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2 — TRIB TOTAL MEDIA
OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
A letter
from the president
T
oday we look beyond
the troubles often
reported by Trib
Total
Media. Instead, we look to
Western Pennsylvania and
focus on the
achievements of
our youth.
The dedication of
these
students to
academics,
community
service and
extracurricular activi- Ralph Martin
ties is
remarkable. Within these
pages are some of the best,
the brightest and the most
giving group of individuals
Western Pennsylvania has
to offer.
This year, parents,
school administrators and
friends nominated 95
students representing 17
schools. We are proud to
have the opportunity to
give these students the
recognition they deserve.
We have the utmost
confidence that these
students will go on to do
amazing things and hold
rewarding and impressive
careers.
I would also like to
congratulate the many
parents, teachers, coaches
and mentors who have
helped guide these young
adults and contributed to
their successes. They are
often unrecognized for the
many hours of loving assistance they have invested
and we appreciate them
encouraging the development of our youth.
Finally, I would like to
extend my thanks to you,
the reader.
Without you, none of
this would be possible. I
ask that if you know any of
the students highlighted in
this section, that you
please take a moment to
congratulate them for
setting an example and
working hard to ensure our
future.
We are proud to have the
privilege of continuing the
Outstanding Young Citizen
program year after year,
and it is because of the
extraordinary students
involved that we are able to
do so.
Ralph Martin
President & C.E.O.
Trib Total Media
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Keynote speaker and judges
Keynote speaker
Paul Alexander brings 25 years of
experience covering Pittsburgh
sports. He serves as a reporter and
anchor covering local sports for FSN
including the Pittsburgh Pirates,
Penguins and Steelers. Alexander
also covers athletic contests and
programming from the University of
Pittsburgh, West Virginia, and the
WPIAL. He started his career as
reporter for WTAJ in Altoona where he was the
recipient of numerous awards including Best Media
Market Sportscast and AP Spot News Award. After
15 years with WTAJ in Altoona, he moved to KDKA
TV and Radio in 1998, serving as the morning anchor
before moving to the sports department in 2001.
Alexander is a graduate of Penn State University
where he majored in Broadcast Journalism. He
resides in Monroeville with his wife and three children.
area, having started his current
responsibilities of field director at the
Greater Pittsburgh Council, Boy
Scouts of America in January of this
year. He comes to Pittsburgh from
Columbus, Ohio, where he spent the
previous four years with the Boy
Scouts. A native of Indianapolis, Ind.
Joe attended Purdue University
where he met his wife Heather — the
two have been married for five years and have a 14
month old girl. Joe’s day-to-day activities include
supervising the field executives who cover the territory south of downtown in Allegheny, Washington
and Greene counties. Specifically, he is responsible
for fundraising, volunteer recruitment and management and youth recruitment — which is the primary
focus this time of year. Joe’s favorite part of his job
includes interacting with volunteers. Joe is a third
degree member of the Knights of Columbus and an
active member of the Catholic Church.
Dave Soltesz is in his 10th year
with the Pittsburgh Penguins organization where he is currently vice president of sales and marketing, and overVera Marelli, B.S., a former
sees the operations of the corporate
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wife Rosemary and they have three children and six
grandchildren.
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Ian Abels
Jayme Andrekanic
Lauren Barney
Ben Beisler
Maura Bizzozero
School,
grade:
Elizabeth
Forward High
School, 12
Parents:
Eva Marie K.
Bizzozero
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society, High Honor Roll, Honors
French 5.
School activities: Shadowing a
speech-language pathologist to
learn about the field.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Day School and
Hospital at the Children’s
Institute and Camp Success
summer camp.
Goals: “After high school,
study speech-language
pathology and special education “
School,
grade:
Elizabeth
Forward High
School, 12
Parents:
Karen and
Robert
Bongiorni
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society
member.
School activities: President
School Student Government
Association, Class of 2010 Vice
President, co-editor-in-chief,
The Warrior.
Community contributions:
Lector, acolyte and volunteer at
Holy Family Polish National
Catholic Church, McKeesport,
PA
Goals: “Upon graduation, I
plan to attend the University of
Pittsburgh, majoring in political
science, followed by law.”
Casey Bricker
Megan M. Brinkos
Lisa Brouwer
Scott Brown
Rosheeda Bryant
Morgan Bush
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Cathy
Callahan,
Kevin Bricker
Academic achievements:
GPA 4.0, National Honor
Society, Highest Honor Roll.
School activities: Second
place in Biology in MASD
Science Fair, student council,
officer for senior class. Job
shadow in Pittsburgh Morgue.
Community contributions:
Teacher for Stewart Avenue
Lutheran Church vacation bible
school, Bible Bowl captain,
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership
Ambassador.
Goals: “Will attend Seton Hill
University to major in forensic
science and minor in
psychology.”
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
10
Parents:
Ron and
Danae
Andrekanic
Academic achievements:
Yearly Honor Roll, Academic
Achievement Academy —
Government, Science and All
American Scholar, first place
science fair winner.
School activities: Foreign
Language Club, Vision Club,
Orchestra, SPTA, High School
Musical.
Community contributions:
Violinist for community events.
Orthodontic assistant for Dr.
Timothy Tremont. Volunteer St.
Angela Merici Parish festival.
Goals: “Attend a university
and eventually work in a field
that can help children.”
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Myles &
Michelle
Brinkos
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society, Honor
Roll.
School activities: Student
government corresponding
secretary, member of S.A.D.D.,
Enviromental Club, Red and
Blue newspaper staff, girls
varsity basketball captain.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Candy Striper at
McKeesport Hospital, basketball
camp, Special Olympics.
Currently working to obtain
lifeguard certification.
Goals: “Playing basketball at
a four-year college and majoring
in Business Administration.”
School,
grade: Taylor
Allderdice High
School, 11
Parents:
Eileen and Joel
Barney
Academic
achievements:
National Honor
Society, High Honor Roll,
Gifted Program.
School activities: Varsity
goaltender girls soccer.
Participant in Student Hunger
Action Coalition, S.T.A.N.D.
and Environmental Club.
Community contributions:
Participant as a leader in B’nei
Akira, a Zionist youth run
organization and Friendship
Circle as a board member
helping to pair special needs
children with youth volunteers.
Goals: “Apply my knowledge
of multiple languages to a
foreign language college major.
I hope to eventually work with
School,
grade: Trinity
Christian
School, 12
Parents:
Edward and
Marilyn
Brouwer
Academic
achievements:
National Honor Society,
Student of the Year
School activities: ”Work-AThon”, one day community
service project.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Nursing homes,
vacation bible school.
Goals: “Study nutritional
science and become a
registered dietician.”
School,
grade:
South
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
John and
Maria
Beisler
Academic achievements:
GPA 3.75, National Honor
Society, High Honors, AP
courses, U.S. Achievement
Academy.
School activities: GATE
program, basketball team.
Community contributions:
Expect Respect Program with
McKeesport Women’s Shelter.
Goals: “Attend a four-year
college and major in business.”
School,
grade:
Pittsburgh
Central
Catholic High
School, 11
Parents:
Scott and
Kimberly
Brown
Academic achievements:
4.03 QPA, P.A.H.L. Academic
All-Star, Citizens of Tomorrow
award, starting goal tender for
Central Catholic varsity ice
hockey team.
School activities:
Letterman’s Club.
Community contributions:
YMCA Sports deparment
volunteer for Junior Penguins
and swim team, St. Mary’s folk
ensemble.
Goals: “In college, I plan to
pursue either a German and
foreign affairs major or
possibly a law or business
degree.”
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School, 12
Parents:
Tamera Bryant
Academic
achievements:
National Honor
Society of High School Scholars,
Honor Roll, placed second at
FBLA regional competition.
School activities: Senior class
president, President Future
Business Leaders of America and
Vice Prersident Chapter II
Region, school newspaper.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Pressley Ridge Ice
Cream Fundae at the zoo and
Riverside Care Center, junior
writer for “The Daily News.”
Goals: “Upon graduating high
school, I plan to attend a
university and major in mass
communications and minor in
business.”
School,
grade:
Oakland
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
David and
Annette Bush
Academic
achievements: Carlow Award,
Student Ambassador,
Preidential Physical Fittness
Award.
School activities: Interact
club, OCCR, varsity swim team,
Chambers Singers, concert
chorale, dance marathon,
Spanish Club, Italian Club
Community contributions:
American Cancer Society’s
Relay for Life, St.
Bartholomew’s Lifeteen, St.
Bartholomew’s altar server,
Martin Luther King’s feed the
elderly, Residence on Fifth
volunteer.
Goals: “Attend Carlow
University and major in early
childhood education.”
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School,
grade:
Elizabeth
Forward High
School, 12
Parents:
Kevin and
Nadine Abels
Academic
achievements: GPA 4.0,
National Honor Society, top 5%
in class, Gifted Program.
School activities: Volunteer
community services through
the National Honor Society.
Engineering apprenticeship with
Allegheny Intermediate Unit.
Community contributions:
Church of the Transfiguration
volunteer, cleaning, repairing,
and renovating within the
church. Playing guitar for
church services and performing
for the Bishop and at my
minister’s ordination.
Goals: “Attend Bucknell
University School of
Engineering.”
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OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
Alexis E. Christofi
School,
grade:
Elizabeth
Forward High
School, 12
Parents:
Cynthia and
Petros
Christofi
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society,
Westinghouse Science Honors
Institute and the Pittsburgh
Junior Academy of Science.
School activities: The Green
Club, The Student Government
Association and Interact, track,
girl’s soccer.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: UPMC Mercy
Hospital. Elizabeth Forward
Soccer Association,
Youghiogheny Country Club
swim team, lifeguard.
Goals: “Attend Duquesne
University’s Bayer School of
Natural and Enviromental
Sciences.”
Theresa Dufalla
School,
grade: South
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Ronald and
Debbie
Dufalla
Academic achievements: 4.0
GPA, High Honors, ranked 6th
in class, G.A.T.E., recently
published in the Post Gazette in
the Teen View section,
attended Journalistic Writing
and Reporting Apprenticeship
sponsored by the AIV, John
Philip Sousa Award.
School activities: Yearbook
staff, SA Busters (tutoring),
Varsity Soccer, Senior High
Marching and Concert Bands.
Community contributions:
Bronze and silver awards for
Girl Scouts, community soccer.
Goals: “Attend college and
major in political science.”
Marissa Cross
School,
grade:
Pittsburgh
High School
for the
Creative and
Performing
Arts, 11
Parents:
Patty and Don Cross
Academic achievements: 4.0
GPA, National Honor Society,
Tri-M Music Honor Society,
ranked 1 in class, Outstanding
Voice Major Award.
School activities: Jazz Choir,
CAPA spring Musicals, CAPA
operas and CAPA choir.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Children’s Museum
of Pittsburgh, performed with
Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh.
Goals: “Graduate from
college with a degree in
psychology and a music minor. I
hope to become a psychologist
and continue to perform with
my voice and guitar.”
Caitlin Rose Farley
School,
grade:
Oakland
Catholic High
School, 11
Parents:
James R. and
Marlene A.
Farley
Academic achievements:
Honor Roll , M.A.P.S./
Maximizing, Adolescent
Potential thru Service.
School activities: Pittsburgh
Diosesan High School Honors
Band, Golf team letterman,
swim team letterman, Student
Ambassador, Ski Club, Spanish
Club, OC Wind Emsemble.
Community contributions:
Vounteer: The Animal Rescue
League of Western Pa.,
Standard Bearer 2010 U.S.
Women’s Open.
Goals: “Attend college (in a
warm location) and study
forensic science.”
Nicholas D’Antonio
Caitlin DeiSardo
School,
grade:
Elizabeth
Forward High
School, 12
Parents:
James and
Jenny
D’Antonio
Academic
achievements: 4.0 GPA,
National Honor Society,
Highest Honors, Carson
Scholar, Westinghouse Science
Honors Institute.
School activities: Legacy
Project — Listen to a Life
contest, string ensemble
violinist.
Community contributions:
Volunteer St. Michael Church
parish fair, violinist and concert
master of Opus II String
Orchestra, play violin at
schools, nursing homes.
Goals: “Pursue a career in
mechanical or biomedical
engineering.”
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High
School, 12
Parents:
James and
Crystal
DelSardo
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society, Honor
Roll, perfect attendance.
School activities: Student
Council, senior class
committee, PAWSS.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Sunshine Kitchen.
Church mission trips, camp
counselor.
Goals: “Attend St. Vincent
College to major in biology and
minor in biotechnology for a
career in cancer research.”
Nicholas Ferraro
Madeline
Fitzgerald
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School, 12
Parents:
Angelo and
Patricia Ferraro
Academic
achievements:
National Honors Society
Treasurer, high G.P.A., Honor
Roll.
School activities: Allegheny
Intermediate Unit nursing
apprenticeship, symphonic
band, tennis, Interact club.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Church BINGO.
Youth Group Vice President,
Sunday school teacher, helped
at several blood drives and food
banks, grass business.
Goals: “Attend Washington
& Jefferson College as a
chemistry major through the
pre-med program.”
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Anthony DeRenzo
School,
grade:
Oakland
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
Richard and
Catherine
Fitzgerald
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society, Highest Honor Roll.
School activities: Varsity
letters in crew, lacrosse and
volleyball, Western
Pennsylvania Interscholastic
Athletic League Award for AllSection lacrosse player.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Children’s Hospital,
Pittsburgh Youth Golf
Foundation Summer Camp.
Goals: “Study business and
enviromental studies for an
undergraduate degree, then go
to law school.”
Jonathan
Droznenk
School,
grade: Central
Catholic High
School, 11
Parents:
Paul and
Barbara
DeRenzo
Academic
achievements: 4.9 QPA, ranked
3rd in class, Baginski Scholars
Program, Chemistry Olympics at
University of Pittsburgh.
School activities: Football,
indoor track, baseball, Spanish
club.
Community contributions:
Board member for Central
Partners for Adolescent
Development, My Brother’s
Keeper Mentoring and Tutoring
Program, St. Mary’s Faith
Formation — Appalachian trip.
Goals: “Attend the best school
I can where I can receive a great
education, play baseball and
prepare myself for medical
school.”
School,
grade:
Woodland
Hills High
School, 12
Parents:
John Droznenk
and Marianne
Droznenk
Academic achievements: 3.6
un-weighted GPA, National
Honor Society, World Affairs
Team in the gifted department.
School activities: Band
president, head section leader,
High School District Honors
Band, playing in the orchestra
for high school musicals
Community contributions:
Eagle Scout Service Project was
to install a Veterans Memorial
at the Mongahela Cemetery,
food drive for Rainbow Kitchen.
Goals: “Attend the
University of Pittsburgh and to
study mechanical engineering.”
Rachel Forsythe
Saige Foster
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School, 12
Parents: Jeff
and Sarah
Forsythe
Academic
achievements:
National Honor Society, Honor
Roll.
School activities: Musical,
dance team, band, colorguard,
winterguard and PAWSS.
Community contributions:
Babysitting school age children
during school functions, played in
flute ensemble in Harrisburg.
Goals: “Attend University of
Pittsburgh and major in speech
pathology.”
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School,
grade:
Oakland
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
Krista Foster,
Todd Foster
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society, Highest Honor Roll,
Honors Advance Placement and
College Equivalency Curriculum,
Scholar Athlete Award.
School activities: Student
Ambassador Leader, Student
Council executive board vice
president, varsity volleyball
team captain, varsity athletic
letter, M.A.P.S.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Asbury Heights
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for Life (Washington, D.C.).
Goals: “Attend Allegheny
College as a biology major in
the pre-med program with a
minor in communications.”
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School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Corey and
Trisha
Gadson
Academic achievements:
Honor Roll, represented MASD
in state speech tournament.
School activities: School
newspaper staff, school play via
Advance Speech, S.A.D.D..
Community contributions:
Youth Missions via Lott Carey
Baptist Mission Convention,
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Youth Ministries, Youth
Counselor for McKeesport
summer basketball camp and
for Larosa Boys and Girls Club.
Goals: “Major in physical
therapy, graduate and own my
own practice.”
Natalie Hilbert
School,
grade: East
Allegheny
High School,
11
Parents:
Stephen and
Nancy Hilbert
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society, Student of the Year,
Highest Honor Roll, top 5 in
class, class cabinet.
School activities: Varsity
soccer and track, pit orchestra.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Bible school and
church nursery at Linway
Presbyterian Church. Girl
Scouts silver award, working on
gold award, assistant leader,
junior deacon.
Goals: “Attend college
majoring in education to
become an elementary teacher
or high school mathematics
teacher.”
Marissa Gogniat
School,
grade:
Gateway
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
John and
Anita Gogniat
Academic
achievements: Highest Honor
Roll, ranked 2nd in class,
National Latin Exam gold
medalist, Scholar Athlete
Award, 2010 U.S. Achievement
Academy.
School activities: Best
Buddies, Gateway High School
JCL, letterer varsity cross
country and varsity track and
field, PIAA cross country
championship qualifier.
Community contributions:
High school project designing
and sewing inspirational
pillowcases for terminally ill
children at Children’s Hospital.
Goals: “Enter a pre-med
program in college.”
Stephanie Hinkes
School,
grade:
Gateway
Senior High
School, 12
Parents:
David Hinkes
and Karen
Hinkes
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society,
National Society of High School
Scholars, High Honor Roll.
School activities: Future
Business Leaders of America.
entrepreneurship, National
History Day national finalis,
class council president, student
government.
Community contributions:
Cross Roads Presbyterian
Church Deacon, nursery
caregiver and God’s Kids
teacher, dinner theater actress,
30-hour famine.
Goals: “Attend college and
earn a degree in the field of
business or psychology.”
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Taylor Abagail
Gongaware
Zachary Grant
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Patti and
Roy
Gongaware
Academic achievements:
Honor Roll.
School activities: Future
Nurses Club, orchestra and
orchestra vice president,
Foreign Language Club
president.
Community contributions:
McKeesport Hospital, UPMC
Apprentice Program, McKeesport High School Allied Health
Program.
Goals: “Attend LaRoche’s
School of Radiology and
continue my education and
career to be a radiologist.”
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High
School, 12
Parents:
Gregory
Grant and
Judith Jones
Grant
Academic achievements:
3.0 GPA.
School activities: McKeesport Area Tiger Marching Band,
drum major, choir and
orchestra, leading roles in my
high school musicals.
Community contributions:
Bethlehem Baptist Church
mime ministry, counsler of the
Lott Carey Youth Church
Retreat gathering food,
donated medical equipment to
Haiti, member of PAWS.
Goals: “Attend Point Park
University to study in the
performing arts. I plan to major
in musical theater.”
Dena L. Gula
School,
grade: Penn
Hills Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Joe and
Donna Gula
Academic
achievements: Honor Student in
Academic/AP Course of Study.
School activities: Student
Council Treasurer, Head of
Yourth Leadership Academy,
Rythmette/Dance Team Captain,
Student Ambassador, S.A.D.D.,
concert band, high school
musicals.
Community contributions:
Play clarinet in worship band,
nursery volunteer, mentor
elementary students through
Youth Leadership Academy.
Goals: “Major in biological
science and pursue a career in the
medical field.”
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Don and Kathi
Harvey
Academic achievements:
3.97 GPA, National Honor
Society, Ranked number 8 in
class, AP classes.
School activities: National
Forensic League, 1st place
National Forensic League state
qualifers, Student Council,
S.A.D.D., PAWS, high school
musicals and children plays.
Community contributions:
Treasurer and President of
McKeesport Hospital Candy
Stripers, Junior Ladies of
Charity, theatre productions for
McKeesport Little Theater.
Goals: “Attend college and
major in musical theater. I
would love to some day be on
Broadway.”
Ashley Holl
Angela Ignasky
Zachary Jessell
Hannah Kelly
School,
grade:
Elizabeth
Forward High
School, 11
Parents: Ron
and Janine
Maurer
Academic
achievements:
High Honor Roll.
School activities: Vice
President and future President
of the Student Government
Association, inducted in the
U.S. Achievement Academy,
Warrior Choir (honors choir),
string ensemble.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: United Youth
Camps, preteen Camp, Buena
Vista Fire Company, car show,
United Church of God. Certified
in first aid.
Goals: “Attend college and
continue through a physician’s
assistant program to obtain my
master’s degree.”
School,
grade:
Elizabeth
Forward High
School, 12
Parents:
Kenneth and
Marie
Ignasky
Academic
achievements: Vice President
of National Honors Society,
High Honor Roll, Westinghouse Science Honors Institute.
School activities: President
of Interact, co-editor-in-chief
of “The Warrior,” vice present
French club, female lead in
“The Sound of Music.”
Community contributions:
Volunteer: St. Michael’s
Church. Staff for the Trib and
Daily News (McKeesport) high
school Heralds writers, altar
server at church.
Goals: “Attend Ohio
University majoring in
journalism in Fall 2010.”
School,
grade:
Woodland Hills
High School, 12
Parents:
John and
Elizabeth
Jessell
Academic
achievements:
Distinguished honors, top 10%
of class, currently taking multiple
AP courses.
School activities: Woodland
Hills High School football and
rugby captaa, bowling.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Local rugby
tournaments. Anti-bullying
committee. Most improved
swimmer, freshman year.
Goals: “Attend college and
continue my studies, while being
a student athlete.”
Alaina Harvey
School,
grade: South
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 10
Parents:
Carole
Dibernardo —
Kelly and
George Kelly
Academic achievements:
Highest Honors, ranked number
5 in class, won essay award
through Catholic Diocese.
School activities: Volunteer:
Bible school at St. Charles,
organized senior citizens dinner.
Lector and altar server at Holy
Family Church.
Community contributions:
Lector and altar server ast Holy
Family Church, planted trees
and built benches at Camp
Yough, biblw school volunteer
at St. Charles.
Goals: “Attend college and
study within the science field,
after college, I would like to
work with animals.”
Oakland Catholic High School Congratulates
These Outstanding Students:
Morgan Bush
Caitlin Farley
Madeline Fitzgerald
Saige Foster
Laura Schubert
Caroline Walker
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Andrew Tyler
Kessler
Emily Kinnunen
David Kisan
Mollie Kish
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Dave and
Terri Kisan
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society,
National Society of High School
Scholars.
School activities: President
Student Council, editor-in-chief
yearbook, captain high school
swim team, McKeesport’s 2010
production of the Wizard of Oz
— the Tinman, AIU
apprenticeship for Musical
Theater.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: McKeesport YMCA
lifeguard and swim coach,
White Oak Swim Team.
Goals: “Attend college as a
drama major then pursue a
theater arts career in New
York.”
School,
grade:
South
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 12
Parents:
Cecilia and
John Kish
Academic
achievements: 4.0 GPA,
National Honor Society,
Highest Honors, ranked 10th in
class, Gifted and Talented
Education.
School activities: Student
Council officer, Varsity
Cheerleader, Congressional Art
Show Participant, Future
Medical Careers Club.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Animal shelter and
local food bank. Began relief
effort for Haiti, Expect Respect
Team,
Goals: “I will attend college
for pre-med and become a
doctor.”
Alaina Koval
Rachel Lanyi
Maura Lyle
Christopher
Mannella
School,
grade: Serra
Catholic High
School, 11
Parents:
Chuck and
Carole Koval
Academic
achievements: National
Honors, Society, Spanish
Honor Society, Science Honor
Society, Westinghouse Science
Honors Institute, Physics
Olympic Team Member.
School activities: Varsity
girls soccer and track team.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Teacher’s aide at
Transfiguration Parish Bible
School. Future Business
Leaders of America and Junior
Achievement teacher, Middle
States Planning Committee.
Goals: “Attend Duquesne
University or the University of
Pittsburgh and major in
pharmacy.”
School,
grade: South
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 9
Parents:
Stephen and
Juliet Lanyi
Academic
achievements: High Honor
Roll, Gifted and Talented
Education.
School activities: Science
Society, Yearbook
Community contributions:
Peggy Price Studio of Dance
competitive team and student
teacher, Filipino American
Association of Pittsburgh.
Goals: “Attend college for
engineering.”
O
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Catholic
School,
grade:
Elizabeth
Forward High
School, 12
Parents: Pat
and John Lyle
Academic
achievements:
4.57 GPA,
ranked number 2 in class,
National Honor Society, Highest
Honors, nominated for the
WPIAL scholar athlete award,
WPIAL Sportsmanship/
Leadership Conference.
School activities: Newspaper
club, physics club and Interact
club, captain of 2010 science
bowl team, volleyball team.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Instructor at camp,
volleyball clinics. Interact.
Goals: “Attend a 4-year
college and play volleyball. I
hope to become a pediatrician
and work in a Children’s
Hospital.”
School,
grade: Penn
Hills Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Mary and Ed
Mannella
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society, Peer Tutor, G.A.T.E
Apprenticeship — Architecture
Program, Lamp of Knowledge
Honor Roll Award.
School activities: Jazz band,
Spanish Club, Free Spirit
Journalism Club, varsity swim
team, physics lab assistant.
Community contributions:
Pittsburgh History and
Landmarks, Rosedale Rockets
swim team coaches award.
Goals: “Attend Philadelphia
University and major in
Architecture in their Honors
Program.”
David Justin Kiss
School,
grade: South
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Denise and
John Kiss
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society, High Honors, Hugh O’
Brien Youth Leadership
Representive, 2009 Tribune
Review Outstanding Young
Citizen Nominee.
School activities: 1st trumpet
in marching and concert bands,
bowling team, SATV media club,
treasurer of Science Society.
Community contributions:
Church youth group, vacation
bible school and Living Stations
cast member, student director
and performer in Larry Cervi’s
East End Kids, private voice and
trumpet lessons.
Goals: “Attend college,
undecided on a major.”
Reita Kline
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Mary Jo and
George Kline
Academic achievements: 4.0
GPA, National Honor Society,
ranked top ten in class.
School activities: Swim team
and cross country letter.
Community contributions:
White Oak clean-up day, Girl
Scouts, lifeguarding, Secret
Santa to Auberley children.
Goals: “Attend St. Vincent
College for pharmacy and
transferring to Duquesne
University.”
Anthony Marchilena Matt Mazurek
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School, 12
Parents:
Anthony and
Geralyn
Marchilena
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society, Commonwealth of PA
Certificat of Merit.
School activities: Senior class
vice president, varsity track
captain, varsity soccer, worship
team, student council, junior
class represenative, yearbook,
choir, drama.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Forbes Hospital,
GWO Holy Spirt Seminar. Young
Life, Wendy’s H.S. Heisman
School Winner.
Goals: “Attend University to
study the humanities.”
School,
grade:
Elizabeth
Forward High
School, 12
Parents:
Rich and
Kathy
Mazurek
Academic achievements: 4.0
GPA, Top 5% of class, Highest
Honor Roll, Presidential
Education Award for Academic
Excellence, PAELT Video
Technology Award.
School activities: Treasurer
of National Honor Society, high
scool basketball team, golf
team.
Community contributions:
CCD community service hours,
co-ed volleyball.
Goals: “Attend University of
Penn State Main Campus
majoring in mechanical
engineering.”
Congratulations to
Scott Brown, Anthony Derenzo and Aaron Todorowski
High School
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School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Doug and
LeeAnn
Beitko, Dan and Johannah
Kessler
Academic achievements:
Yearly Honor Roll.
School activities: Senior
class executive board,
P.A.W.W.S, wrestling, high
school musical.
Community contributions:
St. Angela Merci Parish, Camp
Christopher counselor.
Goals: “Pursue a degree in
education.”
School,
grade:
Gateway
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Dorinne and
Martin
Kinnunen
Academic achievements:
High Honor Roll, National
History Day state competition,
3rd place, National History Day
Pittsburgh, 1st Place.
School activities: Macy’s
Great American Marching Band,
PMEA All State Regional,
District and Honors Bands,
PEMA District and Region
Orchestra, marching band.
Community contributions:
River City Youth Bass Band,
River City Brass Band,
volunteer Monroeville Cleanup
Day, Interact.
Goals: “Attend college and
double major in music
education and special
education.”
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Nathan McKerley
Mara McKinney
Megan McKinney
Taylor Minkus
School,
grade:
Gateway
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Daniel and
Lynette
McKinney
Academic achievements:
Distinguished and High Honor
Roll, National French exam,
Athlete Scholar Award, Most
Valuable Cheerleader Award.
School activities: Varsity
cheerleader, softball, class
council officer, Stand by
Me/S.A.D.D, yearbook sports
editor, ski club, Interact Club,
competition cheerleading.
Community contributions:
Recreational softball, midget
cheerleading coach, Jack Sedlak
Clean-up day Com., lifeguard,
Special Winter Olympics.
Goals: “Upon graduating
high school, I wish to major in
engineering.”
School,
grade: Serra
Catholic
High
School, 12
Parents:
Tim and
Toni Minkus
Academic
achievements: GPA 4.8,
National Honors Society,
Secretary of National Honors
Society, Science Honors
Society, French Honors
Society, Class President,
President of Serra Student
Government, Homecoming
Queen 2009.
School activities: AllSection volleyball, All-Section
basketball, part of Serra’s
Retreat Team.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: St. Mark’s Parish as
an alter server and greeter,
working at the church bazaar.
Goals: “Pursue a career
studying dentistry to specialize
in orthodontia.”
Joy Pedrow
Joshua Phillips
Domenic
Pietropaolo
Carly Pollock
School,
grade: City
Charter High
School, 9
Parents:
Colleen and
Keith McKerley
Academic
achievements:
4.0 GPA 1st trimester at City
High, High Honors, Comap
Math Competition, Student of
the Month, 1st place winner
Career Research Mock
Scholarship Competition.
School activities: Member of
City High Robotics Team, MOS
certification in Microsoft Word
and Power Point.
Community contributions:
Mission trip with Allegheny
Center Alliance Church (ACAC)
to New Orleans, Mission trip
with ACAC to Chicago.
Goals: “Attend Carnegie
Mellon University studying
engineering focusing on
robotics.”
School,
grade:
Gateway
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Debra and
John Pedrow
Academic achievements:
Honor Roll, Girls in Engineering
at Westinghouse Walts Mills,
winner of yearbook cover
design contest, Weldon
Memorial Award at Calvary
Lutheran Church.
School activities: Lettered
varsity golf.
Community contributions:
Founder of Junior Monroeville
Arts Council, junior deacon and
preschool teacher at Level
Green Presbyterian Church,
guest on Comcast’s “Start with
Art,” junior counselor at
Jumonville Christian Camp.
Goals: “Attend a major
university majoring in business
and minoring in art.”
School,
grade:
Gateway
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Daniel and
Lynette
McKinney
Academic achievements:
High Honor Roll and Honor
Roll, Athlete Scholar Award.
School activities: Varsity
cheerleader, softball, class
council, Stand by Me/S.A.D.D.,
ski club, Interact Club,
competition cheerleading.
Community contributions:
Recreational softball, midget
cheerleading coach, Jack Sedlak
Clean-up day Com., lifeguard,
Special Winter Olympics,
Monroeville Recreation
Halloween Night Out, Easter
Egg Hunt and Snacks with
Santa.
Goals: “Study nursing and
specialize in pediatrics.”
School,
grade:
Gateway
Senior High
School, 12
Parents:
Geoff and
Lynn Phillips
Academic
achievements: Distinguished
Honor Roll, National Merit,
finalist, President of National
Honor Society, Captian of
Hometown High-Q team,
President of Junior Classical
League.
School activities: Chemistry
Olympics, Future Business
Leaders of Amercia, History
Club, Business Aprenticeship
with University of Pittsburgh.
Community contributions:
Habitat for Humanity, vacation
bible school, Eagle Scout.
Goals: “I will study
engineering business and the
classics in college and would like
to travel abroad.”
School,
grade: Plum
Senior High
School, 12
Parents:
Marie
Pietropaolo
Academic
achievements:
Scholar Athlete
Award, WPIAL Leader Among
Leaders Award.
School activities: Captain,
Varsity Wrestling, Eastern Area
Champion ’08, runner-up ’09,
Allegheny County runner-up
’09.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: server semi-annual
church dinners, trainer in weight
training for underclassmen.
Alter server at St. Januarius.
Goals: “Attend college majoring in secondary education and
persue a career in law or
chiropractic education.”
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School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Paul and
Cathy Pollock
Academic
achievements: National
Honors Society Vice President,
Honor Roll, ranked 14th in
class.
School activities: Cross,
country, musical, swim team,
Forensicis Club, marching
band, symphonic band,
Acapella chior, Children’s Play.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: St. Patrick’s CCD
Center as a secretary and
teachers aide. Babysitter.
Goals: “Attend a four year
university and major in
broadcast communications.”
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Cheyanne Novich
Jordan T. Oeler
School,
grade: South
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Kelly Walters
Academic
achievements:
GPA 4.0,
National Honor Society, National
Honor Roll, ranked number 2 in
class, Who’s Who — all academic
excellence.
School activities: Junior class
officer — secretary, science fair,
Future Medical Careers Club, The
Future is Mine Club.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Special Olympics.
Helped organize many donations
for local people in need through
Future Medical Careers Club.
Goals: “Attend college for a
profession in the medical field.”
School,
grade: Serra
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
Matthew Oeler
and Beth Ann
Stephan
Academic
achievements: President of
National Honor Society and
National French Honor Society,
National Science Honor
Society, Westinghouse Science
Honors Institute.
School activities:
International Thespian Society,
Future Business Leaders of
America, Tri-M Music Honor
Society Vice President.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Junior Achievement
volunteer coordinator,
President of Serra Catholic
Chapter.
Goals: “Attend Georgetown
University majoring in
international business and
finance.”
Joshua Pomilio
Elizabeth
Prokopchak
School,
grade:
Elizabeth
Forward High
School, 12
Parents:
Anna Marie
and Michael
Pomilio
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society, Honor Roll, National
Honor Society team leader.
School activities: Varsity
football captain, Tri-County All
Star Football Game, All
Conference defensive back, All
Conference running back (junior
year) and punter (senior year).
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Special Needs
Basketball Event.
Goals: “Attend Slipperly Rock
University to major in
education.”
School,
grade: South
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 12
Parents:
Joseph and
Kathleen
Prokopchak
Academic achievements:
United States Achievement
Academy; Who’s Who in
English, Honor Roll.
School activities: Class
Officer, peer helper, S.A.D.D.,
powderpuff football.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Breakfast with
Santa, senior citzen dinner,
concession stand.
Goals: “I plan to major in the
psychology and education
field.”
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John M. Ragan
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Robert and
Susan Rajcsok
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society, ranked
second in class, Highest
Honors, scholarship from US
Steel for Academics and
Service, Women in Science
Award for Chemistry from
Seton Hill University.
School activities: Student
council representative
Community contributions:
Volunteer: St. Angela Merici
Parish helping with the summer
festival.
Goals: “Attend the University
of Pittsburgh for pre-pharmacy
and pursue a career in
research.”
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Domenic Roberta
School,
grade:
Gateway
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Brian and
Mary Roberta
Academic
achievements: Environment
Club, Expect Respect, FBLA
member, Science Fair, Peer
mediator, National Technical
Honor Society.
School activities: Varsity
wrestling, first place in regional
mathematics competition.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Veterans Hospital,
Boy Scout and future Eagle
Scout, help senior citizens,
helped in creating Swissvale
Library video collection.
Goals: “Attend the University
of Pittsburgh for a doctor’s
degree anesthesiology and
hopefully continue wrestling.”
Shelby Ruschak
School,
grade:
Elizabeth
Forward High
School, 9
Parents:
David
Ruschak,Jessie
Ruschak
Academic achievements:
Honors English, High Honor
Roll, Presidential Award
School activities: Swim and
diving team, track and field,
Green Club, Middle School
Theatre, high school yearbook.
Community contributions:
New Hope Assembly of God
vacation bible school, swim
club, PMEA distric choir.
Goals: “Major in either
theatre or work in the health
field, also major in psychology.”
Laura Schubert
School,
grade:
Oakland
Catholic
High
School, 12
Parents:
Richard and
Mary Schubert
Academic achievements:
Highest Honor Roll, National
Honor Society, Grand Conqer
National French Examine
Award, St. Timothy Award,
Outstanding Catholic Student,
Joan of Arc Medallion Recipent.
School activities: Student
Council senator, campus
ministry, golf team captain.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Children’s Hospital,
University of Pittsburgh’s
School of Nursing and the
American Liver Foundation.
Alter server for Holy Innocents
Parish.
Goals: “Aspire to study
nursing in college thus
pursuing a career in helping
others.”
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Hills Senior
High School,
11
Parents:
Rich and
Patty Stevens
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society, High Honor Roll, AP
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Westinghouse Science Honors
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School activities: German
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Free Spirit Literary Magazine,
high school musicals, swim team,
varsity letter.
Community contributions:
Beulah Mission Projects:
Youthworks Ministry, Open
Hands Ministry, An Ordered Life.
Beulah Pancake Breakfast,
Beulah Nursery Helper, Beulah
Youth Group, German tutor.
Goals: “Attend Cornell
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focusing on my German skills.”
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grade: Serra
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
John and
Nanette
Ragan
Academic
achievements: 5.07 GPA,
National Merit Scholarship
Finalist, National Honor
Society, National Science Honor
Society, National Spanish
Honor Society, Academic
Worldquest Competition,
BotsIQ Competition.
School activities: Volunteer:
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Deer Valley YMCA SALT and
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Goals: “I plan to study civil
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Meghan Sullivan
School,
grade: Serra
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
Jerry and
Michelle
Sullivan
Academic
achievements: GPA 4.9, AP
and college classes, National
Honor Society, French Honor
Society, Thespian Honor
Society, Rachel Carson book
award and scholarship,
Westinghouse Science Honors
Institute, All-American Scholar,
Published in Creative
Communication.
School activities: Junior
Achievement, Future Business
Leaders of America, Serra
Serves, musical and flute choir.
Community contributions:
Appalachia Mission Trip, March
for Life, Pittsburgh Irish
Festival, student presenter at
the Junior Achievement Spirt of
Enterprise Dinner and awards
ceremony, Nominee for the
Caplan — Cieber Human
Relations Scholarship Award.
Goals: “Attend college to
study elementary education
and child psychology.”
Chelsi Loretta
Swank
School,
grade: South
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 10
Parents:
Greg and
Debbie Swank
Academic achievements:
High Honors Student, ranked
number 2 in class, Accelerated
Gifted Program, Port Vue
American Legion Award, John
Philip Sousa Award.
School activities: Student
council, South Allegheny High
School band and yearbook staff
and concession stand.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Breakfast with
Santa, bingos, senior citizen
dinners, community work,
recycling. Dancer at Ken and
Jean’s Dance Studio, Junior
Cecchetti Company of America,
Girl Scout Silver Award,
assistant to younger Girl
Scouts. St. Mark’s Church plays
Goals: “Attend a college that
highlights the performing arts
majoring in cinematograhy
film/video production or major
in elementary education.”
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Keyan Taylor
School,
grade:
McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Tina Johnson
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society, Honor Roll.
School activities: Yearbook
staff, volunteer in the Special
Education class, dual
enrollment at Penn State
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Community Food
Bank and youth summer
program. Kunto Writers
Workshop
Goals: “To become a
successful and inspirational
special education teacher.”
Aaron
Todorowski
School,
grade: Central
Catholic High
School, 9
Parents:
Donald J.
Todorowski
Sr., Norma J.
Todorowski
Academic
achievements: High Honor
Roll, Honors History, Honors
Advanced Algebra. Selected to
attend Lead America National
Leadership Conference.
School activities: Vounteer
helping the needy within Celtic
Healthcare.
Community contributions:
Altar server at St. Mary of the
Assumption Church, coach in
assistance to the St. Mary
School Forensic League and
teacher of CCD courses,
Folklore Ensemble Hrvatski
Tanac group.
Goals: “Study theology and
history in college.”
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Mariah Torres
School,
grade: McKeesport
Area Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Donna Torres
Academic
achievements: Honor Roll
every year since 9th grade, vice
president FBLA, Westinghouse
Science Honors Institute.
School activities: Omega Psi
Phi HBCU, National Forensic
League Degree of Excellence,
AP Scholar, track & field.
Community contributions:
District 78 Dance Crew, One
Nation Dance Ministry, captain
MHS Dance team, MHS
musical productions, “Camera
1” audio and visual, member of
the youth department.
Goals: “Go on to college and
study film as my major. Then
move back to California and get
started on my career as a
movie director.”
Marla Tortorice
School,
grade: Serra
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
Mark and
Susan
Tortorice
Academic
achievements: National
Honors Society treasurer,
French Honors Society
secretary/treasurer, Ruby
Honor Roll, Pennsylvania
Junior Academy of Science, 1st
place regional and state,
Pittsburgh Regional Science
and Engineering Fair, sponsor
awards and scholarships.
School activities:
Winterguard, musical, Future
Business Leaders of America
1st place regional competition,
Thespian Society.
Community contributions:
Port Vue Council Official Junior
Council Person, Junior
Achievement, FBLA.
Goals: “Attend University of
Pittsburgh for undergraduate
and major in history. Go on to
Georgetown University’s Law
School.”
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Jackie
Tyszkiewicz
School,
grade: South
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 10
Parents:
Ron and
Debbie
Tyszkiewicz
Academic
achievements: GPA 4.3, Highest
Honor Roll, ranked 1st in class.
School activities: Varsity
basketball team, The Future Is
Mine.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: At my church. AAU
basketball.
Goals: “Attend a university
and become successful in life.”
Jennifer D.
Vernon
A.J. Vogt
School,
grade: The
Ellis School, 12
Parents:
Ronald
Vernon,
Deborah
Vernon
Academic
achievements: Rotary Club
Student of Distinction Awardee,
Student Diversity Leader,
News, co-sports & style editor
of the Ellisian Times, Art editor
Ellis Literary Magazine.
School activities: Junior
State of America, track and field
letterer, marching band and
mock trial tream. Ellis School
orchestra.
Community contributions:
Senior Girl Scout, Peer Tutor,
Civil Air Patrol, Mount Saint
Peter’s Church Youth Ministry
Advisor, New Kensington
Volunteer Fire Department
Fireman’s Band.
Goals: “Attend DePaul
University and study economics
with a focus in world finance.”
School,
grade: South
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 10
Parents:
Becky and
Fred Vogt
Academic
achievements: High Honors,
G.A.T.E.
School activities: The Future
is Mine, Expect Respect,
Student Council, SATV, school
newspaper, varsity soccer,
swim team, senior high
marching, jazz and concert
bands.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Special Olympics,
senior citizen dinner, Breakfast
with Santa, Fun to Be a Kid
day.
Goals: “Attend a university
to obtain my masters in
business and minor in law.”
Caroline C. Wallker
School,
grade:
Oakland
Catholic High
School, 11
Parents:
Gregory and
Lori Walker
Academic
achievements: National Honors
Society, Highest Honor Roll,
National Society of High School
Scholars, Joan of Arc Society
Scholar, American Legion
Award.
School activities: Student
council officer, varsity golf and,
varsity swim team letterer,
three gold cup recipient Junior
Music Festival piano
competition.
Community contributions:
Vounteer: UPMC Passavant
Hospital, Heritage Valley Health
System medical practice,
Northwestern University Civic
Week, St. Lucy’s Auxilary
Program, Respect Life Club,
Campus Ministry, St. Teresa of
Avila parish volunteer.
Goals: “Study science in
college and eventually attend
medical school.”
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School,
grade: Serra
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
William J.
Wasko Jr.,
Denice A.
Wasko
Academic
achievements: GPA 5.0
weighted, top 5% in class,
National Honor Society, French
Honor Society, Science Honor
Society, Merit Awards, Subject
Medals in Art Class.
School activities: AIU “”Art
Career”” Apprenticeship, Stage
Crew spring school musical,
stage manager, BOTs IQ team,
SWPA BOTs IQ competition,
school paper contributing
writer, yearbook staff.
Community contributions:
Vounteer: West Overton
Historical Village Clean-up Day,
St. Colman Church lenten fish
fry, St. Stephen Church youth
education program assistance
in art project. Young
Rembrants children’s drawing
instructor.
Goals: “Attend the Robert E.
Cook Honors College at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania for a
BFA in Studio Art and other
studies.”
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Andrew Wilson
School,
grade:
Elizabeth
Forward
High
School, 12
Parents:
Mark
Wilson, Janet Calabrisi
Academic achievements:
Nationall Honors Society
President, High Honors,
National Merit, Westinghouse
Science Institute.
School activities: Volunteer:
At V.A. Neighborhood lawn
care.
Goals: “Attend college to
major in engineering and
receive an education in
business.”
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