Revere Alumni Association April 2019 Volume 3, Issue 1 RAA OFFICERS President: Phil Heyn ‘96 Secretary: Lisa Lehky ‘82 Treasurer: Eric Moats ‘80 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Class Reunion Dates and Information 2 RAA Membership 3-4 Donations and Active RAA Members 5-6 New Members and Donations 7 Alumni In The News 8-9 Happenings in Revere Schools 10-11 Revere Minutemen Athletic Update 12-13 RHS Hall of Fame (Athletic and Alumni) 14-17 Revere Distinguished Educator Award 18 NEXT MEETING: 6/18/19 @ 6pm at Hooley House RAA Website: http://reverealumni.com RAA Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/reverealumni/ District Alumni Resources Website: www.revereschools.org/RAA RAA Professional Alumni Networking The Revere Alumni Association is going to begin adding pro- fessional contacts to our newsletter and utilizing a Facebook page to connect our alumni. Alumni can post their company information or the profession and company they are with on the FB page or e-mail RAA directly ([email protected]). Dawn Divis (‘86) is the point person for this RAA initiative. Minutemen Update www.reverealumni.com www.revereschools.org/raa @Revere_Alumni www.facebook.com/groups/reverealumni www.linkedin.com/groups/1562457 REVERE PRIDE—Stay Connected Closing of Bath Elementary School BUILDING TOURS: There will be tours of Bath School on Wednesday, April 24 th from 4-8pm and again on Saturday, April 27 th from 11am to 3pm. ACUCTION: There will be a number of items relating to Bath School that will be auctioned off. The online previews and bidding started April 1. The bidding will close June 3rd at 6:30pm. Removal of items will be from June 4 th through the 10 th .Site: www.bid-assets.com (and clink on Revere-Bath).
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The Revere Alumni Association is going to begin adding pro-fessional contacts to our newsletter and utilizing a Facebook page to connect our alumni. Alumni can post their company information or the profession and company they are with on the FB page or e-mail RAA directly ([email protected]). Dawn Divis (‘86) is the point person for this RAA initiative.
Minutemen
Update
www.reverealumni.com www.revereschools.org/raa
@Revere_Alumni
www.facebook.com/groups/reverealumni
www.linkedin.com/groups/1562457
REVERE PRIDE—Stay Connected
Closing of Bath Elementary School
BUILDING TOURS: There will be tours of Bath School
on Wednesday, April 24th from 4-8pm and again on Saturday,
April 27th from 11am to 3pm.
ACUCTION: There will be a number of items relating to
Bath School that will be auctioned off. The online previews
and bidding started April 1. The bidding will close June 3rd
at 6:30pm. Removal of items will be from June 4th through
the 10th .Site: www.bid-assets.com (and clink on Revere-Bath).
1965 Dianne (Bardwell) Agcaoili Gale (Baumgardner) Betterly
Tana (Hosterman) Fligor
Sherman Horn
Gary Major
Nancy (Welton) McKnight
Donald Murphy
Robert Rieneckert
Sally (Wilson) Windate
Active Revere Alumni Association Members
The Revere Alumni Association (RAA) would like to encourage all Revere Alumni to officially become
members of the organization. Please visit our site (http://reverealumni.com/) to sign up for a 1-Year, 5-
Year or Lifetime Membership as well as to update your contact information for our database. The class of 1960 currently has the most Lifetime Members with 19 followed by 1954 (16), 1957 (14), and 1964
(13). By percentage (graduates/members, the class of 1954 has the largest percentage of Lifetime Members
with 38% followed by 1953 (21.9%), 1960 (21.3%), and 1952 (20.9%). Note: We are currently in the process of rechecking our records, including over the past 4 years, to accurately update this list. If you
believe there is an error (not on the list, incorrect spelling, wrong graduation year, etc.), please e-mail [email protected].
Active Revere Alumni Association Lifetime Members
1966 Robert Barsan
Kathy (Kinzel) Campbell
Barbara (Conlan) Fick
John Ruhlin
Bill Stalnaker
Eugene P. Verchio
Linda (Swartz) Vaughn
1967
1968 Charles J. Colombes
Bernard Di Fiore
Susan (Staiger) Klein
Lew McCreery
Catherine Rose
1969 Kendall Gilbert
Sherry (Hixson) Kelley
Sally (Cernik) Weston
Doug Wisnieski
1970 Tim Godard
Kris (Steiner) Hess
Janet (McKisson) Schwager
1971 Larraine (Rohac) Darling
Dale N. Woodling
1972 Bob Merzweiler
Richard Munsey
Kevin Sawan
Nancy Schlichting
1973 Carol (Barker) Garman
Patricia (Abbate) Hughes
Rick Rodeman Barbara (Carpenter) Woehrmyer
1974 Robert Doering
Carla (Cramer) Murphy
John Santin
Susan (Rini) Scarponi
Craig Wiggins
1975 Betsy Kenniston
Ellen (Kovacevich) Robinson
Gregory Weiland
1976 Maria (Papas) Heide
Steve Moore
1977 Frank Horvath
Chris Scheetz
1978 Bill Henry
Stacy (Kevelder) Kara
Eric Larsen
Gregory Rogerson
Stacia (Taylor) Roth Barbara (Brunie) Weinfurtner
1979 Susan (Godard) Dudas
Mike Millisor
1980 Eric Moats
Evan Smith
Charlotte Fisher-Waddell
1981 Ernesto Alessio
Lee Gillette
Kim (Healey) Kirkendall
Anne Papiska Miller
Rachel Morr
1982 Gerlad Klimo
Carole (Landis) Klimo
Karin Kramer
Patrick Lovejoy
Edmund Miller
Robert Millisor
Sandra (Heydorn) Noll
Wade Vantrease
Amy (Allan) Whetro
1983 Joanne (Patrick) Gillette
1984 Christina (Flowers) Brockman
1985 Lori (Shoemaker) Hodak
Matt Wracher
1986 Paul Butler
Andrew Leffler
1987
Steve Snowball
1988 Denise Porter
1989 David Ost
1990 Garret M. Cousineau
1991 Mary Beth (Klein) Willam
1992 Kimberly (Heyn) Klippel
1993 Stephanie (Schafer) D'An-
drea
1994
1995 Amanda (Laun) Han
1996 Phillip Heyn
1997
1998 Stephen Albright
1999
Lauren Burns
UNKNOWN
GRADUATION YEAR
Donna Kalis
Sue Morgan
Mary Beth Weaver
Five-Year Membership
John T. Bear (‘65)
Elizabeth Barona Long ‘96
Billy D’Amico ‘11
Faculty Staff One-Year Membership
Five-Year Membership
Phil Heyn 2002-Present
Billy D’Amico 2016-Present
Lifetime Membership
Mary M. Ryan 1970-1997
Active Revere Alumni Association Lifetime Members
Donations: In Honor Of/In Memory Of
Barbara (Brunie) Weinfrutner made a donation in memory of her
friend, Laura McNutt To a good friend and her loving family that I was so blessed to know
and love. You always found a way to make lemonade from lemons!
Loved your strength and spirit. Until we meet again. . .
The Revere Alumni Association is an organization that was formed in 1999 with the leadership of Bill Holko (RHS Principal), Sherry Melby (School Board Member) and alumni Tim Godard, Edna Larson, Don Murphy, and Donna Haury.
RAA’S MISSION o To maintain communications with alumni who have graduated from the Revere School District o To enhance and preserve the image, prestige and traditions of the Revere School District o To encourage spirit of unity, loyalty and cooperation among the students, faculty and alumni of the Revere School District o To assist classes in planning and organizing their reunions, including maintaining alumni addresses and information files
The History of Revere Local Schools
RAA in conjunction with teacher Phil Heyn and the Revere Local School District have been working on an in-depth presentation about the History of Revere Local Schools. The ROUGH DRAFT is currently available:
January 2019: Revere currently has nine students that have earned perfect ACT scores. The latest are the
Tomechko twins (Michael and Keri). Fox 8 came to the school to interview them: https://fox8.com/2019/01/10/twins-at-revere-high-school-get-perfect-act-score/
Revere did extremely well at the 2019 Regional Scholastic Art. Two students, Zoe Kayafas and Margaux Miller, received the honor of Gold Key Portfolio.
Revere High School ranked seventh in its region (about one-fourth of the U.S.) in the Log1 math contest. Individually, Will Krew ranked 14th, Drake Du was 19th, Rohit Dasanoor was 23rd, and Abhay Adury was 31st. Revere ranked first in the Ohio Math League after three competitions. Dasanoor, Krew and Du are tied for fifth. Jack Krew is 16th, and Lance Choi is 28th.
Senior Kristen DiCresce was featured in the Akron Beacon Journal’s Teens of Character Section: www.ohio.com/news/20190129/make-grade-meet-kristen-dicresce-teen-of-character
February 2019: Revere’s Academic Challenge team defeated Padua Franciscan High School and
Saint Joseph Academy in their televised competition (Episode 10— https://
www.news5cleveland.com/news/education/academic-challenge ). Forty-eight schools have comeptted thus far and Revere is currently the 2nd hieghest scoring team with 690 points (just 5 behind Beachwood). There are 18 more schools left to compete. Top 3 schools faceoff in championship round.
March 2019: Senior Karl Godard picked as a candidate for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Recognition
Program. Samantha Ma finished first in the All Girls State of Ohio Chess Tournament and will com-
pete in the national tournament. Freshman Aditya Desai was crown state champion of Congressional Debate at the Ohio
Speech and Debate Association’s State Novice Speech and Debate tournament. Senior Zoe Kayafas and junior Samantha Ma both received Silver Medals for their individ-
ual colored pencil drawings at the National Arts and Writing Scholastic Competition.
April 2019: Bath Elementary was featured on FOX 8’s Cool Schools: https://fox8.com/2019/04/04/
bath-elementary-is-a-cool-school/ Matthew Zhou earned a perfect score on the ACT. Revere now has 10 students this year
with perfect ACT scores.
MESSAGE FROM THE REVERE SUPERINTENDENT Happenings in Revere Schools: This portion of the RAA newsletter includes news, events, etc. that are occurring within Revere Local
School District. There are many more great things coming out of Revere and we encourage alumni to access this information on the dis-
trict’s website (www.revereschools.org) and the high school’s student newspaper the Lantern (https://reverelantern.com).
Boy’s Basketball: Revere finished 21-5 and captured the Suburban League American Confer-ence championship. Finished the season as the district runner-up after losing to Benedictine. The seniors on the team include Samson Albert, Sean Leyden, and Chris Richardson.
Articles: West Side Leader, December 13, 2018; Akron Beacon Journal, December 14, 2018; West Side Leader, December 20, 2018; Akron Beacon Journal, January 11, 2019; Ak-ron Beacon Journal, January 18, 2019; West Side Leader, January 31, 2019; Akron Beacon Journal, February 1, 2019; ScripType, February 14, 2019; West Side Leader, February 21, 2019; Akron Beacon Journal, February 22, 2019; Lantern, February 27, 2019; Akron Bea-con Journal, March 1, 2019; West Side Leader, March 7, 2019; Akron Beacon Journal, March 7, 2019; Akron Beacon Journal, March 9, 2019;
Girl’s Basketball: Revere finished 17-8 and lost in the district semi-finals to Laurel. Seniors
on the team include Anna D’Amico, Julia Effinger, Grace Hete, Olivia Kovitch, Taylor Rinn, and Jess Vari.
Articles: West Side Leader, December 13, 2018; Akron Beacon Journal, January 23, 2019; Akron Beacon Journal, February 11, 2019; Akron Beacon Journal, February 13, 2019; Lan-tern, February 27, 2019;
Wrestling: Revere finished 8-6 overall and 3-3 in the Suburban League’s American Confer-
ence. Revere had eight wrestlers qualify to compete in the Division II district tournament: soph-omore Bobby Baker finished third at 113 pounds; sophomore Nick Gayner, fourth at 120 pounds; senior Adam Smith, fourth at 126 pounds; sophomore Cooper Krauth, second at 132 pounds; sophomore Gavin Butler, third at 138 pounds; sophomore Zayne Lehman, third at 152 pounds; freshman John Kusar, fourth at 195 pounds; and senior Ethan Depp, champion at 220 pounds. The team had two werstlers, Ethan Depp and Cooper Krauth, compete at the state com-pition. Seniors on the team include Gavon Dengate, Ethan Depp, Adam Smith, and Ethan Soukup.
Articles: West Side Leader, December 20, 2018; Lantern, February 27, 2019; West Side Leader, March 14, 2019; ScripType, March 29, 2019;
Boy’s Swim Team: The team sent seven boys to the district meet at Cleveland State. Seniors
include Cameron Crouse, Nick Dye, and Peter Grandon. Articles: ScripType, Febuary 27, 2019;
Girl’s Swim Team: The team sent five girls to the district meet. Seniors on the team include Lizzy Harwick, Allison Morris, Margaux Miller, and Avery Vosper.
Articles: ScripType, Febuary 27, 2019;
Compeition Cheer Squad: Qualified for the state Championships. Articles:
Suburban League (American Division) 2018-19 All-Sports Standings
Revere Alumni Participating in Collegiate Athletics
Alumni Updates: Cheerleading: Elisabeth Hair (Fr-Indiana Wesleyan University) Football: Joe Magoline (Jr-Washington & Lee University), Conor Head (Fr-University of Toledo), Jack
Baker (Fr-Case Western Reserve University), Pat Kirkland (HC-Charleston WV), Kyle Smesko (AC-Norwich)
Boys Soccer: John Sternasty (Jr-Ohio Northern University), Patrick Mehal (Jr-Baldwin Wallace Uni-versity), Zane VanFossen (Fr-Tiffin University), Szabolcs Wiksell (Fr-Cornell University), Charlie Fink (Fr-CaseWestern Reserve University),
Volleyball: Chloe Stile (Jr-Washington University), Erinn Kahoe (So-Slippery Rock University), Viktoria Farian (So-Seton Hill University), Cassidy Kohmann (Fr-Grove City College)
Boys Tennis: Matt Harris (Sr-Baldwin Wallace University), Boys Basketball: Pete Nance (Fr-Northwestern University) Girls Basketball: Camryn Brown (Jr-High Point University), Caitlin Vari (Jr-University of Akron),
ty) Swimming: Alec Johnson (Fr-Case Western Reserve University) Baseball: Shane Levermann (So-Finlandia University) Softball: Dana Weidinger (Jr-Hillsdale College), Kaila Sense (So-Cuyahoga Community College),
Kaitlyn Hagarty (Fr-Ohio Northern University) Boys Lacrosse: Zack Kasson (Fr-Cleveland State University) Girls Lacrosse: Elyssa Zablo (Jr-John Carroll University)