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Lewisburg Area SD honors students who advanced to state and national competitions
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Lewisburg Area School District recognized dozens of students for music, academic and STEM competitions, including PMEA All-State, TSA state qualifiers, Envirothon county winners and top finishes in the Stock Market and Budget Games.
The Lewisburg Area Board of School Directors recognized students Tuesday for achievements at regional, state and national competitions across music, science and career-technical contests.
District leaders said students from elementary through high school advanced from local auditions and regionals to state-level festivals and competitions this spring, and staff members introduced the students and their events during the public portion of the meeting.
Music students advanced through the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) process: several students moved from district to regional festivals and two received top statewide chair placements. The district also identified two students selected for All-State ensembles. In orchestra, Canyon Swartentruber was announced as advancing through district and central region orchestras to the state level and consistently placed highly in chair auditions.
In Envirothon, a Lewisburg team of five freshmen—Audrey McSween, Tegan Supatina, Addison Merritt, Wyatt Searls and Max Wheeler—earned the top score in Union County on April 29 and will represent the county at the state Envirothon competition in Johnstown on May 21.
Lewisburg Technical Student Association (TSA) competitors attended the state conference at Seven Springs Resort April 23–25. The board read the names of eight high-school students who qualified for States and recognized 11 middle‑school students who qualified; the middle-school competitors placed in 17 state top‑10 events, including first-place finishes in coding and forensic technology.
Members of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) who advanced to state contests were named and several received top-10 finishes in events including networking infrastructure, parliamentary procedure and advertising; one student, Ling Han Wan, placed fourth in advertising and qualified for nationals.
The board also spotlighted results from the Stock Market Game and the Budget Game, a financial-education program run with Brighter Financial Futures. Board presenters said Lewisburg students placed at or near the top in two statewide entry groups: one group finished with nine of the top 10 state positions in a competition of roughly 2,000 students; a separate competition with nearly 10,000 participants included local students who finished in the top 10, including a first-place performance that the presenter said ended the two‑month game with $6,300,000 in the simulation.
Students and advisers described their projects and experiences onstage at the meeting. Presenters credited the competitions with giving students real-world experience—building drones, designing apps to help users with disabilities, and producing prototypes for events such as the Husky Dog Pound entrepreneurship competition. One student team, Fetcher, advanced to a statewide pitch final and another team will compete at Penn State.
Board members and administrators praised the students and thanked staff and volunteers who chaperoned trips and coached teams. The recognitions covered elementary, middle and high school activities and reflected a range of curricular and extracurricular programs offered by the district.
The board did not take formal votes related to the recognitions; they were presented as acknowledgments during the meeting.
