High school students honored at awards ceremony

Last Friday, Hot Springs County High School students received awards for academic excellence, most growth and grit and perseverance in various subjects.

Among the recipients were: English I - Academic Excellence Dakota Leonhardt, Most Growth Jazmen Jensen, Grit & Perseverance Grace Whitt

English II - Academic Excellence Ashley McPhie, Most Growth Sterling Gerber and Olivia Weyer, Grit & Perseverance Oran Coyne

English III - Academic Excellence Barb Kissel, Most Growth Aaron Harvey, Grit & Perseverance Kolby George

English IV - Academic Excellence Hannah Hurley, Most Growth Koy Myers, Grit & Perseverance Rebecca Clouse

English 1010/1020 - Academic Excellence Haley McDermott, Most Growth Tyne Vialpando, Grit & Perseverance Jared Little

Yearbook - Academic Excellence Krynn McGinty, Most Growth Spencer Luce, Grit & Perseverance Krynn McGinty

Algebra I - Academic Excellence Leam Daniels, Most Growth Sequoia Fishbaugh, Grit & Perseverance Emme Norsworthy and Dayna Sandberg

Geometry - Academic Excellence Ashley McPhie and Hyrum Rich, Most Growth Oran Coyne, Grit & Perseverance Aspen Jensen

Algebra II - Academic Excellence Breez Petty, Most Growth Kelly Johnson and Darian Macie, Grit & Perseverance Taydee Landrum

College Prep Math - Academic Excellence Cullen Becher, Most Growth Alex Russell, Grit & Perseverance Wyatt Wright

Math 1400 - Academic Excellence Jeffrey Van Antwerp, Most Growth Sean Miller, Grit & Perseverance Aaron Hanson

AP Calculus - Academic Excellence Haley McDermott, Grit & Perseverance Shianne Yarrington

Consumer Math - Academic Excellence Dalton Ammon, Most Growth Jasmine Garcia, Grit & Perseverance Garrett Severns

World History/Geography - Academic Excellence Hannah Hu, Most Growth Aspen Jensen, Grit & Perseverance Krynn McGinty

US History - Academic Excellence Jeffrey VanAntwerp, Most Growth Chase White, Grit & Perseverance Kiara Warman

American Government - Academic Excellence Daniel Leonhardt, Most Growth Mya Holman, Grit & Perseverance Cameron Cole

Earth Science - Academic Excellence Hyrum Rich, Patricia Capelle and Madeline Stam, Most Growth Grace Whitt, KyAnn Calhoun and Josh Roberson, Grit & Perseverance Hayden Little, Ramsay Owens and Kalli Blandford

Biology - Academic Excellence Ashley McPhie, Taydee Landrum and Tahja Hunt, Most Growth Sterling Gerber John Maier and Krynn McGinty, Grit & Perseverance Hunter Mounts, Tim Anderson and Cade McLean

Forensics - Academic Excellence Barbara Kissel and Kelly Johnson, Most Growth Dalton Ammon, Grit & Perseverance Kolby George

DC Biology - Academic Excellence Emmy Coyne, Most Growth Courtney Jeunehomme, Grit & Perseverance McKenna Bomengen

DC Chemistry - Academic Excellence Haley McDermott, Most Growth Ames Tschiffley, Grit & Perseverance McKayla Layman and John Harvey

DC Environmental Service - Academic Excellence Courtney Jeunehomme, Most Growth Cullen Becher, Grit & Perseverance Savana Meier

AP Computer Science - Academic Excellence Ryan Slagle, Most Growth Wyatt Wright, Grit & Perseverance Lane Randall

Physical Conditioning - Academic Excellence Jared Little, Most Growth Ashley McPhie, Grit & Perseverance Dakota Meier

PE - Academic Excellence Seth Parker, Most Growth Monte Love, Grit & Perseverance Grace Whitt

Health - Academic Excellence Brianna DeVries, Most Growth Josh Roberson, Grit & Perseverance Hayden Little

Lifetime Sports - Academic Excellence Kelly Johnson, Most Growth Chase White, Grit & Perseverance Garett Severns

Spanish I - Academic Excellence Hannah Hu and Josh Canfield, Most Growth Rebecca Clouse and Dayna Sandberg, Grit & Perseverance Corina Williams and Seth Parker

Spanish II - Academic Excellence Stormy Cox and Olivia Weyer, Most Growth Jasmine Garcia and John Maier, Grit & Perseverance Reilly Russell and Kelly Johnson

AG 1 - Academic Excellence Rebekah Johnson, Most Growth, Owen Douglas, Grit & Perseverance Remington Ferree

AG 2 - Academic Excellence Audrey Axtell, Most Growth John Maier, Grit & Perseverance Logan Shumway

AG 3 - Academic Excellence Jeffrey VanAntwerp, Most Growth Colton Dobbins, Grit & Perseverance Kiara Warman

AG 4 - Academic Excellence Mary Ryan, Most Growth Hannah Hurley, Grit & Perseverance Lauren Reed

Exploratory Trades - Academic Excellence Hudson Roling, Most Growth Sascha Mobbs, Grit & Perseverance Josh Lackey

Woods - Academic Excellence Hudson Roling, Most Growth CJ Vialpando, Grit & Perseverance Garett Severns

AG Structures: Welding - Academic Excellence Dakota Leonhart, Most Growth Garrett Severns, Grit & Perseverance Sascha Mobbs

Foods - Academic Excellence Faith Jensen, Most Growth Aidan Ozmon, Grit & Perseverance Chris Slagle

Jazz Band - Academic Excellence Cameron Cole, Most Growth Austin Weaver, Grit & Perseverance Lane Randall

Band - Academic Excellence Josi Thurgood, Most Growth Seth Parker, Grit & Perseverance Reagan Severance and Kyle Mosser

Choir - Academic Excellence Lucas Kraushaar, Most Growth Mikayla Lanik, Grit & Perseverance Kaylee Shook

Modern Performance - Academic Excellence Chauncey Morris and Ashley Brawley, Most Growth Taydee Landrum and Savannah Magelky, Grit & Perseverance Jolie Nicodemus

Awards were also presented to Sara McLendon, Michael Springer, Jaydon Christiansen and Bree Lanik, who were named E3 Plus Readers for the second semester, for reading the highest number of pages. McLendon read an estimated 5,604 pages, 227 per week; Springer read an estimated 3,167 pages, 197 pages per week; Christiansen read 2,835 an estimated 2,835 pages, 212 per week; and Lanik read an estimated 2,749 pages, 172 per week.