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Granite School District > Granite News > Employee Link > Skyline student named Sterling Scholar Grand Winner

Skyline student named Sterling Scholar Grand Winner

March 2015Granite Schools

Photo of Samuel Adams
Samuel I. Adams
Photo of Janet Tran
Janet Tran
Photo of Lisa Zenger
Lisa Zenger
Photo of Olivia Dennis
Olivia Dennis
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Alyssa Bowman
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Scott King

Skyline High School senior Samuel I. Adams has been named the 2015 General Sterling Scholar winner for his exceptional grasp of world dialects.

Samuel’s love of languages, including German and American Sign Language, led to him to be named winner in the World Languages category, and subsequently the overall Sterling Scholar winner. His grand prize of $5,000 in scholarship money will assist in his pursuit to master biomedical engineering and additional languages in college.

Read more about Samuel here

Along with Samuel’s big win, multiple Granite School District students were named Sterling Scholar runners-up in their respective categories:

Janet Tran, Taylorsville High – Business & Marketing Runner-Up
Lisa Zenger, Skyline High – Family & Consumer Sciences Runner-Up
Olivia Dennis, Skyline High – Mathematics Runner-Up
Alyssa Bowman, Olympus High – Visual Arts Runner-Up
Scott King, Olympus High – Vocal Performance Runner-Up

In addition to the winners and runners-up, the following Granite students were named Wasatch Central Region Finalists:

Kelsey Henrichsen, Kearns High – Computer Technology
Liam Machado, Skyline High – Computer Technology
Jessica Ketchum, Hunter High – Dance
Alicia Dibble, Skyline High – English
Claire Gillett, Olympus High – English
Hannah Henson, Cyprus High – Family & Consumer Sciences
Anderson Chang, Skyline High – Instrumental Music
Jason Chang, Skyline High – Science
Afras Yab Sial, Skyline High – Social Science
Cassidy K Hunter, Granger High – Speech/Theater Arts/Forensics
Cheyli Sylvester, Cyprus High – Speech/Theater Arts/Forensics

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