Gardiner’s Sarah Morgan named GAHS MPA Award winner

GARDINER — Sarah Morgan, a senior at Gardiner Area High School, was selected by Principal Chad Kempton to receive the 2017 Principal’s Award. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship.

Morgan was a member of the school’s chapter of the National Honor Society during her junior and senior years, a Girls State Delegate her junior year, a recipient of the Rotary Student of the Month award, is vice president of the Student Council, and is a member of the 2017 Class Council, Kempton said in a news release.

Morgan has also received several excellence in academics awards, including the Phi Beta Kappa Award, and the Rensselaer Medal, along with being recognized for her athletic accomplishments including being a member of the WCSH Varsity Club, a recipient of the Hoby Baker high school character award, captain of the girls ice hockey team, and being a member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association National Academic Squad Scholar of Distinction.

Morgan and Kempton attended a recognition banquet on Saturday, April 8 at the Great Events Center in Bangor, along with MPA Award honorees from around the state.

Morgan plans to major in either micro or molecular biology in college.