The Sublette County

School District No. 1 board of trustees

recognized four Students of the Month at its

June 18 regular meeting.

Pinedale Elementary second-grade

teacher Melissa Bernard nominated Symon

Carpenter as Student of the Month for May.

Carpenter showed a natural ability to be a

team player this year – a “team member

people can count on,” Bernard wrote to the

board.

Carpenter is “consistently responsible,”

and can be counted on to finish tasks

whether he is working by himself or with

classmates, Bernard continued.

“Great team leaders can perform a variety

of roles,” Bernard said. “Symon is a great

leader, but he can also step back and allow

others to take the reins. He follows team

rules and can be counted on to participate

appropriately no matter his role.”

Carpenter is a caring teammate,

consistently looks out for other students and

openly listens to their ideas.

“Great team members can stand alone

when necessary,” Bernard continued.

“Symon is an independent thinker. He

stands up for what he believes is right and

encourages others to do the same.”

Bernard added that Carpenter took on the

challenge of learning remotely this spring.

He stayed engaged, completed work on

time and “attended Zoom meetings with

consistency, courtesy and leadership.”

Pinedale Middle School Principal Eric

Makelky recognized seventh-grader Tristin

McCoy as May Student of the Month for

demonstrating a “growth mindset.”

“Tristin demonstrated a growth mindset

during the regular school year, but he has

especially developed his academic abilities

through dedication and hard work during

remote learning,” Makelky wrote.

Makelky recognized that the transition

to online learning in March was difficult

for students. He described McCoy as a

“hands-on learner” and “extremely social,”

traits better suited for in-person, classroom

learning.

McCoy stepped up to the plate, adapted

to remote learning and pushed himself to

significantly raise his grade-point average,

Makelky added.

“Finishing the year from home, it would

have been easy for him to disengage

and not complete his work and pass his

classes,” Makelky said. “Instead, Tristin has

demonstrated a willingness to keep learning

and improve his academic skills.”

Between the first and second semester at

BPMS, McCoy “improved every one of his

grades,” Makelky added.

Skyline Academy teacher John Snell

nominated graduate Rayne Anderson as

Student of the Month for May. Snell chose

Anderson as an example of responsibility at

Skyline.

“Rayne worked hard to complete her

graduation requirements this year,” Snell

wrote. “As a student in my classes this

year, Rayne diligently took notes and

asked great questions as she worked to gain

understanding.”

continued

to exhibit

responsibility and

a strong work

ethic when school

moved online in

March.

“Some students

struggled with the

transition, but

Rayne stepped

up to the challenge,”

Snell said.

“She consistently

showed up to

her online meetings.

She took

responsibility for

her own learning

and completed

the courses she

needed in order to graduate. With Rayne’s

sense of responsibility and drive to succeed,

I expect her to go far in life.”

The district’s English language learning

teacher Lindsay Adam recognized Pinedale

High School graduate Hong Bin Tu as

Student of the Month for May. At the board

meeting, PHS Principal Brian Brisko said

that “multiple teachers” supported Tu’s

nomination for his “dedication to school.”

Tu won the May Student of the Month

Award last year as a junior.

Tu put in extra work and effort during his

senior year and plans to attend the University

of Wyoming in fall, Brisko added.

Adam wrote to the board about Tu’s

diligence in the classroom and through

online learning.

“He attended every live class, he turned

in all his assignments, he contacted teachers

for help when needed and still put in the

Courtesy photo

Pinedale Middle

School seventhgrader

Tristin McCoy,

Student of the Month

for May.

effort to retake quizzes when necessary,”

Adam said. “Every week I sent all my

students a to-do list and he always replied

by checking off items as he completed them,

although most of them were already done.