Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency in Portage, Michigan on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Joel Bissell
PORTAGE, MI — Forty-five high school seniors are being recognized for excellence in education by the Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency (KRESA).
The seniors were selected through KRESA’s Excellence in Education Program. Every year, a team of representatives from local school districts, KRESA and the Kalamazoo Community Foundation selects students to receive the honor.
Students must have a 3.7 GPA for the first seven semesters of their high school career to qualify. Each school selects the top 2% of their highest performing seniors.
The winners will receive a $1,200 scholarship. They’ll also choose a teacher who had an impact on their educational career to be recognized as well. The program is funded through a permanent endowment at the Kalamazoo Community Foundation.
The total number of awardees is determined by the fall enrollment count. This year, that resulted in 44 spots for students to receive the award. But at one school, there was a GPA tie between twins. One of the twins will receive a scholarship of the same amount, privately funded by the district, said Amy Manchester, executive assistant to the superintendent at Vicksburg Public School.
An award ceremony will be held for the students on Wednesday, April 10 at the Fetzer Center, 2251 Business Court.
The winners are listed below, by high school:
Climax-Scotts High School
Ryan DeHaan
Comstock High School
Summer Beavers
Isabelle Jorgensen
Galesburg-Augusta High School
Korbin Nigg
Gull Lake High School
Paul Dykstra, Jr.
Evan Kaiser
Ethan Peterson
Charlie Waldorf
Hackett Catholic Prep
Alex Dugas
Michael Dugas
Kalamazoo Christian High School
Paige Triemstra
Kalamazoo Central High School
Jude Boussom
Liberty Cottick
Abigail Evans
Aliah Mohmand
Aiden Rudlaff
Emiliee Rudlaff
Loy Norrix High School
Bridgette Bol
Odessa Clemente
Isabella Essink
Zoe Reeves
Aaron Teal
Nateya Thomas
Parchment High School
Isabelle Headley
Kriss Patel
Portage Central High School
Cole Cahill
Ethan Connolly
Ashley O’Donnell
Cameron Olson
Lukas Price
Prakash Shekhar
Emelia VanDerWoude
Portage Northern High School
Kirby Bach
Nathan Gleason
Anshul Mohanty
Lucas Oeming
Kenneth Seybold
Rohan Singh
Reformed Heritage Christian
Hannah Schreuder
Schoolcraft High School
Idilio Bragagnini
Grace Mohney
Vicksburg High School
Clara Centofanti
Carter Johnson
Luke Malocha
Zane Sandelin
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