2019 Academic All-Stars

As the 2018–19 school year draws to a close, we are once again happy to present our Academic All-Stars.

Started in 1991, The Herald-Palladium has been recognizing the best and brightest students in Southwest Michigan for 28 years.

Over the past few months, principals, teachers and counselors at 22 area high schools nominated 47 seniors who have excelled not just academically, but also through extracurricular activities, leadership and community service.

A panel of judges narrowed the list down to what they considered the top 15 to be our 2019 Academic All-Stars.

In addition to school transcripts, GPAs and standardized test scores, the judges reviewed letters of recommendation, a short essay from each student, and the students’ activities outside of the classroom to try and get a better understanding of who they are as a whole.

Arbitrating this year’s competition were returning judges Gary Roberts, dean of arts and sciences at Lake Michigan College, and Monica Nudd, STEM enrollment coordinator at Andrews University; and first-time judge Joe Elsheikhi, a math consultant for Berrien RESA.

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