May 23, 2013
Teen of the Week

The Paducah Sun’s Teen of the Week program features a different local student each week selected from nominees submitted by high school guidance counselors throughout western Kentucky and southern Illinois. The Teen of the Year is chosen from the weekly winners.

The Teen of the Week sponsor for the 2012 - 2013 school year is Mid-Continent University. Each Monday, the Sun features a different Mid-Continent University Teen of the Week selected from nominees that high school guidance counselors throughout western Kentucky and southern Illinois submit to the Sun. Mid-Continent University will provide each Teen of the Week with a $2,500 annual scholarship to its university, which is renewable for four years. In the spring, a Teen of the Year will be chosen from the weekly winners and will receive a full four-year scholarship to Mid-Continent University, or a cash award of $2,500 paid through The Paducah Sun if the student selects another college to attend.

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Tilghman senior ready to tackle any challenge
Sometimes a push in the right direction comes from out of nowhere. Before Annilin Severns became a four-year volleyball player at Paducah Tilghman High School — and a varsity captain this yea...
Feb 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Community service enriches Mayfield senior’s life
MAYFIELD, Ky. — Some high school students serve in the community to be more well rounded. Some students serve a cause they’ve taken up or to complement their academic records. Then there is R...
Jan 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Community Christian teen meets all challenges
Since the overwhelming majority of us are not valedictorians, or were ever valedictorian candidates, we can only wonder how it feels. What would challenge those students who seem to meet ever...
Jan 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Senior's drive leads to success at work, on field
Sally Thompson, senior at Paducah Tilghman High School, likes to be in the middle of everything. “I’ve never been the one to sit back,” Thompson said. “I like to get involved and be right in ...
Jan 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sense of responsibility molds Calloway senior
MURRAY, Ky. — Responsibility isn’t something Calloway County High School senior Nicholas Calhoon is getting used to. It’s more like something he has mastered. The 18-year-old is a varsity football...
Jan 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Drive to excel aids senior in busy schedule
HICKMAN, Ky. - Lacy Roberson is the kind of student and leader a principal wouldn't mind taking his or her seat one day, including for an interview. "She sits here more than me anyway," joked Wa...
Dec 28, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hard work pays off for Carlisle County teen
BARDWELL - Barret Looper considers his four years participating in cross country and track at Carlisle County High School as much as a mental exercise as a physical one. That's a good thing for ...
Dec 21, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Striving to use abilities to fullest paying off
BRIENSBURG, Ky. — High school senior Drake Jackson sat in an office of Christian Fellowship Church looking like he might sink through his chair. Calculus teacher Carolyn Buchholz had walked o...
Dec 14, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Senior combines academics, equestrian interest
Cara Wilson loves horses, and has ever since she first interacted with them in second grade on her family's farm. The 18-year-old Paducah Tilghman High School senior also has a passion for acade...
Dec 07, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Work ethic pays off for Carlisle teen at Gatton
Some high school seniors take a few months in the last year to sweat out if, and where, they’ll go to college. Carlisle County product Stephen King may be the rare senior to know for 99.9 per...
Nov 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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