Lyons chosen for MPA award

    DYER BROOK — Jonathan Porter, principal at Southern Aroostook Community School, is pleased to announce that Kimberly Lyons of Dyer Brook, Maine, a senior at Southern Aroostook Community School, has been selected to receive the 2008 Principal’s Award.  The award sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship.
    “Throughout her years here at Southern Aroostook, Kimberly has distinguished herself in the classroom and as a leader in the school and the community,” Principal Porter noted in making the award.  “She has been very active in many school and community related activities that have accentuated her outstanding character and commitment to excellence. She very much deserves this recognition.”
    Lyons is involved in a variety of school and community activities.  She is a member of the National Honor Society and has participated in Dollars for Scholars while attending Southern Aroostook.  She has served as business manager for the yearbook and also represented Southern Aroostook as a delegate for Girls State. Lyons has participated in a variety of volunteer community service projects that include:  NHS Blood Drive, summer school volunteer, Vacation Bible School volunteer, Peewee softball volunteer, youth group participant and church nursery volunteer. She has also been selected as Student of the Quarter. She is the daughter of Richard and Terri Lyons.
    Lyons, Porter, and other award winners and their principals will attend an Honors Luncheon at the Spectacular Event Center on Saturday, April 3 at 1 p.m.  The Honors Luncheon recognizes these outstanding students with the presentation of an individual plaque and the awarding of five $1,000 scholarships in the names of Horace O. McGowan and Richard W. Tyler. McGowan and Tyler were former Maine principals and executive directors of the Association.
    The Principal’s Award is presented in more than 140 Maine public and private high schools by member principals of the MPA, the professional association which represents Maine’s school administrators.