Monongahela Rotary honors students
The Rotary Club of Monongahela recognized Ringgold High School seniors Anthony Pampena and Olivia Warner as the Students of the Month for January and Maria Lengwin and Dan Martinelli as the Students of the Month for February.
Students are selected based upon excellence in any one or more of the following areas: academic, athletics, arts or community service.
Lengwin, daughter of Jeff and Linda Lengwin of Eighty Four, serves as the National Honor Society president, senior class secretary and foreign language club vice president. She also is active in Interact, Science Olympiad and Relay for Life.
She is a member of the track team, and has run cross country for six years.
Her favorite high school memory was winning consecutive cross country section championships as a junior and senior, and serving as a coach for a girls’ basketball team at her church is one of her favorite community service activities.
Lengwin has won several cooking competitions at school, and she will be participating in a cooking contest in Disney World this spring. She plans to study chemical engineering in college.
Martinelli, son of Mark and Lori Martinelli of Monongahela, is active in basketball, golf and weight lifting, and volunteers for Relay for Life at Monongahela Valley Hospital. He also volunteers at the Monongahela High Rise, where he socializes with the residents and tries to give them a positive outlook on life.
Martinelli is most grateful for the bond that he shares with his best friends. He plans to attend Geneva College to major in chemical engineering.
Pampena, son of Angelo and Sharon Pampena of Eighty Four, has participated in baseball and basketball. His favorite high school memory was honoring his basketball coach, Phil Pergola, on his 600th career win.
Pampena has been active in the National Honor Society, Relay for Life and Students in Action. The community service activity that he has enjoyed most is an Appalachian mission trip through his church, which he has attended for three years. He describes himself as a positive, happy person who always approaches problems in a positive way.
Pampena plans to major in computer engineering in college.
Olivia Warner, daughter of Ken and Jan Warner of Eighty Four, has been playing tennis competitively since the age of 10 and has accepted a scholarship to play tennis at Slippery Rock University.
Her favorite high school memories were participating in the past three musicals. She also has participated in the Medallion Ball in Pittsburgh after completing the required 150 hours of community service. Her favorite community service activity was teaching young children how to play tennis.
At Slippery Rock, she plans to study computer science.