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2 — TRIB TOTAL MEDIA
OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
Keynote speaker and judges
From the president
Keynote speaker
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 activities 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 295 students representing 20 schools. We are
proud to have the opportunity to give them 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
Ralph Martin 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 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 that we are able to do so.
Ralph Martin
President & C.E.O.
Trib Total Media
Sunday, May 2, 2010
John Fedko is Channel 11 Sports
director and anchor. John reports for
Channel 11 News at 6 and 11 PM, and
hosts The Fedko Fone Zone, a local
sports call-in show on PCNC. John
joined Channel 11 in October of 1987. He
was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, and was
raised near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
John earned a Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Southern
California. His career as sports anchor has taken him to
Odessa, Amarillo, and Corpus Christi, Texas, and
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. John is married with five children,
and is actively involved with numerous Catholic charities.
His most memorable sports stories include covering the
Pittsburgh Penguins as they won two Stanley Cups. He has
been voted Pittsburgh's favorite sportscaster by Pittsburgh
Magazine and numerous other publications.
Judges
Richele Ward, Fundraiser and Senior Campaign
Director for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, has
worked with the society for 17 years.
She has worked on several campaigns
including The Light the Night Walk and
The Man and Woman of the Year
campaign. In addition, she oversees the
Young Professional Board. Richele is a
graduate of Ohio University with a
Business degree and received her
Master's in Leadership and Liberal Studies at Duquesne
University.
Kiley Cauvel currently serves as
Director of Advertising and Creative
Services for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Baseball Club. Kiley joined the organization in 2005. Prior to that she
worked in various roles at Mellon
Arena, beginning in Group Sales and
rising to Director of Marketing. She is
a graduate of Grove City College and a
fellow with the International Radio
and Television Society.
Amanda Trocki is a recent graduate of La Roche
College with a Bachelors of Science degree in Interior
Design. Desiring to commit to a year of service
following graduation, Amanda currently
serves as a Public Ally for AmeriCorps
and a Program Assistant for
Pittsburgh Cares. Throughout her
service, Amanda has coordinated and
managed volunteer projects for
hundreds of individuals and personally
enjoys volunteering for a local food
pantry on a weekly basis. Amanda is
honored to be a judge for this year's
Outstanding Young Citizen Award and congratulates all
participants for their efforts towards exellence in the
Pittsburgh community.
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Ryan T. Allen
School,
grade:
Aquinas
Academy, 12
Parents:
Spencer and
Terri Allen
Academic
achievements:
Magna Cum Laude Honors, 4.0
GPA, Athletic Scholar, National
Merit Commended Scholar, VP
Student Government
School activities: Varsity
basketball, lacrosse, VP
Student Government
Community contributions:
Co-head of School Service
Committee, Lifeguard at
Woodlands Foundation for
Special Needs Youth.
Goals: “I plan on studying
computer engineering in college.
Afterwards, I plan on attending
law school. Throughout my
college experience, I hope to
keep contributing to the
community.”
Marielena Balouris
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents: Dr.
Chris and
Kathy Balouris
Academic achievements:
High Honor Roll, National
Junior Honors Society, selected
for Middle States Accreditation
Committee
School activities: Student
Council Corresponding
Secretary, Staff Appreciation
Committee, principal role in
Spring Musical CATS
Community contributions:
Active GOYA member (Greek
Orthodox Youth Association)
— many service projects (Feed
the Homeless Hosanna
Industries, Health kits for Haiti)
Goals: “I plan on majoring in
communications or pre-med. I
want to continue to pursue my
hobbies of musical theater,
music, and basketball.”
Sarah Amick
School,
grade:
Northgate
Jr./Sr. High
School, 10
Parents:
Randy and
Sharon Amick
Academic achievements:
Distinguished honors,
maintained a GPA of over 95
percent
School activities:
Participated in cross country,
marching band, member of
Environmental Club, I started
and ran an Improv acting group
Community contributions:
Mentoring second graders at
Bellevue Elementary, recycled
school’s papers
Goals: “I’m planning on going
into environmental sciences,
possibly at Carnegie Mellon
University. No matter what
profession I go into, I’m mostly
looking to have a positive
impact on the world.”
Luke Barbour
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 9
Parents:
Jack and Lisa
Barbour
Academic
achievements: High Honor
Roll, American Legion Award
Nominee, Outstanding
Academic Excellence —
President’s Education Awards
Program
School activities: Senator —
Student Council, Vice President
— Class Council), Member —
Mars High School Golf Team
Community contributions:
Special Interest Service Award,
Service Award — Mars Area
Middle School, member —
Mars United Presbyterian
Church youth group
Goals: “I plan to attend a
four year university and major
in either business or political
science.”
Toren (Tori)
Andrewson
School,
grade:
Quaker Valley
High School,
9
Parents:
Ruth Siegfried
and Janet
Andrewson
Academic achievements:
Maintain at least a 4.0,
Distinguished Honor Roll,
Friends of Quaker Valley Top
Math and Science Student
Award
School activities: Tri-County
Choir Institute’s Teen Chorale,
Tri-County Choir Institute’s
Village Singers adult choir
Community contributions:
Retirement home performances
with the Teen Chorale, Passion
Play performances at more than
15 churches per season
Goals: “I would like to study
science in college, and to
eventually become a doctor.”
Cameron Barnes
School,
grade: PineRichland High
School, 10
Parents:
David and
Connie Barnes
Academic
achievements: Member of
American Mensa, Highest
Honor Roll each quarter, Merit
Scholar, scored a 5 on the AP
Government Exam, AP classes
School activities: Mock Trial,
EuroChallenge team member,
Member of the Pine-Richland
Academic WorldQuest Team,
first place Model U.N.
Community contributions:
People to People Global Youth
Forum delegate — earned 50
community service hours.
Goals: “I plan to attend a
four-year university and study
International Affairs,
Economics, or Political Science.
I also plan to row crew at the
collegiate level.”
TRIB TOTAL MEDIA —
Kara Angeletti
Kendra Anick
William Athol
Kurt Beatty
Tabitha Bemis
Rachel Boody
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents: Ken
and Kelly
Angeletti
Academic
achievements:
Consistent 4.1 GPA, Ranked
7th in Class, honor roll
annually, first junior editor-inchief of yearbook.
School activities: All-school
play, all-school musical,
member of the Learning
Enrichment Program, Spanish
Club, varsity soccer, shadowed
an attorney from one of the
largest law firms in Pittsburgh.
Community contributions:
Volunteer coordinator for the
Red Octopus Program for
mentally disabled children
Goals: “After graduating high
school, I hope to attend college
and major in law, communications, or journalism.”
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 12
Parents:
Jeffrey and
Nancy Beatty
Academic
achievements: AP Scholar with
Honor, National Honor Society
Scholarship Recipient, Westinghouse Science Honors
Institute
School activities: Varsity
Indoor/Outdoor Track and
Field, Orchestra/Golden
Strolling Strings, Eco-Action
Community contributions:
Boy Scouts of America Troop
81, Brotherhood Member of the
Order of the Arrow, Key Club
Goals: “I am completeing my
Eagle Scout Project. I plan to
obtain a bachelor of Science in
Physics and to attend a
graduate program in astrophysics. I hope to become a
physics researcher.”
School,
grade:
Northgate
Jr./Sr. High
School, 11
Parents:
Bob and
Lynn Anick
Academic achievements:
High and Highest Honor Rolls
School activities: SADD
President (Students Against
Destructive Decisions), Drum
Major (Marching Band),
German Club, Jazz Concert and
Concert Choir, Spring Musical,
Student Council, Yearbook,
Bowling, Track & Field.
Community contributions:
Volunteering for the Northgate
Elementary Drama Club, Avalon
Volunteer Fire Company
Auxiliary junior member
Goals: “To attend a
university to pursue a double
major in business management
and accounting, then move on
to a culinary arts school.”
School,
grade:
Quaker
Valley High
School, 12
Parents:
Robin and
Frank Bemis
Academic achievements:
Four year honor-roll member,
National Honors Society
Member.
School activities: Yearbook
member since 10th grade,
participates in Rachel Scott
Club, Participates in 4 varsity
level sports: Track and Field,
Cheerleading, Diving and
Gymnastics, Selected captain
of 2010 Cheer Squad and
Diving Team
Community contributions:
Spanish 3/4 Teacher’s
Assistant, Altar Server at
church, works at Sonic DriveIn.
Goals: “I plan to attend Penn
State University to run track
and study nursing.”
3
School,
grade:
Sewickley
Academy, 11
Parents:
Beth and
Barrie Athol
Academic
achievements:
Highest Honor Roll
School activities: Quiz Bowl
Team, Math Team, Lacrosse
Team.
Community contributions:
Acolyte/Scripture reader at St.
Paul Episcopal Church, Christian
Fellowship Club, annual mission
trip through church
Goals: “Pursue a liberal arts
degree at a top school and then
go from there.”
School, grade: Shaler Area
High School, 9
Parents: Doug and Wendy
Boody
Academic achievements: All
honors courses, highest honor
roll, Future Teacher’s of
America, Junior Achievement
School activities: Track and
Field (winter and spring),
Marching Band
Community contributions:
Active member of Elfinwild
Presbyterian Church, Involved in
Youth Choir, Vacation Bible
School, 9 years of Girl Scouts.
Goals: “I would like to attend
a college that will allow me to
obtain a teaching degree in
math and music.”
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OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
Sunday, May 2, 2010
OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
4 — TRIB TOTAL MEDIA
Kevin Bunce
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Dan and Sue
Bunce
Academic
achievements: Highest Honor
Roll, GOAL (Gifted) Program,
AP Scholar, Consistent 4.0
GPA, American Legion Award,
President’s Education Award.
School activities: NATV
Production Assistant, Student
Council Treasurer, School Play
Technical Director, Stage Crew
Community contributions:
Church Summer CCD Chair, Boy
Scouts, Hugh O’Brian Youth
(HOBY) Ambassador, Altar
Server, Order of the Arrow
Goals: “Hope to attain a
degree in engineering from a
prestigious college, then
pursue a successful career in
engineering.”
Megan Coleman
School,
grade:
Northgate
Jr./Sr. High
School, 12
Parents:
Mark and
Alice Coleman
Academic
achievements: Ranked 2nd in
class, National Honor Society:
Treasurer, Distinguished Honor
Roll.
School activities: Marching
and Concert Bands, clarinet
ensemble, Allegheny Valley
Honors Band, PMEA District
Band, mentoring program,
Student Council: Vice
President.
Community contributions:
All Girls Lockin Mentor, Church
Youth Group, Vacation Bible
School volunteer, Special
Olympics volunteer.
Goals: “Attend Robert
Morris University and obtain a
degree in actuarial science.”
Daniel W. Cadwell
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Tom and Diane
Cadwell
Academic
achievements:
Consistent Honor Roll, Perfect
Attendance Award 2006present.
School activities: Varsity
Letter — Track and Field,
Varsity Letter — Cross Country.
Community contributions:
Boy Scout — Troop 194, Eagle
Scout Rank earned October
2009, Volunteer at Animal
Friends, Altar Server — St.
Mary’s Church, Volunteer at
Vacation Bible School —
Stoneridge Church
Goals: “I plan to attend
college and earn a degree, but at
this point my major is
undecided.”
Caitlin Collins
School,
grade: PineRichland High
School, 11
Parents:
Jim and
Marene
Collins
Academic achievements:
4.25 GPA, National Honor
Society, Student Council,
Highest Honor Roll, Lions Club
Award Recipient.
School activities: Member of
Pine Richland Varsity Field
hockey Team, Peer Buddies,
Peer Tutoring.
Community contributions:
Member of Best Buddies
Organization, Volunteer at St.
Richard Church summer
program, Participated in Breast
Cancer Awareness week with
Field Hockey team
Goals: “After graduating
high school, I plan to attend a
four year college to major in
medicine.”
Dannielle Cagliuso
School,
grade:
Quaker Valley
High School,
12
Parents:
Joseph and
Jennifer
Cagliuso
Academic achievements:
Completed high school
requirements in three years,
advanced placement and college
classes in senior year
School activities:
Sportswriter for the awardwinning student newspaper The
Quaker Quill, member of the
French Club
Community contributions:
Earned Girl Scout Silver and
Bronze Awards, volunteeers at
Sewickley Valley Hospital
Goals: “Plans to attend
medical school to become an
orthopaedic surgeon,
endocrinologist, or sports
cardiologist.”
Rachael Cooper
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Intermediate
High School,
10
Parents:
Carl and
Anita Cooper
Academic achievements:
Constant 4.3 GPA, Ranked 2nd
in class, National Junior Honors
Society, All honors student
School activities: Honors
Chamber Choir, Junior Classical
League (Latin Club)
Community contributions:
Counselor at church day camp,
have earned Silver and Bronze
awards through Girl Scouts,
volunteer at West Penn
Hospital
Goals: “I am working on my
Gold Award in Girl Scouts. I am
unsure of what major I will
pursue or what college I want to
attend.”
Ian Carroll
School,
grade:
Sewickley
Academy, 11
Parents:
Scott and Jill
Carroll
Academic
achievements:
High Honor Roll every
Semester, Howard J. Heinz
Scholarship, AP Scholar, SA
Scholar Athlete, Student
Ambassador and Tour Guide
School activities: Varsity
Track and Field, Varsity Cross
Country and Most Imporved
Runner Award, Bowling,
Japanese Culture Club
Community contributions:
Sweetwater Center for the Arts
Volunteer, Relay for Life Team;
Member, Rotary Gateway Teen
Leadership Council
Goals: “I plan on attending
college to major in Chemistry
with a minor in German
language.”
Laura Cottington
School,
grade: North
Catholic, 10
Parents: Rob
and LuAnn
Cottington
Academic
achievements:
High Honor
Roll, 4.3 GPA, ranked first in
class, Leadership Team
School activities: Oboe
player in pit/stage roles for
spring/fall musicals, crew
Community contributions:
Girl Scouts Silver Award,
currently working toward Gold,
CYO basketball and softball.
Goals: “I want to attend a
Catholic college and major in
social work.”
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Kahla Cerqua
Sophia Ciocca
Jason Crooks
Mikal Daskivich
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 10
Parents:
Ray and
Christina
Cerqua
Academic achievements:
Maintaining a 3.5 and above
GPA, High Honors.
Community Contributions:
Completed volunteer work at
the Shaler North Hills Library,
Attended the Walk For A
Healthy Community
Downtown.
Goals: “After graduating high
school, I am planning to attend
college and become a registered
nurse or study sports
medicine.”
School,
grade:
Hampton
High School,
11
Parents:
John and
Francine
Crooks
Academic achievements:
High Honor Roll, numerous
honors classes, including
honors chemistry, honors
physics, and honors biology
School activities: Chess
Club, Environmental Club,
Spanish Club
Community contributions:
St. Mary’s of the Assumption
Church lector and volunteer for
the CCD Family Program,
volunteer for youth
instructional basketball camp
Goals: “To obtain a master’s
degree in Environmental Health
Science with a minor in
Safety.”
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 12
Parents:
Joseph and
Sharon Ciocca
Academic
achievements: National Merit
Semifinalist, 4.4 GPA, 3 National
Spanish Exam Gold Awards,
FBLA State Qualifier 2008,
National Honors Society,
Apprenticeships in Animation
and Architecture
School activities: Forensics
Team: Lincoln-Douglas Debate,
Stage Crew for Spring musicals
Community contributions:
Tutor at Ingomar Elementary
School, volunteer through Zonta
Club, babysit regularly.
Goals: “Enter college with an
undecided major, enroll in the
Peace Corps after graduation.
Ultimately attend medical or
dental school.”
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Scott and Pam
Daskivich
Academic
achievements: I have earned a
grade point average of over 4.0
for the past three years, High
Honor Roll member, ranked No.7
in my class for the past three
years
School activities: Secretary of
Spanish Club and participant for
three years, Interact Club
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Saint Kilian Church:
Youth Group/Life Teen, altar
server, aided with rummage sale,
aided with Fish Fry, 2010
Catholic Heart Work Camp
Goals: “I would like to attend a
good university to study
business and education with
hopes of becoming a teacher or
going into the business field.”
HAMPTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT
Applauds our students who honor
themselves, their families, and their school by being recognized as
OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZENS
Congratulations and Thank You for Continuing the
Hampton Tradition Of Excellence
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OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
Sunday, May 2, 2010
School,
grade: Mars
High School, 11
Parents: Fred
and Vicki Dean
Academic
achievements:
Consistent 4.0
GPA, High
Honor Roll, Class Rank 5th
School activities: Mars
Varsity baseball team, Most
Valuable Pitcher Award, Mars
Ski Club, Mars Rod and Gun
Club, player on the Springdale
Western Pennsylvania Elite
Baseball League Team
Community contributions:
Member of the Holy Sepulcher
Roman Catholic Church,
Volunteer at the Ballzone
Summer Baseball Camp
Goals: “Plan to attend a
college with a strong science
and math department. I would
like to continue to play baseball
in college.”
Vanessa Dufford
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 10
Parents:
Duane and
Laurie Dufford
Academic
achievements: Honor roll every
quarter, selected to attend
Strings North for Orchestra,
selected to mentor 6th grade
orchestra students.
School activities: Orchestra
mentor program, Student
Council, Orchestra, Varsity
Softball, REACH, Water
Protection Club.
Community contributions:
Volunteer: Upward Basketball,
Bloodbank, Adams Twp.
Community Days, Coach at
Upward Basketball Camp, High
School Trick-or-Treat Night,
Church Flea Market, College Fair
Goals: “I hope to major in
Psychology/Education, and
pursue a career in counseling.”
Matthew J. Devlin
School,
grade:
Vincentian
Academy, 11
Parents:
Patrick and
Lauren Devlin
Academic
achievements: High Honors,
International Baccalaureate
Candidate
School activities: Two year
Varsity Lacrosse letter, Three
year Varsity Cross Country
letter
Community contributions:
St. Bonaventure Vacation Bible
School volunteer, North Hills
Community Outreach
volunteer, Jubilee Soup Kitchen
volunteer, Race for the Cure
participant, St. Bonaventure
Fish Fry and Market Day
fundraisers
Goals: “I am interested in
studying either engineering or
architecture in college.”
Jennifer Dulski
School,
grade: North
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
Linda M.
Dulski and
Robert J.
Dulski
Academic achievements:
Awards: National Honors
Society, Adele Award for
Formation in Faith, two
Outstanding Catholic Student
awards
School activities: Diocesan
Youth Council Representative,
Campus Ministry, L.I.F.E.,
Yearbook, Leadership Team
Community contributions:
Assistant teacher for special
education CCD religion classes,
organized a Meals-On-Wheels
benefit concert
Goals: “I plan to go to
LaRoche College for Elementary
Education and Special
Education.”
Meghan
Diefenbacher
Alexa Doerfler
Danielle L. Dorazio John Dubensky
Alec Evachek
Becca Faix
Christopher
Fedosick
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Jennifer and
Gregg
Diefenbacher
Academic
achievements: Currently
ranked No. 1 in class, highest
honor roll, Westinghouse
Science Honors Institute
School activities: Introduce a
Girl to Engineering, AFS Club
(American Field Service), cup
soccer and travel soccer
Community contributions:
Volunteer at the Butler County
Humane Society, make holiday
cards for residents at an
assisted living facility, babysit
Goals: “I plan to pursue a
career in bio-medical engineering. I hope one day to be a
medical researcher and to cure
diseases.”
School,
grade:
Northgate
High School,
10
Parents:
Trish Evachek
and Jim
Evachek
Academic achievements: 4.0
GPA, Distinguished Honor Roll,
Honors Classes, Who’s Who
2006-2008, John Hopkins
S.A.T. in 2007, Accelerated
Reader Awards, Highest grade
in German I and II
School activities: Varsity
letter in track & field, Student
Council, environmental trip
Community contributions:
YMCA referee and coach youth
sports, Help out mother with
CCD, Shovel walks for residents
Goals: “I wish to attend the
University of Pittsburgh and
study pre-med. After receiving
my master’s, I want to attend
John Hopkins University for my
PhD.”
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents: Ben
Doerfler and
Lisa DeCarolis
Academic
achievements: Honor Roll
every year, continuous 3.9
GPA, Presidents Award for
Academic Excellence, Certificate
of Excellence in Leadership
Developement
School activities: Orchestra
and the Golden Strolling
Strings, Student Council
Community Contributions:
Mission trip to New Orleans,
tutoring, fundraising for a local
family in need, teach
gymnastics
Goals: “I plan to go to college
to become a psychologist and
ultimately run my own private
practice.”
School,
grade: Aquinas
Academy, 9
Parents:
Pete and
Theresa Faix
Academic
achievements:
Summa Cum
Laude and Magna Cum Laude
every quarter
School activities: Chorus,
Basketball, Vivat Vita Pro-Life
Club, March for Life in
Washington D.C., Member of
Drama Club for three years,
President of Drama Club
Community contributions:
St. Richard Life Teen Member
and Volunteer, babysits,
volunteered at St. John
Speicialty Care Center in Mars,
11th year of dance
Goals: “I would like to attend
college and pursue a career in
forensic science.”
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
Shool, 11
Parents:
Sidney and
Carolyn
Dorazio
Academic achievements: All
Academic Scholar Athlete,
Junior National Honor Society,
Key Clubs, 4.2 GPA, National
Youth Leadership on Medicine
— Washington, D.C.
School activities: Women’s
Varsity Soccer Team
Community contributions:
Volunteer for UPMC Passavant
Hospital, enrollee in St. Lucy
Auxillary — Candidate for
Medallion Ball, volunteer St.
Alexis Parish’s Life Teen &
Bible School Programs.
Goals: “College majoring in
science/medicine and playing
soccer.”
School,
grade:
Northgate
High School,
12
Parents:
Tom and
Pam
Fedosick
Academic achievements:
Honor Roll, PJAS placed 2nd,
AP credit, Honors classes,
National Honors Society
Nomination
School activities: Baseball,
Deck Hockey.
Community contributions:
Eagle Scout, Eagle project —
provided 115 backpacks filled
with various toiletries to 2
homeless shelters, Participated
in Dumpster Days
Goals: “After I graduate high
school, I am going to La Roche
College for National Security
Studies.”
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School,
grade:
Pittsburgh
Perry
Traditional
Academy, 12
Parents:
John and
Nancy
Dubensky
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society
President, University of
Rochester Bausch & Lamb
Science Award, High Honor Roll,
Center for Advanced Studies
School activities: Varsity
football, swim team captain, Jazz
band, Orchestra, Spring Musical
crew, All-City Football 1st Team
Offense.
Community contributions:
Eagle Scout, altar server St. Pius
X Byzantine Catholic Church.
Goals: “I plan to attend school
and study medicine. I’m fairly
certain I want to become a
physician. I want to be able to
help people.”
Rebecca Fischer
School,
grade:
Northgate
High School,
10
Parents:
David and
Rochelle
Fischer
Academic achievements:
High honors for four years,
Gifted program since fourth
grade, Ranked in the top ten of
her class.
School activities: SADD for
two years
Community contributions:
Volunteer for Special Olympics
at Sim’s Lanes for eight years,
Third grade mentor at Bellevue
Elementary
Goals: “After graduating high
school, I would like to attend a
four year college and possibly
pursue a career in teaching or
counseling.”
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CONGRATULATES OUR OUTSTANDING STUDENTS!
North Catholic is proud to provide our students with an integral,
quality education, focusing on service, justice, peace and family spirit!
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1503900
Tyler Dean
TRIB TOTAL MEDIA —
OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
6 — TRIB TOTAL MEDIA
Christine Fleig
Nolan M. Flynn
School,
grade: Seneca
Valley Senior
High School,
12
Parents:
Mr. and Mrs.
R. Matthew
Fleig
Academic achievements:
Rotary Award for Leadership
Camp (RYLA/Westminster
College), Honor Roll
School activities: National
Forensic League member,
Speech and Debate Team
president, Marching Band
Community contributions:
“St. Joan of Arc” Medallion
recipient/St. Lucy’s Auxilliary
Volunteer Program — more
than 325+ hours of community
service for Catholic Diocese
Goals: “I plan on attending a
four-year college, majoring in
Business/Journalism and
staying involved in service
activities.”
School,
grade:
Hampton High
School, 9
Parents:
Heather and
Michael Flynn
Academic
achievements:
4.10 GPA
School activities: Hampton
High School Future Business
Leaders of America Member,
Spanish Club Member,
Leadership Club member,
varsity boys swimming
Community contributions:
Volunteer: UPMC Passavant
Hospital, St. Mary Glenshaw,
CCD assistant teacher, St. Mary
Glenshaw Altar Server and
Usher, St. Mary Glenshaw CYM
(Catholic Youth Ministry)
Goals: “Attend a four-year
college, develop business
opportunities as an
entrepreneur.”
Calista FrederickJaskiewicz
Katie Georgiadis
School,
grade: PA
Cyber Charter
School, 9
Parents:
Ms. Cynthia
M. Frederick
and Dr. David
W. Jaskiewicz
Academic achievements:
The Davidson Insititute for
Talent Development, Reno,
Nev.; Young Scholar; Young
Ambassador; One of 16 Young
Scholars, Johns Hopkins
Center for Talented Youth
School activities: SAT High
Honors; taking mix of college
and high school courses
Community contributions:
Animal Friends volunteer,
Open Paw 2 Cat Socializer,
Operation Happy Sock
Goals: “To pursue
undergraduate and graduate
degrees in STEM-related
areas.”
School,
grade: PineRichland High
School, 11
Parents:
Mark and
Karen
Georgiadis
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society,
Highest Honor Roll every
quarter, World Language
National Honor Society
School activities: Summer
Health Career Academy
participant, Varsity Letter in
Field Hockey, Student
Gorvernment Representative
Community contributions:
Active participant in church
youth group, Best Buddies,
Peer Buddies, Key Club,
Recording Secretary for Church
youth group
Goals: “I plan to attend a
four year university to pursue a
degree in one of the sciences.”
Heather Foltz
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
William and
Cami Foltz
Academic
achievements: High Honors
throughout last three years,
Consistent 4.1GPA, Class Rank
— Eighth in class, Attended
National Youth Leadership
Forum on Medicine at Villanova
School activities: Proud
Member of Reach — Alcohol
and Drug Awareness, Water
Protection Club
Community contributions:
Attended mission trips with
Holy Sepulcher Youth Group to
Frederick, Md., to helped rehab
homes, Make A Difference Day
Goals: “Attend University of
Florida and major in Health
Science and specialize in PrePhysical therapy or Rehabilitative Services.”
Joanna German
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 12
Parents:
Maura
German and
Keith
German
Academic achievements:
Certificate of Recognition of
Academic Excellence,
extracurricular involvement and
leadership potential
School activities: Marching
band, concert band and
symphonic band, Key Club
Community contributions:
Girl Scouts for 11 years, Girl
Scout Bronze, Silver and Gold
Awards, FCCLA, volunteer at
UPMC Passavant’s Day Care
Center
Goals: “Attend Clarion
University for Early Childhood
education. Plan to work in a day
care center with mainly infants
and young children.”
Julie Forbes
School,
grade: North
Hills Senior
High, 12
Parents:
Paul and
Debbie Forbes
Academic
achievements:
National Honors Society,
Highest/High Honor Roll.
School activities: North Hills
Majorette captain, Licensed
Ham Radio Operator, American
Sign Language Club, S.A.D.D.
Community contributions:
UPMC Passavant Hospital
volunteer, Berkeley Hills
Lutheran Church Acolyte,
Berkeley Hills Civic Association
Environmental Committee
Goals: “I will be attending
Robert Morris University to
pursue my B.S. in nursing. My
future plans are to work either
in Out Patient Oncology or
Pediatrics and pursue my
Doctorate in Nursing.”
James Geyer
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 9
Parents:
David and Lisa
Geyer
Academic
achievements:
Consistent 4.0 GPA,
Consistent Highest Honor Roll
Student, Placed top ten in the
First Lego League Carnegie
Mellon University Robotics
Competition
School activities: Bowling
Club, Homecoming Committee
Community contributions:
Life Ranked Boy Scout working
on Eagle Rank, Inducted into
the Order of the Arrow
(Scouting’s National Honor
Society), 35 hours of
community service in Shaler
Goals: “Plans to study
Engineering and wants to
become a Mechanical
Engineer.”
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Nicole Ford
Randi Francis
Tabbitha Gordon
Paige Gregory
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 10
Parents:
Russ and
Sharon Ford
Academic
achievements: Consistent 4.2
GPA, ranked number four in my
class
School activities: Active
member of the yearbook staff,
Class Council, and Interact Club
Community contributions:
Member of Leaders Now
International, Volunteer at St.
John’s Nursing Home,
Volunteered at Red Octopus
where I helped children with
disabilities play sports,
participated in Animal Friends
telethon
Goals: “I would like to attend
college as a communications
major and pursue a career in
broadcast media and
journalism.”
School,
grade:
Northgate
High School,
10
Parents:
Raymond
and Kimberly
Gordon
Academic achievements:
Received Certificate of
excellence form the Ancient
Accept Scottish Rite of Free
Masonry, High Honor Roll
every quarter, All Honor
Classes
School activities: High
School Musical, Concert Choir,
Gaming Club
Community contributions:
Impulse Youth Group for
church, I help our Pastor
sometimes at Youth Group,
volunteer at Animal Friends
Goals: “I hope to attend
Whitman College and get a
major in Sociology. I also hope
to get a minor in either
Journalism or German.”
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 10
Parents:
Cindy and Rich
Evans
Academic
achievements:
Honor roll student for the past
five years, maintained above 4.0
GPA freshmen and sophomore
year, ranked fourth in my class.
School activities: Member of
the REACH drug-free club at my
school, Water Protection
Program, volleyball, basketball,
and softball, symphonic band
Community contributions:
Active participator in young
children activities at the First
Presbyterian Church of
Bakerstown and Alliance Church
of Mars
Goals: “To attend college on a
sports scholarship, major
undetermined.”
School,
grade: Quaker
Valley High
School, 11
Parents:
Michelle and
Douglas
Gregory
Academic achievements:
National Honors Society,
Distinguished Honor Roll
School activities: Mentoring,
QV Girls Basketball
Community contributions:
Helped children learn about God
in a program called AWANA at
the Corry Alliance Church,
participated in a mission trip to
New Orleans, volunteer for
Vacation Bible School
Goals: “Attend Edinboro
University for secondary teaching
in mathematics or possibly
nursing.”
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students receiving Outstanding
Young Citizen Awards
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William Athol • Ian Carroll • Emily Mistick
OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
Sunday, May 2, 2010
TRIB TOTAL MEDIA —
7
Justin P. Gregory
William Gruber
Alison Gusew
Eric M. Guzak
Alyson Haffner
Stephen Hardy
Lauren Harpst
Elaine Hasek
Robert P.
Hasenbein II
Maria Heintzinger
James Heisler
Chelsea Henderson
School, grade: Quigley
Catholic, 12
Parents: Lori and Boyd
Gregory
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society, Perfect
score at PJAS Regional
Competeition, 4.0 GPA
School activities: County
Chorus, Dicesan Chrous, Lead
in Musical, Mancini Award
Nominee, Forensics team,
Mock Trial Team, Chief Editor
of School Newspaper
Community contributions:
“Turnaround Skit” Youth
Ministry Participant, Youth
Ministry Retreat Leader,
Candidate for Eagle Scout
Goals: “Attend University of
Dayton and enter into the
entrepreneur program before
receiving J.D. from Notre Dame
Law School.”
School,
grade:
Avonworth
High School,
12
Parents: Jim
and Frances
Harpst
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society, High
Honor Roll, 1st at Regional TSA
Competition for Prepared
Presentation,
School activities: PMEA
District and Regional Chorus,
National Choral Award,
President of Student Council,
Technology Student
Association, musical, Model
U.N.
Community contributions:
Chief Acolyte at St. Brendan’s
Episcopal Church, Volunteer
North Hills Community
Outreach Food Bank
Goals: “Pursuing a Bachelor
of Chemical Engineering degree
at Stevens Institute of
Technology in Hoboken, N.J.”
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 12
Parents: Bill
and Corinne
Gruber
Academic
achievements: GPA 4.0+, High
Honor Roll every year in high
school, National Honor Society,
National Society of High School
Scholars
School activities: Future
Business Leaders of America,
REACH Club, Spanish Club,
Varsity Baseball letter winner
Community contributions:
Volunteered at West Penn
Hospital (156 hours),
Volunteered as a counselor for
“Together for Retarded Youth”
Camp
Goals: “Upon graduating
high school, I intend on
pursuing a business related
major at Penn State University
— University Park (Smeal
College of Business).”
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 12
Parents:
MaryAnn and
David Hasek
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society, Academic Excellence
Award, Highest Honor Roll
School activities: German
Club Treasurer, Interact Club
Secretary, 3-year letter
Basketball (Varsity) Powder
Puff Football Captain
Community contributions:
Butler County Leaders of
Tomorrow, Volunteer Vacation
Bible School Leader, Mission
Trips, Volunteer Upward
Basketball Referee, Little
Dribbler Helper
Goals: “Attend Waynesburg
University to Major in
Secondary Education
Mathematics. Pursue a Career
in Coaching Basketball.”
School,
grade:
Northgate
High School,
12
Parents:
Jack and Barb
Gusew
Academic
achievements: National Honors
Society, Honor Roll.
School activities: National
Art Honor Society, Student
Council
Community contributions:
Volunteer for Special Olympics,
Bible School
Goals: “ Attend Malone
University and major in Art
Education”
School,
grade: North
Hills Senior
High, 12
Parents:
Robert and
Cheryl
Hasenbein
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society,
Highest Honor — since 9th
Grade, Top 15% of Senior
Class, Technology Department
Award
School activities: President
of Technology Students
Association (TSA), Future
Teachers of America
Community contributions:
Senior Patrol Leader and Junior
Assistant Scoutmaster of Boy
Scout Troop 368. Junior Leader
Training Camp, SCUBA
certified, Alter Server.
Goals: “Become Eagle Scout,
attend college and to live life to
it’s fullest.”
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Gary and
Joanne Guzak
Academic
achievements:
4.3 GPA, Class Rank — 15th in
class, National Honor Society
School activities: Varsity
Football, Varsity Basketball,
Baseball, Intramural Volleyball
Community contributions:
Toys for Tots — collect, sort,
distribute toys, Red Octupus —
Help children with disabilities
play sports, Lupus Foundation,
Mars Apple Fest
Goals: “Four years Predental, Dental School —
specialize in Orthodontics.”
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 10
Parents:
David and
Paula
Heintzinger
Academic
achievements: High Honor
Roll; 4.0 GPA
School activities: Key Club
Treasurer; Ski Club
Community contributions:
St. John’s elderly home
volunteer; babysitting; piano
Goals: “Study Fashion,
Journalism and broadcast”
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Intermediate
High School,
10
Parents:
Dave and
Sandy Haffner
Academic achievements: 4.3
GPA, ranked second in class,
President of the National Junior
Honor Society, Silver medalist
in National Spanish Exam,
Distinguished Achievement
Award Winner
School activities: Junior
Academy of Science participant,
National Young Leaders State
Conference, Student Council
Community contributions:
KidsQuest leader at Orchard
Hill Church, Animal Friends
Goals: “I would like to study
child psychology in college and
become a school psychologist
focusing on special needs
students”
School,
grade:
Aquinas
Academy, 11
Parents:
Peter & Liz
Heisler
Academic
achievements: High Honor
Roll; National Latin Award
School activities: Math
Counts participant;
Shakespeare Competition
participant; Varsity Soccer and
Basketball
Community contributions:
Appalachia mission trip; 1st
and 2nd grade soccer coach;
Altar server; Middle school
science tutor
Goals: "To go to Heaven;
attend the University of
Pittsburgh Honors Program
ROTC and Medical Program. I
would like to enter either the
medical or engineering field."
School,
grade: North
Hills, 10
Parents:
Beth and Steve
Hardy
Academic
achievements:
Highest
Honors — 4.1
GPA, Member of National
Society of High School Scholars,
John Hopkins CTY Talent Search
State Award for High Honors
School activities: Latin Club,
Vice President of Science Club,
Co-Director of Film Club,
Student Council Representative
Pennsylvania Junior League
Community contributions:
Seven years altar server at my
local church, volunteer at the
nursing home that employs my
father
Goals: “I want to become a
General Practice or Internal
Medicine Physician. I wish to
attend Penn State or the
University of Pittsburgh.”
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 12
Parents:
Brad and Beth
Henderson
Academic achievements: 4.3
GPA; National Honor Society;
High Honor Roll; Gold Medal
winner National Latin Exam
Scholar Athlete award winner
School activities: Varsity
Soccer
Community contributions:
Haiti earthquake relief
fundraiser; Mission team
serving children of Haiti; Surf
City volunteer
Goals: "I plan to attend the
University of Pittsburgh to
study pharmacy. After getting
my degree, I would love to
continue my mission work in
Haiti by using my skills and
resources as a pharmacist to
help the Haitian people."
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Kara Angeletti • Luke Barbour • Mikal Daskivich • Tyler Dean • Meghan Diefenbacher • Vanessa Dufford
Heather Foltz • Nicole Ford • Randi Francis • William Gruber • Eric Guzak • Elaine Hasek • Maria Heintzinger
Meghan Kelly • Lauren Kingsley • Kathleen Kraus • Ivy Kuhrman • Melissa Marshall • Dylan McNany • Roberta Mettus
Megan Morrow • Jack Muehlheuser • Tyler Odom • Laura Pappas • Elizabeth Parsons • Maura Randolph • Audra Sitterly
Nicole Soose • Timothy Vandall • Kaela Wnorowski
Wa y T o G o !
1503887
OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
8 — TRIB TOTAL MEDIA
Ashley Hoydich
Rachel Hursen
Rachel Johnson
Meghan Kelly
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 12
Parents:
Cathy & Paul
Hoydich
Academic
achievements:
4.2 GPA; High Honor Roll;
Youth Advocacy Leader
School activities:
Competition Squad Cheerleader
Community contributions:
Jeffery Primary School
volunteer
Goals: “Attend college. and
possibly explore psychology.”
School,
grade:
Aquinas
Academy,
12
Parents:
Thomas
and Martha
Hursen
Academic achievements:
Recipient of 4 year full
academic scholarship to Seton
Hill University; Recipient of
Philosophy departmental
award
School activities: Co-editor
of Aquinas Newspaper; Editor
of Aquinas Literary Magazine;
Community Service Club
Community contributions:
Organized snow shoveling
charity event after the
Blizzard of 2010
Goals: “Major in Journalism
at Seton Hill.”
Joseph Jackson
School,
grade:
Shaler Area
High School,
9
Parents:
Daniel and
Sylvia
Johnson
Academic achievements:
Consistent 4.0 GPA, Enrolled
in the GATE (Gifted And
Talented Education) Program,
Enrolled in all Honors classes
School activities: Chosen to
be in the PMEA Jr. District I
Chorus, Played a role in “South
Pacific” last year, Performed
twice in “The Nutcracker” with
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Community contributions:
Involved in peer mentoring
with theYouth Advocacy
League, participated in the 30hour famine
Goals: “Right now I will keep
my options open and focus on
doing the best I can each day.”
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Betsy and
Howard Kelly
Academic
achievements: 4.2 GPA,
Highest Honors, Ranked top
6% of class.
School activities: Class
Council, Student Council,
Varsity Soccer and Basketball.
Community contributions:
Youth Group, Mission trips,
Assisted elementary students
with Breakneck Creek water
quality testing, Goalkeeper
training assistant, Basketball
camp coach
Goals: “Attend college to
study Education.”
Lauren Kingsley
John B. Klocko
Chelsee
Kosanovich
Kathleen Kraus
Leah A. Kuhn
School,
grade: North
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
John and
Joanne
Klocko
Academic
achievements: AP Scholar;
Honor Roll; National Honor
Society; North Catholic
Marianist Award
School activities: Student
Gov. member; President of
North Catholic Leadership
team; North Catholic “Voice of
Choice” Broadcaster
Community contributions:
Undercliff Volunteer Fire
Company, Shaler township; St.
Bonaventure Parish volunteer
Goals: “Major in
Communications/
Broadcasting; minor in
Communications, Secondary
Education.”
School,
grade:
Quaker Valley
High School,
11
Parents:
Rodney and
Donna
Kosanovich
Academic achievements:
High Honor Roll, National
Honor Society, Strings North
School activities: Musical,
Cross Country, Track and Field,
contributor to school
newspaper, “The Quaker Quill”
Community contributions:
Volunteer at Sewickley Public
Library for children’s reading
camp
Goals: “I wish to go into
communications and/or
Education. I also plan to
someday open up a bakery
where I can express my
passion for cooking and art.”
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
John and
Rebecca Kraus
Academic
achievements:
National Honor
Society, Highest Honor Roll,
Top 6% of class.
School activities: Spanish
Club, Student Council, Class
Council.
Community contributions:
St. Killian youth group member,
Two years of (summer)
Catholic Heart Work Camp
(missionary work), Love Walk
for the Poor, Vacation Bible
School helper.
Goals: “Upon graduating
high school, I plan to attend a
large university with an
undecided major.”
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Mark W. and
Marianne
Kuhn
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society, Hight Honor Roll,
Rotary-Gateway Teen
Leadership Institute.
School activities: Key Club,
Ecology Club, Shaler Area Girls
Varsity Volleyball team
Community contributions:
PACC — Helping Hands
volunteer, UPMC St.
Margaret’s Hospital Volunteer,
St. Bonaventure Parish
Vacation Bible School
Volunteer, North Pittsburgh
Varsity Volleyball Club, St.
Joseph Parish Vacation Bible
School Volunteer.
Goals: “Upon graduation will
attend college with a
concentration in science.”
Jae-Eun Kim
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 12
Parents: Jin
Wuk and
Hyung Kim
Academic
achievements:
Top ten percent, Highest Honor
Achievement, School perfect
attendence, Japanese National
Honor Society, National Honor
Society, PMEA Honors —
Districts and Regionals, Gifted
And Talented Education
Program, AP Classes
School activities: School
Orchestra, Office aide, Three
Rivers Young People’s Orchestra
Community contributions:
AGH Hospital Junior Volunteer,
Give cello lessons to children,
church work
Goals: “I plan to attend
Carnegie Mellon University and
study international relations.”
Ivy Kuhrman
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 10
Parents: Paul
Kuhrman and
Judy Spak
Academic
achievements:
4.0 GPA consistently, AP and
Advanced Courses, Honor Roll,
Perfect Attendance
Acknowledgement
School activities: School
Orchestra (violin), Key Club,
French Club, Art Club
Community contributions:
American Field Service, Kiva Loan,
Butler County Leaders of
Tomorrow nomination
Goals: “I wish to study history
and world languages in college in
preparation for a career in a
museum or archaeological sites.”
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S h a l e r Area
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H i g h School
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School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 12
Parents:
Michelle and
Andrew
Kingsley
Academic
achievements: Honor roll four
years in a row
School activities: Student
Council, REACH, Volunteer in
the life skills room two periods
a day, Chorus women
ensemble
Community contributions:
Volunteer at North Pittsburgh
Dance Academy, babysit
children two day a week after
school and on the weekend
Goals: “To go to college
majoring in education and
minoring in special education.
Eventually I want to work with
children with autism or down’s
syndrome.”
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Kevin and
Nancy Jackson
Academic
achievements:
Consistent High Honors each
quarter, Academic Achievement
Award, Gifted Individual
Education Program member.
School activities: Varsity
football team, varsity wrestling
team, school nurse aide.
Community contributions:
Volunteer Sharpsburg
Guyasuta Festival — Kids Day,
Volunteer Breast Cancer
Fundraisers
Goals: “Upon graduating
from high school, I would like to
attend college to prepare for a
career in buiness.”
Sunday, May 2, 2010
OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Alex Kulwik
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Barb Kulwik
and Paul Kulwik
Academic
achievements:
Highest Honor Roll, National
Spanish Honors Society,
President’s Award for
Academic Excellence, GATE,
Perfect Attendance
School activities: Varsity
Boys Volleyball, Varsity Boys
Soccer
Community contributions:
Volunteer at Ross Township
Police Department
Goals: “Following graduation
I plan to pursue a degree in
mechanical engineering. I would
like to achieve this at Penn
State University.”
Jenna Lanz
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Susan Manzi
and James
Lanz
Academic achievements:
National Junior Honor Society
President, GPA 4.3, Honors and
AP Scholar
School activities: Student
Council Cabinet Head, Key Club
Committee Chair, High school
musicals, High school chorus
Community contributions:
St. Alphonsus Church cantor,
performer at Act One Theatre
School, Pittsburgh Irish and
Classical Theatre and Prime
Stage Theatre, Theatre
performances for charity
Goals: “I wish to major in
theatre in college and pursue a
career in performing arts.”
Aaron Kuntz
School,
grade: Quigley
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
Dr. Andrew
Kuntz and Dr.
Kathleen Allen
Academic achievements:
National Forensic League
Academic All-American, holds
National Forensic League
Premier Distinction Degree,
Co-Captain Mock Trial, Speech
and Debate Teams, National
Honor Society president
School activities: Beaver
County All County Choir, Choir,
Show Choir, Newspaper Staff.
Community contributions:
St. Michael’s College Book
Award for Scholarship and
Service, Keystone Boys State,
student mentor/tutor
Goals: “Plan to attend
Youngstown State University
and Northeastern Ohio
University’s College of Medicine
combined BS/MD program.”
Dominique Leone
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 12
Parents:
Dominic and
Connie Leone
Academic
achievements: Senior Project
— Knowledge of Emergency
Medical Services, Facilitated a
weekly theme-based curriculum
for Shaler Preschool
School activities: Softball,
Cheerleading, Gymnastics
Community contributions:
Certified as a First Responder in
CPR and AED by UPMC and the
American Red Cross, Volunteer:
Shaler Emergency Medical
Services, Special Olympics,
Presents for Patients, W.PA
School for Blind Children
Goals: “To become a Life
Flight Nurse, attending CCAC
Nursing Program and then
planning to attend University of
Pittsburgh.”
Andra Labanc
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 9
Parents:
Timothy and
Margarite
Labanc
Academic
achievements: Consistent 4.0
GPA, Highest Honor Student.
School activities: Youth
Advocacy League — working on
a student art/poetry magazine,
member of Shaler’s Mpowerment, Teens Against Tobacco
Use
Community contributions:
St. Bonaventure’s Youth Choir,
sings National Anthem at
Reesville War Memorial
Goals: “I plan to attend Penn
State University and receive my
master’s degree in secondary
education in addition to a
bachelor’s degree in American
History. After college I hope to
become a 9th grade History
teacher.”
Alexa Little
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Adrienne and
Steve Little
Academic
achievements: Linguistics
Olympiad: Best Solution
Nationwide, Problem C, AIU
Apprensticeship in International
Affairs, Japanese National
Honor Society, board member
School activities: Varsity
letters in track & cross country.
Community contributions:
YFU Japan-America Friendship
Scholarship winner (6 week
study abroad in Japan)
Goals: “My goal is to become
a diplomat and achieve fluency
in Japanaese, Hindustani,
Arabic, Russian and Farsi. I
hope to start a world affairs
club at my school and attend
the Junior Statesmen Summer
School at Georgetown this
summer.”
Tanna Lammers
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Sharyn
TrickettLammers and Don Lammers
Academic achievements:
AFJROTC Tuskegee Airmen
Award for leadership
School activities: Girls
Tennis, Track & Field
Community contributions:
West Penn Hospital volunteer,
Volunteer for the Transcultural
Adoption Support Group
Goals: “Attend Kent State
for my fashion and business
degree. I plan to have my own
fashion line and day spa. I
would like to go back to
Cambodia (home country) to
mentor and support them.”
Alicia Makepeace
School,
grade: Quaker
Valley Senior
High School, 12
Parents:
Tonya Ford
and Glenn Ford
Academic
achievements:
Distinguished Honor Roll,
National Honor Society
School activities: Teacher’s
assistant for freshman
chemistry course, Exploring
Engineering at the University of
Maryland
Community Contributions:
Volunteered at Sewickley Public
Library, taught dances for the
first grade musical at
Edgeworth, work at the
Sewickley YMCA.
Goals: “I wish to attend a
liberal arts college for four
years while majoring in
chemistry, obtain my master’s
and PhD in chemistry and teach
at the college level.”
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Clare Lamperski
Leah Langhans
Mary Mallampalli
Haleigh Mangieri
School,
grade: North
Catholic High
School, 11
Parents:
Brendan and
Susan
Lamperski
Academic
achievements:
High Honor Roll; National Honor
Society
School activities: Leadership
Team; International marketing;
play director and actress;
LaRoche Scholar Program; Triple
Crown Award for Drama
Community contributions:
Three-year UPMC Passavant
volunteer; Organized Haiti Relief
Drive; Campus Ministry; Maranist
L.I.F.E. Program
Goals: “Major in history and
pursue a career in law and
politics; I would also like to
volunteer for the Peace Corp.”
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 12
Parents:
Rama and
Anne
Mallampalli
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society, Quill
and Scroll Society.
School activities: Four years
of journalism, four years of
orchestra, three years on
Student Council, three years
large group speech, Varsity
Tennis, four years of cross
country.
Community contributions:
268 hours of volunteering at the
University of Iowa Hospitals
and Clinics, Iowa Youth
Humanitarian Award
Goals: “I plan to attend Penn
State University and major in
biology and Spanish. After that,
medical school.”
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School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Intermediate
High School,
10
Parents:
Mark and
Sherri Langhans
Academic achievements:
National Junior Honor Society
Officer, All-Academic Scholar
Athlete
School activities: Varsity
Soccer, Varsity Track, Student
Council, Key Club, Yearbook,
member of U16 FC Pittsburgh
soccer team
Community contributions:
Saint John and Paul Altar
Server, Volunteer at Northland
Library and Cumberland
Crossing nursing home
Goals: “Attend a four-year
university and major in Hotel or
Business management.”
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Richard and
Christine
Mangieri
Academic achievements:
Maintains personal best QPA
School activities: Advanced
choir, NA Cheerleading, singing
Community contributions:
Assists special education
reading, taught vacation bible
school, coached cheerleading
camps for NA and Tigerpride,
appeared in numerous shows at
Ingomar Methodist Church,
shadowed nurses in the GI unit
at UPMC
Goals: “Attend a four- to sixyear college to major in the
medical field or performing arts
but also has future dreams to
better the lives of special needs
children.”
AVONWORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Recognizes Our 2010 Outstanding Young Citizens Nominees
Lauren Harpst • Chelsea Stewart • Amy Templin
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OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Melissa Marshall
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents: Rick
and Gloria
Marshall
Academic
achievements:
4.2 GPA, ranked #9 in class,
National Honor Society, High
Honor Roll, National Federation
of Music Club superior piano
rating
School activities:
Cheerleading spirit award,
member of class council,
STAND club and REACH club,
all-school musicals, chorus
Community contributions:
Volunteer at local Foodbank,
third grade Sunday School
teacher, church mission trips,
water protection program
Goals: “Upon graduating
high school, I wish to study
medicine and become a
physician.”
Matt McGee
Amber M. Martin
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 9
Parents:
Jeff and
Barbara
Martin
Academic achievements:
Highest honor roll every nine
weeks
School activities: All Star
Chorus — sang at PNC Park,
plays guitar and sings, has been
playing guitar for three years at
school
Community contributions:
Yellow Ribbon Girls for Senator
Orie, collected non-perishable
foods for soldiers in Iraq,
babysits
Goals: “Architectural drafting
and design or biology/life
science.”
Kathleen McGuire
School,
grade: Seneca
Valley I.H.S.
10
Parents:
Dave and
Connie McGee
Academic
achievements:
High or highest honor roll every
semester, Honors curriculum,
chosen by teachers for Olweus
bully prevention program,
Awarded the President’s Award
for Educational Excellence.
School Activities: Lacrosse
team, wrestling team, track, ski
club
Community contributions:
community youth soccer referee
Goals: “I wish to attend a
four-year college and major in
business. Colleges of choice
would be Penn State or North
Carolina.”
School,
grade: North
Catholic High
School, 10
Parents:
Nina LaScola
and Jack
McGuire
Academic achievements:
Three honors classes, National
Honor Society, maintains a 93
percent average.
School activities: Leadership
team, elected Student
Government treasurer, volleyball, stage crew, volunteered for
the Christmas on campuses
Community contributions:
Lector at my parish, volunteer
at church activities such as fish
fry’s and festivals, alter server
before becoming a lector.
Goals: “Maintain my grades
and move into AP Classes my
junior and senior years.
Perform more volunteer work.
Go to college and law school to
become an attorney.”
Jessi Mazzoni
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Nancy and
John Mazzoni
Academic
achievements: Member of
National Junior Honor Society,
Honor Roll, President’s Award
for Educational Excellence
School activities:
Member/treasurer for 4H
group, Varsity letter winner for
both track and cross country.
Community contributions:
Planned and carried out a local
food drive for the NorthWay
Food Pantry, participated in a
mission trip to New Orleans
Goals: “I am planning on
majoring in biology or social
sciences because I would like to
help underpriviledged people
who do not have the means to
help themselves.”
Danny McMurry
School,
grade: PineRichland High
School, 9
Parents:
Steve and
Heidi
McMurry
Academic achievements:
Merit Scholar, Principal’s Award
for academic achievement
principal’s advisory committee,
highest honor roll
School activities: Key Club
member, Student Government
member, Social Committee
Community contributions:
Volunteer at Vincentian Home
Wheelchair dances, junior leader
for summer faith formation at
St. John and St. Paul Churches
Goals: “ I plan on studying
history in order to become a
history professor. After college,
first I would like to serve my
country either through the
military, American Red Cross,
or the Peace Corps.”
TRIB TOTAL MEDIA —
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Mericka McCabe
Meredith McCue
Haley McDonald
Dylan J. McNany
Victoria Meglio
Melina Mermigas
School,
grade: Quaker
Valley High
School, 9
Parents:
Rick and
Alexandra
McCabe
Academic achievements:
Consistent Distinguished Honor
Roll, current cumulative GPA of
4.13, participated in Robert
Morris Science Bowl
School activities: Participate
in Student Council, French Club,
High school musical, yearbook,
Battle of the Books
Community contributions:
Volunteers for World Vision with
French Club, was involved in
planting trees in Ambridge
Industrial Park
Goals: “Attend college and
study foreign languages and
environmental law. I would also
like to be on a college fencing
team.”
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 12
Parents:
Brian and
Cindy
McNany
Academic
achievements: GPA 4.2;
National Honor Society; Top
10% of Class; United States
Achievement Scholarship
Foundation recipient
School activities: Mars
Soccer Team; Captain of
Bowling Team Jr. and Sr. year;
Class Council
Community contributions:
Coached recreational soccer
team; Volunteered at local food
pantry; Volunteered for “The
Spirit of Christmas” and in a
program for at-risk children
through St. Paul’s Church
Goals: “Bioengineering major;
Medical School — MD in
Radiology”
School,
grade: Aquinas
Academy, 11
Parents:
Tom and
Melissa McCue
Academic
achievements:
4.25 GPA, AP
student, High
Honors every quarter, National
Latin Exam
School activities: Field hockey,
yearbook, choir
Community contributions:
Plays violin at church, senior
connection, Service projects:
Wheelchair squaredancing and
painting ceiling tiles at St. John’s
Specialty Care Center.
Goals: “Study Math/statistics
and history in college.”
School,
grade:
Hampton
High School,
10
Parents:
Becky
Wagner/
William
Meglio
Academic achievements:
Honor Roll; National Latin
Honor Society
School activities: Future
Business Leaders of America;
Leadership Team; Hampton
Varsity Volleyball team
Community contributions:
Pittsburgh Magic Volleyball
captain; Bronze and Silver
awards in Girl Scouts; day camp
unit aide; St. Mary CCD
teacher’s aide; People To
People nominee
Goals: “I wish to major in
either sports medicine or
psychology, while playing
volleyball.”
School,
grade:
Hampton
High School,
11
Parents:
Diane and
David
McDonald
Academic achievements: 3.7
Honor Student, Chatham
University National Women in
Sports Athlete
School activities: Captain
Varsity Scoccer, WPIAL AllSection, Varsity Softball
letterman and coaches’ MVP,
FBLA Family Links Projects
Community contributions:
Achiever’s Club Elementary
Tutor, Volunteer Soccer Coach,
Organize annual Food Bank
Collections, Organize annual
clothing and wish list drives for
Animal Friends
Goals: “To attend a four-year
university and major in
architecture or math while
playing soccer.”
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Inermediate
High School,
11
Parents:
James and
Judith
Mermigas
Academic achievements:
Honor Roll; 4.3 GPA
School activities: Vice
president of National Junior
Honor Society; Key Club and
Student Council; Scholar
athlete, placed third in analytical
Chemist Society essay contest
Community contributions:
Vice president of Greek
Orthodox Youth Association at
St. Nicholas Cathedral; CleanUp Oakland 2008 and 2009;
Hearth babysitting
Goals: “Go to college and
earn a degree in a sciencerelated field.”
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Outstanding Young Citizens Best of Luck!
Cameron Barnes • Caitlin Collins • Katie Georgiadis • Danny McMurry • Katrina Morgan • Scott Simpson • Hannah Todorowski
OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
12 — TRIB TOTAL MEDIA
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Aubrey Miller
Jordan Mitrik
Shayla Mitrik
Katrina M. Morgan
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Susan and Ron
Mettus
Academic
achievements:
National Honor Society;
Highest Honor Roll
School activities: Spanish
Club; Class Council secretary;
Student Council; various AP
courses
Community contributions:
Bakerstown Presbyterian
Church’s Honduras medical
mission trip; vacation bible
school; Adams Township
Community Days volunteer;
work crew at Summer’s Best 2
Weeks
Goals: “I plan to study
exercise science and then
pursue a career in one of the
related medical fields.”
School,
grade:
Aquinas
Academy,
10
Parents:
Chris and
Althea
Miller
Academic achievements:
Daniel Ryan McKeating
Crusader Award; Magna Cum
Laude (Honor Roll) every
quarter; President’s Education
Award; Latin Award
School activities: Crew;
Vivat Vita — Pro-Life Club
Community contributions:
Altar serving at St. Richard
Church; part-time babysitter
Goals: “I plan to study
medicine in college.”
Emily Mistick
School,
grade: North
Catholic High
School, 10
Parents:
Ronald and
Candice
Mitrik
Academic
achievements: GPA 4.15; High
Honor; Extra Honor Roll; top
fifth of class
School activities: Student
Government vice president;
first place winner of the
University of Pittsburgh
Innovation Design competition
Community contributions:
Member of Second Mile
Leadership Group; North
Catholic student ambassador;
Pittsburgh Junior Olympics
Volleyball Club player; S.T.O.P.
Conference member
Goals: “I plan to go to
college and to continue to
volunteer and always strive to
be a good leader.”
School,
grade: North
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
Ronald and
Candice
Mitrik
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society; High
Honor Roll; George Eastman
Leadership Award
School activities: Student
Government vice president;
Leadership team president;
School Musicals; L.I.F.E.;
Chamber Singers; Varsity
Volleyball Team captain
Community contributions:
Organized initiative for CPR
training in Pittsburgh area
Goals: “I plan on attending
college in the area of nursing
but at the moment, I am
undecided.”
Megan Morrow
Jack Muehlheuser
Natalie Nash
Andrew Neil
Nichole Newman
Matthew Nites
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 12
Parents:
Clay and
Karen
Morrow
Academic
achievements: High Honor
Roll; AP classes; 4.1 GPA
School activities: Lettered in
Girls Golf; Class Council; Water
Protection; Art Club; Bible
Club; Interact Club
Community contributions:
Girl Scout (helped plan events
and teach younger scouts);
Won Silver Award and
Leadership Award
Goals: “I am going to West
Liberty University to major in
Dental Hygiene and want to
join the Peace Corps or similar
program after college.”
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 10
Parents:
Kurt and
Shawn
Muehlheuser
Academic
achievements: 4.0 GPA; 1st in
class; National Youth Leaders
State Conference participant
School activities: Captain of
Swim Team; Class Council;
REACH committee
Community contributions:
St. Killian Parish Youth Group;
Pine-Richland swim instructor;
Treesdale Country Club Teen
Social Committee; Lifeguard and
volunteer at Treesdale
community center
Goals: “I wish to attend
business school upon
graduation of high school and to
become a finance major.”
School,
grade:
Sewickley
Academy, 11
Parents:
Tom and Amy
Mistick
Academic
achievements:
Highest Honors
School activities: Varsity
field hockey; Varsity softball;
harp ensemble and soloist;
history journal editor; French
and Italian Club president; TGT
Club field hockey; student
ambassador; Student Council
representative
Community contributions:
Volunteer Camp Rainbow Gold
Children’s Oncology Camp;
Volunteer Wood River Animal
Shelter; volunteer at Hailey
Farmers Market
Goals: “Attend college;
graduate; travel the world and
pursue a career in biology or
physical science.”
School,
grade:
Vincentian
Academy, 10
Parents:
Richard and
Audrey Nash
Academic
achievements: 5.4 GPA; High
Honor Roll; Mind Heart and
Soul Winner; PA Jr. Academy
of Science; Pittsburgh Regional
Science & Engineering Fair;
Bechtel Plant Machinery
Award; Society of Women
Engineers Award
School activities: Forensics;
Musical Theater; cross-country
Community contributions:
St. Mary’s Parish Volunteer;
CCD teacher and Summer Bible
School volunteer
Goals: “I intend to continue
volunteer work through UPMC
Passavant Hospital and my
parish. I also plan to attend
college in the computer,
science or medical field.”
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
John and Cindy
Neil
Academic
achievements:
National Honor Society;
Highest Honor Roll; Latin
National Honor Society
School activities: People To
People ambassador; Kiwanis
Key Club; Youth Advocacy
League; PA Junior Classical
League; Advanced Jazz Band
Community contributions:
Organized and collected more
than 1,000 supplies for U.S.
troops in Iraq and Afghanistan;
organized and collected
shoeboxes full of school
supplies for children through
Samaritan’s Purse
Goals: “I would like to attend
a local university and obtain a
dual majors in physics and
mechanical engineering.”
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High,
11
Parents:
Ron and Jan
Newman
Academic
achievements: Honor Roll
School activities: Shadowed
a UPMC nurse in 10th grade;
also shadowed a physical
therapist in 11th grade
Community contributions:
Volunteered at Animal Friends,
Woods Chiropratic Center and
in the community with the
elderly; also worked with
children at New Community
Church in Wexford
Goals: “I plan on attending
college and working in the
medical field or with special
needs individuals.”
School,
grade: Pine
Richland High
School, 12
Parents:
Matt and Sue
Morgan
Academic
achievements:
High Honor Roll; National Honor
Society; Science Award; Child
Development Award; Social
Science Award
School activities: High School
Orchestra; Student
Representative/President, Vice
President of Best Buddies
Community contributions: Girl
Scout Gold Award; Dominican
Republic Medical Mission;
Clothing drive for Haitians and
Dominicans; Health South
Rehabilitation Hospital volunteer
Goals: “Attend Furman
University, Greenville, S.C., and
major in Biology, Biochemistry.
Future career in medicine
possibly as a surgeon.”
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
John and Lisa
Nites
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society; Japanese National Honor
Society; Highest Honor Roll
School activities: Second Place
in regional high school Japanese
speech contest at the University
of Pittsburgh; youth advocacy —
Essence of Leadership Award;
Key Club International
Community contributions:
Shaler, North Hills Library
volunteer, Vincentian Nursing
Home volunteer; mentor/tutor
middle school students through
Southwestern PA mentoring
program; Rotary teen
Goals: “I plan to go to college
and pursue a degree in
engineering or achitecture.”
CONGRATULATIONS
to all of our 2010 Outstanding Young Citizens!
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OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
Michael Nites
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 12
Parents:
John and Lisa
Nites
Academic
achievements:
National Honor Society;
Highest Honor Roll, ranked
first in class; underclass
academic awards; AP Scholar
with Distinction
School activities: First place
in regional high school
Japanese speech contest at the
University of Pittsburgh; Key
Club International
Community contributions:
Shaler, North Hills Library
volunteer; webmaster of AP
Japanese Website
Goals: “Pursue a dual degree
in economics and engineering
while continuing Japanese
language studies with the
intent on becoming an
international corporate lawyer.”
Nia Parillo
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High, 11
Parents:
Steve Parillo
and Stacey
Parillo
Academic
achievements: Certificate of
membership for National Junior
Honor society of Secondary
Schools
School activities: James R.
Wall Humanitarian finalist;
President’s Education Awards
Program; Outstanding
Leadership student
Community contributions:
Cystic Fibrosis Walk for the
Cure; play softball for Ingomar
Franklin Park Athletic
Association
Goals: “Attend college and
hopefully pusue a career in
engineering or psychology,
while keeping up my passion for
music and singing.”
Megan O’Connor
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Rick and
Donna
O’Connor
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society,
Academic Highest Honor Roll,
4.3 GPA, Honors/AP classes
School activities: Student
Government, Key Club,
Marching band, Future
Physicians of America
Community contributions:
Member and CCD aide at St.
Mary of the Assumption Church,
dance classes
Goals: “Attend a college in
Pittsburgh to become a nurse.”
Elizabeth Parsons
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 10
Parents:
Dale and
Robin Parsons
Academic
achievements: Highest Honor
Roll, PA General Assembly
House of Representatives
Achievement Award, chosen for
Westinghouse's Introduce a
Girl to Engineering program and
N-Vision Student Workshop
School activities: Peer tutor,
Homeroom Representative for
class council, two-time Cross
Country letter winner
Community contributions:
Volunteer staff member at
summer camp: Christian
Recreation program, Member of
Visiting Nurses Assoc. Hospice
Junior Auxiliary
Goals: "I plan to graduate
high school and attend college."
Tyler Odom
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Rob and Heidi
Odom
Academic
achievements: 4.2 GPA; High
Honor Roll; ranked third in class
School activities: U.S.
Achievement Academy
Community contributions:
Butler VA Hospital volunteer;
Christ Church at Grove Farm
volunteer; currently serving as a
Congressional page in
Washington, D.C., Rotary
short-term exchange to Madrid
(July/August 2009)
Goals: “After graduation, my
goal is to attend one of our
country’s service academies,
preferably West Point.”
Amanda Platt
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High,
12
Parents:
David and
Donna Platt
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society,
Japanese Honor Society
School activities: MPowerment, S.A.D.D., Track &
Field, Teens Against Tobacco
Use, Japanese Club, 3rd Place in
Japanese Speech Contest at Pitt
Community contributions:
Church Youth Group, presented
to 2nd and 4th graders facts
and dangers of tobacco use,
STOP convention, Mission Trip
to West Virginia and Millvale
Goals: "I am attending
Clarion University of
Pennsylvania to major in
secondary education, social
studies and probably minor in
English."
TRIB TOTAL MEDIA —
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Margaret Omecene
Savannah Paladin
Laura Pappas
School,
grade:
Northgate
High School,
10
Parents:
Gary and
Donna
Paladin
Academic
achievements: High Honor Roll
every semester
School activities: Student
Council; vice president 10th
grade; scholar athlete for each
sport season; varsity squads for
cross-country, basketball and
track, freshman and sophomore
years
Community contributions:
Play guitar on the worship team
for Hosanna Church in Brighton
Heights and teach Sunday
School
Goals: “I plan to attend
college for physical therapy and
play basketball; I hope to
someday coach.”
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 10
Parents:
Brian and
Nancy
Pappas
Academic
achievements: 4.0 GPA; High
Honor Roll; ranked 11th in class
School activities: Member of
Colorguard, Key Club; REACH
and Winterguard
Community contributions:
Operation Christmas Child;
Food Cupboard; Special
Olympics; Girl Scouts; member
of community softball team
Goals: “I hope to attend
college to pursue a career in
medicine”
Alicia Pottmeyer
Megan Prybyl
Katie Puwalowski
School,
grade:
Hampton High
School, 10
Parents:
Robert and
Sheila
Omecene
Academic achievements: Cum
Laude Latin National Test
School activities: Drama Club;
newspaper staff; musical; Point
Park advertising competition
winner; class council; varsity
swim team; Spanish Club; Latin
Club; chorus; sophomore class
secretary
Community contributions:
American Red Cross lifeguard;
teach CCD to fifth-grade class;
St Mary cantor and lector; teach
forensics to St. Mary’s team
Goals: “I hope to attend
college and major in
journalism.”
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High,
12
Parents:
Jerry and
Carla
Pottmeyer
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society, High
Honor Roll, Presidential
Achievement Award, Scholar
Athlete, National Honor Roll
School activities: North
Allegheny Basketball
Association, student council,
PASC workshop presenter
Community contributions:
Family Resources Retreat
Center Volunteer, North Hills
Passavant Hospital Volunteer,
UPMC Passavant Hospital
Volunteer Service Award
Goals: "Plan on pursuing a
Biology major at Carnegie
Mellon, then attending medical
school to become a pediatrician."
School,
grade: North
Catholic, 10
Parents:
Mark Prybyl
and Eileen
Minnock
Academic
achievements: 4.0 GPA; High
Honors; 4th in class
School activities: Student
Government Secretary; NOAH’s
Leadership program
Community contributions:
Medical mission trip to Mexico;
Parish volunteer, community
service hours
Goals: “I plan to go to college
and become a nurse midwife, I
will use these skills to go on
future mission trips.”
Congratulations to Northgate’s
Outstanding Young Citizens
for 2010!
Northgate Middle/High School 589 Union Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15202
School,
grade: North
Catholic High
School, 11
Parents:
Walter
Puwalowski
Academic
achievements: Honors Student
School activities: North
Catholic Leadership Team;
Forensics Team; French Club;
Stage Crew
Community contributions:
UPMC Passavant Hospital
volunteer
Goals: “I hope to pursue a
career in animation.”
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Maura Randolph
Noella Richman
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 10
Parents:
Allan & Mary
Randolph
Academic
achievements:
4.2 GPA; University of
Pittsburgh 2009 Chemistry
Olympics; Highest Honors; all
Honors classes; 6th in class;
Westinghouse Introduction of
Women to Engineering
Workshop
School activities: Volleyball;
Ski Club; Guitar Club; Travel
Abroad to Spain
Community contributions:
Youth Volleyball Camp
Instructor;
Goals: “Acceptance into Penn
State University’s Women in
Engineering Scholarship
program.”
School,
grade:
Quaker
Valley High
School, 12
Parents:
Melanie
and Jorg
Richman
Academic achievements:
National Honor Society; Key
Club; Harvard Boot Award
School activities: Mentor
for Middle School Art Club,
Studio Life; Volunteer
research assistant; Student
Athlete Council Member
Community contributions:
Co-founder of International
Earthquake Relief; Local
Women’s Shelter volunteer;
UPMC Mercy/St. Elizabeth
Hospital Volunteer
Goals: “Study biological
sciences and studio art;
become doctor and work with
doctor’s without borders.”
James Silay
Scott Simpson
School,
grade:
Northgate
High School,
12
Parents:
William and
Nancy Silay
Academic
achievements: 1st in class;
4.225 GPA; National Honor
Society; Jack Bryce Award;
Scholar Athlete Award
School activities: Student
Council; Mentor; Newspaper;
Yearbook; SADD; National Art
Honors Society; Varsity
Swimming, Track & Cross
Country
Community contributions:
Junior Rotarian; Avalon V.F.C.
fish fry volunteer; Volley for
the Cure; Lifeguard; Avalon
Volunteer Fire Company
Goals: “Attend Case
Western Reserve University or
Penn State-Main; degree in
Biomedical Engineering.”
School,
grade: Pine
Richland High
School, 12
Parents:
Gail & Rick
Simpson
Academic
achieve- ments: High Honors
Architecture Program; High
School Residence Program;
Sports Academic Award
School activities: Art Club;
lacrosse; TV Production; Best
Buddies; Model U.N.
Community contributions:
Eagle Scout; Hampton
Presbyterian Youth Group;
Mission trips Mexico and New
Orleans; Built outdoor learning
pavilion; assist at Sunday
School
Goals: “Plan to study
Architecture for a five year
program graduating with a
Master’s Degree.”
Megan Rockey
School,
grade: Perry
Traditional
Academy, 11
Parents:
Christine
Rockey
Academic
achievements:
Pittsburgh Scholars Program;
School activities: Student
Council Treasurer; Yearbook Jr.
Editor; SADD President; Math
League; Emerging Scholars
Program at Clarion University;
Choir, Drill Team, Fall Tapestry
and Spring Musical
Community contributions:
Project REDD UP
Goals: “My future plans are
to attend a four-year college or
university for Music Education.
So I can become a high school
music teacher where I can teach
students not only to sing and
play music but to love and
appreciate it as well.”
Audra Sitterly
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Carissa and
Eric Sitterly
Academic
achievements: High Honor
Roll; 5th in class; 4.2 GPA
School activities: Sports
Editor for Yearbook; Leaders of
Tomorrow
Community contributions:
Leadership in the Community
award; Catholic Heart
Workcamp; Make a Difference
Day; Red Octopus; Nursing
home volunteer
Goals: “Attend college to
become an Occupational
therapist.”
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Michael Thomas
Ryan
Samantha Scholl
Amanda Silay
Erin N. Smith
Shane Smith
Bethany Snider
School,
grade:
Quaker
Valley High
School, 12
Parents:
Michael and
Ann Ryan
Academic
achievements: 3.6 GPA;
National Honor Society; High
Honor Roll
School activities: SADD;
Peer Leadership; Track and
Field; Spanish Club
Community contributions:
Founder and President of Soles
to Heal, Inc; Nursing Home
volunteer; Church Youth
Group;
Goals: “I plan to attend a
university majoring in
occupational therapy.”
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Deborah and
Peter Smith
Academic
achievements:
AP Scholar; 4.0 GPA; High
Honor Roll; LaRoche College
Honors Drawing Student;
French Honors Society; Art
Honors Society
School activities: Student
Government; Key Club; Varsity
Volleyball; Indoor & Outdoor
Track; Homecoming Float
Committee
Community contributions:
PA Connecting Communities
volunteer; Animal Friends
volunteer
Goals: “Attend Penn State
University Park and double
major in Secondary Education –
English and Art Education,
become a high school teacher
and volleyball coach.”
School,
grade: Quigley
Catholic High
School, 12
Parents:
Patrick and
Denise Scholl
Academic
achievements: High Honor
Roll; PHSSL State Qualifier;
NFL Degree of Distinction;
Sister Carleen Lynch Peace and
Justice Award
School activities: Campus
Ministry; Italian Club; Forensics;
Musical; Cheerleading;
Volleyball; Student
Ambassador; Class Vice
President
Community contributions:
March for Life; Habitat for
Humanity; CORE volunteer for
Life; American Heart
Association Beaver/Butler
County, Special Appeal Speaker
Goals: “Child Development at
University of Pitt; Become
certified Child Life Specialist.”
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Steve and
Sharon
Smith
Academic achievements:
4.0 GPA; High Honor Roll
School activities: President
and Founder of Computer Club;
Westinghouse Science Honors
Inst.; Andrews LEAP program;
Community contributions:
Carnegie Science Center
volunteer; Computer
programming and Robotics
teacher at Peebles Elementary
Goals: “After graduating
high school, I plan on attending
Carnegie Mellon University as a
computer science major.”
School,
grade:
Northgate High
School, 12
Parents:
William and
Nancy Silay
Academic
achievements:
4th in class; National Honors
Society; KDKA Extra Effort
Award; Jack Bryce Award;
Scholar Athlete;
School activities: Student
Council; HOBY; Mentor; National
Art Honor Society; Cross
Country; Volleyball, Swimming
and Softball
Community contributions:
Junior Rotarian, Avalon V.F.C.
fish fry volunteer; Volley for the
Cure; Lifeguard; Avalon Softball;
North Boroughs 5k volunteer
Goals: “Attend Waynesburg
University or Westminster
College, major in Sports
Broadcasting, and play
volleyball.”
School,
grade: Shaler
Area High
School, 10
Parents:
Rosemary and
Joseph Snider
Academic
achievements:
Japanese Honors Society;
Patriot’s Pen Winner; Honor
Student; 3.8 GPA
School activities: Assisted
Middle School Lacrosse Summer
Camp
Community contributions:
Shaler Area Younglife
Goals: “After high school, I
plan on going to college and
majoring in Japanese. I also want
to play college lacrosse.”
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OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Allura So
School,
grade: Aquinas
Academy, 11
Parents:
Herman and
Sherry So
Academic
achievements:
Magna Cum
Laude or Summa Cum Laude
Honor Roll; Nominated as
Carson Scholar; Cum Laude on
National Latin Exam
School activities: Member of
Aquinas Academy Service Club;
Member of Leaders Now
International; Forensics;
Journalism
Community contributions:
Active Volunteer at St. John’s
Lutheran Specialty Care Center
Goals: “After graduating
from high school, I would like
to major in business or pre-law
and to do crew/rowing
competitively.”
Alexander T.
Somerville
School,
grade:
Northgate High
School, 10
Parents:
Thomas and
Linda L.
Somerville
Academic
achievements: High Honors;
Northgate Gifted Program
School activities: Member of
Marching Band, Concert Band
and Jazz Band; Musical Pit
Band
Community contributions:
Youth band at church;
Elementary School Chorus
accompanist
Goals: “In the future, I plan to
attend the University of
Pittsburgh studying in the field
of engineering.”
Jonathan Timcheck Hannah
School,
Todorowski
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Paul and
Marianne
Timcheck
Academic achievements:
4.375 QPA; Future Business
Leaders of America; Perfect
800 score on Math SAT
School activities: 1st place
Chain Reaction Contraption
Contest; Founder of Computer
Programming Club
Community contributions:
Volunteer at St. John Church;
World Vision; writing psalms in
calligraphy for Good Shepard
Program
Goals: “I hope to earn a
Bachelor of Science in Actuarial
Science with a minor in
Computer Science in order to
gain a competitive edge in the
business world.”
School,
grade: Pine
Richland High
School, 10
Parents:
Diane and
Michael
Todorowaki
Academic achievements:
High Honor Roll; Lions Club
Award; 3.8 GPA
School activities: Pine
Richland Caring Team member;
Pine Richland Women’s
Ensemble member
Community contributions:
Highmark Caring Place Junior
Volunteer; Participant of Make
a Difference Day; Religious
class teacher, lector, cantor and
altar server at St. Mary Church
Goals: “I plan to graduate
high school and attend a premed program at a school that
suits me. I would then like to
attend Pitt’s Medical School.”
Nicole Soose
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Sandy Soose
Academic
achievements: 4.3 GPA; High Honor
Roll
School activities: REACH;
Spanish Club
Community Contributions:
Volunteer for Red Octopus;
Church Youth Group; Crew
leader for Bible School
Goals: “To attend college
and major in physical therapy.”
Joseph Tonzo
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Senior High
School, 11
Parents:
Carla and Joe
Tonzo
Academic achievements: 3.8
GPA; Honors and Accelerated
classes; Honor Roll
School activities: Track and
Football; Italian Club; Golden
Strolling Strings
Community contributions:
Boy Scouts; Habitat for
Humanity; volunteered at
hospice facility
Goals: “I plan on attending a
4-year college and major in an
engineering field and/or music
performance.”
Chelsea Stewart
School,
grade:
Avonworth
High School, 11
Parents: Sue
and Pat
Stewart
Academic
achievements: High Honor Roll;
Top 5% of Class; 3 United
States Achievement Awards
School activities: Avonworth
Varsity Soccer Team; Class
Officer; Involved in school
musicals
Community contributions:
Volunteered at American
Diabetes Assoc, Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation, Children’s Hospital,
American Cancer Society
Goals: “I plan to obtain an
undergraduate Bachelor of
Science degree and a master’s
degree in the science or medical
field. I plan to use my degree in
International mission work as
well as continuing my work with
non-profit organizations.”
Benjamin Torisky
School,
grade:
Quaker Valley
High School,
10
Parents:
Jesse and
Tracy Torisky
Academic
achievements: Dean’s List;
Rotary Club Student of the
Month; High Honor Roll;
President’s Education Awards
Program; Outstanding
Academic Achievement; Kiwanis
Club of Sewickley Academic
Excellence Award
School activities: 2008
Friends of Quaker Valley Schools
Community contributions:
Co-host of McDonald’s Steelers
Kidzone; Involved in Saltworks
Theater Company and Quaker
Valley Drama Club
Goals: “I am looking forward
to following my sister’s
footsteps into a career in math
and physics.”
Amy Templin
School,
grade:
Avonworth
High School,
11
Parents:
Eric and Diane
Templin
Academic
achievements: First in class; AP
Scholar; top Latin III Student;
High Honor Roll; Science Bowl
School activities: Class
President; Latin Club President;
Yearbook Editor; Student
Council Representative; Math
League Member; Newspaper
Staff
Community contributions:
Sunday School Teacher;
Volunteer tutor at Holy Family
Institute; Scheduled mission trip
to Haiti
Goals: “Attend a 4-year
liberal arts college to pursue a
career in math education.”
Angela Travato
School,
grade: North
Catholic High
School, 11
Parents:
Jocelyn and
Joe Bosick
Academic
achievements: High Honor Roll;
#4 in class;
School activities: Allegheny
Intermediate Unit
Apprenticeship in Acting; Class
Vice President; French Club;
Varsity Soccer; Spring Musical
cast member
Community contributions:
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership
Ambassador; Member St.
Edwards parish
Goals: “Upon graduating high
school, I plan on studying acting
and theatre while attending a
four year liberal arts university.”
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Brianna Thompson
School,
grade:
Vincentian
Academy, 12
Parents:
David and
Carol
Thompson
Academic
achievements: International
Baccalaureate Diploma
Candidate; National Honor
Society; High Honor Roll;
Westinghouse Science Honors
Institute
School activities: Field
Hockey; Musical; SADD; Caring
Team; Prom Committee;
Academic World Quest
Community contributions:
Volunteer at Allegheny General
Hospital and Jubilee Soup
Kitchen; St. Lucy’s Joan of Arc
Medal Recipient; Altar serving;
dance
Goals: “Upon graduating, I
plan to major in Pharmacy and
Spanish.”
Anna Valliant
School,
grade:
Hampton
High School,
10
Parents:
Gerri and
Paula Valliant
Academic achievements:
High Honor Roll; National Latin
Honors Society;
School activities:
Pennsylvania Music Educators
Assoc. Honors Choir; Forensics
Team; Latin Club Secretary;
High School Musical; Student
Council; Sophomore Vice
President; Dance
Community contributions:
Greek Orthodox Youth of
America Secretary; volunteer at
Montana Blackfoot Native
American Reservation
Goals: “I would like to go to
college and get a degree as a
teacher, and then eventually I
want to be a high school
language teacher.”
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OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Timothy R. Vandall
Mercedes Velasquez
School, grade:
Mars Area High
School, 12
Parents: Jeff and
Kim Vandall
Academic
achievements:
4.35 GPA; 4th in
class; National
Honors Society;
Rotary Student of Month, senior year
School activities: Champs Sports
Champion Scholarship; Leaders of
Tomorrow of Butler County
Nominee; Duquesne Accounting
Honors Institute; Future Business
Leaders of America; WPIAL AA
Soccer all-star
Community contributions: West
Penn Hospital volunteer; Together
for Retarded Youth counselor; Red
Octopus volunteer; Youth Soccer
instructor volunteer
Goals: “Business — Penn State,
University of Michigan or University
of Virginia.”
School, grade:
Perry Traditional
Academy, 11
Parents: Rose
Thompson and
Eric Velasquez
Academic
achievements:
National Honor
Society; High
Honors
School activities: Future is Mine
Conference for Pittsburgh Public
Schools
Community contributions:
Community Leader at Summer
Bridge Pittsburgh; Carnegie Science
Center and Children’s Museum
volunteer
Goals: "I wish to pursue a career in
a science field, possibly a genetic
engineer. I also would like to minor
in writing or art."
M.J. Wahl
Bridgit Walters
School, grade:
North Catholic, 11
Parents: Mark
and Maura Wahl
Academic
achievements: Top
10 percent of class;
High Honor Roll;
3.95 GPA
School activities:
Forensics Team; Leadership Team;
Campus Ministry; stage crew
Community contributions:
Outstanding Community Service
Award and Leadership Award;
African Missions; Invisible Children;
Organized Gulu walk; C.C.G.F;
Diocese of Pittsburgh member; St.
Athanasius Youth Group; Sarah
Heinz House; Gilda’s Club
Goals: "To continue my missionary
vision by studying pre-med,
concentrating on tropical diseases in
Africa to make a faith-based
difference."
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Pittsburgh, Pa. 15229
412•318•1000
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School, grade:
Northgate Jr/Sr
High School, 11
Parents: Patricia
Walters
Academic
achievements:
Honor student
School
activities:
Yearbook staff; School musicals;
Swimming; Track; Cross Country; Jr.
District Chorus
Community contributions:
Christmas presents to patients with
Alzheimer’s
Goals: “Attend college, Elementary
Teacher.”
Co
Kevin Vetterly
School, grade:
Northgate High
School, 12
Parents: Jackie
Vetterly
Academic
achievements:
High Honors;
National Honor
Society; GATE;
10th in class
School activities: Marching Band
and Concert Band; Gaming Club
Community contributions: Avalon
Public Library volunteer; assist the
elderly
Goals: “DeVry University for Game
and Simulation Programming.”
Alexandra Werley
School, grade:
Northgate Jr/Sr
High School, 11
Parents: Karen
and Scot Werley
Academic
achievements:
National Honor
Society; 2nd in
class; Honor Roll; AP and Honors
classes
School activities: Yearbook editor;
Problem solving state qualifier;
Student Council; SADD member;
Chorus member; G.A.T.E. student;
French Club
Community contributions: Tutor
and mentor to elementary students;
Sailing instructor; Special Olympics
volunteer; Haiti relief fundraiser;
Goals: "Attend a 4-year school for
elementary education with a minor in
special education."
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Autumn Vogel
School, grade:
Shaler Area High
School, 11
Parents: Steve &
Kelly Vogel
Academic
achievements:
National Honors
Society; National
French Honors Society; 4.0 GPA; Top
10% of class
School activities: Allegheny
Intermediate Unit Apprenticeship in
Playwriting; Gifted and Talented
Education program member; Student
Council; Planned freshman orientation
Community contributions: MPowerment; Peer Bridged; Praise
Band at Ascension Lutheran Church
Youth Group; Take Back the Night
events; Youth Advocacy League
member
Goals: "To go to college majoring in
psychology or writing, then travel the
world writing for a magazine or
writing my own book."
Katherine Rose
Whittam
Shannon Wagner
School, grade:
North Allegheny
Intermediate High
School, 10
Parents: Bob & Judy
Wagner
Academic
achievements: 2nd in
class; 4.38 GPA;
Scholar Athlete
Award; President’s Award for
Educational Excellence
School activities: Treasurer of
National Junior Honors Society; Cross
Country Varsity Runner
Community contributions: Served in
Haitian refugee community in Bahamas
with Christ Church at Grove Farm;
Sponsor Compassion Child Living in
Kenya; Head of Friend Connection for
Special Needs Kids
Goals: “"I hope to study biological
science in college and potentially attend
medical school. I also am interested in
different countries and cultures
therefore would like to study abroad at
one point."
Kayla Wilson
School, grade:
North Allegheny
Senior High, 12
Parents: Chet
and Debbie
Whittam
Academic
achievements:
Member of SADD
and Empowerment; Environmental
Club
Community Contributions: Local
shelter and Animal Friends volunteer
Goals: "My future goals are to go
to college either Mercyhurst or
Allegheny College, and to major in
social work. I plan to be an advocate
for children who cannot stand up for
themselves and need emotional
support."
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School, grade:
North Allegheny
Senior High School,
11
Parents: Alan and
Margaret Wilson
Academic
achievements:
Honor Roll; All honor
and AP student
School activities: Key Club; FBLA;
Student Council
Community contributions: St.
Alexis volunteer; Elementary tutor;
Autism center volunteer; Children’s
Miracle Network
Goals: “Major in Education and
Business, and pursue a career in
elementary education.”
To all of our
Outstanding
Young Citizens
NORTH HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT
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OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN NOMINEES
Sunday, May 2, 2010
School,
grade: Mars
Area High
School, 11
Parents:
Douglas and
Noreen
Wnorowski
Academic
achievements: High Honor Roll;
4.0 GPA; Advanced, AP and
College level courses
School activities: Mars Girls
Tennis Team; French Club; Peer
tutor; Ski Club
Community contributions:
Children’s Museum Volunteer;
Make a Difference Day
participant; St. Kilian Youth
Group
Goals: "Upon graduating from
high school, I wish to major in
Business and pursue a career in
Business Communications."
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Lindsay M. Zipparo Courtney Zydel
School,
grade: Quaker
Valley High
School, 12
Parents:
James and
Linda Zipparo
and Bill
McClellan
Academic
achievements: National Honor
Society; 3.9 GPA; AP Spanish
Scholar; Academic Excellence
Award for High Honors
School activities: Tri-M
Music Honor Society
Community contributions:
Masonic Village Nursing Home
Volunteer; Dance Instructor at
Louise School of Dance; Student
Rep for Dan Onorato; work with
special needs and handicapped
children
Goals: "I will attend Slippery
Rock University and dual major
in Elementary and Special
Education and minor in Dance. I
will pursue a career as an
elementary teacher and hope to
one day open my own dance
studio."
School,
grade: North
Allegheny
Intermediate
High School,
10
Parents:
Eric and
Cynthia Zydel
Academic
achievements: 4.0 GPA;
National Junior Honor Society;
School activities: Mock Trial
Participant
Community contributions:
ALS Volunteer and Advocate;
Rita G Patchan Volunteer Award
recipient
Goals: "I would like to study
medicine, pharmacy or law and
continue the search for a cure
for ALS."
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Kaela M.
Wnorowski
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