The National Merit Scholarship Corp. has announced that Kenston seniors Mara Cass and Bailey Mulhern were named semifinalists in the National Merit Achievement…
National Merit Semifinalists
The National Merit Scholarship Corp. has announced that Kenston seniors Mara Cass and Bailey Mulhern were named semifinalists in the National Merit Achievement and National Merit Scholarship academic competitions. Approximately 16,000 semifinalists were named in the 61st annual National Merit Program.
Kenston’s Commended Scholars are Alexis Biggin-Thurman, Natalie Kusner and Hannah Richardson.
High school seniors across the country entered the National Merit Program by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as an initial screening for 1.5 million applicants. The nationwide pool of semifinalists represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, including the highest scoring entrants in each state.
The National Merit semifinalist will compete for 7,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered in the spring.
KHS Students of the Month
Congratulations to Kenston High School students of the month for September.
Selected for special recognition were freshmen Matt Iklodi and Lauren Thomas; sophomores Clare Novic and Ben Obringer; juniors Paige Palmer and James Thigpen; and seniors Matthew Ballard and Alondra Martinez.
School Bus Safety
Ohio has laws that require all vehicles to come to a halt when a school bus has its stop sign out and its red lights flashing. These signals indicate that children are getting on or off the bus.
When one is sharing the road with school buses, remember these rules: Do not pass a school bus until the red lights and signals are turned off; always stop when traveling in the same direction as the bus; and never pass on the right side of the bus. Besides being illegal, this is where children enter and exit.
CCP Students Visit Lakeland
On Aug. 28, the College Credit Plus (CCP) English 1110 class taught by teacher Annie Brust attended a library orientation at Lakeland Community College. KHS librarian Sue Subel was also part of the field trip and met with Thomas Hyland, Lakeland’s coordinator of library instruction. The purpose of the trip was to introduce KHS students to the college library resources and provide instruction in how to effectively use these databases to retrieve information for their class.
Students learned that to be college and career ready means learning how to search effectively in a college library using databases, and more specifically, using scholarly journals for their research. College professors expect incoming students to use the scholarly journals that experts use.
The skills that these students learned while using actual college level resources will be invaluable to them as they embark on their college careers. College libraries can be intimidating; these students have a head start at being research savvy.
Rotary Senior
Cameron Oakes has been selected Kenston’s Chagrin Valley Rotary Club Student of the Month. She maintains a 4.294 GPA and has received an academic letter by earning departmental awards in English, history, world languages and music.
She has been recognized by the College Board as an AP Scholar with Distinction for earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more exams.
As varsity volleyball captain, Cameron also shares her love of the sport by coaching camps and clinics for Kenston Bomber volleyball. She is active in a variety of school activities, including National Honor Society, the Political Action Committee (PACK), Math Club, Varsity Jazz, Principal’s Leadership Council, Varsity Jazz, Kenston Krazies and Spanish Club.
Cameron is also active outside of school. She has earned her Girl Scout Bronze and Silver awards. She has attended a variety of leadership conferences, including National Honor Society officer training and a workshop at American University to study Intelligence and National Security. She volunteers her time at USO and “A Kid Again: Cleveland” for children and families with terminal illnesses.
Cameron plans to study international and public relations and pursue a law degree. Her career goal is to become a crisis manager.
All In Kenston!
All In Kenston! Kenston Athletic Boosters, Bomber Elite, Musical Arts Association of Kenston, PTO and Kenston Community Education invite the Kenston community to attend the annual Kick-off Classic Tailgate on Sept. 11 before the football game against Canfield.
Pregame activities and food sales begin at 5:30 p.m. Feed the family for $5 per person. Be part of the “tradition.” Wear red, white and blue.
Homecoming Parade
Kenston’s annual homecoming parade will take place Sept. 24. The parade, which begins at 6 p.m., will feature the Kenston band and drill team, building floats and individual participants. The theme this year is “Hollywood.”
The parade will follow a route similar to past years. Please park between the middle school and intermediate school and view from the lawn of the middle school.
If one’s business or organization would like to participate in the parade, please contact Scott Pierce, KHS athletic director, at 440-543-3046.
Internet Safety Event
On Sept. 30, Kenston PTO will host nationally recognized internet safety presenter Jesse Weinberger at 7 p.m. in the Robert A. Lee Auditorium at Kenston High School, 9500 Bainbridge Road.
Her program, “Do you know how to keep your children safe in an always connected digital society?” will cover topics including Understanding Social Media, Cyberbullying, Sexting and Sexual Predation.
The free event is for adults only.
