Several Dell Rapids High School students received awards or accolades during the first half of the month of March.
Amanda Tomes and Bergan Weiland both were recognized by NCWIT. Tomes won an NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing for the North and South Dakota Region. Weiland was an honorable mention for the same award.
Samantha Verver recently placed third in the Paul Witherington Prose Contest at South Dakota State University for her short story entry, “Phoenix & Grace”.
Evan Schmidt is a finalist in the South Dakota Student Journalist of the Year competition. The South Dakota High School Activities Association will announce the specific awards at a convention on March 28th.
Casey Machmiller placed 1oth and Kyle Steineke placed 16th in the FFA Ag Mechanics Career Development Event recently held in Watertown. The Ag Machanics team finished fourth with the other two members being Kenyon Shellum and Riley Anderson.