High school students from across Washington County recently participated in the 27th annual Youth Salute Leadership Awards ceremony hosted by Hills Bank.

Almost 250 students from 17 area high schools including 16 from Washington, 13 from Mid-Prairie, eight from Highland, and 12 from Hillcrest Academy were honored for their academic achievement and leadership contributions. Students were selected by their high school faculty to receive the award on September 12th at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City. Local leadership scholarship awards were also given to Lilou Beachy from Mid-Prairie, Mackinze Hora and Madeline Peiffer from Highland, and Quinn Wubbena of Washington. The Youth Salute students from Highland, Hillcrest, Mid-Prairie, and Washington will be displayed at the Kalona Hills Bank location from October 25 through November 1st.

Washington:

Brielle Anderson
Kasen Bailey
Lucas Kroll
Jenna Messer
Evan Miller
Greta Rothe
Grace Schiebel
Peyton Snakenberg
Grant Sobaski
Lance Sobaski
Emma Stalder
Robert Taylor
Ava Turner
Quinn Wubbena
Emma Zahs
Ethan Scott Zieglowsky

Mid-Prairie:

Lilou Beachy
Madelyn Bender
Dylan Bunting
Will Cavanagh
Gunnar Gingerich
Chandler Hershberger
Justice Jones
Ethan Kos
Esther Martin
Alyssa McDowell
Rebekah Meader
Anna Nafziger
Thaddeus Shetler

Highland:

Jalynn Brown
Delaney Gerot
Mackinze Hora
Carsen Mellinger
Madeline Peiffer
Eli Slaymaker
Emma Soukup
Tristen Wendling

Hillcrest Academy:

Julia Boller
Leah Bontrager
Kyleigh Dolan
Ivana Ebersole
Evelyn Gerber
Esther Hughes
Quang Huynh
Samara Jimenez
Noah Miller
Alex Niemeyer
Jacob Smith Derksen
Norah Yoder