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MARTIN VOLUNTEERS ||
CHARACTER COUNTS! ||
FOUNDATION ||
TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY Good character pays dividends for local students
This year’s awards, open to middle school students and high school seniors, saw 78 nominations, who were all invited to submit an application, resume, essay and two letters of recommendation – all relating to their character development. Two committees of CHARACTER COUNTS! advisory board members, one for middle school and another for high school, read and scored the applications. The 20 highest scoring middle school applicants were the recipients of a $100 savings bond, while the 20 highest scoring high school applicants were each interviewed and from there, nine recipients were selected and received $1,000.
Presenting the awards were: Miguel Coty, United Way of Martin County board president and Martin Memorial Health Systems vice president of marketing; Maryellen Quinn-Lunny, executive director of the MCSD ESE and Student Services; as well as CHARACTER COUNTS! advisory board members Mark Lively, Jacki Jackson, Emily Gallo, Darcy VonOhlen and Suzanne Wentley. The 2009-10 middle school winners are: Taylor Epsenhart, Dr. David L Anderson Middle Raymond Macias, Dr. David L Anderson Middle Andrew Fowler, Hidden Oaks Middle Lauren Gawel, Hidden Oaks Middle Olivia Ranieri, Hidden Oaks Middle Brett Taylor, Hidden Oaks Middle Dylan Alsip, Indiantown Middle Pascual Francisco, Indiantown Middle Rafael Pedro, Indiantown Middle Jimenez Marcos, Indiantown Middle Kadesha Singleton, Indiantown Middle Luke Brandenburg, Murray Middle Dakota Brockway, Murray Middle Simone Fladung, Murray Middle Jessica Li, Murray Middle Noureen Ahmed, Stuart Middle Haley Donow, Stuart Middle Kassidy Hof-Mahoney, Stuart Middle Natalie Holland, Stuart Middle Taylor Wieczorek, Stuart Middle
The 2009-10 high school winners are:
Meera Nagarsheth, Jensen Beach High Natasha Petrovich, Jensen Beach High Patrick Escalante, Martin County High Roshni Patel, Martin County High Kate Logan, South Fork High Kenya McAdoo, South Fork High Matthew Monahan, South Fork High Maxwell Poirier, South Fork High |
United Way of Martin County’s
CHARACTER COUNTS! program recently recognized the
2009-10 Joe Kordick Youth Character Award winners.
Guest speakers Patricia Harvey,
Martin County School District director of curriculum
and school improvement, and Robyn Vanover CHARACTER
COUNTS! chair and MCSD Safe & Drug Free coordinator,
addressed the winners and their families during an
awards ceremony sponsored by The Kordick Trust; The
Law Firm of Kramer, Sopko & Levenstein; and Proctor,
Crook, Crowder & Fogal, CPA on March 22 at Indian
River State College’s Chastain Campus in Stuart.