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The Putnam Rotary Club honored the valedictorians and salutatorians from local schools last week. Front row, left to right: Kara Marie Heilemann. Peixin Yu and Alyssa Saxton. Second row: Delpha Very, Putnam Rotary Club president and Hannah Desrosiers. Back row: PSA's Owen Quantek receiving for Yunus Demirkol. Linda Lemmon photo.

 

 

By Linda Lemmon

Town Crier Editor

PUTNAM --- For more than 30 years, the Putnam Rotary Club has honored the valedictorian and salutatorian students from the area.

Jay Byrnes, who has been chairman of the committee for almost 30 years,  called the event a "wonderful tradition for our club recognizing some of the most promising young adults of our area. Maybe there are even some future Rotarians in there!".

The committee each year contacts the local high schools, both public and private, for their valedictorian and salutatorian students. Byrnes said the committee has even had occasions where two students were in a statistical tie on their GPA resulting in three students from one senior class being honored.

This year, he said, the Putnam Science Academy's one graduating senior was its valedictorian.

The honored students are invited to a luncheon meeting of the Putnam Rotary Club to share their future plans while being lauded for their academic achievements, Brynes said. In addition, The Byrnes Agency provides the plaques to be presented at the luncheon.

This year the following students were honored:

Marianapolis Preparatory School: 

Sarah Cavar, valedictorian; Hannah Listerud, salutatorian.

Putnam High School:

Hannah Desrosiers, valedictorian; Alyssa Saxton, salutatorian.

Putnam Science Academy

Yunus Demirkol, valedictorian.

Tourtellotte Memorial High School:

Michaela Johnson, valedictorian; Christina Kopacz, salutatorian.

Woodstock Academy:

Kara Marie Heilemann, valedictorian; Peixin Yu, salutatorian.