e e e e e e e e e e e e but they I guess it’s the lady that us from I don’t have anything okay we’re going to get started think we got about 45 pages to get through so we better get rolling I wish I was joking welcome welcome to tonight Awards program we are here to recognize the students that have excelled over the past year we look at all the awards as being important or otherwise we would not be giving them so we ask that all students and guests show the proper respect that the students deserve when receiving these Awards because of the number of awards we’re given tonight we will have all the awards read by Mr fiser or myself with a few exceptions uh the presenters are the ones that will hand out the awards to the students so presenters when the award that is listed before you is being given please come forward and be ready to give your award next thank you hopefully we have not missed anyone but if we did we apologize in advance if the award has an please let us know and we will correct it after the show all right with that said let’s start with the fall athletic sports so we’re going to start with competitive cheer first competitive cheer had a great season finishing with a fourth place finish in this small group Division and Ninth overall so great job competitive cheer got quite a few letter winners they letter winners we will applaud for them all at the end the letter winners for competitive cheer were Wrigley brassette Zoe Zuli Kenley hanky Rory Yun Sydney niffin come on up here and receive yours as you’re going yep Tory lindman Charlotte medy aah mckinin Claire summer London sudbeck Anna Weber and Alyssa Weiss your letter winners for competitive cheer congratulations some special awards that were given out at the team level and on the state level the spirit award for competitive cheer went to Young Claire summer the outstanding cheerleader award for competitive cheer went to London subbe two of our competitive cheer athletes got athletic All State at this at the State uh meet that’ be London sbec and Rory y [Applause] the most improved cheerleader this year goes to Charlotte medy congratulations [Applause] Charlotte and one final shout out for our super senior our senior award she’s also an academic All State recipient congratulations and we’re going to miss you London sbck great season girls you may have a seat if you’re in sideline Che you might want to just stay up here though so sideline cheer we are up and rolling next for sideline cheer obviously we have sideline cheer in both the fall and the winner our Leonard winners for football were Payton Herman London sudbeck aah mckinin Rory yke Claire summer and Charlotte medy and I tell you what they earned it they did a lot of push-ups this year congratulations girls good job our letter winners for boys basketball are Alysa Weiss Kenley henky Ava lafy Alexis mullenberg and Tory lindaman and for girls basketball our letter winners are Alysa bartelt Haley Borg Wrigley brette Zoe geli and Sydney nifin congratulations I got get that right I got say that academic All State we got some senior uh to get academic All State and I should lead up front you have to have a 3.5 GPA and be in your senior year that’s what it takes to be academic All State we had three of our sideline sideline cheer uh athletes that got academic all state that would be Alysa bartelt pton Herman and London sudbeck congratulations the spirit award goes to the always smiling always pey Claire summer good job Claire [Applause] summer our outstanding cheerleader award for sideline cheer in the winter went to Tory Linderman and we’re going to miss these three three super seniors congratulations our senior Awards go to London sudbeck pton Herman and Alysa Bartel congratulations girls you can have a seat [Applause] go girls and boys cross country are up next all our letter winners for the girls and boys cross country team for the girls team we have Elsa bartelt and Elizabeth Shen Felder and for the boys we have Evan bartelt and David Brock congratulations you for on letter one some special awards that were given out on the team level most improved for the girls goes to Alyssa bartelt and for the boys Corwin lafy [Applause] congratulations and MVP MVP for the girls team is Miss Ella Poise and for the boys team is Evan Bartel congratulations Evan our hero award stayed in the family our hero award for the girls is Alyssa bartelt and for the boys is Evan [Applause] bartelt the coach’s award goes to Ella po rise and Evan Bartel good [Applause] job and last but certainly not least academic All State we have two seniors that have the 3.5 GPA that would be Alissa Bartel and Evan Bartel congratulations cross country Runners on a great season guys are good to go volleyball your turn here we go to letter in volb you have to play in 15 sets these are your letter winners for volleyball this year Avery ban Reef Mayan eel Gracie Oakley Ali hobik Maya turer Lauren zart Addison Kane Kiara Oakley and Berkeley zebar congratulations [Applause] the unsung heroes of any team the managers that lettered were Isis mullenberg and Lexi schen Felder good job and thank [Applause] you team awards that were given out MVP most valuable defensive player goes to Ali hobik and Lauren zart congratulations [Applause] most valuable offensive player went to mayanil congratulations most improved you got a most improved player on the varsity and the JV our Varsity most improved player is kiar Oakley and our JV most improved player is Finley Bogen Reef congratulations girls Hustler award goes to Ali hobik and the Rookie of the Year goes to Berkeley zart congratulations you [Applause] two any team would be lost without their captains this is one of those ones where as you recognize your captains you got to realize that they are fulfilling roles on and off the floor that are so so important three great captains for this team were graci Oakley mayao and Avery Bogen Reef congratulations girls [Applause] these girls had a great season and I’m sure they’d probably tell you they fell just a little bit short of the goal but they were recognized on the conference and state level for some things uh scesd All Conference we had three girls make scesd all conference uh Gracie Oakley made the third team Avery Bogen Reef made the second team and mayble made first team scsd All Conference congratulations to all three and last but not least our academic all states 3.5 GPA hire for the seniors we’re going to miss these three Avery Bogen Reef Mayan eil and Gracie Oakley congratulations girls good to go thank you girls boys golf you guys are up our letter winners for boys golf we’ve got five young men here Cohen boar Grady boar Kelby neau Landon Weber and Payton Kane congratulations you [Applause] five some special Awards we have our newcomer award the newcomer of the year for boys golf was Cohen boar good [Applause] job most improved golfer this year for the boys golf team was Landon Weber congratulations and we saved the special young man for last we’re going to miss this super senior our senior award our MVP he got Ninth Place at the State Golf meet we had a great great weekend pton Kane congratulations [Applause] and I will add this team they got 10th place as a team at state that’s tough tough Golf Course nice job boys way to go good job Miss I I put it all okay football you are up next this one might take a while but deservedly so we had an undefeated 9aa state championship season great job [Applause] guys I’m sure I’m not the only one that really enjoyed following this team throughout the fall it was fun to see the team spirit both on the field and in the stands and so we’ll we’ll celebrate it a little bit here now some of these have been given out beforehand so some of these you’re actually going to get the awards some of them you already have them let’s start with what it takes takes a whole lot of people contributing letter winners we got 29 letter winners starting with our unsung hero Emily Walls as a manager congratulations [Applause] Emily now to be a letter winner in football you have to play in 12 quarters all right our our letter winners for football would be Brody beter Luke Borman Maddox Bret Riley cook Braden Jerick will jadzi Jared nesam Conor pry Darien stamps Breen Colbert Kaden holzbauer cter Kramer Elliot lner cash neab Alex shelsky Carter summer Trey beter Javin niin Gage rker Bryson Bruning quiden culbert Mason jervik Gage jidi Rico mullenberg Andrew shelsky kale Weber Gavin Weber and and Johnny Weber congratulation Boys on being a letter winner in football [Applause] this we’ll go through the team Awards next these are voted on by the team members themselves starting with our offensive MVP broke a couple big runs in the State title game offensive MVP for this team is Luke Borman congratulations defensive MVP came back out there and played on a bum knee in the second half great job defensive MVP this year Braden Jerick [Applause] congratulations to win the game you got to win in the trenches congratulations to our offensive lineman and defensive lineman of the Year our offensive lineman of the year is Riley cook and our defensive lineman of the year is Will jadzi congratulations guys our unsung hero with the will to win I always remember his returning of the uh onside kick at Howard two years ago young jiren nesam is our unsung hero will the win way to go always got to start from the bottom work her way up on the JV side our JV offensive MVP went to Mason Jerick good job and our JB defensive MVP went to Gage Josie congratulations Gage most improved for a sophomore and up and then we have an upand cominging most improved freshman most improved sophomore and up went to Gage rker and our upand cominging freshman is Bryson Bruning [Applause] congratulations scout team Player of the Year always a well-deserved reward kind of an unsung hero himself Trey beer is this year’s scout team player of the year last but not least the Trojan award the Trojan Award winner this year goes to Elliot lner [Applause] congratulations on the conference and state level we had lots and lots and lots of people recognized we’re in two conferences or sorry we’re in one conference the Missouri Valley Conference the Missouri All Conference Team these people were selected to the All Conference Team Braden jervi Luke Borman will jadzi Brody beer Maddox brasset jiren nesam and Coulter Kramer all all conference Missouri Valley members good [Applause] job we also had three that were recognized an honorable mention all conference Kaden holser Riley cook and Elliot lner were honorable mention Missouri Valley All Conference good [Applause] job all state we had five young men that made academic All State 3 five above in their senior year Luke Borman Brody beer Riley cook will jadzi and Connor pry congratulations on being academic [Applause] allate we had four that made the 9aa All State team as a running back Luke Borman as an athlete Maddox Bret as a linebacker Braden Jerick and as an offensive lineman will jadzi congratulations 9aa All State team members Argus Leader puts out the elite 45 every single year we had two members make the team and one being an honorable mention congratulations Braden Jerick and will josi Braden as a linebacker running back will as an offensive lineman defensive lineman and Luke Borman was honorable mention for the elite 45 Argus Leader team congratulations at the uh state championship game we had the uh Legacy award the John Dunn defensive lineman of the year went to will jadzi congratulations will in the 9aa state championship they have the Joe Robbie Award winner which basically goes to the most valuable player of the game that was Luke Borman congratulations midco Sports puts out a 9A Player of the Year this year’s 9aa player of the year for midco sports was Braden jervi congratulations Mitchell Dy Republic also does a 9aa player of the year and their 9aa player of the year was Luke Borman congratulations South Kota football coach association uh recognizes some friends of football every year we had two in our community we want to say thank you to these friends of football Farmer State Bank and Maxwell and Boart agency thank you very [Applause] much truly was a special season guys congratulations and thank you for everything in conclusion Mr grave and the coaching staff would really just like to say thank you to the youth football coaches and everyone involved in the youth program for everything they do their work leads to this success down the road thank you very much guys you may have a [Applause] seat all right we’ll transition to the winter season and we’ll start with boys basketball boys basketball had a great season coming up just one game short of the sodak 16 I will start with the letter winners following people please come forward broy Beer Luke Borman Braden Jerick will jadzi Riley cook Payton Kane Connor pry Drew brayy James Decker Elliot lner Grady boar Bryson Bruning Mason Jerick and Rico mullenberg congratulations to the letter [Applause] winners next we’ll move on to the team Awards which these were voted on by the team starting out with most valuable player which goes to will [Music] [Applause] jidi next defensive player the year goes to Braden Jerick most improved goes to Bryson Bruning Hustler award goes to Luke Borman rookie of the year goes to Mason jerik unsung hero award goes to James [Applause] Decker and then the JV offensive MVP goes to Rico mullenberg and the JV defensive MVP goes to Elliot lner next one we have academic All State these go to Brody Becker Luke Borman will jadzi Riley cook pton Kane and Conor [Applause] bruny and finally we will recognize those that were scesd all conference uh for the first team we have will [Music] jidi second team SCD all conference goes to Luke Borman and honorable mention scdl conference goes to James Decker congratulations gentlemen great [Applause] season all right we’ll go to girls basketball okay first off the letter winners if you hear your name please come forward Gracie Oakley Maya turer Lauren zart Taylor thinkink Lexi schonfelder Kiara Oakley Morgan Maxwell and Berkeley zart [Applause] these ladies had a great season as well um didn’t quite end exactly how they hope but a lot of success and fun along the way they ended up winning the conference and so a lot of of proud moments throughout the year um Team Awards go to the following the Hustler award goes to Morgan [Applause] Maxwell the most improved returning player goes to Kiara Oakley [Applause] and the most improved newcomer goes to Alexis [Applause] holzbauer fun one here the bench mob boss lady goes to Finley Bogen Reef I like that bench mom boss lady that’s something The Varsity Super Sub goes to Lexi schonfelder [Applause] the Miss intangible the JV award goes to Morgan [Applause] Maxwell and the varsity award goes to Gracie Oakley special Awards uh academic Allstate Gracie Oakley then we have members of the allconference team as well SCD allconference first team goes to Gracie Oakley second Team all conference Lauren [Applause] zart honorable mention all conference Berkeley zart Maya turer and Kiara Oakley [Applause] and last but not least our captain Awards the captain’s Awards go to Gracie Oakley Lauren zart and Maya turer great season ladies congratulations next we’ll transition to our wrestling awards first the letter winner Riley ngabar Maya neble Avery Bogen [Music] Reef Junior Marin Colbert cter Kramer Kaden holzbauer cash Carter summer and Gabe negau sophomores Javin niffin Gage rert Wyatt Anderson freshman quiden Colbert John Weber Gage jidi e8th grade Isaac solic in seventh grade Craig Colbert Jack jidi and Leighton sbck congratulations to our letter [Applause] winners okay some team Awards here first the Pinner award this young man had 19 pins on the season and that goes to Carter [Applause] summer most takedowns on the Year this young man had 71 takedowns and that was Wyatt Anderson best record with a winning percentage of 84.6 goes to Wyatt Anderson the most valuable wrestler goes to cter Kramer next we have the Mr Trojan award this person went above and beyond to dedicate his time and energy to wrestling he was early to get there and last to leave put in the extra work and wasn’t afraid to go the extra mile this person gave his full effort and energy throughout the entirety of the season practice drills runs Cow Monkey rolls bear crawl Etc this person exemplifies our wrestling core values throughout the course of the year start to finish uh Mr Trojan goes to Wyatt [Applause] Anderson most improved this person showed tremendous growth from last year to this year that goes to Breen cobbert and the rising star goes to a sophomore in below this is a wrestler who shows promising talent and passion for the sport someone will do great things for the Parkson Trojan wrestling program in the future it goes to Gage [Applause] reer congratulations gentlemen on a great season [Applause] okay next we’ll transition transition to gymnastics first our letter winners the following please come forward London sudbeck Rory yon Claire summer aah mckinin and Anna Weber congratulations to our letter [Applause] winners okay next I just want to recognize and gymnastics had their own uh ceremony but we still want to recognize uh the great things that happened for them throughout the course of the year um and this young lady had a tremendous season she won the leadership Award Team MVP and was academic all state that was London sudbeck [Applause] next we had um All State and the leaping lady award goes to Rory [Applause] Yun and most improved goes to Claire summer congratulations ladies a tremendous season with lots of successes lots to be proud of thank you for all your [Applause] efforts okay now with the spring Sports obviously their seasons are still underway so we do not have uh Team Awards uh per se yet uh I know this the weather has made it a tricky and challenging season I think girls golf has gotten in two meet so far hoping the weather will kind of turn for them softball you know it’s been kind of tricky but they have got some congratulations I believe they just got first place at the gayville volen tournament this past weekend and treack you know track hasn’t had that many good meets in terms of having good weather but just this last Tuesday uh they had a pretty good day up at Freeman our four our boys 4X one uh broke the school record they are number one in this State as long as as well as our 4×200 as well so congratulations boys good [Applause] job on the girls side we’ve had some pretty good uh performances as well our Javelin School record was broken again by young Taylor fin congratulations Taylor good job the one thing we do have ready to give some awards tonight in the spring Sports the academic All State 4 track is ready to roll uh these four have uh gotten academic all state for track in the spring Alysa bartelt Mariah Maxwell Evan bartelt and Riley cook come on down and get your Awards as we kind of finish up the athletic portion of the awards ceremony for tonight uh we want to recognize stop and recognize some seniors that have committed to playing three sports during all four of their high school years being committed to three or more Sports in a calendar year requires a huge commitment of time and energy but it is a commitment we believe is worthwhile and important each sport teach is life lessons each sport creates core memories and in a school our size multisport athletes are vital to the success of our programs throughout the year here are the graduating seniors that committed to playing three or more Sports throughout all four of their years of high school your plaques are not ready yet so you can just stand and be recognized for now but I promise by next Saturday you’ll have it for your grad parties Gracie Oakley please stand be recognized she participate in volleyball basketball and golf all four of her years congratulations Connor pry he participated in football basketball and track all four his years of high school and Riley cook all four years football basketball and travel we thank those young athletes for their time and effort thank you very much we’ll finish up with our senior athlete Awards this is the last thing we’ll give tonight the senior athlete award is given to a senior student that has exemplified what it means to be at Trojan this award is voted on by the head coaches and is based on the following criteria number of sports played academics coachability athletic accomplishments and Leadership this year’s female athlete of the year is awarded to London sudbeck congratulations sure this year’s male athlete of the year was a tie so we have two male athlete of the years this year they are Evan bartelt and will jidi congratulations good yep thank you guys good job we will now pivot into the awards and recognition for our academics and co-curricular programs what a busy spring it has been with competitions and state conventions all of the busyness is a positive though highly involved well-rounded students is what we want in this school I cannot say thank you enough to all the advisers that put in countless time and effort to make these program successful if you get a chance tonight tell them thank you for all they do during their school year while we’re sitting here doing it why don’t you stand up and be recognized real quick if you are a a adviser for one of our co-curricular programs please stand up and be recognized thank you without further Ado let’s get into the awards we’re going to start with one that was just given uh earlier this week we do not have this one but the governor’s academic Excellence award is given at the governor’s banquet our uh valedictorian Avery Bogen re attended so can you stand and be recognized ay good [Applause] job band and vocal Awards would usually be given here but starting last year we started a new tradition and band and vocal awards were given during the Pops concert last week only things that we’re not given yet ban gives out some uh letters and we have a few letters to give out so these people please come forward and get their band letter Evan bartelt Grace Linderman Taylor thinkink Elliot lner and McKenzie titsy please come forward and be recognized [Applause] okay on to the math Awards we award uh the top five uh great Point averages in math and science for grade six uh through the the 12th grade year so we’ll start with the sixth grade math Awards in the sixth grade fifth place this year goes to Katherine beas fourth place goes to Luke de third place goes to Radley Conrad second place goes to Briggs Bogen reef and first place math award for sixth gr grade goes to Haley Weiss congratulations you f where’d it [Applause] go in the seventh grade fifth place math award goes to Amelia tapio fourth place goes to Ben bilas third place goes to Kennedy Kipling second place goes to Cohen boar and first place math award goes to Leighton sudbeck [Applause] congratulations for the eighth grade the fifth place award for math goes to Madison sheets fourth place goes to Isaac soic thirdd place to Claire summer second place to Killian cummer and first place 8th grade math award goes goes to Tory lindaman [Applause] congratulations in the high school ninth grade the nth graders taking Algebra 1 this year your algebra 1 top five fifth place goes to Ellie Garing fourth place goes to cars tapio third place goes to Morgan Maxwell second place goes to Carson Bieber and first place math Award winner for the Freshman is Grady boar [Applause] congratulations our sophomores sophomores could be taking geometry Algebra 2 or both our geometry uh math Awards fifth place geometry goes to Addison Kane Fourth Place Mason Travis third place Alysa Weiss second place Rory yonke and first place Finley Bogen Reef [Applause] congratulations for algebra two fifth place math award goes to Gage rker fourth place goes to aah mckinin third place goes to Alysa Weiss he might as well turn her around second place goes to Rory yon he might as well turn her around and and first place goes to Finley Bogen Reef [Music] congratulations as I said if you’re wondering why some of them got it for two in the sophomore year A lot of times if they want to get into the advanced math they double up and so they’re taking two classes that’s how that rolls pre-calculus last one in pre-calculus are math Awards we only award three just because the classes get a little bit smaller third place math award for pre-calculus goes to Ali hobik second place goes to Maya Wickersham and the first place math award and pre-out goes to Chantel wer [Applause] congratulations on to the science Awards same thing science Awards how are these awarded it goes to the grade point average of all four quarters averaged out um or sorry and that’s and what you get there for your your grade percentage excuse me average is fifth through first place so for the science Awards let start in the sixth grade sixth grade fifth place science award goes to TAA Smith fourth place goes to Haley Weiss third place goes to Olivia Bray second place goes to Radley Conrad and first place goes to Katherine beos congratulations [Applause] seventh grade Award winners seventh grade fifth place goes to Jack jadzi fourth place goes to Abby Garing third place goes to Cohen boar second place goes to Leon sudbeck and first place goes to Amelia tapio congratulations [Applause] eighth grade fifth place goes to Young Elliot warning fourth place goes to Claire summer third place goes to Tory Linderman second place goes to Isaac solic the long truck ride home first place goes to Killian kummer I’m just good [Applause] job congratulations e8th graders way to go good job our freshmen are taking biology right now and so our freshman science Awards fifth place goes to Berkeley zart fourth place goes to Carson Bieber third third place goes to Ellie Garing second place to Grady boar and first place to Morgan Maxwell congratulations freshman nice all right all right our sophomores are taking physical science right now and in physical science our fifth place Award winner for physical science is Lexi Shen Felder fourth place is Rory yonke third place is Mason Travis second place is Alyssa Weiss and first place is Finley Bogen Reef congratulations [Applause] okay as a junior to be eligible you have to take both bio 2 and chemistry one in the same year so they’re taking some tough courses right now and and actually I’m going to give her a shout out fifth place Junior Emily Walls she is taking am I correct four science courses right now that’s incredible congratulations Emily wall that’s awesome that is a busy busy year fourth place goes to Maya turer third place Ali Hobbit second place Chantel werzer and first place Junior science Maya Wickersham congratulations [Applause] good to finish up seniors we want to recognize a couple seniors we offer a lot of math and science inhouse we you could take five total math classes from Algebra 1 all the way up to calculus and seven total science classes if you consider all the way from biology 1 through bio2 cam 2 Anatomy physiology so on so forth so we have two two students in our senior class that in their four years of high school took 5 years of math and seven years of science credit that’s incredible and that is a lot of really really challenging courses so we want to recognize these two individuals congratulations Avery Bogen Reef on Mason meab bow for surviving all of that tough stuff here to go science we still do have senior science do you have senior science oh senior science same two people Second Place Mason ngabar first place a Bogen re I got to read my card a little better first mess up of the night sorry [Applause] everybody I [Applause] try well that’s what I just said I did I did all the reading for the math and science but like we said same two people give them one more round of applause they’re awesome I am not where to go okay on to our co-curricular program starting with FBLA uh now these awards were already given at their State Convention and so we’ll probably just stand and be recognized that sound good uh congratulations to these people at the state conference in Aberdine uh in insurance and R risk management that was the subject Mason ngabar plays fourth in the state stay to be recognized Mason ngabar congratulations and this this young one placed in two intro to FBLA and intro to business Communications Hillary polariz stand to be recognized in inet of business Communications she got third place and she got first place in the state in intro to F qualified for Nationals congratulations Hillary you go thank you Mr hacket for all you do with fpla appreciate it on to HOSA okay now host as we call you up here please line up by grade that’ll make Mrs bartel’s life a lot easier here we go first off let’s start with our chapter officers for the 2324 uh class school year our president Chantel werzer our student advisor Mason nebauer our vice president Ali hobik our secretary Mariah Maxwell our Treasurer Evan bartelt our director of membership Maya Wickersham and our director of community relations and social media Gracie Oakley congratulations chapter [Applause] officers we had a lot of state conference Award winners so what we’re going to you know we’re going to give here uh anybody that gets first through third place they qualify for Nationals so if you’s here are first second or third they have also qualified for Nationals in medical math second place went to Mason neab good job where’d to go in Family Medicine physician McKenzie titsy got third place congratulations McKenzie in health education third place went to Finley Bogen reef and Rory yonke in mental health promotion a fourth place finish went to the team of Maxwell Maxwell Herman and Herman good job Morgan Mariah Kendall and Payton good [Applause] job research poster and it was a good one is hanging up in our hallways right now fourth place went to Ava lafy congratulations Ava fifth place Behavioral Health went to Shireen Hanigan congratulations sixth place in medical math went to Evan bartelt congratulations seventh place in Dental terminology went to Shelby Schmidt eight place in nursing assisting went to Maya Wickersham boy eighth place in epidemiology went to Mariah Maxwell did I say that right Public Service Announcement eighth place went to Oakley Oakley neble zart and Bogen Reef that would be Berkeley zeber Avery Bogen Reef Kiara and Gracie Oakley and mayao congratulations [Applause] and Ninth Place in nutrition with to Chantel wer congratulations to all our state conference Award winners way to go on behalf of the life serve blood center uh they give a donor of Distinction status if if a high school senior has donated blood three or more times during high school it’s students like these who invest in the future of blood donation and tonight are being recognized for community service they are gifted uh a donor of Distinction uh I think they get some chords right Reds Red chords to Where at graduation you’ll see them we have two this year uh congratulations Mason ngabar and Shireen [Applause] Hanigan if you want to donate blood we are hosting a blood drive next Wednesday May 8th so you could sign up anytime uh last thing with HOSA before they all go we have some HOSA scholarship winners one of HOSA initiatives this year was to raise money to create a scholarship fund to help hosta pursue their dreams of higher education it is host’s goal to offer this scholarship every year and the scholarship is available to parks and host of senior members who have been an active member of HOSA for at least two years do not have to be consecutive though they have attended and competed at the South Dakota hosta leadership conference every year of host and membership they are in good academic standing with a 3.0 GPA or higher and provide proof of enrollment at an accredit postsecondary school or program this year’s recipients of the host of scholarship are Mesa neab Avery Bogen Reef Maya neble Gracie Oakley Mariah Maxwell Evan bartelt and Payton Herman congratulations to those [Applause] winners great job HOSA you may sit down good work on to FCCLA next next we recognize all of the accompl accomplishments of our FCCLA members everyone is part of a family and family career and Community leaders of America is the only National Career and Technical organization with family as its Central Focus involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for Life first let us recognize our local chapter officers the following officers took an active leadership role this year the dedication and service of these officers offered our chapter lead to successful and meaningful chapter meetings and a strong initiative to succeed in competitions officer team as your name is called please come forward and be recognized activities director Ellie Garing VP of communications Tiara Oakley historian aah mckinin Treasurer McKenzie titsy secretary Alyssa Weiss vice president Rory yonke and president Alyssa bartelt [Applause] congratulations boy do we have letter winners the following students met criteria outlined by the local FCCLA bylaws to letter in FCCLA these students completed local region and state projects fundraised and helped lead the parks in FCCLA chapter to a successful year please come forward and be recognized Alysa bartelt Morgan B aah mckinin McKenzie titsy Rory yon Ava lafy Hayden medy Randy norgard Lexi Shen Felder Alysa Weiss Ellie Garing Carly hobik Carly confor Trinity lucans Kennedy Kling Mato ly Brody over Magie pittz Rico mullenberg Wen Rodriguez Kiara Oakley Allison Ostrander Aiden Overby Elizabeth shaen Felder Ariana Jackson Amir Nicholson Juan Ortega Madison sheets Claire summer Abby Garing Jack jadzi and Sydney niin congratulations [Applause] at the state conference we end up with six of our students that got to be National qualifiers and get to travel to Seattle Washington this summer congratulations to Rory y Alyssa Weiss kiar Oakley Lizzy Shen Felder Aiden Overby and Carly hobit great job [Applause] thank you FCCLA and great job this [Applause] year Educators Rising Awards night Educators Rising is an organization that feeds teacher preparation programs at the high school level Educators Rising Works to provide a clear pathway to increase teacher diversity and teacher quality this organization Works to instill excitement in the field of education at the high school level grooming high school students for future careers in education the Parkson chapter of Educators Rising is in its second year and has grown to 14 members membership recognition here are your 14 members please come up and be recognized Alyssa bartelt David Brock Shireen Hanigan Gracie Oakley Ali Ro Shelby Schmidt Taran beos aah mckinin Maya Magie Jayla young Ava lafy Randy norgard Isis mullenberg and Hillary porr [Applause] congratulations couple things we’re going to recognize here first off we have some national qualifiers when they went to the State Convention these people all qualified for the national uh convention in Washington DC this year Alyssa bartelt David Brock Gracie Oakley Ali Ro Shelby Schmidt Taran beas aah mckinin Maya Magie Ava lafy Isis mullenberg and Hillary P congratulations now tomorrow morning before school we are having a uh senior signing for these five seniors that are entering education very exciting for us as a staff to have I think that five of our our seniors right now are entering the education field so we want to recognize Alyssa bartelt David Brock Shelby Schmidt Ali Ro and Gracie Oakley give them a big round of applause thank you thank you seniors you guys are good to go FFA here we go all right throughout an FFA member’s career they can earn different degrees based on their activity invol vement agricultural Knowledge and Skills and their supervised agricultural experience akae projects the first of those degrees is the Discovery degree to be eligible to receive the discovery FFA degree an eighth grade member must meet the following qualifications and is awarded it at the chapter level got to be a paying dues member participate in at least one chapter activity outside of scheduled class time have a knowledge of agriculturally related careers demonstrate knowledge of the FFA code of ethics and is familiar with the program of activities our two recipients this year are Isaac solic and Kenley hinky [Applause] congratulations the greenand agree to be eligible to receive the greenand FFA degree a member must meet the following qualifications and it’s awarded at the state level you must be enrolled in agricultural education have satisfactory plans for a supervised agricultural Ed experience program learn and explain the FFA Creed motto and FFA mission statement describe the meaning of the FFA Emblem and colors and demonstrate knowledge of the FFA code of ethics and proper use of the FFA jacket this year’s recipients of the green hand degree are Carson Bieber Carter Conrad Alysa Weiss Ellie Garing Angel pets quayden cobbert carus tapio Izzy lner Lizzy shaen Felder and Aiden Overby congratulations freshman [Applause] J the chapter degree to be eligible to receive the chapter FFA degree the following minimum qualifications must be met and awarded at the chapter level you got to have a greenand degree you have have to participated in at least three activities Express knowledge of parliamentary law show progress towards individual achievement and the FFA award programs and have a satisfactory Scholastic record this year two of our sophomores met those requirements that would be Gage Riker and Hillary poice [Applause] congratulations and last we got the state degree this is the highest degree a member can earn in each state and is awarded by the state Association at the State Convention to be eligible to receive the state degree the following minimum requirement must be met you must have received the chapter FFA degree and have been an active FFA member for at least two years he must have completed two years of instruction in agricultural education have earned and productively invested at least $1,000 or worked at least 300 hours in an SAE program Dem at leadership ability by performing parliamentary procedure activities giving a six-minute speech and serving as an officer have a satisfactory Scholastic record participate in planning and completion participate in five FFA activities above the chapter level and have participated in at least 25 hours of community service within at least two different community service activities lots and lots of stuff you got to do right Grace yeah this year’s recipient is Grace Linderman congratulations [Applause] impressive we would also like to recognize this year’s National qualifiers this past fall the veterinary science Career Development event team consisted of Grace lindman Taylor Fink and alumni Kiana hargens and Ashlin tapio they traveled to Indianapolis to compete in their competition they showcased the knowledge of different animal breeds various parasites and ailments how to identify and use different veterinaria tools tools and how to properly restain and examine animals and they did various math calculations to relate to the medicines and dosages they placed 13th in the National and earned a silver rating congratulations to the veterinary science career development team good [Applause] job also last but not least this past fall Grace lindaman our super senior plays first and qualified for the national competition again this time in employability skills lde she had to compete complete a resume cover letter inperson interview and write a follow-up thank you letter she is the first person from Parkson to qualify for Nationals in a leadership development event and we know she will do well competing this fall so congratulations Grace and the rest of your FFA members okay we got some art Awards to give here normally Mrs medy would be here to give him out she’s Fallen ill so he can do that and then you can do dramas that sound good Mr Fisher will give the award artist of the year always goes to an incoming freshman student who shows creativity effort and most importantly an excitement for the Arts and the processes involved this year we have five students who have earned this honor and they are Carson Bieber Izzy lner phebe hornstra Gavin Weber and Carly coners congratulations most improved artist always goes to senior students who have shown Improvement through the visual arts over the years by taking several classes and putting in creativity time and effort to excel at those classes tonight’s most improved artists goes to three seniors two of which are not here Autumn Bertram and Ali Ro and one that is Gracie Oakley [Applause] congratulations we have some drama awards some participation letters to give out for those High School uh students that are part of the uh School play that just got completed a couple weeks ago I think be down there our playl winners we have three of them uh highly involved individuals Travis Hillary pul rice and Shireen Hanigan thank you you [Applause] three all right you know I don’t think you truly appreciate the media Club until you’re trying to watch somebody else’s feet sometimes whether it be a football game or any away game we have one of the best media clubs you could ever ask for give a round of applause to Mr kinderberg countless hours after [Applause] school he is here tonight to present these five students worked at least and I say at least most of them did far more than five events media Club will have broadcasted who knows how many my broadcast report from June of last year up to now 152 events 152 school events [Applause] outstanding a lot of behind the scenes work thank you to these five David Branson Thomas wear Javon Fredick David Brock and Evan Bartel please come forward and be recognized [Applause] okay kind of Shifting towards the part where we’re really going to be honoring a lot of our seniors right we got a lot of great kids that are about to walk out the door and as sad as that is we want to recognize them for everything they’ve done starting with our National Honor Society members our National Honor Society members uh they’ll get a special cord that they’ll wear at uh graduation next weekend we’d like to honor these senior National H Society students who have upheld the NHS qualities of character leadership scholarship and Service as well as maintaining a GPA of 3.25 or better all right as your name is called please come up and receive your courts Alysa bartelt Evan bartelt Brody bger Avery Bogen Reef Luke Borman Payton Herman will jadzi Riley cook Payton Kane Grace Linderman Mariah Maxwell Mason neab Maya Eble Gracie Oakley Connor pry Shelby Schmidt and London sudbeck congratulations NHS senior [Applause] members for one more round of applause for our NHS [Applause] MERS okay now these uh certificates have not come in the mail yet so for this one you’re just going to stand and be recognized Regent scholar diploma in 1988 the South Dakota Board of Regents identified the Regent scholar curriculum which is designed to provide students with a solid foundation in their High School coursework providing the necessary skills for a College and Career Readiness this curriculum includes coursework in six content areas a region scholar will carry a 3.0 GPA and have completed four credits of English math and science three credits of social studies two credits of foreign language or CTE class hor and one credit of Fine Arts this year 17 of our graduating seniors from Parkson High School are recipients of the Regent scholar diploma awarded by the South Dakota Department of Education those 17 seniors are Evan bartelt Brody beter Avery Bogen Reef stand as I say your name Luke Borman Payton Herman will jadzi Riley cook Grace Linderman Mariah Maxwell Mason neab Maya Eble Gracie Oakley Connor pry Shelby Schmidt London sck Mason neab and Mayan Evo please turn and be recognized Regent Scholars good job president’s academic excellence awards okay if you are a student that is leaving a school so leaving middle school or leaving high school and you have a 3.5 GPA or higher as a cumulative GPA you are awarded the president president’s academic Excellence award we have 13 of our outgoing eighth graders that earned this award those 13 e8th graders are Tyson bartel’s Addie Dale Kenley Hy Killian cummer Corwin lafy Tory lindaman Madison sheets Claire summer Isaac solic Zack turer Michaela Travis Anna Weber and Elliot warning congratulations to the eighth graders and for the seniors we have 14 seniors that had a 3.5 GPA or higher that’s impressive those 14 seniors are Alyssa bartelt Evan bartelt Brody beter Avery Bogen Reef Luke Borman Shireen Hanigan will jadzi Riley cook Grace Linderman Mariah Maxwell Mason neow Gracie Oakland Shelby Schmidt and London sudbeck congratulations to our president’s academic Excellence Award winners if your hands aren’t tired you’re not clapping hard enough one more time for our seniors here we [Applause] go okay at this time we are going to recognize employees for their years of service to the Parkson School District recognition will be given every 5 years and at retirement at this time we’d like to recognize the following people for the years of service to the parks and School District when we call off your name will you please come forward and accept your gift from Mr mckinin five years of service certificate Morgan acman krie kufa Lisa Clum Julie rer Amanda Shen Felder Joe shepardson and Donna solik thank you for your 5 years of service rker 10 years of service our 10e certificate uh recipients are James bamer Chassy fleshner Jessica Maxwell and Christy zart thank you for your 10 years of [Music] service I don’t know if anybody Works harder in this school than Mr bamer that guy pours sweat every day in and out middle elementary PE is no joke I will tell you that right now okay we’re getting up there some years here here are we got two people that have given 20 years 20 years to the Parkson School District please come forward and be recognized Craig Bruning and Robin Hol thank you for your years of service we have two teachers that have given 25 years of service to the parks and School District this year thank you for your us of service Jen bartelt and Amy mathas [Applause] I Mrs okay and one teacher who gave 30 years I do not believe she is here but 30 years of service thank you Julie Moi for your [Applause] service okay at this time we will shift to the final portion of our Awards program the scholarship portion there’s no better way to end the night than by recognizing a great group of seniors younger students pay attention if there is something that you can learn from the next portion it is this it pays to be a good student it pays to be highly involved it pays to volunteer in your community and it pays to be kind to everyone that crosses paths with you we have a lot of people in this community that want to help you as you head on to postsecondary education and they are looking to these scholarships to students that work hard in school and are highly involved in the school and community and are moving on to many many different professions to everyone that provides a scholarship to our students we cannot say thank you enough to all the businesses clubs and organizations that make an effort to support our students thank you from the bottom of our hearts last my spot and in regard to those that are awarding a Memorial Scholarship tonight from personal experience I know how much these Memorial scholarships mean to the family members that give them we cannot say thank you enough for keeping your loved one Spirit Alive through these generous scholarship gifts to our students congrats in advance to all of the scholarship winners tonight you have earned these scholarships and we could not be more proud of each and every one of you you and we thank you all for all your contributions to our school and Community during your time at Parkson High School let’s get started the VFW senior scholarship for the second year VFW Post 3298 will present a scholarship for the amount of $500 to one graduating senior that has a close relative that served in the armed forces this young man or woman will also have been strong academically actively involved in community service and have been a positive representative of our school and Community during their High School career the recipient of this year’s VFW senior scholarship award is Payton Herman [Applause] congratulations the Boosters club Club scholarship if I’m not mistaken we are going to have two two girls and two boys scholarships drawn out of our hat right now so this is intense this is exciting we’re going to find out together how much are these scholarships each one of these scholarships is worth $500 to be eligible for the parks and athletic booster club scholarship a senior ath aete needs to letter in a sport their senior year and their parents must be either a lifetime member or an annual booster club member for at least two years the athletes name is put in the drawing for each sport they have lettered in so if you’ve lettered in three Sports you get your name entered three times all right boys first boys first the winners of the $500 parks and Athletics senior scholarship for the boys are Luke Borman and Brody beter congratulations [Applause] you we’ll give it to you at the end the winners of the girls 2324 $500 parks and athletic senior scholarships are this is intense nice hat if anybody wants one of those they’re 25 bucks you can get them on your way out the door the first scholarship goes to Grace lindaman congratulations softball got you and Gracie Oakley for golf good job thank you to the booster club for those generous scholarships if you are interested we always need more members especially board members so don’t be afraid to be a part next we have the AA St Benedict scholarship Lindsay Weber is here to present it thank you a St Benedict Health Center offers $500 scholarships for students pursuing a career in healthc care scholarships will be presented to a high school senior who plans to attend a South Dakota School of Higher Learning either a technical institute or college in a health care related career this year a is awarding four scholarships right two scholarships two scholarships I think I’ve had it two $500 scholarships right correct there we go this year’s recipients of the AA St Benedict Health Center scholarship are Avery Bogen reef and Mariah Maxwell congratulations [Applause] santel scholarship is next these were I think announced via social media last night correct the santel communications Cooperative is a community-based members owned organization they believe investment into the outstanding students in these communities will yield long-term benefits for the community Mr Ray Judy helped start the telephone cooperative over 65 years ago and today Mr Judy’s efforts and vision has sent telecomunication a connecting you with internet television and phone to people in places around the world each year 10 students within the santel communications Cooperative area who have distinguished themselves through outstanding academic achievement and personal Excellence are chosen to receive the ray Judy Memorial Scholarship these students are the thought leaders of the Next Generation and santel wishes them all the very best in their future endeavors will the winners please stand when they are announced the winners of the $750 scholarship we had three of them here at Parkson out of the 10 from Parkson are Alyssa and Evan bartelt and Gracie Oakley [Applause] congratulations additionally santel held a drawing for those not selected initially and this student was drawn for a $300 scholarship Avery Bogen Reed good job now for those four winners you can look for a certificate and gift to be mailed to you shortly sound good all right pea scholarship every year the Parkson Education Association offers a scholarship to a Parkson senior who plans to pursue a career in education our organization encourages strong Educators and takes pride in seeing our own students go into the field of Education it gives us great pride to award two $250 scholarships this year to Alysa bartelt and Gracie Oakley congratulations Alissa and Gracie we know you will make amazing [Applause] teacher PTO scholarship the parent teacher organization PTO provided scholarships each year through a drawing we draw out one boy and one girl to receive a scholarship of $250 each these seniors will receive their money in August before they go to school so for now you can just stand and be recognized the following winners that were drawn out earlier today are Payton Herman and Evan Bartel [Applause] congratulations okay Parkson scholarship fund information so I’ll kind of just read this one off here Parkson scholarship fund created within the Parkson area foundation is what holds the ton every year right and so they held their fifth ton this spring and it was a major success we are excited to announce that every 2023 eligible senior will receive $1,000 scholarship is that correct holy smokes that’s awesome [Applause] it is Our intention to let the youth in Parkston know that we believe in them we are willing to help them Reach their goals and we would like to see you return back to Parkson and grow our community in the future so congratulations great job thank you seniors give a big round of [Applause] applause I read this the parks area foundation scholarship the 2023 Parkson area foundation educational assistance grants uh this year’s High School senior recipients for these awards are Evan bartelt Avery Bogen Reef Luke Borman pton Herman will jadzi Mariah Maxwell and London sudbeck Evan and Avery will each receive $11,000 to support their continuing education Luke Payton will Mariah and London reive $500 scholarships congratulations to you [Applause] all sounds good the Lucille MCC lner scholarship there’s there’s recipients for a votch scholarship and an education scholarship the recipients for the Lucille MCC lner education scholarship this year each receiving $900 towards their pursuit in the education field are Alyssa bartelt and Gracie Oakley [Applause] congratulations and the recipient of the Lucille mccrite lner votek scholarship this year $900 towards her pursuit in Veterinary technology is Grace Linderman congratulations and we wish you all success in your future endeavors [Applause] next we have the Catholic Daughters of the America scholarship the Catholic Daughters of the America Sacred Heart court number 280 recognizes Catholic youth for their contributions to their Church families and Community candidates must be an active member of Sacred Heart Church in Parkson or St Peter St Peter and Paul Church in dii we are pleased to announce that this year we have two recipients from sacred art Church of $250 they are Gracie Oakley and will jidi [Applause] congratulations right come on like to thank all the senior class here and i’ like to see you all recognized here as you very much deserve it all the rest of you here uh who are here for a special reason because you’ve worked hard and you you’ve done something in your participation or your efforts and it’s nice to see you all recognize and what the school does to to recognize you here and the senior class is special to the Maxwell family of course because Mariah is part of it so she’s going to help present the awards here tonight for the Tom Maxwell and Bruce Maxwell scholarship and uh uh all of you who uh applied did a wonderful job and i’ like to thank you for your efforts in that uh but got to pick a winner Tom Maxwell uh goes to [Applause] London there’s for the Bruce Maxwell scholarship and will jidi [Applause] okay we are on to the Chad winsel Memorial Scholarship Chad wnel was a dedicated employee for 25 years working towards management at wsel insurance he was also an avid sports fan especially of parks and high school sports where he participated as a member of the Class of 1989 he enjoyed watching the student athletes compete and cheered for their success the crit IIA for the scholarship were a grade point average of 3.0 or higher an involvement in school sporting and community activities the candidates were asked to submit an essay describing how their High School experiences have prepared them for their future we want to thank all those that applied and have decided to award two scholarships we are proud to announce the 2024 recipients of the Chad wsel Memorial Scholarship are Gracie Oakley and London sudbeck congratulations [Applause] Ryan H scholarship Ryan H uh died as a result of a car accident on August 15 2012 at the age of 15 and just days before starting his freshman year at PHS he was so looking forward to the upcoming cross country season and it was the year that he would be running with both of his brothers Tanner and Kyle one of Ryan’s proudest moments was running at the state cross country meet his 8th grade year life is short live it well this year we would like to give five scholarship in Rise memory and those five scholarships are awarded to Evan bartelt Alysa bartelt David Brock Connor pry and Mariah Maxwell congratulations to those [Applause] thank you uh it has been 11 years since we’ve gathered In This Very Armory to celebrate Landon’s life this class has changed a lot over those years some kids have joined the class some kids have left but one thing that has not changed is you guys have always kept Landing in your memories and us as that family has still been included whether it was the lemonade stand fundraiser that his class held at Subway 2 weeks after Landon had his transplant to the community fundraisers 8th grade graduation prom committees senior float decorating you have not forgotten us we are not sure the person who landed would be today but we do know are immens we know do know that he would be immensely proud to call each and every one of you one of his classmates after reading a bunch of amazing scholarship applications again this year the recipient of the Landon Bieber Memorial Scholarship is Will jidi [Applause] [Applause] thank you not to take anything away from Will’s accomplishments but we would also like to thank all of the members of the graduating 2024 class with sincere for all you have done and remembered us throughout your high school or School careers by doing that we are giving each of you a graduation card with $100 in it and a team Landon logo on a business card on one side and the simple PR phrase Pay It Forward on the other keep this card with you in your wallet or purse as you leave these walls of Parkson high school and remember you’re taking a little bit of your classmates spirit with you if You’ all please come forward to receive your [Applause] card we’re going alphabetical hysa Evan you you guys are all very welcome if we can get a picture afterwards thank you guys thank you guys very much need thank you thank you Kim and Jo I’m here to present the Scott liping comp Memorial Scholarship that was just started this year the Scott liping comp Memorial scholarship was established to honor the memory of Scott lipincott who lost a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer in 2022 a loving husband father son brother and friend to so many Scott brightened the lives of those around him Scott graduated from Armor high school in 1994 during this time in armor Scott excelled academically as well in athletics he was named to the 9B Allstate team as a linebacker the academic All State team and was named to the All Conference team for three years years he was a member of the National Honor Society peer helpers and his church youth group he was faithful member of his church and was active in his community After High School Scott went on to attend college and received an associate applied science degree in telecommunications from Mitchell Technical Institute that degree would eventually lead us to Springfield where we would settle down and raise a family Springfield seemed to be a perfect fit for Scott as many of you know Scott was an avid Outdoorsman he loved camping with family ands friends fishing golfing and of course hunting for the big buck little did the town of Springfield and surrounding communities know that at the time he was a perfect fit anyone that got to know Scott or be around him at all quickly found out how great of a guy he was Scott was never quick to judge and could often win you over with his infectious smile and laugh a cheesy joke or a random act of kindness whether it be a friend neighbor or a complete stranger Scott was always there to help others he always made everybody feel like somebody Scott was an active member of the Springfield Fire Department and was the treasurer he was a secretary of our church diligently helped with the annual Springfield 4th of July celebrations and was always available to help with anything and everything that was needed in our community Scott would have wanted his legacy of helping others to continue to live on this is why we chose to establish a scholarship to help local seniors who are pursuing their education at either a 2-year Technical Institute or a 4-year College University it is our hope that this will also Inspire our youth to pay it forward with kindness and helpfulness throughout their F Futures Justice Scott did his entire life the scholarship was open to the entire state of South Dakota um the Scott lipot Memorial members of the board um asked that all students wrote an essay in that essay they needed to discuss how they were involved in their Community explain their character and their accomplishments in high school discuss how their character has contributed to those accomplishments but most importantly we asked each student to write about what they felt it meant to be a kind and a good member of society we are giving out five $1,000 scholarships and this is the first one we have given out and it goes to Gracie Oley [Applause] thank you on behalf of the lobber family we are honored to be in our 10th year of our family scholarship we sincerely thank each of you who applied to our scholarship and we appreciate the time and talents that you have unfortunately we can only select one but your time and talents do not go unnoticed we hope this small gift will ease the financial burden of extending your education we all are truly proud to say we graduated from Parkson high school and are thankful for the teachers coaches and advisers who invested in us while we attended School you built a great Foundation to us to be successful at any level we feel it is only fitting to give back to a community who has given so much to us so the lobber family would like to award a $1,000 scholarship to Gracie Oakley it is [Applause] clear it is clear Gracie is a talented young lady in and out of the classroom and in our community her essay spoke on always being aware of your surroundings and being a positive role model for younger students not just during times of winning but also after hard times of losing Gracie stated it’s crazy the impact you can have on people who look up to you and most of us never realize it as our family has grown and we all have children it truly is invaluable to have great role models for our kids to look up to in both good times and bad Gracie also stated grades are just as important as playing sports we feel this awareness and maturity of being a well-rounded student athlete will only continue to help graci mold and shape Future Leaders throughout her college career and future Gracie the labber family congratulates you on your great High School career we thank you for your dedication and Leadership and we pray for continued success at SDSU we’re excited to see what the future holds for this bright young lady thank you thank you thank you conations thank you [Music] the Taylor chinger Memorial Scholarship has been developed in memory and in honor of Taylor and her love for Life Education was very important to Taylor she always strived to do her best and was an excellent student as most of you know Taylor also loved Sports almost any sport that she tried she loved she was active in basketball volleyball softball track and had been in swim team for seven years Taylor was a fierce competitor while playing but she always had respect and honor for those who she competed with and against he always knew that she was going to give everything that she had to the sport that she was competing in Taylor was an incredibly kind person she made those around her feel welcomed and accepted and she had a huge circle of friends Taylor had a true love for life love for her family love for her friends love for God and her life was an inspiration and a blessing to those that knew her all of these qualities were considered when the scholarship committee chose the Taylor turer Memorial Scholarship recipient we wanted to give this scholarship to go to someone who values education who exhibits respect and honor who is dedicated and puts their whole heart into the things that are important to them and who shows love and kindness to those around them this year’s scholarship re recipient exhibits all of these qualities this year’s scholarship recipient is encouraging to underclassman has been active in sports and was always willing to do whatever his team needed him to do no matter what sport he was competing in he loves spending time with his family he active in his community is a Special Olympics volunteer and is a dedicated student we are proud and honored to name Will jidi as this year’s Taylor turer Memorial Scholarship reci you can’t wait to see what God has planned for the future will and we wish you all the best congratulations Dr Jason and Jill Hinson are pleased to award the scholarship of the Parkson Dental scholarship to a graduating senior who has exhibited excellence in science at the high school level and plans to enter postsecondary studies with a focus on natural or physical sciences as one Nobel prize winning scientists put it science is an imaginative adventure of the Mind seeking truth in a world of mystery or to ask oneself the question why are things as they are and not otherwise it is the imaginative spirit and thirst for knowledge that we honor with this award and it is the hope of the Hinson that the recipient of this scholarship will continue to pursue academic excellence and keep imagination alive as they continue their education and their pursuit of knowledge this year’s parks and dental scholarship award winner is London sudbeck [Applause] congratulations each year the Parkson Alumni Association provides two scholarships at $1,500 a piece the scholarships go to a graduating senior students are required to write an essay entitled why I am proud to be a graduate from Parkson High School this year’s parks and Community scholarships go to Maya Eble and Gracie Oakley [Applause] congratulations I missed this one a couple back apologize I’m going to backtrack a little a little bit on the list Kurt Shu Memorial Scholarship this is the seventh annual Kurt Shu Memorial Scholarship being awarded to a graduating senior here in Parkson and the criteria for this scholarship is to be entering the medical field and helping others in your profession from registered nurse to Home Health to physical therapy and more Kurt graduated from Parkson High School in 1966 he was diagnosed with Lou Garrick’s disease in 2010 and after a long battle passed away in 2016 in his final years the people he was around the most were all the medical professionals coming and going from our house and that was when we realized it takes a special personality and a mountain of people to do this line of work thus we decided what would be some of the criteria for being awarded the scholarship this year’s winner of the Kurt Shu Memorial Scholarship is Braden Jerick congratulations [Applause] we’re just about done here we do want to recognize you know obviously we have a lot of great local scholarships we have some uh seniors that have also been awarded some scholarships you know beyond our community and out in closer to their their University communities so I just want as I read your name stand up and be recognized for the scholarships you’ve been awarded so far outside of these walls London sudbeck going to the Mount congratulations great school mmu scholas scholarship the mmu uh academic merit scholarship and the mmu cheer scholarship congratulations Lon [Applause] sback May Anil heading of nth there SDSU development foundation honor scholarship and the SDSU NDSU presidential award congratulations Maya great job ay Bogen reath going to SDSU has got the yellow and blue scholarship and the South Dakota opportunity scholarship [Music] congratulations now you’re going to hear the South Dakota opportunity scholarship quite a few times to be eligible for the South Dakota opportunity scholarship which is $2,500 a year for four years uh a lot of the stuff you would have had to do for region scholar four years of math four years of science four years of English three of social studies and Beyond as well as a 24 act or hire to be eligible so that’s a big big award congratulations Avery and to the rest that are going to get the South Dakota opportunity scholarship Avery I missed a couple sorry you also have the South Dakota educational office professionals organization scholarship as well so congratulations Connor pry Connor pry you’ve got the yellow and blue and the jack rabbit scholarship congratulations sir stand and be recognized will jzi another future Jack Jack Rabbit got the jack rabbit guarantee scholarship [Applause] congratulations Evan Bartel got the jack rabbit guarantee scholarship and the South Dakota opportunity scholarship great job Riley cook one of DW’s most prestigious the Randall scholarship good job Gracie Oakley future Jack Rabbit got the blue and yellow the jack rabbit journey and the South Dakota opportunity sky scholarship way to go Luke Borman got the jack rabbit guarantee scholarship and the South Dakota opportunity scholarship good job M Alysa bartelt also got the blue and gold Jack Rabbit guarantee good [Applause] job page 32 we’re at the end we did it good stuff all right uh students if you’ve earned a letter pin or or a jacket or whatever it be uh one of these days before the end of the school school year Mr Fisher will be in the high school during SRB to hand those out we’ll announce when that happens just make sure you get your pins when it comes time once again we would like to restate that if we missed anyone or any scholarship or anything we sincerely apologize and we will make sure we get it fixed if there was a mistake just let us know uh scholarship winners and presenters uh we’re going to slide this over there and if you guys can meet over there for some pictures that would be great don’t go anywhere make sure you take pictures scholarship winners and presenters thank you all for coming and sticking with us have a great and safe trip home thank you
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