Club names student of the month
Clarksville Lions Club named Morgan Simkovic as student of the month for April.
Simkovic, daughter of Carrie and Jerry Simkovic of Waynesburg, maintains a 4.08 grade point average at Jefferson-Morgan High School.
She is president of both the student council and Interact Club and is vice president of Leo Club. Simkovic is a member of National Honor Society, Envirothon, Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the yearbook staff.
She was named a Herald-Standard Centennial Scholar Athlete and is the Tri-County Athletic Directors’ Association scholar recipient. Simkovic is a four-year letterman in volleyball and softball and two-year letterman in basketball.
She recently was selected the American Legion essay contest winner for Greene and Washington counties. She also received the student forum scholar leader award.
Simkovic serves on the Colby’s Stars Foundation Committee. Her volunteer service includes ringing bells for the Salvation Army, volunteering for the Tri-County Athletic Directors Association golf outing, and the Walk For A Cure for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Simkovic has participated in the Kicking Cancer’s Butt Kickball Tournament for Colby’s Stars Foundation, the powder puff football tournament for Ronald McDonald House, Catholic Charities Angel Tree Project and Greene County Humane Society. She is a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Simkovic plans to attend Slippery Rock University as a pre-physical therapy student with a major in exercise science.