Valley Recognizes 4 Jrs. For Academics
January 19, 2021 at 1:56 a.m.
Valley Recognizes 4 Jrs. For Academics
By Jackie [email protected]
Cheney Canada, Sidney Peterson, Ava Rich and Shane Wood were named as Rising Stars of Indiana Class of 2022.
Rising Stars of Indiana is a noncompetitive recognition program designed to honor high school juniors for their academic achievement. By allowing schools to identify outstanding scholars during their junior year, the Indiana Association of School Principals’ Indiana Academic All-Stars program hopes to increase the students’ visibility and scholarship opportunities. Each Indiana high school can recognize up to four individual students, according to the IASP website.
According to information provided at the meeting, all four high school students are at the top of their class, exemplary students, involved in numerous extracurricular organizations, involved in community service and are student leaders at Tippecanoe Valley High School.
Principal Brandon Kreska presented all four students with certificates during Monday’s meeting after introducing them.
Kreska said he thought it was an amazing award for the students and all of them have “been great leaders” at TVHS so far.
Canada is thinking of going into graphic design or engineering at Trine University, Kreska said. Peterson is planning on majoring in pre-med and going to Purdue University. Rich is planning on majoring in social services and attending Indiana University. Wood is undecided on where he wants to attend college, but is planning on majoring in computer engineering.
Superintendent Blaine Conley asked what the students are leading in at the high school.
Some of the organizations Rich said she was involved in were 4-H and Kosciusko Endowment Youth Services. Some of the organizations Canada mentioned she’s involved in are 4-H and the golf team. Some of the things Peterson said she was involved in were student council and Future Farmers of America. Wood said he’s part of student council and robotics.
“Thank you for the leadership you show your classmates and everything you’re involved in,” Conley said. “Thank you, parents, for everything you’ve invested in these kids and helping us. We’ve got great programming here and it’s because of these guys and their leadership and what they bring to the table. Thank you. Keep up the outstanding work.”
In other business, the school board approved several grants.
One of the larger grants was for $2,000 from Good Oil Company for school safety. Tippecanoe Valley plans a professional threat assessment through Safe Havens in the spring and the donation will be earmarked for improvements in school safety.
During Thursday’s work session, Conley stated the school corporation will be working with a consultant for an analysis of Tippecanoe Valley schools. The school corporation will look at the recommendations from the consultant and will “hold off and use that money” based on what those recommendations from the consultant are.
A $5,000 donation from Instrumental Machine and Development Inc. was also approved to go toward Viking Vittles. Viking Vittles is the Boomerang Backpack program the school corporation runs out of the middle school.
Another donation the school board approved was for $2,000 for three Surface Go’s laptops to provide Mentone Elementary’s three kindergarten readiness teachers with technology to complete assessments, take pictures and to log daily activities.
Cheney Canada, Sidney Peterson, Ava Rich and Shane Wood were named as Rising Stars of Indiana Class of 2022.
Rising Stars of Indiana is a noncompetitive recognition program designed to honor high school juniors for their academic achievement. By allowing schools to identify outstanding scholars during their junior year, the Indiana Association of School Principals’ Indiana Academic All-Stars program hopes to increase the students’ visibility and scholarship opportunities. Each Indiana high school can recognize up to four individual students, according to the IASP website.
According to information provided at the meeting, all four high school students are at the top of their class, exemplary students, involved in numerous extracurricular organizations, involved in community service and are student leaders at Tippecanoe Valley High School.
Principal Brandon Kreska presented all four students with certificates during Monday’s meeting after introducing them.
Kreska said he thought it was an amazing award for the students and all of them have “been great leaders” at TVHS so far.
Canada is thinking of going into graphic design or engineering at Trine University, Kreska said. Peterson is planning on majoring in pre-med and going to Purdue University. Rich is planning on majoring in social services and attending Indiana University. Wood is undecided on where he wants to attend college, but is planning on majoring in computer engineering.
Superintendent Blaine Conley asked what the students are leading in at the high school.
Some of the organizations Rich said she was involved in were 4-H and Kosciusko Endowment Youth Services. Some of the organizations Canada mentioned she’s involved in are 4-H and the golf team. Some of the things Peterson said she was involved in were student council and Future Farmers of America. Wood said he’s part of student council and robotics.
“Thank you for the leadership you show your classmates and everything you’re involved in,” Conley said. “Thank you, parents, for everything you’ve invested in these kids and helping us. We’ve got great programming here and it’s because of these guys and their leadership and what they bring to the table. Thank you. Keep up the outstanding work.”
In other business, the school board approved several grants.
One of the larger grants was for $2,000 from Good Oil Company for school safety. Tippecanoe Valley plans a professional threat assessment through Safe Havens in the spring and the donation will be earmarked for improvements in school safety.
During Thursday’s work session, Conley stated the school corporation will be working with a consultant for an analysis of Tippecanoe Valley schools. The school corporation will look at the recommendations from the consultant and will “hold off and use that money” based on what those recommendations from the consultant are.
A $5,000 donation from Instrumental Machine and Development Inc. was also approved to go toward Viking Vittles. Viking Vittles is the Boomerang Backpack program the school corporation runs out of the middle school.
Another donation the school board approved was for $2,000 for three Surface Go’s laptops to provide Mentone Elementary’s three kindergarten readiness teachers with technology to complete assessments, take pictures and to log daily activities.
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