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Lauren McQuaide earns Cherry Scholarship. Makes ACHS history Coveted scholarship couldn't have been awarded to a more perfect recipient. She has been headed for this all through her education. Beyond being a hard working, goal directed, servant leader, she has a wonderful personality. Those who know her best say it's as if a ray of sunshine beams whenever she enters the room. Click on headline for full story, photo(s) By Linda & Ed Waggener Lauren Cassidy McQuaide has been awarded the coveted Cherry Presidential Scholarship from Western Kentucky University. She is the first student from Adair County High School ever to earn the honor. The scholarship is the most competitive at WKU. Because Lauren had a 31 ACT score and a 4.0 GPA unweighted, she was able to apply for an honors scholarship. From students who apply for the Cherry Scholarship, only a few are then selected to interview for it. Her interview, prepared for in practice sessions with leaders at ACHS, took place on February 5, 2017 in the Mahurin Honors College. She was among 47 other finalists, 15 of whom were selected. Lauren beams when she shares that she will be given $16,000 annually to pay full tuition, room, board and books. Because she qualified for Indian University, she was able to attended college courses in her senior, enabling her to will enter WKU as a sophomore. Education in McQuaide home began when girls were toddlers This all began at home when she was a little girl toddling behind her big sister Sarah as they went about discovering their world in Cane Valley, northern Adair County, KY. "Our parents were always there with us, and play was combined with education from the very beginning," she recalls. Her main role models, she says, have been her dad and mom, Dr. Glen McQuaide and Mary Ann Hutchison McQuaide. Both have careers in education. He is professor of biology at Campbellsville University. She is the school psychologist in the Adair public schools system. Lauren laughs as she remembers her dad answering their questions. "He would stop to ask, 'OK, what is the difference between a bug and an insect?' "There was always something to learn mixed into everything we did. There was lots of fun, and along with it there was an emphasis on how learning and getting an education can carry you all through your life. Earning a good education gives you something no one can ever take away." Education followed a model timeline She is a graduate of Colonel William Casey Elementary School, attended John Adair Intermediate School, graduated from Adair County Elementary and Adair County Middle School and will be a 2018 graduate of Adair County High School this coming May. In 2013, her freshman year, she was a Rogers Explorer at Lindsey Wilson College, for younger Rogers Scholars, and then in 2016 she was a full Rogers Scholar. In 2015, she became the first student body member on the school board as Adair County led the state in the new movement to bring student voices to top leadership. She is serving her third turn on the school board. In 2017 she was a Governor's Scholar. In 2017, she led her Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute Team to first place at the Center for Rural Development. Lauren created an Adair County High School STEM (Science - Technology - Engineering and Math), club group, from inspiration gained as a Rogers to raise awareness and also immersed herself and her area of passion. Extracurricular activities have included varsity golf six years, working in concessions for basketball and football games, and was a member of the freshman and sophomore GRIT team and more. She has been a member of BETA and National Honor Society all four years. She was a Student Ambassador in her junior and senior years. She knows what she wants to do Lauren McQuaide's goal in life? She will seek a biochemistry degree at Western with plans to go on to the University of Louisville school of dentistry. She says she connected with chemistry naturally in Miss Peck's class and felt called into the medical field as a career choice. She has shadowed professionals throughout high school, and dentistry felt best to her. She hopes to have some of her college courses in other countries as she moves forward and is keeping an open mind about all the possibilities in the world that are opening up to her. Lauren McQuaide gives credit for her successes to many others, included in the second part of this post. Check back soon This story was posted on 2018-02-21 12:34:22
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