WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 · 13 Hunter Stecko School, grade: Norwin High School, 12 Parents: Eric and Danielle Stecko Academic achievements: VFW Voice of Democracy Essay Contest awards; HOBY Delegate; National Merit Scholarship Semifinal-ist; Westinghouse Science Honors Institute Participant; AP Scholar with Distinction; Coca-Cola Scholar Semfi-nalist; Presidential Scholars Program Nominee (2017); Valedictorian. Extracurricular activities: Norwin Speech and Debate Club; Class President; Student Council; Select Orchestra; Saint Agnes Parish Choir; Model UN; Spanish Club; Football. Community involvement: Senior Youth Ministry; Travel Baseball Coach; Saint Agnes Parish Volunteer. Goals: From a young age, I have, un-fortunately, been confronted with the reality of Alzheimer’s Disease in my family. My plan is to study biomedical engineering with an intent to pursue a medical profession in either neurology or neurosurgery, bringing together the technology of the future with the medical dilemmas of (hopefully) the past. Taylor Wambold School, grade: Derry Area Senior High School, 12 Parent: Kristen Wambold Academic achievements: Bauch + Lomb Award from the University of Rochester; Spanish Honor Society; Academic Achieve-ment Award. Extracurricular activities: Soccer, captain; Basketball; Softball, defen-sive MVP and leadership award. Community involvement: Denny’s; Chaek’s Ice Cream Window; The Na-tional Trust for Historic Preservation member; Westmoreland County Food Bank volunteer; Derry Area Basketball Tournament volunteer. Goals: I will be attending Kent State to receive my bachelor’s degree in architecture and minor in historic preservation. Upon finishing college, I plan to move to the New York City area. Initially, I will most likely live in the city, but my ultimate goal is to work from home and commute to the city only when needed. My dream is to design buildings that emulate the beauty of the past or specialize in pre-serving our former landmark buildings to keep them around longer. Nichole Szafranski School, grade: Pine-Richland High School, 12 Parents: Stan and Lisa Szafranski Academic achievements: The Enlisted As-sociation Award of Merit; AFJROTC department award for outstanding achievement and excellence; Daughters of the American Revolution Youth Citizen-ship Award; Rotary Club Student of Distinction. Extracurricular activities: AFJROTC drill and color guard competition teams; Mountaineer Cadet Officer Leadership School; Traveled with JROTC to Europe. Community involvement: Hog Heaven Rescue Farm volunteer; Na-tional Society of Sons of the Ameri-can Revolution; Vet Tech Institute Paws for the Cure volunteer; Twin-brook Animal Clinic employee. Goals: My plan is to attend West Virginia University to major in crimi-nology and intelligence to continue my Air Force JROTC after completing my fourth year at the high school level. After college, I hope to go into the Air Force as an officer and work in Homeland Security with a K-9. Natalie Weida School, grade: Baldwin High School, 12 Parent: Virginia Weida Academic achievements: Highest Hon-ors; AP Scholar with Distinction; Society of Women Engineers Certificate of Merit; Euro Challenge team. Extracurricular activities: National Honor Society; Dance Team; Color Guard; Calcu-Solve Bowl; JA Titan Business Challenge; Model European Union; Model Africa; Math League; Drama Club; Musical; Dance Classes. Community involvement: Satch-els of Caring; Relay for Life; Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank volunteer. Goals: I plan to attend a four-year university and receive my bachelor’s degree in engineering. While in col-lege, I will join Greek life as a means to spearhead more philanthropic op-portunities and volunteer regularly. I also plan on participating in the dance team and receiving my yoga teaching certifications. Combining my personal strengths with academics and volun-teering will provide the foundation for the goals that I aspire to achieve. Elizabeth Vogt School, grade: Serra Catholic High School, 12 Parents: Mary Lou Madigan and Edgar Vogt Academic achievements: Induction into Thespian Troupe 5118; Certificate of Achievement for Junior Achieve-ment Student teaching; Certificate of Completion for Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week; First place in FBLA Business Law; Third Place in FBLA Impromptu Speaking; Honor Roll. Extracurricular activities: High school choir; Serra Newspaper writer; Yearbook member; Color Guard; Prom Committee; Powder Puff football; Big Brother, Big Sister; Interact Club; Dance; Musical; Eucharistic Minister; Pro-Life club. Community involvement: Penn-sylvania Free Enterprise Week; Saint John’s Youth group; Big Brother, Big Sister; Red Cross Volunteer. Goals: I have been accepted into the Cook Honors College at IUP which only takes 100 students. I plan on earning my major in criminology, pre-law and double-major in political science. After undergraduate, I hope to go to law school. Melissa Zentz School, grade: Pine-Richland High School, 12 Parent: Cindy Zentz Academic achievements: Honor Roll; Na-tional Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientist Award. Extracurricular activities: Gym-nastics; Student Government, spirit officer; Mini-Thon Dance Captain; Future Business Leaders of America; Peer Buddies. Community involvement: Babysit-ting; Trinity Gymnastics volunteer coach; Faith Formation Teacher; Saint Richards Youth Group participant. Goals: Throughout high school, I discovered that I was interested in law and wanted to go to college to become a lawyer. Through social studies class, I learned that I liked to debate, and talk about pressing issues. This led me to finding the op-portunity to shadow at the Pittsburgh Court House. It was an experience of a lifetime, one that truly allowed me to see what a lawyer did and what happened behind the scenes. From that point, I knew that being a lawyer was the profession for me. Kelsie Urbanek School, grade: Deer Lakes High School, 12 Parents: Jennifer and Michael Urbanek Academic achievements: Will be inducted into the National Technical Honor Society. Extracurricular activities: FCCLA, president; SKILLS Regional com-petition; A.W. Beattie Career Center Ambassador; Prostart member; Irish Dancing; Best Buddies; Volleyball; Track and Field; Lancer Vision; Year-book Committee. Community involvement: 180 Dresses; The Irish Centre; The Artist Within; Juniper Village; Zoo-Teen at The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium. Goals: I received early acceptance to Niagara College Canada for their Chef Management program. I will gradu-ate in April 2019. I then plan to enter a double internship (Culinary and Pastry) at The Biltmore Estate for 6-9 months. Following that internship, I plan to go to Penn College for Baking and Pastry arts. When I graduate from Penn College I plan to study abroad in Ireland. Emily Yosi School, grade: Baldwin High School, 11 Parent: Joanne Farrell Academic achievements: National Honor Society; Highest Honors. Extracurricular activities: Key Club; French Club; Indoor and Outdoor Track; Cross Country; Soccer; Math League; School Orchestra. Community involvement: Key Club canned food drive; Carnation sale; Haunted house volunteer; Book fair volunteer; Clothing drive; Card- making for the troops and senior citi-zens; EQT 10-miler volunteer; Liberty Mile volunteer; Steeler race volunteer. Goals: I plan to go to college, but I’m not sure which college yet. I plan to major in a type of science, engineer-ing or medicine. Also, I would like to run cross country and track in college. I would like to graduate with a bach-elor’s degree and possibly go back to school to earn a master’s degree. After graduating, I would like to find a well-paying job and settle down with a family and travel the world to experience the different cultures each place has to offer. Nicholas Ungarino School, grade: Northgate Junior/ Senior High School, 12 Parents: Karen and Mario Ungarino Academic achievements: Scholar-athlete awards for main-taining distinguished honors while participating in cross country and track; Academic achievement awards for maintaining distinguished honors while participating in marching band; National Honor Society. Extracurricular activities: Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation; Major League Hacking; Cross Country; Biking; 3D Modeling and Animation. Community involvement: Bellevue Christian Church; Three Rivers Arts Festival; National Interscholastic Cy-cling Association; Nursing home vol-unteer; Borough of Avalon employee. Goals: I plan to continue developing my knowledge and working toward creating a new and clean future of travel in the aerospace field. After receiving a degree in aerospace en-gineering at Penn State, Ohio State, Purdue or Georgia Institute of Tech-nology, I hope to become an employee of Boeing, NASA or SpaceX. Michaela Woods School, grade: Baldwin High School, 12 Parents: Colleen and Douglas Woods Academic achievements: National Art Honor Society; Gifted Program; AP/Honors; Highest Honor Roll. Extracurricular activities: Vol-leyball; Math League; French Club; Senior Class Activities Guild; DaVin-cian Society, president; National Art Honor Society; Student Council; St. Louise de Marillac Youth Group and Bible Study. Community involvement: First-grade CCD class teacher’s assistant at St. Valentine’s Parish; Volunteer at church events; National Art Honor Society. Goals: I have been accepted into Duquesne University’s Pre-Medicine Program for the upcoming fall semes-ter. I will be majoring in biology and focusing on a medical career. I plan to attend medical school after my four years at Duquesne. I am currently interested in dermatology and family medicine. I plan on playing intramu-ral volleyball and studying abroad in Rome in my years at Duquesne.
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