THIS WEEKEND

WHEN: April 12, 13 @ 7 p.m. ;  April 14 @ 2 p.m.
WHERE: MPS PAC
Tickets sold at the door:  $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, and $5 for students.


Katelyn Kruszewski ’20 as Belle, and Gabe Gallagher ’19 as the Beast


You won’t want to miss Beauty and the Beast this weekend with over 120 cast, orchestra, and crew members!

TIME TO SIGN UP

The Laker Glow 5K will be here before you know it.  Sign up today for $25 per person, including your exclusive glow-in-the-dark Laker Glow t-shirt and finisher medal.

Laker Glow 5K/1 mile fun walk
Saturday, May 11, 2019
7:30 PM @ MPS
 
Q.  But I’m not a runner.  Can I still participate?
A.  Sure!  You can either give the 5K a try at your own pace or sign up for the 1 mile fun walk. Also, new this year is a 3-person 5K relay and a .01K race. 
 
Q. Is this kid friendly?
A. You bet!
 
Q.  Does our registration fee help a cause?
A.  Definitely! This is a great chance for students, families, and our neighbors in the community to help raise funds for MPS scholarships and other programs that directly benefit our students.
 
Q.  How do I sign up?
A.  Just go to mpslakers.com/lakerglow or call 814.824.2069 for registration information or to find out how you can get your name or your business name on the back of that great t-shirt!  RSVP by April 15 to be guaranteed a t-shirt.

ART SEMINAR

We have been featuring some stories and photos from our art seminar students in Laker Life.  Art seminar is offered for the serious art student who is contemplating art as a career, and for International Baccalaureate art candidates.  Students will use all of the skills that they have developed to date and take them to the next level in order to build their portfolios in preparation for college.  Students must have instructor's permission for admittance.
 
Watercolor by Michael Kuhn ‘19



“The piece is a watercolor landscape we did for a project in Art Seminar, which is based off a photo I took on my trip to Ireland with my family.  Next year I’m going to the University of Detroit Mercy to study architecture. I hope to excel with my studies of art in high school and my math and science education.” 
 
Art by Carl Murzynski ‘20



“Ever since I was young, I was always fascinated by technology. I would take apart broken electronics to see the inner mechanisms and how they worked. More recently, I have been tinkering with computers: replaced components in my computer, combined scraps of laptops to revive a laptop, and taken laptop screens to reuse them as stand-alone displays. My current plan after high school is to go to Penn State Behrend to get an electrical engineering degree.
 
“I take a good deal of art classes although my interest in technology still gets into my art. For example, I made this acrylic self-portrait with a 3-D printed square stamp to give it a pixelated look. The printer that I used came from a kit which I had to build. At the time of assembling it, I had little to no experience with 3-D printing. Other artworks I have done explored the use of a projector to create contours and line art. I printed out paper templates that are then folded and glued to create sculptures. I experimented with artificial intelligence to transfer a style of one image to another. I even tried making a machine to automatically draw. If any of that sounded complicated it’s because it is, and it shows in my work. I plan to continue making art and finding more applications with technology.” 

STUDENT PRESENTATION

Standing l to r:  Chayne Zheng ’20, Teresa Zou ’21, and Sarah Keating ’20, spoke to students at St. Luke’s this week.  The 5^th grade classes of Mrs. Cindy Stormer have been studying the history and culture of China and were thrilled to hear firsthand what life is like there.  The Mercyhurst students shared photos, as well as information about pop culture, education, and food.  The 5^th graders even had a chance to learn a few words in Mandarin!

ATHLETIC NEWS

• Congratulations to the boys tennis team, who began the year with three straight victories. The boys will be in action this Friday against Fairview at Westwood Racquet Club at 4 p.m.
• The boys baseball team picked up two Region wins this week by beating Girard at Girard on Monday, and Seneca on Wednesday at Ainsworth. The boys' next Region game will be Monday night against Northwestern at UPMC Park at 7 p.m.  Admission is free, so come out to the park and cheer on your LAKERS.
• The track & field team will be at the Harborcreek Invitational on Saturday, and at Girard on Tuesday for another region dual meet.  
• Congratulations to Alex Stefanovski '21, who threw a no hitter in a 7-inning win against Erie High on Thursday.