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Cloquet High School held its awards convocation on May 8 and announced the following award and scholarship winners at the school, including those pictured on Page 9 of this week's Pine Knot News
The George and Helen C. Medich Family Medical Scholarship: Kiley Issendorf
Floy Gilman Scholarship: Grace Swanson
Noah Feehan Memorial Scholarship: Owen Brenner and Mason Sundquist
Cloquet Area Eagles Club Scholarship: Willow Putnam and Clara Wheale
Bausch & Lomb Science Award: Josh Bleskacek
Lake Country Power Les Beach Memorial Scholarship: Willow Putnam
CYSA Scholarship: Kiley Issendorf, Mason Sundquist
VFW Scholarship Award: Makenna Smith, Grace Lavan and Willow Putnam
CTE Department Award: Emmett Prosen, Edward Stone, Warren Hietela and Isaac Hill
Economics Awards: Dane Singpiel, Hunter Carr and Simon Rakes
Science Fair Awards: Ethan Lavan, Parker Sickmann, Grace Lavan, Johanna Bernu
Girls and Boys State Awards: Rizal Agaton Howes, Aspen Winbigler and Sofia (Sam) Breuer
Upward Bound: Josilyn Nikko
Theatre Awards: Merissa Witte, Elise Sertich
English Department Awards: Mason Sundquist, Owen Brenner, Chris Stoltzfus, Ryan Huls, Jake Peterson, Lexi Niemi, Hannah Bastien, OE Levinski, Jacob Dunaiski, Evan Syverson, Merissa Witte, Ahna Demenge and Juliauna Nygaard.
Academics, Arts, and Athletics Award from the Minnesota State High School League went to Emmett Prosen and Alexa Shepherd.
Alworth Scholarship, which provides students majoring in math or sciences with $6,000 a year for four years of college provided they maintain a 3.0 GPA. The scholarships were awarded by Patty Salo Downs to Owen Brenner, Makenna Horvat, Mary Kayser, Josilyn Nikko, Grace Swanson, Clara Thompson, and Madysen Waters.
Honors of Distinction, for maintaining a 4.0 or higher grade point average throughout a high school career, were given out by principal Steve Battaglia and vice principal Tim Prosen to Owen Brenner, Ava Carlson, Ella Chartier, Quinn Danielson, Macy Dearborn, Makenna Horvat, Kiley Issendorf, Mary Kayser, Grace Lavan, Erin Loeb, Lucia Mertz, Josilyn Nikko, Aydann Pollard, Willow Putnam, Simon Rakes, Alexa Shepherd, Christopher Stoltzfus and Grace Swanson. Photos courtesy of Shelley Robideaux, Cloquet High School
Recipients of the wide array of Community Scholarships included: Alexa Shepherd, Ava Carlson, Calvin Snesrud, Carter Horvat, Clara Thompson, Clara Wheale, Courtney Carroll, Edward Stone, Eli Jazdzewski, Elijah Aultman, Elise Sertich, Emmet Prosen, Erin Loeb, Ethan Doty, Grace Lavan, Grace Swanson, Hunter Carr, Joe Bailey, Josilyn Nikko, Kiley Issendorf, Logan Sickmann, Lucia Mertz, Madison Fredrickson, Makenna Horvat, Mary Kayser, Mason Sundquist, Merissa Witte, Owen Brenner, Quinn Danielson and Ryan Vallis. Not pictured are Adison Lenarz, Autumn Peterson, Kaley Will, Lillie Golen, Rosalie Antus and Seth Rothamel.