Valedictorian Logan Johnson and salutatorian Grace Harris topped a graduating class which set high academic marks for future LCHS classes to try to duplicate or surpass.
Commencement exercises were observed Tuesday at Diddle Arena on the campus of Western Kentucky University.
Over 100 seniors were recognized as either honors students, BETA club members or other scholarship and award winners.
“The accomplishments of this class are impressive, some marking the highest achievements of any class graduating from LCHS,” announced Principal Casey Jaynes. “This class as a group scored a composite of 17.6 on the PLAN as sophomores, the highest of any class in LCHS history. As juniors they also scored a composite of 19.8 on the ACT, which is also the highest in school history and ranked LCHS at 58th in the state out of 231 high schools.”
A breakdown of the individual areas of the ACT is as follows: 19.0 in English, 69th in the state; 19.5 in Math, tied for 42nd in the state; Reading was ta 20.2, tied for 55th in the state; and Science was a 20.1, tied for 53rd in the state.
The class of 2013 also set a new standard for college and career readiness as measured by the Kentucky Department of Education and the Council for Post-Secondary Education, since
159 out of 239 are College Ready by meeting benchmarks in English, Math and Reading on the ACT or passing appropriate portions of the COMPASS assessment; 33 are Career Ready by meeting two requirements, an academic component as measured by passing the ACT WorkKeys assessment, the ASVAB and by fulfilling the career requirement of passing the KOSSA or obtaining and industry certificate.
“A total of106 seniors of the class of 2014 are both college and career ready earning LCHS and extra .5 point on the KPREP accountability model for high schools,” Jaynes added.
In addition to all of those record setting accomplishments this class also took about 444 Advance Placement classes during their high school career. These students took classes in AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Government, AP US History, AP Literature, AP Language, AP Physics, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science and AP Calculus. Last year there were 222 AP exams given and this year there were 318 exams given. Last year our pass rate on AP exams almost doubled so we cannot wait to see how this year turns out.
“In addition to challenging themselves with AP course work and exams, this group took over 330 dual credit courses through WKU, SKYCTC and MSU. The courses we offer on our campus are Psy 100, EDU 250, ENG 100, Music Appreciation, Speech 161 Western Civ 119 and 120, Math 116, Chinese 1 and Chinese 2 and Personal Finance 161,” Jaynes said.
“Parents you spent approximately $66,000 in tuition monies for these classes. If you were to take a 3 hour class at WKU this summer it would cost you $1090. This group of seniors should have spent about $359,726 in tuition over the last two years. By taking these courses in high school they saved their parents about $293,786. Also some of these students will go into college as second semester freshmen and some as sophomores, which will also save our parents costs of room and board for maybe a year.”
Jaynes recognized and thanked retiring Superintendent Marshall Kemp, senior guidance counselor David Brooks and fellow counselors Amy Hallman and Sheryl Speck, school secretary Debbie Brown, guidance secretary Glenna Johnson and Athletic Director Hugh McReynolds and the school custodians for setting up for commencement at Diddle. \
David Brooks announced the following awards:.
DAR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN U.S. HISTORY
(Only award given to a member of the Junior Class) – Kayla Hazel
DAR GOOD CITIZEN AWARD —Trevor Brown
Recognition of Honors/ BETA/ Scholarship Awards
Garrett Abbott Logan Telephone Cooperative Scholarship, Lee Hall Scholarship, Kevin L Price FOP Memorial Scholarship
Maddie Abbott Honors
Dustin Alford (RATC) Trevon O’Neal Automotive Award
Shelby Baldwin Honors, Logan Telephone Cooperative, WKU Sara Ruth Geurin Scholarship. Pennyrile Rural Electric, Logan County FFA Alumni Scholarship, Logan County Tobacco and Heritage Festival Queen Scholarship, Sally Flowers Moody Scholarship
Olivia Batchelor LCHS Ambassador, Honors & BETA, Baptist Leadership Award, Campbellsville Presidential Scholarship, FCA Scholarship, Kentucky Baptist Foundation Scholarship
Troy Bernier WKU Red Towel Scholarship, Sally Flowers Moody Scholarship
Kaitlyn Brown Honors, Logan County Democratic Women's Scholarship, Faulkner University Dean's Scholarship, Faulkner University Leadership Award Scholarship, Faulkner University Church of Christ Scholarship, Faulkner University Pioneer Award Scholarship, Faulkner University Service Award
Trevor Brown Honors & Beta, LCHS Ambassador, Bluegrass Educational Technologies, Governor's Scholars Full Tuition, Rotary Information Technology Scholarship, SkillsUSA Chapter Scholarship, Logan County Beta Club Scholarship, Logan County Women's Republican Club Scholarship
Josh Camp Honors, WKU Red Towel Scholarship
Victoria Cates Honors
John Clayton Honors, LCHS Ambassador
Kevin Costello Honors & BETA, WKU Sara Ruth Geurin Scholarship
Hannah Crawford Honors
Alexis Croft Honors, WKU Sara Ruth Geurin Scholarship, Hagan Foundation Scholarship, Bluegrass Indo-American Civics Society Scholarship, Helping Hands Scholarship, WKU Red Towel Scholarship
Gabrielle Crowder Honors, South Central Counseling Association Scholarship, ARC Scholarship, Cynthia Mason Kemp Scholarship, Logan County Women's Republican Club Scholarship, Teachers of Logan County Sorority Scholarship
Will Cunningham Governor's School for the Arts Scholarship
Contessa Davenport Honors
Crysania Davis Honors, WKU Regents Scholarship
Winter Delk Honors
Zach Elaman RATC – MACHINE TOOL – Luther Bagwell Award
Laila Elmasri Logan Memorial Hospital
Zack Fuller Honors
Mason Gregory Honors
Grace Harris Honors & BETA, Murray State University Regents Scholarship, Murray State Commonwealth Honors Academy, Lewisburg PTO Scholarship
Marah Harris Honors & BETA, University of Kentucky Presidential Scholarship, LCHS Rewards Scholarship, Russell Porter Scholarship, Lewisburg PTO Scholarship
Alex Henson Honors
Lucas Hodges Rotary Welding Scholarship
Joseph Holliday Honors
Anna Holman Honors
Tyler Hopkins Rotary Electricity Scholarship
William Hughes Honors & BETA, LCHS Ambassador, WKU 1906 Founder's Scholarship, APES,
Melinda Costellow Scholarship
Laura Hunt Douglas Coursey Scholarship, Lewisburg PTO Scholarship
Gregory Irvin Skills USA Presidential Scholarship
Kaitlyn Jernigan Honors & BETA, Governor's Scholars Full Tuition, LCHS Cheerleading Scholarship, Lewisburg PTO Scholarship
Logan Johnson Honors & BETA, LCHS Ambassador, Governor's Scholars Full Tuition, WKU Regents Scholarship, Russellville-Logan Kiwanis Scholarship
Katlyn Jones Honors
Nolan Kutzman Honors, Eastern Ky. University Presidential Merit Scholarship, Civil Air Patrol Scholarship
Dustin Lee Honors, WKU 1906 Founder's Scholarship
Megan Lindsey Honors and Beta, WKU 1906 Founder's Scholarship, LCHS Rewards Scholarship,
Teachers of Logan County Sorority Scholarship
Kristian Lyons Honors
Seth Manley Honors, Asbury Presidential Scholarship, Asbury Men's Swimming Scholarship
Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship, Impact Grant
Cody McLellan Honors, WKU 1906 Founder's Scholarship, Rotary Computer Aided Drafting Scholarship
Courtney McReynolds Honors & BETA, LCHS Ambassador, Governor's Scholars Full Tuition
Shelby Milam Honors & Beta, East Logan Water District Scholarship
Charity Miller Honors
Rachyl MillerHonors & BETA, Bluegrass Celllular Scholarship, Merle Johnson Scholarship, Rotary Accounting & Finance Scholarship, Sporting Times Magazine-Gary Force Toyota Student Athlete of the Month
Brett Monroe Honors & BETA, Kosairs Beta Club Scholarship
Layton Morgan Honors, WKU Spirit Makes the Master Scholarship
James ‘J.R.’ Morrow Honors, WKU Regents Scholarship, WKU National ROTC Scholarship, International Association of Firefighters Local 927 Scholarship
Monica Nolan Bess and Earnest Williams Scholarship, Southern States Russellville Cooperative Scholarship
Christa Obenchain Honors
Bethany Phelps ARC Scholarship
Thomas Poole Honors, Logan County Farm Bureau Scholarship, National FFA Scholarship, William S. Johnson Scholarship, Robert Beauchamp Scholarship, Farm Bureau Outstanding Youth Scholarship, Kentucky Farm Bureau Education Foundation Scholarship, Logan County FFA Alumni Scholarship
Braxton Powell LCHS Ambassador, Bluegrass Cellular Scholarship, Logan County FFA Alumni Scholarship, Logan County Women's Republican Club Scholarship
Keylee Rainwaters Honors, Sally Flowers Moody Scholarship, LCHS Cheerleading Scholarship
Samanth Ritenberry Lindsey Wilson Academic Achievement Scholarship, Lindsey Wilson Soccer Scholarship
Brennan Rostampour Honors
Monica Rust Honors
Austin Sanford Honors, Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial Scholarship
Dustin Scott RATC – WELDING – Chester Vincent Award - Dustin Scott
Carly Shoemake Honors
Rachel Shelton WKU Red Towel Scholarship, Tommy Perdue Scholarship
Douglas Shoulders Honors
Rachel Simmons Honors, KY Farm Bureau Educational Foundation Scholarship, Campbellsville Baptist Leadership Award, Campbellsville Academic Merit Scholarship, New Friendship Baptist Church Scholarship, FFA Alumni Scholarship
Lauryn Slaton Honors, WKU Spirit Makes the Master Scholarship, WKU Marching Band Scholarship
Emily Stamps Honors & BETA, LCHS Ambassador, Auburn Rotary Scholarship, Merle M & Pauline Johnson Educational Scholarship
Hannah Statton Honors, Lewisburg Alumni High School Scholarship, Oddvar Berg Scholarship
Seth Stratton Honors
Landon Stratton Honors & BETA, Murray State University Carr Scholarship
Michael Sydnor Sally Flowers Moody Scholarship
Deja Thompson Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Scholarship
Jon-Clarc Todd Honors & BETA, National Wild Turkey Federation Scholarship
Sarah VanZee WKU Regents Scholarship, Pennyrile Rural Electric Scholarship
Jacob Vincent Honors
Jessie Vincent Honors
Farah Wallace Honors
Marissa Ward Honors, Sally Flowers Moody Scholarship
Blake Wetton Honors, WKU Spirit Makes the Master Scholarship
Adam Wilkins Honors, WKU Regents Scholarship, TVA Scholarship, Logan County FFA Alumni Scholarship
Elizabeth Williams NAACP Scholarship, Honors & BETA, WKU Red Towel Scholarship
Jacob Wood WKU Red Towel Scholarship
Ian Woodall Honors & BETA, Dean's Scholarship University of the Cumberlands, Christian Leadership Scholarship University of the Cumberlands, Men's Baseball Scholarship University of the Cumberlands
Savanna Woodall East Logan Water District Scholarship, Logan County FFA Alumni Scholarship, Aviles-Bush-Webb Scholarship
Departmental Awards
AGRICULTURE --Thomas Poole
ART—Morgan Scott
BUSINESS AND OFFICE—Charity Miller
ENGLISH Olivia Batchelor
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE Kaitlan Hightower
FOREIGN LANGUAGE Douglas Shoulders
TECHNOLOGY—Trevor Brown
MARKETING--Kat Wyatt
MATH—Megan Lindsey
SCIENCE—Marah Harris
SOCIAL STUDIES-- Will Hughes