By the Icon's count, 248 Bluffton High School students in grades 9-12, listed below, made the 2nd Qtr. Honor Roll for the 2022-2023 school year. For Bluffton students on the Apollo Career Center honor roll, visit HERE.
Door to door Girl Scout cookie sales have begun in Bluffton. On Friday, January 6, local troops parcipated in a rally where scouts were given a refresher course on product options, including a new cookie--the Raspberry Rally--which will be available in February.
At the rally, the scouts made posters, practiced their sales pitches, played games and sampled cookies.
Ramon Lewis, who died on Jan. 3, 2023, at age 82, was among Bluffton High Schools all-around all-star athletes, setting records in football, basketball and track during his career with the Pirates.
Basketball
As a basketball player during his senior year (1958-59) Lewis scored 415 points in 18 games, an average of 23.05 points per game. The only player to top Lewis at that time was Neil Schmidt (1946-47) who scored 430 points in 18 games, and average of 23.89 per game.
The December 2022 student of the month at Bluffton High School is Isaiah Mikesell, son of David and Amy Mikesell of Bluffton. Isaiah is a senior at Bluffton and has a 3.935 GPA.
Isaiah is in the Spanish Club, Show Choir, Chamber Choir and in the Ocean Focus Marine Biology class. He is also the team captain on the wrestling team.
Isaiah is a 3 time Industrial Technology Class award winner and received the 110% Award for the wrestling team.
Bluffton schools superintendent Greg Denecker shared the news that former athletic director Jim Raabe has been inducted into the OIAAA-Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Hall of Fame.
“Jim did an outstanding job as our Athletic Director from 1995-2011. He was dedicated to our student-athletes, coaches and our community to help our athletic department grow successfully under his leadership. Jim is very deserving of this Hall of Fame Induction and we thank him for his service and dedication to Bluffton Schools,” Denecker commented.
In this season of giving, most of us have a shopping list for family and friends. Ten girls in the 6th grade at Bluffton Middle School set their sights on a bigger circle.
The girls decided to make and sell more than 60 dozen cookies to help their classmates with overdue lunch charges. Over 110 students in the elementary and middle school have been helped by their donation of $900.
In a letter addressed to Bluffton Exempted Village Schools, the girls said, "We hope this will spread cheer and benefit some of the students in need. 'Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.'" The letter was signed by Evie Boyles, Piper Culver, Ari Goings, Leah Granger, Morgan Martini, Adalynn Rettig, Madelyn Sterrett, Anya Thompson, Bella Walters and Kaydence Welch.
