John Dougherty Bream was his official name, but through 35 years and for over 3 + generations of students who attended school in the Littlestown School District he was known affectionately as “ Mr. Jack.”

In the fall of 1957, Mr. Jack began his tenure in Littlestown where he served as a Health and Physical Education teacher, as well as teaching science. He coached football, basketball and baseball. He was promoted to Athletics Director. After finishing his Masters of Administration Degree at then Western Maryland College (now McDaniel) he was promoted to Assistant Principal. In the fall of 1980, he was appointed Principal of Maple Avenue Middle School where he happily served until his retirement in June of 1992.

For many years during his time at Littlestown, Mr. Jack also was in the Army Reserves, coached and was a member of the Board of Directors for Gettysburg Little League, Pop Warner Football Program and was the President of the Board for the Gettysburg Park and Recreation.

Mr. Jack was the First Executive Director of the Orange & Blue Club and was the founder of the annual Gettysburg College Blue Golf Classic. He is a Gettysburg College Athletic Department Hall of Fame member. He is also a member of the Adams County and South Eastern arm of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, a longtime member of the Gettysburg Lions Club, Good Samaritan Club and The Shrine. He was also a founding member of the Thunderbolt Foundation which supports LASD.

Throughout his life Mr. Jack received many accolades, awards and recognitions for his tireless work in education, his community and athletics, including being the middle level educator of the year in 1992 and principal of MAMS when it was named outstanding Middle School of the year in 1991. But the time he was most proud of was the years he spent as a Thunderbolt!  Mr Jack passed away on February 23, 2022.

Heath Mackley is a 1994 graduate of LASD. His father Charles Mackley graduated from LHS in 1961, his mother Stephanye Yealy-Smith graduated from LHS in 1969, and his sister Brittany Mackley-Carey graduated from LHS in 2000. All four of his grandparents also graduated from LHS, and his grandfather Wilbur Mackley served on the Littlestown School Board for years before he was born. He has been married to Holly Layton-Mackley since 2002, and they have four children, Charles (17), Lillyanna (16), Elizabeth (15), and Esther (15).

His high school activities included Varsity Football, Varsity Wrestling, National Honor Society, and Class President of the Freshman Class (1990-1991). He attended University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences (undergrad), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (professional), and Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business (graduate). 

As an undergraduate, he was a disc jockey for WQHS-AM and WXPN-FM , Penn Dining Services. In medical school, he was an Emergency Medical Technician; Senior Class Co-Chair, President William Pepper Medical Society, Nu Sigma Nu member (medical fraternity), and volunteered at University City Health Clinic (local free clinic). 

He graduated magna cum laude from University of Penn: B.A. Biological Basis of Behavior, 1998; University of Penn: M.D., 2002; Cleveland Clinic: completed postgraduate residency in Radiation Oncology in 2007; Penn State: M.B.A., 2019 where he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma business school honor society. 

He worked at Penn State Health from 2007-2020 practicing as a Radiation Oncologist in Hershey, PA, treating cancers of all types and patients of all ages. He also taught and conducted research. He started as an Assistant Professor and ultimately attained the rank of Full Professor of Radiation Oncology, Medicine and Pediatrics in 2017. He joined Geisinger Health System 2020- 2023, practicing Radiation Oncologist in Danville, PA, treating cancers of all types and patients of all ages. He still teaches and does some research. This year he was promoted to Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology. 

Heath has been a Co-author in over 50 peer reviewed medical publications, over 40 presentations at regional or national meetings, and book chapters in three textbooks on different cancer topics. He was a co-investigator in competitive grants for cancer research totaling over $1.25 million, served on seven boards of trustees for different medical societies, including serving as President of the Dauphin County Medical Society and Vice Chair of the Pennsylvania Medical Society and was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Radiation Oncology (F.A.C.R.O.). 

Pat Ozminski is a 1973 graduate of LASD. One of nine children born to the late Evelyn and Albert Ozminski, he is married to Jill and they have been host parents for 11 years to 11 foreign exchange students who attended Littlestown High School as well as past foster parents.  

In high school he was a Stage Crew member for 4 years, in the  Industrial Arts Club for 4 years, PAVAS Club Senior Student Director for Performing Arts, and the Senior Student Audio-visual assistant.  His senior year he was student of the month and won the student drafting award.

He has a computer information systems associate degree from HACC  and continued technology education until his retirement.

Pat started at LASD as an audio-visual coordinator – As technology evolved, his responsibilities broadened to computers with the installation of the first Radio Shack Tandy computers for networking. He became the computer support specialist for the district – supporting computers, software, networking, teachers, staff and maintained a student technology team. He was the Channel one manager, and implemented federal technology grants which supported TV’s and VCR’s in the classrooms.  He was the videographer for 40 years for football as well as all sports and band competitions. For the musicals, he was the stage crew advisor for students,  built sets for many school plays and musicals, and was technical director for sound and lighting.

Pat received the Fantasy and Shining Star Award, Bolt Athletic Booster Distinguished Service Award, Alvin Unger Memorial Award, and the Outstanding Young Women Scholarship Program Years of Service Award.

He is a life member of Alpha Fire Company and a Member of the Littlestown Lions Club, Littlestown Area Historical Society, St. Aloysius Church member, and Littlestown Good Ole Days committee 2015-2019.

Pat is very proud to be a member of the Littlestown Area School District and community.

Ruth Wareheim Elder

1935 Littlestown High School Graduate

Valedictorian of her class, Honor Roll every semester, participated in chorus, basketball, and the school operetta. 

1940 graduate of Western Maryland College (Now McDaniel)

Major English and Music, Minor History, Certified to teach all three subjects.

Work

1961 Began teaching at Littlestown Area School District

• Taught World Cultures
• Directed the Chorus
• Dean of Girls
• Chaired Social Studies Department for 30 years
• Developed Ethics class which was used as a model for other districts
• Wrote the first Federal technology grant which provided 20 tvs and VCR’s which was innovative technology at that time

Volunteering/Community Service

• Coordinated Voice of Democracy Contest
• Hosted National Honor Society Teas
• Implemented National Social Studies Olympiad for District
• Chaired Bolt Booster Club Circle Drive
• Littlestown Alumni Association Board
• Donated the sound system at Memorial Field in honor of her husband, Col. Edwin W. Elder
• Littlestown Civil Air Patrol during WWII

Awards

• Littlestown Alumni Association outstanding Alumni
• Bolt Booster Club Distinguished Service Award
• Member Delta Kappa Gamma

George Scott

1980  Littlestown High School Graduate

Played football and track & field, 1979 A.G. Ealy Recipient, President NHS, President Student Council, Speech Team (Extemporaneous)

1984 Graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service

B.S. International Politics.  Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

1984 – 2004 Served in the U.S. Army – Military Intelligence Officer; Lieutenant Colonel (retired)

• Deployments:  Panama – Operation Just Cause; Persian Gulf – Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; Kuwait – Operation Enduring Freedom
• Assignments:  Korea; Tunisia; Jordan; Fort Bragg; Fort Campbell; Fort Leavenworth; Fort McPherson; Presidio of Monterey
• Graduated:  the Defense Language Institute’s Arabic program; the Foreign Service Institute’s Advanced Arabic program; and U.S. Army Command & General Staff College
• Military qualifications include Ranger Tab, Master Parachutist badge, Air Assault badge
• Awards include Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, and Meritorious Service Medal

1992 – Graduate, National Intelligence University – Master of Science, Strategic Intelligence

2004-2005 – Central Intelligence Agency — Staff Operations Officer, Middle East Division

2006 – MPRI – Program Manager, Counterinsurgency Center for Excellence, Camp Taji, Iraq

2007-2009 – Senior Analyst, Joint IED Defeat Organization, Virginia

2009-2013 – United Lutheran Seminary — Master of Divinity

2013 – 2019 – Pastor at Trinity Lutheran in Dillsburg, PA

2021- current – Pastor at Trinity Lutheran in Lemoyne, PA

Jenelle Timmins-Persley, PhD

1996 LHS Graduate

Field Hockey-7 years, Basketball-7 years, Softball-7 years, Show Choir-4 years, National Honor Society

2000 Graduate East Stroudsburg

B.S. Biology, Summa Cum Laude, Earned athletic scholarship and played Field Hockey and Softball briefly, until career ending back surgery

2006 Graduate Wake Forest

Wake Forest – PhD Cell and Molecular Biology.

Dissertation focused on the metabolism of HDL aka  ‘good cholesterol’

Community Involvement

Winston-Salem – Created youth field hockey league

New York City – West Side Little League – coach, Yonkers Partnership in Education – Mentor

Columbia University

Research on plaques associated with heart disease leading to heart attack –  investigated particular intercellular communication pathways

Current Employment

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals – Held roles in Research and Development and most recently Organizational Effectiveness & Executive Coaching

Undergrad and Graduate Awards

• 2006 – 2008 – Nutrition Training Grant, Columbia University School of Medicine
• 2008 – Oral Abstract Travel Award Recipient, Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Atlanta, GA
• 2005 Chosen Committee Member, Biomedical Sciences Seven-year Review, Wake Forest Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• 2004 – Best Graduate Student Poster Award, Lipoprotein Metabolism Gordon Conference Meriden, NH
• 2004 -Finalist; Junior Investigator Award for Women, 5th Annual Conference on Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, San Francisco, CA
• 2001 – 2006 Cardiovascular Pathobiology NIH Training Award, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• 2001 Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• 2000 Moore Biology Student of the Year, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

Married to Christopher and mother of Pepper

Sharon Hedges

Sharon is a 1982 graduate of LHS.   Sharon’s family includes her parents Ron and Aline Hedges, brother Dan Hedges and wife Sue, sister Carol and husband Karl Garman, and many nieces and nephews.  In High School Sharon was an Accompanist for Concert choir, Swing choir, freshman chorus, and  participated in Marching/concert band, jazz band, and was the pianist in all musicals. She also played Softball, basketball, and tennis.  She was in the Varsity Club and won the Arion Award.  After High School, Sharon went on to be part of the Air Force and earned a Master of Arts Degree in Homeland Security (American Military University), Bachelor of Music (Towson University), Bachelor of Arts in Management (University System of New Hampshire), and an Associate Degree in Administrative Management (Community College of the Air Force).  During her time in the Air Force she was deployed in support of military missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, and Kosovo, Currently she is a Retired Colonel from the US Air Force  after 31 years of service and continues to be active within the LASD community.  We thank Sharon for her service to our country and our community.

Kay Crouse Sentz

Kay was a 1947 graduate of LHS.   Her husband was Harold Sentz,  she had a son Scott, and a brother Brother Billy Crouse. In high school she took part in athletics and received a college scholarship to East Stroudsburg where she  graduated with the class of 1951.  Kay was inducted into the East Stroudsburg College Hall of Fame for basketball and  Field Hockey, and was one of the top female athletes in the  40s and 50s.  She taught health and physical education at LHS for 35 years. During the 60’s before Title IX , she was instrumental in getting high school sports for females.  Field Hockey, basketball and volleyball  were played within the league because of her influence in the county.  Kay was a trend setter in a time when females had to fight for a place in athletics.   Her passion for healthy living and athletics  continued after she retired as she participated in the Senior Games.  In 1993 she won Bronze in Javelin and gold in basketball at the  Baton Rouge Louisiana Senior Games. In 2000, she took part in the US National Senior Sport Classic in San Antonio and won gold in basketball and as an award she got to play against the Harlem Globetrotters.

 Kay was inducted into the  Adams County Hall of Fame for field hockey coaching in  2002, received the Bolt Booster club Distinguished Service award, and  the Littlestown Living Legacy Award in  2016.  Kay passed away on November 3, 2020 at the age of 91.  Kay lived life as she believed.

Chad Smith

Chad is a 1990 graduate of Littlestown High School.  He is the son of Robert and Patricia Smith, and has a sister Kerri Speck and a brother Craig Smith.  In high school Chad was involved in music, athletics, theater, student government, and the yearbook.  He was valedictorian of his class, attended the Governor’s School for the Arts, participated in all-state chorus, and was in varsity club. After high school he attended Tufts University and earned a BA in European History,,  the New England Conservatory of Music, for BM Vocal Performance, and the  New England Conservatory of Music, MM Opera Performance. He received Cum Laude and Magna Cum Laude Degrees from Tufts University and the  New England Conservatory. While at the New England Conservatory  he was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and an Apprentice at the Central City Opera Company. Upon graduation he  worked at the New York Philharmonic and the  New World Symphony.

Currently Chad was the CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.  He serves as a Trustee at the New England Conservatory of Music, is on the Executive Board of the Avery Fisher Prize, served on the Advisory Board of the  Music Academy of the West, was a Guest Presenter at the Royal Palace Amsterdam, named Music America’s 2016 Innovator and has had profiles in the New York Times, LA Times, and the New Yorker.  He is currently the CEO of the Boston Symphony. Chad’s vision and drive will enhance and support music for generations to come.