Cda High Grads Honored For Good Marks

Mon., June 7, 1999

Graduating seniors from Coeur d’Alene High School were recently honored at the annual Senior Awards Program.

Students eligible for The President’s Award for Educational Excellence maintained a minimum 3.5 grade-point average and scored in the 80 percentile on either the ACT, PSAT or SAT college test. Gold Cord required a minimum 3.2 GPA.

Recipients and their awards are listed.

Justin Taylor: Gold Cord.

Matthew Teater: President’s Award for Educational Excellence Gold Cord, University of Puget Sound Trustee Scholarship.

Kira Thompson: Salutatorian President’s Award for Educational Excellence, Gold Cord, Marine Corps Top Scholar Award for Athlete, Idaho Forest Industries Scholarship, UI Charles H. Foreman Scholarship, Presidential Scholarship, Julia Partridge Scholarship, Lyman and Ellen Drown Scholarship, Idaho Forest Industries Scholarship.

Brielle Thomson: President’s Award for Educational Excellence, Gold Cord.

Eva Unruh: President’s Award for Educational Excellence, Gold Cord, Montana State University Western Undergraduate Exchange Scholarship, CHS Departmental Physical Education Award.

Breanne Vogt: Gold Cord.

Lauren Vogt: Gold Cord.

Joelle Wendt: Gold Cord.

Julie Weseman: President’s Award for Educational Excellence, Gold Cord, UI Alumni Association Scholarship, Presidential.

Chris Whalen: Rotary Club of Hayden Lake Scholarship, CHS Departmental Vocal Award.

Jeremy Wise: President’s Award for Educational Excellence, Gold Cord, University of Northern Colorado Western Undergraduate Exchange Scholarship.

Hilary Wolf: President’s Award for Educational Excellence, Gold Cord, Seattle Pacific University Dean’s Scholar Award, UI College of Education Foundation Scholarship, Raybestos Wabash Club Scholarship.

Christena Wood: Valedictorian, President’s Award for Educational Excellence, Gold Cord, Brigham Young University-University Scholarship, Kootenai-Benewah Medical Alliance Scholarship, Marine Corps Top Scholar Award for Academics, Idaho School Board Association Scholarship, Target All-Around Scholarship, Rotary Club of Hayden Lake Academic Scholarship, CHS Departmental Math and Social Studies awards.

Emily Wroe: Valedictorian, President’s Award for Educational Excellence, Gold Cord, National Merit Award-Commended, Society of Women Engineers Certificate of Merit Highest Honor, French Language Scholarship, Army Top Scholar Award, Rotary Club of Hayden Lake Academic Scholarship, CHS Foreign Language French Departmental and Math awards.

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