WCHS announces top 10 of 2003
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Earning the honor of class valedictorian is Amanda Christine Stubblefield, daughter of Larry and Patricia Stubblefield. She is followed closely by salutatorian Stacy Nichole Parkhurst, daughter of Mark and Robin Parkhurst and class historian Ethan Brandon Rutledge, son of Terry and Libby Rutledge and Paula Rutledge.
Rounding out the top 10 are Megan Nicole Miller, daughter of Doug and Karen Miller; Lacey Nichole Griffith, daughter of Brent and Dawn Griffith; Lindsey Lee Walker, daughter of Mechelle and the late Sammy Walker; Clinton Nathan Lusk, son of Thomas W. and Linda Lusk; Natalie Marie Best, daughter of Shirley and Jack Best, Jr.; Lucas Brent Griffith, son of Brent and Dawn Griffith; and Jonathan Schmaltz, son of Duane and Janet Schmaltz.
A student’s class rank is determined by his or her weighted grade point average over his or her entire high school career. Students earn more points for taking more difficult classes such as honors and advanced placement classes.
“This is an excellent group of students,” said high school senior counselor Dr. Keri McGiboney. “They have all worked very hard to achieve the caliber of success they have.”
Principal James Bennett echoed McGiboney’s sentiments and noted only three-tenths of a point separated Stubblefield, the No. 1 student, and Schmaltz, the No. 10 student.
“These students should be commended for putting academics number one. They’ve worked very hard and I’m sure their social lives have suffered as a result. Also to be commended are these students’ teachers and all the school’s staff who have helped them along the way,” Bennett said.
The remaining members of the top 10 percent of the graduating class are: Christopher Lee Basham, Kayla Lanae Black, Wallace Dean Blankenship, Rebecca Allison Boyd, Candace Denise Brown, Cody Darrell Campbell, Daniel Clyde Campbell, Catherine Elaine Dyson, Christina Kay Farley, Arthur Justin Fisher, Sheena Madison Glenn, Lindsey Leighann Griffith, Emily Cox Hallum, Lindsey Joyce Helton, Joseph Christian Hoehne, Rebecca Gayle Holcomb, Jennifer Dian Lewis, Brandon Joel McGee, Olivia Nicole McGregor, Carson Edward McNeal, James Cody Mitchell, William Chance Parker, Paul Douglas Roberts, Trista Nicole Robinson, Adam Michael Simmons, Katie Lynn Simpson, Laura Elizabeth Stubblefield, Marsha Gail Taylor, Robert Clayton Thatch, Kasey Denae Tinsley, and Rebecca Lane Walker.
Both the top 10 percent of the senior class and the top 10 percent of the junior class will be honored next month at a banquet sponsored by First National Bank.