COLUMBUS — Eighty-five students participated in the 19th annual Central Honors Institute June 25-28 at Central Community College-Columbus.
Participants will be in the seventh or eighth grade this fall and have high ability in language arts, math and/or science. They were selected for their academic accomplishments, leadership skills, maturity and recommendation from a teacher or counselor. In addition to attending classes, they had a chance to socialize with peers in the evenings and experience life on a college campus.
Instructors were Katie Claus and AJ Rose, both of Columbus, CHI Creativity language arts track; Josh Darveau and Jared Johnson, both of Columbus, Stream Team biology track; Terri Jelinek of Columbus and Lee Brogie of Wayne, CSI at CHI math track; and Marc Bathke of Dixon and Ed Brogie of Wayne, FLY CHI physics track.
Staff members were all from Columbus and included Lynette Hogelin, residence hall mom; Adam Lassen, residence hall dad; Erika Leffler, camp director; Karin Rieger, camp administrator; and Abie Wulf and Terry Wulf, social directors.
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Camp interns were Gabbi Judd, a senior at Wayne High School and daughter of Rachel and Daniel Judd of Wayne; Ashley Kraemer, a junior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and daughter of Greta and Doug Kraemer of Allen; Brock Ray, a senior at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and the son of Rich Ray of Fremont and Stacy Ray of North Bend; Caroline Slama, a senior at Aquinas High School and daughter of Amy and Kevin Slama of Rising City; Kassidy Soulliere, a recent Wayne State College graduate who is a first-year teacher for third and fourth grades at Christ Lutheran School in Columbus; and Andie Venzor, a recent Wayne State College graduate who is employed at the Center for Survivors in Columbus.
Area participants, listed by the school they’ll be attending this fall, were:
AMHERST PUBLIC SCHOOL: Kaitlyn Meints of Amherst, daughter of Cody and Keith Meints.
AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL: Joey Ballas of Aurora, daughter of Heather Ballas; Wyatt Heiss of Aurora, son of Allison Marie and Clint Heiss; Shawn Morris of Aurora, son of Robin Wilcox-Morris and Jeff Morris; and Aiden Roush of Aurora, son of Teresa Schaffert.
KEARNEY – HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL: Audrey Bauer of Kearney, daughter of Anne and John Bauer.
ORD PUBLIC SCHOOL: Tenley Ramm of Ord, daughter of Crystal Ramm and Ryan Broker and Jim and Jessica Hesse.
POLK – HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: Jacob Engler and Jayden Engler of Silver Creek, children of Sarah and Carl Engler.
RAVENNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Lillian Bursaw of Ravenna, daughter of Chris Pfeifer and Mike Bursaw.
SHELBY-RISING CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL: Garrett Ruth of Rising City, son of Geoff and Christa Ruth.
ST. LIBORY PUBLIC SCHOOL: Gideon Adams of Chapman, son of Anika and John Adams.