2020 Education in Excellence Banquet Program

Along with National Honor Society, she is also a member, and the treasurer, of National German Honor Society.. Cameron Hayes Cameron is president of French Club, co-president of choir, a

26th Annual Excellence

in Education

May 2020

Honored Students

Greater Latrobe School District

Derry Area School District

Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center

Dr Robert Ketterer Charter School Distinguished Teachers

Ella Hill Sophia Hoch Julia Huczko Jonah Lotz Emily Mondock

Zachary Buerger

Anna Doelling

Kayla Fretz

Rachel Harter

Cameron Hayes

Rachel Newill Benjamin Takitch Katelin Templeton Keeley Thomas Matthew Voloshin Anna Witte

Allison Baum

Lissette Foster

Kelsey Geary

Anthony Gray Jenna Kuba Keely McKlveen

Danielle Mullen Amber Sterrett

Derry

Matthew Gruska

Djay Williams

Latrobe

Isabelle Kaecher Eddie Thompson

Nevaeh Lopez

Mr Gene Brisbane

Mr Brian Clawson

Ms Heather Doyle

Mr Ian Dunlap

Mr Robert Fetter

Ms Ruth Ann Grant

Mrs Charla Huber

Mrs Ashley Kemmerer

Mrs Lynn Keyser

Mrs Colleen Kinkead

Mr Tyler Kolar Mrs Linda Kubus

Ms Jennifer LeVan

Mr Casey Long

Mr Jeff Mori

Mr Ken Pedder

Mr Tom Perry Mrs Brooke Pierce

Hakeem Williams

Greensburg Central Catholic High School

Ethan Boyle Patrick Brewer Kennedy Szekely

Mrs Liz Prady

Mr Tom Pratt

Mr Scott Reaugh Mrs Nikki Shannon Mrs Leanne Shaw

Dr Rebecca Snyder Mrs Linda Templeton

Mr Mike Weinell Mrs Jennifer Welty

Please join us in congratulating the top 5% of graduating seniors from Derry Area, Greater Latrobe, and Greensburg Central Catholic High Schools;

Dr Robert Ketterer Charter School; and Eastern Westmoreland Career & Technology Center for their

diligence and hard work.

This time has presented unusual challenges for our schools as they work to continue the important job

of education and for the seniors They finished their time in high school without experiencing the rites

of passage that commemorate their graduation and journey towards life afterwards We hope that recognizing the tremendous effort put forth by these seniors will make a difference in some small way.

Welcome

Get to know the students: Greater Latrobe Senior

High School

Zachary Buerger

Zachary involved himself in his passions joining several clubs and groups such as the SADD club, chamber choir, drama club, chain reaction contraption, quiz league, and boys tennis teams He also took leadership, becoming vice president of the choir council and science club as well as becoming president mathletes and chess club Zachary would like to extend a special thanks to his teacher, Ms Doyle

Anna Doelling

Anna has been a member of the Colorguard for 4 years,

while holding captain her senior year She also was a

member of the Chamber Choir for 3 years and chosen

to be the Jazz Band vocalist She’s participated in 3 fall

plays and 4 spring musicals She volunteers at Excela

Health Latrobe Hospital and as a cantor and altar server

at Saint Vincent Basilica Parish She will attend Saint

Vincent College to major in biology and hopefully minor

in music Anna would like to extend a special thanks to

her teacher, Ms LeVan

Kayla Fretz

Kayla was a football manager for the past 3 years, and it gave her some of the best friends and memories she’s made all throughout high school Outside of school she had been riding horses for 14 years and she plans to continue riding on Pitt’s equestrian team Her future plans are to attend the University of Pittsburgh, main campus, on a Chemistry degree on a pre med track with the hope of becoming an anesthesiologist Kayla would like to extend a special thanks to her teacher, Mr Reaugh

Rachel Harter

Rachel participated in XC, Track & Field, and NHS

throughout her high school career She will attend PSU

Schreyer’s Honors for Microbiology and Spanish in the

fall She hopes to someday attend medical school and

become a Medical Scientist Rachel would like to extend

a special thanks to her kindergarten teacher

Ella Hill

Ella is the 2020 class historian and is a part of many clubs

and organizations Along with National Honor Society,

she is also a member, and the treasurer, of National

German Honor Society She has been volunteering for Big

Brothers Big Sisters for three years She is looking forward

to attending Penn State University for Architectural

Engineering this coming year Ella would like to extend a

special thanks to her teacher, Mr Reaugh

Cameron Hayes

Cameron is president of French Club, co-president of choir, and secretary of National Honors Society He also does musicals, marching band, recycling, and Science Olympiad Out of school, his hobbies include reading, gardening, and going on walks Cameron is attending The George Washington University in the fall to major

in Environmental Sciences and to minor in French Cameron would like to extend a special thanks to his teacher, Mrs Kubus

Sophia Hoch

Sophia has been a member of Student Council at Greater Latrobe since elementary school and is now the senior Class Secretary, a School Board Student Representative, Link Crew Leader, and German National Honor Society Secretary She has been a competitive dancer at Seton Hill University Dance Academy for as long as she can remember Sophia would like to extend a special thanks to her teacher, Mr Reaugh

Julia Huczko

Julia played varsity tennis for three years, she has been

in every senior high spring musical, is a member of the

school’s prestigious chamber choir, and is a big sister

for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greensburg She plans to

attend the University of Pittsburgh- Pittsburgh Campus

for Biology in the fall After college, she hopes to receive

her PhD in biology and go into field research Julia would

like to extend a special thanks to her teacher, Mrs

Shannon

Benjamin Takitch

Benjamin is the vice president of NHS, treasurer of the

drama club, and a member of GLSD’s Chamber Choir

He had had roles in a multitude of Greater Latrobe’s

musicals and plays; music and acting have had a profound

impact on his life His favorite hobby is playing the piano,

alongside making any form of music This fall, he plans on

going to the University of Pittsburgh to work towards a

Doctor of Pharmacy degree

Rachel Newill

Rachel has been involved in Link Crew for two years at Greater Latrobe as well as a year round dancer at Laurel Valley Academy of Dance She has been inducted into Spanish National Honor Society and National Honor Society and is very grateful for the past almost four years

at GLSD She will be attending Seton Hill University for their five year accelerated Physician Assistant Program Rachel would like to extend a special thanks to her teacher, Mr Reaugh

Emily Mondock

Emily has been involved in 3 years of varsity tennis, the

music department, and multiple clubs She was on the

Science Bowl team, a student council representative,

a member of the Chamber Choir, and participant in

four GLHS musicals She is Secretary of Drama Club

and Treasurer of the National Honor Society Next year,

she will be attending the University of Pittsburgh as a

Neuroscience major Her uture aspirations are to pursue

research Emily would like to extend a special thanks to

her teacher, Mr Pratt

Jonah Lotz

Jonah is involved in Science Olympiad, Quiz League, National Honor Society, Chess Club (Treasurer), Mu Alpha Theta (Treasurer), and Physics Olympiad (President) Outside of school, he enjoys reading comic books and science fiction novels, playing board, card, and video games, listening to music, and hanging out with friends After high school, he will be attending the University of Arizona honors college as an astronomy major Jonah would like to extend a special thanks to his teacher, Ms Doyle

Katelin Templeton

Katelin is a member of the National Honor Society, National German Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, Link Crew, Chick-Fil-A Leader Academy, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America She is also the president

of the German Club and treasurer of Interact Club She

is currently working as a barista at Starbucks, and next year she plans to attend a six-year program for a degree

in Pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh Katelin would like to extend a special thanks to her mother, Mrs Templeton

Keeley Thomas

Keely participates in clubs such as Student Council

and Interact Club She is Co-President of the Greater

Latrobe Choir Association and has participated in the

Drama Club for four years She is a member of National

Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, and

International Thespian Society She loves to read, write,

and sing with her friends Keeley would like to extend a

special thanks to her teacher, Mrs Prady

Matthew Voloshin

Matthew has been a Link Crew Leader for the past two years, a member of both German National Honor Society and National Honor Society, and a Mathlete This past year, he worked with Ms Doyle to set up a Latrobe Chapter of Mu Alpha Theta, the Math National Honor Society He plans to attend Villanova University in the Fall

to study Computer Engineering Matthew would like to extend a special thanks to his teacher, Mrs Keyser

Anna Witte

Anna’s key qualities are that she always tries to challenge

herself and tries new things Her favorite subjects are

chemistry and math, and she is in the Mathletes club

She is going to Duquesne University next year to major

in chemistry Some of her interests include photography,

traveling, being outdoors, and listening to music Anna

would like to extend a special thanks to her teacher, Dr

Snyder

Get to know the students: Derry Area High School

Allison Baum

Allison Baum is vice president of the French club, monogram club, National French honor society, mu alpha theta, and interact She is also a member of the girls varsity softball team, and was on the varsity girls swim team She plans on attending Westmoreland County Community College for nursing to earn an associated degree in nursing, and then transferring to a university to eventually become

a nurse anesthetist Allison would like to extend a special thanks to her teachers, Mrs Shaw and Mrs Huber

Lissette Foster

Lissette Foster is an officer of the Interact club, and

is involved in many other activities including mock

trial, Mu Alpha Theta, volleyball, and Spanish Honors

Society Over the past four years, she has accumulated

over 500 community service hours through her efforts

in the community In the fall, she will be attending

the University of Virginia with an intended major in

Commerce with a focus on Marketing Lissette would

like to extend a special thanks to her teacher, Mrs

Kemmerer

Kelsey Geary

Kelsey Geary is actively involved in Derry Area’s musicals and all-class plays as both cast and director, and has been honored at the Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Competition three times She was recently nominated for the WCT Achievement in the Arts award for Theatre Kelsey is the captain of Derry’s WIRC team as well as the president of Derry’s French Club Kelsey would like to extend a special thanks to her teacher, Mrs Welty

Anthony Gray

Anthony Gray is deeply interested in Technology and

Chemistry He has assisted in the production of Derry’s

High School Musicals for three years Anthony will be

participating in a part-time job with Derry Area School

District as part of the IT Department He has participated

in WIRC, the Catapult Competition, and the Academic

Quiz Team Anthony would like to extend a special thanks

to his teacher, Mr Clawson

Jenna Kuba

Jenna Kuba is treasurer of Mu Alpha Theta In addition, she participated in World Language Honor Society

as well as Chick-Fil-A Leader Academy and various other clubs She was on the grant writing team for Chick-Fil-A, where they placed first nationally for their Impact Project She will be attending the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg this fall to pursue a career

in Elementary Education Jenna would like to extend a special thanks to her teacher, Mr Clawson

Keely McKlveen

Keely McKlveen is secretary of the Class of 2020, Vice

President of the National Business Honors Society, and

leader of the Chick-fil-A Leader Academy She plans

on attending Grove City College where she’ll earn a

Bachelors of Science degree in Physics and minor in

Medical Physics After earning her degree she wants to

attend medical school to become a Radiologist Keely

would like to extend a special thanks to the school

principal, Mr Long

Danielle Mullen

Danielle was a member of the varsity basketball team, Interact, Bachelor Auction Committee, Mu Alpha Theta, World Language Honor Society, and Monogram club She will be attending University of Miami in the fall, majoring in Biology on a pre-med track Danielle would like to extend a special thanks to her basketball coach, Mr Brisbane

Amber Sterrett

Amber Sterrett was captain of the tennis and

cheerleading team and belongs to many clubs, such

as Interact, Mu Alpha Theta, and National Spanish

Language Honor Society In the fall she plans to attend

the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg with a major

in applied mathematics Amber would like to extend a

special thanks to her tennis coach, Mr Perry

Get to know the students: Eastern Westmoreland

Career and Technology Center

Latrobe

Derry

Matthew Gruska

Matthew started the Automotive Cluster in 9th grade, and

as part of the Automotive Cluster, he learned various skills

such as welding, basic fluid maintenance, painting process,

detailing and fabricating patch panels He has earned

several certifications over the past 4 years at EWCTC as well

as upholding his honor roll status Matthew would like to

extend a special thanks to his teacher, Mr Weinell

Isabelle Kaecher

Isabelle is a three-year student in the Machine Tool Technology program In the fall, she will be attending Penn State Behrend and majoring in Mechanical Engineering She is a member of the National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society, Secretary of SkillsUSA, district competitor/winner for SkillsUSA in Machine Tool and Senior Class President at EWCTC Isabelle would like to extend a special thanks to her teacher, Mr Pedder

Djay Williams

Djay is a three-year student in the Computer Science program He attended SkillsUSA and was amazed that, as

a freshman, he was able to share the experience with the seniors He plans to continue his education in the field of Computer Science at Edinboro University Djay would like to extend a special thanks to his teacher, Mr Dunlap

Eddie Thompson

Eddie was the NTHS president and Battle Bots captain for the

2019-20 school year He also enjoyed playing the trumpet

in the Latrobe marching band Moving forward, he intends

on studying Electrical Engineering at Penn State Main Eddie

would like to extend a special thanks to his teacher, Mr

Mori

Get to know the students: Greensburg Central

Catholic High School

Ethan Boyle

Ethan is a graduating senior at Greensburg Central Catholic He played soccer, basketball, and baseball for his school and was a member of student council He plans on attending the Notre Dame Holy Cross Gateway Program and major in Neuroscience and Behavior Ethan would like to extend a special thanks to his teacher, Mrs Kinkead

Kennedy Szekely

Kennedy has been on the Highest Honor Roll all four years She also received Seton Hill’s Women in Science award for biology She plans to attend the University of South Carolina where she will be majoring in biology Kennedy will be a member of the Capstone scholars program and will receive and Excellence Award Scholarship Kennedy would like to extend a special thanks to her lacrosse coach,

Ms Grant

Patrick Brewer

Patrick is a National Merit Commended Scholar, Trib Total

Media Outstanding Young Citizen, AP Scholar, WPIAL

Scholar-Athlete, Commonwealth of PA Merit Award, 3-Sport

WPIAL medalist (Soccer-1st, Pole Vault 2nd, Wrestling 6th)

He plans to run track for Cornell University as a decathlete

and study Biology & Psychology Patrick would like to

extend a special thanks to his pole vault coach, Mr Kolar