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Summary: Lillian Nichole Furniss is an excellent choice for recognition as Sonoma Valley Adult School's Student of the Year. Nichole (her preferred name) has distinguished herself by her extraordinary commitment, ability and energy to obtaining her diploma.
Lillian Nichole Furniss is an excellent choice for recognition as Sonoma Valley Adult School's Student of the Year. Nichole (her preferred name) has distinguished herself by her extraordinary commitment, ability and energy to obtaining her diploma.
Studying at our adult school represented her bold plan to regain time lost to the unfortunate circumstances of a high-school year spent in Oregon. Due to a turnabout she has vigorously expedited, she will be able to graduate concurrently with the classmates she had previously fallen behind from.
This worthy young woman has uncovered opportunities and exploited them to a remarkable degree. Among the almost one hundred and fifty students who have enrolled at SVAS this school year, none has equaled Nichole's powerful academic gain since her arrival in February.
Almost every student at SVAS has to grapple with crippling negativity conditioned into her or his academic pursuits. Amid the pressing complications of family and work struggles, some adult students graduate successfully, while others have to postpone or give up their dream of a high school diploma.
Even with sincere intent and the pull of recognized necessity, many of our students are weighted down with the baggage of poor study experience and habits, and can make only sluggish advance toward graduation. Nichole, despite adversity, has surpassed even the most successful students in the thunderous rate of her progress.
Although her work output was amazingly productive from her start with us in February, she saw the need to further accelerate her academic development as she was almost 50 credits down. So in March she successfully tested for her GED, and was able to use the allowed points in credit toward her high school diploma.
The momentum she gained, and her unflagging effort, has assured her a successful date with graduation in June. Nichole plans to attend Santa Rosa Community College in the Fall, and then transfer to a four-year university.
Because of this fine young woman's exceptional focus and resourcefulness, and because of her singular extension of potential in our program, I take particular pleasure in nominating Lillian Nichole Furniss as the Sonoma Valley Adult School, Student of the Year.
