September's Student Spotlight of the Month is Emily Sybrant.

Emily is a Senior at Rock County High School in Bassett, NE.

Awards/Accomplishments:

Journalism:

-Yearbook Layout, “excellent” NSAA

-Academic All-State, 2009 & 2010 

-2010 Yearbook Theme Copy Writing, 4th

-Advertising, 5th NSAA all-state contest

-2010 Advertising, 1st;

-Yearbook Theme Copy Writing, 1st

-Newspaper Feature Writing, 3rd

-Yearbook Theme Development, 3rd NSAA Class D contest

-2009 Yearbook Layout, 4th

Yearbook Theme Development, 4th NSAA Class D contest

Yearbook Layout, 2nd Nebraska Press Women high school contest

-Yearbook editor-in-chief and layout editor, 2008-2010

-2007-08 Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) all-state contest

Speech:

-NSAA Class D state medalist, 2010

-Informative, 4th NSAA Class D state qualifier, 2009 & 2010

-Informative and Persuasive NSAA Class D district contest, 2008

-Informative, 3rd; Poetry, 4th Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice of Democracy contest

-2009-2010: local, 1st American Legion Oratorical Contest

-2008-2009: local, 1st; district, 1st; area, 2nd NSAA Academic All-State, 2009 & 2010

-Letter winner, 2008, 2009, & 2010

Band:

-UNK Honor Band, 2010 NSAA Class D contest, 2009 & 2010

-1st chair xylophone, wind ensemble, gold medal District music contest, 2010marimba solo, “superior” and Honorable Mention Outstanding Performance Award District music contest

-2009: xylophone solo, “superior”; percussion group, “superior” District music contest,

-2008: percussion group, “superior” Masonic All-Star Marching Band, 2008-2010 “Star-Spangled Banner” performer, RCHS sporting events, 2008-present Letter winner,

Drama:

-One-act play conference Honorable Mention Actress Award, 2009

-One-act play district Best Actress Award 2008

-One-act play district runner-up 2007

Emily talks about the important role arts have played in her life:

"It's hard to condense the role of arts in my life into a paragraph.  Simply put, arts are my life.  Growth that I've experienced since freshman year I would attribute to my involvement in the arts: speeches and solos have made me more outgoing and personable, and I'm able to work under pressure and deadlines (not to mention having the incredible life skill of being a stage makeup artist).  I think I'm a better person because of the last four years, and the arts have gotten me to this point."

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