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Scholarship Winners 2009 Six outstanding high school seniors who plan to become
teachers will be honored at our July 16 luncheon. The scholarship committee reviewed 12 applicants from
Windham, Kent Roosevelt, Southeast, Streetsboro, Rootstown, James A. Garfield, and Ravenna high schools who applied for the
$1,000 awards. Congratulations to Cody Apthorpe, Kaitlyn Briggs, Brandon Broadwater, Emily Mason, Taylor Polatas, and Courtney Spellman, who will be our guests on July 16.
Cody Ellis Clark Apthorpe hopes
to teach junior high science and coach basketball after earning his degree at Bowling Green State University.
He uses his landscaping skills to plant memorial trees at school and in public parks, and he volunteers with a local
garden club. He also volunteers as a youth basketball coach, sings at nursing homes, and rings bells
for the Salvation Army. While taking a rigorous schedule at Windham High School, Cody was a three-season
athlete, an officer in National Honor Society and student council, and took part in many extra-curricular activities.
Kaitlyn
Briggs demonstrates enthusiasm, a positive attitude, a unique
personality, and an optimistic outlook which will help her make physics classes come alive when she begins teaching.
She will attend Clarion University. While attending Kent Roosevelt High School she was a four-year
letter winner in cross country, swimming, and track. She participated in a San Antonio conference for her
church and will go to New Orleans this summer for a church service project. She has been a 4-H member for
nine years and has assisted with Special Olympics for four years.
Brandon
Broadwater earned a perfect 4.0 GPA at Southeast High School
and will further his education at Wright State University. He will earn a dual major in French and Spanish and plans to spend
some time studying abroad. He looks forward to incorporating linguistics, culture, and history into his
teaching and hopes to become active in leading extracurricular activities including international trips. He
is the treasurer of the foreign language club and participates in Quiz Bowl. He tutors fellow high school
students in many subjects and KSU students in math and French.
Emily
Mason has always wanted to be a teacher since she was a little
girl. She has played many leadership and volunteer roles and is a four-year scholar athlete at James A.
Garfield High School. She has been very involved with theater participating in dramas and musicals, and
she has served as a student choreographer. She has been cheerleading for 12 years and coaches elementary
school cheerleaders. Volunteering for Safety Village, she has been a committee member, group leader, and
teacher for four years. She will become a high school English teacher.
Taylor Polatas is bright, articulate, and dedicated - a true Renaissance woman. She serves as business manager of Theodore Roosevelt High School’s school paper and has been inducted into the Quill and Scroll Society. She is the president of Key Club, an active member of Booster Club, participates in Leadership Retreat, and is in the National Honor Society. Her trips to the Dominican Republic and Mexico on medical missions have influenced her to major in Spanish education at Olivet Nazarene University. This summer she will teach English at a Compassion School in the Dominican Republic.
Courtney Spellman plans to attend Kent State University or Ashland University to earn bachelors and masters degrees in integrated social studies and political science and looks forward to becoming a high school history teacher. She ranks sixth in a class of 213 seniors at Ravenna High School. She has participated in band and cheerleading for four years, is the NHS vice president, and served as class treasurer. She is a role model for teen volunteers by coaching youth cheerleaders, volunteering at Hope and Happy Trails Animal Farm, and participating in many other school activities.
Memorials were given to Teresa Bica's Memorial Scholarship in memory of her brother, John Dobrilovic, who died recently. Memorials were given by the following friends: Russell and Sandra Brode Karen Harris Donna Kruse Betty Thompson Dorothy Tortorella |
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