For the week of May 29 - June 4, 2002

Academic awards given at Wood River

Top citizens, students honored

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Outstanding students were honored May 15 during Wood River High School's "Teacher and Citizenship Awards" program for the 2001-02 year in the high school gym.

Citizenship Awards were given to 10 deserving high school students. Voted by students, the Citizenship Awards were distributed to male and female members of the senior, junior, sophomore and freshman classes.

Senior Citizenship Award honorees were Kipp Mills, Patrick O’Farrell and Cade Scanlon. Junior winners were Jessie Woodyard and Kellen Chatterton.

Sophomore Citizenship Award recipients were Christina Arpp, Beau James and Hunter Storey. Freshman winners were Marissa Evans and Ted Dankanyin.

Awards for outstanding performance over four years in science went to Kristen Nelson and Evan Peebles.

Honored for outstanding performance over four years in English was Patrick O’Farrell, who also won the Principal’s Leadership Award.

Taking the Air Force Award was Matt Beck, while Gariety Pruitt accepted the Daughters of the American Revolution honor.

Barrett Tabler was given the $5,000 Ezra Pound Society Award.

 

Class awards

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Teachers announced class awards.

· Advanced Placement History—Kelly Haisley and Carlos Rodriquez.

· Physical Science—Tyson Reynoso.

· Biology—Jessica Jaskowski and Lindsay Niedrich.

· Chemistry—Tory Haavik.

· "English as a Second Language"—Angelica Villanueva, Daniel Ricsi, Maicol Corrales and Martin Pulido.

· Social Studies—Brisa Ayub, Collin Kinder, Whitney Richards, David Wood, Darby Lewis, Scott Sanders, Ashley Mardian and Jubal Brown.

· English—Katherine Melville, Andy McCollum, Maureen Murphy, Ariana Ward, Amanda Smith, Nick Sparks, Syringa Stark and Max Kessler.

· Mathematics—Amanda Engel, Matt Beck, Kiette Tucker, Chad Hayward, Ali Mardian, David Kunz, Lisa Nelson and Steve Smith.

· Technology—Amanda Engel, Collin Kinder, Abbey Christensen, Michael Smith, Emily Smith, Justin Yates, Kristian Timmons and Lucas Pletcher.

· Business—Justin Peterson, Cody Mills, Lindsay Niedrich and Katie Zuck.

· Health—Kent Grimes and Maureen Murphy.

· Latin—Nick Sparks and Jessica Maxwell (Latin II); Erin Moulton and Josh Flade (I).

· French—Adam Bohrer (French V); Pia Shivdasani and James Cimino (IV); Lindsay Niedrich and Dan Moore (III); Rachel Odio and Ryan Chandler (II); AmieWetzel and Carlos Rodriques (I).

· Spanish—Matt Beck, Ryne Reynoso, Ellie France, Robin Kearns, Ashlea Bartlett, Ted Dankanyin, Rachel Richards and Craig Wertley.

· Art—Cole Everman, Pia Shivdasani, Justin Yates and Estee Clifford.

 

Other honors

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Those students singled out for their top work in Academies were Tory Haavik and David Hormel (Information and Technology) along with Sharon Barto and Mackenzie Harbaugh (Performing Arts).

Outstanding debate students were Kyle Risner, Brandon Epp, Andy McCollum, William Hemmings, Jacob Chaney, Devin Sheffield, Lisa Feldhusen, Brittany Jones, Ryan Chandler and Gavin Kastner.

Winning the speech award was Vaughn Neville. Drama award recipient was Molly Keenan.

The John Philip Sousa Award was given to Aspen Wenglikowski. Winning the National School Choral Award was Ali Stonebraker.

Family and Consumer Science honorees were Cale Nottingham and Sydney Leopold (Teen Living); Ricky Williams and Nicole McAtee (Design & Apparel); Ellie France and James Cimino (Nutrition & Foods); and Tara Rushton (Parenting & Child Development).

Christian Blackman won the Sun Valley Summer Symphony poster contest.

Placing first in the Spring Economic Summit was the three-member team of James Fowler, Travis Leach and Monique Lloyd. The first-place team in the Winter Economic Summit featured Cade Scanlon, Kelly Haisley and Amanda Johnson.

The $100 winner in the FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) drawing was Stephanie Rath. Carrie Ragsdale collected $50 as winner of the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" game.

Parent Association $25 drawing winners were Mackenzie Harbaugh, Kent Grimes, Vaughn Neville, Pia Shivdasani, Monique Lloyd, Angela Domke, Jessica Jaskowski, Antonio Munoz, Rafael Juarez, Steve Smith, Lacia Bravo and Katie Zuck.

 

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