ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, July 3, 1996 TAG: 9607030012
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: Class Notes
SOURCE: HALE SHEIKERZ
Four Montgomery County students recently received Vocational Scholarship Awards worth $500 from the Blacksburg Rotary Club. The students are:
Julie M. Nutter of Blacksburg High School was an outstanding student in business for four years. She plans to continue in this field at New River Community College in the fall. Nutter was a member of Future Business Leaders of America, Vocational Industrial Clubs of America and the Future Homemakers of America. In addition, she has worked at Scott and Stringfellow's Blacksburg office.
Andrea Yuan of Shawsville High School was vice president of several organizations, including Students Against Drunk Driving, Future Business Leaders of America and the French Club. She served as president of Future Homemakers of America and was founder of the Prom Promise Committee at the high school.
Yuan achieved the highest academic average in business economics and in French III. In addition, she volunteered at local nursing homes. She plans to attend Virginia Western Community College to pursue a degree in family studies.
Jessica Hindle of Christiansburg High School maintained a 4.0 grade point average in health occupations education while taking advanced placement courses. She has earned a certified nurses assistant certification and has worked at a doctor's office part time through the cooperative partnership program with the high school.
At school, Hindle was active with the Beta Club, National Honor Society, Literary Magazine and was treasurer of the Health Occupation Student Association. She also played basketball and volunteered with the Christiansburg Parks and Recreation Department. She will attend Bridgewater College in the fall to pursue premed studies.
Shauna Pace of Christiansburg graduated with a 3.7 grade point average in the business vocational education program and ranked 11 out of 185 students. She was a member of the Vocational Honors Club, National Honor Society, the Beta Club and Future Business Leaders of America.
Pace competed at the FBLA skills contest and won first place in keyboarding appreciation and machine transcription. She also competed in accounting and placed fourth in word processing. She will attend Virginia Tech in the fall to pursue a business degree.
Marcella Broache, who graduated from Christiansburg High School in June, has received an academic scholarship from Xavier University in Cincinnati. Broache also is recipient of a swimming scholarship at the university, which she will attend in the fall. Broache was a member of the Southwest Aquatics Team.
At Christiansburg, Broache lettered in chorus and was a librarian for the Swing Choir. She was active in the student government, yearbook staff and was a member of the Girls Athletic Association. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Broache.
Sarika Singh is recipient of a Jean B. Duerr Memorial Scholarship from the Chapter AU P.E.O. in Blacksburg. The scholarship is worth $1,200. Singh, who graduated from Blacksburg High School in June, will attend Wellesley College in the fall to pursue a degree in biochemistry.
During her senior year, Singh did a mentoring program in the biochemistry department at Virginia Tech to get extra lab experience. She did research and wrote a paper on molecular evolution which she presented at the Virginia Academy of Science Conference in Richmond. Sing received the best student paper award at the conference.
P.E.O. is a philanthropic educational organization concerned with providing increased opportunities for higher education to women. The scholarship given by the Blacksburg chapter awards students who achieve high academic standing while actively participating in community service and extracurricular activities.
A 13-year-old student from Christiansburg was among 51 who lobbied Congress on behalf of the nation's youth at the eighth annual National Youth Forum in May. Ashleigh Drysdale, who will be a ninth-grader at Christiansburg High School in the fall, spent a week in Washington, D.C., representing Virginia at the forum.
She was selected from among more than 15,000 students who entered letters that they wrote to members of Congress in the RespecTeen "Speak For Yourself" contest. Her letter to the New River Valley's congressman, Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Abingdon, discussed enacting stricter punishments for child abusers.
TEACHER AWARD
Radford High School teacher Frank Taylor recently received the 1995 Virginia Environmental Stewardship Award for the adult category. Taylor teaches science. He was cited for his environmental leadership in developing a water quality monitoring and student mentor program, where Radford High students served as teachers and mentors to elementary school students in Radford.
This was the first year of the environmental recognition program. The award was developed through a public/private partnership between the commonwealth and the Virginia Petroleum Council.
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