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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.