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LHS graduate named ArtStar winner for year
Lawrence high school graduate Stephanie Drahozal scored a 36 on her ACT, plays the violin, sings in choir and performs in musicals. She has been named the overall ArtStar winner for 2008-2009. The award is sponsored by The World Company and Peoples Bank.
July 1, 2008
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Stephanie Drahozal is trying to figure out how to balance all of her creative endeavors this fall as a freshman at Washington University in St. Louis.
“I’m not sure I’m going to be able to,” she says. “I’ll be so busy.”
It’s been that way during high school, too. Drahozal has been a violin section leader for the Lawrence High School Orchestra, has sung in choirs — including two years selected as all-state choir — and has been involved in theatrical productions, including co-directing “Rhinoceros” this spring.
Drahozal has been selected as the overall winner for the 2007-2008 ArtStar program, a joint effort of The World Company and Peoples Bank. Drahozal will receive a $500 scholarship for the honor.
At Washington University, Drahozal says she hasn’t decided whether she’ll major in history, theater or both. At LHS, in addition to being a star in the arts world, she was a star in the classroom, earning a perfect 36 on her ACT.
This was the inaugural year for ArtStar. Plans call for the program to continue again during the next school year. The Journal-World will distribute and publish information about nominations as the 2008-2009 school year approaches.
Stephanie Drahozal named Artstar Award winner
Stephanie Drahozal, a Lawrence High School graduate, is the first annual overall Artstar Award winner.
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1 July 2008 at 7:03 a.m.
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thinkagain (Anonymous) says…
Stephanie went to lawrence high!
1 July 2008 at 7:04 a.m.
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thinkagain (Anonymous) says…
Stephanie went to lawrence high! Check your fifth paragraph Terry!
1 July 2008 at 7:50 a.m.
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cato_the_elder (Anonymous) says…
Stephanie was in fact graduated from LHS, and was an outstanding student and citizen. The fifth paragraph is perhaps a Freudian slip indirectly confirming the folly of splitting LHS when it was not yet necessary to do so.
2 July 2008 at 9:17 a.m.
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crosswalker (Anonymous) says…
Congratulations, Stephanie! Best of luck at Washington University.