Alumni In The News

by Nancy Hudec
A good man is hard to find – so, too, is an elementary school principal like Bath's
Fred Tomei. Tomei, who accentuated the positive and always believed "you've got to be able to laugh," has retired. With him go 12 years of doing everything from day-to-day administration to rollerblading and getting duct-taped to the wall for charity. He believed students were No. 1 and that his accomplishments were easy thanks to a great staff of team players. "Bath Elementary is a great school
because of the people in it," said Tomei. "I was fortunate to have a great group of teachers and assistants that all wanted to be there. They like what they are doing and always have a welcoming attitude to each and every student."
He added, "Our students also want to be there, want to learn and have the support of their families and the community. I had great students who did terrific things for others, like Kick It. Kick It is like Relay For Life, only kids raise money for children's oncology through kickball games. We raised over $3,300 and beat Tallmadge in the championship. It was a great event and reflected the type of students and families that are part of Bath Elementary."

2006 Alumni Robert Bonacci Receives Fulbright Scholarship

Congratulations to Revere High School Alumni, Robert Bonacci, for receiving a Fulbright Scholarship. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is designed to give recent graduates opportunities for international experience, personal enrichment, and an open exchange of ideas with citizens of other nations. The goal of the program is to promote mutual understanding through a committment to the free flow of ideas and people across national boundaries. Fulbright scholarships provide students with the opportunity to conduct research abroad. The grant offers students the opportunity to experience another culture, to contribute research to their field of study, and to develop leadership skills and their careers. Rob is going to Cuernavaca, Mexico to do research on the H1N1 virus from Aug. 24th thru May of 2011. Congratulations and Good Luck Rob!

1985 Alumni Receives The Poudre
(Colorado) High School Excellence in Teaching Award

Class of 2000 Alumni Robert Gilbert

March 28th, 2010 Photographs of the community who turned out to pay their respects to the memory of and the family of GySgt Robert Gilbert. GySgt Gilbert was mortally wounded in Afghanistan. Also photographs of the amazing veterans who rode their motorcycles in the rain to escort GySgt Gilbert's body to the memorial service. Local police and fire departments teamed together to escort from the airport and to the funeral home, then to Revere High School. smsjeni

Richfield Native Wins Emmy for Documentary

by Kristen Mooney, The Richfield Times Magazine,

December 2009

As a young child, Revere graduate Matt Choma grew up listening to his father, Paul, tell story after story on the patio of their Richfield home. Listening to these tales many of which were as simple as the histories of the trees in their yard sparked Matt’s passion for storytelling. By his own accounts, Choma grew up knowing how to spin the yarn of a good story, but he never dreamed that talent would take him as far as the Emmys until it did. Read More

Revere Alumni & Mayor of Duarte, CA.

Margaret Ferguson Finlay has been the mayor of Duarte, CA for 20 years. Recently Margaret roller skated to the podium to deliver a speach on "The City of Health". She also recently rode her bike to a nearby community to deliver 600 letters about an issue involving both communities. To read more please visit www.accessduarte.com

'95 Revere Grad Received the CVCC Distinguished Alumni Award

The Cuyahoga Valley Career Center (CVCC) Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes alumni for exemplary career achievement and contributions to their profession or industry related to their CVCC program of study. Those honored share personal characteristics of leadership, progressive thinking, professionalism, integrity, commitment and courage. Their careers serve as models for CVCC's students and alumni.
Michelle Tapolcsanyi, D.D.S., of Family Dentistry on the Square in Wadsworth, is a 1995 graduate of the Dental Assisting Program at CVCC and Revere High School. According to her dental assisting instructor, Gerri Breon, Tapolcsanyi was a model student whose leadership qualities surfaced during her training at CVCC. She served as vice president and president of the Dental Assisting Program and was active in the student youth group known as VICA.
Tapolcsanyi received an academic scholarship from CVCC that allowed her to pursue her associate degree in dental hygiene at Tri-C. She received her undergraduate degree in biology from The University of Akron, and completed her Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree at the Ohio State University College of Dentistry in 2008. Michelle is a member of the Academy of General Dentistry, Medina County Dental Society, Ohio Dental Association and the American Dental Association.
Tapolcsanyi spends much of her time giving back to those in need. She has traveled to Honduras and Haiti on missionary trips to help people who have no access to care, volunteered at the Teen Detention Center, and is president of the Wadsworth Newcomers Club. Tapolcsanyi was honored at the senior recognition ceremony on May 13.

Phil Heyn '96 to lead school's football program

Tim Rogers, The Plain Dealer, February 11, 2010 3:50 p.m. Richfield, Ohio - A seven-member search committee will recommend to Revere's school board next week that Phil Heyn be hired as varsity football coach at the high school. Heyn, 32, has been the school's baseball coach for the past six seasons and has been an assistant coach on the football team for the past nine seasons. He is a graduate of Revere and Ohio Wesleyan and played baseball and football at both schools. He has taught social studies for the past nine years. He replaces Terry Cistone, who resigned after last season. Revere Athletic Director Bill Schumacher said the district received approximately 75 applications for the position and the field was narrowed to six. Three of the candidates were internal. Schumacher said Heyn will remain as baseball coach for the 2010 season.

Bike trip puts focus on housing issues

10/15/2009 | Source: West Side Leader | Author: Kathleen Folkerth

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BATH — Ben Walker saw much of the country in a 4,000-mile bicycle trip this past summer. But what left the biggest impression on him was what he saw in people. “I was mostly surprised at how generous people were,” said Walker, 22, a 2005 graduate of Revere High School, who participated in Bike and Build, a two-month trip for which he raised $4,069 for affordable housing organizations. “We could go into any restaurant and tell them what we were doing and they would feed us for free.” Read More

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October 15, 2009
Dear Foodie friends:
Hallelujah! We finally have the recipe for one of the area’s most-missed concoctions, the Coney sauce from the Montrose Freeze.