Wentzville School District
• Cathy McCandless, a middle school communication arts teacher
in the Wentzville School District, has been recognized for the 2011
ABLE Excellence in Education Award for middle school teachers in
St. Charles County.
She found out about the recognition during a surprise
presentation at the annual Wentzville Middle School student awards
ceremony, and was presented the plaque by a former student.
The St. Charles County Alliance for Business, Learning and
Education (ABLE) was created to foster workforce readiness and
educational programs for K-12 students. The annual award honors
excellence in the teaching profession, and outstanding
professionals.
One of the goals of ABLE is to raise public awareness of the
exceptional quality of teaching students are receiving in St.
Charles County. For more information, visit www.stccable.org.
• The Wentzville School District class of 2011 has been awarded
more than $100,000 in local scholarships. Holt and Timberland high
school graduating seniors will receive their diplomas on May 28.
Individual amounts of these awards range from $100-$4,000.
Recipients from Holt High School include: Allison McEwen
Memorial Scholarship: Raisa Buenaventura; Jan Null Scholarship:
Caitlyn Thompson; Alpha Delta Kappa Scholarship: Kelsey Bopp;
Ambassadors of Lake Saint Louis Scholarship: Lydia Harvengt; Andrea
Sudbrock Memorial Scholarship: Adam Conley; Christine Merkel
Memorial Honors Scholarship: Robyn DeCourcy; Daniel C. Berrey
Memorial Scholarships: Andrew Berry and Lindsey Ralls; Dean Hoekel
Memorial Scholarship: Timothy Younger; HNB Bank Scholarship: Adam
Conley; Holt High School Football Booster Scholarships: Sean Lanham
and Jordan Henry-Smetana; Holt High School National Honor Society
Scholarships: Kaitlin Larkin and Chandler Est; Holt High School
Principals’ Scholarships: Blake Brinkley and Kelsey Bopp; Holt High
School Student Council Leadership Scholarship: Holly Smothers; Lake
Saint Louis Anglers Club Community Scholarship: Kaitlin Larkin;
Lake Saint Louis Mothers’ Club Scholarship: Kara Hugo; Lake Saint
Louis University Women Scholarship: Lydia Harvengt; Scott Swofford
Memorial Scholarships: Ja’kel Ringo and Andrew Buell; SSM St.
Joseph Hospital Foundation Scholarship: Sereno Adams, Andrea Bixby,
Chandler Est, Robyn DeCourcy and Kaitlin Larkin; Tammy Brown
Charities Scholarship: Kathryn Schott; Wentzville American Legion
Post 323 Scholarship: Jonathon Alexander; Wentzville Chamber of
Commerce Scholarship: Robyn DeCourcy; Wentzville Community Club
Scholarships: Adam Conley, Christopher McKernon, Lindsey Ralls and
Judy Tran; Wentzville Lions Club-Sharon Garrett Memorial
Scholarship: Ashlin Cathey; Wentzville NEA Scholarship: Kathryn
Schott; Wentzville Rotary Club Scholarship: Kaitlin Larkin;
Wentzville Rotary Club Vocational Scholarship: Judy Tran;
Wentzville Schools Foundation-Rosa Westermeier Memorial
Scholarships: Tia Harper, Jamie Cummings, Kaylyn Hruska, Danielle
Rolwes and Eric Schantz; Wentzville Water Department Scholarship:
Judii Tran.
Timberland High School recipients include: Alpha Delta Kappa
Scholarship: Ian Thompson; Christopher Meyer Memorial Scholarships:
Sarah Sheddrick and Jamie Schwab; Education Committee-Friendly
Neighbors Club African American Scholarship: Bernice Appiah; HNB
Bank Scholarship: Adam Bainbridge; Harold Simpson Memorial Optimist
Scholarship: Melissa Siegrist; IAABO-IAFO Scholarship: Shelby
Zytko; Lake Saint Louis University Women Scholarship: Katelyn
LaPak; Lake Saint Louis-Dardenne Prairie Chamber of Commerce
Scholarship: Kurt Bognar; Samantha Sheddrick Memorial Scholarship:
Devin Carballo; Scott Swofford Memorial Scholarships: Ernia Joseph
and Ben Tedrick; SSM St. Joseph Hospital Foundation Scholarship:
Scott Fritsche, Lauren Kessler, Ruth McClain, Lynsey Reimann and
Melissa Siegrist; Steven M. Bennett Memorial Scholarship: Nicholas
Rallo and Nicholas Shelton; Tammy Stratman Brown Charities
Scholarships: Zachary Carmichael and Angela Slick; Timberland High
School National Honor Society Scholarship: Angela Deters and Leah
Stotts; Timberland High School Principals’ Scholarship: Zachary
Carmichael and Carolynn Williston; Wentzville American Legion
Scholarship: Steven Voss; Wentzville Chamber of Commerce
Scholarship: Makenzi Fricker; Wentzville Community Club
Scholarships: Bernice Appiah, Eric Fallon, Scott Fritsche and
Lynsey Reimann; Wentzville Lion’s Club – Sharon Garrett Memorial
Scholarship: Katie Krause; Wentzville NEA Scholarship: Carolynn
Williston; Wentzville Schools Foundation-Rosa Westermeier Memorial
Scholarships: Stephen Grannemann; Megan Harshaw, Lauren Kessler,
Kelly Murphy and Taylor Willer; Wentzville Water Department
Scholarship: Emily Woodruff.
STEM camps
• Partners for Progress of Greater St. Charles is organizing six
summer camps for seventh- through ninth-graders interested in
science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Activities will include online math programs from the Khan
Academy, building air rockets and balloon racers, and making
musical instruments.
Camps planned for the week of June 13 will be from 1-4 p.m. at
Fort Zumwalt West High School, and 9 a.m.-noon at Wentzville’s
Timberland High School and St. Charles Community College.
STEM camps also are planned for 9 a.m.-noon the week of July 18
at Barat Academy in Dardenne Prairie and Discovery Elementary
School in the Orchard Farm School District.
Enrollment is limited. Cost is $25-50. For more information,
call Linda Arnet at 618-441-6880, ext. 254.
The Journal welcomes news items and photos from events going
on in local schools. To submit information, email it to Brian
Flinchpaugh at bflinchpaugh@yourjournal.com.
The information will be published in Campus Notes each
Wednesday. Information must be submitted by noon Friday for
inclusion in the following Wednesday’s Journal.