BeltnBeyond Vol5Issue6 6.14.18 for web

June 14, 2018
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Faith Christian School Class of 2018 Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Valedictorian, Amanda Lynne Smith,
the daughter of David and JacLynne Smith,
has attended Faith Christian School from
kindergarten through her senior year, with
the exception of tenth grade. She was the
treasurer of her class for her sophomore and
senior years and the president of Student
Council for her junior and senior years. An
avid athlete, Amanda has greatly enjoyed
being on the soccer team for her sophomore through senior years,
track during her sophomore year, and basketball for all four years
of high school, serving as the team captain during her junior and
senior years After school, Amanda spends her time as a waitress
at Johnnie’s Italian Restaurant, hanging out with her friends and
sisters, and playing with her dogs. Amanda plans on attending
Northampton Community College and obtaining her RN with
the intention of transferring and working to obtain her BSN and
eventually MSN to one day become a NICU nurse practitioner.
Salutatorian, Tyler Robert Brawley, the son of Brian and
Beverly Brawley, has attended Faith Christian School since
seventh grade. In his freshman year, he served as class treasurer.
In his sophomore year, Tyler began taking afternoon classes
at Monroe Career & Technical Institute for Outdoor Power
Equipment. For two consecutive quarters, he was selected as
“Student of the Quarter” at MCTI. He passed his EETC Two
and Four Stroke Engine tests and is now a certified small
engine technician. During his junior year, Tyler placed first in
the SkillsUSA District 11 competition and moved on to the
States competition where he placed third. In his senior year, he
scored Advanced on his written NOCTI test at MCTI and had a
perfect score for the hands-on portion. Tyler volunteers every
other Friday night at the Stroudsburg Wesleyan Church food
pantry. He is currently a service technician at Pocono Tractor
& Equipment for Husqvarna lawn equipment. He also owns
and operates his own firewood business where he cuts, splits,
and sells 75-100 cords of firewood a year.
For the past three years, he has donated
one cord of firewood to Faith Christian’s
Gala auction. Tyler will be attending Ohio
Technical College this August for Diesel
Technology where he will obtain his
Associates degree. His plans are in God’s
hands, and he is very excited to see them
unfold.