Tarkio Librarian Dallas Prather recognized Landry Hurst for reading all 12 Mark Twain award books in preparation for the Battle of the Books.

 

Students who hadn’t had any referrals to the principal this year nor any bad behavior in the classroom were put in a drawing for the chance to win prizes. Pictured is Mame Dow earning a reward.

 

Tarkio second grader Simon Piveral earned special recognition for reading over 100,000 words.

 

Tarkio Elementary Principal Dustin Barnes recognized Dallas Slemp, left, and Stason Sundermann, right, for having perfect attendance.

 

Tarkio Elementary Principal Dustin Barnes recognized Kenisyn Yost (above) and Jerald Goodin (below) for having perfect attendance.

 

The Tarkio Elementary students were presented awards for classroom, attendance, physical education, keyboarding, reading, and good character accomplishments made this semester and school year during an awards assembly held in the elementary gym Tuesday morning, May 20, 2024. Pictured are the kindergarten students holding up their awards.

 

Pictured are third graders who were honored at the Tarkio Elementary awards assembly Tuesday, May 20, 2024, with an award for meeting their reading goals. Other awards were also presented to third graders who aren’t pictured.

 

Pictured are the first graders who were honored with awards at the Tarkio Elementary awards assembly Tuesday, May 20, 2024.

 

Pictured are fourth graders who were honored at the Tarkio Elementary awards assembly Tuesday, May 20, 2024.

 

Pictured are fifth graders who were honored at the Tarkio Elementary awards assembly Tuesday, May 20, 2024.

 

Pictured are the second graders who received a variety of awards at the Tarkio Elementary awards assembly.

 

Tarkio Elementary students were presented awards for classroom behavior, attendance, physical education, keyboarding, read-ing, and good character accomplishments made this semester and school year during an awards assembly held in the elementary gym Tuesday morning, May 20, 2024. Awards presented included (the 5th grade awards were not available at the time of publication):

Kindergarten (Nicole Williams and Kaitlyn Dunkin): Leevi Driskell – Bookworm award, AR Bookworm (reached 5 AR points), and 4th Quarter High Achiever award; Abel Earith – Super Scientist and 4th Quarter High Achiever award; Norma England – Most Improved Math Star and Now I Know My ABCs award; Trysta Page – Most Fashionable, AR Bookwork (reached 5 AR points), and 4th Quarter High Achiever award; Cesar Perez – Most Improved Reader and 4th Quarter High Achiever award; Niya Smith – Ray of Sunshine, AR Bookworm (reached 5 AR points), and 4th Quarter High Achiever award; Stason Sundermann – Helping Hand award and 4th Quarter High Achiever award; Oliver Turner – Energizer Bunny and 4th Quarter High Achiever award; Killian Vogler – Human Clock and Now I Know My ABCs award; Willow Wright – Math Whiz and 4th Quarter High Achiever award; Logan Bolin – Dreamer Award and Now I Know My ABCs; Manly England – Out Of My Shell and Now I Know My ABCs award; Teagan Hardisty – Happy Helper and High Achiever Reading Award (knowing all 60 heart words); Nora Lundquist – Soaring Toward Success, High Achiever Reading Award, and Book Worm; Crew Martin – Mathlete,  High Achiever Reading Award, and Book Worm; Aia Murray – Ray of Sunshine,  High Achiever Reading Award, and Book Worm; Emmett Reeves – Mr. Cooperative, High Achiever Reading Award, and Book Worm; Rhynn Stillwell – Ravenous Reader, High Achiever Reading Award, and Book Worm; Ember Vandevere – Future Teacher and High Achiever Reading Award

First Grade (Whitney Harrington and Kadie Howard): Audrey Anderson – Most Bubbly award and 4th Quarter Goal for AR; Waylon Blackman – Science Star award, 4th Quarter Goal for AR, and Reading award; Emmit Crouse – Math Magician award, 4th Quarter Goal for AR, and Math award; Shaydee Howard – Sunshine award, 4th Quarter Goal for AR, AR Top Reader award, and Math award; Elliott Hurst – Glowing Example award, 4th Quarter Goal for AR, and Reading award; Ryker Smith – Handwriting Hero award, 4th Quarter Goal for AR, and Most Growth in Math; Declan Vogler – Never Give Up award and Most Growth in Reading; Gigi Vette – Best Cheerleader award and 4th Quarter Goal for AR; Cambria Baruth – 4th Quarter High Achiever, Mathlete, Best Problem Solver, and All Around All Star; Reagan Dorrel – 4th Quarter High Achiever, Ravenous Reader, and Guiding Light and Glowing Example; Kinley Niles – 4th Quarter High Achiever, Most Improved in Math and Rreading, and Sunshine award; Adamae Ridnour – 4th Quarter High Achiever, Mathlete, Word Whiz – Vocabulary, Best Cheerleader, and Attitude is Everything; Annistyn Schebaum – 4th Quarter High Achiever, Mathlete, Ms. Congeniality, and Stick To It award; Dallas Slemp – 4th Quarter High Achiever, Ravenous Reader, Handwriting Hero, Never Giving Up, and Perfect Attendance; Ellie Wallace – 4th Quarter High Achiever, Mathlete, Ravenous Read-er, and Most Creative/Ama-z-ing Artist

Second Grade (LoryAnne Daugherty and Jennifer Peregrine): Skylar Sportsman – Bookworm; Jacob Wills – Marvelous Mathematician; Zaiden Miller – Best Hand-writing; Ollie Shaw – Amazing Artist; Sage Sundermann – Fact Finder; Kinslee Ohnmacht – Future Author; Nola Bruce – Character Kid; Bennett Peregrine – Best Sense of Humor; Damon Lambert – Handy Helper; Everett Scott – Everyone’s Friend; Brecklynn Lopez – Love of Learning; Micha Murray – Sunshine Award; Emmeline Vette – Bookworm; Kash Wheeler – Marvelous Mathematician; Haven Hogue – Best Hand-writing; Emalyn Miller – Amazing Artist; Simon Piveral – Fact Finder; Jaxon Dunkin – Future Author; Lyzzy Driskell – Character Kid; Cohen Lundquist – Best Sense of Humor; Dakota Buchanan – Handy Helper; TayLynne Corbin – Everyone’s Friend; Giovanni Perez – Love of Learning; Zoey Ro-mines – Sunshine Award

Third Grade (Cassie Steele and Jan Taylor): Kiera England – Ms. Cooperative for always working well in groups and cooperating with her teachers and peers and meeting AR Goals All Year; Dani Burke – Friendly Neighbor for always being kind, caring, and helpful to everyone and meeting 4th Quarter AR Goals; Rayneigh Parsons – Morning Person for always being a happy, enthusiastic ray of sunshine in the morning; Noah Oppie-Arnold – Right Hand Man for always being there to help, whenever help is needed and meeting 4th Quarter AR Goals; Asher Stepp – Ravenous Reader because we know how much he loves a good book and meeting AR Goals All Year; Lance Lambert – Never a Dull Moment for always being an active participant in the classroom and meeting AR Goals All Year; Arianna Robertson – Mathlete for showing dedication and commitment to all things math and meeting AR Goals All Year; McKynna Nicholas – Writing Wizard for showing dedication and commitment to writing; Lilly Maupin – Headed to Hollywood because she is an animated and creative actor; Myla Stone – Guiding Light for always thinking of others and showing them the way and meeting AR Goals All Year; Jasper Thomas – Out of the Shell for letting everyone get to know him better and see his great personality and meeting 4th Quarter AR Goals; PhaeLynn Williams – Won-derful Worker because she always tries her best and is constantly working hard; Elizabeth Lundy – Happy Helper for always happily lending a helping hand to her teacher and others and meeting 4th Quarter AR Goals; Tiberius Baruth – Road Runner because he is a super speedy worker who always turns in quality work rapidly and meeting AR Goals All Year; Kenzi Howard – All-Around All-Star because she is an all-star in everything she does and meeting 4th Quarter AR Goals; Clark Wood – Soaring Toward Success for the great strides toward success he made this year and meeting 4th Quarter AR Goals; Diesyl Slemp – Awesome Attendance for always being there to learn and laugh and meeting 4th Quarter AR Goals; Scarlett Gladman – Daring Diver because she always dives right into her assignments without hesitation and meeting 4th Quarter AR Goals; Holden Bruce – Outdoorsman for his love of all things outdoors; Paxton Smith – Attitude Is Everything because her positive attitude is inspirational; Brady Richards – The Let Me Tell You All About It award for always sharing his wealth of knowledge with the class

Fourth Grade (Erica Taylor and Baylee Ray): Tavyn Smith – “Whoppers” for always telling the best stories; Genesis Anaya – “Milky Way” for turning in “out of this world” work; Diyan Patel – “Nutrageous” for having the best personality; Evelina Pohan – “Almond Joy” for being a “joy” to be around; Alyce Wills – “Life Savers” for always being willing to help someone in need; Joseph Nichols – “Gummy Worms” for being the class wiggle worm; Victor Perez – “Snickers” for having a great sense of humor; Jaina Murray – “Carmelo” for being sweet and easy going and 4th quarter AR goal Reading Achievement award; Saige Dorrel – “Smarties” for being at the top of the class and 4th quarter AR goal Reading Achievement award; Hannah Wennihan – “M&Ms” for being marvelous and magnificent and 4th quarter AR goal Reading Achievement award; Linley Hogue – “Nestle Crunch” for being dependable when in a crunch; Ailee Ohnmacht – “Laffy Taffy” for always brightening the day with her laugh; Rosalee England – “Bubble Yum” for having a fun and “bubbly” personality; Andrew Gladman – “Rolo” for working hard and rolling with the punches; JaKaelynn Trimble – “Ring Pop” for always rockin’ the best dance moves; LyNora Kimpston – “Nerds” for knowing the most about technology and 4th quarter AR goal Reading Achievement award; Jorja Peregrine – “pop” for being the class pop star and 4th quarter AR goal Reading Achievement award; Leslie Rose – “Peanut M&Ms” for being small, sweet, and a little nutty

Special Honors awarded by Markie Sundermann: Logan Bolin – Brightest Smile; Kinley Niles – Super Stylish; Oliver Shaw – Helping Hand; Micha Murray – Most Inquisitive; Lyzzy Driskell – Team Player; Noah Oppie-Arnold – Kind Hearted; Diesyl Slemp – Great Listener; Paxton Smith – Future Teacher; Clark Wood – Math Whiz; Rose England – Incredible Story Teller; Lincoln Hogue – Musical Genius; Lexi Caudill – Best Laugh; Teanna Adams – Fantastic Friend; Carter Corbin – History Buff; JJ Rolf – Brave and Bold; Garrik Burns – Ray of Sunshine

Library Awards (Dallas Prather): Kindergarten-second, Simon Piveral (Over 100,000 words read); third – fifth, Landry Hurst (Mark Twain Ultimate Challenge Winner and Over 2 Million Words Read), and Vera Hale (Over 7 Million Words Read)

Physical Educattion Awards (Michelle Seiter): Michael England – 8:13 mile and 16 push-ups; Kennedi Griffin – 9:52 mile, 60 pacer laps, and 47 curl-ups; Cayson Martin – 8:33 mile, 21 push-ups, 77 pacer laps, and 68 curl-ups; Lyla Walker – 8:25 mile and 94 pacer laps; Charlotte Wright – 12 push-ups; Layla Livengood – 21 push-ups; Titus Wright – 77 pacer laps; Tucker Wheeler – 102 pacer laps; Bryar Wennihan – 80 curl-ups; Teanna Adams – 47 curl-ups; Jaina Murray – 8:31 mile, 9 push-ups, and 55 pacer laps; Joseph Nichols – 10 push-ups, 11 pacer laps, and 29 curl-ups; Victor Perez – 21 push-ups, 55 pacer laps, and 80 curl-ups; Lynora Kimpston – 10:50 mile and 80 curl-ups; Diyan Patel – 10:56 mile; Hannah Wennihan – 11:06 mile; Linley Hogue – 12 push-ups; Ailee Ohnmacht – 46 pacer laps; Genesis Anaya – 80 curl-ups; Rosalee England – 80 curl-ups; Asher Stepp – 7:53 mile, 20 push-ups, 94 pacer laps, and 80 curl-ups; Makenzi Howard – 12:15 mile, 15 push-ups, and 91 pacer laps; Kiera England – 9:53 mile, 11 push-ups, and 61 pacer laps; Lance Lambert – 15 push-ups and 71 pacer laps; Tiberius Barauth – 9:26 mile; Elizabeth Lundy – 39 curl-ups; Sage Sundermann – 3:43 Half mile, 20 push-ups, 109 pacer laps, and 80 curl-ups; Kinslee Ohnmacht – 5:28 Half mile, 15 push-ups, and 42 pacer laps; Kash Wheeler – 5:28 Half mile and 80 curl-ups; Emalyn Miller – 4:20 Half mile and 55 pacer laps; Giovanni Perez – 31 push-ups and 60 pacer laps; Lyzzy Driskell – 18 push-ups; Nola Bruce – 36 curl-ups; Haven Hogue – 24 curl-ups; Cambria Baruth – 5:43 half mile, 14 push-ups, 34 pacer laps, and 39 curl-ups; Declan Vogler – 5:31 half mile, 20 pacer laps, and 80 curl-ups; Ellie Wallace – 6:27 half mile and 26 pacer laps; Kinley Niles – 11 push-ups and 46 curl-ups; Elliott Hurst – 32 pacer laps and 80 curl-ups; Annistyn Schebaum – 11 push-ups; Audrey Anderson – 5:37 half mile; Ryker Smith – 7 push-ups; Stason Sundermann – 5:34 half mile, 14 push-ups, 52 pacer laps, and 80 curl-ups; Leevi Driskell – 6:15 half mile, 8 push-ups, 29 pacer, and 80 curl-ups; Crew Martin – 30 push-ups, 31 pacer laps, and 80 curl-ups; Teagan Hardisty – 6:02 half mile, and 17 pacer laps; Emmett Reeves – 5:04 half mile; Ember Vandevere – 6 push-ups; Nora Lundquist – 80 curl-ups; Cesar Perez – 80 curl-ups