The Dallas Post SCHOOL Friday, July 11, 2003 1 William W. Kubis Award to Kerestes Eighth grade student Kenslie Kerestes was recently selected @ the William W. Kubis Award. The award is presented annually to the Dallas Middle School student who exemplifies a positive attitude toward the responsibilities inherent in being a good student and cit- izen. The winner is the daughter of Joseph and Kathleen Ker- estes. Pictured: Kenslie Kerestes and Tony Martinelli, Principal. Hazleton to attend conference Michael Hazleton of Dallas has been selected to attend The Na- tional Young Leaders Conference (NYLC) in July in Washington D.C. NYLC is a unique leadership development program for high school students who have demonstrated leadership potential and scholastic merit. Michael will be among 400 outstanding National Scholars from around the country cho- sen to attend the conference. Michael is a junior at Dallas High School and a member of the marching band, jazz band and chorus. He was named citizen student of the quarter and has been listed in “Who’s Who in American High School Students for the past 2 years. Michael is the son of Connie and Keith Hazleton. REPTILE RAGE 7 i Lehman-Jackson Elementary readers Lehman-Jackson Elementary School recently held its third Reading Is Fundamental event for the school year, entitled “Patriotic Pride at Lehman-Jackson Elementary.” Throughout the day, PTA members read and distributed books and bags of donated times amongst the students. Graded K through second were visited by guest readers in- cluding Senator Charles Lemmond, Representative George Hassay, Magistrate James Tupper, children’s book author Rosalie Snow Albert, D.A.R.E. program instructor Officer John Young, and Lehman-Jackson’s own school principal Robert Kunkle. Pictured are a couple of the guest readers. Magistrate James Tupper read to Mrs. Sandra James's second grade class enlightening them on our country’s past presidents. Pictured with magistrate Tupper are Lauren Melnick, Bryar Boice, Jared James, Brian Sisk, Molly VanScoy, Katie Yonis- ki, Robert Ide, Jason Daron, Eric Ottaviani, Bryar Raspen, Kieran Sutton, Olivia Weaver, Thomas Goodwin, Quentin Crane, Nicole Ford. From left, kneeling : Megan Davis, Michelle Fabian, Craig Manzoni. D.A.R.E. program instructor Officer Young read to Mrs. Tracy Thompson's first grade class about the country’s American flag and ended with joining the students in the Pledge of Allegiance. From left, first row: Gabe Harper, Kaila Thomas, William Milligan, Katelyn Pelton, Gregg Ciravolo, Adeline Hanni- gan, Lindsay Williams. Second row: Victoria DeCesaris, Jordan Lindley, Sam Evans, Officer John Young, Sarah Setzer, Taylor Spears, John Sudimak. Third row: Brittany Acevedo, Travis Timms, Jacey Moore, Dylan Pudimott, Ben Attanasio, Brandon Storm, Joseph Wo- jcik. Send The Dallas Post to a friend. It makes a great gift. Call 675-5211 for information. Dallas High School names honor students Mr. Frank P. Galicki, Princi- pal of the Dallas Senior High School, announces the Senior High School fourth marking pe- riod honor roll. The honor roll is determined by the following: Honors with Distinction; 3.8 or above, no C’s, D’s, or F’s. First Honors: 3.3 or higher, no D’s or F’s. Second Honors; 2.8 to 3.29, no D8 or Fs. The following have earned Honors with Distinction. Seniors: Stacia Amico, Lau- ren Patton, Michael Yenason. Juniors: Joseph Bednash, Meredith Lacey. Sophomores: Christopher Baiamonte, Katherine Kupstas, Coral Stredny, Megan Vodzak, Sarah Vodzak, Jered Weinstock. Freshman: Jeffrey Decker, Matthew Ivory, Michael Miller, Jennifer Mines, Brittany Niemuth, Nicholas Oschman, Hillary Smith, Kira Szulborski, Kate Touhey, Rebecca Vodzak, Jeremy Weinstock. First Honors: Seniors: Kristen Allardyce, Pearl Biggs, Jaime Bozentka, Krista Carpenter, Christian Cobleigh, John Gilligan, David Glicini, Ryan Gryskevicz, Lind- say Jenkins, Todd Kerestes, Mark Kertesz, Stacie Koprows- ki, Jillian Krakosky, Michele Kuchemba, Krystal Lemelin, Kelly Lenahan, Steven Losh, Paul McCue, Stephanie Miller, Jonathan Morgan, Robert Mur- phy, Jonathan Nutche, Saman- tha Oschman, Amy Pack, Corey Phillips, Rebecca Pincofski, Richard Piontkowski, Matthew Reschauer, Megan Riley, Jeffrey Rothstein, Brandon Short, Joseph Stredny, John Thomp- son, Laura Vanderhook, Peter VanLoon, Christy Williams, Danielle Zarambo, Jennifer Zinn. Juniors: Whitney Adams, Amanda Alles, Dustin Bednarz, Lisa Bressler, Colin Conrad, Kevin Domzalski, Jessica Dud- dy, Kendra Gouse, Jacqueline Hardwick Natasha Hennings, Christopher Higdon, Nicole Ja- cobs, Timothy Kerestes, Ash- leigh King, Kathryn Lynch, Ryan Mark, John McGeehan, Elijah Miller, Guthrie Mitchell, Matthew Moser, Kaitlyn Mus- to, Lauren Noreika, Jennifer Opel, Jeffrey Pace, Daniel Ret- zena, Christopher Roman, Samantha Simmonette, Jason Slavoski, Katherine Smith, Jamie Stanish, Michael Swart- wood, Kimberly Toussaint, Daniel Webb, Douglas Zaruta. Sophomores: Daniel Barry, Ryan Beberus, Cara Bestwick, Whitney Bolton, Samantha Decker, Christina Dombroski, Kristen Evans, Jeffrey Finn, Scott Gay, Diana Glicini, Michael Haines, Karrie Hors- field, Jacob Kovalchik, Jillian Libenson, Samantha Mattie, Caitlin McGuire, Ryan McHale, Ryan Murray, Amanda Nichols, Matthew Noble, Cory Ann Pat- ton, Jill Piontkowski, Megan Savage, Adam Snider, Ashley Wolanski, Christine Zavaskas, Brian Ziller. Freshmen: Hillary Adams, Sam Alaimo, Joshua Anderson, Nicole Appel, Elysia Balavage, Sasha Lee Bloch, Chelsea Cal- houn, Daniel Considine, Kath- leen Dompkosky, Stacie Dysles- ki, Alaric Eby, Michael Fasulka, Brian Feleccia, Katelyn Fritzges, Rachael Gallup, Lisa Giacometti, Brian Goeringer, Caitlin Green, Samantha Grif- fiths, Andrew Hanadel, Eliza- beth Heintz, Jillian Keller, Adam King, Shannon Kotch, Ashley Mihal, Laura Morgan, Alyssa Novroski, Justin Orlan- dini, Kaitlynn Peters, Brittany Prater, Robin Razawich, An- tonella Recchia, Heather Reg- nosky, Kevin Roman, Jessica Rosencrans, Daniel Savage, Aaron Slaff, Jesse Swartwood, Sara Swepston, Katie Szalkows- ki, Benjamin Thomas, Jillian Ungvarski, Kelly Vinnacombe, Kelly Williams. Second Honors: Seniors: Kevin Arnaud, Jen- nifer Arthur, John Beberus, Katherine Blanchard, Joshua Brakefield, Kelly Brzozowski, Todd Buckley, Carrie Cocolini, Lacey Cooper, Jonelle Dickson, Michael Fehlinger, Richard Frantz, Danielle Greenberg, Na- talie Gunshannon, Daniel Had- dle, Amanda Hayes, Katrina Hennings, Shelby Hoover, Bradley Hubbard, Gabrielle Huh, James Licina, Joseph Li- parela, Jonathan Lozano, Jonathan Mancke, Stephanie Matley, Krystle Matthews, Don- ald Murray, Eric Petrow, Daniel Piccillo, Laura Raczkowski, De- von Rother, Shannon Rother, Stephen Salavantis, Elisabeth Samanas, Francis Shovlin, Daniel Smith, Amanda Socash, Brett Sprau, Charles Stajewski, Jamie Sulewski, Holly Swartz, Carolyn Thimot, Camille Val- vano, Thomas Wilcox, Niki Winters, Stephanie Yeung, Michael Yurchak, Juniors: Simone Allen, Mor- gan Anderson, Samuel Brown, Frank Buzin, Ashley Capaldi, Justin Carder, Sean Carter, Chelsey Coslett, Jamie DeAn- gelo, Caitlin Dukas, Jeremy Goble, Sydney Guelich, Janell Hetro, Corey Hine, Nicole Jayne, Nicole Klepar, Jennifer Konopki, Joshua Kryston, Tami Kunkle, Eric Kyle, Steffen Liz- za, Shawna Luczak, Lauren Macri, Tanya Meeker, Danielle Mikolosko, Luke Milano, Christopher Mounce, Thomas Mulhern, Martin Musto, Melis- sa Novitski, Amanda Reese, Patrick Rother, Andrew Schweitzer, Lee Ann Scott, Samantha Spaciano, Sarah Stredny, Cara Symons, Daniel Tasselmyer, Shannon Thomas, Jospeh Wyberski, Stephanie Yachim, Osman Yolacan. Sophomores: Jonathan Bak- er, Nina Chlubicki, Tabitha Chlubicki, Kelli Cummings, Christian Gallagher, Peter Gal- - lagher, Nicola Gelso, Tiffany Gergel, Shoshana Gitlin, Allen Gonczol, Holly Gumble, Amy Gunshannon, James Haberk- ern, Michael Hazleton, John Hettes, Katie Higbee, Jason Jol- ley, Regina Kapral, Matthew Kelly, Maxine Kesselman, Am- ber LaBar, Erin Lindbuchler, Michelle Luksh, Rachel Martin, Andrew McGee, Samantha O’Brien, Rachel Orehotsky, Christopher Racoski, Sarah Ru- pert, Erica Sebastian, Winston Taylor, Daniel Thimot, Adri- enne Vanish, Andrew VanLoon, Matthew Wilson, Paul Yurchak. Freshman: Jacqueline Ar- naud, Elizabeth Barry, Katrina Bullock, Edward Daris, Kristin Evans, Melissa Evans, Ryan Franconi, Erin Gittens, Scott Grundowski, Robert Justice, Katelyn Kelleher, Taylor Kelley, Amanda Kretchmer, Laruen Lando, Kyle Lewis, Heather McDonald, Alyse Miller, Joshua Mounce, David Murphy, Kelly Murphy, Celia Pambianco, Christopher Parrish, Samuel Perry, Nicole Pisacano, Alia Py- ros, Michael Race, Thomas Rackleff, Alyssa Retzena, Do- minic Roppa, Noreen Sarieh, Brittany Sayre, Ashley Scutt, Jessica Simon, Richard Smith, Cassie Snider, Kaitlin S Alex Tasco, Kelly Tom G. Robert Tomko, Felicia Warman, Michael Wyberski. Sem students win awards at Fine Arts Fiesta Five Wyoming Seminary Upper School students had artwork exhibited in the recent Junior-Senior High School Ju- ried Art Exhibition at the Fine Arts Fi- esta held in Wilkes-Barre. Students ex- hibiting artwork included senior Leah Budin, Trucksville; junior Grace Marie Amico, West Pittston; freshman Eliza- beth Lach, West Nanticoke, junior Robert Warren, Wyoming; and sopho- more Jessica Smallwood, Dallas. Smallwood received the third place Georgiana Cray Bart Studio Spon- sored Award, while Warren received the Lorraine Franckiewicz Award. Seen following the award presentation are, from left: Smallwood and Warren, flanking Warren's acrylic award-win- ning painting titled “Speed.” Penn State Wilkes-Barre to hold open house night Penn State Wilkes-Barre will host its annual “Spend a Sum- mer Evening” open houses for high school juniors, seniors, and recent graduates on Thurs- day, July 17. In addition to six baccalaureate and seven associ- ate degree programs that can be completed at the campus, Penn State Wilkes-Barre offers the first two years of most of the University’s 160+ degree majors. A new associate degree pro- gram in Nanomanufacturing Engineering Technology has been approved to begin at the campus this fall. Information regarding admissions proce- dures, scholarships and finan- cial aid, academic advising, and career counseling will be avail- able. As a result of her first- place award at the state meeting of the Pennsyl- vania Junior Academy of Science at Penn State . University Meg Math- ewson from Bishop O'Reilly High School in Kingston has been cho- sen to participate in a unique program con- ducted by the Pennsyl- vania Space Grant Con- sortium. Encounter Classroom Kit.” on board. Mathewson to send Mathewson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Mathewson of Dallas garnered first place in math at the PJAS state meeting,. Mathewson received a “Team Encounter Officer Kit,: and her faculty sponsors a “Team Through this program, the Consortium is building and will launch a revolutionary solar-powered spacecraft called” Humanity's First Starship,” which will transport a three-kilogram payload out of the solar system. The officer kit provides the students with the opportunity to include their photos, a message, and DNA Pictured above are the O'Reilly participants with school officials. From left: Steven Wise (faculty science sponsor), Samantha Camoni, Susan Dennen (principal), Meg Mathewson, and Linda Rakauskas (faculty math sponsor). DNA to space Dombroski interns at Salomon Smith Barney Jennifer Dombroski of Dallas, will intern at Salomon Smith Barney, Wilkes-Barre, this summer. She is a junior business economics major at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove. Dombroski’s responsibilities will include creating contact lists and coordinating an enrollment ef- fort to for access to the company’s Web site. Dombroski is a 2000 graduate of Dallas High School and is the daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Dombroski. I The open house will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Bell Atlantic Center for Technology. For more information, or to make reservations, call 675-9238 or e- mail wbadmissions@psu.edu or visit www.wb.psu.edu. Misericordia dean’s list students Back Mountain students were named to the Spring 2003 deans list at College Misericor- dia. Students must attain a 3.55 or better G.P.A. on a 4.0 scale. Local residents on the deans list include: Sister Aboh of Dal- las; Sister Ahanihu of Dallas; Gail Alford, Dallas; Jennifer Chulick, Dallas; Marilyn De- haven, Dallas; Carl Dymond Jr., Dallas; Nicole Fallon, Dallas; Robert Gregor, Dallas; Erin Heffron, Dallas; Kari Maskalis, Dallas; Linda Mazula, Dallas; Deanna Mennig, Dallas; Jaclyn Reisser, Dallas; Amy Roberts, Dallas; Amber Rogers, Dallas; Richard Ross, Dallas; Kimberly Smith, Dallas, Kristy Taylor, Dallas; Denise Widner, Dallas; Mary Wyberski, Dallas; Jennifer Yurkon, Dallas; Alyson Bevan, Harveys Lake; Kevin Curcio, Harveys Lake; Justine Hallen- beck, Harveys Lake; Thomas Macrosky, Harveys Lake; Lewis Matalavy Jr, Harveys Lake; Laura Mitchell, Harveys Lake; Elizabeth Moran, Harveys Lake; Abigail Rodrigues, Har- veys Lake; John Sansevere, Har- veys Lake; Mary Smee, Harveys Lake; Michael White, Harveys Lake; Valerie Williams, Harveys Lake; Rebecca Keefe, Noxen; Sarah Race, Noxen.
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