The Elks Junior Student of the Month for April at Mount Carmel Area is junior Lexie Danilowicz. She resides in Mount Carmel with her parents Keith Danilowicz and Jennifer Rodriguez. Her activities include Odyssey of the Mind, yearbook, chemistry club, student council, envirothon, science club and Latin club.
Danilowicz is the previous Merit Award winner and was named to National Honor Society and distinguish honor roll. Her interests are reading, hanging out with friends and family, shopping and cooking. She plans to attend a four-year college.
Junior Teen
Kasey Rompallo, a daughter of Stan and Diane Rompallo, of Kulpmont, is the Junior Teenager of the Month for April. Her activities include symphonic, jazz and marching band and Odyssey of the Mind, and she plays guitar for Holy Angels Church.
Rompallo is a previous Merit Award Winner and is on the distinguish honor roll. She was part of two Odyssey of the Mind teams that attended state finals. Her interests include playing guitar, trombone and tuba, listening to music, playing PS3 and bowling. Her future plan is to attend college to major in criminal justice.
Teenager of Month
Teenager of the Month for April is Kayla Witt, a daughter of Norm and Leanne Witt, of Kulpmont. She is a member of the MCA color guard, reporter and writer for MCA Live and a member of the Holy Angels choir. Witt is on the distinguished honor roll and is a part of the Junior National Honor Society. She has also been the recipient of Junior Teen of the Month, Merit Award and the Junior High Pride award. In her spare time, Witt enjoys reading, performing in color guard and hanging out with friends and family. Her future plan is to attend college and major in psychology.
Student of Month
Elks Student of the Month for April is senior Marcus Pitcavage, a son of Michael and Michelle Pitcavage, of Natalie. Pitcavage participates in Spanish club, science Olympiad, science club, student government, stage crew, chemistry club, SADD, pep club and yearbook. He is vice president of Spanish club, student government and Quill and Scroll. He is also yearbook editor. He is a member of the National Honor Society, Quill and Scroll and Masque and Gravel, and received the Merit Award in 2007 and Frederick Douglas Scholarship. He is a Sesquicentennial Log Design Contest winner. Pitcavage is interested in cooking, road trips, art and makes homemade sodas. His future plans are to study business administration with a specialization in marketing at American University in Washington, D.C.