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Ms. Robin Frederick and
Mrs. Nicole Clark-Bey catch up during
the Chocolate & Diamonds Affair
cocktail hour.
Last year’s diamond winner, Maria McCool
(left), poses with this year’s diamond winner,
Georgine Johnston(right), and Galina
Shimenko of William Penn Jewelers.
Woodland Hills Foundation Scholarships
Do you know a senior who will graduate from Woodland Hills High School this year?
Make sure they know about the six scholarships offered by the Woodland Hills Foundation:
I The Julia Anne McCool Memorial Scholarship
I The Debbie Spahr Thames Memorial Scholarship
I The Hospital Albert Schweitzer Scholarship
Mrs Phyllis Friend, one of the night’s
Friend of the Foundation Award
recipients, poses with her family
I The Woodland Hills Foundation Senior Scholarship
I NEW! The Barrie and Arleen Bartulski Scholarship for Academic Excellence
I NEW! The Darcy Lynn Herman Scholarship
Mr. & Mrs. Dave Letson,
Dr. Missy Criss and Jim Kiley enjoy
the evening’s festivities.
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Applications can be found on the Foundation’s website www.woodlandhillsfoundation.
org or in the High School Guidance Office starting March 1, 2014. Applications will be due
Monday, March 31, 2014. Questions can be posed to Ms. Jamie Glasser at general.info@
woodlandhillsfoundation.org.
WHHS Department of
Performing Arts presents
Sweeney Todd:
The Demon
Barber of
Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney
Todd” is thought to be the “angriest
musical ever written”. Benjamin
Barker, unjustly imprisoned for
15 years, returns to 19th Century
London as Sweeney Todd and sets
up a barber shop out of the upstairs
room of Mrs. Lovett’s Pie Shop. In
order to extract revenge for losing his
wife and daughter, Todd, with Mrs.
Lovett’s help, lures men to his barber
chair, kills them, and disposes of their
bodies – transforming Mrs. Lovett’s
pies from “The Worst Pies in London”
to the most popular.
Join us this Spring for the fun
and merryment!
April 24th–26th & May 1st - 3rd at 8pm
Saturday Matinees at 1 pm
Woodland Hills High School
2550 Greensburg Pike
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
For advanced ticket information:
Tom Crone
[email protected]
412.244.1100 x 5154
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This year’s five diamond finalists pose
before taking their chances at opening
the diamond box.
Usually, an individual’s transition from high
school to post-high school is a stressful period.
Whether a student plans to further his/her
education at a four-year university, trade school
or begin a career, this time period is one of
adjustment and decisions.
Fortunately for me, entering college at
The University of the Arts was fairly easy. I
maintained a 3.15 GPA while interning at
the prestigious Sigma Sound Studios. However, I owe my ambitious nature and smooth
transition into the university to attending Woodland Hills from K-12. At Woodland Hills,
I received a well-rounded education, learned how to multitask and was surrounded by
kids from different backgrounds and neighborhoods. My senior year, I gained acceptance
to Duquesne University, Berklee College of Music and the University of the Arts. With a
$14,000 a year scholarship, I wholeheartedly decided upon attending the University of the
Arts in Philadelphia. Happily I declared my school of choice. I was then met with warnings
from well-meaning friends of the dangers of Philadelphia. But these warnings were spoken
by folks who were sheltered from urban life and afraid. Living in Rankin for nearly 18 years
and growing up with family members and friends who lived in various urban Pittsburgh
neighborhoods, their warnings left me undeterred. As a Woodland Hills graduate, I was
equipped to handle a variety of people and situations – even becoming best friends with those
with different interests than my own. My friends ranged from football athletes to aspiring
engineers and physicists.
While Woodland Hills School District is known for being a sports-oriented school, it is
highly underrated in its art and music programs. The resources are fantastic. While some
students (and even parents) complain about a ‘lack of help’ or ‘getting ahead,’ it is up to
the individual student to put forth the effort. That’s what I loved about Woodland Hills:
encouragement, praise and information are provided, but it’s the student’s choice if he/she
chooses to excel. With the experiences and education provided at Woodland Hills, students
don’t just leave the district as graduates; they depart as confident Wolverines.
Attend
the Tale...
Woodland Hills
Chocolate &
Diamonds Affair
A Letter from Woodland Hills
Alumnus Justice Clark-Bey,
Woodland Hills High School
Class of 2013