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The INDEPENDENT, Decem ber 5, 2001
Page 9
More VHS students meeting Renaissance program requirements
Nearly one-third of the stu
dents at Vernonia High School
were recognized at the first
quarter Renaissance Assembly
on November 21. Recognition
in the Renaissance program is
earned with a grade point aver
age of 3.6 or higher, an in
crease in GPA of .5, or for per
fect attendance. Each quarter
Renaissance students receive
T-shirts and their names are
entered in a prize drawing.
Student performers provided
entertainm ent prior to the
recognitions awards. “Subcom
mittee” (Eric Weller, David Mc-
Murtrey and Waylon Buchan)
performed Carousel and Every
thing I Do, and Jake Brock, ac
companying himself on the pi
ano, offered a moving rendition
of Simple Man, portraying the
anquish of being left behind af
ter a relationship ends.
Awards for perfect atten
dance were presented to Krys-
ten Brucken, Miranda Casteel,
Shane C utright, Samantha
Gunter, Holly Hillyer, Jennifer
Kinney, Jordan Love, and Jes
sica Westlake.
The following students earn
ed recognition for academic
achievement:
Freshmen - Alex Barton,
Tiffany Cutright, Brandon Fret-
tim, Kolton Graham, Michael
Hensley, Holly Hillyer, Royd Jo
hansen, Rebecca Knowlton,
Sasha Mack, Mollee Mitchell,
Natalie Rombach, Kyle Suess,
Torin Tierney, Amanda Watts
and Jessica Westlake.
Sophomores - Erin Alessio,
Malorie Baker, Megan Baker,
Stephanie Bobbitt, Amber Bos
ley, Taryn Braseth, Myles Brock,
Benjamin Brookins, Caressa
Brooks, Waylon Buchan, Jenny
Carlile, Tasha Dillon, Carrick
Vernonia High School Honor Roll, first quarter ‘01
The following Vernonia High
School students have been rec
ognized for academic achieve
ment in the first quarter of the
2001-02 school year:
4.0 Grade Point Average,
Principals Honors - Alexandria
Hayes, Alisha Jundt, Antonia
Montanus, Vernonika Svobo-
dova, Shawn Hillyer, Joe Rea,
Lacey Schilling;
Emilee Suess, Taryn Bra
seth, Benjamin Brookins, Car
rick Flynn, Marshall King, Holly
Hillyer, Tiffany Cutright.
3.50 - 3.99 GPA, High Hon
ors - Brass Sears, Jennifer Ber
nardi, Sarah Pantoja, Rebekka
Peller, Luke Ellis, Adelaide
Schmitt, Antonio Cebola, Nicole
Gwin, Bobby Lokken.
Megan Pattison, Rose Peets,
Edith Nelson, Rachael Benston,
Stephanie Hein, Michael Jenk
ins, Jennifer Kinney, Shilo
Stevens, Jessica Thornburg.
Eric Weller, Jesse Borst, Ja
cob Corey, Melissa Grebenc,
Abigail Nelson, Katherine Tray
lor, W aylon Buchan, Alex
Moeller, Caressa Brooks.
Jessica Sook, Justin Baer,
Andrew Brookins, Kortni Hyde,
James Mailer, Jessica West-
lake, Amanda Watts.
Royd Johansen, Natalie
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Romboch, Alex Barton, Rebec
ca Knowlton, Kyle Suess, Torin
Tierney,
Elizabeth
Bobbitt,
Tiffany Snook.
3.25 - 3.49 GPA, Honors -
Jessica Jackson, Jack Murphy,
Katie Prpich, Jessica Dillon,
Megan Peura, Charles Gen-
dron, Jaki King, Nicole Swayze,
Adam Tanner.
Brittany
Kerns,
Shawn
Robertson, Paul Orlando, Jere
my Ruby, Candice Dalebroux,
Josh Ward, Rene Ellington,
Sarah Finley, Paul Johnston.
Curtis Jundt, Kala Rondo,
Katy Taylor, Helena Shaffer,
Julie Johnson, Kendell Nelson,
Stephanie
Bobbitt,
James
Benes.
Gina Cropp, Kristina Driver,
Tara Gwin, Sasha Mack, Julie
Hales, Christopher Richardson,
Torie Clement, Brandon Peura.
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Flynn, Fred Fulmer, Melissa Gre-
benc, Ona Gregg, Carnin Hall,
Sheana Hawes, M arta Heil,
Joseph, Julie Johnston, Levi
Johnston, Curtis Jundt, M ar
shall King, Belinda Krush, Abi
gail Nelson, Jessica Sook and
Katherine Traylor.
Juniors - Rachael Bentson,
Jesse Borst, Steven Brandner,
Jacob Corey, Heidi Dudek,
William Hales, Stephanie Hein,
Shawn Hillyer, Michael Jenkins,
Marcus Kintz, Trisha Lee, Sta
cy Lennon, Shawn Robertson,
Jeremy Ruby, Shilo Stevens,
Emilee Suess, Adam Tanner,
Jessica Thornburg, Trisha Titus
Large crowd attends Fall Concert
The Fall Concert at Vernonia
High School has become “an
event” on the Vernonia social
calendar, quipped band and
high school choir instructor Bob
Isted, as another record-break
ing crowd attended the Novem
ber 15 performance.
Most of the audience, includ
ing parents of the younger m u
sicians, remained to enjoy the
entire concert. Especially antic
ipated was a performance by
the Vernonia High School
Choir, which had been asked to
perform at the Oregon School
Board
C onvention’s Small
Schools Association breakfast.
The
sixth
grade
band
opened the concert with three
fam iliar pieces, a traditional
English roundelay, Jingle Bells
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Pattison, Rebekka Peller, Keith
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Reindeer. The Junior High
Band followed with a perform
ance of Dr. Rockenstein and
Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Their
concluding piece, S lid in ’ the
Blues, featured the trombone
section.
W ith the largest choir in
many years, the twenty mem
bers of the VHS acapella choir
performed Let the Praise Go
Round, followed by the tradi
tional Deck the Halls, then Le
Rose, Fronde Fiori, which was
sung in Italian. The Joy o f Love,
then Soli Deo Gloria, sung in
Latin, concluded a polished
performance.
The concert concluded with
a rousing performance by the
VHS Band. The first two pieces
performed highlighted the tal
ents of different sections of the
band, with The Emissary Fan-
Fare showcasing the horn sec
tion, and Annabel Lee featuring
w oodw ind perform ers. S o l
d ie r’s P rocession and The
Sword Dance were next on the
program. Providing a rousing
conclusion to the evening was
The Great Locomotive Chase,
a musical portrayal of the theft
of a locomotive by the Confed
erate Army and their journey as
they pulled up track and, literal
ly, burned their bridges behind
them.
Vernonia schools set
holiday programs
W ashington and Lincoln
G rade S chools will present
their holiday program on Tues
day, Dec. 11, in the WGS gym.
The holiday program at Mist
School has been scheduled for
Monday, Dec. 17.