CHEBOYGAN — The Cheboygan Area Schools Board of Education honored the Students of the Month for October as well as the varsity volleyball team and Junior Chiefs during their Nov. 27 meeting.
Freshman Noelle Grandee was nominated for Student of the Month by Haley Dawley.
In her nomination letter, Dawley said Grandee’s work in her Spanish II class led to her nomination.
“It is difficult for many students because we now use the foundational pieces from Spanish I to build more complex sentences and build to communicate with greater fluency. Noelle is thriving with the new challenge,” Dawley wrote. “She integrates past knowledge and new concepts as they are added. She makes it look easy.”
The sophomore honored for October was Willow Brown, who was nominated by Kate Brand.
In her nomination letter, Brand described Brown as a “great student academically, as well as being a model student behaviorally.”
“She will undoubtedly be successful in whatever she puts her mind to, and I wish we had a few more of her in our school, community and world,” Brand wrote.
Junior Evan Benson was nominated by Myles Fimbinger.
In his nomination letter, Fimbinger described Benson as a student with a contagious attitude, bringing positivity into the classroom. Fimbinger also said Benson is punctual and efficient with his work and willing to lend a helping hand.
“Throughout his time, he has shown great enthusiasm and a positive attitude and is contagious to other students in the lab,” Fimbinger said in the letter. “Evan is a very meticulous individual with his work and has shown great strides in his skill set.”
The senior honoree was Jacob Seaman, who was nominated by Brent Richard.
In his nomination letter, Richard wrote that Seaman has shown a “willingness to help out when he is not receiving credit or recognition for it; high levels of responsibility and initiative; demonstrating a high level of employability skills through his work placement and interactions with the local community.”
Inverness Academy honored senior Ava Thompson with their student spotlight at Monday’s meeting. Thompson was recognized because she is respectful and kind to others, and “mature and responsible beyond her years,” teachers wrote in their nomination letter.
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The board also recognized the girls’ volleyball team and the fifth and sixth grade football team for their successful seasons.
The girls’ volleyball team ended the season as the Straits Area Conference Champions, and six students made All-Conference teams.
Four players also made the All-Region Team, with one student making the All-State academic team.
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The fifth and sixth grade boys football team made it to the championship game.
Coach Kevin Baller talked about the team’s success and said that after talking to a few people, “they couldn’t remember the last time that the Junior Chiefs were in the championship football game.”
“It was a great group of boys I got the opportunity to coach,” Baller said. “They did a phenomenal job.”
— Contact reporter Karly Graham at[email protected]. Follow her on Twitter at@KarlyGrahamJRN.