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Rotary awards go to county students, teachers and high school bands
Three students, 10 teachers and two high school bands were recognized by the Rotary Club of Front Royal in separate ceremonies or announcements during the past couple of weeks.
Two Warren County High School students and one from Skyline High School have been selected for Rotary Scholarship Awards by a Rotary Club of Front Royal committee. They each will receive their $7,000 cash awards at a weekly meeting of the club on Friday, May 24 at Front Royal’s Community Center.
The scholarship recipients are Kaley Foulks and Lauren Fox of Warren County High School , and Destiny Austin of Skyline High School. Fox and Foulks are both headed to Virginia Tech later this year. All boasted 4.0 or better grade point averages (GPAs) and all excelled in various sports and community activities.
Destiny Austin – Courtesy Photos FR Rotary
Kaley Foulks
Lauren Fox
Eight candidates were selected for interviews by the committee, chaired this year by former Warren County Public Schools Superintendent Pam McInnis.
Teachers receiving Front Royal Rotary Excellence in Educating Youth awards on Friday, May 14, in a ceremony conducted by Rotarian Melody Shepherd were: Niki Bradley, A.S. Rhodes Elementary School; Kaitlyn Tuttle, E. Wilson Morrison Elementary; Amy Mawyer, Hilda J. Barbour Elementary; Ali O’Barto, Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary; Kasey Nicholson, Ressie Jeffries Elementary; Alyson Pumphrey, Skyline Middle School; Rebecca Webster, Warren County Middle School; Jeanette Schurtz, Skyline High School; Elizabeth Walker, Warren County High School; and Laurel Gillion, Brighter Futures Learning Center.
Earlier, Rotarians voted to make cash awards toward the cost of new uniforms for both the Warren County and Skyline High School bands.
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