Scholarship Winners 2010

Katelyn Alesci

Katelyn Alesci was the president of her class at Streetsboro High School. She has been involved in the school-to-work program allowing her to gain teaching experience with elementary and middle school students and their teachers. Her supervisor said, "Her many strong points include her intelligence, commitment, and enthusiasm. She is able to effectively adjust to changing lesson plans and ‘jump in' in a highly productive way." She is a nursery attendant at her church and has participated in a mission trip to New Orleans. Katelyn will attend The Ohio State University and looks forward to their "study abroad" program to learn about different cultures.

Kyle Dreger

The top graduate at Rootstown High School, Kyle Dreger, plans to attend Mount Union College and major in education and computer science. As an IT intern, he helped kindergarteners learn to use computers while assisting staff with technical problems. He is the founder and CEO of "Laps for Love Charity Walk-a-thon" to help cancer patients and their families with the financial burden that comes with ever-constant medical bills. Kyle participated in Buckeye Boys State and was captain of his soccer team. He teaches Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. His English teacher stated, "He is one of very few students I have ever encountered to possess the moral, academic, and personal characteristics that set him apart from his peers."

Molly McCreary

Music has always been important to Molly McCreary, who was the field commander for the Kent Roosevelt marching band. She was a section leader in the orchestra, played piano in the jazz band, and has been dancing competitively for 12 years. Her band director reports that, "Miss McCreary's hard work, dedication, talent, and academic excellence will make her an excellent representative of this scholarship." She was the booster club president and the orchestra librarian. She teaches Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. Molly will attend the University of Akron as a music education major. Because she will begin college with 23 credits earned while in high school, Molly will finish a five-year music education degree in four years.

Miranda Titko

Miranda Titko ranks second in her class, is a class officer, president of Field High School student council, a teen board representative, and captain of her soccer team. She will attend Kent State University and study integrated mathematics. Her advanced placement English teacher calls her "logical, perceptive, organized, and ambitious-an intellectual star in the classroom." She is a member of the "homework gang" at her church where she volunteers to help students with their math homework. Miranda teaches Vacation Bible School and has gone on mission trips with her church. She was recently touched by the loss of her brother to cancer. Her dream is to teach and spread her love for learning to her students who may someday follow their dreams and find an end to this ugly disease.

Alex Wolfe

Alex Wolfe will attend Mount Union College to study mathematics education with a minor in adolescent to young adult education, and he plans to teach high school math. Graduating third in his class at Waterloo High School, he received the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science award. He participated in Quiz Bowl, Beta Club, Drama Club, and was the design editor for the school paper. He was in the school marching, symphonic, jazz, and pep bands. His teacher makes this recommendation: "By virtue of his intelligence, curiosity, and diligence, Alex does well in challenging academic endeavors." He also offered, "It always pleases me when a bright and talented student chooses to enter the teaching profession." Alex plans to show his students the relationship between math concepts taught and where they are applied in real life.