PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Education Foundation has honored 15 Port Angeles High School seniors for academic achievement.
The seniors are Benjamin Basden, Lael Butler, Kacey Casad, Olivia Due, Claire Fritschler, Leah Haworth, Kristin Kirkman, Noah McGoff, Laura Nutter, Grayson Peet, Nikaila Price, Wesleyanne Rayment, Grace Sanwald, Emily Traughber and Maya Wharton.
They were honored at the foundation’s annual Academic Achievement Awards ceremony and reception Jan. 19 at Port Angeles High School.
The award recognizes seniors who have achieved a 3.5 or better weighted grade-point average (GPA) every semester of their first three years at Port Angeles High while taking at least nine honors, advanced placement or University of Washington in the High School courses.
Principal Jeff Clark and Annette Wendel, the academic achievement awards chair for the foundation, welcomed students, family members, staff and other guests to the presentation.
Bill Kindler, foundation president-elect, awarded individual certificates to students.
“These students are the best of the best,” said science instructor John Gallagher. “They took the most difficult classes at Port Angeles High School and still maintained top GPAs.
“They excelled not in just one subject but all subject areas. Their selection of honors, advanced placement and University of Washington courses will prepare them for the rigors of a college education.”
“They leave PAHS with the skills and knowledge necessary to allow them to excel in any university across the nation,” Gallagher added.
For more about the foundation, see www.port angeleseducationfoundation.org.
