FFHS Rotary Spirit Student Award recipients honored
By Scott Mitchell Johnson
Staff Writer
FORT FAIRFIELD — The local Rotary Club has chosen Brandon Clark and Elizabeth Day as its November/December 2011 Fort Fairfield High School Rotary Spirit Student Award recipients.
ELIZABETH DAY, 
a senior at Fort Fairfield High School, was chosen by the Fort Fairfield Rotary Club as one of the November/December 2011 Rotary Spirit Student Award recipients. At a recognition breakfast, Day was presented with an achievement certificate. Pictured are, from left, front row: Robyn Daigle, FFHS faculty nominator; Day, and her mother, Vickie Day. Back row: Tracy Copeland, Rotary Spirit Student Award program chair and Paul Towle, Rotary Club event host.
Clark and Day, both seniors, were nominated for the award by the FFHS faculty and staff with the award recipients chosen by the club’s selection committee from amongst multiple nominees.
“Both recipients demonstrate an enthusiasm for learning and strong citizenship traits that provide a positive role model for their peers,” said Carl Young of the Fort Fairfield Rotary Club.
At a recent Rotary recognition breakfast where the award recipients received certificates, Clark was accompanied by his mother, Sherry Clark while Day was accompanied by her mother, Vickie Day.
“Each recipient’s photo will now be placed on the school bulletin board and website, and they are automatically in the running for the Rotary Spirit Student of the Year who will receive a $300 cash award,” Young said.
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BRANDON CLARK 
was recently honored by the Fort Fairfield Rotary Club as one of the November/December 2011 Rotary Spirit Student Award recipients. Clark is a senior at Fort Fairfield High School. He was presented an achievement certificate at a recent recognition breakfast. Congratulating Clark are, from left, front row: Bob Osterblom, FFHS faculty nominator; Clark, and his mother, Sherry Clark. Back row: Tracy Copeland, Rotary Spirit Student Award program chair and Paul Towle, Rotary Club event host.
The student award program seeks to recognize student achievement throughout the school year, across grades 9-12. The program selection criteria cover academics, citizenship, and personal development.
Winners were previously selected for the September/October 2011 period and will also be selected for the periods January/February and March/April 2012. At the end of the school year, the Rotary Spirit Student of the Year will be chosen from amongst the eight period-award recipients.
