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Terrific Kids

The following Garnet Mesa students earned a Terrific Kid Award from the Kiwanis Club of Delta for their efforts to be responsible citizens and students. Pictured above are kindergarten and first grade students (kneeling) Porter Smith and Haley McMillan; (standing) Lance Porter, Eh Law Kyaw, Cameron Teal, Tyler Carlquist and Zander Briggs. Pictured below are second and third graders Willy Ellis, Rosa Fernandez, Adrianna Waege, Sabrina Danielson, Shaun Foley, Mariah Rhinehart and Katherin Suarez.

Photo by Pat Sunderland Parisian night Prom king and queen Tanner Vernon and Kendall Franks enjoy the first dance at Olathe High School’s prom Saturday. The school gym was transformed into a scene from Paris, complete with the Eiffel Tower.

Photo submitted One sixth grader, one seventh grader and four eighth graders are being recognized by Delta Middle School this month.For the month of April, DMS staff would like to recognize several deserving students.

Mrs. Archuleta nominates Blake Naranjo for student of the month.

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County’s top spellers

On April 12, the Delta Center for the Performing Arts was the site of the annual sixth grade spelling bee. Twenty-five of the county’s best sixth grade spellers competed for the honor of top speller. The spelling bee was judged by Pauline Carr, Mary Blake, Helen Groome and Linda Campbell. The students battled each other for 13 rounds before the championship round began. After the dust settled the results of the spelling bee were: Baxter Waltermire, North Fork Community Montessori School, first; Jadeyn Jensen, Hotchkiss K-8, second; Lauren Davey, Delta Middle School, third; Cesar Comacho, Hotchkiss K-8, fourth; Zeron Lawson, Delta Middle School, fifth; and Alyssa Trujillo, Delta Academy of Applied Learning, sixth.