Mid Rivers Newsmagazine 11-18-20

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named winners in the scholarship contest.
To be eligible, scholarship applicants had
to have a weighted GPA of 3.0 or better, be
proven leaders and role models within their
communities, and participate or have participated
in grades 9, 10, or 11 in at least one of
the 48 school-sponsored sports recognized
by the International Olympic Committee
or the National Federation of State High
School Associations.
Lawrence is an offensive lineman and
linebacker for the Cougars. He also is a
member of the school’s wrestling and baseball
teams. In addition, he participates in
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Key
Club, National Honor Society and Nosotros.
Recognized on the High Honor Roll, he has
received academic all-state honors.
Lawrence plans to play football in college
and major in engineering.
St. Dominic student receives
international award
St. Dominic High freshman Ava
Vachalek recently was named an international
champion in the 2019-20 Knights
of Columbus Catholic Citizenship Essay
Contest.
Vachalek submitted an essay that discussed
“the meaning of virtue and how you
live and embody the virtue of charity.” She
wrote the essay when she was an eighth
grader at Immaculate Conception in Old
Monroe, Missouri.
The goal of the essay contest is to
involve young Catholic students in grades
eight to 12 in civic discourse and instill in
them religious and life-affirming values.
To qualify for submission, each essay had
to be 500-750 words on a specific topic.
Entrants were judged on grammar, style
and how clearly the student presented the
theme in a way that showcases creativity,
imagination and overall development of
the topic.
Students honor veterans
The St. Barnabas Holy Name Men’s
Group sponsors a veteran’s essay contest
each year at Assumption School in
O’Fallon.
The group determines what questions
need to be addressed in the essay and
requires a minimum of 100 words. Spelling
and grammar are important in the process
of their review and selection of the
winners. Both seventh- and eighth-grade
students participated in the 2020 contest,
which posed the question “What do the
American Flag and the Pledge of Allegiance
mean to you?”
Following the end of a Veteran’s Day
Prayer Service, St. Peters Alderman Terri
Violet (Ward 3), herself a veteran, hosted
the awards while Bob Stahl, moderator of
the St. Barnabas Holy Name Men’s Club,
presented the winners with a ribbon and a
monetary gift. First place winners received
a check for $100; second place winners
received $75; and third place winners
received $50.
After reading all of the essays, three
students from each class were chosen
as winners. The eighth-grade winners
included first-place winner Brannac Jeffries,
second-place winner Josh Giesmann,
and third-place winner Abby Woytus.
Winners from the seventh-grade class
included Colin Olsen in first place, Macy
Collier in second and Belle Lutostanski
in third.
Pictured (right to left): St. Luke’s Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Jeremy Leidenfrost, MD, Ronald Leidenfrost, MD, and Michael Ryan Reidy, MD
For the third year in a
row, St. Luke’s is the
only hospital in Missouri
named one of America’s
50 Best Hospitals for
Cardiac Surgery
by Healthgrades ®
stlukes-stl.com/HeartHealth
Assumption School’s participants in the St. Barnabas Holy Name Men’s Group veteran’s
essay contest.
(Source: Assumption School)
Now
more
than ever,
you need
great
heart
care!
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