Last week, we introduced you to our new student columnists, who will be providing updates at the various districts in Carbon County. Here is what each school had going on in recent weeks.

CCTI update by Isabel Wentz

CCTI faculty, staff and students collected gifts for various organizations for the Christmas season: Toys for Tots, Mahoning Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Ukrainian Homestead, Carbon County Animal Shelter and Carbon County Friends of Animals and St. Jude’s.

Seniors and juniors in good standing with your grades, attendance and discipline record, this is your opportunity to apply for membership into the National Technical Honor Society. The application, directions for application, service hour form, requirements and teacher recommendation form are all attached to the Junior and Senior Google Classrooms. Questions can be directed to Mrs. Gerhard.

Congratulations to all DECA members on their accomplishments at district competition:

1st place:

• Breydon Hand: 1st place in Entrepreneurship Event & placed 3rd Male Fashion Show event

• Jalin Burns- 1st place Principles of Hospitality and Tourism event

• Emily Kemmerer - 1st place -Business Service Management

• Hannah Devonshire- 1st in Appeal Accessories Marketing

2nd place:

• Brooklynne Winger: 2nd Place in Principles of Business Management event

• Makenna Montefour- 2nd in Human Resource Management

• Haley Kuehner- 2nd-Entrepreneurship

• Montanna Costenbader: 2nd in Hotel and Lodging Management

3rd Place:

• Kamryne Smith - 3rd in Apparel and Accessories Marketing

• Kelsey Mehlig- 4th in Food Marketing Services

• Graice Heintzelman - 5th- Bus Service Management & 4th in Female Fashion Show

Job interview event placement to states: top 6 go

• Victora Brown- 4th place Job Interview event

• Gracie Politi- 5th place Job Interview event

• Sapphire Marcozzi- 6th place Job Interview event

4th/5th/6th place: also move on to state competition

Great job to all SkillsUSA and DECA competitors.

CCTI hopes everyone enjoys their holiday break. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Panther Valley update by River Knob and Kyle Lin

While the majority of Panther Valley enjoys some relaxing holiday time off, our fellow athletes are keeping themselves busy during the Christmas Break. Dec. 27 is a big day for the Panther Valley boys basketball team, as they take on Marian Catholic after a competitive and well deserved 66-51 win over these longtime rivals on Dec. 12.

With tremendous improvement on the girls basketball team, accumulating four wins not even halfway through the season in comparison to their 3-17 record for the 2021-2022 season, they will push to add another win on Dec. 28 at Palisades High School.

The wrestling team is pushing through and is continuing practices throughout the week. There are a lot of new and promising members this year to the wrestling team who will be competing in the Jim Thorpe Christmas Tournament on Dec. 27 and 28. They hope this competition can bring home some wins to support the comeback of the wrestling program.

While the week is a rather quiet one, the students and staff of Panther Valley are taking this time to rest and prepare for good things to come with the New Year.

Lehighton update by Josiah Kimmel and Gabriella Di Dea

Happy holidays from Lehighton Area High School!

Speaking of the Holiday season, the concert band, jazz band, and chorus had their winter concerts, so thank you to all who came to support our music department.

Aevidum is distributing hats, scarves, socks, and gloves to kindergarten students in need at the Lehighton Elementary Center.

The Drama Club held auditions for the spring musical, “Bye, Bye, Birdie” and the cast list will be posted during our break.

Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is planning a Valentine’s Day Bingo and a Walk-a-thon to benefit their state project, the Make-A-Wish foundation, so look out for details of these events in future editions.

Since everyone is so busy this time of year, there aren’t too many things going on within the district. We will be off to Tuesday Jan. 3.

No matter what you celebrate, we wish you peace, joy, and happiness this season, as well as a

Happy New Year.

Weatherly update by Kelly Michaels and Michael Berger

Winter sports are underway here at Weatherly! Girls and boys basketball as well as cheerleading have kicked off their season with fury. Our boys basketball team will participate in the annual Christmas Tournament at CMVT on Dec. 27 and 28, we wish them the best of luck.

Moving on from our sports teams, Weatherly Interact Club also collected and distributed gifts for the senior care center, Weatherwood.

Another exciting event, Future Business Leaders of America has just completed the regional leadership conference testing to see if they can advance to states.

Our students and staff are ready for winter break, and are wishing you a merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Editor’s note: No columns were received from Palmerton or Jim Thorpe.