Photo by Sabrina Romano

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By Sabrina Romano

“Motivated,” “hardworking,” and “thoughtful” were a few of the positive adjectives that the staff at Perry High used to describe the upwards of 150 Honor Roll students during the Parent School Community Council Honors Breakfast Thursday, Feb. 5 at the Observatory Hill high school.

Stephanie Turnbull, the assistant principal, said holding a celebratory breakfast is important for the students.

“We really want to acknowledge these hardworking kids. (The event) shows true commitment to their education,” Turnbull said. “It’s truly a big deal.”

Kiley Krizan, a learning environment specialist, co-organized the event.

Krizan said the staff encourages the students to strive for Honor Roll by reminding them about the Pittsburgh Promise, which offers college scholarship opportunities. Gene Walker, a Pittsburgh Promise program manager, was there to speak to the students about the scholarship.

This celebratory breakfast is a way “to include the parents in the learning process,” Krizan said.

Ronnie Miller attended the breakfast to support his son Andre, a junior.

“I am very proud that he is keeping on the right path,” Ronnie said. “He has done this year after year and I am here to support him.”

Like Ronnie, Vivian Wilson was there for her daughter, senior Keana Player.

“This event will encourage her to get (Honor Roll) again next report,” Wilson said.

Player said paying more attention in class and doing all of her schoolwork is what helped her most in achieving Honor Roll honors.

Shelby Zastawa, a 12th grader who will be attending University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown to study engineering, said striving and achieving Honor Roll has taught her a positive work ethic.

“If you do your work, good things will happen,” Zastawa said. “I think it is nice that they are rewarding the kids who do what they are supposed to for once instead of focusing on the bad.”

Turnbull refers to the students on the Honor Roll as exceptional Perry students, which she says is “somebody (who) comes to school every day with a willingness to learn and a positive attitude.”

Full List of Honor Roll Students:

YADIEL ALVARADO

RODERICK ALVARADO

ALYSSA ANDREEN

NATHAN ANDREEN

MAISIE ARLET

HALEY ARLET

DONALD BAYNES

AMELA BECIREVIC

DAYZHON BELL

JAQUAN BRAZIL

JORDAN BREWER

TYRAE BREWER

SALEEMA BROOKS

TAJANERA BROWER

MALIKA BROWN

CHRISTIAN BURGOS

GAGE BURKE

AZZER CARPENTER

DEONTE CARSON

MONIQUE CHANDLER

KHAMAJE CLARKE

LLOYD CLEVELAND

CORDELL COLEMAN SANDERS

TYSHEA COLTON

LOUIS CONNORS

KEIONNA CREW

JAMES CROWLEY

BREONNA CURGES

MICAL DAWKINS

RAY DEAN

KEILYN DILLARD

JACOB DITTRICH

HAVEN DOSDOR

SYDNEY DUNGAN

JOSHUA DYER

ZAVIER FEARS

DEVON FIGURSKI

ELIJAH FITCH

MALTESE FORD

VICTOR FORD JR

BRIANNA FRANKLIN

JAVON FRANKLIN-JOHNSON

DAYJA FREEMAN

TYLER GIVENS

THOMAS GRAHAM

TYRIN GRAY

JEANINE HALL

BRANDY HARDY

DEONTAE HARRIS

MARINA HAWKINS

TYRIQUE HEARD

QUINTON HERRIOT

SHAWNIECE HINES

AKIRAH HIXON

TERREN HOLIDAY

DONIELLE HORNE

DEVEDA HORSLEY

DASHAWN HUDSON

NAOMI CHINEYA ILOCHI

JASMINE ION

TYRELL IVEY

ALAINA JACKSON

NDAYISENGA JACKSON

JENNA JANNEY

DEQUAY JOHNSON

JOSEPH JONES

ROBERT JONES

PAUL JURACKO

TREVOR JUSTICE

TAI KENNEY

BRANDON KENNEY

BRIANNA KENNEY KING

GEORGE KILIAN

DEJA KING

ANDREW KNIGHT

AJA KNIGHT

KAITLYN KOCIAN

TERRELLE KOHLMAN

SHELBY KRAUS

DALTON LAU

TALAYIA LAWRENCE

UNIQUE LEE

KRISTIN LIPNER

NYA LIPSCOMB

DAKOTA LUCAS

ETIENNE LUU

AMARI MANKER

DESTINY MARSHALL

SARA MATTER

TESSA MCCAFFREY

DEINE MCCORMICK

KEVIN META

ANDRE MILLER

ZARA MILLER

IMANI MONTGOMERY

MICHAEL MONTGOMERY

BRIANNE MORGAN

SAMANTHA MORGAN

MYRA MORROW

CRAIG NEMETZ

RICHARD NEUROHR III

SATORIA NEVELS

JALEN PARKER

LAURYN PARKS

COREY PAYNE

GRIFFIN PICKETT

KEANA PLAYER

NATE-TRA POLK

VICTORIA PTACEK-HAYES

EMILIO RAMIREZ

ROMAN RAMSEY

CLARE RAYMOND

CARL RIEGER

TAMIRA ROBERTS

ASHLEY ROBERTS POLICICCHIO

TALAL ROGERS

BRENDAN SHEFFEY

MALAYIA SHEFFIELD

SONJA SLOAN

KEVONNA STEVENS

KYLIA THOMAS

JEREMIAH THOMPSON

CHANI TIMBERS

RYAN TOOMEY

DANGELO VAUGHN

DEONTAY WADLEY

GLENN WALKER III

AUJANAE WASHINGTON

GERALD WATKINS

STEVEN WEAVER JR

RACHEL WHITMAN

AKEILA WILLIAMS

MYA WILSON

JACOB WRIGHT

SHELBY ZASTAWA