Education
April 21, 2017

Fairbanks Middle School Honor Roll Third nine-week grading period

By From JT Staff Reports

6th Grade
4.0

Joseph Ziegler, Eleanor Carter, Elaina Lahmers, Macy Miller, Sarah Arend, Caleb Wenger, and Eleanor Demeter.

6th Grade
3.9 – 3.6

Tessla Woolum, Nathan Parks, Brooklynn Bosworth, Lessly Brandel, Alyssa Newberry, Drew LaFon, Ashtynne Stanley, Ava Orders, Nathan Combs, Jodan Perry, Cody Ream...

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