Here's the official announcement made when her name was called:The award recipient in the ENGLISH / LITERATURE category:
-Is a member of the National Honor Society, the National Forensic League and the Quill and Scroll Society.
- Is a Sectional Champion and State Semi-finalist in the Prose Reading category for Speech.
-Plans to pursue a Bachelors Degree in Communication with a focus on design and visual graphics.
Judges comments included:
-“Well-rounded … very aware of and interested in the world around them.”
-“A very personable and passionate young person who will succeed in whatever they decide to do.”
-“Reflects a passion for life that is not only refreshing, but encouraging.”
Please join us in congratulating our Sterling Sentinel Scholarship recipient in ENGLISH / LITERATURE …
From North Side High School: M(...) H(...)
Here she is with a proud papa!
And lastly, here's the write up in the News-Sentinel, which sponsors the program each year:
By Cindy Larson
of The News-Sentinel
M(...) E. H(...)
North Side High School
North Side High School
Achievements: H(...) has ranked in the top 10 of her class her freshman, sophomore and junior years. She has won a sectional championship in speech and was state semifinalist in the prose reading category in her freshman year. She was a member of the National Honor Society the last three years, and she was graphic design editor of the yearbook her junior and senior years.
Activities: As a senior, H(...) has interned at Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co. in marketing communications. She also volunteered on a missions trip to Nashville and Franklin, Tenn., in Oct. 2007. At school, H(...) took part in choir her freshman and sophomore years, as well as varsity cheerleading the last three years.
Comments: Ellen Figel, a North Side High School teacher, decribed H(...) as “Not just a writer, M(...) is a communicator. Where most students present information in an expected format, M(...) gives it flair. She is all about the presentation. She never just does an assignment; she re-creates it.”
Plans: Her goal is to become an expert in all forms of communication, including world languages, art, logic, journalism, creative writing, vocal and theater, and to share that knowledge with others.
STERLING SENTINEL AWARDS 2008The 24th annual Sterling Sentinel Awards honored area high school seniors nominated for the Sterling Sentinel scholarships in 14 subject areas. Since The News-Sentinel started the Sterling Sentinel Awards in 1985, we've referred to all the nominees as winners because it is an honor for them to be selected by their schools in their categories.
They are seniors at Allen, DeKalb and Whitley county high schools. The subject areas they represent are journalism, arts, athletics, business, drama, English/literature, foreign language, industrial/vocational, mathematics, music/instrumental, music/ voice, science, social studies and speech. The scholarship recipients in each category reflect the best of the best as determined by panels of judges who interviewed them. As always, students were nominated for the scholarships by their schools.
In early March, the young men and women appeared before the judges, who had previously studied their nomination applications. The judges -- educators, professionals in the student's field and News-Sentinel staff -- selected the winner in each category. The journalism recipient receives a $3,000 scholarship. Recipients in each of the other categories receive $1,500 scholarships.
The Sterling Sentinel Awards program is one of the ways The News-Sentinel recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of young people in our area. During the past 23 years, we have honored nearly 5,000 students from as many as 26 high schools, and we've given away more than half a million dollars in scholarships.
