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Hobart Institute Recognizes Excellence

The Hobart Institute recognizes excellence COMBINATION STRUCTURAL & PIPE WELDING PROGRAM
in performance of people who go above
and beyond the requirements or levels of FEBRUARY FEBRUARY
desirability to exceed normal expectations. PERFECT ATTENDANCE - 23 Week
Those who have met these goals in this PERFECT ATTENDANCE - 38 Week Jesse W. Higley - 8/22/16 to 2/17/17
past quarter are listed. Alexander F. Johnson – 5/2/16 to 2/10/17
Alex M. Andrezejczyk – 4/4/16 to 2/10/17 MARCH
HIGH ACADEMIC Josiah A. Quillen – 5/2/16 to 2/10/17 PERFECT ATTENDANCE - 23 Week
ACHIEVEMENT Nicholas L. Chilcote – 5/2/16 to 2/17/17 Jarret B. Brewster – 9/19/16 to 3/17/17
Hobart Institute provides two levels of MARCH GRADUATES Glenn D. Reed – 9/19/16 to 3/17/17
academic achievement. This recognition
is based on the grade point average PERFECT ATTENDANCE - 38 Week APRIL
of students in the five or nine-month Barry M. Andersen – 5/30/16 to 3/10/17
programs at HIWT. Candidates for this Dylan K. Hoover – 5/20/16 to 3/10/17 PERFECT ATTENDANCE - 23 Week
award must reach a GPA of 3.5 to 3.79 Ross W. Scheithauer – 5/30/16 to 3/10/17 Spencer J. King – 10/17/16 to 4/14/17
to receive high honors and 3.8 to 4.0 to Jacob D. Staley – 5/30/16 to 3/10/17 Alexis Lozano – 10/17/16 to 4/14/17
receive the highest honors.
APRIL GRADUATES HONORS GRADUATES
PERFECT ATTENDANCE PERFECT ATTENDANCE - 38 Week HIGH HONORS
Students may achieve perfect attendence Ethan W. Ault – 6/27/16 to 4/7/17 Logan R. Miner – 5/2/16 to 2/10/17
status by attending Hobart Institute in the James M. Cox - 6/27/16 to 4/7/17 Ethan J. Koons – 6/27/16 to 4/7/17
five month Structural Welding Program or Ethan J. Koons - 6/27/16 to 4/7/17 Darren Johnson – 7/25/16 to 5/5/17
the nine-month Combination Structural Thomas Miller - 6/27/16 to 4/7/17
and Pipe Welding Program without Jeht M. Risser - 6/27/16 to 4/7/17
missing even one day of class. Hobart
Institute congratulates these students Brandon S. Snopek - 6/27/16 to 4/21/17
who have made this extra effort. Future
employers take notice of this achievement MAY GRADUATES
and students are encouraged to strive for PERFECT ATTENDANCE - 38 Week
this goal. Lance A. Barnes – 7/25/16 – 5/5/17
Darren Johnson - 7/25/16 – 5/5/17
Andrew S. Villella - 7/25/16 – 5/5/17
Carter Huelskamp – 8/22/16 – 5/19/17
Spencer B. Wimborough – 7/25/16 – 5/19/17

Don’t Be a Helicopter Parent! to offer support is comforting. Furthering decisions, they can often process their
education is not only an opportunity but also thoughts with other trusted adults.
By: Jennifer Parin adventure. Sometimes aunts, uncles, grandparents,
coaches and other adult mentors become
Whether you’re sending your first child Wikipedia’s definition of a helicopter great sounding boards for students in the
off to college or your fourth, helping your parent is a parent who pays extremely college search process.
child decide on their education beyond high close attention to a child’s or children’s
school can be stressful for all involved. experiences and problems, particularly at Understand that once the student is enrolled
Keeping an open line of communication and education institutions. Helicopter parents in post-secondary education, all communica-
offering to help without being overbearing are so named this because, like helicopters, tions about bills, financial aid and grades
are ways to encourage your young adult they hover overhead, overseeing their child’s will likely be directed to the student’s email
to be excited about the next chapter of life. account. The Family Educational Rights and
their lives. Let your child know that you are Privacy Act (FERPA) make it unlawful for
there for them. It may be tough at times While students might not talk to parents school staff to disclose information about a
but knowing that you are always there about their questions, concerns and student to anybody, including the students’

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