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”.
For April, the Miami student is Austin
Muller. Austin, a senior, is the son of Aaron and DaPhne Muller. In
school his activities include FFA, basketball, track, and
Courtwarming King. Outside of school Austin works hard as a Military
Policeman for the Missouri National Guard. Austin is inspired by and
desires to help people as a leader. Miami staff say Austin’s
attitude is contagious to all around him, and he inspires all who
know him. He is a positive role model and most of all a good, kind,
generous person.
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Pictured: Principal Dr Daniel Johnson,
Austin Muller, and Adrian Optimist member Josh Nieder
The Ballard student is Bailey Rexford, junior daughter of Angela and Larry Bergschneider and John Rexford. High school Business instructor, Cheryl Murchie states “Bailey is an excellent student. She always gives 100+percent to everything she does in my classes. She is willing to help other students if they need a little help. Bailey has a great sense of humor and I very rarely see her without a smile. She is a girl who has set goals for herself and makes sure she is doing everything to see those goals accomplished. AG instructor Dustin Bridges adds “Bailey is an extraordinary young lady who puts 100% of herself into everything that she does.” She is credited with pushing herself outside of her comfort zone and growing into a very responsible and respectable individual, going out
of her way to provide guidance and help to anyone who needs it.
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Pictured: Adrian Optimist member David
Hill, Bailey Rexfore, and Principal Jimmie Barton
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Krista Smith, a junior, is the Adrian
student this month. Krista is the daughter of Edith McMurray. Her
favorite in school activity is Junior High basketball manager.
Teacher, Shaun Bruto credits Krista with facing many challenges in
her life and coming through the trials as a better person and
student. She does a very good job in the classroom as well as being
very helpful to her classmates and teachers. She has been the junior
high basketball manager for three years and does everything asked of
her and more. She shows up for practive at six in the morning when
there was no personal reward for doing so. One of her main duties
was to monitor the locker room while the girls were changing. Shaun
never had to worry about the locker room because she did an excellent
job with the girls. Krista finds inspiration in her teachers,
friends, and family. She truly desires continuing her education
beyond high school.
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Pictured: Principal Joe Abrams, Krista
Smith, and Adrian Optimist member Jerry Ferguson
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