Class of 2026
Awards presented at the 25th SVRCS Commencement, June 3, 2026SVRCS Foundation Agriculture & Conservation Awards
This award will be presented as 2 cash awards to SVRCS Seniors who stand out in the fields of Agriculture and Conservation. The award recognizes students who have consistently demonstrated hard work, effort, and participation in support of our FFA programs.
Landin Rossman
Ellie Scarborough
SVRCS Foundation Good Teammate Award
The Good Teammate Award recognizes 2 SVRCS Senior Varsity athletes with a cash award. This is not an attempt to recognize the “Best Athletes”, but rather to recognize student-athletes and good citizens that sometimes fly under the radar. The recipients of these awards demonstrate hard work, effort, and participation that are an example to all.
Wyatt Conoway
Sadie Martin
SVRCS Foundation Outstanding Musician Award
This award is a cash award that recognizes a Senior musician who has shown commitment to SVRCS Music programs. This recipient of this award is one who’s attitude and leadership within the program make them stand out among others.
Noah Smith
SVRCS Foundation Outstanding Artist Award
This award recognizes high achievement in the visual arts. The SVRCS Art department will select 2 Senior students to be given a cash award.
Nickisha Wetzel
SVRCS Foundation Civics Discourse Award for Engagement, Reasoning, and Dialogue
This award recognizes high achievement in Social Studies. The SVRCS Social Studies department will select 2 Senior students to be given a cash award.
Nickisha Wetzel
Drake Embick
SVRCS Foundation Luminary Scholarship for Literary Excellence
This award recognizes high achievement in ELA course work. The SVRCS English department will select 2 Senior students to be given a cash award.
Nickisha Wetzel
Grayson Hastings
SVRCS Foundation Award for Scholarship
The SVRCS Foundation will give a cash award to each SVRCS Senior who maintains a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher for their entire high school career.
Nickisha Wetzel
Jaelynn Walker
Tori Titus
Benjamin Parker
Sadie Martin
Jesiah Homan
Grayson Hastings
Wyatt Conoway
Alyna Basalla
SVRCS Foundation Envirothon Award
The Envirothon Award recognizes high achievement and long term participation in the Envirothon competition. The Envirothon advisors have selected a Senior student to be given a cash award.
Wyatt Conoway
SVRCS Foundation John Thomas Memorial Awards
John Thomas was a member of our staff and a dear friend to many of us. He taught math and science at SVRCS for several years. His time among us was filled with laughter and friendship (and learning). Mr. Thomas brought an excitement to teaching that caught the attention of even the most reluctant students. Among his personal interests were golf, astronomy, and old movies/shows (especially classic sci-fi films).
Upon Mr. Thomas's passing, John's family presented his memorial funds to the school to give awards to senior students that have excelled in math and science. With the end of those funds, the SVRCS Foundation has taken up the continuation of these awards in John’s honor.
This year’s recipients…
Alyna Basalla
Sadie Martin
Pass-Through Grants From The Community
Heidi Lucas Scholarship
Dan and Sandy Garverick are presenting this next award in memory of their Daughter, Heidi Lucas. This cash award is presented to a senior girl who has at least a B average and is involved in multiple activities in their school and community.
Sadie Martin
Clinton County Democratic Party – Good Citizenship Award
The Clinton County Democratic Party has begun, this year, to recognize an SVRCS Senior for their good works in the community over their high school career.
Alyna Basalla
Art and Joan Hawksworth Memorial Scholarship
The next award is presented by Hawksworth Company, a local business and long time friends of our school. This is a cash award presented to a senior student who is attending a vocational/technical school, carried a B average, and is involved in at least one extra-curricular activity.
Wyatt Conoway
Mauck Family Music Award
The Bill and Debbie Mauck family are long time friends and supporters of SVRCS whose children both graduated from our school. Their cash award will be presented to a graduating Senior who is a current Band or Chorus student and who has participated in a PMEA District Music Festival.
Alyna Basalla
Yvonne C Weaver Award for Volunteerism
The family of Yvonne Weaver is presenting this award in her name in recognition of her many years of dedicated service to Sugar Valley Rural Charter School and to the Sugar Valley in general. Yvonne was instrumental in so many of the things that happened in this community, so it is fitting that the award presented in her honor is given to a student who has done many things to help other. This year, the first Yvonne C Weaver Award for Volunteerism is given to..
Tylee Getgen
Buskirk Family Wrestling Scholarship
Lori and Craig Buskirk are presenting this scholarship to honor a boy and a girl wrestler from each senior class with a cash award. The Buskirk Family Wrestling Scholarship will recognize students for more than just their wrestling abilities. It will shine a light on wrestlers who represent our school with honor and dignity.
Wyatt Conoway
Sugar Valley Concerned Citizens Student Award
Sadie Martin.
Jaelynn Walker.
Centre Foundation – Knight Press Forward Grant Fund
Centre Foundation recently launched, Press Forward PA Wilds, to help reverse the decline of local news across nine counties of the PA Wilds. This year, a grant was established to pilot a high school wrestling reporting initiative. Our school was selected to participate and one of our students produced articles about our wrestling team for local news outlets. For her work in this program, this cash award ($2500) is presented to:
Alyna Basalla
Bulldawg Plumbing
Bulldawg Plumbing is a local company that has become a strong supporter of our school. This year, they add to our awards with scholarship that recognizes a student who is pursuing training in a vocational field. The first recipient Bulldawg Plumbing’s award is
Michael Garcia
