The Senior Awards Night for the Greene County Class of 2021 was held May 18 at the school auditorium.
Valedictorians are Kendall Fecher, Ashlyn Frederick and Lauryn Killion. Salutatorian is Victoria Peterson.
Seniors were recognized for a variety of accomplishments during their high school years.
Students were honored for performing and documenting community service during their high school years. Students earning recognition performed 150 hours of community service, with a minimum of 45 hours during their freshmen and sophomore years, and 30 hours during the years impacted by Covid-19. Receiving green cords for volunteerism were Hannah Curtis, Blake Kaufman, Lauryn Killion and Clay Peters.
LifeServe Blood Center honored seniors who have been blood donors including Bobby Arnold, Avery Bardole, Paige Egeland, John Goble, Ethan Long, Victoria Peterson, Gabby Pollock, Taylor Stevens, Madison Truitt and Nathan Wailes.
Recipients of the Seal of Biliteracy, awarded by the World Languages department, were Makala Kafer, Lauryn Killion, Alex Roberts and Autumn Villebro. The Seal of Biliteracy recognizes students who have attained proficiency in two or more languages, one of which is English.
The Heart of Iowa Activities Conference presented medals to student athletes who met a minimum grade point average. Receiving the medals were Eliza Carlson, Makala Kafer, Brianna Osterson, Clay Peters and Luis Velazco.
Zach Goff received the Bernie Saggau Award and Brianna Osterson and Jaxon Warnke received the Ram of the Year Award.
Lauryn Killion received the Des Moines Register’s Academic All-State recognition. Kendall Fecher received the Governor’s Scholar recognition award.
The Greene County Bar Association presented the Iowa Bar Association’s American Citizenship Award to Conner Allender and Zach Goff.
Greene County Extension and Outreach presented 4-H cords to Young Leaders Conner Allender, Avery Bardole, Hannah Curtis, Caden Etherton, Ashlyn Frederick, Lauryn Killion, Kayla Muir and Autumn Villebro.
Scholarships were bounteous. According to guidance counselor Ruth Broman, if the full monetary amount of the known scholarships were disbursed, the total would be more than $875,000. Of that, more than $213,000 comes from the generous support of Greene County residents (past and current), communities, businesses and organizations. “With this generous support, further education becomes more viable,” Broman said.
About the Class of 2021, 82 percent have taken at least one college class and 69 percent plans to go on to some form of post-secondary education.
For the third year, all seniors graduating from Greene County High School received a Greene County Foundational Scholarship in the amount of $500. The scholarships were awarded regardless of each recipient’s future plans.
Students who received larger scholarships from the Greene County Educational Foundation scholarships were Colton Aubrey, Avery Bardole, Eliza Carlson, Lauren Carlson, Paige Egeland, Andrea Grundon, Blake Kaufman, Clayton Peters, Brady Stauffer, Luis Carlos Velazco, Jaxon Warnke and Sadie Wilson.
Scholarships were presented as follows:
- AIB College of Business – Ethan Long
- Beaty Scholarship – MaKenna Fox
- Ben Carman Memorial Scholarship – Chance McCollom
- Beta Tau Delta sorority scholarship – Colton Aubrey, Blake Kaufman, Jaxon Warnke
- Betty Jo Callaway scholarship – Emilee Bowen, Brooke Diekmann, Blake Kaufman, Lauryn Killion, Cody Maston, Chance McCollom, Alex Roberts, Maggie St Clair, Jaxon Warnke, Josey Weaver
- Bob Carman Patriot Scholarship – Chance McCollom
- Buena Vista University Arch Scholarship – Faith Hankel
- Chase Flack Memorial Scholarship – Brady Stauffer
- Dean Carlson Honorary Scholarship – Ashlyn Frederick
- Earl Wilson scholarship – Kendall Fecher, Andrea Grundon, Makala Kafer, Luis Velazco
- Ernest Prehm scholarship – Hannah Curtis, Ashlyn Frederick, Lauryn Killion, Alex Roberts
- Fern Olive scholarship – Brooke Diekmann, Madison Truitt, Luis Velazco, Autumn Villebro, Jaxon Warnke
- Floyd W. Brown Scholarship, American Legion Post #11 – Isaac Louk
- Forevermore scholarship- Madison Hall
- Frank Linduska Memorial Scholarship – Cody Maston
- Fred Blackmer Memorial Scholarship – Kayla Muir
- Future Cyclone Leader scholarship – Ashlyn Frederick, Clay Peters
- Gose Farms Agricultural Studies scholarship – Ashlyn Frederick, Kayla Muir
- Grand Junction Lions Club scholarship – Emily Bowen, Kayla Muir
- Grandview University Directors Award – Maggie St Clair
- Greene County 4-H Foundation scholarship – Conner Allender, Ashlyn Frederick
- Greene County Activities Booster Club scholarship – Makala Kafer, Clay Peters
- Greene County Cattlemen scholarship – Lizzy Allen, Trent Custer, Ashlyn Frederick, Kaleb Hoyle, Makala Kafer, Kayla Muir, Lillian Muir, Clay Peters, Victoria Peterson, Chance Peterson, Maggie St Clair
- Greene County Corn Growers scholarship – Ashlyn Frederick, Kayla Muir
- Greene County Education Association scholarship – Avery Bardole, Madison Hayes, Blake Kaufman
- Greene County Environmental Habitat Corp scholarship – Ashlyn Frederick
- Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District scholarship – Victoria Peterson
- Greene County Farm Bureau scholarship – Ashlyn Frederick
- Greene County Pork Producers scholarship – Elizabeth Allen, Ashlyn Frederick, Kaleb Hoyle, Kayla Muir, Annie Twillie
- Greene County Schools Foundation anonymous scholarship – Luis Velazco
- Greene County Schools, Lenita Jordan Carstens scholarship – Hannah Acton
- Greene County Student Council scholarship – Hanna Curtis
- Hazel Brown Zachar PEO scholarship – Hannah Acton, Lauryn Killion, Josey Weaver
- Historic Cooper school district scholarship – Elizabeth Allen, Chiara Anderson, Kaleb Hoyle, Victoria Peterson
- Home State Bank scholarship – Colton Aubrey, Chance McCollom
- Iowa Bowling Council scholarship – Kendall Fecher, Blake Kaufman
- Iowa Grocers scholarship – Chance McCollom
- Iowa Scholars Award – Madison Hall
- Iowa State University Christina Hixson Award – Victoria Peterson, Josey Weaver
- Jack Finneseth Volunteerism scholarship – Avery Bardole
- Jefferson BPO Does scholarship – Conner Allender, Luis Velazco
- Jefferson Kiwanis Club scholarship – Colton Aubrey, Peyton Kinsey, Chance McCollom, Brianna Osterson, Brady Stauffer, Luis Velazco
- Jefferson Rotary Club scholarship – Ashlyn Frederick, Makala Kafer
- Jefferson Telecom vocational scholarship – Brady Stauffer
- Jefferson Telecom scholarship – Lizzy Allen, Jaxon Warnke
- Judy Peacock Wills Memorial Scholarship – Sadie Wilson
- Karen Younie Memorial Scholarship – Sadie Wilson
- Lloyd Richard Agricultural Scholarship – Victoria Peterson
- Logan Scheuermann Memorial Scholarship – Kaleb Hoyle
- Morningstar Masonic Lodge scholarship – Paige Egeland, Faith Hankel, Chance McCollom
- Northwest Missouri State University Green & White Advantage and merit scholarship – Gaige Buttler
- Northwest Missouri State University Uni-Tower Scholar and Bearcat Advantage – Autumn Villebro
- Pat Fields Memorial Scholarship – Lizzy Allen, Hannah Curtis, Kaleb Hoyle, Makala Kafer, Chance McCollom, Brianna Osterson, Clay Peters, Annie Twillie
- Peoples Bank scholarship – Faith Hankel, Makala Kafer, Kayla Muir, Lilly Muir, Chance Peterson, Victoria Peterson, Maggie St Clair, Brady Stauffer, Annie Twillie, Luis Velazco, Jaxon Warnke, Sadie Wilson
- R.H. Maloney scholarship – Cody Maston
- Raccoon Valley Aktion Club scholarship – Paige Egeland
- Raccoon Valley Radio scholarship – Makala Kafer
- Roger Nailor Memorial Scholarship – Chance McCollom
- Sharon Towers Memorial Scholarship – Luis Velazco
- Simpson College, Experience Simpson, achievement, alumni and presidential scholarship – Hannah Curtis
- St Anthony Foundation scholarship – Brianna Osterson
- UNI Panther Success Award – Blake Kaufman
- USBC scholarship – Kendall Fecher
- Viola Vorhies Nia Scholarship – Kayla Muir
- Warren Raney Memorial Scholarship – Josey Weaver
- Wartburg College Meistersingers scholarship and Regents scholarship – MaKenna Fox
- World Languages department scholarship – Eliza Carlson, Lauryn Killion
