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February Students of the Month selected at Dana Elementary Center

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Wyoming Valley West students named to second quarter Honor Roll

<p>Students at the Cookie Corner in West Wyoming learned about good dental health practices in honor of National Children&#8217;s Dental Health Month. They were provided a number of programs, including one by Volunteers in Medicine, Wilkes Barre, where the children were able to practice brushing the teeth of a kangaroo.</p><p>The Pre-K Nursery School and Day Care groups participated in a Dental Health Program instructed by dental professionals, Gina Baldassari, Liz Galvin, and Sarah Zawatski from the dental office of Polit and Costello, Pittston.</p><p>The children were delighted, as they were able to role-play, and each was given a dental supply bag to take home.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">From left, first row, Jovie Kopka and Mira Bradshaw acting as dental hygienists, and Madison Torbik, Brody Herron, Emma Tomashunas, Eve Tomashunas, Madelinn Prokopchak as teeth ready to be flossed. Assisting in the background are hygienists Liz Galvin, mother of Payson Galvin, and Gina Baldassari, aunt of Eva Taroli. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_photo-1.jpeg</photo0><caption0>From left, first row, Jovie Kopka and Mira Bradshaw acting as dental hygienists, and Madison Torbik, Brody Herron, Emma Tomashunas, Eve Tomashunas, Madelinn Prokopchak as teeth ready to be flossed. Assisting in the background are hygienists Liz Galvin, mother of Payson Galvin, and Gina Baldassari, aunt of Eva Taroli. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_photo-2.jpeg">
<div class="neCaption">From left, first row, Bentley Lefkoski, Parker Smith, Robert Taroli, Andrew Skursky, Mila Banta. Second row, Alexus Rynkiewicz, Lily Uzups, Tucker Musinski, David Hiller, Eva Taroli, Arabella Heiser, Jaxon Farrell. Third row, Allison Jaworski, Jackson Ganoe and his mother, dental assistant Sarah Zawatski, hygienist Liz Galvin with daughter Payson Galvin, and Isla Valenti. Absent at the time of the photo were Cameron DePriest, Abel McGarrity, Adriana Mitchell, Nova Pocceschi. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_photo-2.jpeg</photo1><caption1>From left, first row, Bentley Lefkoski, Parker Smith, Robert Taroli, Andrew Skursky, Mila Banta. Second row, Alexus Rynkiewicz, Lily Uzups, Tucker Musinski, David Hiller, Eva Taroli, Arabella Heiser, Jaxon Farrell. Third row, Allison Jaworski, Jackson Ganoe and his mother, dental assistant Sarah Zawatski, hygienist Liz Galvin with daughter Payson Galvin, and Isla Valenti. Absent at the time of the photo were Cameron DePriest, Abel McGarrity, Adriana Mitchell, Nova Pocceschi. </caption1><photoCredit1>Submitted photo </photoCredit1></div></div>

Students at Cookie Corner in West Wyoming learn about oral health