West Elementary honors Presidential Education Award winners

West Elementary School in Sidney recently recognized its Presidential Education Award winners for the 2014-15 sixth-grade class.

Students earn the Gold Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence by maintaining a grade-point average of 3.5 and above for all of their fifth-grade year and for the first semester of their sixth-grade year. Students earn the Silver Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement by being nominated by the staff for showing marked improvement and extraordinary effort in their academic work.

Students receive a congratulatory message from President Obama as well as a certi...