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Mountain View High School art student Ashley Campbell took third place in the 2021 Congressional Art Competition (District CO-02) with her entry “Gus the Dog.”

Loveland High School student Kayson Marler was one of three Colorado students named as 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars. The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program selects a young woman and a young man from each state—including Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia—who have shown academic excellence. In addition, 15 scholars are chosen at-large. 6,000 high school students qualified for the award this year after receiving outstanding marks on the College Board SAT or ACT exams.

Megan Lindsey from Loveland High School was named a Daniels Scholarship winner. The Daniels Scholarship Program offers a comprehensive four-year college scholarship that provides financial and personal support focused on helping Daniels Scholars succeed in college and in life. The Daniels Scholarship can be used at any accredited nonprofit college or university in the United States.

Daniel Lange and Iain Magruder from Loveland High School were named Boettcher Scholarship winners. The Boettcher Scholarship is a four-year full-tuition and partial living expenses merit-based academic scholarship awarded to graduating Colorado high school students. Award recipients, on average, rank in the top 2% of their graduating class and have an average SAT score of about 1400.

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The Berthoud High School Knowledge Bowl team took 2nd place in their first-ever national tournament. State champions and top state finishers from Washington, Minnesota and Colorado competed in the national tournament. The BHS team was placed in the 3A bracket and finished behind Tartan High School, a school with 1,700 students in Oakdale, Minn. The BHS team is made up of seniors Eliana Paradise, Corey Schanker, Ellie Sundheim, Aiden Cranwell and Rachel Hoogland. They’ve been state runners-up twice and won this year’s state championship.

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Two Loveland High School students were top finishers in the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Colorado state competition: Aaron Koso, 2nd place, gold medal in the Gourmet Savory Food Presentation category; Reece Bandemer, 3rd place, bronze medal in the Job Interview category.

Mountain View High School students took eight of the top ten spots in the state in the 2021 Stock Market Game. There were 367 participants in Colorado this year. The Stock Market Game is an online simulation of the global capital markets that engages students in grades 4-12 in the world of economics, investing and personal finance and prepares students for financially independent futures.

Thompson Education Foundation announced the winners of the 2021 Educator of the Year awards during its Trailblazing Thompson event. These annual awards are supported by King Buick GMC which provides a 60-day car lease to each category winner and a 24-month car lease to the overall TEF Educator of the Year. The 2021 recipients were: 

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• ​TEF Educator of the Year – Barb Hartman, TSD Health Services Coordinator

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• Elementary Educator – Karen Shumate, Mary Blair Elementary School

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• Secondary Educator – Ericka Griess, Mountain View High School

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• Principal – Deon Davis, Coyote Ridge Elementary School

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• Principal – Ian Stout, Loveland Classical Schools

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• TSD Staff – Jordan Jennings, Berthoud High School

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Loveland High School seniors Stephen Ritschard and Shannon Tyler have been selected as National Honor Society Scholarship recipients. They were chosen from nearly 10,000 applicants and will receive a scholarship toward higher education. Recipients are chosen based on their demonstrated work to support the four pillars of the National Honor Society: scholarship, service, leadership and character.

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Thompson School District’s top finishers at the Colorado DECA State Leadership Conference were: Kayson Marler, Loveland High School – 1st place in Entrepreneurship Series and 1st place in Startup Business Plan; Mckenzie Lindgren, Loveland High School – 2nd place in Marketing Communications; Jaden Fitzpatrick, Thompson Valley High School – 2nd place in Principles of Hospitality; Max Thornton and Daniel Lange, Loveland High School – 3rd place in Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making; and Louie Grimaldo and Cody Thompson, Loveland High School – 5th place in Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making.