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Dress-down day, cards for veterans, a video for Valley Hi nursing home, and a diaper drive are only a few of the outreach efforts of the Key Club of Marian Central Catholic High School this school year.

Club members have held monthly board and club meetings during this time, despite being both in school and out.

“It has been a challenge trying to find events to carry out both remotely and with the hybrid schedule,” said Paris Marshall, Key Club president.

The month of October featured a “Pink Out” for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Students and staff donated $5 each to participate in a dress-down day centered on the color pink. The club raised $760.

Members spent early November creating handmade cards for veterans in honor of Veterans Day.

In December, Kat Strode, Key Club vice president of statistics, created a Christmas video for Valley High residents. The program showcased different club members submitting pictures with messages for the residents.

The most recent project took place from Jan. 25 to 29. Students first reached out to 1st Way Life Center in Johnsburg to ask whether they could collect donations of diapers for the center. Judy Cocks, 1st Way director, spoke to members of the club via Zoom to inform them of the organization’s work in helping women in need.

The club advertised the effort with signs they displayed around school. Social Media Editor Maddison Shepard posted the event information on several social media sites.

“We were able to collect a good amount of donations to help the center,” Marshall said.

All of these service projects are student-run under the guidance of advisers Brittany Solomon and Megan Graff.

“Club members have consistently participated in club events with both enthusiasm and motivation,” Marshall said. “In such difficult

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Five local students were named to the president’s list or dean’s list for the fall 2020 term at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

On the president’s list with a perfect 4.0 GPA were Braeden Given of Wonder Lake and Lacie Mickle of Woodstock.

Dean’s list students with at least a 3.5 GPA were Woodstock residents Carolina Kirwan, Leah Taylor, and Hannah Villont.

Four local students earned high honors for the fall 2020 semester at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

They are Wonder Lake residents Paige Schnulle, elementary education, and Taylor Termanas, ornamental horticulture, and Woodstock residents Zachary Emricson, industrial engineering, and Travis Tucsek, biology and forensic envestigation.

Anne Kunzen of Woodstock has earned a master’s degree in library and information science from Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga.

She was among nearly 900 students who completed their degree requirements during fall semester 2020.

Four students from Woodstock have been named to the dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for the fall semester of the 2020-21 academic year. To be eligible, students must have earned not less than a 3.5 semester GPA and carried a minimum of 12 credits.

The local students are Fallon Ash, a marketing major; Jack Cunningham, international business; Matthew Haynes, exercise and sport science – sport management; and Cora Uidl,

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Environmental Defenders of McHenry County is offering up to three entering college scholarships of $1,000 each to outstanding high school seniors who plan to pursue studies related to environmental/ sustainability or conservation. One scholarship is designated for a student of Latino heritage.

To be eligible, an applicant must reside and attend high school in McHenry County, have proven volunteer work in the related fields, have a respectable GPA, provide two letters of recommendation, plan to attend an accredited college or university, and complete the scholarship application, which is now available online at mcdef.org/2021-student-scholarships.

The application and accompanying documents are due to the Environmental Defenders’ office by Thursday, April 1.

Environmental Defenders of McHenry County is a nonprofit organization

McHenry County College has reported an enrollment increase of 2.5 percent for spring 2021, which could make MCC the only community college in Illinois to see growth.

The college also had a headcount increase of 4.5 percent in the fall 2020 semester at a time when community colleges nationally saw enrollment drop as much as 10 percent, according to a news release from MCC.

The college was among the first in the area to announce fall 2020 plans to offer multiple class delivery options – online, inperson, or several blends of both – to give students a choice.

The delivery options were so wellreceived, the release said, the college offered them again for spring semester, which started Jan. 19.

to the dean’s list for the 2020 fall semester at Lewis University in Romeoville. Boomer is studying elementary education.

To be eligible for this honor, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours during the semester with a GPA of at least 3.5.

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