Kaydence Reyes of Colo-NESCO is the Ames Tribune's newest Student of the Week
Colo-NESCO's Kaydence Reyes is the Ames Tribune's newest Student of the Week.
The Story County high school student received 84% of the votes to prevail over fellow nominee Clare Stahr of Gilbert.
Reyes continually demonstrates accountability and a desire to be successful in Spanish class each day. Reyes embraced a curriculum change in Spanish class with a positive attitude and demonstrated strong leadership qualities amongst her peers. She is one of the first to offer support and to help classmates who are struggling.
Reyes is continually involved in other extracurricular activities, such as student council, volleyball, basketball, spring musical, choir, soccer, and softball, where she demonstrates the same positive qualities. Colo-NESCO staff said she is a great example of what it takes to be a Royal.
The most recent winner in the Ames Tribune Student of the Week series was Jacques Attinger of Ames.
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This week's other Student of the Week nominee was as follows:
Clare Stahr, Gilbert
Clare Stahr is a 4.0 student-athlete and accomplished fine arts participant. Most recently, she was part of the GHS band and choir ensembles that earned Division I ratings in the Large Group Contests. She is a percussionist for the band and a member of the 11/12 and audition choirs for Gilbert High School.
Stahr is also an elite distance runner. She is part of the record-setting 4x800 relay team at GHS and has been a leader in cross country and track. Stahr also participates in Speech and is a member of the Student Council.
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Do you want your student to be considered as Student of the Week? Ask your principal to send nominees to studentoftheweek@amestrib.com.
Celia Brocker is a government, crime, political and education reporter for the Ames Tribune. She can be reached at CBrocker@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Ames Tribune: Colo-NESCO's Kaydence Reyes triumphs in Tribune's Student of the Week poll
