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New Students of the Month Announced

The January Students of the month were announced in February. The students that received this award include senior Kyle McMullin, senior Jocelyn Donnely, and junior Wyatt Langhorst.

Kyle is the son of Mark and Julie McMullin. His grandparents are Mort and Mary Ann McMullin and Dave and Kay Reininger. Kyle participates in many extracurricular activities including football, basketball, FFA, YAC, One-Act, journalism, FCCLA, and FBLA. Kyle’s favorite subject in school is history. In his spare time, he likes to play sports and video games. Kyle plans to go into trades at Northeast Community College. 

When asked how he felt about winning this award he said, “It feels great that my hard work is paying off and now being recognized.”

Kyle’s teachers said, “He is such a great kid and student. Kyle is also very kind, works hard, and gives his best effort all the time. He is a leader in all of his extracurricular activities.

Jocelyn is the daughter of Joey and Krystal Donnelly and Tara and Drew Machumeller. Jocelyn participates in softball, FCCLA, speech, One-Act, dance team, yearbook, Luther League, and Journalism. Jocelyn’s favorite class is Culinary Arts. Outside of school Jocelyn likes to hang out with friends and family and just drive around with her friends as well. Jocelyn plans to attend Southeast Community College located in Lincoln, NE. She will get a degree in paramedicine and pursue a career as a paramedic. 

When asked how she felt about winning this award she said “I'm very grateful to be earning this award. I'm glad that teachers have taken notice of my efforts of being a good student and that I'm able to be recognized for it. Overall, just very excited.”

Jocelyn’s teachers said, “She works very hard in class and asks great questions and turns her work in on time. She has really come a long way as a student over the years. She has also been a really positive senior in all her extracurricular activities, and currently is a leader on the speech team. She also has a bubbly, upbeat, funny personality that makes being around her fun.”

Wyatt is the son of Jill Langhorst. He also participates in football, wrestling, golf, one act, and journalism. Wyatt said that his favorite subjects in school or history or shop class. Outside of school, Wyatt likes to go kayaking, play video games, and cook. Wyatt says that he doesn’t really know for sure what he wants to do but maybe something in engineering or education. 

When asked how he felt about winning this award he said “With so many deserving candidates, it feels nice to win.”

Wyatt’s teachers said, “Overall he is a great kid who has excelled not only in school but also his extra activities. He is always on top of his homework even when he is gone for different things. He is also becoming more vocal in class and has done really well completing projects or anything else asked of him without any complaints.”

Congratulations to our Students of the Month!