Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Student of the Month Story

Who - Hannah P
What - Student of the Month award
Where - Bowie HS
When - Recently
Why - For being an exceptional student
How - awarded by the administration


Story:
Freshman Hannah P. was recently awarded the Bowie HS Student of the Month award.
She was awarded by the administration at Bowie H.S for being an exceptional student.

Freshman Hannah Porter won the Student of the Month award for the month of April.
“I think I won student of the month because I can balance sports and academics well,” freshman Hannah Porter said.
Porter was not expecting to be awarded the Student of the Month award this month
“ I felt surprised when they announced it on the announcements,” Porter said.
Many excellent students are nominees for Student of the Month each month, and according to Principal Stephen Kane, the process of choosing just one is very difficult.
“So many students at Bowie are excelling at such a high rate, it’s very hard to choose only one student,” Kane said.
Biology teacher David Jones shares his advice with us on becoming a student of the month.
“ I think it helps a lot to participate in class and get to know the teachers well, along with getting good grades. But, it is also important to not focus completely on grades, but to do sports and activities outside of school as well, because that is what’s going to make a student stand out,” Jones said.
Porter also shared what qualities a Student of the Month should have.
“ I think they should be respectful and involved in school,” Porter said.
Counselor Nancy Davis shares her opinion on teacher’s involvement on the Student of the Month awards.
“ I think it is good for kids to have a healthy relationship with their teachers, and have students be positively influenced by teachers and staff because I think it pushes the kids to work harder. Healthy relationships with teachers can come in handy for things like recommendations and college applications, so I think its always a good thing to have,” Davis stated.
Porter shared her influencers for Student of the Month.
“My track coach and teachers helped,” Porter said
Porter shares her advice with students who want to or plan on becoming student of the month in the future.
“ Don’t stress too much, but still try your best. Also, don’t focus on just grades. Keep them up, but try and have a good balance,” Porter said.
When asked if she wanted to become student of the month again, Porter responded with no.
“I want someone else to have a chance to be Student of the Month,” Porter stated.


The Student of the Month for May will be officially chosen on April 30th.


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