This Year's Winners: Mary Anne and Alicia

Mary Anne registered at Glendale Middle School late in the year due to some serious health issues – she is one of 8 children in her family and has been diagnosed with Lupus, which means many visits to the hospital and missed school. In spite of this Mary Anne has managed to not only catch up with her work but to excel in all areas of academics, carrying a 3.58 GPA at the end of the first semester.

Mary Anne is compassionate, considerate and is applauded for her courage and dedication to education and to living life to its fullest. Even when there are circumstances that are beyond her control, she accepts them with dignity and is an example of excellence to all those who have the good fortune to know her.

Alicia has made remarkable improvement from the 7th grade, during which her grades were suffering. This year she is a straight A student with a 3.8 GPA. She is working to qualify for a 4 year grant to college which is available to all 8th graders at Glendale Middle School who keep their grades up and graduate from high school. This grant offers a full scholarship to college for 4 years provided these students qualify. Alicia is working hard to meet this goal. She is very friendly and all the students and leaders love her.

We are very proud to offer this year’s Awards these deserving young ladies. Both girls were also given a $100 U.S. Savings Bond.

For more information, please contact:
Victoria Muehlberger, 801-274-9088,