Middle school scholars and athletes honored (Meade District) - The annual end-of-the-year honors assembly at Sturgis Williams Middle School was held last week at Grunwald Auditorium with scholastic awards, perfect attendance, Evans Orthodontics Scholar Athlete Awards, Virgil Britton Awards, music awards, reading awards, Mark Larscheid Determination Awards and Jeff Smit Awards being announced. The scholastic achievement awards - for the highest grade point average throughout sixth, seventh and eighth grades - went to Molly Buchholz, Dawson Geuke, Bridger Gordon, Brooklyn Janz, Grayson Nelson, Jacob West and Hannah Ziebarth. The eighth-graders had straight “As” all three years of middle school for a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Three students were recognized for having perfect attendance for the entire school year. The students, eighth-grader Alexa Delbridge, seventh-grader Gracie Good and sixth-grader Lexi McKee, not only attended school every day but were never tardy. The Evans Orthodontics Scholar Athlete Award went to eighth-graders Taylor Eby and Brooklyn Janz. The two were selected based on their school attitude, relationships with friends and peers, academics, and athletic participation. They each received a cash award. The Virgil Britton Social Studies award was first presented in 1976 in honor of Virgil Britton, a coach, principal and social studies teacher at the school. Selection of the recipients is based upon high grades and a deep interest in social studies. Award winners were seventh-graders McKenzie Durand and Micah Ortiz, and eighth-graders Alexa Delbridge and Bridger Gordon. Also recognized were the most valuable music students. The Excellence in Choir awards went to Bridger Gordon and Arianna Scherer while the Excellence in Band awards went Katie Armstrong and Hannah Rambo. All are eighth-graders. The top point-getters in the Accelerated Reading Program were recognized with Excellence in Reading Awards. Top readers in the sixth grade were Lexi McKee, Ryan Conover, Nathan Anderson, Danika Gordon, Sam Wood, Grant Wilen, Kaidan Zook and Sydney Hyman. Seventh grade readers who were recognized were Nikki Skidmore, Brittany Delzer, Gracie Good, Dylan Wetsit, Daniel Walter, Wacy Brown Anna Hale, Ashley Scarborough, Kassidy Rohrbauck, Kordell Kuenzel, Abby Aberle, Chaelyn Kaski, Maddie Kreutz, Joe Baker, Daniel LaMont, Dalton Fox, Mikayla Schmitz, Madelyn Perkovich, Bailey Lensegrav, Mackenzie Littleton, Hunter Hegdahl, Erika Nelson, Skye Grenstiner, Ashley Mattson and McKenzie Durand. Also recognized were the following eighth-graders: Dawson Geuke, Claire Hilton, Ryan Wilen, Hannah Ziebarth, Joclyn Zook, Jarrett Boyd, John Jones, Grayson Nelson, Bridger Gordon, Rileigh Kronmiller, Cante Permann, Cayla Sundberg, Kelsie Cline, Kameron Cochran, Sierra Fischer, Maddy Hendricks, Alex Kledzik, Ryan Yeary, Lucas Dimitt, Molly Buchholz, Darrion Williamson, Arianna Scherer, Bridger Gordon and Nicole Bartlett. Ten eighth-graders were recipients of the Mark Larscheid Determination Award, sponsored by the SWMS Student Council in memory of former middle school teacher and coach Mark Larscheid. “Mark always appreciated those with natural, raw talent,” said Principal Lon Harter. “But those who won a special place in his heart were those who had the desire and strongest determination; those who have the heart of a lion and the desire to go with it.” Recipients of the Mark Larscheid Determination Award were Cody Cline and Reegin Kehn, both cross country; Kaiden Clark and Carlee Steeves, both track; Donni Bruch, volleyball; Joel Carpenter, football; Micah Holt, girls basketball; Connor Crane, boys basketball; Alexa Delbridge, cheer/dance; and Jacob Sailor, wrestling. The all-school honors assembly concluded with the presentation of the Jeff Smit Memorial Award to eighth-graders Bailey Brengle and Allison Green. The award is given annually in memory of Jeff Smit, son of Keith and Ruth Smit of Sturgis, who was between eighth and ninth grades in school when he died in an automobile accident. Recipients of the Jeff Smit Memorial Award are chosen based on the qualities that epitomize a scholar athlete such as academic performance, leadership on and off the playing field, responsibility to themselves and others, motivation, positive attitude, cooperative spirit, and dependability.
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 23:38:15 +0000
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