Hohenfels high school graduate chooses path toward teaching, earns scholarship

USAG BAVARIA – HOHENFELS, Germany – Commissary and community leadership gathered before the store opened June 4 to honor a Hohenfels Middle / High School student for earning a scholarship from the Defense Commissary Agency.

Malea Jobity, a senior at the high school who is slated to attend the University of Vermont and pursue a career in teaching elementary school, wrote an essay describing the impact volunteering had on her path in life.

Jobity had spent a previous summer at Hohenfels volunteering with the Religious Support Office during Vacation Bible School. She found the work rewarding enough that she wanted to continue working with small children.

“Volunteering at VBS was part of the reason why I decided that I wanted to become an elementary school teacher,” she said.

“In recognition of the challenges faced by military Families, their contribution to the readiness of the fighting force and the role of the commissaries in the community, the Scholarship for Military Children program was created to provide needed education opportunities to the children of Family members,” said Fitzgerald Hairston, Hohenfels commissary store director.

Angela Lane, the deputy garrison manager for Hohenfels, took part in the ceremony as well.

“I love to see our young adults striving for higher education,” she said. “You guys are amazing!”

Jobity was joined by her Family, including her father Lt. Col. Brando Jobity, chief nursing officer at U.S. Army Health Clinic Hohenfels; mother Mary Jo Jobity, and twin sister Jalissa Jobity, who has accepted an appointment at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.

“I’m the proudest person there is,” said Lt. Col. Jobity. “I really do appreciate the fact that with all her accolades, it’s the humility she has. She doesn’t brag about it, so I’m super proud.”

“I’m very proud of both of them,” Mary Jo said of her daughters. “They show me how to be a better person every day, and I’m super happy about their success. They earned it.”

Both sisters are scheduled to graduate from Hohenfels Middle / High School during a ceremony June 6 on post. The ceremony will be preceded by a parade.