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New Lebanon Central School Scholarships & Awards 2014
Josten Honor Award – for the highest grade point average for four years with a weighted GPA of 98.03 – the Class Valedictorian Connor Feathers
Josten Honor Award – for the second highest grade point average for four years with a weighted GPA of 93.24 – the Class Salutatorian Ryan Etue
Albany City Lodge #540 Knights Of Pythias Awards (Medal) Achievement Award given to a graduating senior who has made the greatest progress in extra curricular activities and/or community endeavors – Brittiny Warner
Albert Clough Scholarships – Destiny Breen and Ryan Etue E
American Legion Awards – for students who display honor, courage, scholarship, loyalty and service – Connor Feathers, Scout Metzler, Honorable Mention: Ryan Etue, Collin Goodrich
American Legion, Louis E. Godfroy Memorial Scholarship – Khalan Fish
Anna Amlaw Memorial Writing Scholarship – This award is given to the senior whose writing best demonstrates, describes or concerns the spirit of generosity, kindness, acceptance and humanity with which Anna Amlaw lived her life – Alesha Horn
Bee Happy Kids, Inc. Scholarship – Alesha Horn
Bill Sullivan Memorial Scholarship – Brandon Tynan
Carolyn Van Deusen Memorial Scholarship – Benjamin Eggers
The Cha-Nel Scholarship – Connor Feathers, Destiny Breen and Ryan Etue
Columbia County Farm Bureau Scholarship – Kathryn Harty
Columbia-Green Board Of Realtors, Inc. Scholarship – Josey Bartholomew
Columbia County Sheriff’s Benevolent Association Scholarship – Matthew Frank
David Woodside Memorial Athletic Scholarship – presented to a student that has excelled in academics and athletics – Connor Feathers
Deb’s Shear Perfection Scholarship – Josey Bartholomew and Khalan Fish
The Diane and Stuart Luhrmann Memorial Scholarship – Patrick Mclaughlin
Dorothy L. Wolff – this scholarship is presented to a student pursuing early childhood or elementary education – Alesha Horn
Gordon B. Drowne Memorial Scholarship – given in memory of Mr. Drowne – Meghan Moffit
Hudson River Bank & Trust Citizenship Awards – presented to graduating seniors who intends to pursue higher education or military service and who has demonstrated good citizenship and community involvement – Demery Weeks and Brandon Ross
The Jeannine Tree Ow Scholarship – Destiny Breen
Joseph B. Salls Scholarship – Mr. Salls, a graduate of New Lebanon High School, taught social studies at New Lebanon for 40 years and also served as an assistant principal – Demery Weeks
Joseph Mittnight Business Scholarship – Scout Metzler
Josephine and John Schydel Scholarship – Usman Sadiq
Jeffrey T Van Deusen Automotive Scholarship – Dylan Phillips
Joyce Styner Music And Dance Scholarship – Demery Weeks and Kathryn Harty
Kinderhook Elk’s Lodge #2530 Scholarship Award – given to a student who has displayed outstanding academic achievement and service to the school – Brandon Ross
The Kristen Marie Conley Award – Brittiny Warner
Lebanon Valley Auto Racing Award – Ryan Etue
Lebanon Valley Protective Association Scholarship – Scout Metzler, Meghan Moffit and Khalan Fish
Lebanon Valley Rod & Gun Club Scholarships – Samantha Bergdoll and Brandon Tynan
Lebanon Valley Woman’s Club Scholarships: Student Scholarship – Destiny Breen; Citizenship Award – Josey Bartholomew; Vocational Award – Khalan Fish
Mark A. Crawley Memorial Scholarship – Kathryn Harty
The Maura Olga Stouter MOS15 Leadership Award – Ryan Etue and Demery Weeks
The Nell Vink Memorial Scholarship – Patrick Mclaughlin
NLCS Alumni Scholarship – recipient must be a relative of an NLCS alumnus. Emphasis is placed on students with well rounded skills and talents – Samantha Bergdoll, Scout Metzler and Meghan Moffit
NLCS Appetites Annonymous Scholarship – Kaylie O’doherty
NLCS CSEA Achievement Awards – sponsored by the local unit of the Civil Service Employees Association – Scout Metzler
NLCS Music Award – Samantha Bergdoll
NLCS Sports Booster Club – Meghan Moffit and Ryan Etue
NLCS Student Council Award – Demery Weeks and Ryan Etue
NLCS Teachers Association Scholarship – Connor Feathers
NYS Education Department Award for Academic Excellence – Connor Feathers and Ryan Etue
NYS Office Of The State Comptroller Achievement Award (Certificate) In Recognition Of Hard Work, Dedication And Success – Brandon Ross
NYS Police Charles Perkins Memorial Scholarship – Collin Goodrich
P.C. Infinity Scholarship – Patrick Mclaughlin
Queechy Lake Club, Inc. Award – Brandon Tynan
Richmond Hill Homeowners Association Scholarships – Connor Feathers and Collin Goodrich
Riders Mills Historical Association Scholarship – Ryan Etue and Demery Weeks
Ruth M. Brooker, Class Of 1941 Citizenship Prize – Benjamin Eggers
Stephentown Memorial Library Scholarship – Meghan Moffit
Tsatsawassa Fire Company Scholarship – Scout Metzler
US Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Awards (Certificates) – Destiny Breen and Connor Feathers
Walter B. and Katherine R. Howard Grant – Mackenzie Stone
William and Margaret Hartigan Memorial Scholarship – presented to a student who has served his/her community and exhibits an interest in social sciences – Ryan Etue and Mackenzie Stone
Zema’s Nursery, Inc. Scholarship – Brittiny Warner
New Lebanon Jr./Sr. High School Class of 2014 Valedictorian And Salutatorian
Valedictorian – Connor Feathers
Connor, who is the son of Douglas Feathers and Jennifer Kenney, has a current GPA of 97.7 or 3.9. His coursework this year included
University English and University Physics, both dual credit through Columbia-Greene Community College, University Spanish 5, dual credit through SUNY Oswego, University Computer Aided Drafting I and II, dual credit through Hudson Valley Community College, AP Calculus AB, Government and Economics. He graduated with a Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation with Honors.
Connor was the recipient of several awards throughout his high school career. Awards included the Hugh O’Brien Leadership Award (2011), Clarkson University High School Leadership Award (2013), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medalist Award (2013), Air Force Recruiting Service Mathematics and Science Award (2011-12) and the Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology (2013). He also received the Triple “C” Award (2014) which stands for Character, Courage and Commitment from the NYS Attorney General, Eric T. Schneiderman.
While maintaining his academic excellence throughout high school, Connor was also very involved in a variety of clubs and activities. He served as Class Vice President and Vice President of National Honor Society. Connor was a member of the Jr./Sr. High School’s Travel Club, Prom Committee and Community Service Club. He played on the varsity volleyball, soccer and track and field teams since 2011. Connor served in a leadership role on the soccer and volleyball teams as captain. In 2014, he received the U.S. Army Reserve Scholar Athlete Award and was selected CHVL Outstanding Senior Athlete and Track and Field Most Valuable Athlete. He was named a Scholar Athlete in the Fall 2013 (soccer), Winter 2014 (volleyball) and Spring 2014 (outdoor track). In 2013 he was selected CHVL First Team All-Star for volleyball and soccer, Most Valuable Player Award in soccer and the Coaches Award and 2013-14 Patroon Conference Division A First Team in volleyball.
Connor’s work experience includes The Hitching Post Café and Mario’s Restaurant as a dishwasher and as an organizer at John Phillips Studio in Old Chatham where he organized paintings, as well as cleaning for presentation. At school, Connor volunteered for flag duty and morning and afternoon announcements.
Connor will be attending Clarkson University to study engineering.
Salutatorian – Ryan Etue
Ryan, who is the son of James and Stacy Etue, has a current GPA of 93.26 or 3.73. His coursework this year included University English and Pre-Calculus, both dual credit through Columbia-Greene Community College, University Computer Aided Drafting I and II, dual credit through Hudson Valley Community College, Physics, Economics, Government, Science Research and Writing and Senior Band. He graduated with a Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation.
Ryan was the Senior Class Representative. He played soccer since 2010 and played at the varsity level in the fall. He also played on the varsity volleyball team since 2012, and this year was captain. Ryan received the Leadership Award in Physical Education (2011), Varsity Volleyball Award of Merit (2011-12), Varsity Soccer Award of Merit and Most Dedicated Player (2013-14), Volleyball 2014 Coach’s Award and was also Scholar Athlete Fall 2013 (soccer), Winter 2014 (volleyball) and Spring 2014 (outdoor track).
In 2013, Ryan received the REAP (Respect, Effort, Attitude & Participation) Award in Principles of Engineering, The Elmira College Key Award and the Clarkson University High School Achievement Award.
His work experience included Jiminy Peak as a parking attendant and Lebanon Valley Speedway as a concessions worker. His volunteer experience included the 2013 American Cancer Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, Fall Festival to benefit Craniofacial Clinic at UMass and neighborhood cleanup.
Ryan will be attending Alfred State SUNY College of Technology where he plans to study Construction Management Engineering.
Valedictorian/Salutatorian Speech
by Connor Feathers and Ryan Etue, who alternated speaking during the presentation
Intro
Grandma turn right onto route 22 north and… wait RYAN (hehe)
Good Evening Class of 2014. I would like to thank parents and relatives of all the graduates here on stage for your support of these many lonnnnng years.
We would personally like to thank all of the teachers for guiding us throughout high school. Without your help we wouldn’t have been given this chance to represent the class with a lengthy speech comprised of many highly personal anecdotes, a chance we now prepare to take full advantage of….
Now before we start I would just like to ask for everyone to please remove their headphones.. (Collin)… and point out the safety exits in case this speech crashes and burns and apologize in advance for our speech, because you have two engineering majors attempting to give a heart warming speech and frankly the only thing that warms my heart is some pizza.
Which we were promised by Mr. Klafehn!
Well, a couple months ago we were called into Mr. Klafehn’s office and congratulated on being the class of 2014 Valedictorian and Salutatorian and then given the daunting task of writing this speech. A lot of things go through your mind when preparing to write a graduation speech. So to make things simple we asked some classmates for ideas. You would be surprised what everyone responded back with, Q and A, motivational speech, interpretative dance… But sadly Connor forgot the CD so we had to bust out the speech backstage.
Sorry for that (not), but the lack of dancing gives us the chance to talk about some of the great times we’ve had here at New Lebanon.
Elementary school holds a lot of memories. We had Nature’s Classroom, Camp Gingacook, Field Day, if anyone remembers that. The biggest change from elementary to high school is the social hierarchy. We began focusing more on who’s dating who and what to wear, rather than who has the most pokemon cards or the newest tamagotchi.
Ninth grade was a puzzle, we had a new set of teachers, more homework, and we quickly learned that high school would get progressively harder as we got closer to our senior year. Ninth Grade is the first year you take classes that will count towards your future. Which makes you feel a lot more mature than you really are, but everyone knows you’re still an underclassmen that can’t walk on the right side of the hallway.
Tenth grade is a bit of a blur, but I do remember tenth grade being the year where things actually started to change. Most of us got our permits and started driving, which I’m sure was scary at the time. But now we have our license. We started taking practice SATs and looking at colleges. It was kinda weird looking that far ahead in time. We got a taste of what junior and senior year would be like and, for that matter, what our future might be like.
Our interests started connecting as we began formulating possible career paths.
Quickly came junior year; a long year that I remember vividly. You start to become more of an individual and define yourself from everyone else. You’re no longer an underclassmen; you get looked up to and held to a higher standards and more responsibility than ever before, probably because you’re given more work.. wait.. I’m noticing a trend here…
Senior year is one of the most unique years you can experience. Which I can best describe with the words of Lance Jabr “Imagine yourself a young guy looking to get married. But you’re young, you don’t want to rush into anything. So you spend years traveling around trying to find the perfect woman. You find some that are too nerdy, some that party too much, and some that are just too cold. But then you find the right one. She’s incredible, everything you’ve been looking for in a woman. She’s smart, pretty, athletic so you decide to propose. But you only get one shot, so you spend months preparing and planning for how you will do it so you don’t mess it up. You set a deadline for yourself so you don’t lose track. As the deadline approaches you wonder if you’re good enough, whether you’ve done enough to show your true potential.
“But the day comes when you finally propose, and she looks at you acknowledges the proposal and says…. mmm let me get back to you in 4-6 months. Which is disappointing since she will probably say no anyways. But that’s okay because what she doesn’t know is you proposed to a bunch of backup ladies.” This is very similar to the process of applying to college. A process I’m sure most of us have Ms. Pepe to thank for all her help throughout the year with the extensive paperwork that we’ve had loads of fun filling out.
But its not always bad, just in the past few weeks we pulled a few good pranks and Mr. Klafehn’s ca…(hand on shoulder) they don’t know about that yet…
What I meant to say is over the past 12 years we have had tons of great memories, memories that I wouldn’t trade for anything, not even this gown or the funny shaped hat.
High School is said to be one of the best times of your life. But what I want to make sure is that you know that high school isn’t the best time of your life, that it is a pain I don’t wish upon my worst enemies. If SATs, Regents and having to ask to go to the bathroom are the best times of your life, you’re doing something wrong.
Granted we have been together for the past 12 years and made some lifelong friendships, I will never (sob) forget most of you (sob sob).
Will you stop with the onion…
Fine (puts onion away), Congratulations Class of 2014, thank you to all the parents, family, teachers and mentors for guiding us onto this stage.
Best of Luck to all of you.
NLCS Class Of 2014: Where Are They Going?
Cody Ames – Employment
Josey Bartholomew – Columbia Greene CC
Samantha Bergdoll – SUNY Potsdam
Adam Bombard – Employment
Destiny Breen – HVCC > 4 year
Benjamin Eggers – HVCC > 4 year
Ryan Etue – Alfred State
Connor Feathers – Clarkson University
Khalan Fish – HVCC
Matthew Frank – HVCC or Military
Collin Goodrich – Clarkson University
Diego Greenhalgh – SUNY Brockport
Kathryn Harty – Cazenovia
Brianna Hempstead – HVCC > Pharmacy School
Ondrea Hilts – Adirondack CC
Alesha Horn – U.S. Coast Guard
Chelsea Jaramillo – Employment > College
Robert Mabeus
Patrick McLaughlin – HVCC > Siena
Scout Metzler – Bryant and Stratton
Meghan Moffit – Russell Sage
Kristen Morse – HVCC > Mercy College
Khanh Nguyen – Western Texas A&M University
Troy Nunn – HVCC > Bachelors
Kaylie O’Doherty – Employment
Dylan Phillips – Southeast Lineman Training Center
Brandon Ross – Keane State
Usman Sadiq – Albany College of Pharmacy
Taylor Sikorski – SUNY Buffalo
Brianna Springstead – HVCC and Air National Guard
Mackenzie Stone – College of Saint Rose
Brandon Tynan – Paul Smith or HVCC
Brittiny Warner – Berkshire Medical Center
Demery Weeks – SUNY Brockport
Ashlee Winnie – HVCC
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