The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) announced three students from Upper Moreland High School were selected to perform with the All-State Band in Hershey. The All-State performers were chosen from auditions held during the PMEA Region VI Band Festival in Oxford, Pa. Congratulations go to (l to r) Kevin Walker on percussion, Lauren Andreas on flute and Travis Hill on trombone as they prepare to perform at the PMEA All-State Festival in April. This is an extremely prestigious honor for these students as they had to prepare for and progress through three very competitive sets of auditions to reach this level. They are pictured with their music teacher, Mr. Robert Barron.

Congratulations to Katie Washburn for being selected to the Regional Chorus. Katie, along with 160 other selected students from Montgomery. Bucks, Delaware, and Philadelphia counties, performed on March 29 at William Tennent High School.
Katie is a Soprano 1 and has the co-lead in the upcoming High School spring musical, "Annie Get Your Gun" scheduled for April 24-26.

Upper Moreland High School Student Council Officers nominated for the 2007-2008 school year include front row (l-r): Steph DeCarolis, Alisha Pagano, Max Schubert, Jill Wasson; second row: Sam DePree, Taylor Platt, Stephen Williams, Shawna Brady, Casey Dellostretto; back row: Haley Myers, Melissa Christensen, the Golden Bear, Trysha Hartman, Taylor Wasserleben, and advisor Mr. Ryan Staub.

Jen Hays was the winner of the American Legion High School Oratorical contest for the Ninth District.  She was sponsored by Post 798 of Warminster.

Student Jessica DeFazio presents UMSD Business Manager Michael Braun a check for the Clare L. Sean M. Scholarship Fund.  The fund was created by Jack and Benedicte Santry in memory of two children who passed away from cancer at an early age and never had an opportunity to shine at UMHS.  For her senior project, Jessica organized a bowling event at Thunderbird Lanes and successfully raised over $1050. Pictured above (l-r) Michael Braun, Jessica, and scholarship originators Jack and Benedicte Santry.

UM Athletic Director David DeVido receives the keys to the new ticket booth from seniors, Bobby McInerney, Ed Swiski, and Sean Nagy.  The trio built the ticket booth as their senior project with the intention of decreasing the flow of spectators coming into the stadium through one entrance.  The booth is a 6' x 6' x 8' and contains a plexi-glass window that would allow several people to distribute tickets at the same time.

Congratulations to the UMHS students chosen to participate in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 11 Orchestra and/or Band Festivals. Through an audition process, the students were selected from35 area school districts from Bucks and Montgomery County. Pictured above are: (front row): Katie Washburn for chorus and Lauren Andreas for flute; (middle row): Christian Odendahl for trombone and Kevin Walker for percussion; (back row) Travis Hill for trombone. On the day of their respective concerts, the students will re-audition for selection in PA's Region Concert; then audition for the State Concert.