The 2025 Heads Above the Rest Recognition Breakfast took place on Thursday, April 24th at the Barn at Firestone Farms.
2025 Heads Above the Rest Recipients
Ty Smith
Beaver Local School District
Emma Danks
Columbiana Exempted Village School District
Elena Mackall
Columbiana Exempted Village School District
Eli Masters
Columbiana Exempted Village School District
Salem Yarwood
Columbiana Exempted Village School District
Summer Sinsley
Columbiana Exempted Village School District
Andrew Eusebio
Columbiana Exempted Village School District
Evan Neff
Crestview Local School District
Glenn Olsen
Crestview Local School District
Olivia Cornell
East Liverpool City School District
Nicholas Aldrich
East Liverpool City School District
John Kinkead
East Palestine City School District
Basilios Panteleris
Salem City School District
2025 Franklin B. Walter Scholarship Nominees
Ty Smith
Beaver Local School District
Preston Buckingham
Columbiana Exempted Village School District
Asher Moore
Crestview Local School District
Nicholas Aldrich
East Liverpool City School District
John Kinkead
East Palestine City School District
Alexander Kindle
Leetonia Exempted Village School District
Abigail Beil
Lisbon Exempted Village School District
Luke Davis
Salem City School District
Kennedy Lewis
Southern Local School District
Jase Medure
United Local School District
Isabella Vallera
Wellsville Local School District
2025 STAR Educators
Matt Newman
Nominated by: Ty Smith
Beaver Local School District
Jennifer Sant
Nominated by: Salem Yarwood and Eli Masters
Columbiana Exempted Village School District
Kristen Reynolds
Nominated by: Elena Mackall
Columbiana Exempted Village School District
Lisa Malcolmson
Nominated by: Andrew Eusebio
Columbiana Exempted Village School District
Charles Miller
Nominated by: Summer Sinsley
Columbiana Exempted Village School District
Diane Mediate
Nominated by: Emma Danks
Columbiana Exempted Village School District
Phylicia Joy
Nominated by: Evan Neff
Crestview Local School District
Grady Long
Nominated by: Glenn Olsen
Crestview Local School District
Gerald Bartlett
Nominated by: Olivia Cornell
East Liverpool City School District
Julie Voorhees
Nominated by: Nicholas Aldrich
East Liverpool City School District
Amanda Booth
Nominated by: John Kinkead
East Palestine City School District
Ty Graham
Nominated by: Basilios Panteleris
Salem City School District