Rockwood Middle Schools Honor Glory of Missouri Award Recipients
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Rockwood Middle Schools Honor Glory of Missouri Award Recipients
Glory of Missouri Award recipients from Crestview, LaSalle Springs, Rockwood South, Rockwood Valley and Wildwood middle schools were recognized by the Missouri House of Representatives at the State Capitol in Jefferson City on April 21. Selvidge Middle's recipients were honored at a school awards ceremony May 21.
The award recognizes 14 students from each school who represent the virtues that make up the "Glory of Missouri," which are engraved in the House Chamber. The virtues are Knowledge, Liberty, Equality, Law, Justice, Fraternity, Education, Progress, Honor, Truth, Virtue, Temperance, Enterprise and Charity.
Congratulations to the Glory of Missouri Award recipients!
Crestview
- Knowledge: Josh Starenchak
- Liberty: Ja'Colbi McKay
- Equality: Sophia Carrillo
- Law: Alex Kotis
- Justice: Charlie Spitzenberg
- Fraternity: Mia Michel
- Education: Charlie Murphy
- Progress: Grace Hemminghaus
- Honor: Luke Warden
- Truth: Riley Karr
- Virtue: Claire Ellington
- Temperance: Hendrix Holman
- Enterprise: Brynn Michel
- Charity: Nico Speziali
LaSalle Springs
- Knowledge: Tim Wu
- Liberty: Gabby Ely
- Equality: Lilly Schormann
- Law: Tyler Heisel
- Justice: Alina Logush
- Fraternity: Silas Craft
- Education: Macie Pickert
- Progress: Jude McCart
- Honor: Sam D'Aquila
- Truth: Selah Southards
- Virtue: Olivia Monahan
- Temperance: Skylar Stinnett
- Enterprise: Evelyn Buehner
- Charity: Harper Lowery
Rockwood South
- Knowledge: Isabel Burlbaw
- Liberty: Raaga Tota
- Equality: Natalie Liberto
- Law: Nolan Wade
- Justice: Nathan Houston
- Fraternity: Gunner Adams
- Education: Brennen Underhill
- Progress: Gabrielle Hayibor
- Honor: Carter Phipps
- Truth: Josephine Schaaf
- Virtue: Manvitha Gutta
- Temperance: Aksenia Ushanly
- Enterprise: Amane Fingerhut
- Charity: Margaret Mueller
Rockwood Valley
- Knowledge: Ryan Augustine
- Liberty: Daniella Rizzuto
- Equality: Aryan Sharma
- Law: Caitlyn Hoppa
- Justice: Graham Byrge
- Fraternity: Erin Southwick
- Education: Bhavani Mulkanoor
- Progress: Sophia Starck
- Honor: Summer Brown
- Truth: Will Kraemer
- Virtue: Evan Hogg
- Temperance: Samantha Starck
- Enterprise: Abrie Jennings
- Charity: Adela Crocker
Selvidge
- Knowledge: Grace Hagar
- Liberty: Mariah Carter
- Equality: William Santel
- Law: Dean Bruder
- Justice: Nickolas Forsythe
- Fraternity: Caleb Deschamp
- Education: Naisha Salaria
- Progress: Aanya Kaushik
- Honor: Brady Maschmann
- Truth: Siri Akinapally
- Virtue: Louis Brueckmann
- Temperance: Sophie Soetaert
- Enterprise: Morgan Bader
- Charity: Anna Martin
Wildwood
- Knowledge: Alexa Hastings
- Liberty: Mia Yanez-Tucker
- Equality: Snigdha Phanidapu
- Law: Paige Cloutman
- Justice: Nicole Bush
- Fraternity: Abigail Woodruff
- Education: Hailey Jackson
- Progress: Jackson Brooks
- Honor: Mariella Gau
- Truth: Shruthi Jayaprakash
- Virtue: Kamilla Bagautdinova
- Temperance: Amelia Meyer
- Enterprise: Victor Pinkston
- Charity: Srijani Samala
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