The Senior Awards Night for the Greene County Class of 2022 was held May 17 at the school auditorium.
Valedictorians for the class are Oliver Andre, Veronica Johnson and Eliot Schilling. Salutatorian is Brenner Gallagher.
Seniors were recognized for a variety of accomplishments during their high school years.
Veronica Johnson was honored for performing and documenting community service during her high school years.
LifeServe Blood Center honored seniors who have donated blood at least four times during high school, including Isaac Anderson, Afton Funcke, Jessamae Strennen and Lyndsey Zahradnik.
Recipients of the Seal of Biliteracy, awarded by the World Languages department, were Veronica Johnson, Oliver Andrey, Eliot Schilling and Paton-Churdan graduate Megan Palmer. The Seal of Biliteracy recognizes students who have attained proficiency in two or more languages, one of which is English.
Oliver Andre eceived the Des Moines Register’s Academic All-State recognition. Veronica Johnson received the Governor’s Scholar Award.
The Heart of Iowa Activities Conference presented medals to student athletes who met a minimum grade point average. Receiving the medals were Brenner Gallagher, Jackson Morton, Max Riley, Bryce Stalder and Caden Telleen.
The Bernie Saggau Award was presented to Caden Telleen. Brianna Habben and Bryce Stalder were the female and male Ram of the Year respectively.
The Greene County Bar Association presented the Iowa Bar Association’s American Citizenship Award to Caden Telleen and Brianna Habben.
Students were recognized for completing programs at the Greene County Career Academy as follows – Isaiah Hinote and John Sprague, construction/building trades; Avery Walker, health care; Max Riley and Logan Higgins, agricultural information technology; and Mikey Smith, advanced manufacturing.
All graduates were awarded a $500 Greene County Foundational Scholarship from the Greene County Educational Foundation. This was the fourth year for the $500 awards that are given regardless of each recipient’s future plans.
Students who received $1,000 scholarships were awarded to Blake Hamann, Jackson Morton, Caden Telleen, Brayton Kohl, Brenner Gallagher, Afton Funcke, Max Riley, Addison Adcock, Brianne Ball, Rylie Moranville, Jessamae Strennen and Sadie Reedy.
Other scholarships were presented as follows:
-School Foundation – Tiahna Duncan
-Greene County Pork Producers – Logan Higgins, Sadie Riley, Madilyn Van Pelt
-Future Cyclone Leader – Caden Telleen, Brenner Gallagher
-Beatty Scholarship – Kierstin Purdie
-Lenita Jordan Carstens Scholarship – Kierstin Purdie
-Beta Tau Delta – Blake Hamann, Brenner Gallagher, Avery Walker
-Ben Carman Memorial Scholarship – Logan Higgins
-Morning Star Masonic Lodge – Blake Hamann, Mallory Prescott, Avery Walker
-Fern Olive Trust Scholarship – Sadie Reedy, Eliot Schilling, Noble Hoyt, Veronica Johnson, Addison Adcock
-Franklin Township Consolidated School, Cooper – Nathan Black, Lucy Dudley
-Greene County Medical Center Foundation – Avery Walker, Bryce Stalder, Zainysh Hernandez Vargas, Lucy Dudley
-Rotary Club of Jefferson – Veronica Johnson, Nathan Black, Bryce Stalder, Noble Hoyt
-Greene County soil and water conservation district – Logan Higgins
-Greene County soil and water conservation district Conservation Club – Max Riley
-Environmental Habitat Corp – Logan Higgins
-Greene County Cattlemen Association – Madilyn Van Pelt, Eliot Schilling, Max Riley, Logan Higgins, Mallory Prescott
-Kevin Wills Memorial Scholarship – Brianne Ball
-Frank Linduska Memorial Scholarship – Brayton Kohl
-Earl Wilson Scholarship – Blake Hamann, Veronica Johnson, Jackson Morton, Eliot Schilling
-Ernest Prehm Scholarship – Addison Adcock, Nathan Black, Ethan Larsen, Bryce Stalder
-Fred Blackmer Agricultural Studies Scholarship – Logan Higgins
-Warren Raney Memorial Scholarship – Brayton Kohl
-Karen Younie Memorial Scholarship – Veronica Johnson, Caden Telleen, Kierstin Purdie, Addison Adcock, Brayton Kohl
-Jack Finneseth Volunteerism Scholarship – Mallory Prescott
-Hazel Brown Zachar P.E.O. – Sadie Reedy, Veronica Johnson, Eliot Schilling
-Betty Jo Callaway Scholarship – Lucy Dudley, Avery Walker, Brenner Gallagher, Bryce Stalder, Jackson Morton, Jassamae Strennen, Kierstin Purdie, Blake Hammen, Caden Telleen, Mallory Prescott
-Viola Vorhies Nia Scholarship – Greene County Schools – Tiahna Duncan
-Beverly Batcheller Scholarship – Blake Hamann
-Greene County Activities Booster Club – Caden Telleen, Veronica Johnson
-American Legion, Peterson Post 431 – Brianna Habben
-American Legion, Peterson Squadron of Sons Gowrie – Brianna Habben
-Logan Scheuermann Memorial Scholarship – Nathan Black
-Kiwanis Club of Jefferson – Blake Hamann, Avery Walker, Ethan Larsen, Brenner Gallagher
-Greene County Farm Bureau – Max Riley
Raccoon Valley Aktion Club – Noble Hoyt
-St Anthony Regional Hospital – Bryce Stalder
-Grand Junction Lions Club – Lucy Dudley, Logan Higgins
-Heartland Bank – Jackson Morton
-Pat Fields Memorial Scholarship – Madilyn Van Pelt, Brayton Kohl, Logan Higgins, Veronica Johnson, Brianna Habben, Caden Telleen, Mallory Prescott, Avery Walker
-Iowa PEO Project Fund Inc – Eliot Schilling
-BPO Does – Mallory Prescott, Brenner Gallagher
-Chase Flack Memorial Scholarship – Bryce Stalder
-Greene County Education Association – Jackson Morton, Caden Telleen, Mallory Prescott, Addison Adcock
-Home State Bank scholarship – Caden Telleen, Avery Walker
-Home State Bank Family gift to graduates – Sadie Reedy, Ben Johnston
-Peoples Bank – Logan Higgins, Noble Hoyt, Max Riley, Addison Adcock, Kole Teeples, Lucy Dudley
-Gose agricultural studies – Max Riley
-Lloyd & Shirley Richards agricultural studies – Max Riley
-Roger Nailor Memorial Scholarship – Sadie Reedy
-Mary and George Kundrat teacher’s scholarship – Addison Adcock, Brianne Ball
-Katie Van Horn Scholarship – Mallory Prescott
-Landon Martin Memorial Scholarship – Jackson Morton
-Buena Vista University merit scholarship – Addison Adcock
-Iowa State Forever scholarship – Caden Telleen
-Dordt College academic scholarship and athletic scholarship – Ethan Larsen
-Grand View University presidential scholarship and athletic (baseball) scholarship – Bryce Stalder
-Central College presidential scholarship – Veronica Johnson
-Grinnell College Founders’ scholarship – Eliot Schilling
-Iowa Central Community College Foundation academic scholarship and academic room scholarship – Lucy Dudley, Zainysh Hernandez-Vargas, Landon Kniffin, Mallory Prescott, Sadie Reedy, Shelby Stoffa, Jessamae Strennen
-Iowa Central Community College student merit scholarship – Brianna Habben, Zainysh Hernandez-Vargas, Logan Higgins, Marisa Lehnhoff, Lia Lenchanko, Rylie Moranville, Sadie Reedy, Avery Walker, Mikey Smith
-Iowa Central Community College Ag transfer scholarship – Logan Higgins
-Iowa Central Community College birthday merit scholarship – Lia Lenchanko
-Iowa Central Community College language arts scholarship – Mallory Prescott
-Iowa Central Community College art scholarship – Sadie Reedy
