Bedford Times-Mail Scholastic Stars 2014

Bedford North Lawrence High School

Mitchell High School

Orleans High School

Springs Valley High School

Shoals High School

Paoli High School

West Washington High SchoolTuesday, May 20, 2014

Honoring the best and brighteststudents in our community!

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Four with tiesto education help evaluate nominees

Nomination processNomination as a Times-Mail Scholastic Star was open to high school seniors in the

newspaper’s coverage area. Specifi c criteria and the processes of garnering nominations were left up to each

school, but the Times-Mail took steps to make the number of nominations proportional, so as not to over-represent or under-represent schools.

Each eligible school could nominate one senior for every 100 students in grades 9-12. Every school was able to nominate at least one student even if its enrollment was below 100.

Using that formula, 31 nominations were received. Some schools that were contacted did not respond and some schools that did respond didn’t submit their maximum allotment of nominations. Every student nominated is featured in today’s newspaper as being among the Gold or Silver Times-Mail Scholastic Stars.

Meet the judgesA fi ve-person panel composed of a Times-Mail representative and four local judges with

ties to their communities and K-12 education made its choices from nominations solicited from administrators at high schools in the readership area.

Nominees shared their information, after which judges individually made their top choices, focusing on the students’ SAT scores, grade point averages, extracurricular activi-ties, community service and leadership. The top 20 nominees were named Gold Scholastic Stars. Remaining students are recognized as Silver Scholastic Stars.

Judges were James Oswalt, retired Mitchell Community Schools superintendent who has been active in many community groups; Sari Wood, a retired Parkview Primary School principal; Annette Seib, former teacher in North Lawrence schools; Jim O’Connell, former counselor at Paoli High School, and Roger Moon, Times-Mail staff writer.see STARS page D10

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Our gold team of 20 seniors represents outstanding academic achievement and a commitment to community

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We wish you all the best


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Follow your dreams.

Be your own success story.

REACH HIGHER, DO MORE.

Expand your horizons.Reach your potential

No matter where you want to go in life – education will help

get you there.

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Nominated by their schools for exceptional

achievement, these 11 Silver Stars represent

the highest ideals of education

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Notes from the judges“These young people are doing so many good things for our community. We have so many bright students graduat-ing from our high schools. I hope they will be able to return to our communities. Each would be a real asset.”

— Sari Wood, retired principal at Parkview Primary School

“It appears many of them are as, or more, engaged with their communities than their school extra-curricular activi-ties. That bodes well for the future. Such students may well be core leaders in the communities in which they choose to live, and we have learned that successful communities most often have dedicated volunteers actively working to improve the quality of life.”

— James Oswalt, retired superintendent of the Mitchell Community Schools

“They realize that it is going to take more than a high school diploma to pursue the vocation that will enable them to live a meaningful and happy life.”

— Jim O’Connell, former Paoli High School guidance counselor


“My role model is my grandmother, Lola Mills. She has been a nurse at St. Vincent Dunn Hospital for 30 years, and she is the most caring, compassionate and patient person I have ever met.”

— Jamie Durbin of Mitchell High School

“Janice Nickeo, because she has shown me what true selfl essness is and how to make serving others in God the fi rst thing in my life.”

— Jane Kittaka of Bedford North Lawrence High School,on who has been her role model

“Performing ‘Streets of Heaven’ during a talent show at Hoosier Girls State, in memory of my 7-year-old cousin who died of leukemia a few years back.”

— Katlyn Gibson of West Washington High School,detailing her most meaningful experience

“Kate Ratliff ... gave me something to look forward to every day in class. ... I hope when I have my own class, I can keep my own students as involved and interested as she kept me.”

— Whitney Mosier of Mitchell High School,on her most infl uential school employee

“My father, Tom Talbert, has taught me to never give up and keep trying. He and my mother have taught me to keep my head up and to lead by example.”

— Aaron R. Talbert of Orleans High School,when asked to name his role model

“Any woman who works a full-time job and manages a family. Moms everywhere put children’s thoughts and needs above their own. The thought of this blows my mind and makes me want to strive to be this unselfi sh.”

— Emily Riley of Bedford North Lawrence High School,when asked to name her role model

“Volunteering at the Fishtival, which is an all-day fi shing trip on Lake Monroe with special needs kids and adults. Being surrounded by so many positive and caring people really changed my outlook on life ... .”

— Lakota Godsey of Bedford North Lawrence High School,detailing her most meaningful experience

“Winning a writing contest in seventh grade and placing a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.”

— Lucas John Jakub of Mitchell High School,detailing his most meaningful experience

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