Timber Lake High School Class

Fourteen Timber Lake seniors went home with scholarship awards presented at the annual TLHS Awards Day on May 7. Front (l-r): Jordan Jones, Molly Miller, Kessa Bigger, Meredith Maciejewski; Middle: Peyton Keller, Brelan Maher, Gabe Keller, Natalie Lawrence; Back: Mckenzi Vomacka, Lola Hornick, Landen Lemburg, Jasmine Nash, Treyton Du Preez, Cole Ducheneaux.

Jordan Jones (left) received a $500 Scholarship from Buche Foods and Team Buche Cares. Buche Foods owns stores in Gregory, Mission, Pine Ridge, Oacoma, Sisseton, Wagner and most recently Mobridge (formerly Payless Foods).

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority presented scholarships to Timber Lake High School seniors at Awards Day on May 7. Ken White Eyes, Asst. General Manager, presented the awards. Above: Co-valedictorians Jordan Jones (left) and Gabe Keller received $250 scholarships.

Natalie Lawrence received the Frank Seiler Memorial Scholarship presened by Donna Seiler and family.

Kessa Bigger (MIDDLE) was the recipient of the $500 Beau DuBray Memorial Scholarship, presented by Principal Julie Marshall (left) and Native American Education Coordinator Amy Sandquist (right) on behalf of Beau’s family. The award honors a senior who is kind and supportive of others, always the first to offer help, and who is in touch with their Native culture. Kessa was active in the Native American Club for four years and served as its president.

Cole Ducheneaux and Mckenzi Vomacka (middle) received star quilts and $2000 scholarships in memory of Jim O’Leary at the TLHS Awards Day. Making the presentation were Jim’s sister, Laura O’Leary Rose (left), and his widow, Megan Simon O’Leary (right). The award honors a student who demonstrates the character traits of the late Jim O’Leary. There were ten applicants for the two scholarships awarded.

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