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Ada Legion sponsors 4 delegates to Girls State

Paige Jochims, Kennedy Hall, Jadi Herrod-Gonzalez, Madison Wilch
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, June 7, 2021

One Ada junior and three juniors from Hardin Northern are local delegates to Buckeye Girls State thanks to sponsorship of the Ada American Legion Post. Each of the delegates will be seniors in the fall.

Foss-Agin-Meyer Post 185 will sponsor the following girls:
• Paige Jochims – Ada HS
• Kennedy Hall – Hardin Northern
• Jadi Herrod-Gonzalez – Hardin Northern
• Madison Wilch – Hardin Northern

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Here's the final Ada school honor roll of 2020-21

Someone you know is on this list
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 4, 2021

Here is the fourth quarter Ada school honor roll for the 2020-21 school year.

4TH GRADE

ALL A:  HAYLYN GEIGER, TEA GRIFFITH, AUBRY JORDAN, ROBERT SHANKS, ANDY STOCKERT, EMILY THAXTON, PIPER WALLACE AND RYAN WEST

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Ada High School class of 2021

Class members, honors diploma, National Honor Society, Apollo and students with 3.5+ gpa provided here
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 2, 2021

A copy of the commencement program, attached with this story lists:
• class members
• honors diploma
• National Honor Society
• Apollo Career Center grads
• students with 3.5 grade point average or higher

Members of the Ada High School class of 2021 graduated on Sunday, making them the 138th class to pass through the local school system.

Class officers are: Trent Ennis, president; Jacob Morgan, vice-president; Kesewa Akyeampong, secretary;, Megan Light, treasurer and class advisor, Melody Veltri.

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One family. Three generations. Three valedictorians.

Jeffrey Anderson started something when he became an Ada HS class of 1971 valedictorian
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 1, 2021

One family. Three generations. Three valedictorians.

Sunday’s graduation was a special event for each Ada High school graduate. But for Jacob Thaxton, a member of the class of 2021, its significance was part three of a very interesting family celebration.

Jacob became the third-generation member of his immediate family named a class valedictorian.

The threesome with Jacob, includes his mother, Julie, a 1996 Allen East graduate, and his grandfather, Jeffrey Anderson a 1971 Ada High School graduate.

Here’s an overview of what the three share:

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Lions Club awards $5,750 in scholarship money

Five Ada High School grads on the receiving end
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, May 27, 2021

The Ada Lions Club  honored this year’s scholarship recipients on May 26.

As the selected recipients were announced they shared their plans and thanked the club for their scholarship awards.  The Ada Lions Club provided a meal to all scholarship recipients and their families. 

Madison Wright, recipient of one of last year’s Lions’ scholarships also attended the meeting. 

The Club awarded five scholarships this year for a total of $5,750. One special scholarship award was given in memory of 50-year Ada Lions member, Jerry Dearth, who served many years as treasurer of the organization and who died this year.  Alexandra Bates received this scholarship award.

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Leah Erin Casey will graduate from Dartmouth College in June

She is a 2017 Allen East HS graduate
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Leah Erin Casey, a 2017 Allen East High School graduate, will graduate from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, on June 13, earning a B.A. in English with Honors.

Ms. Casey graduates summa cum laude and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

She will attend The Queen’s College at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, in the fall, pursuing an MPhil in English Studies (Medieval Period).

While at Dartmouth College, Casey earned seven citations for meritorious academic achievements and academic. She is also recipient of several scholarships, including a semi-finalist for a Fulbright Scholarship, finalist in District 10 for a Rhodes Scholarship.

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