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SEAN BARRON BOARDMAN If you move to the Mahoning Valley from your home halfway around the world at a young age, how do you deal with the normal stress and anxiety of having to make numerous cultural and lifestyle assimilations and adjustments? If you’re anything like Aroonrassamee Wongkeaitaroon, you write and submit a first-person detailed account chronicling your struggles, then make readers feel they are part of the journey. Further helping you land on your feet is if your writing project wins a major essay contest something for which the 15-year-old Boardman High School junior can lay claim. “I was in my government class watching a film when I got a notification on my phone,” Aroonrassamee, affectionately known as “Yok,” recalled. “I thought it was the wrong person or something, and I couldn’t believe it. I was dancing in my chair.” ....
BOARDMAN The Boardman Schools Fund for Educational Excellence has awarded 11 teacher grants for the 2020-21 school year worth more than $5,000. The cap on the projects was $500 this year in hopes of reaching more teachers and grade levels. A total 17 teachers were awarded money, some working together on group ideas. Wireless microphones, projectors, Chromebook charging equipment and digital reader pens are among items to help meet the growing technology needs of students. Other projects include weights, and assorted equipment for physical education and athletic needs. The grants also provided for trail cameras for middle schoolers and science activity STEM kits as well as manipulatives for hands-on exploration in the elementary grades. ....
BOARDMAN Life imitated art for a group of Boardman High School students. Seniors Andrew Shrembeck, Graham Seditz, Julien Anders and BHS graduate Nick Johnson embarked on a 10-day road trip to Missouri in July after reading Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” The students are former Advanced Placement English students, who studied under Randy Nord. The book served as a road map for a summer camping adventure in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, the quartet discussed their adventure by sharing a presentation with Nord’s current AP English classes. Their PowerPoint presentation included photos and advice, while comparing the same adventurous spirit of Huck Finn. ....