Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:00 am
The 99 students named to Junior Optimist Youth Awards for 2006-07 were presented with the honor on May 21 at the Lebanon High School auditorium.
The awards are given by the Lebanon Optimist Club to recognize students selected by school officials for displaying an optimistic attitude and spirit of helpfulness.
Each of nine area schools chooses one student for each of the nine months during the school year. All are honored at a ceremony in May and receive congratulations from community leaders.
This year's JOYA winners are:
Cascades Elementary School: Luke Elliott, Zachary Marler, Kelsi Jasmer, Jazzmin Rivera Gonzalez, Raymond Knuth, Avery Shields, Lily Maddox, Makenzie Snook, and Oscar Floro.
East Linn Christian Academy (Liberty campus): Kelton Gaskey, Justin Johnson, Livvie Hindmarsh, Mary Beeghly, McKenzie Collins, Brock Moffett, Taylor Gassner, Kami Knebel, and Addie Johnson.
East Linn Christian Academy (Victory campus): Briana Cowan, Derek Bosworth, Tonn Cummins, Ariel Koos, Brenna Van Essen, Katie Latimer, Megan Kolling, Alyssa Gerig, and Simon Villeneuve.
Green Acres Elementary School: Jaedyn Hoover, Laura Stewart, Megan Norris, Brenda Birrueta, Shelby Taylor, Athena Doyle, Natalie Williams, Karissa Doyle and Desiree Weatherly.
Hamilton Creek School: Zach Short, Noah Ranum, Destanie Hodson, Teagan Maloney, Jenny Ruiz, Steven Serbanich, Mitchell Kocer, Johnathan Baker and Sean Howser.
Lacomb School: Ciara Smithee, Megan Broughton, Becky Bond, Milo Lunsford, Makenna Morgan, Conan Jackola, Braiden Evans, Lyn Leckie and Amanda Raymond.
Lebanon Christian School: Austin McPherson, Jacob Palmer, Summer Rose, Alex Giddings, Bethany Krueger, Kurtis Clark, Josiah Stroup, Mathew Tracy and Abigail Croco.
Pioneer Elementary School: Andrew Mason, Krystal Drexler, Alexa Wirfs, Janna Samoylich, Madison Kelly, Amanda Pierce, Sarah Hartrum, Lucas Ojeda and Emma Stiles.
Riverview Elementary School: Hannah Williams, Hannah Mason, Jacob Rossman, Andrew Roark, David Lehmanr, Gerald Pitts, Kelsey Hanley, Ibiza Tur and Arina Athubova.
Seven Oak Middle School: Madeline Elliott, Anzhela Chepurko, Kaylie Probert, Crystal Walling, Erick Cabrales, Diana Alvarez, Alex Ruef, Esmeralda Birrueta and Scott Scofield.
Lebanon High School Information Systems Academy: Amber Pruett, Tina Dodge and Sage Green.
LHS Living Systems Academy: Amy Bloom, Tysen Weber and Jaleta Parmenter.
LHS Physical Systems Academy: Michelle Smail, Justin Cramlet and Jessica Goodwin.
LHS Social Systems Academy: Ethan Crenshaw, Brittany Wolff and Scott Wilson.