State Softball Champions! - Sussex Technical High School

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S U S S E X T E C H ’ S 

Summer 2012 www.sussexvt.k12.de.us 

State Softball Champions! 

The Sussex Tech Lady Ravens won the Delaware State Softball Championship 

with a 5-4 win over Caravel. Members of the team are, left to right: 

Front row, kneeling - Julie Merritt, Kim Smith, Cassidy Taylor, Erin Johnson 

and Nicole Ullman; 

Second row - Lauren Green, Emily Pusey, Ashton Tomlinson, Tori Huk, 

SkillsUSA 

E l e c t r o n i c s 

teacher Dennis 

Smith received the 

State SkillsUSA 

Advisor of the 

Year Award. For 

details and more 

photos of the State 

Awards Ceremony, 

see page 4. 

Prom 

King and 

Queen 

Bobby 

Robles and 

Sara Bean 

See More Prom 

Photos - Page 5 

Melissa Joseph, Devin Bitler, and Courtney Tate; 

Back row - Coach John Marvel, Taylor Price, Gabrielle Lopez, Assistant 

Coach Debbie Kenton-Long, Assistant Coach Sue Brady, Tierra Maddox, Assistant 

Coach Kåelly Schirmer, Cailey Isaacs, and Assistant Coach Jenna Pavlik. 

For more softball photos, see page 10. 

Graduation 

Alexandra Zebley 

brings up the end 

of the Processional 

at commencement 

exercises. For more 

Graduation photos, 

see page 7. 

Senior Awards are 

on page 6. 

BPA 

BFM students Devin 

Deloach (left) and 

Ryan Fitzgerald show 

off their third place 

awards from the Business 

Professionals 

of America national 

competition. For more 

BPA honors, see page 

8.

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Health Students Excel At State HOSA 

Sussex Technical High School medical occupations students won 

several medals in the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) 

Delaware competition. This is the first year that Delaware’s medical 

occupations students have competed in HOSA instead of SkillsUSA. 

Sussex Tech brought home six Gold medals, one coming in the 

dental science area in which this is Sussex Tech’s first year of the program. 

All Gold medalists have now qualified for national competition 

in Orlando, Florida from June 19-24. Sussex Tech also earned seven 

Silver medals and one Bronze medal. The Ravens also dominated the 

Medical Terminology competition with a clean sweep of Gold, Silver 

and Bronze. Congratulations to: 

Dental Science: Gold – Logan Wharton 

Health Education: Gold – team of Taylor 

Kvilhaug and Jazmin Pilo-Castillo 

Nurse Assisting: Gold – Priyen Patel 

Physical Therapy: Gold – Taylor Hatfield; 

Silver – Tori Hearn 

Medical Terminology: Gold – Bansri Patel; 

Silver – Chelsea LeCates; Bronze – Logan Roe 

CPR/First Aid: Silver – team of Lindsay 

Logan Wharton 

Hetrick and Rachel Mayhorn 

Career Health Display: Silver – team of 

Claire Redman and Marissa Graham 

Job Seeking Skills: Silver – Henson Destine 

Teachers who prepared the students are: Health Professions, Nancy 

Massaro and Margie Booth; Athletic Health-Physical Therapy, Carolyn 

Maull and Kristen Wright; and Dental Services, Jill Lord. 

Dates to Remember 

AUGUST 2012 

13............................School Board Meeting 

22 & 23 ...................Freshman Orientation (1:40 p.m. dismissal) 

24............................NO SCHOOL - Teacher In-Service 

28............................First Day ALL Students (Even Day) 

31............................NO SCHOOL 

SEPTEMBER 2012 

3..............................NO SCHOOL - Labor Day 

6..............................Parent Open House, 6:30 p.m. 

10............................School Board Meeting, 5 p.m. 

27............................PSAT Sign-up Deadline (Juniors only) 

OCTOBER 2012 

5..............................NO SCHOOL, Teacher In-Service 

15............................School Board Meeting, 4 p.m. 

School-wide Advisory Dinner, 6 p.m. 

17............................PSAT - All Sophomores 

19............................Homecoming vs. St. Mark’s 

20............................Homecoming Dance 

24............................Southern Delaware College Night, 7-9 p.m. 

26............................End 1st Marking Period 

29............................NO SCHOOL, Teacher In-Service 

NOVEMBER 2012 

3..............................8th Grade Open House, 9 a.m. 

4..............................Standard Time Returns 

6..............................NO SCHOOL, Election Day 

8..............................NO SCHOOL, Return Day (Half Day In-Service) 

12............................NO SCHOOL, Veteran’s Day Observed 


21-23 ......................NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Break 

DECEMBER 2012 


24-Jan. 2 ................NO SCHOOL, Winter Break 

Athletic Health Care-Physical Therapy students made a clean sweep in the Medical 

Terminology event at the state HOSA competition. Left to right are: Bronze - Logan Roe; 

Gold - Bansri Patel; and Silver - Chelsea LeCates. 

State HOSA Physical Therapy participants were, left to right: Taylor Hatfield, Gold in 

Physical Therapy; Tori Hearn, Silver in Physical Therapy; Hannah Menendez; and Caitlin 

Cook. 

State HOSA participants were, left to right: Yessica Rodriguez-Chino; Priyen Patel, 

Gold in Nurse Assisting; Lauren Shapley; and Alyssa Swingle. 

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SUPERIOR CADETS: LET4 - C/LTC Aidan Gause; LET3 - C/LTC Dylan Varrato; 

LET2 - C/SSG Zachary Bishop; and LET1 - C/CPL Emma Rider. 

DISTINGUISHED CADETS: LET4 - C/CSM Jonah Riale; LET3 - C/MAJ Christopher 

Clifton; LET2 - C/SSG Kaycee Bean; and LET1 - C/CPL Ivy Colburn. 

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: LET4 - C/COL Madelyn Crimmins; LET3 - C/LTC Dylan 

Varrato; LET1 - C/CPL Emma Rider. Missing from photo, LET2 - C/SSG Alicia Martinez. 

SENIOR ARMY INSTRUCTOR LEADERSHIP: LET4 - C/COL Madelyn Crimmins; 

LET3 - C/MAJ John Crimmins; LET2 - C/SSG Kaycee Bean; LET1 - C/CPL Ivy 

Colburn. 

JROTC Presents Awards, 

Changes Command 

The JROTC Raven 

Battalion at Sussex Technical 

High School held its annual 

Change of Command and 

Awards Banquet on Saturday, 

April 28 at the Oak Orchard 

American Legion. Following 

dinner, Battalion Commander 

Madelyn Crimmins passed 

the American flag “colors” 

to incoming Battalion 

Commander Dylan Varrato. 

Special awards were presented 

by community organizations 

to the following: Order 

of the Purple Heart to C/MAJ 

Justin Stevenson; Daughters of 

the American Revolution to C/ 

CSM Jonah Riale; and Sons 

PASSING THE COLORS: C/COL Madelyn 

Crimmins passes the flag to incoming Battalion 

Commander C/LTC Dylan Varrato. 

of the American Revolution to C/LTC Dylan Varrato. The Parents 

Boosters’ Cadet of the Year award went to C/LTC Aidan Gause. 

Cadets then received ribbons and pins for their service during the 

past year. The Battalion’s prestigious awards were presented to those 

shown in photos at left. 

At the end of the program, the Parent Boosters Club presented parting 

gifts of miniature saber replicas to all graduating senior cadets. The 

cadets then gave appreciation gifts to Boosters Club President Awenita 

Hensley and Treasurer Stu Hensley who have supported the JROTC 

program for many years. 

Variety Show 

Brooke Faulkner and Patrick Gallagher 

High School secretaries 

- Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Smith 

and Mrs. Warrington 

get in on the fun. 

Aleah Jumarally 

Treavin Williams 

Logan Wharton and 

Meghan Elliott


Ravens Earn State SkillsUSA Medals 

Sussex Technical High School is very happy to announce that its 

students earned 62 medals in the State SkillsUSA competition and that 

one of its teachers was named State Advisor of the Year. 

Electronics teacher Dennis Smith was honored at the annual State 

SkillsUSA Awards Ceremony on April 4 at the Modern Maturity 

Center in Dover. Smith has been teaching at Sussex Tech since 2000. 

Prior to that, he worked with electronics in the U.S. Air Force for 23 

years. Smith is a veteran SkillsUSA supporter. While a high school 

student, Smith was the SkillsUSA/VICA president of his technical 

class. In 1975, when SkillsUSA/VICA was only eight years old, he 

competed in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies competition in the 

state of Florida. 

Of the medals, 24 medals were Gold, which qualifies the state winners 

for national competition this June in Kansas City, Missouri. The 

remaining medals were 27 Silver for second place and 11 Bronze for 

third place. 

Congratulations to: 

Chapter Business Procedure – Gold: team of Kira Lyle, Jessica 

Lynch, Paige Robinson, Chelsea Timmons, and Ashton Tomlinson; 

Silver: team of Laura Chambers, Richard Gallo, Kaitlin Holland, 

Hannah Krause, Catherine Minton, and Emily Stang 

Extemporaneous Speech – Gold: Demontrae Jenkins 

Prepared Speech – Gold: Brenna Gause 

Auto Refinishing Technology – Gold: Daniel Waydelis 

Crime Scene Investigation – Gold: team of Chase Milligan, 

Aiden Gause and Mary Batten 

Tech Computer Applications – Gold: Tara Windels; Bronze: 

Samantha Christensen 

Cabinetmaking – Gold: Trey 

Jewell; Silver: Drew Stewart 

Diesel Equipment – Gold: Ian 

Lankford; Silver: Nick Panagakos; 

Bronze: Matt Ritter 

Marine Service Tech – Gold: 

Robert Robles; Silver: Jonathon 

Walton; Bronze: Zach Bishop 

Broadcast News – Gold: team 

of Rebecca Southmayd, Katie 

Beitzel, Stephen Mervine, and 

Cabinetmaking winners 

Bethany Killmon; Silver: team of 

Meredith Husar, Natalie Sava, Haley Cherrix, and Emily Morris 

Broadcast News winners 

Related Technical Math – Gold: Priyen Patel 

Robotics – Gold: team of Zachary Richard and Michael Cole; 

Silver: team of Nick Bishop and Bobby Christensen; Bronze: team of 

Zachary Keyek, and Sam Mitchell 

TV Production – Gold: team of Amanda Sava and David Hignutt 

American Spirit – Silver: team of Shannon Bailey, Shanice 

Edwards, and Sam Schiffer 

Audio/Radio – Silver: team of Ben Dispoto and Taylor Thornberg 

Robotics winners 

Carpentry – Silver: Joe Garvilla 

Collision Repair – Silver: Austin Purdy 

Community Service – Silver: team of Ashleigh Sturgis, Elizabeth 

Toomey, and Nikolia Demopoulos 

Law Enforcement – Silver: Madelyn Crimmins; Bronze: Justin 

Stevenson 

Principles of Technology – Silver: Joey Powers; Bronze: Maria 

Menard 

Job Interview – Bronze: Janoria Sutton-Bullock 

Web Page Design – Bronze: team of Caleb Hagan and Walker 

Muth 

Photography – Bronze: Krystin Gibson 

Notes From The Nurses... 

Elizabeth Light, RN & Bonnie Hudson, RN 

New Guidelines for 9th Graders 

Hopefully, parents have received the letter detailing the Department 

of Education’s new requirements for 9 th grade physicals. The nurses 

want to share the highlights with you: 

Starting with the 2012-2013 school year, Delaware schools 

will require that all students entering 9 th grade must have a current 

health examination on file. The health examination must have been 

done within two years of entry into 9 th grade and must be received 

within 30 days from the start of school. The following forms will be 

accepted: 

A. Delaware School Health Examination Form (2012 form 

attached); or 

B. Delaware School Health Examination Form (prior to 2012); or 

C. DIAA Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation Form must be 

used if student anticipates playing sports; the form can be accessed 

at: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/diaa/files/ 

diaa_physicaleval.pdf; or 

D. Health Examination or evaluation document on a form that 

includes, at a minimum: healthy history, immunizations, results of 

medical testing and screenings, medical diagnoses, prescribed medications 

and treatments, and healthcare plans. 

This notification is provided now so that you will have ample time 

to obtain a health exam prior to September 2012. As with other regulatory 

requirements, students who do not meet the requirement will be 

excluded from school. The Regulation can be accessed at: http://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title14/800/815.shtml#TopOfPage. 

Tips: If your student plans on playing sports, use the DIAA Pre- 

Participation Physical Evaluation Form. 

If your student had a physical in 7 th or 8 th grade, their physical 

should transfer with their health record.


Prom Princess and Prince 

Paige Cook and Nathan Justis 

Senior Class President Rebecca Southmayd and 

escort Chase Milligan followed by Vice President 

Shane Marvel escorting Cassidy Taylor. 

Jacob Rickards and Aleah Jumarally 

Sal Klosiewicz escorts 

Krista Whaley and Sara Pertican. 

Safari Sunset 2012 

Ryan Barwick and his date, Taylor Kvilhaug, pose next to the 

tiger centerpiece that sets the atmosphere for the evening. 

Trey Jewell and his friends give the prom “two thumbs up.” 

Photos by Carolyn O’Neal and Don Golacinski 

Austin Purdy and 

Kathryn Bickford 

Blake Fletcher and 

Ali Warrington 

Nicole Lawrence and George Delrosario 

Patrick Gallagher and Katie Beitzel 

relax between dances. 

Twist and Shout 

Smile ...


Seniors Receive Numerous Academic Awards 

Members of the Class of 2012 at Sussex 

Technical High School received over $2.9 

million worth of awards and scholarships 

for their academic performance. The awards 

were presented during ceremonies on May 

29. Congratulations to: 

Hunter Absher – William Wilson 

Memorial Award 

Brittany Amendt – President’s Silver 

Award, C.N.A. Pin 

Garrett Anderson – President’s Silver 

Award 

Jasmine Anthony – Nanticoke Health 

Services Healthcare Education Scholarship, 

President’s Gold Award, National Honor 

Society, English Senior Award 

Gulbeyaz Arslan – President’s Silver 

Award 

Alexa August – President’s Gold Award, 

Sussex Tech Foundation Scholarship, 

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 28 

Scholarship, National Honor Society, 

President’s Volunteer Service Award, Spanish 

Senior Award, Clyde Smith Community 

Service Award 

Brandon Bailey – President’s Silver 

Award 

Kristie Baker – C.N.A. Pin 

Ben Barron – President’s Silver Award, 

DNREC Division of Water Environmental 

Science Scholarship 

Mary Batten – U.S. Marine Corp Music 

Award, President’s Gold Award, National 

Honor Society 

Ricky Bautista – President’s Gold Award 

Ashley Bean – President’s Gold Award, 

National Honor Society, President’s Volunteer 

Service Award, C.N.A. Pin, Sussex Academy 

of Arts and Sciences Foundation Scholarship 

Sara Bean – Jack Strickland Memorial 

Scholarship, Kim Johnson Memorial Award, 

President’s Silver Award, National Honor 

Society, C.N.A. Pin 

Katie Beitzel – President’s Silver Award, 

National Honor Society, Raven Report 

Communication Club Award, Jefferson 

Leadership Award 

Mercedez Bell – C.N.A. Pin 

Emily Bergh – President’s Silver Award 

Kathryn Bethard – George E. Gordy 

Award, President’s Gold Award, National 

Honor Society 

Jamar Bowers – President’s Silver 

Award 

Nathan Bradley – President’s Volunteer 

Service Award 

Kristin Brown – President’s Silver 

Award, Elizabeth J. White Memorial Award 

Lance Cain – President’s Silver Award 

Andrew Caldwell – President’s Gold 

Award, National Honor Society, Kenton 

Ruritan-Edward Hughes Memorial 

Scholarship 

Mason Calvert – President’s Gold 

Award, National Honor Society 

J.T. Carpenter – Landscape Management 

and Environmental Senior Award 

Tommy Chiem – C.N.A. Pin 

Angeleen Cierkowski – President’s 

Silver Award 

Maddie Crimmins – JROTC Battalion 

Commander Award, U.S. Marine Corp 

Female Athlete Award, President’s Gold 

Award, U.S. Military Academy West Point 

Civil Prep Selectee, National Honor Society 

Lauren deFreitas – President’s Gold 


Emily Dell – Jefferson Leadership Award 

Ben Dispoto – President’s Silver Award, 

Raven Report Communication Club Award 

Matthew Dopler – President’s Gold 


Stephen Dopler – Eastern Star Award 

Keda Dorisca – Virginia Rust AAUW 

Coastal-Georgetown Branch Scholarship 

Meghan Elliott – Health Pro Senior 

Award, Nanticoke Health Services Healthcare 

Education Scholarship, President’s Gold 

Award, Sussex Tech Foundation Scholarship, 

National Honor Society, President’s 

Volunteer Service Award, C.N.A. Pin 

Tasha Esham – American Legion Post 

28 Scholarship, C.N.A. Pin, Lord Baltimore 

Women’s Club Award 

Brooke Faulkner – President’s Gold 


Ryan Fitzgerald – Secretary of Education 

Scholar, American Citizenship Award, U.S. 

Marine Corp Scholastic Award, President’s 

Gold Award, SGT A.J. Creighton Memorial 

Scholarship, National Honor Society, 

Business, Finance and Marketing Senior 

Award, Salutatorian Award 

Richard Gallo – President’s Gold Award, 

National Honor Society 

Joseph Garvilla – President’s Silver 

Award 

Richard Gaunt – President’s Silver 

Award, Sussex Academy of Arts and Sciences 

Foundation Scholarship 

Aiden Gause – President’s Gold Award, 

McDonald’s Leadership Award, National 

Honor Society, Criminal Justice Senior 

Award, Career and Technical Education 

Award 

Alex Geniesse – President’s Silver 

Award, Alyssa Youse Memorial Scholarship 

Brooke Givens – President’s Silver 

Award 

Marissa Graham – President’s Silver 

Award 

Rachael Grahovac – President’s Silver 

Award 

Jenna Green – President’s Silver Award 

Travis Griffith – President’s Silver 

Award 

Meghan Hayes – C.N.A. Pin 

Tori Heimerl – President’s Gold Award, 

C.N.A. Pin 

Katelyn Hill – C.N.A. Pin 

Jenna Hochstedler – President’s Silver 

Award, Delores Brittingham Memorial 

Award, C.N.A. Pin, Beta Sigma Phi Legacy 

Scholarship 

Steven Hopkins – President’s Silver 

Award 

Shelly Horsey – C.N.A. Pin 

Samantha Hudson – C.N.A. Pin 

Rebekah Hufford – President’s Gold 

Award, C.N.A. Pin 

Haley Jackson – C.N.A. Pin 

Eric Jenkins – President’s Silver Award, 

Student Activities Dependability Award 

Trey Jewell – Carpentry Silver Award 

Erin Johnson – President’s Silver Award, 

Sussex Tech Foundation Scholarship, Alyssa 

Youse Memorial Scholarship, Wendy’s High 

School Heisman Award 

Sung Kang – President’s Silver Award, 

C.N.A. Pin 

Joseph Keller – President’s Silver Award 

Laura Kelly – President’s Silver Award 

Mackenzie King – President’s Silver 

Award 

Sal Klosiewicz – History Senior Award, 

President’s Gold Award 

Bethany LaChance – President’s Gold 

Award, Dr. Ben Carson Scholar Award, 

National Honor Society 

Abbie Landon – Student Activities 

Dependability Award 

Ian Lankford – Historical Vintage Car 

Club of Delaware Automotive Scholarship 

Logan LeCates - PACTT Early Care and 

Education Program of United Cerebral Palsey 

of Delaware Award 

Maggie Lee – President’s Silver Award, 

President’s Volunteer Service Award, C.N.A. 

Pin 

Marissa Leslie – Horatio Alger 

Scholarship, Health Pro Senior Award, 


Society, C.N.A. Pin 

Ashley Little – President’s Silver Award 

Josh Loockerman – President’s Silver 

Award 

Maria Lopez – C.N.A. Pin 

Mahnoor Mahmood – President’s Gold 

Award, Science Senior Award, National 

See Senior Awards - page 9


Beautician Paulette Buonufonte 

(Leah Toomey) describes her 

ideal guy from “Ireland” to Elle 

Woods (Taylor Thornberg). 

Graduation 

2012 

Professor Callahan (Shane Smith) describes his Harvard law class as “Blood in the 

Water.” 

Photos by Gary Conaway 

Elle (Taylor Thornberg) is heart-broken 

as she watches Warner (Logan Wharton) 

propose to Vivienne (Kara Bethke). 

Even while in jail, millionaire widow Brooke Wyndham (Page Van Brunt) believes 

our bodies need to be “Whipped Into Shape.” Fellow inmates Bailey Joseph and 

Nicole Lawrence join her.


Seniors Excel On HSTW Assessments 

Sussex Tech congratulates several 

seniors who earned the High 

Schools that Work (HSTW) Award 

of Educational Achievement. This 

accomplishment signifies the student’s 

readiness for employment and 

post-secondary studies. The students 

met reading, mathematics, and science 

readiness goals on the 2012 

HSTW assessment; completed a rigorous 

academic course of study in 

at least two of the following subject 

areas: English/language arts, mathematics 

and science; and completed 

a concentration in a career/technical 

field, mathematics/science or the 

humanities. 

In photo at upper left are, left to 

right: 

Front row – Jasmine Anthony, 

Ricky Bautista, Sara Bean, Kathryn 

Bethard, Amber Callahan, and 

Assistant Principal Mike Firch; 

Row two – Mason Calvert, Kyrstin 

Cameron, Brittany Chorman, Michael 

Cole, Madelyn Crimmins, Ben Dispoto, 

and Brooke Faulkner; 

Row three – Richard Gallo, Richard 

Gaunt, Aidan Gause, Alex Geniesse, 

Rachael Grahovac, Marisa Guajardo, 

Demontrae Jenkins, and Eric Jenkins; 

Row four – Aleah Jumarally, Laura 

Kelly, Margaret Lee, Ian Lankford, 

Josh Loockerman, and Nelson Lopez; 

Row five – Rhett Malone, Aaron 

Massey, Justin Metz, Keegan Moore, 

Christy Nagle, Kelly Pearson, Kristine 

Phulesar, and Emilee Powell; 

Row six – Austin Purdy, Zach 

Richard, David Ryan, Steven 

Sarnowski, Hannah Small, Rebecca 

Southmayd, and Justin Stevenson; 

Back row – Briauna Taylor, Logan 

Wharton, Jacob Williams, and Treavin 

Williams. 

Absent from photo were: Gulbeyaz 

Arslan, Ben Barron, Jamar Bowers, 

James Carpenter, Sung Kang, 

Salvadore Klosiewicz, Noelle Rash, 

Robert Robles, Dylan Sharp, and Drew 

Stewart. 

Students Win National BPA Skills Medals 

Sussex Technical High School 

congratulates the students who 

recently attended the Business 

Professionals of America 

National Competition in Chicago, 

Illinois, from April 26-29. Eleven 

students qualified for the competition 

by placing at the state competition. 

At the awards ceremony, 

it was announced that two of the 

students placed third in Chicago. 

Business, Finance and 

Marketing (BFM) senior Ryan 

Fitzgerald competed in Human 

Resource Management, and junior 

Devin Deloach Management- 

Individual. Both had to place in 

the top-two in the preliminary 

in order to qualify for the final 

round of competition. 

Sussex Tech students attending 

the Business Professionals of 

American National Competition 

in Chicago were, shown in photo 

above, left to right: front row 

- Mahnoor Mahmood, Reggie 

Summers, Nhu Do, Gavin Short, 

and Danny Halloran; back row 

- Devin Deloach, Juan Leonard, 

Ryan Fitzgerald, Cody Penrod, 

Kristin Ulmer, Drekia McKoy, 

and teachers, Frank Makray and 

Sabrina Neal. Missing from photo 

is teacher Andy Feightner.


Senior Awards - from page 6 

Honor Society 

Martina Major – President’s Silver 

Award 

Rhett Malone – President’s Gold Award, 

National Honor Society, Delaware Multiple 

Sclerosis Society Scholarship 

Elizabeth Marshall – C.N.A. Pin 

Antwonette Martin – Empowering 

Young Women Award 

Shane Marvel – WBOC/Mountaire 

Student-Athlete Award, President’s Gold 


Aaron Massey – President’s Gold Award 

Drekia McKoy – Millsboro Lions Club 

Scholarship 

Ellie McNatt – President’s Silver Award, 

C.N.A. Pin 

Morgan Messick – President’s Silver 

Award 

Ashley Metz – C.N.A. Pin 

Justin Metz – President’s Silver Award 

Chase Milligan – President’s Silver 

Award, Comcast Leaders and Achievers 

Scholarship 

Jake Mills – Sussex Academy of Arts and 

Sciences Foundation Scholarship 

Keegan Moore – Jack Strickland 

Memorial Scholarship, President’s Silver 

Award, Contractors for a Cause Legacy 

Scholarship, Jefferson Leadership Award 

Alissa Morgan – President’s Gold 

Award, National Honor Scholarship, Del-One 

Scholarship 

Ashley Morley – Del-One Scholarship, 


Society 

Hunter Murray – Dublin Hill 4-H 

Award, President’s Silver Award, American 

Legion Auxiliary Unit 28 Scholarship 

Scott Myers – Auto Diesel Senior Award 

Christy Nagle – C.N.A. Pin 

Matthew Oldland – President’s Gold 


Kelly Pearson – President’s Gold Award, 

Raven Report Communication Club Award, 

Carpentry Senior Award 

Caitlyn Phillips – Digital Publishing 

and Design Senior Award, President’s Gold 


Kristine Phulesar – President’s Gold 

Award 

Emilee Powell – President’s Gold Award, 

Sussex Academy of Arts and Sciences 

Foundation Scholarship 

Joseph Powers – President’s Silver 

Award 

Austin Purdy – President’s Silver Award 

Erin Quillen – President’s Gold Award, 

Rebecca Bundick Memorial Award, National 

Honor Society, Child Ed Senior Award 

Jack Redefer – Victory Scholarship 

Award, Dewey Beach Lions Club Scholarship, 

McAuley Award 

Jonah Riale – President’s Gold Award, 


Jermia Rodriguez – C.N.A. Pin 

Courtney Ruiz – C.N.A. Pin 

David Ryan – President’s Silver Award 

Lydia Sampson – C.N.A. Pin 

Steven Sarnowski – President’s Silver 

Award 

Jonathan Schafer – President’s Silver 

Award 

Sam Schiffer – Kitty Strickland Memorial 

Scholarship, President’s Silver Award, Alyssa 

Youse Memorial Scholarship, Jefferson 

Leadership Award 

Kaitlyn Schirling – C.N.A. Pin 

Alison Scott – President’s Silver Award 

Brittany Sharff – President’s Silver 

Award 

Dylan Sharp – President’s Silver Award, 

President’s Volunteer Service Award 

Payton Shirey – President’s Silver 

Award, National Honor Society, C.N.A. Pin 

Alexus Short – Kitty Strickland Memorial 

Scholarship 

Gavin Short – President’s Silver Award 

Sudesh Singh – President’s Silver Award, 


Hannah Small – President’s Silver Award 

Kim Smith – President’s Silver Award 

Shane Smith – President’s Silver Award 

Rebecca Southmayd – Secretary of 

Education Scholar, President’s Gold Award, 

George B. McGorman Foundation Award, 

National Honor Society, Media Broadcasting 

Senior Award, Raven Report Communication 

Club Award, Math Senior Award, Jefferson 

Leadership Award, Valedictorian Award 

Gregory Spera – C.N.A. Pin 

Justin Stevenson – President’s Gold 

Award 

Drew Stewart – President’s Silver Award, 


Ashleigh Sturgis – President’s Gold 


Morgan Swain – C.N.A. Pin 

Brittany Sweigart – President’s Gold 

Award 

Ashley Taylor – President’s Silver Award 

Briauna Taylor - President’s Silver 

Award, Alyssa Youse Memorial Scholarship 

Cassidy Taylor – President’s Gold Award, 

Athletic Health Care-Physical Therapy Senior 

Award 

Taylor Thornberg – President’s Gold 

Award, National Honor Society, Raven 

Report Communication Club Award 

Leah Toomey – Jefferson Leadership 

Award 

Zach Veasey – Carpentry Senior Award 

Amber Walbert – Cosmetology Senior 

Award 

Travis Waller – President’s Gold Award, 

National Honor Society, Jeffrey Carey 

Memorial Award 

Alicia Walls – President’s Silver Award, 

National Honor Society, C.N.A. Pin 

Beau Warrington – WGMD Scholar- 

Athlete Award, Vietnam Veterans Chapter 

546 Honor Scholarship, President’s Gold 

Award, National Honor Society, Harry 

Roberts Scholar-Athlete Award, Milford Elks 

Lodge Scholarship 

Daniel Waydelis – Collision Repair 

Senior Award 

Kristen Wegner – C.N.A. Pin 

Jason West – Electrical Senior Award 

Krista Whaley – President’s Silver 

Award 

Isabel Wharton – WGMD Scholar- 

Athlete Award, President’s Gold Award, 

National Honor Society, President’s Volunteer 

Service Award, C.N.A. Pin 

Logan Wharton – George E. Gordy 

Award, President’s Gold Award, George B. 

McGorman Foundation Award, C.N.A. Pin 

Jacob Williams – Richard Lewis Memorial 

Scholarship, U.S. Marine Corp Male Athlete 

Award, President’s Silver Award, Wendy’s 

High School Heisman Award 

Tara Windels – President’s Silver Award, 

Electronics Senior Award 

Breanna Wise – President’s Silver Award, 

UMES Scholarship, Dr. Charles Hammond 

Scholarship 

Alexandra Zebley – C.N.A. Pin 

March Jefferson Award ... 

Senior Keda Dorisca accepts the March 2012 Sussex 

Tech Student Jefferson Award from Guidance Counselor 

Greg Hockman. 

For two years, Keda has been an active participant 

in the monthly evening meetings of the Sussex Youth 

Philanthropy Board, a group of 18 high school juniors and 

seniors from nearly every high school in the county. Keda 

has facilitated two YPB meetings and also works well in 

small break-out groups where consensus must be reached 

to further the objectives of the meetings. She displays the 

qualities of dedication, service-mindedness, positivity, and 

a can-do temperament. 

Keda also organized her fellow YPB members in a 

successful Toys for Tots collection effort at Christmas and 

then led a collection for food and baby items for Bear Hugs 

for Babies in January.


State Champs! 

Emily Pusey rounds second after producing a two-run single that helped the 

Lady Ravens go ahead 4-1 in the fifth. Emily was 3 for 4 for the day. 

Kim Smith beats the Caravel pitch to 

first in the top of the seventh to set up 

the win. 

Relief runner Cailey Isaacs watches 

for an opportunity to steal bases. She 

would steal home in the top of the 

seventh for the winning run. 

Right fielder Ashton Tomlinson makes the catch for the final out and the championship. 

Teammate Emily Pusey is ready to back her up. 

Seniors Erin Johnson, 

Kim Smith, and 

Cassidy Taylor and 

Coach John Marvel 

accept the DIAA’s State 

Softball Championship 

Trophy. 

Athletes Sign College Letters of Intent ... 

Six Sussex Technical High School athletes signed letters of intent to play 

college sports during ceremonies at the high school on Wednesday, May 2. 

Left to right: seated - Frannie Delrosario will play lacrosse at Delaware State 

University and study Movement Science with a concentration in Strength 

and Conditioning; Isabel Wharton will run cross-country and track at Indiana 

Wesleyan University and study Bio Chemistry; Erin Johnson will be on the 

softball diamond at Eastern University where she will major in Athletic Training; 

standing - George Delrosario will play football at 

King’s College and study biology in preparation 

of one day being a zoologist; Troy DeShields will 

play basketball at Goucher College and major in 

Computer Engineering; and Beau Warrington has 

signed to play football at Maritime College and study 

Maritime Transportation. At right, Raven’s tackle 

Rhett Malone signs to play football at Salisbury 

University next fall. He will major in accounting 

SmartDrive Winners Are Named ... 

Winners of the driver enhancement teenage driving program, SmartDrive, 

were announced. The free, online program of driver education reinforcement is 

aimed at students who already have their driver’s licenses. The series is a set of 

online modules that challenges young driver’s experience with road rules, judgment 

and general common sense. SmartDrive was conceived in 2004 by Pete 

Booker, CEO of Delmarva Broadcasting Company, in response to untimely and 

unnecessary deaths of several Delaware high school students in vehicle crashes. 

Kerry D. Bittenbender, from the SmartDrive Foundation, congratulates Isaac Van 

Curen for being the Sussex Tech winner. Delaware South second place winner 

was Krystin Cameron (right) and Ethan Caldwell (left) is the third-place winner.


All-Conference 

Spring Athletes 

Are Named 

BASEBALL: First Team - 

Shane Marvel (pitcher) (All-State 

1st Team) and Ryan Muchmore 

(catcher); Second Team - Hunter 

Absher (pitcher), Will Bayko (1st 

base), Drew Love (2nd base), and 

Nathan Justis (outfield); Honorable 

Mention - Jacob Williams 

SOFTBALL: First Team - 

Kim Smith (pitcher) (All-State 

1st Team and Gatorade Softball 

Player of the Year), Cassidy 

Taylor (1st base) (All-State 1st 

Team), Amber Callahan (outfield); 

Second Team - Tori Huk 

(outfield); Honorable Mention - 

Erin Johnson 

BOYS LACROSSE: Second 

Team - Drew Stewart (attack), 

Jack Redefer (midfield), Ben Barron 

(defense); Honorable Mention 

- Mike Bateman 

GIRLS LACROSSE: Kellen 

Cannon (All-State 1st Team); 

Franchesca Delrosario (All-State 

2nd Team) 

BOYS TRACK: First Team - 

Darrin Beckett (110 Hurdles), and 

Alex Geniesse (Pole Vault) 

GIRLS TRACK: First Team 

- Briana Hall (100 Hurdles and 

Long Jump); Second Team - Briana 

Hall (300 Hurdles) 

GIRLS SOCCER: First Team 

- Haley Cherrix (All-State 2nd 

Team), Rebekah Warrington (All- 

State 2nd Team), Michelle Laz 

(All-State 3rd Team), and Margaret 

Lee; Second Team - Natalie 

Sava and Bethany Killmon; 

Honorable Mention - Samantha 

Hudson 

GOLF: Second Team - Josh 

Mohun, Trey Jewell and Ryan 

Fletcher; Honorable Mention - 

Cole Messick 

Outstanding Senior Athletes Honored 

Sussex Technical High School held its annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet on Thursday, May 17. Outstanding 

senior athletes were named in each sport, three prior graduates were named to the school’s Athletic Wall of Fame, and a 

long-time coach was honored for her dedication to Sussex Tech sports. 

Coach Nancy Tribbitt announced her retirement this spring after almost three decades of coaching high school sports 

and teaching physical education. Mrs. Tribbitt helped to begin the sports program at Sussex Tech when she first came to 

the school in 1991. In the beginning, she coached all the girls’ sports – field hockey, basketball, and softball. Coach Tribbitt 

leaves Sussex Tech after accomplishing two back-to-back state field hockey championships, 2009 and 2010. 

Graduates Ellen Rowe, Hope Cornell, and Jacque Bowe will also have commemorative banners hung in the Sussex 

Tech gym to acknowledge their success as college athletes. Ellen excelled in field hockey and track while at Sussex Tech 

and was named Outstanding Senior Female Athlete in 2008. She went on to play field hockey at Saint Joseph’s University 

and was named the Rookie of the Year by the Atlantic Conference. Hope Cornell joins her sister, Harper, on Sussex Tech’s 

Athletic Wall of Fame. She played field hockey and softball for the Ravens and was named an All-State athlete four times 

during her high school career. She was named Sussex Tech’s Female Scholar Athlete in 2007. Hope attended Shippensburg 

University where she played softball and holds the team’s record in homeruns, and was named an All-American Athlete. 

Jacque Bowe was Sussex Tech’s Outstanding Male Athlete in 2006, as well as Football’s Outstanding Senior. He played in 

the State Blue-Gold games in both football and basketball. Jacque attended Wesley College where he played both football 

and basketball and was a member of the college’s national tournament team in basketball. 

Outstanding Senior Athletes are, left to right, front row: Beau Warrington – Male Sportsmanship and Male Spring 

Track; Erin Johnson – Female Sportsmanship; Shane Marvel – Male Outstanding Senior and Baseball; Isabel Wharton – 

Female Outstanding Senior, Female Cross Country, Female Winter Track, and Female Spring Track; Matt Dopler – co-Male 

Scholar; Maddie Crimmins – Female Scholar; 

Middle row: Frannie Delrosario – Field Hockey and Girls’ Lacrosse; Cody Rust – Wrestling; Darrin Beckett – Football 

and co-Male Winter Track; Kim Smith – Softball; and Krista Whaley – Fall Cheerleading; 

Back row: Dustyn Bebee – Boys’ Soccer; Dylan Sharp – Male Swimming; Rhett Malone – co-Male Winter Track; 

Ryan Fitzgerald – co-Male Scholar and Male Cross Country; Drew Stewart – Boys’ Lacrosse; Trey Jewell – Golf; and Troy 

DeShields – Boys’ Basketball. 

Missing from photo are: Samantha Hudson – Volleyball; Sara Bean – Winter Cheerleading; Payton Shirey – Female 

Swimming; and Margaret Lee – Girls’ Soccer 

$5,000 For Cancer Society ... 

The Class of 2012 raised $5,000 for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society 

in the name of Kameron Chandler, a classmate who died from 

cancer in the summer of 2009. Through the generosity of students 

and staff at Sussex Tech, the Class of 2012 each year has collected 

hundreds of dollars for the Society. They presented the check to the 

Society at the annual school Variety Show. 

Left to right are: Diane Lecates, Senior Class advisor; Mr. and 

Mrs. Harmon, Kameron’s grandparents; Robert Chandler, Kameron’s 

father; Tammy Morley, Senior Class advisor; Shane Marvel (in 

back), class vice president; Michelle Sobczyk, Cancer Society representative; 

Ashley Morley, class treasurer; Rebecca Southmayd, 

class president; and Ashley Taylor, class secretary.

Parents Have The 

Right To Know 

Parents may request information regarding 

their child’s teacher, including: (a) 

whether the teacher has met the State 

requirements for licensure and certification 

for the grade levels and subject matters 

in which the teacher provides instruction; 

(b) whether the teacher is teaching 

under emergency or other provisional status 

through which State qualification or 

licensing criteria have been waived; (c) 

the college major and any other graduate 

certification or degree held by the teacher, 

and the field of discipline of the certification 

or degree; and (d) whether the child 

is provided services by paraprofessionals, 

and, if so, their qualifications. Information 

may be viewed at the State of Delaware - 

Department of Educa-tion website: 

http://deeds.doe.k12.de.us. 

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For School Info, visit our website at 

www.sussexvt.k12.de.us 

• Program of Studies 

• Student Code of Conduct 

• Student Success Plan 

• Bully Prevention Policy 

• Transition Services 

• Student Application 

• and much more 

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ORGANIZATION 

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GEORGETOWN, DE 

19947 

S U S S E X T E C H ’ S 

Expressions 

EXPRESSIONS is published periodically 

during the school year by Sussex Technical High School 

through the offices of the Principal and Public Relations. 

Inquiries or comments can be made by calling 856-0961 

during normal school hours, or via e-mail as listed below. 

John L. Demby, Ed.D., Principal 

Carolyn M. O’Neal, Public Relations Coordinator 

Editor: coneal@sussexvt.k12.de.us 

Doc. No. 95-40/2012-06-02 

Nondiscrimination Statement 

The Sussex Technical School District is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal 

opportunity in relation to race, color, gender, religion, age, disability, marital status, national origin, 

genetic information, or other legally protected categories. 

This policy will prevail in all matters concerning staff, students, educational programs and service, 

and persons with whom the District does business. In keeping with the District’s commitment and the 

requirement of law, the District and staff will promote equal opportunity in employment, assignment, and 

promotion of personnel, in educational services, and in opportunities offered students, in location and 

use of facilities, and in educational materials. 

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding Title IX, Americans 

with Disabilities Act (ADA), 504 and nondiscrimination policies: Curt Bunting, Ed.D., Assistant 

Superintendent, Sussex Tech School District, 17137 County Seat Highway, P.O. Box 351, Georgetown, 

DE 19947, telephone 302-856-2541. 

El Aviso de Nondiscriminación 

El Distrito Escolar de Sussex Tech está dedicado a una política de nondiscriminación e igualdad 

de oportunidades en relación a raza, color, sexo, religión, edad, incapacidad, estado marital, origen 

nacional, información genética o otras categorías protectoradas legalmente. 

Esta política prevalecerá en todos los asuntos con respeto a empleados, estudiantes, programas 

educacionales y servicios, y todas las personas con quien el Distrito comercia. De acuerdo con el 

compromiso del Distrito y el requisito de la ley, El Distrito y los empleados presentarán igualdad de 

oportunidades en empleo, asignación, y la promoción de personal, en servicios educacionales, y en 

las oportunidades ofrecido a los estudiantes, en localización, y el uso de las facilidades y materiales 

educacionales. 

Las preguntas concernientes al Titulo IX, el Acta para Americanos con inhabilidades (ADA), 

504 and otras políticas nondiscrimintorias pueden ser dirigidas a: Curt Bunting, Ed.D., Assistant 

Superintendent, Sussex Tech School District, 17137 County Seat Highway, P.O. Box 351, Georgetown, 

DE 19947, telephone 302-856-2541. 

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Academic Education 

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Georgetown, DE 19947 

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