INS salutes Robert McCauley from South O’Brien High School as this month’s Superior Student. Bobby is involved in cross country and golf. At school he is also on the yearbook staff and participates in Speech and Show Choir. He maintains a 3.92 GPA. He is also involved in his community, Senior High Youth Group at church, National Honor Society, and is on the 4H County Council.

He just really enjoys helping out and being a part of projects that benefit other people. Bobby is someone that you can depend on and help out where ever he is needed.

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“Sarah has great determination, she is a very dependable person.  She has participated in many sports as well as being a student council member and volunteering her time to the community.  She has always held high grades, above a 3.5 GPA. She has been a member of the National Honor Society, as well has a member of the Homecoming Court. Sarah holds a lot of great qualities that will help her be a great asset to society once she has finished college.  She will be playing basketball for the Grandview Vikings.  Sarah has a great future ahead of her.

AUDIO: INS Superior Student: Sarah Kerber

“Anthony in addition to being an outstanding editor for our school newspaper is also just an all around top student. He has a GPA of 3.9. He has taken advance classes and he does plan to major in the field of  Journalism. He is involved throughout the community, he is active in his church youth group, and has also been a mentor for elementary students. Anthony is also very active in the school’s music department and gets along very well with others and is able to motivate his classmates. He has also active in National Honor Society. He has helped with Operation Christmas and the Adopt a Road program. Anthony is just really one of the most responsible students that I have known.”

INS Superior Student: Anthony Robinson

INS salutes Paris Schnepf from Spalding Catholic High School as this month’s superior student. She has met all of characteristics that I believe a leader should have. She is always the first one there, last one to leave and doing everything. She is willing to help out anybody with any kind of task. She is very involved with everything that she does. She is involved in softball, basketball, cross country, and her church. She also did a year of volleyball and track. She has a GPA of 3.8. She is very involved in her community. She has done a lot of community service. She was recently crowned Queen at her county fair, and then crowed IA State Fair Queen out of 103 girls this past August.

Congratulate Paris Schnepf the INS Superior Student the next time you see her and be sure to nominate a student you think is superior at ins superior student dot com. Along with the title they will earn a $250 savings bond. INS and your local independent telephone company actively supporting academic achievement and the youth of Iowa’s future.

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INS salutes Megan Kelchen from Cascade High School as this month’s superior student.

Megan has a gpa of 3.77 and has been a member of the National Honor Society the last two years as well as a member of the Dubuque Area Leadership Council. Her activities that she is involved in are golf and cross country. Other high school activities that Megan is involved in include student council which she has been involved in all four years. She is also a representative and a class officer for SAD. She is a member of the Spanish Club. Megan has been in band for eight years. Community wise, Megan involved in our church as an Adelaide and a youth minster. She has helped with spring and fall clean up in the Cascade community. She has also been active in the Cystic Fibrosis Walk as well as the Relay for Life events that have happened in the community. She plans to attend college to study business marketing.

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Congratulate Megan Kelchen the INS Superior Student next time you see her.

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INS salutes Schyler Bardole from East-Greene High School as this month’s superior student.

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“Schyler Bardole is an outstanding student who has made great achievements while in high school. During his four years, Schyler has participated in football, basketball, and track; along with band, jazz bank, national honor society and theater. He is a member of his church’s youth group and an officer of the local 4-H club. While in high school, Schyler created a program called RUSH; which stands for Relieving Undernourishment with Soy in Haiti. This foundation raised money to send a soy cow, which turned soybeans into food to Haiti to help with relief after they suffered the earthquake.

During his senior year, Schyler has served as football and basketball captain, he earned first team all district and academic awards in football, and is one of the top three leaders in most career rushing yards in eight man football in Iowa. While participating in all of these activities Schyler is able to uphold a cumulative GPA of 3.4. Next year, he plans to attend Central College in Pella where he will continue to play football. Schyler is an excellent role model and a leader in his community.”

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INS salutes Alysha Smith from Lawton Bronson High School as this month’s superior student.

“Alysha is a very busy student who also gives back to her community. She is a member of NHS with a 3.77 grade point average. She is a basketball cheerleading captain, plays in the school band, a volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sister, and teaches kindergarten in a religious education program at Nativity Parish. She is has also started taking classes at the Red Cross to become a volunteer. She does all of this and also deals with a heart condition called LongQuTie Syndrome. She had to have an internal defibrillator implanted when she was 11 years old. She has had many medical problems that she has overcome but it doesn’t stop her from doing anything. She is a very caring and giving person, loves dealing with kids and would someday like to be a nurse and work in pediatrics.”

Congratulate Alysha Smith the INS Superior Student the next time you see her.

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