Ryan earns faculty honors at Trinity College
Britney E. Ryan, of Highlands Ranch, class of 2013, has received
faculty honors for the 2009 fall semester at Trinity College.
Freshman makes dean’s list at Villanova
Jonathan Kent, a freshman from Highlands Ranch, has been named
to the dean’s list for the 2009 fall semester in the Villanova
School of Business.
Ranch’s Buccio is named to dean’s list
Therese Buccio, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the dean’s list
at the University of New Haven for the fall 2009 semester.
Northridge students take first place at Brain Bowl
Northridge Elementary Discovery program students brought home
the first-place trophy from the Optimist Brain Bowl. Northridge was
the only school representing Douglas County at the all-day event
Feb. 6 at Overland High School in Aurora.
The five students who won the first-place trophy against 23
sixth-grade teams were Michael O’Sullivan, Tanner Rawlings, Teagan
Kim, Quinn Tucker and Doug Dominic. Dee Steele, Northridge
Discovery math teacher, is the team’s coach. The event is loosely
modeled after the GE College Bowl television program and questions
put every team member’s expertise to work.
Subjects cover knowledge learned in the classroom and in the
community. Brain Bowl is an academic competition open to middle
school students in Colorado and Wyoming sponsored by the Optimist
Club of Colorado and Wyoming. Three regions and 200 teams competed
in 2010. Seventy-three schools and 14 districts participated with
students in grades 6, 7 and 8 in the Central Region.
Gennaro earns leaders and achievers scholarship
Lauren Gennaro, of Lone Tree, is one of 57 recipients of the
2010 Leaders and Achievers scholarship, established by the Comcast
Foundation. The foundation was founded in 1999 to provide
charitable support to its local communities and to empower and
enrich lives. Gennaro is a senior at Highlands Ranch High School
and plans to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
next fall.
Carol Skelton wins Mount Rosa Scholarship
Carol Skelton, a senior at ThunderRidge High School, has been
awarded the Mount Rosa Memorial Scholarship Award. Skelton read her
scholarship award-winning essay at the monthly meeting of the Mount
Rosa Chapter of the Daughter’s of the American Revolution in April.
She is the daughter of the Rev. Bruce and Debra Skelton.
She was selected as the Mount Rosa Scholarship Award winner by a
panel of three judges who evaluated the autobiographical sketch
which stated goal, objectives and future plans after the completion
of the applicant’s education.
Applicants were also evaluated on their contributions to their
school and community, consideration of the letters of reference and
transcripts. In her spare time, she enjoys running and writing
poetry.
Skelton will graduate top of her class of 402 students at
ThunderRidge High School in May. She is president of Interact and
of El Pomar Youth in the Community, both community service groups.
She is coordinator of community service projects for ThunderRidge
High School National Honor Society.
Skelton plans to attend Colorado School of Mines in Golden with
a major in environmental engineering.
Young Musicians Award is awarded to Lan
Christina Lan, a junior at Mountain Vista High School, was
recently awarded the 2010 Jeff Bradley Young Musicians Award by the
Colorado Symphony and the Denver Post. Christina will receive an
engraved crystal statuette and a $2,000 prize that must be used to
further her musical studies.