CHARACTER COUNTS!

Joe Kordick Youth Character Awards Academic year 2004-05

The annual Joe Kordick Youth Character Awards honor middle and high school students whose lives and achievements demonstrate an enduring commitment to qualities associated with good character. 

The students are nominated by the faculty of their schools and submit an essay on personal values. The high school finalists also participate in an interview process.

This year, students wrote essays about their hurricane experiences and how their attitudes about volunteering have changed.

The following students were winners and finalists for the 2004-2005 Joe Kordick Youth Character Awards. The awards ceremony was April 27, 2005, at the Blake Library in Stuart.

• Martin County High School
  Winner: Darnella Carey
  Finalists: Dan Harvey, Amanda Rollins

• South Fork High School
  Winner: Leigh-Anne Campbell
  Finalists: Meaghan Powers. Shana Schuman

• Indiantown Middle School
  Quamain Foreman, Olinda Velasquez

• Hidden Oaks Middle School
  Nicole Werder, Maria Ullmann

• Stuart Middle School
  Jenna Scrivani, Russell Gibson

• Murray Middle School
  Katie Brown, Katherine Strike