SPECIAL SECTION, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011
NORTHWEST AREA HIGH SC HOOL Northwest Area High School 55th Annual Commencement 6 p.m. June 17 Eddie Gayeski Memorial Gymnasium 91 Graduates PRINCIPAL: Ryan Miner SUPERINTENDENT: Nancy P. Tkatch VALEDICTORIAN: Bret A. Rutkoski SALUTATORIAN: Rachel G. Schwiter CLASS OFFICERS: Rachel Schwiter, president; David Drozdowski, vice president; Andrea Jimcosky, secretary; and Mackenzie Maurer, treasurer.
Members of the Northwest Area High School Class of 2011, from left, first row, are Mackenzie Leigh Maurer, David Drozdowski, Rachel Grace Schwiter, Bret A. Rutkoski and Andrea Danielle Jimcosky. Second row: Taylor Elizabeth Mazonkey, Mikayla Jean Butchko, Samantha Lee DeBold, Courtney Jean Fox, Julia Lauren Stiver, Brittany Elizabeth Evans, Caitlyn Joy Bonk, Nikki Sky Black, Nneka Rose Kennedy, Alyssa Lynn Andes, Kelsey J. Leck, Alyssa M. Wido, Lacey Jade McCourt, Robin Marie Cook, Corynn Ashley Kuchta, Angela A. Lewis, Mindy Elizabeth Engle, Nicole Shepherd and Amanda Lee Long. Third row: Olivia Wrubel, Felipe Ochoa, Thomas Gregory, Christopher D. Distefano, Thomas Lloyd
Adams, Corey James Kittle, Kyle J. Kramer, Randy Todd Yeager, Garrett J. Hittle, Stephen Kyle Meininger, Andrew R. Hanna, Ian Richard Kelleher, Dillon Joseph Kashula, Joshua B. Walker, Steven T. Dillon and Anna Mae Olivo. Fourth row: Cheyenne Yvonne Mundy, Amy E. Kramer, Amanda Nicole Howley, Chelsea Lynn Smith, Nyomi Christine Rusell, Rochelle L. Dymond, Maria Victoria Begliomini, Hayley Jo Triplett, Chloe Anne Swope, Kyla McKenzie Hennigan, Marissa Lynn Linko, Rebekah Elizabeth Weiss, Danielle Elizabeth Rodney, Kimberly Dawn O’Hara, Lisa R. Sorber, Monique M. Fenton and Rachel Paige Whitesell. Fifth row: Michael Christian Werner, Michael John Kunkle, Jeffrey D. Englehart, Kyle Kish-
baugh, Connor McAlarney, Paul Francis Ascenzi Jr., Michael Kennedy, Willing Glatfelter, Charles R. Krouse, David W. Wojciechowicz, Jr., Matthew Ryan Sorgen, Deric Michael Rood, Andrew Alexander Johns, Jody R. Higgins, Nicholas Lloyd Yarnell and Richard J. Wisniewski, Jr. Sixth row: Garrick F. Hakanson, Ryan M. Kondrosky, Timothy M. Race, Shanna E. Hummel, Alicia Marie Perrego, Janice Leona Richardson, Nicole Ashlee Fernandez, Kelsey Elizabeth Floyd, Eric E. Kendig, Douglas Rupp, Chad J. Howe and Xavier Glycenfer. Graduates absent: Kenneth Amos Clark, Theresa Lee, Keriann Mauro, Brittany S. Ulitchney, John A. Voyton Jr. and Karissa Yaron.
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Salutatorian Rachel Schwiter, left, and valedictorian Bret Rutkoski represent the Class of 2011 at Northwest Area High School’s commencement ceremonies.
Class officers for the Northwest Area High School Class of 2011, from left: Mackenzie Maurer, treasurer; David Drozdowski, vice president; Rachel Schwiter, president; and Andrea Jimcosky, secretary.