Barrett awarded teaching honors
Cottonwood Elementary School teacher Laurie Barrett was selected the Finneytown PTA Educator of the Year and was also named the Hamilton County Council Of PTA's Educator of the Year. She was then designated District 6 PTA Educator of the Year, the highest level of the award.
AP Scholar
Dan Lajiness, a graduate of Stephen T. Badin High School, was named an AP Scholar by completing three or more Advanced Placement exams with grades of 3 or higher.
He was also awarded Badin's 2002 Archbishop McNicholas Medal, given to the student with the highest level of academic achievement in the graduating class.
The son of Terry and Howard Lajiness of Oxford is a freshman majoring in biochemistry at the University of Toledo.
Latin exam
The National Latin Exam Scholarship Committee has awarded $1,000 scholarships to the following students who received gold medals on the 2002 Level III, IV, V or VI National Latin Exam:
Lisa Schilling, an Indian Hill High School graduate attending Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; and Jason Carreon Chua, a Summit Country Day School graduate attending Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Sheriff's academy
The following recruits graduated from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Basic Corrections Academy:
Jason Oliver, Rande Rigby and Matthew Eiting of Symmes Township; Dominic Pierani and Michael Stenger of Green Township; Peter Billey and Aaron Gibbons of Price Hill; Justin Hunt and Edward Shields of Springfield Township; Morgan Sheppart of Blanchester; Edward Colwell of Colerain Township; Michael Jones of College Hill; Michael Kane of Delhi Township; David Amyx of Glendale; Matthew Fehler of Kenton County, Ky.; Oliver Albert of Madeira; John Enderle of Mount Healthy; Kelman Johnson of North College Hill; David Dawning of Pleasant Ridge; Dustin Sinchek of Reading; Phillip Mack of St. Clair; Phillip Capps of Sharonville; and Joshua Maxey of Westwood.
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