Dawn Evoniuk, daughter of Erica Evoniuk, has been selected as the March Senior High Student of the Month at Upsala Area Schools.
Her dedication to academics resulted in her achieving continuous honor roll status at Upsala Area Schools. In addition, she has been a devoted and very active participant in band, drama, basketball, track, and softball. Dawn has demonstrated leadership as captain of varsity basketball in her senior year. This follows her captain status during her junior high basketball participation. She has lettered in track, band, and drama. Commitment to the drama club led her to act in five plays. Elementary soccer players benefited from her assisting in coaching over several summers. In addition, Dawn served as a Peer Conflict Mediator helping kindergarten through third grade students resolve issues at recess.
Furthermore, Dawn has been consistently involved in the community. Her commitment to Community Covenant Church Youth group has been extensive. Dawn raked yards for the elderly, cleaned school busses, filled food bags for Kids Against Hunger, collected food for the local food shelf, and assisted janitors in cleaning the school, gym, auditorium, and commons area. This dedicated senior has volunteered at the Great River Regional Library, served Easter breakfast at her church, and made cookies during December at the Upsala Community Covenant Church. Dawn has successfully managed to balance both extracurricular activities and high scholastic achievement throughout her years at Upsala Area Schools.
Dawn advises underclassmen to “work hard and enjoy every minute of high school; it goes by fast.” Her favorite class has been forensics, stating, “It was a lot of fun and very interesting.” She feels school has been valuable to her because she learned how to interact and communicate with people. Dawn enjoys spending her free time with family and friends and future plans include college at Bemidji State University.
Paul Pelzer stated, “I’ve had the pleasure of being able to coach Dawn the last three years in basketball. Her dependability, leadership, and positive attitude that she displays will make her excel in whatever her future plans may be. She’s a great listener and her pleasant personality makes it easy to be around her. She is very deserving of the Student of the Month honor.”
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