KU honors
Students from area high schools were honored Thursday by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment.
They are among 71 seniors from high schools in Chase, Coffey, Lyon and Morris counties who will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner program at Emporia State University’s Webb Lecture Hall.
Those honored include:
Jessica Doidge, Bradley Dunlop, Katie Guevel, Lance Jones, Tyrel Reed, Brent Stull and Matthew Vander Linden, all of Burlington High School; Ann Heinen, Trevor Johnson and Bradley Talkington all of Chase County High School; Caitlin Adams, Becky Anderson, Mary Byram, Ashley Prudence, Adam Ragoschke, Brett Siegle, Samantha Smith, Abby Switzer and Samantha Wright, all of Council Grove High School.
And Stephanie Adams, Blake Edwards, Clay Houser, Lauren Mulsow, Holly Thomsen, Andrew Wiederhoult and Raysha Zweimiller, all of Hartford High School; Jason Freund, Christopher Teeter and Larissa Wimbs, all of Lebo High School; Richard Habsan, Jordan Heins, Derek Jackson, Jed Lee and Tyler Schnitzler, all of Northern Heights High School; Megan Cole, Kayla Krueger, Drew Pettijohn and August Stueve, all of Olpe High School; Matthew Harmon, Hannah Morray and Courtney Osburn, all of Southern Coffey County High School; and Dentin Chapman and Tamra Collins of Waverly High School.
Pitt honors
Pittsburg State University has released the honor rolls for the 2006 summer sessions. Receiving All-A Academic Honors from this area was Matthew Sigle of Council Grove who is studying Automobile technology. He is the son of Jo Bea Titus of Council Grove.
Northern Heights
Students on honor rolls for the first nine weeks at Northern Heights High School are:
Straight A — Jed Lee, senior; Brian Adee, Danielle Dreier, Michael Glass and Terra Laird, junior; Amy Lee, sophomore.
A honor roll — Beau Arndt, Trevor Boyce, Jordan Heins, Dawn Hinson, Richard Hobson, Derek Jackson, Blair Jones, Megan Kastler, Justina Mollach, Derek Parks, John-Waylon Roeder, Tyler Schnitzler and Darwin Sweetman, seniors; Meghan DeVries, David Hanks, Chelsi Kaiser, Jacquelyne Leffler, Caitlin Weakley and Travis Finney, juniors; Leann Baird, Sarah Boline, Tess Hobson, Elizabeth Hudlin, Robyn Meahl and Erik Pracht, sophomores; and Stephanie Anderson, Amy Boline and Kristen Siler, freshmen.
B honor roll — Ashley Andrews, Jamie Cambell, Jamie Dekat, Leslie Delcamp, Michael Garrett, Melissa Garrison, Matthew Gutierrez, Colter Henning, Jacob Hill, Ethan Jenkins, Cheryl Muller, Bryant Rhine, January Simmons, Kiley Stinson, Jacob Weakley and Tyffany Wiley, seniors; Shane Bitler, Sarah Edwards, Jessica Fleming, Vietta Miller, Herbert Parks, Farren Preisner, Timothy Wymore and Carrie Zornes, juniors; Annelise Adams, Kenneth Bronson, Alexandrea DeLong, Victoria Harkins, Kaylee Hatch, Sky Linsey, Andrea Miller, Gesina Miller, Matthew Railsback, Lacie Schumann, Lacey Seematter, Kylee Sprigler, Derrek Swanson, Jessica VanVickle and Stephanie Watts, sophomore; and Tanner Brownback, Alisha Copple, Jessica Dhority, Angela Gehring, Ashley Hawthorne, Nicholas Jenkins, Jinger Kesler, Shawn McGee, Tyler Metcalfe, Justin Richardson, David Stoll and Chelsea VanNahmen, freshmen.
Admire School
Students on the first nine week honor rolls at Admire School are:
A honor roll — Hilary Becker, D.J. Bronson, Elizabeth Karr, Jennifer Karr, Vanessa Vantuyl, eighth grade; Melissa Coats, Michael Hawthorne, seventh; and Brittney Houck, Luke Jenkins, sixth.
B honor roll — Taylor Boucher, Ashley Brownback, Brennan Davis, Jesse Floyd, Elaine Lowder, Nathan Stinson, Matthew Wiggins, eighth; Cort Huffman, Moriah Miner, Kansa Parks, Hannah Robinson, seventh; and Hanna Berry, Tanner Boucher, Jacob Decker, Slaytor Parks, sixth.
High Q
Teams representing Burlington, Hartford, Lebo and Waverly high schools will participate in the 2006-07 Quest academic competition on Dec. 2 at Washburn University. The contest, co-sponsored by KTWU-PBS station and Washburn University, allows teams of high school students from across Kansas to compete against one another in answering questions on topics such as art, literature, history, math and science.
Teams earning the top 16 scores will advance to the finals and return to Topeka several times for taping sessions. The televised Quest competition will air on KTWU from February to May 2007.
Representing Burlington High will be Hilary Dees, daughter of David and Darla Dees; Jessica Doidge, daughter of John and Teresa Doidge; Katie Guevel, daughter of Pat and Jan Guevel; Chris Hall, son of Ken and Helene Hall; Mitch Jones, son of Brad and Darla Jones; and Brent Stull, son of Bruce and Annette Stull. All students are seniors. The coach is Sally J. Donahue.
Representing Hartford High will be Layne Higgins, sophomore, son of Karen Chaffain; Clay Houser, senior, son of Donald and Angela Houser; Dustin Lingenfelter, freshman, son of Kerri Owen; John Roberts, sophomore, and Leah Roberts, freshman, son and daughter of Don and Arlene Roberts; Kelcie Williams, senior, daughter of Steve and Theresa Williams. The coach is Shannon Aguirre.
Representing Lebo High will be Jason Freund, senior, son of Ron and Marjorie Freund; Aaron Gillespie, senior, son of Don and Vickie Gillespie; Chelesea Schroeder, junior, daughter of David and Brenda Schroeder; Chris Teeter, senior, son of Jim and Kathy Teeter; Joshua Weltha, senior, son of Michael Weltha and Carol Chambers; Larissa Wimbs, senior, daughter of Kathleen Vickery and Neville Wimbs. The coach is Sue Sielert.
Representing Waverly High will be seniors Miranda Burns, junior, daughter of Kim and Robert Woods; Jeff Clarkson, freshman, son of LeeAnn Pock and Jerry Clarkson; Angela Gifford, sophomore, daughter of Sandy and Dale Gifford; Kim Kratzberg, senior, daughter of Sandy and Ron Nedwed and Dale Kratzberg; Donovan Onnen, junior, son of Sherrie and Dannon Onnen; Heather Schultz, sophomore, daughter of Laura and Allen Schultz. The coach is Jessica Stukey.