SPECIAL Iss UE : SALUTING OUR SENI O R S L E A N CCITYITY SSCC HH oolool DDIISSTRITRICCTT “Home, School and Community Educating for Life” June-July 2010 Volume 6, Issue 6 Christopher Mosher has been named Valedictorian of the Class of 2010, ranking Mosher and 1st in a class of 166 students. He is the son of Thomas Mosher and Christine Hetrick. Chris will graduate with an Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors. Chris has been a member of Knowledge Masters, Interact Club, Odyssey of Lasky Gain Top the Mind (Co-Captain), Principal’s Advisory, Quiz Bowl/Scholastic Challenge, Houghton String Festival, Orchestra, Select Chorus, Bel Canto, Cross Country, Track Honors and Field, Indoor Track and National Honor Society. Chris has also been involved in the Prom Committee, school musicals, Up All Night, Homeless Huskies and served as Class President. Chris has received honors including the 60 point award, Cross Country Most Valuable Runner, Track and Field Scholar Athlete, C academic excellence in Chemistry, English, Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, Global I and II, Spanish III, and Pre-Calculus. Chris has been a county and sectional qualifier for both the Cross Country L and Track and Field Teams and he was a Boys’ Team League and County Champion for CCAA Division I. Chris will attend Valedictorian Case Western Reserve University and major in Biomedical Christopher Mosher A Engineering. Amanda Lasky has been named Salutatorian of the Class of 2010, ranking 2nd in a class of S 166 students. She is the daughter of David and Pamela Lasky. Amanda will graduate with an Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors. Amanda has been a member of Varsity Swim Team, Varsity Bowling Team, Homecoming S Committee, Up All Night, Homeless Husky participant, Principal’s Advisory, Knowledge Masters, Band (Concert Mistress), Marching Band, Pep Band, Solo Festival, All County Band and Odyssey of the Mind. Amanda OF has also served as Class Treasurer, the Olean High School Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Ambassador, Spanish Club, National Honor Society, Prom Committee and Float Committee. 2 Amanda has received honors including Swim Team scholar athlete awards, sportsmanship awards, Varsity Bowling Sectional Team member, Model UN Best Delegate award, George 0 Eastman Young Leaders Award, 60 point award, and outstanding achievement in Earth Science, Spanish II, Global I, Global II, Biology, Chemistry, and Pre-Calculus. Amanda has volunteered 1 for the YMCA and has completed many community service projects with her church. Amanda will attend the University of Salutatorian 0 Pittsburgh. Amanda has not yet declared a major. Amanda Lasky The following students of the Olean High School Class of 2010 have excelled in their studies, citizenship and extra-curricular activities, maintaining a 90 or above average throughout their high school career. Listed alphabetically are: winner ’07-08, Senior Class Vice President, Class Secretary, founded “Carnival for a Cure,” member of Olean Youth and Recreation Board of Directors, DECA President and Treasurer, UNICEF Director, Genesis House volunteer, Bona Responds Shanae Abdo is the volunteer, Gus Macker Rachel Bantelman is the Christina Devling is the daughter of Michael and volunteer, Homeless daughter of Jean and Joe daughter of Pamela and Gigi Abdo. Shanae has Huskies, Up All Night, Bantelman. Rachel has Robert Devling. Christina participated in a variety of Salvation Army volunteer, participated in Student has been a member of in C activities including DECA, Olean Youth Soccer Club Activities Council, Interact Interact Club (Secretary), Spanish Club, Odyssey of volunteer and referee, Club, Science Club, Science Club, Spanish the Mind (Team Captain), JV Basketball, Varsity Model UN, Homecoming Club, TV Studio, Yearbook, Chorus, Interact Club, the Basketball, Varsity Soccer and Prom Committee, National Honor Society, L and Enchanted Mountain stage crew, Principal’s Varsity Swimming and Homeless Huskies, Advisory, Homeless Soccer Club. Kaitlyn Diving, Varsity Track and Principal’s Advisory, Huskies, JV Softball, plans on attending Virginia Field, Varsity Basketball, Homecoming Committee, A Varsity Swimming, Tech for BioChemistry/ Varsity Softball, EMAC, Cheerleading, JV Softball, National Honor Society, Cancer Pharmacology. AAU Basketball, Summer art show award, St. Mary’s volunteered for Special Softball, SAC Treasurer, of the Angels Youth Group, Olympics, Youth Summit Science Club Treasurer, Gus Macker volunteer, S and the STAR. program. Science Club President, Salvation Army volunteer, Shanae plans on attending Model UN Fundraising church festival volunteer, Jamestown Community chairperson and is a Dance Arts and summer S College for Occupational member of the National softball. Christina will Therapy Assistant. Honor Society. Rachel will attend Geneseo and attend the University of major in Psychology. OF Buffalo where she will play Division I Basketball and major in Physical Therapy. Samantha Armstrong is the daughter of Elena 2 Mikolajczyk. Sam has participated in Up All Night, Principal’s Advisory, 0 French Club, Odyssey of the Mind, Homeless Kaitlyn Andreano is Huskies, Orchestra, the daughter of Jeff and Chorus, school plays, Angela Finch is the 1 Kelly Andreano. Kaitlyn Softball, Track, Bowling, daughter of Jill Finch. has participated in the National Honor Society, Angela has participated DUKE University Talent volunteered at church Susan Barlett is the in Odyssey of the Mind, Identification Program, picnics, Special Olympics, daughter of Linda Barlett. Interact Club, Band, 0 worked for the STAR. named CCAA Division Susan has participated Orchestra, Chorus, I Scholar Athlete of the program and attended the in Skills U.S.A., Band, National Honor Society, Season, OHS Student of the Houghton String Festival. Orchestra, Chorus, Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Month, Cattaraugus County Sam plans on attending Principal’s Advisory, Band, Houghton String Youth Citizenship Award, Jamestown Community Soccer, Softball, and has Festival, Guatemala National Honor Society College for Nursing. won awards for perfect Mission Team, and the Member, 20 point award, attendance. Susan has also plays, “Anything Goes,” RIT Innovation Creativity completed the BOCES “The Sound of Music,” Award winner, Scholastic Medical Assisting program. “Fiddler on the Roof,” and Challenge participant, Susan will attend the “Oklahoma.” Angela will Model UN Lead Delegate, University of Buffalo for attend SUNY Oswego for DECA Regional Finalist, Biomedical Sciences. Childhood Education. Model UN Competition Olean City School District Newsletter 2 James Hardenbergh is the Hannah Hughes Michael Liu Daniel Massaro is the is the son is Kelly McKeown is the son of Lynn Hardenbergh. daughter of Deb and of Zheji Liu and Xia Li. the son of Charles and daughter of Amy and Paul James has been an active Roderick Hughes. Hannah Michael has been involved Susan Massaro. Dan has McKeown. Kelly has member of the OHS has been a member of with Knowledge Masters, participated in Homeless been involved in many community participating in National Honor Society, Model UN (Treasurer), Huskies, Hockey, class school and community Homeless Huskies, Up All Science Club, Outdoor Up All Night, Principal’s competitions, JV Soccer, activities including the Night, 8 Days of Giving, Track, Indoor Track, Cross Advisory, Interact Club, Varsity Soccer, and is a Interact Club (Secretary), National Honor Society, class Country, Swimming, Prom Committee, Bel member of National Honor Homeless Huskies, Science competitions, Varsity Soccer Student Activities Council Canto, Select Chorus, Society. Dan was selected Club, Student Activities (Captain), has been a CCA and the Interact Club (Vice- school musicals, Band, to be Captain of the Hockey Council (Vice President), All-Star, volunteered for President). Hannah has Orchestra, Jazz Band, Team, Varsity Soccer Homecoming Committee, Bona Responds and Taste of volunteered for the Special Marching Band, OHS Team and has served as class competitions, Up Olean. This year James was Olympics, the Special String Quartet, CDEP, Class Officer. Dan has All Night, Varsity Soccer, named MVP for Soccer and Education Prom and Houghton String Festival, also received the Big 30 Varsity Track and Field, Most Outstanding Calculus participated in Homeless JV Soccer, Varsity Soccer, Athlete Award for Soccer. Indoor Track, Varsity student. James will attend Huskies. As a junior, National Honor Society, He has been accepted into Basketball, JV Basketball, the University of Buffalo Hannah was awarded the and has won scholar athlete the highly selective ROTC Bolivar-Richburg Sting, for Electrical Engineering. Susan B. Anthony and and sportsmanship awards. program and will attend the Buffalo United, Riverside Frederick Douglass Award. Michael has served as Class University of Buffalo for Express, Recreation Hannah will attend Niagara Vice President and SAC Mechanical Engineering. Soccer and National University for Biology. President. Michael will Honor Society. Kelly attend Cornell University will attend Edinboro for for Biological Sciences. Elementary Education. Kaitlyn Harvey is the daughter of Beth Harvey. Kaitlyn has been a member Reed McElfresh is the of Bel Canto, Band, Select Brittney Lee is the son of Earl and Michiko Chorus (Vice President), daughter of Charles McElfresh. Reed has been Interact Club, French Club, Jason Mahar and Lori Lee. Brittney is the involved in Up All Night, Caitlyn McNamee is the Cheerleading, NYSSMA has participated in son of Kimberly Mahar. Homeless Huskies,