Business & Merchant

Last Updated on Friday, 30 September 2016 15:00

Local businesses contributed $50,000 to The Challenge Program, Inc. to support the program’s efforts to motivate and reward students during the 2015-2016 program year in Washington County secondary schools.

Challenge Program Participants

Through The Challenge Program, Inc., sophomores, juniors and seniors are introduced to careers in their own communities and challenged to compete in five award categories that are directly linked with academic and workforce success: Attendance; STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math); Academic Improvement; Academic Excellence and Community Service.

Participating Washington County businesses and their partnered schools are: Range Resources (Avella, Bentworth, Burgettstown and Chartiers-Houston High Schools and Western Area CTC); Auma Actuators (Canon-McMillan High School); Progeny Systems (Charleroi and Belle Vernon High Schools); MarkWest (Chartiers-Houston High School); Noble Energy (Ringgold High School); Dynmet Incorporated (Washington High School); Wesbanco (Trinity High School); and Alex E. Paris Contracting (Avella High School).
For more information about business partnership opportunities in Washington County for 2016-2017, contact The Challenge Program, Inc. at 814-533-7401 x100 or info@tcpinc.org.

In the photo above right: Back Row (l - r): Brian Fadden, Principal and Connie Joseph, Assistant Principal at Burgettstown High School; Paul Kostelnik, Principal at Washington High School; Patricia Mason, Principal at Charleroi High School; Kurt Kesneck; Assistant Principal at Chartiers, Houston High School.

Front Row (l - r): Christina Colalillo, Range Resources; Emmeline Power, Dynamet Incorporated; Marie Montecalvo, Guidance Counselor at Washington High School; Amy Nelson, Assistant Prinicpal at Charleroi High School; and Maria Campieri, Program Development Manager at The Challenge Program; Inc.
Not Pictured: Alex E. Paris Contracting; Auma Actuators Inc.; MarkWest Energy; Noble Energy; Progeny Systems; and WesBanco.