The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, July 18, 2002 1 Wyoming Seminary Lower School graduates Wyoming Seminary Lower School recently held graduation ceremonies for its class of 67 eighth grade | students. The Rev. Charles Carrick, Wyoming Seminary assistant chaplain, gave the invocation and benediction, and President H. Jeremy Packard, Lower School Dean John H. Burbank, Jr., and Associ- ate Dean Patricia Summerhill presented awards. Jillian Nataupsky of Shavertown gave the graduation ress. a ®. School graduates seen prior to graduation are, from left, fi rst row: Mark Miscavage, Wilkes- Bdrre; William McLaughlin III, Mountain Top; Andrew Rogers, Trucksville; Jordan Carrick-Schreiber; Conyngham; Anthony Banta, Harveys Lake; and Paul Witt, Dallas. Second row: Ashley Emershaw, Shavertown; Elizabeth Clark, Shavertown; Lindsay Stevens, Kingston; Emily Conyngham, Huntington Mills; Maureen Arscott, Waverly, Charla-Alexis Klaas, Shickshinny; Maura McCormick, Forty Fort; Chelsea Yenason, Dallas. Third row: Jenna Hawley, Kingston; Cara Jo Castellino, West Pittston; Samantha Ostrowski, Pittston; Lucy Warrington, Kingston; Michelle Junker, Kingston; Rachel Kurzweil, Trucksville; Elizabeth Lach, oo Nanticoke; Kelly Dickinson, Shavertown, Licia Witt, Dallas; Nora Benedict, Kingston; Jenna An- ¥ rusisian, Dallas; Nora Mariano, Kingston; Jillian Nataupsky, Shavertown; Stephanie Wallace, Dallas; Rdchelle Zafrany, Wilkes-Barre. Fourth row: Bianca Roman, Mountain Top; Lillian Feibus, Wilkes-Barre; Sara Brown, Shavertown; Sofi e Grossman, Shavertown; Sarah Veneski, Scranton; Gabrielle Richterman, Dallas; Heather Breuer Kingston; Jennifer Lynch, Kingston; Laura Eckman, Shavertown; Alia Pyros, Shavertown; Alison Thatcher, Kingston, LeeAnn Sherlinski, Plymouth; Gemma Williams, West Pittston. Fifth row: Harold Flack III, Dallas; John Scalzo, Swoyersville; Paul Joseph Marranca, West Pittston; Ryan Molitoris, Plains; James Schall, Kingston; Albert Torres, Mountain Top; Jeffrey (Scott) Thurston, Waverly; Johngthan Shaw, Mountain Top; James Magagna, Shavertown; Brendan Morrison, Bear Creek Village; ‘John Paul Brady, Shavertown; Thomas Sharkey, Jr., Moosic. ixth row: Howard Baird Ill, Dallas; Ryan Wesko, Dalton; Aaron Slaff, Dallas; Patrick Zeigler, Forty Fort; Matthew Bradley, Kingston; Ross Feinstein, Shavertown; Andrew Ris, Kingston; Jacob Budin, Trucksville; Frank Sabatini, Ill, Exeter; Scott Henry, Shavertown; Erik Riley, Dallas; Evan Zenker, Scranton; Kevan Hosseini, Dallas. Wyoming Seminary Lower School awards Wyoming Seminary presented wards to outstanding Lower "ochool students at the annual eighth-grade graduation ceremo- ny; held May 30 on the Lower- Scheel campus in Forty Fort. Awards were presented by H. Jeremy Packard, school presi- dent; John H. Burbank, Jr. ~dean of the Lower School; and Patricia T. Summerhill, associate dean of the Lower School. Winners from the Back Moun- tain were: ® Eighth grade: Andrew Rogers, Trucksville, Paul Kafrissen Memorial Computer Award, Mary Mazzitelli Memorial Music Janie Leadership Award, The Wilkes- Barre Day School Trustees Prize for scholastic performance, and The Margaret M. Stack Memorial Award for Language (French); Magagna, ‘Shavertown, The Mary Mazzitelli Memorial Music Leadership Award, The John D. Hughes Memorial Math- ematics Award; Alia Pyros, Shavertown, John G. Ruggles, III Memorial Award for Creative Writing: Ross Feinstein, Shaver- town, The Marjorie Harvey Smith Award, The Dr. Sheldon H. Kluger Memorial Science Award, and The Anna M. Olcott Award for Scholarship and Conduct; Laura Eckman, Shavertown, The Marjorie Harvey Smith Award, The Jane Pfifferling Dimond Award; Jillian Nataupsky, Shavertown, The William M. Powell’ Prize / for- School Spirit; Ashley Emershaw, Shavertown, The Dartt Edwards Prize for Good Sportsmanship. Seventh grade: Megan Messersmith, Dallas, who re- ceived the Charlotte M. Sours Academic Achievement Award, and Samantha Marquart, Shavertown, who was. honored with the Charles Pfifferling, Sr. Memorial Prize for best all- around seventh grader. Penn State Wilkes-Barre announces spring 2002 dean’s list A total of 123 students at Penn State Wilkes-Barre have heen named to the dean’s list for he spring, 2002 semester ac- cording to Tramble T. Turner, Ph.D., interim director of acade- mic affairs at the campus in ‘Lehman. Students must main- tain a grade point average (GPA) of 3.50 or higher while taking 12 or more credit courses to be named to the dean’s list. Dean's list students residing in the Back Mountain area are: Dallas: Alec J. Baird, Megan A. Basar, Kimberly S. Boyle, Justin M. Kerr, Lisa G. Makara, Christopher Malonis, Vicki M. Manka, Tiffany A. Maslowski, Jamie L. Miller, Christopher Stroud, Steven J. Weber, Donald Earl Weidner. Harveys Lake: Richard D. His- lop, Janet J. Schweizer. Hunlock Creek: Andrew A. Bloom, Christopher Coslett, Nicholas J. Coslett, Luke A. Kasper, Wilson T. Reakes, Ken- neth J. Sprau, Joshua J. Thomas, Nicholas J. Yanchik. Shavertown: Maria Arcangeli, Scott J. Bent, John Eustice, Kazuyuki A. Nishi, Ryan M. Onyshczak, Abraham J. Stone, Amy Zamerowski Stillwater: Ryan D. Hippenstiel. Sweet Valley: Christine A. Hu- dak, Brooke A. Rakowski, Amy M. Sorber Trucksville: Michael F. Gieda, Amanda R. Kolesar, Barbara A. Lispi. ® Wyoming Seminary students honored in Johns Hopkins Talent Search Students in Wyoming Semi- nary Lower School's seventh and eighth grades received hon- ors in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Talent Search, conducted earlier this year. The Talent Search invites students presently scoring at @i- 97th percentile or higher on school standardized tests to take additional exams consid- ered at above-grade level. Founded in 1979, CTY identifies America’s top students in grades ‘seventh grade, Dallas; five through eight and provides programs, services, and re- sources to help them make the most of their abilities. Back Mountain students who received high scores in the tal- ent search are: Kaytlin Kopen, Shavertown; Tony Banta, eighth grade, Har- vey's Lake; Ross Feinstein, eighth grade, Shavertown; Howard Baird, eighth grade, Stephen Levandoski, seventh grade, Dallas; Andy Rogers, eighth grade, Trucksville; Kevan Hosseini, eighth grade, Dallas: Paul Witt, eighth grade, Dallas; ' Harry Flack, eighth grade, Dallas; Aaron Slaff, eighth grade, Dal- las; and James Magagna, eighth grade, Shavertown; Dylan See- ley, seventh grade, Shavertown; Kendra Sirak, seventh grade, Dallas and Chelsea Halsor, sev- enth grade, Shavertown. Local students named in Spring 2002 Dean’s List at Susquehanna University Alma DeRojas, a senior Eng- lish and Spanish major, daugh- ter of Dr. Juan and Alma DeRo- as, Dallas, and Catherine Finch, a senior elementary edu- cation major, daughter of George and Mary Ann Finch, of Harveys Lake, have been named to the Dean's List for the 2002 spring semester at Susquehanna Uni- versity. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must achieve a minimum 3.4 grade point aver- age out of a possible 4.0 for the semester, while completing a minimum of 12 semester hours. College Misericordia to hold Summer Open House College Misericordia invites high school students and their parents to the annual summer Open House at its Dallas, Pennsylvania campus. Open House will be held on from 9:30 a.m. t6,3:00 p.m. Sat- urday, August 10. The Open House schedule includes registration and refreshments; ¢ @® cluding the newly renovated Administration Building and classrooms; a faculty session; lunch; meet- ings with representatives of student services, athletics and student government; and a session on finan- cial aid.For more information, contact the College Misericordia Admissions Office at (570) 675-4449, toll free at 866-262-6363, or bye e-mail at admiss@misericordia.edu <mailto:admiss@miseri.edu>. : us tours, in- Dallas Senior High School fourth marking period honor students Mr. Frank P. Galicki, Principal of the Dallas Senior High School, announces the Senior High School fourth marking period honor roll. The honor roll is determined by the following: Honors with Dis- tinction; 3.8 or above, no C's, D's, or F's. First Honors: 3.3 or high- er, no D’s or F's. Second Honors; 2.810 3.29, no D’s or F's. The following have earned hon- ors with distinction. Seniors: Brian Downey, Charles Everhart, Jeffrey Jumper, Sarah Klug, Nancy Levinson, Michael Miller, Ryan Morgan, Arnie Schoonover, Joseph Urban, Marybeth Wyberski. Juniors: Christian Cobleigh, John Gilligan, Ryan Gryskevicz, Gabrielle Huh, Stephanie Miller, Adam Morgan, Jonathan Mor- gan, Amy Pack, Corey Phillips, Carolyn Thimot, Michael Yena- son. Sophomores: Whitney Adams, Dustin Bednarz, Joseph Bed- nash, Chelsey Coslett, Meredith Lacey, Jeffrey Pace, Michael Swartwood. Freshman: Samantha Decker, Coral Stredny, Megan Vodzak, Sarah Vodzak, Jered Weinstock, Christine Zavaskas. First Honors: Seniors: Ryan Balara, Maria Bednash, Herbert Bressler, Randy Burczyk, Elizabeth Eby, Laura Fauerbach, Robert Hivish, Kelly Jacobs, John Katorkas, Jennifer Kuligowski, Joan Kup- stas, Stephanie Kutza, Amber La- jeunesse, Renee Lavin, Michelle Mancke, Whitney McOwen, Ryan Pettet, April Piazza, Robert Rob- bins, Paul Saxon, Amanda Simp- son, Erica Swatko, Victoria Tas- selmyer, Kristen Vodzak, Christo- pher Yale, Jill Youngblood, Amy Zavaskas. Juniors: Stacia Amico, Holly Antos, Jennifer Arthur, John Be- berus, Katherine Blanchard, Jaime Bozentka, Krista Carpen- ter, Kristina Colladay, Lacey Cooper, Michael FeWinger, Joshua Heffers, Katrina Hen- nings, Bradley Hubbard, Lindsay Jenkins, Jillian Krakosky, Krys- tal Lemelin, Steven Losh, Krystle Matthews, Robert Murphy, Ninth Grade Honors With Dis- tinction: Skye Nickalls, Caleb David Piatt, Matthew Shiskowski, Jessica Wysocki. Ninth Grade High Honors: Ryan Michael Arcangeli, Dustin Barry Aston, Benjamin Clark Baird, Kaitlyin Bendik, Joseph Ryan Bloom, Allison Cotter Boris, Rachel Chin, Nicole Conklin, Amanda Jean Crane, Kenneth David Jr., Susan Dobinick, Matthew J. Dragon, Jared Paul Edwards, Carlee Lynn Engelman, Danielle Jo Evans, Megan Elise Johnson, Jolene Marie Kaminski, Shannon Lazo, Ashlee Leonard, Marissa Lauren Mahle, Chadwick May, Patrick Joseph McHugh, Patrick McMahon, Janine Marie Mitkus, Matthew Morris, Christo- pher Nelson, Jessica Parsons, Alan Saviano, Robert Schobert, Kelly Dawn Stroud, Jason William Wagner, Anthony Walaitis, Sara Anne Yackoski, Mark William Yanchik, Melissa Yavorchak, Lauren Elizabeth Zack. Ninth Grade Honors: Kristin. Borger, Brandon Burkhardt, Sa- vannah Coombs, Julia Rae Covert, Dennis John Donovan, John Doran, Stephanie Ann Eimers, Christopher Farrey, Kim- berly Anne Hartman, Nicholas Horvath, David Louis Hughes, Stephanie Imler, Andrew Jo- suweit, Andrew Kempinski, Peter Kennedy, Kristin Michelle Kern, Mark Cale Kornoski, Julianna Malcolm, Kristen Noler, Douglas Louis Piazza, Gregory Alan Pimm, Shannon Prescott, Jill Priebe, Lauren Nicole Pyskoty, Brian Glenn Rigez, Paul Sergio Rigez, Mark Matthew Rossick, Ryan. Ronald Ruda, Peter Ryan, Aman- da Marie Sagan, Nicholas Schwartz, Dawn Shultz, Annasta- sia Sorchik, Christine Stanishefs- ki, Robert Warren Stanton, Travis Sutliff, Johanna Tripler, Doran William Volkel, William Wentzel, Richelle Janai Wesley, Kathryn Yanuick. Tenth Grade Honors with Dis- tinction: Steven Cardillo, Sara Marie Chmura, Melissa Ann Strunk, Joshua Wysocki. Tenth Grade High Honors: Angela M. Anderson, Claire Apaliski, Christine Cole, Melissa Renee Coombs, Anna Marie Dun- lap, Stacey Ann Fox, Ryan Casey Hoover, Samantha Laskowski, Jonathan Nutche, Samantha Os- chman, Lauren Patton, Rebecca Pincofski, Megan Riley, Melissa Rogers, Elisabeth Samanas, Daniel Smith, Laura Vanderhook, Peter VanLoon, Christy Williams, Michael Yurchak. Sophomores: Christopher Belles, Frank Buzin, Colin Con- rad, Caitlin Dukas, Jeremy Gob- le, Jacqueline Hardwick, Natasha Hennings, Nicole Jayne, Brian Keller, Ashleigh King, Shawna Luczak, Tanya Meeker, Christo- pher Mounce, Thomas Mulhern, Kaitlyn Musto, Martin Musto, Robert Newman, Lauren Noreika, Jennifer Opel, Daniel Retzena, Samantha Simmonette, Jamie Stanish, Kimberly Toussaint, Frank Warman, Jaimie Young- blood, Douglas Zaruta. Freshmen: Cassandra Backes, Christopher Baiamonte, Daniel Barry, Ryan Beberus, Cara Best- wick, Nina Chlubicki, Kelli Cum- mings, Peter Gallagher, Scott Gay, Nicola Gelso, Tiffany Gergel, Diana Glicini, Michael Haines, Harry Hiscox, Jason Jolley, Katherine Kupstas, Amber LaBar, Jillian Libenson, Michelle Luksh, Ryan McHale, Samantha O’Brien, Cory Ann Patton, Sarah Rupert, Megan Savage, Erica Se- bastian, Adam Snider, Allison Snyder, Jana Stec, Daniel Thi- mot, Andrew VanlLoon, Ashley Wolanski. Second Honors: Seniors: ‘Christopher Arnaud, Jessica Be, Kate Benedetti, Kelly Blinn, Rebekah Burke, Rebecca Carroll, Karmela Conte, Kristen DeBarry, Amanda Donahue, William Evans, Timothy Faneck, Gregory Finn, Bradley Glatz, Je- firey Glatz, Robin Haines, Kris- tine Johnson, Matthew Kelly, Jennifer Lewis, Peter Miller, Melvin Morris, Meredith Nagy, Casey Noreika, Jillian O’Brien, Janelle Opello, Brandon Pall, Jessa Pitts, Rebecca Price, Rebec- ca Rowett, Bianca Sauceda, Maria Stevens, Jennifer Toth, Laura Vodzak, Robert Vor Bro- ker, Elizabeth Wengrzynek, Dou- glas Yeager, Patrick Zinck . Juniors: Kristen Allardyce, Nicole Bostock, Joshua Brake- field, Amanda Colemen, Jonelle Alexander Laver, Karen Lesley Milunic, Tabitha Miscavage, Samantha Lee Payne, Heather Mae Perry, Jenna Rembecki, John Michael Saviano, Nicholas John Schneider, Erika Steele, Craig Lee Thomas, Felicia. Ellen Walsh, Blair Welter, Daniel David Williams. Tenth Grade Honors: Christo- pher Benoit, Stephanie Berrettini, Kerin Bielecki, Katelyn. Buck- man, Heather Chulick, Megan Ashley Goss, John Paul Hanish, Sarah Heller, Ashley Nell Hules, Joshua David King, Amber Lauri, Elizabeth Martin, Tanyia Lynn McKeel, Robert Phillips, James J. Powell, Jacob Riddle, Leslie Rosenbaum, Ainsley Lynn Schuler, Kristi Hope Shaw, Kim- berly Ann Sorber, Cory Mark Spencer, Carrie Ann Stolarick, Brittany Swingle, Valerie Thomp- son, Nicole Jean Walsh, Mark Yankowski, Andrea Zvikas. Eleventh Grade Honors With Distinction: Bernard Boback, Justin Charles Boyer, Cecelia Catherine Candelario, Renee Anne Crane, Jenna Lee Fine, An- gelo Georgetti, Raymond Kabata, Dustin Adam Kapson, Christina Lumbis, Tabitha Sprau, Philip Weaver, Deidre Lee Wengen, John Yamrick. Eleventh Grade High Honors: Elizabeth Ann Ambrose, Bradley Baird, Cory Nicholas Brin, Don- ald Carter, Andrew Coombs, Jamie Daron, Mary Deady, Megan DeCesaris, Justin. Edwards, Daniel Evans, Sheryl Fishel, Matthew Gilbertson, Narayan Gold, Tiffiny June Hettes, Casey Lynne Horvath, Tracey Leigh Hu- dak, Matthew Ide, Jared Jan- iczek, Kimberly Jones, Stephanie Jones, George Joseph Lazur, Kristin Lipski, Dustin. Clyde Lord, Erin, Loughney, Lorraine Lovecchio, Patricia Manzoni, Joel Anthony Mazer, John Mishanski, Jr., Kelby Morgan, Phillip Pineno, Betsy Pitcher, Melissa Robinson, Jason Moderno Rossi, Charles Ryan, Deena SanFanandre, Cheryl Schweitzer, Lauren Scott, Maggie Mae Sorber, Kalyca Stran- sky, Megan Ashley Thorne, Rachel Sarah Turak, Vanessa Marie Wengen, Austin Williams, John Yogodzinski, 111. Eleventh Grade Honors: Tara Lynn Bath, Kevin James Bloom, Amanda Boice, Steven Edward ‘Navin, Aaron Pagoda, Dickson, Thomas Dougal, Paul Douglas, David Glicini, Kevin Gula, Autumn Guzzy, Daniel Haddle, Todd Kerestes, Stacie Koprowski, Michele Kuchemba, Kelly Lenahan, Joel Lesinski, Jonathan Lozano, Jonathan Mancke, Paul McCue, Donald Murray, Lauren Nafus, OBrien, Laura Matthew Reschauer, Stephen Salavantis, Annie Savage, Bran- don Short, Brett Sprau, Laura Stark, Holly Swartz, Derek Traver, Camille Valvano, Stephanie Yeung. Sophomores: Amanda Alles, Brooke Blase, Sean Carter, Jamie DeAngelo, Kevin Domzalski, Jes- sica Duddy, Johnathan Frania, Shane Gibbons, Kendra Gouse, Janelle Hetro, Corey Hine, Michael Hiscoz, Timothy Ker- estes, Jennifer Konopki, Kathryn Lynch, Ryan Mark, Sylena Mar- mo, John McGeehan, Danielle Mikolosko, = Guthrie = Mitchell, Adam Pajka, Elizabeth Rackleff, Kimberlie Reisch, Christopher Roman, Patrick Rother, Andrew Schweitzer, Ashley Simchick, Ja- son Slavoski, Katherine Smith, Samantha Spaciano, Max Strass- er, Sarah Stredny, Cara Symons, Daniele Tasselmyer, Thomas VanHorn, James Welch, Stephanie Yachim, Akinobu Yam- aguchi, Stephen Yeung. Freshman: Alyssa Askew, Jonathan Baker, Chris Bertinelli, Whitney Bolton, Jason Brake- field, Jacquelyn Bren, Tabitha Chlubicki, Steven Crompton, Meredith Davies, Jeffrey Finn, Christian Gallagher, Samantha Geiser, Allen Gonczol, Heather Harbester, Michael Hazleton, Ashley Hoover, Natasha Hoyt, Regina Kapral, Matthew Kelly, Jessica Kostrzewski, Jacob Ko- valchik, Kaitlin LaFrance, Ryan Marascio, Andrew McGee, Caitlin McGuire, Curtis Montz, Ashlie Morris, Ryan Murray, Amanda Nichols, Matthew Noble, Jacque- line Opel, John Parulski, Ashley Perdue, Zachary Polin, Christo- pher Racoski, Stefanie Rogers, Justin Singer, Mallory Trojan, Jill Vanderhook, Adrienne Vanish, Paul Yurchak. Lake-Lehman Senior High honor roll Brown, William Stephen Burrell, Carla Ann Chiampi, Christopher Coombs, Laura Jean Donovan, Stephanie Marie Frank, Natasha Hood, Craig Kasper, Philip M. Kasper, Daniel Manzoni, Laura Matzel, Joseph Brandon Miller, David Andrew Moore, Matthew Maria Rakowski, Amy Lynn Ruda, Su- san Ruotolo, Jared Salla, Allison Shields, Joshua Sorchik, Andrew Stucker, Judi Stuffick, Nicole Su- dal, Morgan Swan, Emma K Traver, Leah Vnuk, Lisa Elizabeth Wasser, Holly Williams. Twelfth Grade Honors With Distinction: Angela Basta, James Heber Belles, Stefanie El- yse Bendik, Daniel Blidner, Lind- say Boris, Nicholas Callahan, Jennifer Chulick, Gina Leigh Coombs, Leigh Dodson, Anthony Lubinski, Joelle Lussi, Hollie Nickalls, Alyson Piatt, Gregory Pi- azza, Cody Raspen, Sara Traver. Twelfth Grade High Honors: Chelsea Andrews, Joshua Bara- nowski, Olivia Barrall, Crystal Belle Boice, AmadaJoy Boytin, Jeffrey Carroll, Kristel Dawn Carter, Jenna Marie Casaldi, Gina Chocallo, Clifford Culver, Janna Joy Elston, William Henry Evans, Carrie Lee Foster, Christie Lynn Gordon, Ashley Marie Heacock, Stephen Honey- well, Micheline Horvath, Dwayne Kalinay, Danielle Kern, Kirk Makarewicz, Kari. Melissa Maskalis, Josha Charles Maye, Brian McMahon, Joanna Leigh Oliver, Suzanne Pierce, Louis Spacino, Sarah Swire, Geoffrey Walp, Shawna Wildoner, Ashley Yanchik. Twelfth Grade Honors: James Eric Brady, Katy Beth Christiana, Courtney Coletti, Amanda Marie Daubert, Cheryl Ann Faux, Matthew D. Ford, Vanessa Mae Goss, Rebekah R. Hubbell, Melis- sa Joy «Hughes, Courtney Kosakowski, Gaise Lacek, Troy Long, Jason William Mahle, Kevin Olshefski, Sara Pegarella, Kath- eryn Pitcher, Heather Prescott, Kristen Marie Ruda, Chad Sakos- ki, Nicole Rae Silvetti, Michael Si- mon, Matthew Sprau, Melissa Sutliff, Christopher Teetsel, Crys- tal Tillery, Megan Tribendis, Joseph Walko, David Reese Wal- ters, Stephanie Jo Weaver, Patri- cia Ann West, Joseph Yankoski, Sarah Zaleskas. Mark. Raczkowski, _ ze Ti gi NES
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