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By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Originally published 03:14 p.m., June 9, 2008
Updated 03:14 p.m., June 9, 2008
Outstanding senior
Daniel Kirk of Emporia was named an Outstanding Graduating Senior in instrumental music during the Missouri Western State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Honor Convocation in April. Kirk received a bachelor’s degree in music.
Graduates in biology
Kellie Milam of Emporia graduated May 3 from St. Andrew’s Presbyterian College at Laurinburg, N.C., with a bachelor’s degree in biology. Her parents, Lisa Clopton and Doug Milam of Emporia, attended the commencement ceremonies.
Service learning
Katherine Ann Moneymaker, sophomore at the University of Kansas studying pre-law, received the Service Learning Certification from the university at the May 8 ceremony. Moneymaker, a graduate of Emporia Senior High School, is the daughter of Richard and Cynthia Moneymaker of Emporia. Certification indicates that the student has dedicated significant time to classes and activities that foster civic engagement, community involvement and leadership.
On president’s list
Governor’s scholar and 2007 Emporia High School graduate Stephanie Ternes was named to the Barton County Community College fall 2007 and spring 2008 President’s List, qualified by a 4.0 grade point average. Ternes competed on the Cougars Cheer Squad and in April traveled to the national competition in Daytona Beach, Fla. She also was initiated to the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. She is the daughter of Steve and Carmaine Ternes of Emporia.
EMS fourth-quarter honor roll
The fourth-quarter honor roll has been announced at Emporia Middle School. Students must have a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher to be included on the list.
Eighth Grade
Angela Acosta, Victor Acosta, Christopher Alderman, Jennefer Alfaro, Elizabeth Anaya Gomez, Daniel Anderson, Evan Aranda, Miguel Ayala, Alice Azzun, Cody Baker, Dakota Belt, Alexander Benjamin, Savanah Benson, John Bessmer, Samuel Bland, Daisha Bolinder, Breanna Braun, Maizie Brown, Emily Burris, Ashley Burson, Jessica Carrillo, Aracely Castillo, Valerie Castillo, Wendy Chavez, Kelsey Cheever, Abigail Chiroy, Michael Cortes, Norma Cruz.
Also Breck Dakin, Bryce Dakin, Abbey Davies, Joan Davy, Karlee Dawes, Zaina Delgado, Haley DeLong, Drew Detwiler, Cody Dix, Hailey East, Timothy Eichler, Micaela Enriquez, Hugo Flores, Ashley Frizell, Sandra Galdamez, Ryan Garcia, Derek Gifford, Alexandria Griffin, Natalie Guevara, Hayley Guion, Jeffrey Guise, Viviana Gutierrez, Allison Harding, Derek Hartig, Austin Heavener, Macario Hernandez, Terence Hernandez.
Also Taylor Hickey, Austin Holloway, Caitlin Hook, Haley Housholder, Talita Howard, William Huth, Alexandria Johnson, Kylie Kater, Benjamin Kerbs, Austin Knight, Trisha Knoll, Kimberly Krueger, Paige Krueger, Taylor Lake, Heather Lane, Samantha Leeds, Emma LeGault, Oscar Lemus, Karen Lopez, Callie Lowry, Lizeth Magana, Matt Manuel, Carly Marquez, Brady Marstall, Ana Martinez, Karina Martinez, Kandace McAuley, Katie Metz, Tyler Miller.
Also Brittian Moore, Sonya Nguyen, Lorrin Ochs, Megann Olsson, Chelsey Osborn, Jake Owens, Sandra Pahuamba, Aysia Paige, Maria Palomino, Chaitali Patel, Jessica Perez, Michelle Perez, Odalis Perez, Janae Peterson, Mindy Pham, Joshua Ralston, Yeymi Ramirez, Daniel Ranalli, Brittany Rees, Leslie Renteria, Jeffrey Resa, Cristina Reyna, Jacob Riggs, Mason Ringgold, Ramon Rivera, Leah Robertson, Ruben Rodriguez, Sharon Rodriguez.
Also Tanya Rodriguez, Alejandra Rubio, Alejandra Salomon, Dylan Samuels, Joilene Sandoval, Allison Schuler, Elliott Sherwood, Navdeep Singh, Eric Skelton, Cassandra Slaymaker, Shelby Starr, Joshua Stephens, Tyler Tabares, Cory Thephachan, Collin Thomsen, Sage Thurston, Alice Tunks-Jones, Baxter Vaz, Nicolas Vega, Kyle Vincent, Naman Wajid, Janet Weaver, Spencer Wells and Nishat Yasmin,
Seventh grade
Lindsey Albertson, Desirae Andrews, Megan Anstey, Jessica Aranda, Jose Ayala, Ian Baker, Tristyn Baker, Dakota Baza, Alyssa Belford, Mercedes Bounthapanya, Bethany Bowman, Nicholas Carr, Nancy Cervantes, Emily Chalupa, Danni Clay, Sarah Coddington, Crisp Kendra, Amanda Crone, Katlynn Decker, Cassidy Demler, Megan Dorcas, John Dorcey, Alexia Ellis, Sandra Flores, Lynda Fowler, Alec Garcia, Emily Giffin, Johana Gomez, Amalia Gonzalez.
Also Orlando Gonzalez, Samantha Green, Arianna Gutierrez, Barbara Haynes, Marissa Hernandez Negrete, Alberto Hernandez, Edyth Hernandez, Oasis Hernandez, Madisen Herrera, Ashley Jackson, Jordan Kiser, Andrew Kraft, William Kraft, Megan Krause, Robert Kuhn, Sydney Main, Monique Mason, Samantha McGill, Gabrielle McNeilly, Amber Mechtley, Brianna Mendenhall, Dalton Meyer, Lauren Miller, Heather Mitchell, Gabrielle Moore.
Also Katherin Morales, Jacob Morey, Shamyra Morris, Addison Naylor, Clarissa Negrete, Joel Neises, Haley Nuessen, Jasmine Ortega, Arunothayan Paramanathan, Andrew Parks, MacKenzie Payne, Tarah Pearson, Jackson Perez, Pedro Perez, Raul Perlera, Brooke Perry, Jesus Pineda, Megan Rahe, Samantha Richey, Derek Ricketts, Kimberly Riebel, Brandon Rodriguez, Marisol Rodriguez, Jennifer Rosales, Georgina Rubio, Bry Russell, Christian Salazar.
Also Nolan Scheller, Brandon Schrader, Dallas Shafer, Perry Smith, Talia Smith, Cassandra Stair, Justin Steinlage, Rikki Sunderman, Alexander Thompson, Callie Tovar, Alisha Trujillo, Rocio Vega, Megan Weatherred, Katherine Weiser, Karly Whitmore, Brett Williams and Miguel Zuniga.