Speech and Debate
Kenston placed sixth out of 20 schools at Edison High’s Speech and Debate Tournament. In their first ever varsity tournament, freshmen Kylee Pierson was crowned tournament champion in Dramatic Interpretation and Okan Kardzhala and Marcus Novak went undefeated and placed second in Public Forum Debate.
Also going undefeated was Tia Speece, who placed second in Lincoln Douglas Debate. Savannah Georgian placed third in Program Oral Interpretation and fourth in Bible Interpretation, while Hannah Andrews placed sixth in Bible Interpretation.
This marked the first time in Kenston’s history that one of its teams placed in Public Forum Debate at a varsity tournament. Also competing in their first varsity tournament ever were Colin Varga in Congressional Debate, Delaney Bochenek in Lincoln Douglas Debate, and David Marshall in International Extemporaneous Speaking.
Academic All American Award
Congratulations to Savannah Georgian for being awarded the Academic All American award by the National Speech and Debate Association. She is only the second Kenston student in the KHS team’s 18-year history to have achieved the award.
The Academic All American award recognizes students who have earned the degree of Superior Distinction and have demonstrated outstanding character, leadership and academic grades.
KMS Conferences
Kenston Middle School is holding parent teacher conferences Nov. 16 from 3:30-7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria and the Auburn Bainbridge Room.
Western Reserve Conference Scholar Athletes
Congratulations to the students who earned Western Reserve Conference All Academic honors for 2017 fall sports. To be selected for the award, students must have a cumulative average after seven semesters of 3.25 GPA or better and have lettered in their sport for two years.
Cross country student athletes were Will Britton, Megan Fisher, Henry “Will” Grendell, Connor Kenosh, Samuel Markel, Evan Measures and Juan Rios. Receiving honors in football were James Burg, Jacob Deuley, Connor Kure, Austin Safko and Patrick Vanderbilt.
Soccer players Benjamin Catley, Alejandro Cisneros-Morales, Andrew Dicker, Zachary Fritz, Elise Markley, Corenna Maynard, Ashley McClintock, Patrick Persichetti and Ryan Toft received All Academic honors from the Western Reserve Conference.
Golfers Grace Cannon, Aya Henry, Samantha Hoffman, Alexia Journey, Isabelle Krzys, Allison Lindner, Ernest Manke, Sandara Paglia, Abigail Vossler, Nathan Wasinski and Emmett Weil were recognized. Girls tennis player Ava Bumbu received All Academic honors.
Volleyball players Olivia Beeman, Zoe Curtis, Taylor Gilbert, Victoria Jepson and Sydney Koenig were recognized with an All Academic award. Cheerleader Elizabeth Kumnick was recognized with All Academic honors.
Honoring Veterans Day
Veterans were celebrated across the district and by third-graders at Timmons Elementary School. Annually students invite parents, grandparents or a special friend who has served in the military to share stories about military life and their branch of the service. Guest speakers often bring military mementos to share.
Students honored the veterans by performing military and patriotic songs.
