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Perry Meridian senior wins $16,000 scholarship

2/24/2016

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PictureSUBMITTED PHOTO Caitlyn Moore (back, center) won the 16,000 scholarship awarded by the Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis. She is seen with Naomi Pescovitz (left) of WTHR-13, Steve Willem (right), chairman of the awards committee, and the other top honorees (from left): Jacob Springer, Macy Huff and Natalie Cunningham.
​Perry Meridian High School senior Caitlyn Moore stared down the face of adversity for years, blinking only occasionally before conquering it.

It was that tenacious attitude in dealing with an array of obstacles that her earned the first-place, $16,000 scholarship at the Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis’ annual Abe Lincoln Awards luncheon Feb. 12 at the Ivy Tech Community College Event Center. 

Moore, whose GPA is 4.17, has been accepted to Purdue University. She plans to be an attorney with the Department of Child Services.  

Other local students recognized were Jonathon Cardinal, Roncalli; Abigail Gregory, Franklin Central; and Kaileigh Thomas, Southport. 

The honorees celebrate the perseverance and spirit, as well as the achievements, of young people overcoming extreme obstacles, some seemingly insurmountable, said Steve Willem, chairman of the program. He added that their stories are almost too painful to hear because they tell the tales of abuse, abandonment, homelessness and crippling medical conditions. 
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Candidates were nominated by their high schools, and a selection committee interviewed 25 nominees. The program, in its 41st year, has awarded more than $900,000 in scholarships.

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The Tropics at Garfield Park

2/24/2016

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SUBMITTED PHOTO Southport Elementary second-graders have been learning about rain forests and the resources derived from them. And to enhance those studies, the children visited the Garfield Park Conservatory, which sports a tropical environment similar to a rain forest. Standing under the conservatory’s waterfall are (from left) Logan Goff, Van Bawi Tha, William Strode, Laura Cin, Will Shrieves, Autumn Delaney, Thang Haw, Mang Dal, Damien Hoagland, Kaylan Binninger and Bawi Thawng Lian.
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