Alumni Spotlights 2018-2019

North Penn Class of 2018 graduate Michelle Park is living her best life at the University of Pittsburgh, where she is currently majoring in biology on a pre medical track. “During high school, biology was my favorite subject because I found it very interesting. I’ve always wanted to pursue a job where I could help people and a job that I’d love, so I felt like medicine was the right track...

Along with the seniors of North Penn High School, North Penn Alumni Steven Blumberg is getting ready to graduate and move on to the next stage of his life. On June 13th, Steven is prepared to walk the stage of Drexel University, after five long years of hard work and dedication. His time spent at Drexel have earned him not only a degree in Marketing and Management Information Systems, but a long list of mem...

Prior to graduating North Penn in 2018, Amelia Eshraghi had a strong passion for engineering. Now, she has taken her love for engineering to Penn State University, where she is currently a freshman. At North Penn, Eshraghi played for the girls soccer team and ran girls winter and spring track and field. She was also a member of the National Honors Society and the Engineering Academy. Eshragh...

Abi Lua, North Penn Class of 2015, is beginning a new chapter in her life, as she has just recently graduated from Bryn Mawr College majoring in History of Art. “I decided to pursue this major because it combines the two things that I really love: art and academia/reading and writing,” mentioned Lua. Lua took art throughout her entire time at North Penn. She took Art 1 during her sophomore year, Portfo...

North Penn Class of 2018 graduate Chris Seiler is off to pursue computer science at Carnegie Mellon University as an upcoming sophomore. At North Penn, Seiler was actively involved in his outside of school activities. He was a member of FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), FBLA, and the computer programming club. In addition, he was a member of the National Honors Society and the Spanish National H...

North Penn High School Class of 2018 graduate Mikaela Mosley was heavily involved through her time at the high school. At North Penn, Mosley was in the National Honors Society, the band, and the North Penn Track Team. She was also an Executive Board member of the African American Awareness Club and a three year staff writer and two year editor for the Knight Crier, Since graduating, Mosley has strength...

North Penn class of 2018 graduate Nina Raman has taken on new leadership roles at Temple University. Although Raman initially applied to Temple as a communication studies major, she switched her major to business management when her parents encouraged her to try it out. “I really fought the idea of going into business for a while because I thought I wouldn’t be able to exercise my creative s...

Ben Dogonniuck, class of 2017,  has been happily living the Colorado life ever since he graduated North Penn High School. He might have seemed like a normal student, born and raised in the North Penn School District, but this couldn’t be farther from the truth. Even being involved in numerous clubs and sports couldn’t keep Dogonniuck away from success, and it is because of his years at North P...

North Penn High School Alumni Delphin Monga remembers his high school days as if they were yesterday. “The rush of trying to beat those buses, morning news, and 9th period,” are just a few memories out of many that Monga will forever cherish. Being a graduate of 2016, Monga is now in his junior year of college. So far, throughout his years in secondary education, he has learned so much from his...

With an instinct for the arts, North Penn Graduate of 2012 Valerie James has put her creative ends together to form stunning jewelry. J Pod and the art department was home to James as she made her way through high school. Not only was James taking AP art classes, painting, and drawing, she was Editor and Chief of the Accolade. Leadership seemed to be a pattern for James and she went on to become Presi...

North Penn Class of 2018 graduate Victoria Chiu has a passion for science. As a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh, she is following the pre physical therapy track and hopes to major in either Athletic Training or Health and Rehab Science. She plans to get her doctorate of physical therapy and wants to work in a children’s hospital or with athletes. She also plans to to travel as much as s...

Ximena Trejo-Mora, North Penn Class of 2018, is beginning her own journey as a freshman at Temple University Honors, College of Public Health. As a North Penn student, Trejo-Mora was involved in Link Crew, Girl Up, NHS, Key Club, and Latin Club. She ran track for five years and cross country for four. Trejo-Mora also spent time volunteering at Manna on Main Street, Shake It Off (fundraising event ...

After graduating from North Penn in 2015, Alonso Trejo-Mora is currently making astonishing achievements as a senior in his last semester of undergraduate studies at Duke University. He is currently majoring in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science. He also has a part-time job as a System Test Engineer with a group called Intuitive Surgical, Inc. that makes robots for surgery. ...

Anissa Gardizy, North Penn Class of 2018, was known for her passion for journalism at North Penn, and has continued to excel in this field after high school. Anissa is currently a freshman at Emerson College in Boston studying journalism. She is a proud writer for the Berkeley Beacon, Emerson’s newspaper, and she works for one of their television stations. As a student at North Penn, Gardizy wrote fo...

North Penn class of 2017 graduate, Natalie Kulak, is currently striving as a sophomore at Mount Holyoke College. As a North Penn student, Kulak was a cabinet member of NHS and a Link Leader in her senior year. She was also involved with Shakespeare’s Sister and the Literary Arts Magazine. For Kulak, the one extracurricular that stood out was School of Rock, which gave her performance opportunities a...

Katie Alesi is exhuberant; that much, no one disputes. Some know her as North Penn's premier early bird, regularly arriving more than half an hour early to school during her senior year. Many recognize Alesi for her immaculate Spanish pronunciations, still lingering in the hallways of B-pod. Still others remember her friendly smile and well-deserved reputation as a person you could always count...

Doug Bell, North Penn Class of 2018, is certainly making some noise at Oklahoma State University, and not just with his music. Bell is in his freshman year at OSU studying Music Education with his primary instrument being trombone. This semester, he focused on personal practice and improvement to get up to speed with a college level of playing. He is a member of The Cowboy Marching Band, which pra...

After graduating from North Penn in 2018, Manasi Nawathe continues to prioritize getting involved as a freshman at Johns Hopkins University. During her time at North Penn, she was involved in Model UN, played the viola in the orchestra, was inducted in NHS, and served as the Vice President of the Spanish Honor Society. Outside of school, she did Indian Classical dance. Now, she is currently majoring in Chemical a...

Graduate of the class of 2017, Carl Hamilton has hit his rhythm during his sophomore year at Dickinson College. At North Penn, Hamilton was a proud member of the latin club. But, latin was not the only language that called his name; the language of music caught his attention as well. During his years at the high school, Hamilton played the drums in the North Penn Navy Jazz Band and played percussio...

Since graduating from North Penn in 2014, Becca Rosenblatt has gone on to do great things at Temple University and pursue her passion for television in Madison, Wisconsin. As a student at North Penn, Rosenblatt was involved with the theatre program, the Thespian troupe, NPTV, and the Knight Crier. When she graduated from North Penn to further her academics at Temple University, she continued with...

Spinning her flag on the floor, Madison Joyce, a freshman at North Carolina State University, continues to show her devotion to color guard and music after graduating North Penn in 2018. During her time at North Penn High School, Joyce was a member of the Marching Knights and Visual Ensemble (indoor color guard) for four years and was guard captain throughout her senior year. She also sang for th...

“Prior to joining the Knight Crier, I had no journalistic writing experience. I had only taken the course because I wanted to have Mr. Manero as a teacher again. Taking this chance, I ended up finding my passion: journalism.” Cydney Lee, graduate of the class of 2016, is no stranger when it comes to branching out beyond her comfort zone. Lee tried to be involved as much as possible in the ...

2018 North Penn graduate, Maura Slater, is taking on a new stage as a freshman at Marymount Manhattan College. During Maura’s time at North Penn, being involved was an understatement. She was a part of all six theatre productions, an anchor for NPTV, an extremely dedicated thespian troupe member, and eventually president of the troupe. Maura was also a State Thespian Officer for the Pennsylvan...

After excelling in every aspect of North Penn during her time there, class of 2017 graduate Taylor Young is continuing her successes as a current sophomore at Penn State University. Majoring in Secondary Education English and minoring in Education Policy Studies, Young hopes to one day be an educator and inspire the next generation of students, similar to how dozens of NP staff members and teacher...