A fellow I know was grousing about the past year. His birthday was coming up, and he felt, once again, that this year failed to meet his expectations.

Emori (Brewer) Beattie, Canadian High School Class of 2016, graduated summa cum laude with her BSN/RN from the University of Central Oklahoma. UCO is the top nursing school in Oklahoma, and very few out-of-state residents are accepted. Because of Emori’s 4.0 grade point and entry test scores, she was accepted in 2018. She attended OSU after graduating from Canadian High School in 2016, before starting UCO in August 2018. This year took special effort to finish because of COVID. Everything was different, but through hard work and perseverance, she graduated with top honors—one of only four in her class to graduate summa cum laude.

Canadian High School seniors Ethan Flowers and Savanna Innis are the 2020 Texas 4-H Gold Star Award winners for Hemphill County. The Gold Star is the highest honor given by the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program and presented each year to the most deserving young people in a county. It can only be awarded once in a member’s 4-H career.

WICHITA FALLS—Midwestern State University recognized 1,104 honor students for the spring 2020 semester. The president’s honor roll included 343 students, the provost’s honor roll included 341 students, and the dean’s honor roll included 420 students. Among the honorees were four former Canadian High School students.