NEWS

Academic Awards 2018

April 12, 2018

The Academic Awards are opened with Mrs. Orsborn’s speech, students and parents flooding the school gym. As each student walks up and down the catwalk the crowd goes wild, our impressive peers have really outdone themselves this time. Academic Awards are handed out to those of us who have academically outdone themselves. There are awards for helping to make peace with the community, perfect attendance, and 4.0-grade averages.

Kailee Young
Susie Orsborn giving the opening speech at the Academic Awards

Highlights

Visual Arts

Freshman: Gabe LaPerle

Sophmore: Grey Nazarian

Junior: Rebekah Kenney

Senior: Paris Barton

Foreign Language

Freshman: Gavin Baird

Sophmore: Elizabeth Lake

Junior: Paul Sprague

Senior: Ashton Davis

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