Blue Ridge
Cayli Allen continues to get the most out of her high school career in and outside the classroom.
During her first three years in high school, the senior maintained a 4.0 grade point average and serves as president of the National Honor Society. She also balances her time, serving as president of the senior class and Students Against Destructive Decisions.
“I started a good work ethic and time management skills at a young age,” Cayli said. “I knew that if I wanted to get scholarships and go out and be a professional college student that I would need to have those skills.”
Cayli also serves as the editor of the school newspaper, the Raider Reader, and participates in the theater program.
Upon graduation, the senior plans to attend college to pursue a career in music business.
Elk Lake
Junior Alyssa Sickler was chosen as this year’s Kiwanis Wyoming County Fair’s Junior Queen.
“There were 15 other girls who ran against me, and you had to fill out a bio sheet. You then had a personal interview with just you and the judges and no audience. During the actual competition with the audience, you had to introduce yourself, answer three improv questions and give a two- to three-minute speech about what your favorite part of the Kiwanis Wyoming County Fair is and why,” she said.
The competition helped Alyssa, who is a naturally shy person, open up to people and take more chances.
She is a member of Key Club, FBLA and the Skills Club, as well as doing pole vault and high jump with the track and field team at school.
Alyssa has a full-time job at her dad’s lumber yard and hopes to take over the business when he retires.
Forest City Regional
Forest City’s music program is getting a homemade gift from Alan Brucher: an electric guitar.
For his senior project, Alan is building the stringed instrument.
“It incorporates components from two of the major guitar companies,” he said.
The body and neck are from a Fender, he said, and the hardware is from a Gibson.
“My band director always admired my guitars,” he said of how the project came to light, adding he’s been building guitars with his father since December.
His friend John Darrenkamp is also helping him with the instrument.
Alan is a member of the Spanish club, band, chorus and National Honor Society and works at McDonald’s.
In his senior year, Alan is planning to go to college for electrical engineering.
Montrose Area
While others relaxed during their summer vacations, Alanna Rivera remained hard at work for the benefit of animals.
The freshman made unique, specialty wallets out of duct tape to aid True Friends Animal Welfare Center in Montrose.
“It started as a hobby, really, but my sister started taking them to school and showing them off, which really helped to get the word out,” Alanna said. “I have a few that I have to make for her teachers.”
The freshman kept none of the money for herself. Instead, Alanna put half the proceeds toward the expenses of the duct tape and donated the other half to the animal welfare center.
Mountain View
Travis Hartman traveled overseas during the summer break.
The junior earned an invitation through the People to People Ambassador Program to visit seven countries in Europe: England, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium.
“Its real goal is for student ambassadors to go to these other countries and learn about their culture, and also introduce these other countries to our culture,” Travis said. “What really sold me on it was being able to see all of these historical places.”
The program allowed students to go to the Louvre and Eiffel Tower, among other iconic sites.
“What I really found interesting was when we were in Belgium we went to the In Flanders Fields Museum, which is a World War I museum,” Travis said. “That was pretty cool.”
The junior hasn’t looked into many colleges yet, but plans to go to law school after earning his bachelor’s degree.
Susquehanna Community
Kamdin Maby uses his talents to help raise money for charity.
At the age of 7, the eighth-grader hit the tracks. He started out racing go-karts, and he currently races mini-mods with his dad as the owner.
“I’ve always had the need for speed,” Kamdin said.
Kamdin races at Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna and at Five Mile Point in Kirkwood, N.Y.
During his time on the track, he also found a way to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
“My dad went to a lock-up event for muscular dystrophy, and he mentioned the car to them,” Kamdin said. “I’ve done fundraisers in the past for autism so he just came over and asked me if I wanted to start raising money and I said, ‘yeah why not?’”
Kamdin also enjoys hunting, fishing and riding his quad.
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