enews Graduation Issue | June 14, 2013 - Ferndale Public Schools
enews Graduation Issue | June 14, 2013 - Ferndale Public Schools
enews Graduation Issue | June 14, 2013 - Ferndale Public Schools
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<strong>2013</strong> John F. Kennedy Scholarship Recipients<br />
Mallory Fuller<br />
Mallory truly exemplifies the core<br />
foundation of this scholarship. She has<br />
made the most of her <strong>Ferndale</strong> High<br />
School experience with an exceptional<br />
drive to succeed. She did it all with a<br />
remarkable balance of grace, humor and<br />
humility. She is truly respected and well<br />
liked by everyone in our school community.<br />
Mallory has been a highly visible<br />
leader in our school music programs, this<br />
year as Drum Major and in the leading<br />
role of Maria in The Sound of Music. And<br />
throughout her six years as a member of the award-winning <strong>Ferndale</strong><br />
Golden Eagle Marching Band, Mallory exhibited exceptional<br />
leadership.<br />
Her band director, Elon Jamison, said: “As our Drum Major,<br />
Mallory was arguably the best I’ve seen in my 15 years. Every detail<br />
of her musical performance was always perfect, and the intensity<br />
with which she approached the marching side of performance<br />
was consistently elegant and graceful.”<br />
Mr. Jamison concluded with this: “In a word: She never misses.”<br />
Mallory has also been Principal Clarinet for the past two years,<br />
after making the Wind Ensemble as a sophomore. She was also<br />
heavily involved in choir, Tuesday Night Singers, Student Enterprise<br />
Theatre, Students Against Destructive Decisions, United<br />
Student Assembly, National Honor Society, and the Green Club.<br />
Academically, Mallory has challenged herself throughout her<br />
four years at FHS, taking honors and Advanced Placement classes,<br />
for which she was awarded the AP Scholar Award. She graduated<br />
2nd in her class and received many scholarships.<br />
Mallory is an open, friendly person who left her mark on FHS<br />
for her kindness and maturity. She plans to enter the University of<br />
Michigan in the fall. Congratulations to her on joining the ranks of<br />
49 Years of <strong>Ferndale</strong> High School’s John F. Kennedy Award recipients<br />
and best of luck in all she does in the future.<br />
Keith Waldrup<br />
It has also been said that Keith<br />
“truly embodies the spirit of the JFK<br />
award.” He has the admiration of his<br />
teachers and he has been a champion<br />
of <strong>Ferndale</strong> High School.<br />
Keith is an exceptional scholar,<br />
athlete and leader. His teachers<br />
praise him for his work ethic, desire<br />
to support his classmates, and<br />
incredible focus. They say: “He is<br />
the type of student every teacher<br />
wants in class.” His coaches say: “No<br />
one outworks Keith. He’s the type of<br />
athlete every school wants wearing their jersey.”<br />
Keith has been a standout athlete on the baseball, tennis<br />
and hockey teams, becoming captain of all three teams<br />
and maintaining top grades throughout. He was a leader in<br />
merging the Berkley/<strong>Ferndale</strong> United Hockey Team.<br />
Athletic Director Shaun Butler says: “Keith is without a<br />
doubt the most well-rounded scholar-athlete we have. Keith<br />
is always positive. Nothing can shake him. He has truly been<br />
our biggest student leader.”<br />
Along with athletics, Keith has always been proud<br />
to maintain his top grades. He was also a member of the<br />
National Honor Society, and has received more than 20<br />
scholarships recognizing his varied skills including the Grand<br />
Valley State University Award of Distinction Faculty Scholarship<br />
and Award for Excellence. He earned the MHSAA and<br />
Detroit Free Press Scholar Athlete Awards, OAA Sportsmanship<br />
Recognition Award, and Michigan High School Hockey<br />
Coaches Association Academic All-State Award. We know he<br />
will continue those accolades when he enters Grand Valley<br />
State University next fall.<br />
Congratulations to him on joining the ranks of 49 Years<br />
of <strong>Ferndale</strong> High School’s John F. Kennedy Award recipients<br />
and best of luck in all he does in the future.<br />
<strong>Ferndale</strong><br />
High<br />
School<br />
Since 1964, the <strong>Ferndale</strong> <strong>Schools</strong><br />
have awarded two graduating<br />
seniors – one male student and<br />
one female student – with the<br />
distinguished John Fitzgerald<br />
Kennedy Award.<br />
This year, two outstanding<br />
FHS students were selected<br />
for this honor by members<br />
of their school community,<br />
teachers, and administrators.<br />
These two students are selected<br />
because they best represent<br />
their graduating class by having<br />
demonstrated an outstanding<br />
combination of scholarship,<br />
school involvement, community<br />
service, leadership, and<br />
individual responsibility during<br />
their years at <strong>Ferndale</strong> High<br />
School. Mallory Fuller and Keith<br />
Waldrup received a keepsake<br />
plaque, their names will be<br />
engraved on a permanent sign<br />
in the school office, and they<br />
each received a $1,000 college<br />
scholarship from the <strong>Ferndale</strong><br />
<strong>Schools</strong> Board of Education.<br />
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