Education notes News-Chronicle The West De Pere High School pom and dance team took home two trophies, including a second place in the pom category, at the Contest of Champions Dance/Drill Competition in Orlando, Fla. Team members are Jenny Neugent, Katie VanVeghel, Sara Herber, April DeWitt, Danielle Skenadore, Noelle VandenBerg, Beth Perock, Abby Server, Emily Johnson, Katie Jensen, Carrie Lorig, Ashley Dary, Alysia Lewins, Amber Hogan, Molly Uebele, Holly Hofmann, Emma Levine, Sara VanDenHeuvel, Danielle Baeten, Jami Suring, Dorothy Barnard and Courtney VanDenHeuvel. Tom Yashinsky has been chosen as the West De Pere High School student of the month for March. Yashinsky is a member of Students Against Drunk Driving, Future Business Leaders of America and 4-H and has enlisted in the United States Air Force after graduation. John M. Walter Awards were awarded March 17 to the following Green Bay middle school students: Nathan Hermus and Grace Porter from Aldo Leopold School, Kyle Sandmire and Melissa Pfluger from Edison Middle School, Jaimie Stein and Michelle Kohleck from Franklin Middle School, Abi Roznowski and Brandon Wisneski from Lombardi Middle School, Logan Vander Woude and Emilie Trimberger from Red Smith School and Brigette Douthitt and Patrick Kenny from Washington Middle School. The awards were given based on good citizenship, personal responsibility and community commitment. Christopher Conklin of Green Bay placed first in impromptu speaking at the state forensics tournament Feb. 15. Conklin is a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, which brought home the state tournament title for the 10th straight year. Elizabeth Jensen of De Pere was named to the dean's list at Providence College in Rhode Island for the fall 2002 semester. Marissa Robillard, a senior at Southwest High School, has been named one of more than 2,600 candidates in the 2003 Presidential Scholars Program. Robillard will go to Washington, D.C., for several days in June to receive a medallion and to participate in events and activities with elected representatives and educators. Lori Weyers, the vice president for learning at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, represented eTech College of Wisconsin at the Community College Futures Assembly at the University of Florida in Orlando. eTech College was awarded one of three national 2003 Bellwether Awards for outstanding and innovative programs. Weyers and her teammates competed before a panel of judges with presentations at the assembly. Sarah Wickert of Green Bay was one of three Student Concerto Competition winners who performed at the Valparaiso University Symphony Orchestra concert Feb. 8. Wickert is a senior music performance major in the College of Arts and Sciences. The University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley recently announced the names of local students who earned dean's list honors for the fall 2002 semester. Glen Kitts of Green Bay and Annie Whalen of Wrightstown earned highest honors, while Megan Breunig of Green Bay and Aaron Grahek of Greenleaf earned honors. Michelle Mitchell of Green Bay, a paralegal student at the Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, is one of three undergraduate scholars who will be recognized May 13 at the Wisconsin Women in Government dinner. Mitchell will receive a scholarship at the event. Alissa Kasprzyk, a senior at Bay Port High School, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship to attend the School of Business and Economics at Michigan Technological University. Roughly 225 students graduated from Fox Valley Technical College in December. Local graduates include: Jennifer Doherty, Terrence Nicholson and Christopher Sands, all of De Pere; Angela Conard, Carrie Gusmer, Janine Jolly, Greg Parins, Jeanne Sekely and Chad Vanden Langenberg, all of Green Bay; Robert Paul and Michael VanLieshout, from the town of Green Bay; Allison Fahrenkrug from the town of Wrightstown; Carol Brunner and Thomas Daley of Allouez; Allison Rotter from Ashwaubenon; and Jo Becker and Steven Cash from Howard.