Orchard Public Schools announce scholastic award winners

Orchard Public schools recently announced award winners in scholastic courses.

Scholarships and Awards - Denise Meyer

Marine Corp Award for Male Distinguished Athlete: Gage Clifton

Scholarships:

Chance Boelter

• UNK Distinguished Scholar Award - $3,000/year/4 years

• Northeast Community College Dean’s Scholarship - $500

Gage Clifton

• O & G Kammerer Scholarship to UNL - $500

• Bank of Orchard Scholarship - $500

• Loren Wilson Family Academic/Sports Scholarship - $100

Ira Lampert

• Susan Thompson Buffett Scholarship - $2,350/semester/3 years

Eli Macke

• Lois and Archie Browning Scholarship - $250

• Orchard Community Club Scholarship - $250

• American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship - $200

• Lawrence Goscha Memorial Scholarship - $3,500

Houston Marino

• Sunset Store Scholarship - $250

• Eastern Star Scholarship - $500

• NECC McIntosh Family Endowed Scholarship - $1,000

Math - Lisa Cook

Top seventh-grade student: Sam Cheatum

Top eighth-grade student: Ashley Melcher

Outstanding junior high math student: Ashley Melcher

Top algebra 1 student: Hadley Cheatum

Top geometry student: Madison Melcher

Top applied math 2 student: Keegan Smith

Top trigonometry student: Avery Cheatum

Top precalculus student: Gage Clifton

Outstanding high school math student: Gage Clifton

Spanish - Kristen Johnston

Seventh grade intro to Spanish, best performing: Omar Mejia Moncada and Carter Bergman

Eighth grade intro to Spanish, best performing: Amor Zermeno

Outstanding junior high Spanish student: Ashley Melcher

Music - Emily Heithoff

Band letter winners: Avery Cheatum, Hadley Cheatum, Levi Cronk, Madison Melcher, Gunnar Shabram, Taelyn Switzer and Kaci Wickersham

Choir letter winners: Avery Cheatum; Taelyn Switzer and Kaci Wickersham

Overall outstanding junior high band member (medal): Sam Cheatum

Overall outstanding junior high choir member (medal): Preston Hoke

Overall outstanding high school band member (medal): Avery Cheatum

Overall outstanding high school choir member (medal): Kaci Wickersham

John Philip Sousa Award: Kaci Wickersham

National School Choral Award: Avery Cheatum

Honor Roll - Cathy Cooper

Junior high and senior high students who have been on the honor roll for all of the first three quarters this year, students who have averaged an 85% or better.

Seventh grade: Preston Hoke, Tessa Janak, Carlee Livingston, Dane Miller and Yazlin Zermeno

Eighth grade: Cody Wickersham and Amor Zermeno

Freshmen: Trevor Thomson

Sophomores: David Arroyo

Juniors: Taelyn Switzer

Seniors: Gage Clifton and Houston Marino

Principal’s honor roll - Cathy Cooper

Junior high and senior high students who have been on the principal’s honor roll for all of the first three quarters this year, students who have earned all A’s.

Seventh-grade: Carter Bergman and Sam Cheatum, Wyatt Shabram and Connor Thomson

Eighth-grade: Ashely Melcher

Freshmen: Hadley Cheatum, Gunnar Shabram and Levi Cronk

Sophomores: Mason Hoke and Madison Melcher

Juniors: Avery Cheatum and Kaci Wickersham

Perfect Attendance - Cathy Cooper

Recognition of students who have earned perfect attendance for all three quarters that school was in session this year, attending school every day and having no tardies or early dismissals.

Adrian Mejia Moncada and Omar Mejia Moncada

NVC Principal’s All-conference Academic Team - Cathy Cooper

For students to earn this honor, they must be juniors or seniors with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

Juniors: Avery Cheatum, Taelyn Switzer and Kaci Wickersham

Senior: Gage Clifton

Repeat honoree senior: Chance Boelter

Family Consumer Science - Becky Eickholt

Seventh-grade life skills: Carlee Livingston

Eighth-grade life skills: Ashley Melcher

Early childhood development: Silvia Bode

Foods II: Keara Summers

FCS outstanding student: Chance Boelter

Physical Education - Lindi Ferguson

Outstanding freshman PE/health student: Hadley Cheatum

Outstanding junior high PE student: Carter Bergman

Outstanding strength training student: Larissa Thomson

Science - Jeff Shabram

Science 7: Sam Cheatum

Science 8: Ashley Melcher

Science 9: Hadley Cheatum

Biology 1: Madison Melcher

Biology 2: Sarah Clemens

Physics: David Arroyo

Applied math 2: Collin Mullins

Outstanding junior high science student: Ashley Melcher

Outstanding high school science student: David Arroyo

Wonderful World of Water participants: David Arroyo, Gaven Gilsdorf, Mason Hoke, Lizett Marino, Madison Melcher and Andrew Pearson

Agriculture - Jessy Hilkemeier

Welding: Gage Switzer

Project-based learning: Gage Switzer

Woods: Lizett Marino

Overall high school outstanding industrial technology student: Gage Switzer

Second quarter, seventh-grade ag: Connor Thomson

Third quarter, seventh-grade ag: Carter Bergman

Outstanding junior high ag student - Carter Bergman

Animal science: Madison Melcher

Natural resources: Kylie Hewett

Agribusiness: Avery Cheatum

Intro to ag: Kaci Wickersham

Plant science: Andrew Pearson

Outstanding high school ag student: Madison Melcher

Business - Carrie Williamson

Accounting: Mason Hoke

Info tech: Trevor Thomson

Intro to business: Hadley Cheatum

Personal finance: Chance Boelter

Web design: Chance Boelter

Top seventh-grade student: Omar Mejia Moncada

Top eighth-grade student: Ashley Melcher

Overall business award: Mason Hoke

Overall technology award: Chance Boelter

Overall junior high award: Omar Mejia Moncada

English - Katie Stepp

Top seventh-grade English: Connor Thomson

Top eighth-grade English: Ashley Melcher

Best performing junior high English: Carlee Livingston

Top ninth-grade English: Hadley Cheatum

Top 10th-grade English: Madison Melcher

Top 11th-grade English: Taelyn Switzer

Top 12th-grade English: Ira Lampert

Best performing high school English: Kaci Wickersham

Best performing journalism: Avery Cheatum

Social Sciences - Jim Schutt

Seventh-grade social studies: Carter Bergman

Eighth-grade social studies: Ashley Melcher

Geography: Levi Cronk

Government: Gage Clifton

World history: Madison Melcher

American history: Avery Cheatum

Outstanding junior high social studies student: Carter Bergman

Outstanding senior high social studies student: Avery Cheatum

State Geography Bee qualifier: Carter Bergman

Junior high quiz bowl: Carter Bergman, Carlee Livingston, Sam Cheatum, Dane Miller, Connor Thomson, Ashley Melcher

Senior high quiz bowl: Gage Clifton, Ira Lampert, Chance Boelter, Avery Cheatum, Kaci Wickersham, Hadley Chearum and Levi Cronk

Art - Shannon Schumacher

Overall art student: Silvia Bode

Art 1: Mason Hoke

Art 2: Grace Maxwell

Overall junior high art student: Ashley Melcher

Seventh-grade art: Carlee Livingston

Eighth-grade art: Amor Zermano