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Sunday, March 24, 2013
Hometown
EDUCATION NEWS
Bridgeport High
School Students of
the Month
Bridgeport High School Students of the Month for January are Ashley Driscoll and
James Jesmer; February’s
are Lexi Pinti and Brett Hathaway.
Driscoll is the daughter of
Paul
and
C o l l e e n
Driscoll of
B r i d ge p o r t
and
the
granddaughter of James
and Dolores
Driscoll and
Ralph
and
Irene BeckDriscoll
er.
She has
been an honors student
throughout high school and is
a member of the National
Honor Society and a recipient
of the Academic Letter and
Lamp of Learning.
Driscoll has been active in
a variety of school activities,
including the French Club, the
French Honorary, the Key
Club, Science Bowl and the
school orchestra. She also
attended the National Youth
Leadership Forum on National
Security.
She has been selected to the
West Virginia All State
Orchestra the past three years
and was recently recognized
as the top high school cellist in
West Virginia. In addition, she
has been a multi-year member
of the West Virginia University’s Honors Orchestra and has
performed as the orchestra’s
principal cellist.
She has played in many
venues, including the Philadelphia International Music Festival and Gov. Tomblin’s holiday party at the Governor’s
Mansion in Charleston. She
also was the cellist for the
Simpson
Creek
Baptist
Church’s Christmas Cantata
the past two years.
Driscoll was selected and
attended both the Governor’s
School for the Arts and the
Governor’s Honors Academy.
She also co-composed and performed a musical composition
at the Clay Center in
Charleston as part of the West
Virginia Department of Education’s Arts Alive program.
Her efforts resulted in Bridgeport High School being awarded a $1,000 grant to support the
school’s arts department.
She has been active in the
community throughout her
high school career. She has
been a substitute catechist at
St. James Church and a member of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help youth group and has
played the violin and cello during services at both churches.
She also participated in the
Relay for Life, assisted
patients at the Heritage Nursing Home and performed cello
musical pieces for residents of
multiple nursing homes.
She received the PROMISE
and West Virginia University
Presidential scholarships. She
plans to attend WVU in the fall
and double major in music
education and cello performance.
Jesmer is the son of Mark
and
Anita
Jesmer
of
Bridgeport.
He
has
been
an
active member of Key
Club for the
past
four
years.
He
has received
Jesmer
the
award
for Key Clubber of the Month twice for outstanding service hours. He
served as the Club Bulletin
editor and public relations
chairman his junior year. For
his work in this position, he
was recognized as a Distinguished Bulletin Editor at last
W.Va. Wesleyan
receives $100k
scholarship gift
West Virginia Wesleyan
College has received a
$100,000 gift from William
and Mary Conner.
The
donation will be used to
establish a scholarship in
memory of Richard K. Wol-
year’s District Convention. He
is currently serving as the District Bulletin Editor for the
West Virginia District of Key
Club International. As district
Bulletin editor, he serves on
the executive and public relations committees.
Jesmer has been a member
of the high school swim team
since his sophomore year. He
has received a varsity sports
letter and has been a state
qualifier each year. He also
was chosen as second team
All-County sophomore and
junior year and second team
Big-Ten his junior year. He has
also been a member of the
YMCA’s swim team for four
years.
He is also an active member of National Honor Society.
He also has received an Academic Lamp and Letter every
year of high school.
Jesmer represented the
school at Mountaineer Boys
State last June and was sponsored by the Bridgeport Kiwanis Club.
He plans to major in architecture at Fairmont State University in the fall. He has
received the four-year Charles
McClain scholarship to FSU.
Pinti is the daughter of
Mark
and
Kelly Pinti
of
Bridgeport.
She has
been
an
active member of Student Council,
Key
Club,
Young Life
Pinti
and
Campaigners,
along with participating in
Shop for Tots.
Pinti has been involved in
high school athletics, including danceline, cheerleading
and swim team. She was
named Big 10 cheerleader in
2011-12. She was chosen to
attend the Chamber of Commerce Leadership Conference
her junior year.
She represented Bridgeport
High at West Virginia Rhododendron Girls State in June
2012. She attends Horizons
Church.
She is a member of National Honor Society and has been
a recipient of the Academic
Letter and Lamp of Learning.
She plans to major in occupational therapy at West Virginia University.
Hathaway is the son of Jeff
and Janet Hathaway of
Bridgeport. He is the grandson
of Bill and Shirley Hadorn and
the late Durwood and Vivian
Hathaway.
Hathaway has played football
for
B r i d ge p o r t
for
four
years.
He
has
been
selected to
the
first
team
AllState football twice, as
a junior and
Hathaway
as a senior.
He has also
been a first team selection for
two years as a junior and senior to the All Big 10 Conference, All Harrison County and
All Mon Valley teams. He was
also the winner of the Frank
Loria Award his junior year.
Hathaway finished fifth in
voting for the Kennedy Award
as a junior. He was also selected as a McDonald’s State
Player of the Week during his
senior year. He has been
selected to play for the North
Team in the North-South AllStar Classic in June.
He also has played baseball
and was a member of the
freshman basketball team. He
has always been an honor roll
student and has been the
recipient of the Academic Letter and Lamp of Learning. He
was also part of the Teacher
Cadet program at school.
He is a member of Simpson
Creek Baptist Church.
ford, the stepbrother of Conner.
The
newly-endowed
Richard K. Wolford Scholarship will be awarded to students with financial need
who pursue a major in the
natural sciences at Wesleyan.
Wolford was a 1953 chemistry graduate of Wesleyan
and enjoyed a distinguished
career in the field.
The Exponent
Telegram
LOCAL NEWS
Bandland Center
announces student
of the month
Bandland Education Center’s Student of the Month for
March is Riki Satterfield.
In addition to studying bass
guitar at Bandland, he is in
eighth grade at Washington
Irving Middle School, where
he plays drums and bass guitar in the band.
Satterfield, along with his
two brothers, participated in
Bandland’s fifth annual Rock
Camp.
He was an original member
of the first Garage Band in
Summer 2012, which performed to a standing-room-
only crowd at Buffalo Wild
Wings in Bridgeport.
His guitar instructor at
Bandland is Walt Mick. He is
the son of Jim and Melissa
Satterfield.
Pictured: Riki Satterfield
St. Mary’s School
students serve as
Senate pages
Students and faculty from
St. Mary’s Catholic School in
Clarksburg served as Senate
Pages on March 14 in the West
Virginia Legislature.
Shown with students and
faculty are Sen. Sam Cann
and Sen. Douglas Facemire.