The pandemic caused many school activities to be canceled over the past year, but this spring, some high schools are safely rehearsing to put on theatrical performances in the coming
Susan Adams won’t take offense if anyone refers to her as an accidental scientist.
The 24-year-old native of Smock, a tiny Fayette County village near Uniontown, never imagined herself immersed in any kind of science, let alone geology.
She graduated from Uniontown Area High School and the masonry class at the Fayette County CTI in 2015 and promptly entered the workforce, laying stone and building foundations.
Yet, six years later, she is the recipient of a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, preparing for her final year of undergraduate work at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She is looking forward to graduate studies in marine geophysics at a top college on the West Coast, if all goes according to her plans.
Scholarships are a wealth of help for students pursuing additional education after high school, but first, they need to apply.
Two years ago Ken Glozer set up a donor advisory fund and provided $25,000 for the purpose of making a $5,000 annual scholarship to a financially needy Uniontown High School student wanting to attend a junior college or technical institute instead of a four-year college.
Glozer is a member of the 1959 class of Uniontown High School and went on to a career as a federal bank examiner, a career servant in the Office of Management & Budget in the White House under six presidents, and created a successful consulting firm in Washington, D.C. for Fortune 500 companies.
After several COVID-19 cases were detected, Uniontown Area High School moved to fully remote learning until Monday, March 8.
In a letter posted on the districtâs website Wednesday, Superintendent Dr. Charles Machesky indicated classes would be delivered to students in real time, adhering to their typical schedule. All other district buildings will continue to have in-person learning.
Student attendance will be taken during remote learning days via the Canvas system.
Since Feb. 8, five individuals have tested positive for COVID-19. The most recent was on Wednesday. That person had last been on campus on Feb. 19, according to the district.
Those who were in close contact will be notified by the state Department of Health.
New Salem resident William Rostich was only 18 years old when he enlisted in the Navy, having just graduated from Uniontown Area High School.
He became part of the Seabees 111th U.S. Naval Construction Battalion. One year later, on June 7 of 1944, Rostich, now 96, was operating a pontoon boat with supplies headed to the beaches of Normandy in France during the largest amphibious military operation in history: the Battle of Normandy.
This month, Rostich was sent the highest French decoration for his service during that time: the French Legion of Honor. The medal is divided into degrees, of which Rostich is a Chevalier, or knight.