10 · WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2018 TRIB TOTAL MEDIA
Helen Paulini
School, grade:
Fox Chapel Area
High School, 12
Parents: Ann and
Manfred Paulini
Academic
achievements:
National Emperor
Science Award;
National Honor Society; AP Scholar;
AAUW Award; National Center for
Women & Info Technology Aspirations
in Computing Award; US Rowing
Scholastic Honor Roll; FCAHS Scholar
Athlete Award; Highest Cumulative
Honors.
Extracurricular activities: Girls
of Steel Robotics Team; Finance
SubTeam; crew team; Tapestry literary
arts magazine, editor-in-chief; AIU
Pittsburgh Filmmakers apprenticeship.
Community involvement: Girls
Rock Robotics; Girls of Steel Robotics
team; camp counselor.
Plans/goals: I plan on pursuing a
Ph.D. and will continue using my
skills in science, robotics and design/
filmmaking and my own unique
perspective to pursue and eventually
lead creative, cutting-edge research
projects involving the intersection of
computers, robotics and design to
enrich and contribute to the well being
of my community.
Victoria Potter
School, grade:
Greater Latrobe
Senior High
School, 12
Parents: Thomas
and Jean Potter
Academic
schievements:
Academic Honor
Roll, Distinguished Honors; National
Art Honor Society; Spanish National
Honor Society; National Honor
Society 2 years; speaker for Arts Gala;
Breakfast of Champions.
Extracurricular activities: Volley-ball;
track; water skiing; skiing; karate;
scuba diving; cross country manager;
wrestling scoreboard operator; Prayer
and Worship Club; Spanish Club;
Recycling Club; Ski Club; Indoor Track
Club; Key Club; Letterman’s Club.
Community involvement: Adopt-a-
Highway Program; Special Olympics
Ski Program; Children’s Museum,
South Carolina; Pet Helpers; YMCA
youth mentors; Flight 93 Memorial.
Plans/goals: I have always loved
animals, so my career goal is to be-come
a veterinarian. As a vet, I want
to dedicate a great deal of my time
to rescuing animals. I also intend to
give back to the world community my
services through a variety of volunteer
activities.
Auveonna Perkins
School, grade:
Valley High
School, 11
Parents: Tymeka
and Charles
Perkins
Academic
achievements:
National Honors
Society; Junior Class Vice President;
Class Top 10; High Honor Roll; Perfect
Attendance; Rotary Youth Leader-ship
Award; RYLA Leadership Camp
at LaRoche College; COMETS STEM
Program.
Extracurricular activities: Basket-ball;
softball; tennis; soccer; volleyball;
concert choir; show choir; student
council; Spanish Club; Art Club; Sci-ence
Club; Buddy Program; VBSA
softball/baseball league.
Community involvement: Officer
Brian Shaw Memorial Dedication
volunteer; Valley Community Cleanup;
Lower Burrell VFW Children Holiday
party; Buddy Program Party.
Plans/goals: I plan to pursue my
education and use my knowledge
within the major of journalism and
communications. I also hope to have
a successful career, living a happy life,
and dedicating my time to making a
positive impact for the world in any
way possible.
Brianna Pritts
School, grade:
Mt Pleasant Area
Junior/Senior
High School, 11
Parents: David
and Andrea Pritts
Academic
achievements: PA
DECA Business &
Career Development State Competi-tion;
Young America’s Foundation,
Distinguished Alumni Award; National
Honor Society; Pennsylvania Junior
Academy of Science; Highlighted
Student of the Month in PA Cyber
Newspaper; Mt. Pleasant Glass &
Ethnic Festival Student that Sparkles.
Extracurricular activities:
Westinghouse Science Honors
Institute; Young America’s Founda-tion
National High School Leadership
Conference; Excela Health Medical
Professions Exploration Series.
Community involvement: 9/11
Never Forget Project; Red Cross Blood
Drive; Mt. Pleasant Glass & Ethnic
Festival Committee; Daughters of
the American Revolution Festival of
Lights; Yes Crisis Center.
Plans/goals: I am undecided on what
I would like to major in as an under-graduate,
and I am actively search-ing
for my future college. I plan on
attending medical school.
Christopher Potter
School, grade:
Greater Latrobe
Senior High
School, 12
Parents: Thomas
and Jean Potter
Academic
achievements:
National Honor
Society; Spanish National Honor
Society; National Art Honor Society;
Academic Honor Roll; honorable men-tion
in essay contest.
Extracurricular activities: Lisle
M. Ryan Leadership Award; Youth
Service America and Newman’s Own
Foundation Award; Points of Light
Gold Medal Award for Public Service;
International Leadership Award;
Congressional Bronze, Silver and Gold
medals; Youth Patriotism awards.
Community Involvement: Designed
and implemented a school lunch
garden; Eagle Scout; certified first aid
training; certified CPR; Adopt-a-High-way
Program; Children’s Museum,
South Carolina; Pet Helpers; High
Acres Preschool.
Plans/goals: My goal is to study
finance and criminal law because
those are two of my interest areas,
but my career goals are uncertain at
this time. I also want to continue with
my volunteer work.
Caitlin Reed
School, grade:
Aquinas
Academy, 12
Parents: Gregory
and Chantal Reed
Academic
achievements:
Harvard Book
Award; Summa
Cum Laude; Rensselaer Medal Award;
National Merit Scholar; Academic
All-American in Women’s Lacrosse;
Aquinas Academy Scholar Athlete.
Extracurricular activities: Field
hockey; lacrosse; academic com-mittee;
Pro-Life Club; Leaders Now
International; Math Club; school play;
choir; peer tutor; Students of Service
Club; Spirit Club.
Community involvement: St.
Richard Appalachia Mission Trip; St.
Richard Life Teen Student Leader; St.
Richard Edge Core Team; Medallion
Ball candidate; Bible Camp Leader;
Oxford Athletic Club, adaptive swim.
Plans/goals: I was accepted to and
plan to attended the University of
Notre Dame, majoring in electrical en-gineering.
Throughout college, I plan
to conduct research in the subject of
renewable energy, and, upon graduat-ing,
work in the field of technology to
improve the methods of harnessing
and using renewable energy sources.
Alexandria Potter
School, grade:
Greater Latrobe
Senior High
School, 12
Parents: Thomas
and Jean Potter
Academic
achievements:
Distinguished Aca-demic
Honor Roll; Spanish National
Honor Society; National Art Honor
Society; GOAL program; Award of
Excellence in Broadcast & Video Pro-duction;
Youth Patriotism Awards.
Extracurricular activities: CPR
certified; certified first aid train-ing;
experienced in Wacom Tablet
for drawing and illustrations; some
experience as an animator; ukulele;
lifeguard certified; Photography Club;
youth delegate to the United Nations
in New York City; Recycling Club.
Community involvement: Adopt-a-
Highway Program; YMCA youth men-tors;
Flight 93 Memorial; Red Cross
High School Leadership Program.
Plans/goals: I enjoy using my
creativity to the maximum with film,
drawing, sculpture and generally all
forms of art, so I will be going into
an artistic field such as advertising.
I also want to continue with my
volunteer efforts as a way to give
back to others.
Wade Rashilla
School, grade:
Ligonier Valley
High School, 12
Parents: Pamela
and Matthew
Rashilla
Academic
achievements:
National Merit
Scholarship Competition semifinalist;
99th Percentile PSATs and SATs; Re-cipient
of Wimmer Scholarship from
Saint Vincent College; All-Conference
Academic; National Honor Society;
Spanish Honor Society.
Extracurricular activities: FBLA,
President, Winner of Regional Ac-counting
Competition; track and field;
basketball; RAMS Project Business
Club, Director of Accounting; Math
Team; OneRoad Club; student council;
Member of Alliance of Student Ath-letes;
Youth in Business Internship at
Carpenter Steel Corporation.
Community involvement: Idlewild &
SoakZone, supervisor/assistant man-ager/
team member; altar server, Holy
Trinity Church; Youth Worship Service;
PrimeTime Youth Group; Relay For
Life; food bank; Vera Bradley Bingo.
Plans/goals: I plan to attend Saint
Vincent College to major in accounting
and finance with a minor in forensic
auditing.
Kyle Persin
School, grade:
Hempfield Area
High School, 12
Parents: Mark
and Kim Persin
Academic
achievements:
Distinguished
(highest) Honor
Roll; National Honor Society;
Hempfield Enrichment Program; per-fect
score on math section of SAT’s.
Extracurricular activities: Soc-cer;
football; student council; Boy
Scouts of America, Eagle Scout; peer
mediator; speech and debate team;
mathlete; Interact Club Hempfield;
recreation basketball.
Community involvement: Eagle
Scout Service Project; Outdoor
Odyssey Leadership Academy;
Hempfield High School representative
for 2017 Westmoreland Youth Sum-mit;
Earth Day cleanup.
Plans/goals: My plans are to attend
either Duquesne University (Honors
College), Saint Vincent College or
West Chester University and major in
mathematics/education. My ultimate
goal is to teach math at the high
school level or possibly pursue a doc-torate
degree in mathematics so that
I can teach at the college level or work
in a field involving mathematics.
Colton Rashilla
School, grade:
Ligonier Valley
High School, 12
Parents: Pamela
and Matthew
Rashilla
Academic
achievements:
National Honor
Society; Art National Honor Society;
French National Honor Society; stu-dent
council; Distinguished Honors.
Extracurricular activities: Wres-tling;
soccer; track; Alliance of Stu-dent
Athletes, Gatorball Tournament
Director; One Road Club; Heritage
Conference Impromptu Speech Team;
quiz team; Trout Unlimited.
Community involvement: Ligonier
Valley Relay for Life; Holy Trinity
Church alter serving; Prime Time
Youth Group, leadership team
member; You Have a Friend Day; St.
Michael’s Food Pantry; Christmas
Decorating Ligonier Diamond; Fort
Ligonier Days Car Parking; student
council; LVHS soccer boosters; Holy
Trinity Church Christmas Decorating.
Plans/goals: I plan to attend college
at either St. Francis, Gannon,
Carnegie Mellon, the University of
Michigan or Virginia Tech and earn a
bachelor’s degree in environmental
engineering.