The Nineteenth Annual Commencement of

June 8, 2019Community College of Beaver CountyMonaca, PA

A Message to the PA Cyber Class of 2019

From Brian Hayden, Chief Executive Officer

To the Class of 2019:

Today we celebrate a very good decision you and your family made to become a student at The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. For your own unique and personal reasons, you chose a non-traditional path to a high school diploma, one that required you to take a greater responsibility for your education and to learn in new and different ways.

Through your hard work and commitment, you are now prepared to walk across this stage, bringing along with you the shared success of your family, friends, teachers, advisors, and others.

To each of you – and to those people who have supported you – I extend my most sincere congratulations and wish you the best in the next stage of your life. I hope your achievements at PA Cyber have prepared you for a lifetime of happiness and success.

I am honored to be able to share this day with you and wish you all good things for the future.

Brian HaydenChief Executive Officer

“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”

– Mark Caine

The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School

Class of 2019 Commencement Ceremony

Welcome .............................................................................................Dr. Frances Spigelmyer Chief Academic Officer

Processional “Pomp and Circumstance” ...................The Pittsburgh Trombone ProjectEdward Elgar

Acknowledgements ..........................................................................Dr. Frances Spigelmyer Chief Academic Officer

Master of Ceremony ........................................................................................Sean Snowden 9-12 High School Principal

Pledge of Allegiance

“The Star-Spangled Banner” .........................................The Pittsburgh Trombone Project

“Perseverance” ..................................................................................................Sean Snowden 9-12 High School Principal

Introduction of the Graduate Class Representative .................................Sean Snowden 9-12 High School Principal

Graduate Class Representative .................................................................Hunter Hardway

“Trust” ...................................................................................................................Jennifer Shoaf Deputy Chief Academic Officer

“Gratitude” ...........................................................................................Dr. Frances Spigelmyer Chief Academic Officer

Message to the Class of 2019 .......................................................................... Brian Hayden Chief Executive Officer

Instrumental Piece “Chorale” from Jupiter ...............The Pittsburgh Trombone Project

Presentation of Diplomas .............................. Marc Grandinetti and Beth Lichtenwalner

Turning of the Tassle ........................................................................................Sean Snowden9-12 High School Principal

Recessional “Pomp and Circumstance” ................... .The Pittsburgh Trombone ProjectEdward Elgar

Please remain seated until all graduates have exited.

The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School

Class of 2019Hallie AbbottAmael AbdallahWalid AbdelhamidShahada Abdul-GhaffarEmily AbromitisCody AbshierIshaq AbdusshaheedSumiah AddahblyAmani AhmadBreanna AkinsAaron AkinsCaleb AkinsAhmed Al-KhafajiBrenda AlcantaraCourtney AlexanderCooper AllenAbigail AllerMallory AllisonIsabella AllmondGhina AlrfaiAbigail AlthouseAngelina AmadorWesley AmodeoBrittni AndersonSarah AndersonMiranda AndersonEric AndersonAnissa AndinoKade AndrewsChristopher AnersonAdamiriam AponteTyler AppleMadison ApplebeeGage ArissAmarelys ArteagaMichael Aruffo IIIIsaiah AscheJaniya AtkinsEmily AucoinBreanna AustinSiham AzizChristina BabarskyGenevieve BabetskiShaina BaerMacrina BagayKareemah BahaadurSamuel BaierlJohn BaksaBethany Baldwin

Sarah BallietEmily BallingerKarlee BaneMegan BaneKaylee BaneJaden BaptistaSavannah BarberShane BarberLyndsay BarcaWesley BarclayDakota BargielskiGage BarnesHarley BarnwellBrianna BarrJulia BarrettNathan BarryWyatt BatemanWyatt BatesSage BaumannDavid BeardshallAshley BeauchampAlexander BeckAngel BeckIsaac BeersDylan BellKaren BellanceauEmily BellancoOnnaka BeltonFaith BenedictCollin BenferShane BenningtonTeresa BentleyKaleigh BeougherCarrie BerezanskyLaura BergerChristina BergerDenver BergquistBrin BerrierEmily BesselmanElizabeth BeuchlerBinsha BhattaraiNichole BigleyMaggie BirdChloe BischofHannah BlakeJosiah BlakerAubrey BlankCambien BleilerKaitlyn Bliss

Ezra BloughKayla BobolaDonovan BodenCarly BodnerVioletta BogdanetsKaitlyn BolinskyAlexander BolteKayla BongiornoMacy BookerTerrell BookerMackenzie BosakLydia BosslerNichole BowersTaylor BowersSteven BowersDeanne BowmanGrant BoyleBenjamin BoyleJesse BraddockSteffany BradenTrinity BradoskyDevin BrandebourgAva BraunbeckMatthew BrennanMegan BrenotJordan BridgesCorey BrociousMadilyn BrosiusOciana BrowellOlivia BrownJulian BrownJournee BrownBreeanna BrownKeyera BrownSamantha BruceBrooke BuchinskyEmily BuchterJakob BuckAshton BuckKessley BullVictoria BurdelskiThomas BurnsCourtney BurrowsJordyn BurrowsQuintin BurtykAshley ByersAlvin CabreraMichael CahillSeth Caldwell

The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School

Class of 2019Briana CallaDevin CallahanAnna CameronFaith CanfieldAutymn CannonAnnabel CapassoLeighnah CapocciaRebecca CarlRyan CarlettiHezekiah CaroClaire CarpenterDevin CarsonMalorie CarterJennifer CassBrendan CavanaughAshley CerminaraSeth ChaffeeJoseph ChaneyMichael ChapmanGabriella ChrapowiczJordan ChristieGrace ChristmanJason Cisneros AlvizuresCelina ClarkLaShaynna ClarkAntonio ClearyTrista ClellandCody ClendenenClifton ClendenenCassidy ColasurdoTimothy ColeZiyann ColeJordyn ColeMichael ColemanZachary CollinsMorgan CollinsLaura CollinsBrianna Coluzzi-GloverTyler ConklinJoseph ConleyNoah ConnerRowan ConnollyRyley ConsolmagnoAlexandra CookAbigail CooperAllen CooperDavonte CorbinEmily CoxDylan Coyne

Jennilee CraigKiara CraigKiara CrailConnor CrawfordCaylah CrawfordDaphne CreamerJulia CronBrian CrossJoshua CrusanJoseph Cutrone Jr.Alexandria CvetkovichDante D’AndreaTaylor DalrympleJasmine DamonDevon DaneSkylar DanielsRain DanielsGenae DavenportAnthony DaviJosiah DavidSteven DaviesKisstamin DavisBrian De SchonEmily DealRaymond DealShaolin DeanKhalei DeanJennifer deCastroJennifer DeeterGrace DefelippisPaige DefrankAbigayle DekraaiAliyah DelaneyDarlenis Deleon VargasBrenden DeloHaley DelpGina DeMarcoNyandeng DengIndyia DennisJeanine DepalmaTilar DetoneEmma DevlinTamara DeVoreCornelius DeVyverJordan DiamondBrady DibleTiffani DiBonaRobert DiBonaAllison Dickey

Frank DierfieldAngelina DilisciaDominique DiMassimoMandy DimperioChristopher DitullioLauren DoddKyla DoeblerCameron DoggettHaley DolandStephanie DoncalsAlexis DonnonLuke DoteyKaitlyn DoyleEyerusalem DresslerThalia DriscollJonathan DudekConner DudraAaron DukesHaley DunlapMarisa DuvallAlyssa EastwoodAndrew EberhardtJared EdkinStephanie EdwardsJustin EfimoffStephen EhritzKent EhrmanPaige EisenhardNaheda El-LiftawiCheyenne EleamAddison ElliottEmily ElliottKendra ElliottShayna EmelLexie EngleSydni ErmoldDylan EshGabrielle EvansDeanna EvansRrank Evans Jr.Madison EverettsKara EvesRozlyn EwerMakenna EwingMadison EyerTyler FairmanVincent FalvoSabrina FarkasJoshua Fassinger

The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School

Class of 2019Dylan FauseyTyler FickesLaelia FickesMadison FickesJasmine FikeLaurissa FilipelliRece FinkKayleigh FishSadie FisherKatherine FitzpatrickZachary FlaigKaitlyn FleegleJuliano FletcherLaurel FlickingerHunter FlookAndrew FlowersRobert FobiaJoseph FolkDanielle ForresterBrianna ForteSkyler FortierDanielle FossettJosette FoustMarrissa FoxLayton FoyLindsey FranchekNatasha FranklinKatelyn FranklinKatarina FrantzAlexis FranzLinda FrazierDalton FredricksJamie FrenchTessa FrenchHunter FretzRandall FreyHaley FreyTaylor FryCheyenne FulghamDeclan FullerClaudia FunchesKaylee GarberSianney GarciaRoger GarlandSawyer GarmanLynae GatesEthan GautierKyle GehresHailey Gentry

Dylan GessigDakota GestrichMargaret GettemyZachary GeyerLily GibsonMegan GibsonJake GillamJessica GillettRonald GingrichDani GingrichCaleb GlancyEsa GlassZoe GoleachJane GonzalesAshley GonzalezTessa GonzalezMaria GonzalezYolanda GonzalezZachary GoodmanBennett GormanLeanne GossGianna GraftonOaklee GrassmyerNoah GrayErin GrayRyan GrecoeSarah GreenAlexa GreenKatie GreenawaltJuliann GreerJohn GriffithAshley GrossTyric GroveArianna GudknechtDante GuidoPaiton GuthNathaniel GuthMadalyn GuthrieTanner GuyLiza GuytonMadison HaasHanan HadianAlmir HadzavdicWerner HagerCaleb HallMilton Hall IIIJonicia HamiltonSeth HammakerGregory Hancock

George HandMorgan HanesElsa HannanJulie HapemanHunter HardwayMcKenna HarringtonKyah HarrisTamyia HarrisKathryn HarryEmily HartleyMersadies HartsuykerCaleb HartwellBenjamin HartzellOdae HassanAnthony HauserJoshua HawkinsGianna HaynesJasmine HedrickEmma HeichelAnna HeidenreichVanessa HeinlenCory HeiserMelissa HeistMadalyn HeistandCaitlyn HenningKara HenryLucas HenryElla HeplerVictoria Hernandez-

StastnyCadence HigginsAliya HillAudrey HilliardAdrienne HiltonMaya HindmanWilliam HinesAlicia HinnebuschRyan HirschCaytlyn HixenbaughBriAnna HockenberryAriel HockenberryGrace HodappPaige HoffmanChristopher HohmanEmily HollisStephen HolmesSean HolmesJulianna HomnickHesakya Hoover

The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School

Class of 2019Briona HooverHannah HooverLaura HornTyler HorningEva HortonConnor HoustonCallie HowellDakota HubbardAlexander HubbleJack HudsonJohnny HulboySarah HulseSavannah HummelAmanda HuntOlivia HuntJacob HuppAlexis HurstAmier HusseinElizabeth HutskyNoah HydeAlexandria HykesOmar IbrahimIsabella IgimsLindsey IlgenfritzConner IrvinStanley IwinskiNicole JanisSuzanne JansonAshley JenningsKiara JerinEvan JeromeDavid JeziorskiCortez JijonColleen JohnNatalie JohnsZana JohnsonStephanie JohnsonKarsyn JohnsonTyra JohnsonIsaiah JohnsonMiance JohnsonJulyanna JohnsonNateira JohnsonSage JohnsonEmily JohnstonDylan JohnstonEdward Johnston Jr.Matthew JolaosoEmma Jones

Alexis JonesTimmi JonesSarah JordanJoseph JordanAbdul-Aziz JubileeJoseph JwanierDusty KafelKatherine KarhnakBrianna KarstetterMatthew KarvetskiVeoletta KatkoPhoebe KearneyCaitlin KehmChristopher KeiferJennifer KelleyElise KellyKevin KellyNicholas KellyBryona KemmererSpencer KemmerzellLilian KendallJacqueline KennyKaitlynn KerecmanKristen KibbeValerie KilburnAlexis KileKayla KingOlivia KingKaitlyn KingJennifer KingAlexa KingTyler KingGage KiserSara KlauseZoey KlavonEmily KlinesmithMakenzie KneisleyHailey KneppKalie KnightKeirnee KnoxAzalia Koller-PalmerDevin KopaNicholas KorolDamian KovacichAshley KovacsJoan KovalickAnton KozitskiyNatasha KreppsKatie Kriner

Sierra KubikCarina KulbisDakota KulhaTyler KurdzielBrittany LaberdeeRebekah LaBoneDylan LambertTaylor LancasterKrystaleena LaneyShelby LangSamantha LangKassidy LangenJillian LareJoel LarsonKatelin LaskowskyKristin LaSorsaMikayla LawBrianna LawingBenjamin LazzaroBradley LearnJada LeeAnna LeeZoe LeeperCaroline LegoHope LeitnerSamantha LengleBrant LeuiceCaden LewandowskiKristin LiBardiDaniel LibengoodJared LicataCloyd LilleySavannah LippertHannah LittleMackenzie LitvakChristina LivingstonKainen LockeGracey LombardoGage LondonMckenzie LongSierra LongChristian LongAden LongMacKenzie LoskoPaige LovitzJoseph LoweTobi LoweGabrielle LuftscheinCarl Luker

The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School

Class of 2019David LundAddison LundinKarsyn LutzDerrick LynchKristina LyonsHeather LyterSteven MaciasAngela MadarMiranda MagillSteven MalcanasSydney MaldonadoRhiannon MaletteEsai Malia-TharpsApril MalloryAnthony MammarelliSion MarionElizabeth MarkleyBrendan MarksChloe MaronBrendan MartinMegan MartinBrandon MartinFrancheska MartinezAmber MartinezGrace MartoCamren MaselkoMicah MashrakyTaymiyyah MasonAdam MaszczakMorgan MatthewsKiara MayberryMialeigh McAndrewSamantha McCachrenCharity McCachrenKaitlin McCarthyJade McClenahanBrady McClintockJaydn McCormickTyler McCormickVictoria McCourtMatthew McCrearySamantha McDonaldMackenzie McElroyNicholas McFarlandMia McGeeMolly McGillIrene McGrawChristopher McGuckinDevin McKelvey

Morgan McLaughlinOlivia McNealDesiree McQuistonKyra MearsSpencer MeaseJoseph MedwickZoe MeinzerLuanda MejiasEmily MeltonBrent MerrittGiovanni MeucciLewis MiglioreMaura MilesMarissa MillerMya MillerAaron MillerHunter MillerCassie MillerSydney MillerDylan MillerCassaundra MillerJordan MillerZackary MillerJacob MineardAdriana MinnellaDestini MinorEmily MintoJacey MirtoJulia MisloBalsam MohammadAmira MohammedJayde MoliternoAbrianna MolitiernoJosiah MollCassidy MoorcroftMadison MooreCrystal MooreEthan MooreBradley MooreNatasha MoralesKaylee MorganTahj MorrisElizabeth MorrisMason MorrisonValerie MoulAlexis MowlBrandon MozingoNafis MuhammadThaer Muhana

Gage MuirMusa MujaahidAshley MullerChilali MummaElaisha MunizCody MurphyHedaya MustafaSarah MyersHunter MyersTamara NaginskayaMakenna NagyDakota NeatrourMarina NeedhamRachael NeelyVividiana NegronMaricellis NegronRebecca NeighMeade NellesArianna NelsonForest NeubertHope NicholsSeth NicodemusKaylee NicoteroOlivia NivarMichelle Nix-LewisKi’ Andre NobblenKyle NorceraAbigayle NordinTravis NorrisSamuel O’BrienBreanna O’BrienJonathan O’BrienDavid O’DorShaun O’Hern IIBrianna O’MalleyTarianna OberholtzerMaria OcasioJade OlivaAnna OliverCynthia OrdonezMaya OrloveMorgan OsborneAmani OthmanDestiny OverdorfAtillahan OzturkLindsay PadgeonMaryna PadillaMariana PaganAnyaly Pagan

The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School

Class of 2019Abbi PailKamella PajerAlaina PalekMarissa PallantiStephanie PallofAlice ParkerBenjamin ParkerErin ParksSheldon ParksDevon ParshaMillicent PatchenJordan PaterKatlyn PattersonHannah PattersonLeeann PattersonEmily PattonJohnathan PeaceLogan PelinskyAshlynn PelusoFelix Perez IVDawn PerreraWilliam PerryMalachi PetersBryan PetersonMary PhamLaylani PhamVictoria PhillipsLeander PierceGenly Pierce-WeaverMark PinchukTimofey PinchukKendra PinoMichelle PirlRaymond PizzutiAshley PizzutiDayton PlantsRyan PlattDavid PlattSavanna PlonskiSummer PogonovichCohen PondEmily PopeDanelle PorterfieldAshley PotterMelissa PottsTyler PowellBrittany PowellBryanna PowellHaley Pratt

Brenden Price Brieanna PriceJordan PriceZachary PriceSamuel PrimeauxBrianna PrittsScott ProbstJason PruchniewskiTiffiney PylesAlexandra QuierLauryn RadinskyMalik RainesTamira RakesBrooklyn RamerJosiah RamirezAlexis RamseyAuanise RayMorgan ReardonMaccee RebmannThomas ReedRyan ReelToby ReepTrey ReeseKayla ReevesHeather RegisterCarissa ReillyDavid RenwickSabrina ReyesDareld ReynoldsBryn RhoadesJeremy RhoadsAmanda RhoadsJeremy RhodesNour RiadDylan RiaubiaRiley RibbleTammy RiccardiNathanial RiceGeorge RichAnna RiddleJosephine RiderNoa RifenburghAnthony RileyDilaila RinconKayleigh RinkhoffAngelica RiosAddison RitcheySarah RitchieBrandon Ritenour

Nathan RobertsJulia RobinsonDesiray RobinsonJennifer RobinsonCarley RockovichMatthew RodriguezNoel RodriguezJustin RodriguezGia RondoletJordan RosaKatlyn RosanoAliyanna RosarioNadia RosatiLily RoseHaylee RoseberryMelanie RosenblattHannah RottHannah RoweMichael RozmanMackenzie RuggNeo RuizJayden RunyonOwen RussellAmber RussellTaylor RussoHaileyann RyanMichael SabatelleAaliyah SabreeShaheed SalemOsama SalemWilliam SamoJoshua SanchioliWhitney SandenPeter SandersDiane SanipaKelsey SannerMarc SantiagoLillian SaoudRyan SauersJoshua SchaefferJacob SchaubGerard SchleicherLaykin SchmidtHenry SchmitzNicholas SchneiderFrances SchoenRachel SchreckengostJoshua SchreiberHailey Schriver

The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School

Class of 2019Mariah SchrubbMelissa SchuetrumTawney SchwabDakota SchwabHaylee SchwartzBenjamin SchweinbergZoe SchweitzerCarmine ScicchitanoJordan ScottAllison ScoutenRiley SculimbreneMegan SeifertLydia SerafiniAngela SevetskyHailey ShadeGage ShadleHudson ShaputisBrandon SheafferSarah SheafferDalin SheetsGabriel SheldonCandace SheltonShannon SheplerIsaiah ShimeallAbigail ShoemakerIvy ShoemakerIsaac ShortsSara ShuttleworthTracy Sibley-AustinMicah SilverSurah SimonRhiannon SineGrace SinesAlexander SlocumChase SmileyHannah SmithMalarie SmithVincent SmithAdiella SmithMadison SmithJaVon SmithThomas SmithAbbey SmithHannah SmithTyler SmithKorynne SmithBrandon SmitleyCollin SmokeKendra Snider

Kelis SnipesMathew SnippertSydonia SnyderJanie SnyderJennifer SoikaSavannah SoliGianna SommaAidan SommersAshton SopkoKendall SouderJasmine SowersKatherine SpadaforaKaitlin SpalloneNadia SpanglerChase SpechtRachel SpigelmeyerLexi SpingolaDayton SpragueKiersten StableyJoshua StaffordZachary StampoHayli StarrArianna StaubsSeth StawarzJillian SteinAbigail SteinbrecherBrady SteinmannClay StewartLillian StichaDaniel StimsonEmily StiverKayla StoeberAbigail StoneKelly StoryDerek StottlemyerJulie StoufferJason StrangGrace StrausserJacob StrohmWilliam StoufferXavier StultzMalayeen SuhailEric SullivanNathaniel SulllivanRebecca SummersJohanna SuterMorgan SuttonKade SvendsenJessica Swadley

JoNea SwatsworthJustice SyeHannah SzmaciaszMackenzie TagleStephon TeagueCora TedrowJillian TenneyRenee ThieleHannah ThieleGrace ThienesKyle ThomasKeVonte ThomasCassandra ThomasAnna ThompsonAshley ThompsonZachary ThompsonGabrielle ThompsonBrayden ThompsonMatthew ThompsonRaelee TiltonCameron TimkoPatrick TolanBenjamin TomasinoAbby TomaykoEriley TorresGiovanni ToscanoTyron TownsendAlexis TraceyCamryn TreasterTanner TrefonoffAva TrentRocco TrunzoShane TucciJacqueline TuckerMakaila TuckerJessica TurnerNoah TylerCrystal UebeleNoah UhrichAbigail UmsteadJennifer UptonNayeli VallejoLoretta ValvanoDestiny VanadaVictoria VanhorenbeckAnthony Vega Jr.Clay VerbanacKayla VezzaniJacob Vidra

Appearance of students’ name in this program does not guarantee graduation. All necessary graduation requirements must be completed before a diploma will be conferred.

The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter SchoolFuture Military Service

Kade Andrews Air Force

Dylan Bell Navy

Macy Booker National Guard

Rebecca Carl Army

Grace DeFelippis Navy

Brady Dible Air Force

Marisa Duvall Marines

Kara Eves Army

Joseph Folk Army

Dalton Fredricks Navy

Declan Fuller Air Force

Ronald Gingrich Air Force

Erin Gray National Guard

John Griffith Army

Elizabeth Hutsky Air Force

Student names appear based on information provided as of May 17, 2019

Matthew Karvetski Air Force

Daniel Libengood Army

Brent Merritt Air Force

Adriana Minnella Air Force

Nafis Muhammad Air Force

Samuel O'Brien Navy

Raymond Pizzuti Marines

Ashley Pizzuti Army

Dayton Plants Marines

Joshua Schreiber Air Force

Brandon Smitley Marines

Kaitlin Spallone Navy

Ashley Thompson Marines

Brandon Wastler Navy

Clara Zeisel Navy

Student Name Military Branch Student Name Military Branch

Alicia VillagomezDavid VineyardCyan VollmerElizaveta VolozhaykinaAngela WageleyJoseph WaibelLauren WailsSean WalterKoby WandsAshley WaplesMackenzie WardCaleb WarnerCiera WaskyBrandon WastlerGrace WatkinsKaelyn WatsonParker WatsonTierra WatsonRyan WeaverJacklynn WeaverSarah WeberCaleb WeberLuke WeberBrittany WebsterAlexyia WeckerlyMary Weese

Amanda WelshMolly WelshEli WeltyAshley WentzelEmilee WertzHunter WeyandtAlex WhartonAmanda Wheeler/SimosCheyanne WhelandBrianna WhiteNoah WilkinsonTravis WilliamsMarcus WilliamsAmaya WillisIan WillisAlexandria WilsonStacey WilsonMegan WilsonNasheeka WilsonDestiny WintersTrevor WintersJade WirickShannon WitlinAaron WittmanOlivia WolfeNoah Wolff

Connor WolfgangAllison WoodKaitlyn WorganJohn Wright Jr.Sunee WulfertMalinda WyantJenny XhemajNaeema YahyaDestiny YanickoMadison YohmanChristopher YounesMakayla YountSelena ZamberlanJeff ZawiskiKimberlyn ZazadoLexis ZeilerClara ZeiselRylan ZeranceMary ZimmermanMorgan ZiolkowskiKaitlin ZmijowskiDominic ZombottiSerenade ZongoraZackary Zukowski

The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter SchoolNational Honor Society Members

Hallie AbbottWalid AbdelhamidAmani AhmadGhina AlrfaiAbigail AlthouseAngelina AmadorIsaiah AscheSiham AzizEmily BallingerWyatt BatemanAshley BeauchampChloe BischofMegan BrenotJoseph ChaneyJordyn ColeEmily CoxDaphne CreamerJennifer deCastroEmma DevlinTiffani DiBonaStephanie EdwardsKatherine Fitzpatrick

Katarina FrantzHunter HardwayTamyia HarrisKathryn HarryAudrey HilliardLaura HornConnor HoustonSarah HulseNicole JanisColleen JohnBenjamin LazzaroGracey LombardoElizabeth MarkleyMorgan McLaughlinDylan MillerBalsam MohammadShaun O’Hern IIMarissa PallantiJordan PaterBrianna PrittsBrooklyn RamerDareld Reynolds

Taylor RussoLillian SaoudGerard SchleicherJordan ScottAdiella SmithJennifer SoikaAidan SommersJulie StoufferGrace StrausserJohanna SuterMorgan SuttonRenee ThieleBenjamin TomasinoAbby TomaykoDestiny VanadaJacklynn WeaverBrittany WebsterAmaya WillisMegan WilsonAllison WoodKaitlyn Worgan

Spanish Honor Society MembersTamara DeVore Tamyia Harris Elizabeth Beuchler

German Honor Society Members(*) Graduating with German honors through Pennsylvania Eta Gamma

Samantha BruceEdward Johnston, Jr.

Hope NicholsAlexis Shriver

Jennifer Cass*

Gerard Schleicher*Irene McGraw*

Abigail Althouse*Ashley Wentzel*Bryanna Powell*

Josiah Moll*Laura Horn*

Katarina Frantz*

French Honor Society MembersJordyn Cole

Benjamin LazzaroRiley Sculimbrene

Nour RiadGabrielle EvansJaniya Atkins

Renee Thiele

National Art Honor Society MembersJordyn Cole Brieanna Price Sierra Kubik

Distinguished by yellow cords.

Distinguished by yellow and red cords.

Distinguished by tricolor (blue, white, red) cords.

Distinguished by tricolor (black, red, gold) cords.

Distinguished by rainbow colored cords.

AcknowledgementA special thank you to the members of the graduation committee and

volunteers for all of their hard work, support, and dedication to the planning of the graduation ceremonies.

Kevin M. McManus, trombone & leaderBob Matchett, tromboneMark Snyder, trombone

Chris Carson, bass tromboneRalph Guzzi, trumpet

The Pittsburgh Trombone Project

2019 Scholarship Recipients

Stephanie Edwards Dean’s Award

Hallie Abbott Presidential Scholarship

Samuel Baierl Blue and White Scholarship

Emily Ballinger Board of Governors Annual Tuition Scholarship

Tamara DeVore Bunton Waller Scholarship

Tiffani DiBona Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship

Mandy Dimperio Trustee Scholarship

Katarina Frantz Presidential Award and the R.L Knowles Scholarship

Hunter HardwayScholarship of Distinction, Engineering Excellence Scholarship, and Mountaineer Connection Grant 2019

Connor Houston John F Benchoff Trustee Scholarship

Alex Hubble Lillian Disney Scholarship and Provost’s Scholarship

Conner Irvin SMART Program

Gabrielle Luftschein Dean’s Scholarship

Elizabeth Markley Acrobatic and Tumbling Scholarship

Morgan McLaughlin Academic Scholarship

Victoria Phillips Quarryville Teenage Club/Miss Solanco Pageant

Brenden PriceCalvert Ellis Scholarship, Top Scholars Award, Juniata Scholarship Fund, and Juniata College Grant

Brianna Pritts Mercy Presidential Scholars Program

Adiella Smith Cyber School Student Scholarship

Aidan Sommers Naval ROTC and Purdue Presidential Scholar

Julie Stouffer John Greenleaf Scholarship

Renee Thiele Middle America Scholarship and Liberty Academic Scholarship

Olivia Wolfe Wilkes University Dean Scholarship

Board of TrusteesBrian Hayden, Chief Executive Officer, Non-Voting

Edward Elder, PresidentPhillip Tridico, Vice President

Matthew Schulte, Treasurer, Non-VotingCasie Colalella, Secretary, Non-Voting

Law Firm of Farrell & Reisinger, LLC., Acting Solicitor, Non-VotingJudy Garbinski, Trustee

Jayne Lingenfelder, TrusteeTom Dorsey, Trustee

Chester Thompson, Trustee

Our VisionInspire today’s learners to be tomorrow’s thinkers.

Our MissionEmpower all students and families to become active

participants in their own learning and equip them with skills for the future. We achieve this through engaging content,

delivered by innovative teaching in a culture of caring.

The PA Cyber StoryA Small Steel Mill Town Pushes The Boundaries Of 21st Century Education

In 1985, the borough of Midland, PA had to close its high school following the shutdown of Crucible Steel, the town’s main employer. If that had been the end of the story, the woes of a 12-block-long steel mill town in western Pennsylvania would be a forgotten footnote in history. Instead, the town fought back, and in the process created an educational industry and a new kind of school for a new century.

After Crucible Steel closed, Midland families moved away, businesses closed and school tax revenues dried up. The high school was shuttered and its 125 students were shuttled first to a neighboring Pennsylvania school district, then later across state lines to a high school in Ohio after no nearby instate district would agree to accept the Midland students on a long-term tuition basis.

The rejection of its children by surrounding school districts was hurtful and embittering, but it motivated the Midland Borough School District to search for a secure educational alternative – one that couldn’t be cancelled by the results of a host district’s school board election.

Speaking in nearby Aliquippa, PA, Gov. Tom Ridge suggested in an informal remark that Midland solve its problem with a charter school under a new educational reform law, Act 22, that he had pushed for and the General Assembly passed in 1997. Funded with a $25,000 state grant, a committee began researching charter schools as well as other alternatives. At one meeting a speaker suggested a “cyber charter school” that would teach children at home over the Internet and PA Cyber was born.

PA Cyber opened in the fall of 2000 with a staff of seven employees who were told it was not known when or if they would be paid. Expecting 50 students from Midland and the region, the fledging school was nearly overwhelmed when more than 500 students enrolled from all parts of the commonwealth. Enrollment doubled the next year and kept on growing beyond anyone’s wildest expectations.

The success of PA Cyber re-drew the educational map in Pennsylvania. Suddenly school choice was an option for every family no matter where they lived. Over the past 15 years, PA Cyber pioneered (and other online schools have copied) the innovative technologies and methods that have kept it at the forefront of online education, while keeping the needs of students and their families at the center of its mission . . . even today, as the school, its staff, its board and administration face new challenges that must be overcome, and embrace new opportunities to push the boundaries of education.

With the success of PA Cyber, prosperity is returning once again to the town of Midland, its economy based not on steel, but on educational innovation. The vision and spirit of Midland’s superintendent and school board, and the dedication of the founding members, not only launched a school and saved a town – they have challenged all American public schools to provide their students with an education worthy of the 21st Century.