Bearly Awake: April 2025 Edition
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What’s So Cool About Manufacturing goes Back-2-Back!!!
For the second year in a row, Mahanoy Area’s What’s So Cool About Manufacturing won the Viewer’s Choice Award!
Watch the Award Winning Video Here!
- Mrs. Harris
Prom is Upon Us
Prom season is right around the corner! This is a great way for our seniors & juniors, and possibly underclassmen, to have a good night together before putting an end to the school year. The Mahanoy prom will be held at Mountain Valley on May 9th. The sechdule is as followed:
Promenade - 4:00 PM
Pictures @ Mountain Valley - 5:00PM–6:00PM
Dinner - 6:00PM–6:30PM
Dancing - 6:30PM–10:00PM
Tickets are now on sale! We hope to see everyone there!
- Olivia Kennedy
Yedsena to Susquehanna
Mahanoy Area guard, Jace Yedsena, committed to Susquehanna this month. Hard work, time in the gym, and dedication lead him to this accomplishment. Mahanoy Area had an awesome run these past 4 years and Yedsena’s name was all over it . Jace plans on carrying his success into the next journey of his life, taking his talents to the River Hawks.
- Tanner Zawada
Scholar Athlete
The Schuylkill County Women’s Athletic Association held their annual banquet recognizing the 14 female scholar athletes throughout Schuylkill County. Additionally each year 6 freshmen female student-athletes are invited from each school.
Congratulations to our 2025 Female Scholar Athlete Alexis Chilinskas, as well as our 6 Freshmen: Kieran Haughney, Brooke Hornung, Alexandra Bet, Allison Leibowitz, Lillian Brown, and Abigail Collado!
- MAHS Athletics
FBLA Middle School Chapter
Our FBLA students attended Day 1 of the leadership conference on April 7th. Some of our middle school students rocked the Giant Center stage placing in the Top 5 in the state!! Congratulations to Marcus Fisher - 4th Place in Current Events and Ryan Bet, Declan Kane, and Cameron Smith - 5th Place in Critical Thinking!! Way to go!
- Mrs. Mayberry
PA Media and Design Competition
Today, students from the Computers Principles class competed in the PA Media and Design Competition held at the IU29 Marlin Campus. They participated in a variety of workshops. Congratulations to all teams for placing in the category of Animation! Our first place team advances to state level competition at Elizabethtown College in May!
- Mrs. Mayberry
Senior DOMINANCE!!
The Easter dodgeball tournament was the last activity that pits the grades against one another for the year. It was also the last one the seniors will have. In the seniors last dance, they came out on top with another win making their all time record a staggering 7-1. Jack Rhoades was the coach of the amazing team throughout the years, making him the second best coach named Rhoades to come out of Mahanoy. Now that the seniors are moving onto the real world, younger classes can finally get some wins under their belts.
- Kaiden Komosinksy
Easter Egg Hunt
Kids in the elementary school were really excited this year for the fun Easter activities at school! They can't wait to do a lot of fun and colorful projects. To make this Easter a really memorable and great Easter, Mrs. Antz class did an Easter egg hunt.
With their high school helpers, they were hunting for Easter eggs outside by the pool doors. They were having so much fun and they were also helping each other find them. Mrs. Antz’s high school helpers Yara Alolaki, Kira Lake, and Yarileisy Peralta were happy and honored that they got to enjoy their last Easter with such a fun and great first grade class! The kids really enjoyed hunting for the colorful eggs!
- Yara Alolaki
Ice Bucket Challenge
Over the last several weeks, thousands of people around the country have been participating in the #USCSpeakYourMindIceBucketChallenge. USC brought back these challenges to raise awareness for mental health. While the videos posted online to social media are often of college and high school kids, two kids at heart had to get in on the fun as well!
- Mason Soult
Senior Spotlights
Jose Davila is an 18 year old senior. He is also a VoTech student. Jose has been in Votech for 4 years now. Jose Was a member of the cross country team his sophomore year and is also in the recycling club. Jose was born in Washington State. His dad was in the air force, so he had to move to a lot of different places.
His Parents left Washington when he was only 2 months and moved to Arkansas. Jose went to Pre-K and Kindergarten in Arkansas and then his parents moved to Michigan and he went to school there for first and second grade. They went back to Arkansas when he was in third grade through fifth grade and then his parents moved to the Middle East to Abo Dubi. He went to school there from fifth grade to 8th grade. As much as Jose hated traveling and not staying in one place he still got used to it by the time he went to Abu Dhbai.
After Abu Dhabi, Jose moved to Pennsylvania for his freshman year and he has been here since then. He really loved and enjoyed his trips all around. He really loved Michigan food and he also really loved the people. He still visits Michigan sometimes because he has family members there.
Siamiralis Cortes Jaime is a senior at Mahanoy Area High School. Siamiralis was born in Moca, Puerto Rico. She is 18 years old and the second child in her family. She only has one brother, Edwin, who graduated from Mahanoy. She started school in PA, then studied in Puerto Rico in 2nd grade.
She then came to Mahanoy Area in 3rd grade. She stayed at Mahanoy, only taking a quick hiatus sophomore year where she had to go back to Puerto Rico. Siamiralis loves Puerto Rico; she loves the beaches, the plazas, being with her grandparents and family, the limbers from a stand on the side of the street, the smell and taste of the donuts at the entrance of Walmart.
Siamiralis was a member of volleyball in 11th, bocce ball in 11th and 12th grade, and soccer in 12th grade (goalkeeper). She was also a member of the Spanish club in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade (president), recycling club in 11th and 12th grade, National Honor Society (NHS) 11th and 12th grade, FBLA in 12th grade, sewing club in 11th grade (former president), diversity club in 11th grade, and theater arts in 12th grade. She also participated in painting a mural in one of the school hallways along with a couple of other students.
- Yara Alolaki
Ignite Schuylkill Youth Program
Ali Alolaki, an aspiring entrepreneur from the Schuylkill Technology Center/Mahanoy Area High School will pitch his business plan for the New York Deli on May 8 at the Orwigsburg Veterans Community Memorial Hall during the Final Event for the IGNITE Schuylkill Youth Program
Want to learn more about the concept behind the New york Deli? Get your tickets for the Final Event today and come show your support!
- Schuykill Chamber of Commerce
Poetry Corner
“Summer is Coming Soon?!”
As summer approaches, the days grow long,
With sunshine and laughter, the world sings a song.
The flowers are blooming, colors burst bright,
Nature awakens, a beautiful sight.
Warm breezes are dancing, the sun’s golden glow,
Inviting us outside, where adventures can flow.
From picnics in parks to nights by the shore,
Summer brings magic, opening doors.
So let's embrace the warmth, the joy it imparts,
With memories to cherish, and love in our hearts.
As summer arrives, let our spirits take flight,
In the season of sunshine, everything feels right.
- Yarileisy Peralta
