When I entered the gymnasium at Sunman-Dearborn Middle School, I was delighted to hear students in the band program providing music. It was all to honor some very special students, from both the middle and intermediate schools, with my 2012 Hoosier Rising Star Award.
Zachary Cody, Jackie Ketcham, Trevor McClamroch, Chloe Rosenberger, Shelby Lutz, Alex Nishime and Chloe McCracken received Hoosier Rising Star Awards, the first time that this award has been presented to a team of students. The students are members of Destination ImagiNation, a nonprofit organization that encourages creativity, teamwork and problem solving.
Their project focused on Greendale Cemetery, a historic Dearborn County graveyard, which was damaged by flooding and relocated. All known records of the individuals buried there were lost. This team of seven students in grades 5th-7th worked with local officials to research, identifies graves and map the historic cemetery. The records they created are now part of the permanent collection at the Lawrenceburg Public Library.
This group took on a difficult and not especially glamorous project. I couldn’t be more impressed with their research and resourcefulness, not to mention the great contribution they have made to the history of their community and our state.
You can read more about the Hoosier Rising Star Award on my website.
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