Scio High School Awards Night

Posted: June 8, 2023

I wanted to take a moment to comment on last night’s 2023 Scio High School Awards. It was a night to remember for all that attended. Anytime we can celebrate the hard work of our students is awesome. The stands and mezzanine were overflowing with students, parents and community members beaming with pride.

The night started with the high school counselor Mr. Andy Campbell welcoming everyone and introducing the first of several presenters of financial scholarship awards to our seniors. Thirty-three scholarships were awarded to 20 students totaling $47,500. In addition, individual students had other scholarship awards they received prior to the awards night ranging from $3,000 to $108,000. Twenty students also applied for the Oregon Promise Grant. This grant provides each student to receive up to 90 community college credits free of cost. That equals a total of 1,800 FREE Trade or Community College Credits worth of $250,000.

-The Scio High School Class of 2023 earned a total of over $450,000 worth of scholarships/grants!

The class of 2023 has a lot to be proud of when it comes to their accomplishments. Here are some of the highlights in addition to their financial awards…

6 Students finished with a 4.0 GPA or above throughout their high school career
26 Students finished with a 3.5 GPA or above
14 Students earned their Honors Diploma with a 3.5 GPA or above
Clancey Krahn is the class Salutatorian graduating with a 4.11 GPA
Vivy Hirschfelder is the class Valedictorian graduating with a 4.18 GPA

After the Senior awards finished up it was time for staff to come up to the podium and recognize students for their efforts throughout the 2022-23 school year. Sixty-eight awards were given out. These included…

8 Artists of the Year
8 Theater Oscar Awards
6 Theater Department Awards
4 Social Studies Students of the Year
3 Honorary FNRL (Future Natural Resource Leaders) Member Awards
3 FNRL Students of the Year
2 Writing Students of the Year
1 Yearbook Student of the Year
2 English Students of the Year
2 Top Chefs
2 Science Students of the Year
4 Agriculture Students of the Year
1 Peer Leader Award
1 ScioOne Student of the Year
1 Sunshine Award
8 AVID Tutor Awards
2 Spanish Students of the Year
1 Leadership Award
1 Conditioning Award
1 Math Student of the Year
2 Twelve Sport Athletes
1 Male Athlete of the Year
2 Female Athletes of the Year
2 Students of the Year

Finally the night wrapped up with the AVID student celebration. For anyone wanting to know the impact of AVID on the lives of our students, I highly recommend you attend a year end AVID celebration. The highlight of this portion of the night was when our graduating AVID seniors came to the podium to discuss how AVID has influenced their high school experience. To watch their emotion as they explained what their AVID family and instructor meant to them was inspirational. Then to watch their teacher try to get through his speech told me all I need to know about why investing in the AVID program is the right thing for our students!

Thank you Scio High School staff for your efforts to make this such a great year for our students. Thank you students for making our work so meaningful!