Breakfast of Champions Honors Students for Positive Actions

 

By Austin Beachy, OHS Torch Reporter

 
On Monday, May 4th, Olympia High School held its annual Breakfast of Champions to honor those students who have stuck out from the pack this year. The Breakfast of Champions is a time when “Students are honored for doing something positive for Olympia High School,” said OHS Dean Mr. Hurley.

 The awards can be for a variety of things--for excelling in athletics, for showing improvement in the classroom, for helping out others or for just being polite in the hallways. Most awards are not for classroom excellence, but they can be. Mr. Hurley emphasized that behavior and politeness are key to receiving these awards.

 The cafeteria staff kindly put on a breakfast at 7:00 and the awards started at 7:30. Each teacher shared their nominated champion and why that person was nominated.

 
This is Mr. Hurley’s 9th year at Olympia High School and he has participated in the event every year. He plans on keeping it alive in the future as well.  OHS secretary Mrs. Schmidgall said, “The Breakfast of Champions is a great way to recognize students in all areas. The student I nominated had tears in her eyes when she received the award.  It was very touching.”

Teachers presenting awards were: Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Meisner, Mr. Hurley, Principal Jodlowski, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Brigham, Mrs. Stephan, Mr. Haak, Mrs. Steve, Ms. Lies, Mr. Hieronymus, Mr. Cleary, Mrs. Schmidgall, Mr. Thornton, Mr. Gaither, Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Stine, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Castleman, Mrs. Braskich, and Mrs. Justuce.

 Students receiving awards were: Xian Graden, Dylan Huffington, Logan Schuerman, Kevin DeBord, Brad King, Delia Kerr-Dennhardt, Chris Hancock, Cheyanne Park, Lexi Danner, Hunter Rigg, Destiny Ballenger, Grace Curtis, Ellie Schmidgall, Bryce Rinkenberger, Emma Wendland, Will McGhee, Lucas Salvator, Zaily Graber, Rayvin Kassabaum, Josh Behm, Reid Brown, Zach Toft, Blake Enos, Laura Rankin, William Pratt, and Brittany Ice.

 OHS business teacher Mrs. Schroeder said, “The Breakfast of Champions in beneficial and it’s good to give others recognition.”  Congratulations to all the award recipients!