The Keystone Oaks School District celebrated the accomplishments of the Class of 2021 during a commencement ceremony on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. One hundred and thirty students received their high school diploma during the ceremony, which took place at Dormont Memorial Stadium.
Keystone Oaks High School congratulates Class of 2021 Valedictorian Patrick Simmons and Salutatorian Ethan VonHedemann, who also served as the Senior Class President.
The senior class received various awards and scholarships and were recognized at a Senior Recognition Event in early June.
Department Awards
English Department Award - Dani Sakulsky
Foreign Language Department Award - Ethan VonHedemann
Family & Consumer Science Department Award - Sam Groesch
Math Department Award - Patrick Simmons
Music Department Award - Oliver Brooke
Business Department Award - Kristina Ramolt
Art Department Award - Lilly Baverso
Physical Education Department Awards - Maria Fratangelo and Jacob Slazinski
Science Department Award - Panari Patel
Social Studies Department Award - Molly Cicco
Technology Education Department Award - Jake Garda
Challenge Program Awards - 1st Semester
Academic Excellence - Molly Cicco
Academic Improvement - Rhiannon Carrozzi
Community Service - Alina Thapa
STEM Award - Ethan VonHedemann
Attendance - Samuel Groesch
Challenge Program Awards - 2nd Semester
Academic Excellence - Patrick Simmons
Academic Improvement - Jule Altman
Community Service - Taylor Brooks
STEM Award - Jake Garda
Attendance - Tyler Burkhart
Community Service Awards
Castle Shannon Borough - Alina Thapa
Dormont Borough - Ethan VonHedemann
Green Tree Borough - Max Zaborowski
Eagle Scout
Oliver Casadei
Harrison Fleming
Dan O’Brien
P.E.O. Scholarship
Taryn Hilty
Society of Women Engineers Certificate of Merit
Kyla Covato
National Merit Scholarship Finalist
Ethan VonHedemann
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Promising Scholars Award
Dmitri Woods
National Society of High School Scholars
Rhiannon Carrozzi
Keystone Oaks Spirit Scholarship
Maria Fratangelo
Presidential Educational Excellence Awards
Each year, Keystone Oaks recognizes students who have met the criteria for the Presidential Educational Excellence Silver Award - a GPA of 3.5 or above and an SAT score of 1200 or greater - as well as those who have met the criteria for the Presidential Educational Excellence Gold Award - a GPA of 4.0 or above and an SAT score of 1200 or greater.
This year’s Presidential Educational Excellence Silver Award recipients are:
Scarlett Burns
Jacob Cerneskie
Emma Finucan
Luke Grabowski
Ethan Kinyon
Elijah Melvin
Emma Serakowski
Michael Ventresca
This year’s Presidential Educational Excellence Gold Award recipients are:
Jameson Bogdan
Austin Brannon
Molly Cicco
Sean Dobos
Maria Fratangelo
Jordan Geller
Sandra Milanovic
Panari Patel
Patrick Simmons
Sydney Stahl
Zachary Taylor
Ethan VonHedemann