March 2023 Students of the Month

March 2023 Students of the Month; back row: Cody Branner (11th grade), Jacob Smith (12th grade), and Phoenix Hulswitt (10th grade); front row: Sophia Houttekier (8th grade) and Eden Bourland (7th grade); not pictured: Madelynn Bennett (9th grade).

submitted by Manchester Jr/Sr High School

Students at Manchester Junior/Senior High School receive Student of the Month awards for promoting a good way of life; for working and getting along with people; for working up to their capacity; for inspiring respect for adults, peer groups, and people in authority; for promoting good citizenship; for promoting self-control, ambition, responsibility, and self-reliance; for having desirable leadership; for promoting friendship and being personable; and for aiding and encouraging the development of others with whom they are associated.

Manchester Jr/Sr High School’s March 2023 Students of the Month include Eden Bourland for 7th grade, Sophia Houttekier for 8th grade, Madelynn Bennett for 9th grade, Phoenix Hulswitt for 10th grade, Cody Branner for 11th grade, and Jacob Smith for 12th grade.

Jacob Smith, 12th grade March Student of the Month

Jacob Smith has played football and basketball for four years, baseball for two years, participated in FFA for four years, and has served as class vice president for four years. He plans to attend Michigan State to major in supply chain management. Outside of school, he enjoys deer hunting in the fall and turkey hunting in the spring, spending time at his grandpa’s farm on Saturdays, talking and learning about old muscle cars, driving in the summertime, playing euchre, visiting places/sites around the country, talking with members of his church, spending time with his girlfriend, and being with his family. Here in the community, he has done snow and brush removal in town the past few months, helped set up the ice rink near the pavilion in the winter, helped with a can drive at the pavilion for the basketball program, and helped set up/tear down Chicken Broil pits, as well as helping assemble takeout boxes during the event. 

The Manchester Community School Foundation holds an appreciation dinner in the spring for the seniors who are chosen as students of the month during the school year. They also offer a $1,000 scholarship for which only senior students of the month are eligible to apply.

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by Sara Swanson

Sara Swanson is an editor, writer and founder of the Manchester Mirror.