Chesterton High School honored 21 senior students with the Class of 2012 Academic Rings at the Academic Recognition Night sponsored by the school this past Thursday in the CHS Auditorium.
The students are: Andrew Allmon, Matthew Borowiak, Robert Carstens III, Emily DeLache, Lindsay Gorman, Thomas Jaeger Jr., Laurin Katzmarek, Allison Keator, Toni Kuziela, Samantha Lee, Michael Leopold, Jessica Lohse, Madelaine Miller, Sean Miller, Jacob Pruitt, Donald Puent III, Anna Raffin, Michaela Raffin, Michelle Sikora, Charity Vallangeon and Jonathan Vincent.
The academic ring is an honor bestowed upon senior students at Chesterton High School who have met a rigid set of academic and co-curricular criteria. The ring resulted from a year of study by a faculty, parent and student committee. The idea of the ring was to recognize outstanding achievement by CHS students and to acknowledge their "renaissance" education.
The criterion for the ring is based on a 15-point scale. In order to earn the ring a student must accumulate 14 points or more and earn a cumulative 3.80 GPA by the 7th semester. It is the committee's desire to recognize as many students as possible; however, the academic ring is intended to promote a totally well rounded student who has met a high level of academic criteria.
Points for the academic ring are determined as follows:
- 1 point for every semester on Principal's Honor Roll (7 points possible)
- 1 point for National Honor Society membership
- 1 point for co-curricular participation each year (4 points possible)
- 1 point for 40 credits earned at seventh semester
- 1 point for no grade below a "B" (seven semesters)
- 1 point for earning a 3.8 grade point average each semester.
Photo: left to right, Donald Puent, Anna Raffin, Michaela Raffin, Michelle Sikora, and Jonathan Vincent. Middle row, Laurin Katzmarek, Toni Kuziela, Samatha Lee, Michael Leopold, Jessica Lohse, Madelaine Miller, Swean Miller, Jacob Pruitt. Back, Thomas Jaeger, Lindsay Gorman, Emily DeLache, Robert Carstens, Matthew Borowiak, Andrew Allmon. Not pictured Allison Keator, and Charity Vallangeon.