Sunday, May 18th, Wheeling Park High School graduated nearly 355 seniors. As they gathered around the back of WesBanco Arena waiting to enter, students fixed their honor cords, adjusted their caps, and enjoyed the company of their now former classmates.
Over $5 million dollars in accepted scholarships was awarded to this class, and $190,000 comes from the Phyllis A. Beneke Scholarship Fund.
“Each year, during the graduation ceremony, it is our privilege to announce the recipients of the Phyllis A. Beneke Scholarship, a scholarship established in memory of Phyllis A. Beneke, the second principal of Wheeling Park High School. Since the scholarship’s inception, over $4.5 million dollars has been distributed to the students of Wheeling Park High School, making this scholarship program one of the largest single scholarship programs in America,” Wheeling Park High School explains.
Patriot Scholars will receive a one time award between $4,500 and $750.
These winners include:
Ariana Mangino
Lillian (Ian) Reckline
Kaelin Castello
Anna Contraguerro
Gavin Hudrlik
Adam McCreary
Kerrigan Moses
Odessa Queen
Cyleigh Scott
Hollynd Bowman
Mya Davis
Annabelle Crews
Cash Givens
Mackenzie Gray
Hailey Hastings
Mia Holmes
Lucelus Swartz
Brennan Wack
Ivan Zheng
Bridget Zoeckler
Molly George
Nathan Tyska
Outstanding Achievement Scholar is an award of $12,000 over four years.
These winners include:
London Miller
Emily Ross
Grace Tamburin
Distinguished Scholar is an award of $16,000 over four years.
These winners include:
Josephine Gilbert
Liam Waldeck
Beneke Scholar is an award of $24,000 over four years.
These winners include:
Rowan Gillepsie
Reagan Hughes
The Patrick A. Clutter Scholarship, a scholarship with an emphasis on career and technical education, was awarded to William Koegler, London Miller, and William Medovic.
This year’s valedictorian was Christopher Alkhouri and the salutatorian was Madeline Bradshaw.
We are proud of every single graduate, and we look forward to seeing the growth and journey of this phenomenal group of students.
Photo:
Back row l-r: Grace Tamburin, Liam Waldeck, Emily Ross, William Medovic
Front row l-r: Rowan Gillepsie, Josephine Gilbert, Reagan Hughes
(Missing from picture: London Miller and Will Koegler)