Education

Eric Gidzinski, a 2015 graduate of Henry County High School, has been named a Senator Jeff Green Scholar by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA).
To earn this honor, a student must have a 4.0 grade point average each year of high school and at least a 28 composite on the ACT.
Gidzinski has also earned $2,500 a year in Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) awards.
If he keeps his grades up in college, he will have $10,000 to use toward a four-year degree.

Avery Davis is the July winner of the monthly Henry County Adult Education drawing, according to a news release from Betty Rankin, site coordinator.
Davis began the program before having a daughter, according to the news release. Now she’s a mom, working at a local business and striving toward her goal of earning her GED.
After 48 hours of class work and homework, Davis has begun the testing process and passed two sections of the GED, according to the news release.
Her prize choice was two gas gift cards donated by Dr. Bob Wagoner.

Gabe Adams, for the third time, attended the “Summer Science Sleuths” program at Duke University in Durham, N.C., from June 13 to 27. Upon completion of the program, he was named a “Hartwell Scholar at Duke” during the graduation ceremony. This year, the students explored and studied the growth characteristics of bacteria, anatomy of the human brain and helped in the rehabilitation of green sea turtles and bottlenosed dophins. Adams is a sophomore at Henry County High School and the son of Jon and Sarah Adams of Bethlehem.