Ada High School will hold its 115th Interclass contest at 7 p.m., Friday, March 19.
Interclass has been an Ada tradition that is unique to the community. It started in 1907 when Superintendent C.H. Freedman proposed an academic competition between the 10th, 11th and 12th grades.
Interclass celebrates the written and spoken word. Students compete in the areas of essay writing, poetry, short story, and dramatic reading. In each category, one winner has been chosen from each grade after an internal competition within the classes.
Kesewa Akyeampong and Ian Dellifield, both seniors, are the Kenton Elks February Ada High School teenagers of the month.
Among Kesewa’s school involvement includes participation in band, show choir, plus leadership in several organizations.
She is show choir president, senior class secretary, and has performed as soloist in spring fever follies where she received the best performer award, and was a participant in Interclass competition where she received a first place in dramatic reading and second place in poetry. She was the marching band drum major this school year.
Several area students are on the Ohio State-Lima autumn semester dean’s list. Criteria varies by college. It is usually based on the grade point average for the term and the number of credit hours taken. Many colleges require a minimum of 12 graded credit hours with a 3.5 GPA or higher.
Ada
Sarah Blevins
Allison Dotson
Emma Jameson
Breanna Miller
Kelly Preston
Jessica Robinson
Rakan Roda
Alexis Swaney
Paul Yuhasz
Ada elementary students of the month for February were posted on the school Facebook. The Icon provides their photos here. The photo above shows fifth graders.
Donald Waters, Ada High School senior, is the Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative Ada March student of the month.
He is active in several school organizations including:
• National Society of High School Scholars
• Ada HS National Honor Society
• The Wild Steelions (5 years)
• ONU Steel Band
• Pigasus Pictures, crew member of a high school film project
• Ada Eagle Scout
• Student of piano (10 years)
• Visited China, Eastern Europe, Ghana
• Accepted at ONU - will major in business and marketing
• Viva Maria's staff member (5 years)
