001foreign good morning everyone I would like to welcome everyone to today's honor Day program during this program we will recognize and honor not only our students in school but also our community today marks yet another milestone in the lives of the members of the class of 2023. please rise as a class of 2023 enters the auditorium and please remain standing for the singing of the national anthem [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign at the twilight's last gleaming whose brought stripes and bright stars through the [Music] perilously screaming and the rockets [Music] [Applause] for the land of the free [Music] [Applause] you may be seated as ambassadors for our school and Community these students have contributed countless hours of dedication to our
002choral Department most of these students have been with me since sixth grade and have been excellent performers on stage in the gym honoring our country and in the classroom we have seen them transform into memorable characters in our musicals with talents that have far exceeded my expectations I know these seven seniors are going to go on and do great things in their lives because they've already shown me how much passion they have for music My Wish for them is to keep this passion alive in their hearts and in their lives as they continue on in their Journey Beyond high school please hold your applause while I call these seven students to receive their award Elijah Collins Tristan Hamer Lizzie Hall Bryce McQueen Gibson rails Kylie Simpson and Macy Smith please give these musicians a round
003of applause [Applause] I want to recognize the following Awards which were previously given during the past few days I'd like to acknowledge the following students on their academic success first for the chemistry one silver test tube Awards Brandt acre Caden Acton Christopher Maine's Quentin Miller Tam no Elena Weber and Joey yake congratulations to those individuals on Silver test tube Awards Round of Applause also the chemistry AP silver flask award is going to Jake Taylor congratulations Jake the following Juniors have been selected as gchs rising stars through the Indiana Association of school principals and those four individuals are Wyatt Clifford Claire Ginder Annie Pumphrey and Cooper Williams congratulations to those four we also have some awards for the Congressional Art competition honorable mention this year goes to Madison ponzler congratulations Madison [Applause] and for for her
004artwork entitled dread of Tomorrow the People's Choice Award for the Congressional Art competition goes to Milana Kramer first place overall in the Congressional Art competition is rewarded to an artwork called the more the merrier and this piece of artwork will hang in the Capitol building in Washington D.C and the first place winner goes to Milana Kramer congratulations to Milana and Madison ponzler now we will turn our Focus entirely on recognizing today's class of 2023 beginning with the awarding of the president's education awards for academic for outstanding academic performance at the end of seven semesters these students had achieved a 3.8 or above GPA and scored 1180 or above on the s.a.t these seven individuals I will read them one at a time and they will come up and get a certificate will applaud at the
005end of the list first Ella Chapman Christina Fogg Jenna Foster Josie knobby Selena Perez Macy Smith and Samantha Smith yeah congratulations to our president's education Awards for the class of 2023 we have two individuals that are signing up for the Armed Forces first I'd like to introduce Emily Hamm going into the U.S Army National Guard congratulations Emily come on up and secondly Taylor Underwood U.S Navy [Applause] our next list is 13 individuals that have earned the governor's work ethic certificate it outlines good attendance and cooperation collaboration with their fellow students and also High academic achievement the following individuals please report to the stage William Kathy Christina Fogg Jenna Foster Natalie Kalinowski Kennedy Lowe Kylie Simpson Macy Smith Samantha Smith Bryce Stringer Alexi Tungate Emma walsman Elijah Willard and Kagome wojcek congratulations Governors work ethic certificate
006recipients [Applause] also like to award the Indiana academic All-Star nominee from the class of 2023 and that individual is Jenna Foster [Applause] hello my name is Lieutenant Davis the Greensburg Police Department I've been with Greensburg Police Department for about 15 years I'm here today representing the Greensburg fop 104 Lodge we do have three Awards this morning that we are handing out scholarships for the from the fop if you could come up to the stage hold your applause till the end first be Bryant Merritt 250 dollars Matthew Reynolds 250 dollars Michaela hogman five hundred dollars the fop would like to thank everyone for submitting their applications these three were selected after review of essays and other information thank you again [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I am now going to present the bill Edwards pirate Nation award
007I'm going to read a brief summary to describe the the spirit of this award the class of 1980 met Bill Edwards in their seventh grade history class the anticipation of doing the famed Russian project had been passed down from older older siblings and Friends they're all a little nervous and for those of you in the crowd that know Mr Edwards we remember him dearly Greensburg High School is now graduating classes that did not have Mr Edwards either as a teacher coach or athletic director the class of 1980 wants to make sure that the generous Pirates Nation spirit award in Mr Edwards honor it is embodied and continues he wanted everyone to participate in some way as a player a cheerleader a member of the band or part of the cheer block he wanted you there
008and involved with the school he stood by the West Orford gymnasium games and was an announcer box taking tickets getting concessions and just doing the Deeds of being an athletic director he is remembered and his legacy lives on so in honor of the class of 1980 I am presenting this bill Edwards pirate Nation award and our award winner this year is Miss Jenna Foster [Applause] so for this award Jenner received a nice little gift and her name will be on a plaque that is provided by the class of 1980 that hangs in our office and will continue to be updated congratulations Jenna [Applause] good morning my name is Annie Swinney and I am the staff development coordinator at Decatur County Memorial Hospital and it is my distinct pleasure to be with you all today to
009award chosen future Healthcare Scholars with scholarships of one thousand dollars each dcmh is committed to investing in Future Leaders of the healthcare industry within this community and we're very proud to be able to support students from each of the high schools in Decatur County this year along with a passion for Health Care the selected students each demonstrated the hospital's core values of Integrity quality community and compassion I've had the distinct pleasure to work with several local high school students over the past few years many of whom from this building I am proud to reassure you all that the future of Health Care is very bright with these young scholars coming along Decatur County Memorial Hospital would like to congratulate all of the 2023 graduates from Greensburg High School we want to wish you each the
010best as you embark on the next new and very exciting chapters of your lives your Devotion to serving your community your school and your academic achievements have made you all ideal candidates for our scholarships will The Following police come receive their award Abigail hoeing and brene Driver congratulations [Music] good morning everyone my name is Dawn Lowe and I'm the executive director for the Greensburg Decatur County Chamber of Commerce I first want to say a huge congratulations to the class of 2023 and to your family and friends the Greensburg Decatur County Chamber of Commerce shifted their focus a little bit over the last year and a half and we have begun to realize that the youth is the future and so while we are here to support the business Community you guys will be the ones
011who will be leading that business community in 5 10 15 20 years and so it is our effort to make sure that we support you in an effort to in turn support our businesses this is the first time that the Greensburg Decatur County Chamber of Commerce has offered a scholarship and we are so extremely excited to be able to do so we held a cash bash raffle back in November during our annual dinner and that cash bash was able to award almost nine thousand dollars in prizes some of the most notable notable being two small business grants worth one thousand dollars each and we are also giving one thousand dollars in scholarships to a recipient at North Decatur South Decatur and Greensburg Community High Schools our community poured over 63 applications which was outstanding and
012I am pleased to announce that the recipient for the Greensburg Decatur County Chamber of Commerce scholarship for Greensburg Community High School is Macy Smith thank you [Music] good morning and congratulations to the senior class of 2023. my name is Joanne Cunningham and I'm the executive director of Decatur County United Fund the United Fund has been around for 66 years and supports many non-profits and local initiatives that address the areas of Education Health and financial stability our mission is together Building Hope Health and stability for our community today I'm here to recognize an outstanding student for their accomplishments of achieving the governor's work ethics certification their volunteer project selected and also award a 500 scholarship on behalf of Decatur County United Fund the first part is the certification and Mr Peters talked about that briefly earlier
013we've partnered with the school for six years now and our goal was always to strengthen the employability skills recognized by this certification that is critical in providing a pipeline of skilled high school students and working in our community as well and even preparing for their college or career goals to receive the governor's worth ethics certification you are required to have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher and have met the graduation requirements an attendance rate of 98 percent or higher and have fewer four or fewer sign-in sign outs or times tardy to School attendance is important one or fewer disciplinary referrals during the eligible school year and completed a minimum of six hours of community service or volunteerism during the eligible school year and be in good standing for earning the governor's work ethics certification
014secondly the United Fund is supported by many volunteers throughout the year and they are essential to the success of our work in the community many of our non-profit Community Partners would not survive without volunteers everyone should consider giving of their time to worthy or projects or organizations this year the Decatur County United fund scholarship winner has dedicated way more than six hours of volunteer time between helping at the animal shelter bread of life the miracle ride helping with wreaths Across America volunteering at church new directions the idlewise house and the Kiwanis pancake breakfast the Decatur County United Fund board of directors and staff selected Emma wallsman as our 500 scholarship recipient for her completion of the governor's work ethics certification congratulations Emma let's go good morning my name is Christopher Fogle and for this award
015I am speaking on behalf of the Greensburg prevention group The gpg Works to reduce Alcohol Tobacco and drug use in our communities especially among youth one of the ways we encourage youth like you to make smart choices is by publishing our be the wall role model posters this year we were happy to have two of your own classmates on our posters these students were selected because of their ability to make smart healthy choices and at this time we would like to give them momento and their scholarship check for two hundred dollars for their efforts as a be the wall role model thank you for making healthy choices Kennedy Lowe and Bryce Stringer please come forward [Applause] and at this time the gpg would also like to announce the new role models for the 2023-24 poster
016series earlier this year 11th graders applied to be featured on the new posters our committee reviewed all the applications and today we are pleased to announce this year's winners representing Greensburg Community High School congratulations Jesse Hadler and Ava Wilmer [Applause] good morning I'm Nora Bruns and I am the 4-H Youth Development educator here in Decatur County today we would like to recognize our 10-year 4-H members the seniors started their journey in the third grade and maybe even earlier if they were part of the cloverbuds mini 4-H program 4-H can be a huge commitment and not just for the member but for the entire family in their 10 years they've built skills by Leading Hands-On projects in areas like science Health Agriculture and Civic engagement 4-H has helped them grow confidence Independence resilience and compassion we
017would like to honor their commitment to 4-H today by presenting them with the certificate of recognition please help us in recognizing Lydia balzer William Kathy Emma Evans Christina Fogg Evan Graves Michael kopinski and Olivia wechter we thank you for your commitment to 4-H and to your community and wish you the best of luck on your next adventure [Applause] hi my name is Alex Helms I'm with the Decatur County Purdue AG alumni formerly known as the cater County stake fry committee it was founded in 1978 with the mission to promote Purdue University academics and Athletics with a particular emphasis on supporting Purdue agricultural programs and interests to achieve this Mission we support Decatur County students pursuing higher education in the field of Agriculture at Purdue by providing financial assistance in the form of scholarships each year
018we give scholarships to students from Decatur County that are enrolled in the Purdue's College of agriculture each recipient will receive a 500 scholarship after they have completed their freshman year and are enrolled in Purdue's College of AG for their sophomore year this year's recipient is Abe [Applause] foreign good morning and congratulations class of 2023 my name is Becky vandeber and this is my husband David and we are here today representing the Decatur County cattle battle the cattle Battle Is An Open cattle show held here in the county every March for youth from Indiana and surrounding states to exhibit their animals 2023 marked the 9th Annual Decatur County cattle battle this is our first year awarding the scholarship with proceeds from our show applicants from the scholarship must have been a 4-H Decatur County beef member
019and or participated in Decatur County junior leaders the person receiving this scholarship has been a 4-H beef member for 10 years and has exhibited his cattle at the cattle battle several of those years we are super excited to award the first annual Decatur County cattle battle scholarship for a thousand dollars to Evan Graves thank you so much thank you good morning seniors and congratulations my name is Philip Goddard and I am here this morning with my wife Dr Sue Ellen Reed Goddard I may add she was the superintendent of Public Instruction for Indiana she held that position elected position for 16 years we are very proud to be able to endow a scholarship in the memory of My Father Judge John W Goddard we are also very proud that it's being presented in an auditorium
020name for him the Goddard Auditorium yes my dad had a great presence in this community and I'll just reflect a few moments on some of the things that he accomplished he was an officer in World War II in the Navy he also taught at Princeton University in Notre Dame University for young men trying to become naval officers during the war dad was the County Attorney the City attorney the prosecuting attorney and the circuit court judge for 30 years he held elected office in this community for 42 years he's the past president of the Indiana trial judges Association and the recipient of two sigmores of the Wabash the highest civilian order award that can be presented by the state his Civic involvements in the community are just too too extensive to try to list in in
021this presentation but dad's greatest oh I may add that he and his brother played on the YMCA National Volleyball championship and if you're at the YMCA you can see his picture on the wall there but his biggest interest was the development of students at Greensburg High School he was their biggest fan he attended many many athletic events and um activities socially of students of the high school he thought that the future of America began with the development of people your age and what you're getting ready to embark on being life he did this long after my two brothers and I graduated from Greensburg high school he attended basketball games and football games well into his 90s he was still coming to football games and basketball games and I think he was a recipient of the
022big blue booster award I don't know how many times I've seen those trophies around the house when Dad was alive his sense of fairness and legal scholarship was recognized Statewide he never met a stranger and he could walk with royalty as easily as he could with the common person he was to be respected I am pleased to announce this year's recipient as Matthew Reynolds for the amount of two thousand dollars [Music] thank you congratulations it's my honor this morning to present the Russell Nancy Wilhoit academic leadership scholarship Russell's here with me many of you know he helps coach our softball team he's been very active in the community for many years and Russell and his wife started this scholarship I think two years ago and last year was the first year and this year our
023recipient of that award is Bryce Stringer there's a one thousand dollar scholarship [Applause] good morning my name is Renee springmeyer and I think all of you know Mrs mangles we currently serve on the Greensburg Community Schools Education Foundation and are here today to present a total of six scholarships these scholarships are made possible because of those who have generously donated to the Education Foundation the first four scholarships are our foundation scholarships and our two thousand dollars each the First Foundation scholarship winner is Granger Maxwell [Applause] the next winner is Courtney Michael [Applause] [Music] the next scholarship winner is oriannis schlieder [Applause] the last scholarship from the foundation is the technical scholarship and this year it is awarded to Bryant Merritt [Applause] [Music] next we have the class of 1968 scholarship to award the winner of
024this scholarship is Emily ernstis and it's for two thousand dollars as well [Applause] [Music] and last we have the Virginia Garvey scholarship this award is for five hundred dollars and the winner is Natalie Kalinowski [Applause] good morning my name is Deb Sellers and I have with me this morning my two sons Sean and Kyle Sellers and um my husband my late husband John and I both taught here for for myself 29 years and I'm not sure John he was at least 30. so I I would like to wish and congratulate the class of 23 job well done and to my fellow retirees it's great you'll love it and you made it to the finish line all right so every year for the past three years we have presented a scholarship in honor of John and
025to fund this scholarship we host an annual golf outing and I'm happy to say that we're already maxed out at 25 teams for July 1st and if you're interested in the future please contact Sean I don't do golf so he'll be happy to set you up with the team and you'll have the team and he'll set you up and get you going for the next year the event this year is July 1st and I'm happy to award two scholarships this year in honor of John 1 to Mr Granger Maxwell for a thousand dollars and one for Bryce Stringer for also a thousand dollars [Applause] [Music] as these gentlemen come to the stage I was happy to have both of them in class I don't have any embarrassing stories about Bryce but Granger was the only
026student I ever had set a hop hat on fire so you know that's a pretty good record for 29 years congratulations guys good luck in your future [Applause] my name is David springmeyer this is my I'm here with my wife Renee to present my mother's scholarship the Bonnie springmeyer nursing scholarship this scholarship was started to honor all the wonderful nurses that took care of Bonnie when she was sick this scholarship is for fifteen hundred dollars and the scholarship goes to Kennedy Lowe [Applause] [Music] good morning did I scare you wake you up sorry uh I'm Dave Green I'm here with my daughter Jamie uh before we get into the actual business I would like to make mention of some people that have touched probably all of you probably directly or indirectly impacting your growth over
027the course of time these people are leaving the school they're going into a new chapter in their life in retirement I would like to make mention of those people if I might Mrs Wamsley Mrs Hager Mr Coppell Mr Bailey Miss Sue Offenburg and the principle of thing Mr Peters as he moves on to a new Endeavor in his life congratulations to all of those people [Applause] um my wife Joyce gave 30 years of her life to this school she taught in the business and Vocational Department walked the hallways she was a team mother for basketball tennis golf whatever it might be she did not graduate from Greensburg High School she graduated from one of the County Schools Clarksburg she was valedictorian and I thought maybe she was a you know somebody smart and here I
028am I guess I'm just lucky Joyce as I said taught in this building for 30 years very unexpectedly in November of 1998 she passed so with the honor Day on in the year of 1999 we gave the first scholarship in her honor today marks the 25th year that we have given her scholarship you young people today you have no idea who she is but I bet there are many of your parents your grandparents no Mrs Joyce green if you're doing me a favor later at some point ask your parents or your grandparents about Mrs Green and they'll paint a very glowing picture of this lady we have done this as I said for 25 years she's not happy about it but that's the way it is we've done this to honor her her Legacy and
029we're going to do it again and again and again I know for sure that I will be here another 15 years for future graduates at that point in time I will be 96. and that age number will match my golf score that's what I'm shooting for this year we had 20 plus applicants to Mrs Green scholarship we checked everything we are very pleased that all of you applied we're very grateful that you thought enough that you would enter your name in there to be looked at and decided upon this year and somewhat because of the way the economy is we would have liked to extend more applications more scholarship monies but the money was just not there so our committee looked at everything we had and we made the decision that our recipient this year
030is Miss Kerrigan Acton foreign besides an award of one thousand dollars to miss Acton her name will appear on a plaque that will be hung in the main office congratulations Kerrigan to the class of 2023 congratulations to you we wish you the best of luck foreign good morning my name is Jamie holtkamp and I am here to present the Adam holtkamp Memorial Scholarship I'm very excited to be this be here this morning as this is our first Greensburg recipient and Adam was a Greensburg graduate in the class of 2005. Adam holtkamp was my husband and he was killed in January of 2021 while completing his routine morning chores on our farm Adam was a farmer in Decatur County his entire life his passion and versatility for all things agriculture was impressive he gained a degree
031in Ag Systems management from Purdue University he worked for several years as a manager at Premier Ag and he held a position as an account manager for an agriculture software company that allowed him to travel the country all while also working on his family's Farm one of his favorite jobs on the farm was hauling cattle to Nebraska in his Kenworth occasionally with his dog Brantley in the passenger seat he even coined his basement bar after this the bull hauler Saloon in 2016 Adam and his father took a leap of faith and established their own Farm together holtkamp family land in livestock in 2020 he achieved his primary career goal to work full-time on his own Farm Adam was incredibly intelligent talented and capable in many Arenas although he measured success a little differently than most
032his success was rarely measured in dollars he measured his success in the smiles on the faces of our daughter and nieces during their trips to the river in the semi to deliver grain he measured it in the hope and excitement he had for teaching our son all he knew and loved about farming and he measured it in working with his father building their legacy and living out their dreams together he certainly didn't have it all but by his measures his life was incredibly successful agriculture is vital to the future of this county country in the world we need knowledgeable individuals that can successfully navigate their way through volatile markets in slim margins in this ever-changing world working in agriculture takes a broad set of skills and knowledge and ability to be flexible and often think
033quickly in an obvious willingness to get your hands dirty this scholarship was established as a way to support youth of Decatur County pursuing a future in agriculture and to give back to a community that has given my family so much love and support I want to thank the Decatur County Community Foundation for their help and support making this scholarship possible I want to thank all of the scholarship applicants reading each and every individual's words on what agriculture means to them brought a profound joy to our hearts and helped us to remember the deep meaning and love of agriculture in Adam's life I believe in the recipient of this scholarship I believe that they can make a difference that they have a bright future and can do great and important things for the agriculture community I
034am happy and privileged to award the Adam holtkamp Memorial Scholarship in the amount of fifteen hundred dollars this year to Evan Graves [Applause] [Music] you so much on behalf of the Greensburg United Methodist Church congratulations class of 2023 I'm pretty sure yesterday it feels like you were in preschool so I don't know how I got here already but I'm here to present the scholarship the Roland Curtis and Rula Marie Barnes nursing scholarship in the amount of 1159 dollars to Emma wallsman [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good morning everybody and congratulations to the graduating class of 2023. uh my name is Ethan Eldridge and I'm very excited to be here today on behalf of the Krista Nabi Eldridge Memorial Scholarship Foundation to be awarding one of our annual scholarships to a graduating senior here today for those of
035you who don't know my mom Krista Navi Eldridge was actually a a student at North Decatur High School just down the road during her time at North Decatur she was very dedicated to her her academics her Athletics in volleyball softball and women's basketball and she was also very dedicated to her community into her her local 4-H club um after graduating from North cater High School her and my dad who actually went to Greensburg High School go go pirates both went to Purdue University together and my mom got her her bachelor's degree in social work from Purdue and then went on to get her her master's degree in social work from the University of Pittsburgh and hope to one day move back to to Greensburg to be a family therapist and to Coach women's sports at
036North Decatur High School um unfortunately before we could all move back as a family to Greensburg and a day before her 33rd birthday my mom actually passed away from a very brief and hard-fought battle with cancer in August of 2004. and uh a short time thereafter a few of our family friends some of those who are here today actually started this Scholarship Foundation to honor her memory by recognizing two seniors one from Greensburg high school and one from North Decatur High School each year that have a similar dedication to their schools and to their communities my mom loved the community of Greensburg and as a social worker and a family therapist she had a an especially strong dedication to supporting the young people of Greensburg who are the future of this community and so I
037know that you know if she hadn't passed away she would be here today coaching volleyball or basketball and and supporting the young people of the community and would likely be up here instead of me giving a scholarship for something or another um to to one of you here today so it is with great pleasure that I announced the winner of this year's Chris Nabi Eldridge Memorial Scholarship to a dedicated student a proud member of the Greensburg community and a name that I've heard a few times already here on stage today and that is Macy Smith congratulations [Music] thank you good morning and congratulations class of 2023 we are Larry and Amy Bray we're here to present the very first scholarship and memory of our daughter Colleen Bray Colleen was at 2019 graduate of Greensburg High
038School many of you may not remember her but you may remember her little brother Evan who graduated just a couple years ago last year we lost Colleen in a car accident when she was on her way to work she was only 21 years old but she had already built herself a very successful business and was planning her upcoming wedding to her fiance Kyle everything was falling in place for her and we couldn't have been more proud when Colleen was little she was always very passionate about animals she loved all of them we had nearly every pet you could imagine dogs cats rabbits guinea pigs Ducks Turtles frogs everything She always told us that she wanted to grow up and be a vet because she wanted to help animals until she got into high school she
039realized that discovered that she didn't really much care for school at that point and after graduation she was introduced to dog grooming and by that fall she was enrolled in a dog grooming School a technical school to kind of hone her skill she loved it and she was good at it she won several creative grooming competitions where she transformed poodles into everything from giraffes zebras the Star-Spangled Banner and even The Little Mermaid to someone on the outside it looked like dog grooming was a hard job long hours wrestling dogs in and out of the bathtub lifting them on and off the grooming tables soothing their anxieties when she just needed to finish the cut Colleen didn't see it like that she once told me Mom can you believe I get paid to play with dogs
040all day I knew then that she had found what we all strive for she was happy and as a parent that's all you want for your children after her passing her lifelong friends decided to the best way to honor her was to start a scholarship that would forever carry on her Legacy of helping animals and they did just that and while there are many deserving students in here receiving awards for their academic achievements we're very thankful for this tribute because this scholarship's a little bit different than most it does not include any academic standards to qualify because we believe that like Colleen Talent passion work ethic and potential don't always translate the same on a report card however this scholarship is open to anyone anyone willing to use their god-given talents to help animals in
041some way that shares Colleen's genuine and Unconditional Love of Animals whether you're using your academic success to pursue a doctorate in veterinary medicine or you use your impeccable work ethic to pursue trade school certification and dog grooming or vet tech or maybe you just want to use your entrepreneurial instincts to start your own business with this scholarship we hope to honor Colleen by celebrating anyone who fiercely chases their dreams in the pursuit of Animal Wellness so with that it is our pleasure that we are able to present this inaugural award to the recipient who shares Colleen's Love of Animals in pursuing his dreams we're very proud to present this one thousand dollar scholarship to Evan Graves [Applause] foreign good morning my name is Jennifer mcelvin and I'm here with my mom Pam mcalvin today and
042we are presenting The Glenn and Joanne Moore scholarship um Glenn and Joanne Moore moved to Greensburg in 1955 where they purchased their first retail store they raised four children Larry Pam Jeff and Melanie who attended the Greensburg schools and went on for post-secondary Education Pam then returned to teach in the Greensburg school system for 30 years they were prominent Merchants from 1955 to 2013 and they displayed business savvy in their stores Moore's True Value Hardware and minier's department stores it is with great pleasure today that we award this scholarship in their memory for a thousand dollars to Selena Perez [Applause] now we're going to present the Ted and Marion Stout scholarship this scholarship is in the amount of 830 and this year's recipient is Mr Bryce Stringer congratulations Bryce [Music] morning everybody my name is
043Alex Sefton and I have the honor of serving as the president of our Greensburg Rotary Club here in town it's my honor today to be able to present the service above self award to an outstanding young woman who has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to serving our community she exemplifies rotary's motto which is service above self this award is given annually to students whose lives exemplify this High Calling this year we had three recipients two from South Decatur and one from here at Greensburg Community High School this individual has made a significant impact on her school and Community through her selfless acts of kindness and dedication to others her efforts have not gotten a notice and we're excited to be able to present her with a 500 scholarship that she can use to further her education
044so ladies and Gentlemen please join me in congratulating Miss Bailey ebbing [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you good morning and congratulations Greensburg High School seniors my name is Spencer burkert and I'm here from the Greensburg Optimist Club presenting the William H grivey scholarship this one year this year one student at Greensburg high school was selected to be awarded with a 2500 scholarship William grivey was a long time member of the Greensburg Optimist Club he lives his entire life according to the Optimus Creed his scholarship was created many years ago by his wife Betty and his brother Dan grivey a portion of this scholarship is funded by the Greensburg Optimist Club flag program were hundreds of U.S flags are placed throughout Decatur County on several national holidays during the year this year's applicants were asked to
045write an essay on how the Optimus Creed applies to their lives the recipient here at Greensburg wrote an outstanding essay and fits the true criteria of an optimist the 2023 William gravey scholarship recipient from Greensburg is Bryce Stringer thank you [Music] good morning I'm Bill Curry and I represent the Decatur County Community Foundation and as you can see I got a big stack to give away here so it's going to be a fun period for me for those of you who don't know the uh Decatur County Community Foundation has approximately 25 million dollars that we hold in trust to give away as scholarships and grants to throughout the community and this year we've get we have 75 scholarships to the three schools for a total of 335 thousand dollars and I just want to take
046a quick second before I give away the scholarships to tell you about our mission our mission is to inspire generosity of our community to create a lasting impact and the thing it's hard to think about is today this is about the the graduates and the money that you guys are going to receive but think about all the families who donated in the generosity that that made this day possible so I just want to say that real quick and then get to the the scholarship so the first scholarship is for the Decatur County Community Foundation Lily endowment and that goes to Christina Fogg that scholarship is a is a full tuition plus a 900 a year stipend the next scholarship is the Decatur County Community Foundation mystery donorship trade scholarship and that goes to Camden Caden
047Tressler [Applause] they should all be in order well hello yes sorry about that the next scholarship is the Rhodes DeMoss family vocational scholarship and that goes to William Kathy foreign scholarships are for the Youth philanthropy Council scholarship and that's Macy Smith and Chloe Wilcox [Applause] [Music] the next three scholarships are for the Addie Austin Memorial Scholarship and it's 1435 each to each student is Austin Adams William Kathy and Evan Graves [Applause] the next scholarship is the Joanne Bostick Memorial pirate Spirit award and that goes to Kennedy Lowe for 410 dollars [Applause] uh the next scholarship is for the Arnold duquesne's MD scholarship for six hundred dollars is Courtney Michael [Applause] Theon Ingalls Wing scholarship for 3125 goes to Sarah Stapp [Applause] the Steve Hunter Memorial Scholarship for eighteen hundred and twenty dollars each is goes
048to Austin Adams and William Kathy [Applause] the Martha Frost Art scholarship for 425 dollars goes to Kagome wo check [Applause] the Del Mar Jeanette Janet connect family Memorial Scholarship of 1650 or excuse me 615 dollars goes to Michaela Hageman [Applause] the Knights of Columbus scholarships of 200 each goes to Abigail hoeing and Abe Debbie [Applause] the Meyer and Wilmer Schreiber family scholarship of eleven hundred ninety dollars goes to Jenna Foster [Applause] the Decatur County Community trade technical scholarship of a thousand dollars goes to Caden Tressler [Applause] the class of 1941 and 1942 scholarship goes to Evan Graves [Applause] uh the First Federal good citizenship Awards goes to four individuals 2500 each is Abigail hoeing Josie Nabi Gibson Rawls and Phoenix Skelton [Applause] there are five Bernie and Lucy Lehman scholarships the first one of thirty
049five hundred and fifty dollars a year for two years goes to Evan Graves the next four or five thousand dollars a year for four years goes to Tyler benninger and Kai Dyer Emily ernstis and Clayton Feldman [Applause] is one we didn't do yeah okay for the class of 1961 scholarship in the amount of 456 dollars we have orianna schlitter congratulations orianna congratulations now going to move on to the Craig Allen Roberts Memorial scholarships we have two recipients for this and it's in the amount of 500 each Bryant Merritt and Emma walsman congratulations [Applause] thank you for the DAR good Citizenship Award in the amount of 150 dollars this year's recipient is Jenna Foster thank you we hosted the annual Optimus essay contest and there's a scholarship associated with that contest in this year's winner is
050Macy Smith [Applause] there was also a welding contest in connection with the FFA and there's a scholarship associated with that and our winner this year and the amount of fifteen hundred dollars is Austin Adams [Applause] okay the Indiana state school bus drivers Association scholarship for 750 goes to Samantha Smith [Applause] positions the Delta faucet scholarship for one thousand dollars renewable goes to William Kathy [Applause] [Music] the PSI Iota zai sorority scholarship for one thousand dollars is awarded to Elijah Willard [Applause] we have two recipients for the daughter of Isabella scholarship for five hundred dollars each Bryant Merritt and Emma walsman [Applause] [Music] the Decatur County pork producers scholarship for one thousand dollars is awarded to Olivia wechter foreign America Foundation scholarship for one thousand dollars is awarded to Austin Adams [Applause] [Music] the Next Generation
051Hoosier education scholarships is awarded to four of our students for ten thousand dollars renewable Autumn Anderson Kylie Simpson Samantha Smith and Elijah Willard [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you these Starbucks College achievement plan award for full tuition and fees for four years is awarded to Kiera Richardson [Applause] [Music] we have four students receiving the Mitch Daniels early graduation scholarship for four thousand dollars Emily Hamm Rylan Mccalla Veronica Parks and Elena robolero [Applause] [Music] we have 18 students receiving the 21st century Scholars award this award equals state tuition in Indiana for four years please hold while I announce all 18 students Leslie bachover Seth Brown Ashlyn Corbin Kai Dyer Emma Evans Clayton Feldman Tristan Hamer Caden Hauck Samantha Johnson bright and Kelso Macy Lewis Jolena Moore Sophia Perry Abigail rage Adriana Stewart Von verzo Olivia wechter
052NK gomezek [Applause] [Music] issues nope congratulations you might need the microphone we have a number of awards that our senior class of the class of 2023 has received from post-secondary education and we'd like to take a few minutes to recognize those Awards we have three individuals that will be traveling to Anderson University Leslie bachover will be receiving the Indiana University Edwards merit scholarship Grant the merit scholarship is 23 000 renewable and the grant is over twelve thousand dollars renewable Samantha Johnson will be receiving the Reardon scholarship of 14 000 renewable and a grant of over three thousand dollars and Chloe Wilcox will be receiving the Raven merit scholarship of eight thousand dollars renewable foreign [Music] we have four individuals that are receiving awards from Ball State first one is a Ball State Scholars award to
053Bryce Stringer second Granger Maxwell is receiving a Ball State University scholarship Bryce's scholarship is four thousand dollars Granger's is over one thousand dollars they are both renewable Elijah Willard will be receiving a scholarship award of 4 000 renewable a music scholarship of one thousand renewable and a grant of over 1800 renewable and Kagome warchek is receiving number of Grants from Ball State University that total over eight thousand dollars renewable [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Tyler bidinger will be traveling to DePaul University he is receiving a distinguished scholarship of thirty thousand dollars renewable a grant of four thousand renewable and a DePaul Award of over ten thousand dollars renewable two young ladies will be making Fairmont State University their home for the next few years Bailey ebbing will be receiving an out-of-state neighbor scholarship a 4 000
054renewable a William white athletic scholarship of one thousand renewable which will increase each year a soar Scholars Award of 500 and a general scholarship amount to be determined Josie knobby will be attending Fairmont State University and is receiving an out-of-state neighbor scholarship of six thousand dollars renewable and an athletic scholarship starting for the first two years of eighty five hundred dollars and the second or the third and fourth year the amount will increase to 000 each year [Applause] Ella Chapman is going to the Florida Gulf Coast University she's receiving a president scholarship of ten thousand dollar renewable and a full athletic scholarship of over 39 000 renewable Noah Burr he will be attending Fordham University he is receiving a scholarship of over two ten thousand dollars renewable and a tuition ward of over eight thousand
055dollars renewable Franklin College will be the home for Kai Dyer he is receiving an academic scholarship of over fifteen thousand dollars renewable [Applause] Jeter Edwards will be attending Goshen College he is receiving an academic and athletic scholarship totaling over nineteen thousand dollars and it is renewable [Applause] two individuals will be attending IUPUI both receiving excellent scholar Awards Brock Adams of one thousand dollars renewable and Abigail hoeing three thousand dollars renewable [Applause] we have eight individuals so we'll be attending Indiana University and receiving various awards first one is an athletic scholarship of a full ride to Sam West a 21st century Covenant award to two individuals Seth Brown and Clayton Feldman an Indiana University Provost scholarship of 5 000 and a Hatton honors college award of one thousand both renewable Jenna Foster Haley deerstock will be
056receiving a Provost scholarship of 4 000 renewable Kylie Simpson a Provost a scholarship of five thousand dollars renewable Samantha Smith a school of Education Direct admit of one thousand and a Provost scholarship of five thousand dollars renewable and Sarah Stapp she will be receiving the Scott Holland back scholarship of 1500 renewable and a Provost scholarship of four thousand dollars renewable foreign balzer will be attending Kansas Westland University she is receiving the trustee Scholars Award of 14 000 renewable a softball discretionary Award of 7 500 renewable and the power of and award for twenty five hundred dollars renewable we have two individuals that will be increasing their talents of Hands-On at Lincoln Tech the first one is Chad Fraser receiving a 500 high school scholarship and the second young man is Austin Adams he will be
057receiving a high school scholarship of one thousand dollars Plus Austin is also receiving the technical and maintenance Council Lincoln Tech nadc diesel truck technician scholarship of over seventeen thousand dollars [Applause] Cadence Gates will be attending Manchester university dean's scholarship at the amount of ten thousand dollars renewable and also receiving College Tour Award of five hundred dollars [Applause] we have three individuals receiving awards from Purdue University first two Christina Fogg is presidential scholarship of four thousand and Kennedy low four thousand and both of those young ladies those awards are renewable also a Teddy will be attending Purdue he is receiving the presidential scholarship for four thousand dollars renewable and a school of Agriculture scholarship four thousand dollars possible renewal Rose Holman Institute of Technology will be the home for Tate Turner he is receiving a grant
058a technology Grant of fourteen thousand dollars renewable and a merit scholar Award of over twenty thousand dollars renewable okay two individuals will be making trying a university their home Michaela hogerman is receiving a Dean scholarship of fifteen thousand dollars renewable and Tristan Smith is receiving a Project Lead the Way tuition Award of a thousand dollars renewable tuition incentive Grant a 500 renewable Dean scholarship of 15 000 renewable opportunity Award of close to 19 000 renewable and other grants totaling almost six thousand dollars renewable University of Cincinnati three young ladies will be attending there they will be each be receiving twenty five hundred dollars renewable in the Cincinnatus Century scholar award these young ladies are Emily ernstis Natalie Kalinowski and Macy Smith [Applause] foreign folks will be attending University of Indianapolis Emma Evans is receiving the
059Richard Luger scholarship of eighteen thousand dollars renewable and Gibson rails is receiving an academic scholarship of the eighteen thousand dollars renewable and a music scholarship of ten thousand dollars renewable thank you four young ladies will be traveling to the University of Southern Indiana to make that their home for a few years as they earn their degree Macy Lewis is receiving an academic Award of fifteen hundred dollars renewable Courtney Michael is receiving an Indiana merit scholarship of three thousand dollars renewable Autumn Anderson is receiving a Dave rice scholarship of two thousand renewable and Emma wallsman is also receiving a David Rice scholarship of three thousand dollars renewable foreign right now we are aware of two students in this class who will be receiving United States excuse me veterans educational benefits one is Kerrigan actin which will
060pay full tuition for four years to Purdue the other individual is Elijah Willard who will be attending Ball State for four years [Applause] Xavier University will be the home of brene drivers she's receiving the leadership merit award of 21 000 renewable a grant of 3 000 a Magus Award of two thousand both renewable a housing Grant of 2 000 renewable event Grant of one thousand and an early filer Grant of 500. for this year's Awards our first award is our Paul Dwayne Collins track scholarship this is a four hundred dollar scholarship and this year's recipient is Tyler benninger [Applause] our next awards are our Royal Club award this award is given to athletes who have lettered in eight Varsity Sports in their four-year career this is a tremendous accomplishment for our student athletes to achieve
061the athletes are awarded a plaque with their name on it as I mention your name if you could please come pick up your plaque for Mr Peters this year's recipients are Ella Chapman Emily ernstas Jenna Foster Josie knobby Kylie Simpson Macy Smith Sarah Stapp Bryant Merritt Eli Moore and Abe Tabby please give them a big round of applause [Applause] [Music] this is the quickest we've seen Mr Peters move for a while our next award is the class of 1921 scholar athlete this award is voted on by our head coaches and takes academics and Athletics into consideration we also have plaques for this award this year's female scholar athlete is Jenna Foster and male scholar athlete is Abe Tabby congratulations [Applause] and our last award is our top female and male athlete this award is also
062voted on by the head coaches and takes into consideration an athlete's four-year career this year's top female athlete is Josie knobby and Top Male athlete is Kai Dyer congratulations [Applause] [Music] mixtures thank you and good luck to our graduates [Applause] good morning my name is Jane really and I'm here to award Scholarships in memory of my husband Randy congratulations class of 2023 what a job well done my husband Randy was a caring and hard-working person he was a 1979 graduate of Batesville High School he did not go to college however he participated in the school to work program when he was in high school working in the grocery business he continued to work in the retail business his entire life he worked his way up through the business from a cashier stock person to managing
063over six convenience stores and eventually owning his own convenience store he also had a love for the outdoors he eventually opened up R J Bait and Tackle which included servicing over 25 stores with Bait and Tackle I continue that to help fund his scholarship his most recent Endeavor was co-owning really fresh meat and Dally and Osgood with his brother even with his busy schedule he found the time to coach softball and Mentor young people in our communities Randy was also the primary caregiver of my father who had had Alzheimer's for five years he was all about giving of his time to help others and encouraging young people to do their best Randy would often tell our children and the people that worked for us it doesn't matter what you do in life be proud of
064your work be honest and respectful Randy lost his battle with melanoma cancer on July 16 2020. through the generous support of many friends families and community members we were able to establish the Randy really Memorial Scholarship fund the scholarship is open to area seniors no matter whether their future plans are to go to college trade school enlist in the military or directly go into the workforce this year we are awarding five two hundred dollar scholarships two which are here at Greensburg we hope the scholarships will help the recipients obtain some of the Necessities needed to launch into a new adventure this year's recipients at Greensburg are Haley deerstock and Austin Adams [Applause] [Music] it's my privilege to give this next award this is given by the chapel family Mr Chapel was a principal like Greensburg
065high school for I think at least 15 years before Mr Peters took over and Mr Chapel was a great mentor to a lot of students along the way as well as to the staff the field Chapel FFA and agricultural scholarship is given to Olivia wechter for five hundred dollars next two Awards go to two young ladies who have really beat the bushes this school year with the guidance of Mrs cummer to be able to obtain their Child Development Associate credential in order to do that they in this school year they had to log over 480 hours put together a portfolio and present that portfolio and then take a credentialing test proud to announce that both of those ladies who pursued that were very successful and I'd like them to come forward for a small token
066for Mrs cummer please those students are Autumn Anderson and Samantha Smith [Applause] good morning congratulations graduates my name is Lisa Swank and I am the coach of the Greensburg Community High School academic team this year's recipient of our scholarship in the amount of two thousand dollars is Ivy Wagner [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good morning class of 2023 congratulations on all of your accomplishments this year as superintendent Greensburg schools it's my honor to announce these scholarship winners first we have the Shriver Memorial Scholarship it is a 500 scholarship it goes to Bryce Stringer [Applause] next we have the Sarah kinker scholarship it is also a 500 scholarship and it goes to Kylie Simpson foreign Gene Childress scholarship it is a thousand dollar scholarship and it goes to Gibson rails [Applause] next is the Lillian Knox education scholarship
067it is a 500 scholarship and it goes to Granger Maxwell [Applause] we have three class of 1977 scholarships there are for 500 each they go to Emily Coy Selena Perez and Kylie Simpson [Applause] the Charles and Catherine Remy scholarship is a one thousand dollar renewable scholarship and it goes to Abigail hoeing [Applause] the Daniel Salee music scholarship is a 2500 renewable scholarship and it goes to Elijah Willard [Applause] The Goddard associate degree scholarship is a fifteen hundred dollar scholarship and it goes to William Kathy [Applause] The Goddard Business Degree scholarship is also a fifteen hundred dollar scholarship it goes to Olivia wechter [Applause] The Goddard technical degree scholarship is fifteen hundred dollars and it goes to Austin Adams [Applause] and The Goddard vocational degree scholarship is also fifteen hundred dollars and it goes to Bryant
068Merritt [Applause] to Goddard Purdue DePaul scholarship is a fifteen hundred dollar renewable scholarship and it goes to Kennedy Lowe and Tyler bidinger [Applause] we have 11 Bobby Berger scholarships they're all fifteen hundred dollar renewable scholarships and these scholarships go to Autumn Anderson Haley dearstock Natalie kolonowski Brayton Kelso Granger Maxwell oriannis leader Phoenix Skelton Macy Smith Tristan Smith Kaden Tressler and Emma wallsman thank you [Applause] and the last scholarship I have to present is the Indiana University Oscar Ewing scholarship that is a ten thousand dollar renewable scholarship and that goes to Jenna Foster [Applause] we are now acknowledging those individuals that received the Indiana college Corps that is provided through our partnership with Ivy Tech this distinction represents two years of college completed and also provides tuition savings to the families we're proud to offer that
069as part of an early college high school here at Greensburg these recipients will be called to the stage there's 34 of them this year they'll be receiving green and white cords hence they're holding the green and white cords we will give those out now we'll have a nice round of applause after all 30 34 names of red Carrigan Acton Autumn Anderson Lydia balser Tyler bidinger Seth Brown Ella Chapman Emily coy Abigail hoeing Natalie Kalinowski Brayton Kelso Lauren Krieger Kennedy Lowe Courtney Michael Josie knobby Gibson rails Kylie Simpson Samantha Smith Macy Smith Sarah Stapp Bryce Stringer Abe tabby Tate Turner Olivia wechter Emma wallsman and Elijah Willard congratulations to the recipients of the Indiana college Corps [Applause] we are now going to recognize those that have earned an academic diploma they are going to be receiving
070gold cords and I'm going to bring them up on stage we have a list of seven Jenna ankney Emily coy Jeter Edwards Lauren Krieger Kylie Simpson Olivia wechter and Elijah Willard congratulations academic honors diploma recipients [Applause] [Music] now we have a list of those earning a Technical Honors diploma we have a list of eight individuals Austin Adams Brock Adams William Kathy Gabriel Gregory Michaela Hageman Gabriel Jones Matthew Reynolds and Caden Tressler congratulations technical honor diploma recipients this next list of 42 names will be those that have earned both an academic and a Technical Honors diploma they are also receiving gold cords we will get through this Kerrigan Acton Autumn Anderson Casey ball Lydia balser Tyler benninger Noah Burr Ella Chapman brene driver Haley dewerstock Bailey ebbing Emily ernstas Emma Evans William everroad Clayton Feldman Christina
071Fogg Jenna Foster Cadence Gates Evan Graves Abigail hoeing Elizabeth Hall Isaiah Jones Natalie Kalinowski Brayton Kelso Kennedy Lowe Granger Maxwell Bryant Merritt Courtney Michael Josie knobby Gibson rails Calvin Robbins Phoenix Skelton Macy Smith Samantha Smith Tristan Smith Sarah Stapp Clayton Stevens Bryce Stringer Adriana Stewart Abe tabby Tate Turner Taylor Underwood and Emma wallsman congratulations individual receiving both an academic and Technical Honors diploma it is always impressive to read through these names I know it takes a lot of time but everyone deserves the recognition and it's also a testament to the accomplishments of the class of 2023 job well done job well done it's now time to honor the salutatorian for the class of 2023 we have a trophy and a certificate this individual finished her High School career with a 3.989 GPA and our salutatorian
072this year is Miss Josie knobby we have five individuals that have achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA we're going to call these individuals and give them their own Round of Applause and I'd like for them to stay on the stage after their name is read for everyone to be acknowledged at the end first off Ella Chapman [Applause] our next valedictorian also with a perfect 4.0 GPA is Christina Fogg [Applause] y our third valedictorian Miss Jenna Foster [Applause] next also valedictorian Kennedy low [Applause] foreign just as valuable but the last name to be read Macy Smith [Applause] Round of Applause for our valedictorians for the class of 2023. good job guys I have some closing comments and some individuals to recognize here as we finish up the ceremony first I'm going to acknowledge the retirees there's a
073lot of special people here that I'm going to just acknowledge real quick and in a school setting it truly takes a village I know that's a cliche but there's a lot of different roles and value and responsibilities that people take on to make a school run and it ranges from school lunch to teaching to teacher aides to secretaries and they all add up to hopefully making a great place here at gchs first I'd like to acknowledge Mr Gary Bailey social studies teacher here he has taught here for 16 years congratulations Mr Bailey on your retirement Mrs Melinda Hager has been our treasurer for the ECA accounts Mrs Hager served in the in this capacity for a total of 24 years and 12 of those here at gchs congratulations Melinda on your retirement Jenny Wamsley has
074served as our cafeteria manager and has worked with our schools for the past 19 years Jenny good career congratulations on your retirement Mr Copple school resource officer for Greensburg Community Schools he has helped all three schools throughout the years and he's been doing this for 27 years with our school system congratulations Bruce we you we will miss you Miss Offenburg director of School counseling 44 years 11 years is teaching 33 years as a school counselor coach for 26 years thank you sue [Applause] [Music] as I get myself together here Sue thanks for everything you've done and and for all our retirees job well done appreciate all that you do for kids all right as we dry it up here Awards earned by the class of 2023 I want to thank some Community Partners and I'm
075going to give you some statistics here as I do every year and when I read these numbers it's really really staggering and I know as each person comes up and presents there's a lot of generous donations and I want to share these numbers with you from Awards and scholarships from local community organizations and from trust funds established within the school corporation we awarded 374 482 dollars this year to the class of 2023. thank you to those Community Partners let's give a round of applause and then from Awards grants and scholarships from post-secondary education institutions the class of 2023 earned 3 million 346 910 from those sources congratulations class of 2023. those amounts total over 3.7 million dollars earned by the class of 2023 another round of applause great job this stretch that we're in is
076a celebration and it will culminate with your commencement a week from Saturday week from tomorrow and one last congratulations to the class of 2023 you guys have been impressive since you started and you finished on a high note great job thank you to parents family members community support and the entire community of Greensburg this is a special place and go pirates thank you