{"id":21665,"date":"2024-03-24T11:34:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T15:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/?p=21665"},"modified":"2024-06-04T14:09:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T18:09:57","slug":"students-of-the-month-march-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/news\/students-of-the-month-march-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Students of the Month – March 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paula Carrasco-Pazmino, Sophia Watford, Noah Doyle, Kai Edwards, Evelyn Castro with Student Coordinator Kim Prado<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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OUR YOUTH OF THE MONTH AWARD<\/i><\/b> <\/i>recognizes hard-working pre-high school and high school students who attain high levels of scholastic achievement, community involvement and leadership, and daily demonstrate good citizenship both at school and at home. Students recognized for the month of March were Sophia Watford<\/i><\/b> from Sebastian Charter Junior High School, Paula Carrasco-Pazmino <\/i><\/b>from Storm Grove Middle School, Noah Doyle <\/i><\/b>from Sebastian River Middle School, <\/i><\/b>and Evelyn Castro <\/i><\/b>and Kai Edwards <\/i><\/b>from Sebastian River High School.<\/i><\/b><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Sophia Watford<\/i><\/b> is an exceptionally dedicated student and leader amongst her peers. She is respectful and polite, and a positive role model. She works hard, does her best, is always willing to help others and is a great source of encouragement for her peers.   She has a kind heart and determined spirit and is a positive presence in the classroom.  Sophia<\/i><\/b> has excelled throughout her middle school years at Sebastian Charter Junior High School. As an 8th grader, Sophia maintains a cumulative 4.0 GPA average and is enrolled in all advanced classes. She has served on the National Junior Honor Society. Sophia has her eyes set on attending college and dreams of working for NASA someday. She has always been interested in space and how much of it hasn’t been explored yet.  <\/i><\/b>Sophia<\/i><\/b> is also heavily involved in youth sports and is an outstanding athlete in volleyball, basketball, and is also a part of our school\u2019s running club.  She says \u201cplaying on a sports team means that you have to be patient, a team player, and a social person. It teaches you important skills that you will use forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noah Doyle<\/i><\/b> is an exceptional student. He is incredibly hard-working and has wonderful class participation. He has shown a remarkable willingness to help other students and lead them to perform better.  Noah<\/i><\/b> is also caring when working in collaborative groups, he takes on the role of the group leader, it comes very natural to him. He sets a great example as a role model for his peers and fellow classmates to emulate both in and outside the classroom.  He manages to remain an easy-going personality while still maintaining the drive that helps him succeed.   Noah<\/i><\/b> is extremely respectful to all staff that he comes in contact with him. Overall, he is a very intelligent, kind, and genuine student.  In accepting his award Noah thanked our club his parents and advisors \u201cfor encouraging me to be a better student.\u201d <\/p>\n

Evelyn Castro <\/i><\/b>is an IB Diploma Candidate.  She is a member of the National Honor Society, Senior Class Representative and Secretary of Future Business Leaders of America club.  She has been a member of the Girl\u2019s Golf team, receiving the Scholar Athlete designation in 2021, 2022, and 2023.  Evelyn<\/i><\/b> is an inaugural member of the Peer-to-Peer club and a Science Fair judge at Fellsmere Elementary, Sebastian Charter Jr. High and Treasure Coast Elementary.  She shadowed an orthopedic surgeon at Vero Orthopedics and loves to read and spend time with family. Evelyn<\/i><\/b> is a most thoughtful, kind and stellar student. She exemplifies the IB learner profile traits of thinker, open-minded, and principled. She stands out amongst her peers as a highly motivated student and her goals do in fact have deadlines.  In accepting her award Evelyn said, \u201cI am so happy to be chosen\u201d and thanked our club her parents and advisors for their support.<\/p>\n

Paula Carrasco-Pazmino <\/i><\/b>is an exemplary student and a model example of a stellar Stingray. She is well mannered and kind, always polite and respectful to staff and peers alike. She is intelligent as well as creative, and she is sure to get her work done! Paula has received all A\u2019s and B\u2019s, receiving some high school credit and is a Reading Challenge completer.  She works hard and cares about her grades and plans to attend the Charter High School in the fall.  She is a member of the scouts and is bilingual. Paula<\/i><\/b> maintains a positive attitude every day and always brings a smile with her to class. She is ready to ask questions and help other students during class. In accepting her award Paula <\/i><\/b>thanked her teachers, friends and family for helping her. <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Kai Edwards is<\/i><\/b> taking International Baccalaureate (IB) classes and as well as dual-enrollment classes from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.  He has a 4.618 weighted GPA and is ranked 4th out of a class of 402 students.  He is an AP Scholar, a member of the Future Business Leaders of America, National Honor Society and Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp.  He was a 2023 Florida American Legion Boy\u2019s State Delegate, and a College Board National Recognition Recipient for Small and Rural Towns in 2023, and a Navy ROTC Scholarship recipient. Kai<\/i><\/b> is the current Operations Officer of SRHS NJROTC (Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp). He manages the planning of all unit activities, including over 2000 hours of community service per year, and day-to-day schedules whilst incorporating the Navy\u2019s core beliefs and values. He is a graduate of 2023 NJROTC Leadership Academy.    Kai<\/i><\/b> was Captain of the Boys Tennis Team and a 2023 Florida 3A Boy\u2019s Singles Quarterfinalist.  He tutors elementary school students through the Peer-to-Peer Club.  He is bilingual in English, Japanese and some basic Spanish.<\/p>\n

In accepting his award, Kai<\/i><\/b> thanked our club, his parents, commander and advisors for their support saying, \u201cI have received a letter of recommendation from Congressman Posey and hope to attend the United States Naval Academy or the University of Florida and enroll in their Navy ROTC program to commission as an officer in the United States Navy. I plan to major in Aerospace Engineering.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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OUR YOUTH OF THE MONTH AWARD recognizes hard-working pre-high school and high school students who attain high levels of scholastic achievement, community involvement and leadership, and daily demonstrate good citizenship both at school and at home. Students recognized for the month of March were Sophia Watford from Sebastian Charter Junior High School, Paula Carrasco-Pazmino from Storm Grove Middle School, Noah Doyle from Sebastian River Middle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,20,118],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-sebastian-fishing-tournament","9":"category-students-of-the-month-sebastian-exchange-2024","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/thumbnail-4.jpg?fit=1080%2C763","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6OguL-5Dr","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21667,"href":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21665\/revisions\/21667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}