Photo by Sabrina Romano
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By Sabrina Romano
“Motivated,” “hardworking,” and “thoughtful” were a few of the positive adjectives that the staff at Perry High used to describe the upwards of 150 Honor Roll students during the Parent School Community Council Honors Breakfast Thursday, Feb. 5 at the Observatory Hill high school.
Stephanie Turnbull, the assistant principal, said holding a celebratory breakfast is important for the students.
“We really want to acknowledge these hardworking kids. (The event) shows true commitment to their education,” Turnbull said. “It’s truly a big deal.”
Kiley Krizan, a learning environment specialist, co-organized the event.
Krizan said the staff encourages the students to strive for Honor Roll by reminding them about the Pittsburgh Promise, which offers college scholarship opportunities. Gene Walker, a Pittsburgh Promise program manager, was there to speak to the students about the scholarship.
This celebratory breakfast is a way “to include the parents in the learning process,” Krizan said.
Ronnie Miller attended the breakfast to support his son Andre, a junior.
“I am very proud that he is keeping on the right path,” Ronnie said. “He has done this year after year and I am here to support him.”
Like Ronnie, Vivian Wilson was there for her daughter, senior Keana Player.
“This event will encourage her to get (Honor Roll) again next report,” Wilson said.
Player said paying more attention in class and doing all of her schoolwork is what helped her most in achieving Honor Roll honors.
Shelby Zastawa, a 12th grader who will be attending University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown to study engineering, said striving and achieving Honor Roll has taught her a positive work ethic.
“If you do your work, good things will happen,” Zastawa said. “I think it is nice that they are rewarding the kids who do what they are supposed to for once instead of focusing on the bad.”
Turnbull refers to the students on the Honor Roll as exceptional Perry students, which she says is “somebody (who) comes to school every day with a willingness to learn and a positive attitude.”
Full List of Honor Roll Students:
YADIEL ALVARADO
RODERICK ALVARADO
ALYSSA ANDREEN
NATHAN ANDREEN
MAISIE ARLET
HALEY ARLET
DONALD BAYNES
AMELA BECIREVIC
DAYZHON BELL
JAQUAN BRAZIL
JORDAN BREWER
TYRAE BREWER
SALEEMA BROOKS
TAJANERA BROWER
MALIKA BROWN
CHRISTIAN BURGOS
GAGE BURKE
AZZER CARPENTER
DEONTE CARSON
MONIQUE CHANDLER
KHAMAJE CLARKE
LLOYD CLEVELAND
CORDELL COLEMAN SANDERS
TYSHEA COLTON
LOUIS CONNORS
KEIONNA CREW
JAMES CROWLEY
BREONNA CURGES
MICAL DAWKINS
RAY DEAN
KEILYN DILLARD
JACOB DITTRICH
HAVEN DOSDOR
SYDNEY DUNGAN
JOSHUA DYER
ZAVIER FEARS
DEVON FIGURSKI
ELIJAH FITCH
MALTESE FORD
VICTOR FORD JR
BRIANNA FRANKLIN
JAVON FRANKLIN-JOHNSON
DAYJA FREEMAN
TYLER GIVENS
THOMAS GRAHAM
TYRIN GRAY
JEANINE HALL
BRANDY HARDY
DEONTAE HARRIS
MARINA HAWKINS
TYRIQUE HEARD
QUINTON HERRIOT
SHAWNIECE HINES
AKIRAH HIXON
TERREN HOLIDAY
DONIELLE HORNE
DEVEDA HORSLEY
DASHAWN HUDSON
NAOMI CHINEYA ILOCHI
JASMINE ION
TYRELL IVEY
ALAINA JACKSON
NDAYISENGA JACKSON
JENNA JANNEY
DEQUAY JOHNSON
JOSEPH JONES
ROBERT JONES
PAUL JURACKO
TREVOR JUSTICE
TAI KENNEY
BRANDON KENNEY
BRIANNA KENNEY KING
GEORGE KILIAN
DEJA KING
ANDREW KNIGHT
AJA KNIGHT
KAITLYN KOCIAN
TERRELLE KOHLMAN
SHELBY KRAUS
DALTON LAU
TALAYIA LAWRENCE
UNIQUE LEE
KRISTIN LIPNER
NYA LIPSCOMB
DAKOTA LUCAS
ETIENNE LUU
AMARI MANKER
DESTINY MARSHALL
SARA MATTER
TESSA MCCAFFREY
DEINE MCCORMICK
KEVIN META
ANDRE MILLER
ZARA MILLER
IMANI MONTGOMERY
MICHAEL MONTGOMERY
BRIANNE MORGAN
SAMANTHA MORGAN
MYRA MORROW
CRAIG NEMETZ
RICHARD NEUROHR III
SATORIA NEVELS
JALEN PARKER
LAURYN PARKS
COREY PAYNE
GRIFFIN PICKETT
KEANA PLAYER
NATE-TRA POLK
VICTORIA PTACEK-HAYES
EMILIO RAMIREZ
ROMAN RAMSEY
CLARE RAYMOND
CARL RIEGER
TAMIRA ROBERTS
ASHLEY ROBERTS POLICICCHIO
TALAL ROGERS
BRENDAN SHEFFEY
MALAYIA SHEFFIELD
SONJA SLOAN
KEVONNA STEVENS
KYLIA THOMAS
JEREMIAH THOMPSON
CHANI TIMBERS
RYAN TOOMEY
DANGELO VAUGHN
DEONTAY WADLEY
GLENN WALKER III
AUJANAE WASHINGTON
GERALD WATKINS
STEVEN WEAVER JR
RACHEL WHITMAN
AKEILA WILLIAMS
MYA WILSON
JACOB WRIGHT
SHELBY ZASTAWA
