Moodus Students Recognized at Scholar-Athlete Banquet

A pair of Nathan Ray Hale Middle School students were recognized as scholar-athletes during a recent statewide banquet.

The students, Samantha vanValkenburg and G. Thomas Barlow, were recognized during the 2013 Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) Scholar-Athlete Banquet held this month. 

McDonald's, the company that has sponsored the event for the past 30 years, posted congratulated the students in a press release in The Haddams-Killingworth Boards.

“We are pleased to award the state’s top students who stand out and excel in their academic and athletic achievement,” says Rachel Deane, McDonald's owner/operator and president of the Connecticut and Western Massachusetts McDonald's Owner/Operator Association.

The Connecticut High School Scholar-Athlete 2013 Awards Banquet is the largest program of its type in the state.

Only one male and one female student are eligible for the award through a nomination from their principal for: demonstrating exemplary academic and athletic careers including participating in an interscholastic athletics; possessing personal standards and achievements that are a model to others; exhibiting outstanding school; and community service and carrying themselves with high levels of integrity, self-discipline and courage.