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In photo, left
to right: PHHS Assistant Principal Steve Arnold; Bud Heil;
Senator Kathy Klausmeier; Al Miller; PHHS Alumni President Shannon
Otakie Bray; PHHS Alumni Director David Marks; Scott Kennell; Steve
Melewski; Delegate Joe Boteler.
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The Perry Hall High School Alumni Association is proud to announce five
new inductees into the Perry Hall High School Hall of Fame, a registry
that honors the most outstanding graduates of Perry Hall High School.
The 2010 class was honored at the Alumni Association’s bull roast on
Jan. 31 at Columbus Gardens.
“We are delighted to induct these ‘best and brightest’ from our alma
mater into the Perry Hall High School Hall of Fame,” commented Shannon
Otakie Bray, President of the Perry Hall High School Alumni
Association. The inductees are:
Charles “Bud” Heil, Jr., Class of 1966
Charles Heil is not just a graduate of Perry
Hall High School, but also one of the longest-serving teachers at any
of Perry Hall’s public schools. He will retire in June of 2010 after 40
years of teaching. He estimates he has taught over 10,000 Perry Hall
students since 1970. After graduating from the Maryland Institute
College of Art, Heil started teaching at Perry Hall Middle School,
where he has stayed his entire career. In 2009, the Visual Arts Office
for the Baltimore County Public School system honored him for his
outstanding, longtime service to public school students.
Steven John Melewski, Class of 1978
As a 12th grade sports writer for the Perry Hall
High School radio station, Steve Melewski set out to become a
professional sports broadcaster - an area in which he has excelled. He
currently works as a radio host for the pre- and post-game shows for
Baltimore Orioles baseball games, and worked for the past two seasons
in the same role for University of Maryland basketball games. He is a
featured writer for MASNsports.com, the Internet arm of the
Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. During his long career in broadcasting,
Melewski has served as sports director at WBAL-AM 1090, where he
covered all of Baltimore’s major professional sports teams. He was a
finalist for Maryland Sportscaster of the Year three times, winning in
2000.
Dara Ann Lawrence, Class of 1986
A four-year President of the Class of 1986, Dara
Lawrence has excelled in the nursing profession since graduating from
Perry Hall High School. She earned her first bachelor degree from
Randolph Macon College, then received her second bachelor degree after
completing the Accelerated Nursing Program from Johns Hopkins
University. While working at Kennedy Krieger Institute, she received a
double master’s degree in Nursing and Business Administration, and was
selected as a member of the Nursing Honor Society. She is currently a
pediatric nurse and Assistant Director of Clinical Care Management,
where her work has touched the lives of hundreds of children.
Scott Kennell, Class of 1994
Scott Kennell epitomizes the best in
athletics. As an undergraduate at North Carolina Wesleyan, he was
a four-year starter for the university’s soccer team at midfield. Twice
he was named the Umbro Regional All-American and All-Dixie Conference
player, and he held Wesleyan’s all-time record for career goals and
single-season marks for goals and total points. Upon graduating,
Kennell was selected as the eighth overall college player for the 1998
Eastern Indoor Soccer League draft. He played in Savannah, Georgia,
then was acquired by the Eastern Shore Sharks, where he led the team in
goals scored and was the team’s captain. Kennell has now served for ten
years as head coach for Lycoming College’s men’s soccer team; in the
summer of 2008, he was named as the director of athletics.
In addition to alumni inductees, the Perry Hall High School Alumni
association has enrolled Albert D. Miller, Jr., the longtime athletic
director at the school, as a former faculty member of the Hall of
Fame. Miller taught at Perry Hall High School for 32 years, from
1966 to 1998, often coaching the school’s football team.
David Marks, an at-large member of the Alumni Association’s Executive
Board, chaired the selection process for the inductees. “These
individuals represent achievement in many different fields, from
broadcasting to nursing, athletics to education. We are honored
to showcase these outstanding Gators.”
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