The Adrian Optimist Club is pleased to
honor Students of the Month from the Miami, Ballard, and Adrian
schools. Criteria for this honor center on outstanding academic and
civic achievement and school spirit. Staff at each of the schools
make the selection, and their decision is based on expansion of these
criteria. Selection is based on the criteria, but a student
stepping up to a particular task will come to play in it. Each
student is honored with a certificate of recognition from the Adrian
Optimist Club and $20.00 in Adrian Chamber of Commerce “Chamber
Bucks”.
The Ballard student for May is Jayme
Myrtle, senior daughter of Brian and Stacy Myrtle. Special Services
teacher, Paula Hoard states “Jayme is a wonderful role model for
the students that attend Ballard. She is willing to do anything that
is asked of her. She has worked as a teacher’s aide this year and
has provided a positive attitude toward the students, faculty, and
staff. She is always willing to help others and works hard at
everything she does.
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Pictured: Adrian Optimist Member Bill
Lunceford, Jayme Myrtle, and Superintendent John Siebeneck
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Makalyn Gutshall is the Miami student.
Makalyn, a junior, is the daughter of Ed and Cheryl Gutshall. She is
very active in volleyball, basketball, track, choir, FFA, and NHS.
Makalyn credits both her brother and her friends for inspiration and
she plans to major in radiology and nuclear medicine in college.
Keith Smith, English teacher states Makalyn is an excellent choice
who quietly leads by example and does very good work in class and
stays active out of class.
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Pictured: Principal Dr Daniel Johnson,
Makalyn Gutshall, and Adrian Optimist member Bill Lunceford
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The Adrian student is Michelle
Newsome. Michelle, a senior, is the daughter of Ken Newsome and
Julie Newsome. Her favorite activities in school are NHS and band.
Outside of school, Michelle enjoys drawing and painting as well as
trying out new recipes. Michelle states she could not have
accomplished anything without the love and support of her family.
For the next step in her education, she plans to attend Longview,
then go on to UCM where Michelle hopes to earn a degree in
psychology. Adrian staff says Michelle is a hard worker in school
and cares much about her academics. She has shown herself to be a
strong leader and will do well in her future.
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Pictured: Adrian Optimist member Bill
Lunceford, Michelle Newsome, and Principal Abe Lewis
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