2008-09 Achievements

  • MASD Increased Ranking in State Honor Roll
  • MAHS Students Received Awards During Annual Awards Assemblies
  • MAHS Awarded 300 Diplomas to Class of 2009 
  • Eighth-Grader Joelle Swyka Won Statewide Braille Essay Contest
  • MAHS Students Claimed Runner-Up Honors in "Green" Phipps Program
  • MAHS Pair Honored in 2009 PPT Shakespearean Contest
  • MASD Students Starred in Subway Commercial - View Video
  • MAHS Students Placed in Global Oracle Competition
  • Elementary Students Won at Animal Friends Contest
  • MAMS Seventh-Graders Tops 98 Competitors at Calcusolve Event
  • MAMS Students Place No. 1 and 3 at Wordsmith Tourney
  • Ankit Medhekar Wins Prestigious National Merit Scholarship
  • MAHS Runner and Hurdler Qualify for PIAA State Track Meet
  • Bon Meade Students Collect Over $1,000 for Fallen Heroes Fund
  • MAHS Student Selected for Alaskan Expedition
  • MAHS Teacher Honored Nationally for Educational Leadership
  • MASD Assessments Garnered High Ranking
  • MAHS Students Held First Tiger Cub Computer Academy
  • MAHS Secured a $10,000 Highmark Healthy High 5 Grant
  • MAMS Students Placed at Academic Games Leagues of America National Tourney
  • MAMS NJHS Inducted New Members
  • MAHS Cantari Performed at Disney World
  • Moon Area Alum to Play for Steelers
  • Sophomore Molly McDonald was Selected for Unique Overseas Program
  • MAHS Junior Won at Environmental Film Contest
  • MAHS Seniors Placed in Top 3 at Science Tourney
  • MASD Opened McCormick Athletic Field
  • MAMS Seventh-Graders Placed in Top 5 at Wordsmith Tourney 
  • MAHS Band Receives Superior Markings at PMEA Judging
  • Zach Blaner and Amanda Garuccio Named MAHS Tiger Spirit Award Winners
  • MASD Students Help Make PSO Performance a Success
  • MAHS Students Presented Environmental Solutions to Noted Conservationist
  • MAHS National Honor Society Inducted 57 New Members
  • MAMS Student Allison Murphy Qualified for PA Geographic Bee
  • Marketing Students Finished Nos. 1 and 2 at Economics Challenge
  • MAHS Junior Eleanor Aban was Selected for PMEA All-State Orchestra
  • A Bon Meade Odyssey of the Mind Team Advanced to State Tourney
  • MAMS Musicians Qualified For District Band
  • Bon Meade students Raised $5,000 For Charity
  • MASD Joined Twitter. Follow us at MoonAreaSD
  • MAHS Library Received Pittsburgh Labor History Book
  • "2013 Faces" Art Installation Mounted in MAMS auditorium
  • Seventeen students were secleted for PMEA District 1 Sing Fest
  • MAHS Junior Zina Grogg Captures Silver at State Swimming Championships
  • Four MAHS Students Qualified for the International DECA Competition
  • Sixth-graders won the "Creative Convention"
  • MAHS Junior Russell Passano's drawing topped more than 300 other entries at Art+Smart High School Art Competition & Exhibition
  • Mathletes placed second in team categoryat third annual Penn State Beaver Math Competition
  • MAHS Students Lauded for Pride in Academics
  • Seven Moon Area swimmers and one diver compete at PIAA State Meet
  • Moon Area gymnasts claim PA Classic State Championship title
  • Ling-Ling Lee and Ankit Medhekar named National Merit Scholarship Finalists
  • MASD Opened Time Capsules from '40s and '70s and Breaks Ground For New High School - View Photos
  • MASD Elementary Schools Received Nearly $40,000 in Highmark Grants
  • MAMS Students Won Runner-Up Honors at AIU Science Bowl
  • MAHS Musicians and Vocalists Chosen for PMEA Regional Festivals
  • MASD Launched a New Face and URL in Cyberspace
  • MAHS Science/Environmental Club Members Taught Science Lessons to Elementary Students in annual program.
  • Allard Received $1,500 Science Grant
  • Eight MAMS Students Qualified for Regional MATHCOUNTS Competition
  • MAMS Musicians and Vocalists Selected for District Music Festivals
  • MAHS Musicians and Vocalists Participated in District Music Festivals
  • MASD buildings received a National Arts Initiative.
  • Hyde Elementary secured MASD's first Target Field Trips grant.
  • Eighth-grader Allison Murphy topped more than 800 peers to win MAMS Geography Bee.
  • Five Buildings Awarded Keystone Achievement Awards
  • 18 Students designated as AP Scholars.
  • MASD students spread holiday cheer through charitable efforts.
  • All seven district buildings attained Adequate Yearly Progress as determined by federal No Child Left Behind Benchmarks.
  • MAHS students served as pilot members for The Phipps Conservatory's first yearlong Fairfield Challenge Competition.
  • ABC's Good Morning America broadcasted live from Hyde Elementary with host Diane Sawyer in anticipation of November's presidential election.
  • MAMS received a nearly $10,000 Highmark Healthy High Five grant for physical education equipment including a Nintendo Wii game console, flat-screen television, GameBikes and professional Dance Dance Revolution mats.
  • MASD partnered with Robert Morris University to add Moon Township neighborhood to the National Historic Register.
  • A quartet of middle school students won the AIU History Bowl competition over 44 teams.
  • Sixth-grader Jacob D'Antonio bested 240 competitors at a Calusolve math competition.
  • Allard fifth-grader Tyler Casasanta raised $1,118 for the American Heart Association's 2008 Pittsburgh Start! Heart Walk.