The Iowa City Press-Citizen Student of the Week has returned for another round of voting.
Each week, Johnson County high school principals and faculty are asked to nominate students who excel in and out of the classroom.
The public can vote at press-citizen.com until noon on Thursday, Dec. 12. The winner will be announced on Friday, Dec. 13, and an accompanying story will be published in the Press-Citizen.
Students from public and private high schools in Johnson County are eligible to participate.
The last student of the week was Elsie Gavin, an Iowa City Regina Catholic senior.
Here are this week’s nominees:
Ethan Barber, Iowa City Liberty High School
Ethan Barber is a senior at Liberty High School. Recently, Barber was selected to receive the Iowa Bankers Association Student Achievement Award in Class 5A football, an honor that was announced during the 5A state football championship game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. This award includes a $1,000 scholarship. Barber was selected due to his high classroom achievement and prominent role on the varsity football team. Barber helped lead the varsity football team to the state semifinal round for the first time in school history. In addition to his 4.0+ GPA and leadership on the football team, Barber also wrestles, participates in choir, and has maintained a part-time job at the Bluebird Café throughout his high school career.
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Claire Boyle, Iowa City Regina Catholic High School
Claire Boyle is a senior at Regina Catholic High School. Boyle is the founder of Regina’s Our Minds Matter Mental Health Club and was a 2024 delegate to the World Affairs Seminar. Additionally, Boyle is a Retreat Team Leader, student ambassador, blue crew member, National Honor Society officer, Regina Dance team, and National Dance Academy Click team member. Recently, Boyle was a state solo finalist at the ISDTA state championships. Boyle is also academically driven and, throughout high school, has taken two Kirkwood and five advanced placement courses.
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Rayna Oliphant, Iowa City High
Rayna Oliphant is a junior at Iowa City High. Oliphant led the lighting on the tech crew for City High’s most recent stage production, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical.” Faculty and students involved in the production note how Oliphant did “an outstanding job.”
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About Student of the Week
The Press-Citizen’s Student of the Week is a weekly contest throughout the academic year. Polls will open on Mondays and close on Thursdays. Students from public and private high schools in the Iowa City area are eligible to participate.
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