Mt. Lebanon High School 9th Grade student Natalie McGee achieved a perfect score on the Level 3 National French Exam in March. Over 14,600 students in the country took the Level 3 exam, and she is one of 29 students with a perfect score. This is a rare honor. Natalie received a platinum medal, a certificate, and a plaque. The school also received a plaque for display.

In addition, High School French teachers, Ms. Joan Hayden and Ms. Nancy Campbell, are pleased to announce the Mt. Lebanon High School national medalists for the 2019 National French Exam (Le Grand Concours) sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF):

Level 2: Gold medal: Megan Sharon

Silver medal: Lindsay Bruder, Alma Dardari, Elizabeth Feldstein, James Kline, Maddie Rea,

Ella Slagle, Jackson Vlsek

Bronze medal: Rosemary Crist, Josephine Dougherty, Nora Kulzer, Dimitri Peltz, Keira Quinn

Level 3: Platinum medal: 1^st place in the country; perfect score: Natalie McGee

Gold medal: Nathan Kerr

Silver medal: Maya Jones, Maya Legursky, Chloe Spikula

Bronze medal: Mellissa Beldjenna, Ben Brown, Sophie Coyne, Maddie Gyurina

Level 4: Silver medal: Steven Labalme, Zoe Phares

Bronze medal: Tyler Rose, Bridget Zimmerman

Level 5:Silver medal: Elizabeth Dewit

Bronze: Laura Parrish, Morgan Steiner

In addition, 38 students received an Honorable Mention for their exam score.

Mrs. Deanna Hess, the District Chairperson for Health Services, was selected to receive the 2019 Highmark Foundation Advancing Excellence in School Nursing award in the School Nursing Practice & Leadership Award category. Winners in this category have demonstrated leadership in school health and exhibit qualities of care and compassion.

As part of the award, Mrs. Hess received $1,500 which she has chosen to use for health-related supplies and equipment for our schools. She was presented her award by Ms. Yvonne Cook from the Highmark Foundation. While Mrs. Hess was nominated for this award by Dr. Marybeth Irvin with letters of support from Dr. Steinhauer and Mr. Kitsko, her contributions, expertise and caring are well known across the District. We are pleased and proud to see her excellence recognized in this way.

Each June, we bid farewell and best wishes to those members of our faculty and staff who are retiring. Through their diligent and skillful work, our retiring employees have enriched the lives of our students and their colleagues, and have directly contributed to the District's success. We are grateful to them.

This year we have 1 administrator, 4 faculty members, and 9 support staff retiring. Together they represent over 261 years of expertise and experience.

At the May 20 School Board meeting, they were presented with a certificate and a Mt. Lebanon pin as a small token of thanks and appreciation for their dedication to the District's mission to provide the best education possible to each and every student. Their contributions were foundational to the success of our students and schools.

Some of the retirees attended the School Board recognition held on May 20.

Here is the complete list of retirees for the 2018-2019 school year.