Class Night for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Seniors was held May 14 at the high school. The following honors and awards were announced.
American Legion Auxiliary Of Post #288: Brennan Stoltz
Sons of the Legion, Hartley: Kinsey Schirmer, Brett Stoltz
Staff SGT Shane Koele Leadership Award: Brennan Stoltz
Staff SGT Leroy Webster Leadership Award: Kinsey Schirmer
Onyx Lodge #419, Sanborn Masonic Lodge: Alexis Grover
American Citizenship Award: George Vargas Calderon
Class of 1952 Scholarship Award: Heather Elgersma
Arlene Houston Memorial Scholarship: Jenna Buren
HMSEA Educational Association Scholarship: Jenna Buren, Cherrylenne Hibbing
O’Brien County Farm Bureau: Adam Schierholz
Cooperative Energy: Adam Schierholz
O’Brien County Funeral Home Association: Emma Vollink, Heather Elgersma
Bernie Saggau Award: Kinsey Schirmer
500 Card Club: Aiden Nitzel
Instrumental Music Award: Owen Haspels
U.S. Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Award: Annika Overmire
Florence Fahlenkamp Memorial: Aiden Nitzel, Brett Stoltz
Vocal Music Award: Ashlynn Struve
Hartley Lions Club Academic: Kinsey Schirmer
Hartley Lions Club Brad Hirt Memorial: Emma Vollink
Hartley Lions Club Technical/Community College: Brennan Stoltz
Hartley Lions Club General Scholarship: Abigail Otto
Industrial Tech High Achievement Award: Carter Johnson, Brenden Larson
Travis Raveling Memorial Scholarship: Jenna Buren, Kya Christopherson, Alexis Croatt, Brenden Larson, Brennan Stoltz, Aiden Nitzel
Pheasants Forever: Adam Schierholz, Kinsey Schirmer
Cooperative Farmers Elevator Scholarship: Abigail Otto
Walter G. Ronnfeldt Memorial Scholarship: Heather Elgersma
HMS Athletic Booster Club Scholarship: Abigail Otto, Adam Schierholz, Kinsey Schirmer, George Vargas Calderon
HMS Athlete Award Girls/Boys: Kinsey Schirmer, Jacob Cates
Math Award: George Vargas Calderon
Northwest Iowa Community College: Cherrylenne Hibbing, Brenden Larson, Delaney Murphy, Brennan Stoltz
Northwestern College: Alexis Grover, Emma Vollink
Harding Family Scholarship: Heather Elgersma, Abigail Otto, Kinsey Schirmer
English Award: Abigail Otto
Science Award: Kinsey Schirmer
Social Studies: Carter Johnson
Family Consumer Science: Jocelyn Abonce
Business Award: Austin Smith
Art Award: Luz Nunez
Faculty Award: George Vargas Calderon
Melvin 313: Emma Vollink, Alexis Croatt
I.E.F. Women’s Club Delaney Murphy
RECOGNITIONS
Best of Class George Vargas Calderon
Governor’s Scholar Recognition Program: George Vargas Calderon
All-Academic Team Northwest Iowa Community College: George Vargas Calderon
OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS
Jacob Cates – Sonstegard Foods $ 2,500, Grand View Scholar’s Award $14, 000 per year, Grand View Baseball Scholarship $8,000 per year, Scholar’s Competition Winner Award $ 2,000 per year
Brenden Larson – North West REC Scholarship $250
Aiden Nitzel – Dewey & Jan Torkelson Scholarship Award 2024 $1,000, Jackrabbits Blue and Yellow Guarantee Scholarship $2,000
Adam Schierholz – North West REC $500, MSUM Paseka School of Business $10,000
Tayler Webster – Arch Merit Scholarship $24,000, Invest in Rural Iowa Scholarship $5,000, Build Up Iowa Scholarship $2,000, Music Scholarship $2,000, Beaver Visit Grant $1,000
GRADUATING WITH HONORS:
Austin Smith, Luz Nunez, Brennan Stoltz, Tayler Webster, Alexis Grover
GRADUATING WITH HIGHEST HONORS
George Vargas Calderon, Adam Schierholz, Kinsey Schirmer, Heather Elgersma, Aiden Nitzel, Delaney Murphy, Abigail Otto, Emma Vollink, Keyanna Brower
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Heather Elgersma, Alexis Grover, Delaney Murphy, Aiden Nitzel, Abigail Otto, Adam Schierholz, Kinsey Schirmer, Brennan Stoltz, George Vargas Calderon, Emma Vollink
NATIONAL SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY
Jocelyn Abonce, Kelly Buhrmann, Heather Elgersma, Alexis Grover, Delaney Murphy, Aiden Nitzel, Kinsey Schirmer, Emma Vollink
STUDENT COUNCIL RECOGNITION
Adam Schierholz, George Vargas Calderon, Kevin Arambula, Emma Vollink, Kinsey Schirmer, Annika Overmire, Delaney Murphy