Level. Joining
services to empower adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to her will be second-place winner Helen Hochschild (Grade 8). Emerson Racheff
live their lives to the fullest, and he explained ways members could volunteer (Grade 7) received third-place honors.
with Community Living. The Patriot’s Pen is an annual nationwide essay contest, sponsored by the
Membership in the organization is open to all those who have retired from national VFW. Middle school students are invited to submit an essay based on
FCPS. For membership information, email [email protected] or call the that year’s theme to their local VFW post. Last year, three other Mother Seton
FCRSPA Member Chairperson at 301-788-1117. School students placed in the top three at the local level.

Mother Seton School Announces Winners of 2018 S.T.E.M. Fair

Does Strength Training Benefit Chemotherapy Courtesy Photo the event; Dr. Lisa McLeod-Simmons, Professor
Patients? Does Size and Shape of a Turbine’s Blade of Political Science at Columbia Southern
Affect Its Efficiency? How Does Temperature Affect University; Lee Hand, Assistant Principal of
Evaporation? These were among the questions Oakdale Middle School; Zoram Kah and Jose
tested and answered by Mother Seton School Ramirez, NASA; Dr. Daniel Zurawski, Bacterial
students during this year’s STEM Fair. In addition to Disease Branch WRAIR (MEDCOM); Warren
scientific experiments, student engineers also built Kelly, ; and Ana Martin, University of Maryland
anemometers, a hydroelectric machine, and a device student. Many judges also acted as mentors to
to more efficiently and quicly pick up golf balls. our students during the season. A number of
More than one hundred students in grades three MSS alumni also returned to serve as judges
through eight participated in the annual event. and mentors, including Edison Hatter, MSS ‘14;
Other projects included experiments to determine Alexander Wivell, MSS ’15; Luke Szukalski,
whether multitasking is truly effective, if visual cues MSS ’16; Jaime Orndorff, MSS ‘05; Caroline
aid in memory retention, and how playing video Mullineaux, MSS ’15; Neoline James, MSS ’16,
games affect a person’s body. Many students had and Brody Holz, MSS ‘18.
help from the animal members of their family. One Mother Seton School sixth-grader Brady Koenig presents his science “We’re blessed to have so many professionals
experi- project to judges Jose Ramirez (left), Edison Hatter (center), and Zoram eager and willing to come in and mentor our
ment, Kah (right), during the 2018 S.T.E.M. Fair at Mother Seton School. Brady students,” said Danielle Kuykendall, Middle
which tied for 1 Place with Carli Mazaleski in his grade level. School Science teacher and Co-Coordinator of
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earned the STEM Fair. “It means a lot to our students
fourth-grader Emma Simmons second to be able to learn from their expertise. We’re grateful for everyone who takes
place for her grade level, safely tested time out of their busy schedules to serve as judges and mentors.”
how temperature affected her fish’s STEM Fair winners were chosen for each grade level, third through eighth:
behavior. Another tested whether Grade 3—Ellie Rajaski (1 Place) and Catalina Caretti (2 Place); Grade 4—
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rabbits demonstrated a preference Jacob Marron (1 Place), Emma Simmons (2 Place), Sarah Simmons (3
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for one type of fruit or vegetable Place), and Jillian Jurchak (HM); Grade 5—Benedict Hochschild (1 Place),
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over another. This experiment Kyle Kauffman (2 Place), Finnian Tayler and Maryn Rajaski (T-3 Place);
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resulted in an Honorable Mention for Grade 6—Carli Mazaleski and Brady Koenig (T-1 Place), Taylor Johnson (2
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seventh-graders Emily Flynn and Zoe Place), Faith Collins (3 Place), Connor Jessup and Aidan Shrantatan (T-HM);
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Daugherty. Grade 7—Sophia Launchi (1 Place), Julia Wivell & Clytie Pavlovic (2 Place),
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Judges for the STEM Fair came Danica Ramberg (3 Place); Emily Flynn & Zoe Doherty and Wyatt Hill &
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from a cross section of disciplines Santiago Canadas-Fraga (T-HM); Grade 8—Helen Hochschild & Annika
and experience: Ed Hatter, a NASA Guenther (1 Place); Mackenzie Orndorff (2 Place); Brendan Guinan (3
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scientist and Co-Coordinator of Place), Carter Loher (HM).