Board Recognitions
The board recognizes 10 students at New Tech and Wayne High School for their achievements in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. They honored Stevan Leffers for his Silver Key in film & animation, Felix Hagen on a Silver Key in mixed media art (pictured), Zidon Spradling on a Gold Key and national Silver Key in novel writing, Edith McComas on a Silver Key in poetry, Leyser Ramirez on a Silver Key in poetry, Jovanny Lopez on a Gold Key in sculpture, Jasmine Orta on a Silver Key in sculpture, Sali Guest on a Silver Key in personal essay & memoir (pictured), Noah Miller on a Silver Key in short story and Alayna Vance on a Gold Key in writing portfolio (pictured).
The board recognizes 4 students at South Side High School for their achievements in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. They honored Clairanna Council with a Silver Key in fashion, Brett Cox with an honorable mention in painting, Eliot Plett with an honorable mention and Silver Key in photography, and Trec Reynolds with an honorable mention in photography.
The board recognizes 40 students at Northrop High School for their achievements in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. They were honored in ceramics, glass, digital art, painting, jewelry and photography.
The board recognizes 2 students at Snider High School for their achievements in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. They honored Nella Mattila with two honorable mentions in painting and Erin Hamlin with a Gold Key in painting and an honorable mention in drawing.
The board recognizes 4 students at North Side High School on their achievements in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. They honored Megan Trijillo for a Silver Key in ceramics (pictured), Franki StarKey for a Gold Key in photography, Lorena Alimori for 3 Gold Keys and a National Silver Key in photography (pictured) and Catherine Lian for her Silver Key in photography.
The board recognized 2025 Lilly Endowment Scholar Ka Bya Lay of North Side High School. This award gives her a four-year, full-tuition scholarship in Indiana.
The board recognizes Brandi Martin of South Side High School for her award of the Emma M. Shockley Memorial Scholarship.
The board recognizes Khalila Yussuf of Northrop High School for her award of the Caroline Zwick Scholarship.
The board recognizes Ka Bya Lay of North Side High School for her award of the Mark Lee Memorial Scholarship.
The board recognizes Madelynn Rhodes of Snider High School for her award of the Dr. Wendy Y. Robinson Legacy Scholarship.
The board recognizes Lukas Tennant of North Side High School, Nadelee Chiqui of Northrop High School, Brian Ruiz of Northrop High School, Dahabo Osman of Snider High School, Adam Salazar of Snider High School, Gabrielle Bonner of South Side High School and John Hollander of Wayne High School for their awards of the John Young Scholarship.
The board recognizes Sarrah Gedio of Northrop High School on her award of the Kasey Harter Scholarship.
The board recognizes Britney Monterroso of North Side High School, Mia Hayes of Northrop High School, Delaney Gusching of Snider High School and Camden Rice of Snider High School for their awards of the Grace Hogan Scholarship.
The board recognizes Diego Williams of North Side High School on his award of the Alice MacPherson Scholarship.
The board recognizes Jezmay Nichols of North Side High School and Ferdinand Asende of South Side High School for their awards of the Richard and Patricia Wilson Scholarship.
The board recognizes Andrew Samayoa of Wayne High School on his awards of the Charles R. Baker Scholarship.
The board recognizes Link Morehead of North Side High School on his award of the Bill C. Anthis Scholarship.
The board recognizes Kyndra Tassler of Northrop, Fionna McGuire of Snider and Mackenzie High of South Side on their awards of the Clarence and Josephine Biedenweg Scholarships.
The board recognized Maree Ahmat of Northrop High School for her award of the Nathaniel Saul Wittenberg Scholarship. The board also recognized Majda Nokour and Fernanda Wrizar of North Side for their award of the John and Maryanne Chapman Scholarship.
The board recognizes Kyle Diers from Snider High School who achieved a gold with distinction rating at the February 2025 ISSMA State Solo and Ensemble Competition.
The board recognizes 3 students from Wayne High School who achieved a gold rating or higher at the February 2025 ISSMA State Solo and Ensemble Competition.
The board recognizes 23 students from Northrop High School who achieved a gold rating or higher at the February 2025 ISSMA State Solo and Ensemble Competition.
The board recognizes 11 students from North Side High School who achieved a gold rating or higher at the February 2025 ISSMA State Solo and Ensemble Competition.
The board recognizes the students of the Technology Student Association (TSA) at New Tech at Wayne for many awards, as well as their 2nd place finish for chapter of the year.
The board recognizes Sampson Shaw of New Tech at Wayne High School on this 1st place finish in the Congressional App Challenge for Indiana's District 3.
The board recognizes the North Side High School Wildsiders as runners-up at the Instrumental Jazz State Finals and winners of the "Best Saxophone Section".
The board recognizes North Side High School's Winter Guard for placing 8th at the Indiana High School Color Guard Association (IHSCGA) Regional A Class - Shaw Division State Finals.
The board recognized 2025 Lilly Endowment Scholar Alexandra Cabrera of Wayne High School. This award gives her a four-year, full-tuition scholarship in Indiana.
The board recognizes Snider student Braxton Headley for being chosen as one of two bass players in the country to join NYO Jazz, a rigorous training residency.
The board recognizes the Blackhawk Middle School Future City team on their 1st place finish in the Indiana Region.
The board recognized Memorial Park STEAM Magner School for earning the 2025 ISSMA All Music Award earned by ranking gold in solo, ensemble, jazz and concert events in all 3 music programs band, choir and orchestra.
The board recognized students from Croninger and Shambaugh on their selection and participation in the Indiana All State Honor Choir in 2025.
The board recognized Henry Runda of Towles Intermediate School for his 1st place win in the 2025 Indiana Letters About Literature contest.
The board recognized the Blackhawk Middle School Interdisciplinary Team for their top ten placement in Junior Academic Bowl.
The board recognized the 2025 Math Bowl Team from St. Joe Central Elementary for placing 7th in the state.
The board recognized the group of students and staff from Career Academy that earned 56 top 3 places at Skills USA 2025.
The board recognizes two teams from New Tech at Wayne who placed 1st and 3rd in the 2025 Northeast Indiana Technology Coalition Tech Fest.