DEAN GOGOLEWSKI PRESENTS CHARACTER AWARDS

At our meeting on November 20, 2015, Dean Gogolewski presented the Character Champion Awards for November, 2015 to Paige Gallagher and Michael Pirovolus.

 

  Paige Gallagher has been chosen as a Character Champion because of her dedication to her school community.  She participates in nearly all service related school activities, including Pep Club, Key Club, and Student Council, as well as serving as the Senior Class Co-President.  Paige works hard to organize events that support the entire student body and school as a whole. She demonstrates tremendous follow through, allowing those activities she participates in and leads to be successful.  In addition to these activities, she is an exceptional athlete and student.  She is leads as the captain of the cross country team, and is a member of both the track and the swim team.  Paige challenges herself academically by taking Advanced Placement courses and does well in those courses.   She intends to combine her interests in science, math, and athletics by pursuing a career in Exercise Science, and will begin that endeavor by enrolling in college this Fall.

 

  Michael Pirovolus is phenomenal and inspirational young man. At the end of his freshman year, he began to suffer from some challenging health issues which ended his football career.  Having been a team MVP, he then channeled his energy into sports he could continue to play, like basketball and volleyball. He also channeled this energy into his music and dance (he plays a plethora of instruments), into his AP studies, into his participation in speech and debate, and into his church and community. Being a leader is what he does.  Serving as a voice of our high school, he was a member of a 4-2 team composed of Northeast Ohio’s top students in World Debate at last summer’s NSDA Nationals in Dallas, as well as finishing 7^th in the nation in storytelling at the same competition.  He is the first individual in Ohio to ever finish so high in two separate events at the National Championships.  Michael succeeds, leads,and inspires.