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Parkland recognizes student winners and a teacher finalist at February meeting
Summary
The board honored Parkland High students (a Congressional App Challenge winner and a Regeneron top‑300 scholar) and teacher Bethany Pepi, an AAFCS teacher‑of‑the‑year finalist, highlighting student projects and community partnerships.
The board recognized several students and a teacher for recent honors. Mr. Davidson introduced Tushar Mehta, whose NeuroAD app won the Congressional App Challenge for PA's 7th District; Davidson said Mehta will display his app in the U.S. Capitol and attend a House of Code Capitol Hill reception in April 2025. Brandon Kai was named a top‑300 scholar in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. Teacher Bethany Pepi was recognized as an American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences teacher‑of‑the‑year finalist for a project called "Threads of Diversity."
"This marks Tushar's 2nd win in this prestigious national competition... his winning web app will be displayed in The US Capitol Building," Mr. Davidson said while introducing the honorees. The board applauded the students and the teacher and noted opportunities to showcase student work at upcoming events.
Provenance: student and staff recognitions at the Feb. 18 business meeting, SEG 1354–SEG 1450.
