{"id":194424,"date":"2026-05-16T19:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/194424\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T19:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:15:38","slug":"kiwanis-club-of-erie-presents-awards-to-local-high-school-seniors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/194424\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwanis Club of Erie presents awards to local high school seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJET Erie;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJET Erie\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Thu, May 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wjet_erie_articles_147\/f915c3106734513817ed12784ac40f1f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kiwanis Club of Erie presents awards to local high school seniors<\/p>\n<p>Some 2026 high school graduates were recognized for their accomplishments on Thursday as they prepare for the next chapter in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>The Kiwanis Club of Erie celebrated outstanding seniors from Cathedral Prep and Mercyhurst Prep at the Zem Zem Shrine Club.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Greg Moyer\u2019s Law to ensure AED presence in high school sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/greg-moyer-law-ensure-aed-200423353.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Greg Moyer\u2019s Law to ensure AED presence in high school sports\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each student was given a certificate of academic excellence and a $200 check.<\/p>\n<p>Two recipients said they were honored to be recognized and are looking forward to what comes next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m attending Penn State main in the fall for a Bachelor of science and psychology with my two other sisters,\u201d said Emma Taylor, a senior at Mercyhurst Prep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be going to the University of Pittsburgh, where I\u2019ll be studying biology on a pre-med track,\u201d said Joseph Ott, a senior at Cathedral Prep.<\/p>\n<p>The Kiwanis Club will be hosting student recognition luncheons every week in May. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thu, May 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM UTC Kiwanis Club of Erie presents awards to local high school&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[84901,85821,136,138,137,85820,25320],"class_list":["post-194424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-cathedral-prep","tag-emma-taylor","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-kiwanis-club","tag-mercyhurst-prep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}