"This is a day of fun to honor those who have done well all year," said Warsaw Community School's Guidance Counselor Elise Maller.
Thursday the hard work of many Warsaw Community High School students was recognized during the 13th Annual WCHS Renaissance Recognition Convocation.Students who excelled and earned department awards, received grades putting them on the honor roll, had perfect attendance and exhibited good citizenship were honored at the event.
The more than 120 students gathered Thursday morning, played games for small prizes and entered their names in a raffle for large prizes including laptop computers with printers, which were donated by Biomet, an iPod, a GPS system and cash.
The Car Company donated a vehicle, which was given to sophomore Kayla M. Smith for perfect attendance.
Elizabeth Tat and Devan Ostrom took home Dell laptop computers with printers. (See photos on page 2A.)
This year, students were awarded raffle tickets at convocations honoring high-achieving students throughout the year. At those convocations, students were honored for honor roll, perfect attendance, citizenship and department awards. Thursday, those students were invited to a celebration in the Tiger Den, where they put those raffle tickets in the hopper and hoped for their ticket to be drawn for a large prize.
Other winners during Thursday event included: Kaitlyn Wilson, a washer toss game; Phil Kuhn and Joshua Savage, $100 cash each; Piero Ridoutt, a GPS system; Lauren Alcorn, an iPod; Dillon Holbrook, $50; and Trisha Reneker and Shawn Carmichael, $25 each.
During the event, WCHS also announced its volunteers of the year and the Extra Mile award winners and honored teachers as well. Wendy Tucker and Zoe Howard were named Volunteers of the year. Extra Mile Awards went to Larry Burkhart, high school custodian; Dr. Jennifer Lucht, principal; and Roy Blake, substitute teacher.
More photos and information will appear in Tuesday's education section.
