[May 13, 2013]MOUNT PULASKI -- On Tuesday, May
7, Mount Pulaski High School hosted its annual student recognition
night.
Among the many recognitions was the Class of 2013
Senior-of-the-Year. That honor went to Rachel Faith Allen.
Rachel was recognized in September of last year as the first
Senior-of-the-Month of the school year.
Rachel is the daughter of Ralph and Lori Allen of Mount Pulaski.
During high school Rachel has participated in student council,
Spanish Club, Drama Club and Chorus Club. She played volleyball her
freshman and sophomore years and participated in Scholastic Bowl her
sophomore year. She is a three-year member of the Science Olympiad
and WYSE teams and has been elected to the National Honor Society.
She served as freshman class vice president and sophomore class
president.
Rachel has been a four-year FFA member, serving as secretary in
her junior year and as president this year. She was a national
qualifier for the FFA Agriscience Fair her junior and senior years.
She is also a 4-H member.
In the community Rachel has led worship at Prairieland Christian
Church and the Green Room youth group. During her summers she has
attended group work camps throughout the United States, doing home
repair for the elderly. This summer she attended Disciples Days
leadership training at Restoration House Ministries in New England.
Rachel plans to attend the University of Illinois in the College of
Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.
Other recognitions of students are listed below in the order they
appeared on the school program.
AGRICULTURE
The following students received
recognition for their accomplishments in the field of agriculture at
Mount Pulaski High School:
Special recognitions were given in the following categories:
DAR Good Citizen, Abraham Lincoln Chapter: Rachel Allen
Illini Girls State: Emma Stewart
Illinois Boys State: Derek Baunach, Zachary Fanning and
Maxwell Van Rheeden
Science Olympiad participants: Elizabeth Allen, Rachel Allen,
Lindsey Davis, Edward Griesheim, Madison Haley, Cady Lowery,
Samantha McCarty, Elyse McCormick, Samantha Morris, Hannah Riedle,
Chelsea Siembida and Jordan Taylor
Worldwide Youth in Science and
Engineering:
Varsity team:
Rachel Allen, Derek Baunach, Josef Bosnyak, Tanner Clementz,
Madison Haley, Sylvia Klumpp, Timothy Koehler, Zackary Ladson,
Cady Lowery, Jordan Luczaj, Elyse McCormick, Alexa Meister,
Jordan Taylor and Trenton Trump
Junior varsity:
Elizabeth Allen,
Julia Beccue, Blake Collier and Margaret Olson
Scholastic Bowl team:
Seniors:
Lindsey Davis, Edward Griesheim, Elyse McCormick and Trenton
Trump
Juniors:
Derek
Baunach, Cady Lowery, Chelsea Siembida and Jordan Taylor
Sophomores:
Christian Conley, Brady Coppinger, Samantha Morris, Margaret
Olson, Hannah Riedle, Haley Vaughan and Brady Walsh
Freshmen:
Brian Batchelder, Max
Coppinger, Katie Fairchild, Miranda Hilliard, Kurtis Hoock,
Devin Jones and Tiffany Stewart
Patrick O'Neill's Students-of-the-Month: Rachel Durchholz,
Allison Hickey, Cole Huff, Brianna Howe, Erika Leever, Riley
Allspach, Andrea Dickerson, Kendra Willoughby and Tanner Clementz
Pat O'Neill's "Pride and Glory of Logan County":
Student-of-the-Year for Mount Pulaski: Jessica Awe
MPEA honor roll recognition
The following students were
recognized for honor roll or high honors during each of the first
three quarters of the 2012-2013 school year:
Freshmen:
Brian
Batchelder, Emaleigh Berry, Elizabeth Ford, Miranda Hilliard,
Devin Jones, Morgan Kinnaird, Emily Rehder, Elizabeth Siebert
Sophomores:
Elizabeth Allen, Matthew Amidon, Julia Beccue, Blake Collier,
Alecsandria Hayes, Samantha Morris, Margaret Olson, Hannah
Riedle, Haley Vaughan
Juniors:
Derek
Baunach, Alexis Bowles, Madison Haley, Cady Lowery, Jordan
Luczaj, Jordan Taylor, Brady Thomas
Seniors:
Nataliya Aleshchenko,
Rachel Allen, Jessica Awe, Josef Bosnyak, Scott Clampet, Tanner
Clementz, Auston Constant, Janson Cooper, Andrea Dickerson,
Rachel Durchholz, Edward Griesheim, Allison Hickey, Sylvia
Klumpp, Shawn Knauer, Timothy Koehler, Zackary Ladson, Erika
Leever, Bryan McCawley, Elyse McCormick, Alexa Meister, Hannah
Skaggs, Jacob Stoll, Trenton Trump
SCHOLARSHIPS
Mount Pulaski
Rotary Club Scholarships: Shawn Knauer and Elyse McCormick
Mount Pulaski
Women in Business Scholarships:
Allison Hickey, Sylvia
Klumpp, and Elyse McCormick
Robert J. Woods
and Joan J. Woods Foundation Liftoff Scholarship:
Scott
Clampet
College
scholarship awards:
University of
Illinois-Urbana, Jonathan Baldwin Turner Scholarship, Farm
Credit Services and ADM Scholarships:
Rachel Allen
Maryville
University, Duchesne Scholarship:
Rachel Durchholz
University of
Illinois-Springfield, Lincoln Merit Scholarship:
Sylvia
Klumpp
Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville, Cougar Pride Scholarship:
Timothy
Koehler
Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville, Cougar Pride Scholarship:
Zackary
Ladson
Parkland College
Case-New Holland Service Technician/Central Illinois Ag
sponsorship:
Garret Maxheimer
Bradley
University, Dean's Scholarship:
Alexa Meister
Illinois Wesleyan
University Alumni Scholarship and Explore IWU Grant:
Elyse
McCormick
Louisiana Tech
University -- Presidential Scholarship and Bulldog Scholarship:
Trenton Trump
McKendree
University, Dean's Scholarship and McKendree Grant:
Breanna
Howe
University of Illinois-Springfield,
Lincoln Scholar Award:
Lindsey Davis
Prairie State Achievement Exam ("Exceed Expectations" awards)
The following students were
recognized for their performance in the Prairie State Achievement
Exam for earning "Exceeds Expectations" scores:
Science:
Rachel
Allen, Timothy Koehler and Zackary Ladson
Reading:
Elyse
McCormick
Science and reading:
Tanner
Clementz and Trenton Trump
Illinois State Scholars
The following students were recognized as Illinois State
Scholars: Rachel Allen, Tanner Clementz, Sylvia Klumpp, Elyse
McCormick, Alexa Meister and Trenton Trump
"Top Ten"
The top 10 students from the Class of 2013 are as follows
(alphabetical order):
Rachel Allen, Jessica Awe, Tanner Clementz, Rachel Durchholz, Sylvia
Klumpp, Timothy Koehler, Zackary Ladson, Elyse McCormick, Alexa
Meister, Trenton Trump
Senior-of-the-Month and
Senior-of-the-Year recognition (sponsored by Johnson's Food
Center and Mount Pulaski Pharmacy):
September -- Rachel
Allen
October -- Elyse
McCormick
November -- Sylvia
Klumpp
December -- Jessica
Awe
January -- Alexa
Meister
February -- Timothy
Koehler
March -- Rachel
Durchholz
April -- Josef
Bosnyak
May -- Allison Hickey
Class of 2013 Senior-of-the-Year: Rachel Faith Allen