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B2 LIFE THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2002 DECATUR, ILLINOIS HONOR ROLL FIRST SEMESTER High Honors DeLand-Weldon High School Seniors Jacquiline Bush, Jessica Mutty, Derrick Roy, "not lack of affection. It's lack of skill." To remedy that, students attend parenting classes. Senior Tyanna Ollie, 18, says that has helped her care for her 9-month-old son, Donjai. And the school is changing her view of her future. "Teachers encourage you to understand that if you don't further your education, you're not able to take care of your child or yourself," Ollie says.

She hopes to study occupational therapy at Wayne State University. Catherine Ferguson graduates about 70 to 100 girls each year. Since 90 percent of girls who drop out of high school do so because of pregnancy and parenting, Andrews says, "The fact that they graduate from high school kicks them way over the norm." By providing child and medical care as well as classes, the school gives its students another chance at a more positive future, says James Humphries, an attorney for Detroit Public Schools. "They should be allowed to become the doctors, the lawyers, the principals they set out to be" before becoming pregnant, he says. Having no male students currently enrolled and requiring students to wear uniforms helps the teens focus on school, Andrews says.

But the most critical factor in a positive outcome is hard work, and that depends of the students themselves. Once students enroll at Catherine Ferguson, she says, "It hits them that this is not practice for life, this is real life. And they're responsible for another hfe, too. "So they straighten up," she says. "With our assistance, they straighten up." 1 theatre presents the devilishly clever thriller SCHOOL Continued from B1 the school.

He got goats and put them to use as a teaching aid to show the connection between milk production, demand and breast-feeding. Ducks, a miniature horse, a steer and rabbits, all living teaching tools, joined the livestock array. Weertz turned the former playground into a pasture, where animals graze and alfalfa grows. Students say they're learning from the farm. At lunch time, they can bring their own children outdoors for a closer look; the farm doubles as a petting zoo for the babies.

In the 1980s, G. Asenath Andrews, now principal of the academy, worked in a program for unwed mothers. The students had to return to their previous schools within six weeks after delivery. "It was too many adjustments, so we wanted a more permanent school," she says. She petitioned the school district to transform the short-term program into an official high school that could grant its own diplomas.

To pick the school's name, students held an election. "Catherine Ferguson" won, commemorating a woman who was born a slave in 1779 and went on to establish the first Sunday school in New York City and, throughout her life, helped needy children. The middle-school science class tends the rabbits, weighing them daily and experimenting with the effects of different diets on the rabbits and their offspring. Teachers say the farm fits into the school's goal of helping students accept the responsibility of caring for another life, whether it's a farm animal's or a baby's. "I can't get over how the girls get into it.

They care for these rabbits as well or sometimes better than their own children," Andrews says. The reason they may do less well with the children, she adds, is By Ira Levin "7 February 8-9 15-16 7:30 p.m February 10 17 2:00 p.m. Elizabeth Doxsie, Elizabeth Empie, Kimberly Gagnon, Mickey Harbin, Kristi Jacob-sen, Jarrod Livingston, Omar Lujan, Kelly Manley, Bradley Massey, Daniel Modesty, LaTisha Neilson, Ashley Preston, Jules Sautelet, John Shoemaker, Benjamin Swift, Julie Tucker, Garr Van Orden, Tiffany Whalen, Ashley Wheeler, Matthew Wiley, Michael Zimmerman. Juniors Elizabeth Daggett, Cody Dalluge, Mikki Earl, Kasi Evans, Stephanie Fritz, Danielle Hans, Ben Heckman, David Huskey, Zachary Kowa, Leanne Kreps, Lindsay Mash-burn, Sarah Matherly, Brad McCool, Kristin Millard, Melissa Miller, Ashley Mosley, Elisse Nibbelin, Ryan Peebles, Whitney Place, Erica Porter, Shawn Pumphrey, James Rice, Zachary Roberts, Logan Schroeder, Kenneth Smithmier, Wesley Sterr, Ryan Tomey, Matthew Wetzel, Corey Zelhart, Chelsea Zombro. Sophomores Zane Anderson, Caitlin Barillas, Bryce Bertram, Celeste Carter, Ashley Cross, Corey Damen, Emily Erickson, Heather Friend, Valerie Guymon, Andrew Halsema, Katie Heckman, Casey Henderson, Brandon Hilburn, Michael Krumtinger, Nichole Lay lock, Cedric Leach, Omega Lujan, Christina McDaniel, Danielle McDannell, Julie Patterson, Jasmine Peters, Denise Shookman, Tyler Weikle, Sarah Westwater.

Freshmen Jordan Betzer, Lori Bobbitt, Kristy Booth, Bradley Bowman, Heather Breazeale, Greg Brodnicki, Joshua Claypool, Erica Colee, Taylor Ekena, Caitlin Empie, Drew Jacobs, Joshua Jacob-sen, Alexander Krows, Robert Lewis, Whitney Moore, Amber Patton, Parker Paulin, Zachary Pope, Jessica Purkes, Emily Sims, Kristin Starbody, Kyle Tomey, Mindy Whalen, Greg Williams. Meridian Middle School Eighth grade Nichole Broadhacker, Kristen Burns, Sarah Carr, Andrea Davis, Rachael Davis, Brentny Doyle, Kelsey Gregory, Nicholas Hagan, Rollin Head, Kayla Keeling-Strater, Ashley Kendall, Erica Lindamood, Tyler Matteson, Lauren McKeown, Amanda McPeak, Alicia Moser, Hanna Moser, Allison Neff, Alex Reynolds, Danielle Reynolds, Katherine Schaefer, Anne Shroyer, Jessica Stalcup, Kyle Stuart, Aimee Ward, Matthew Williams, Sarah Williamson. Seventh grade Calia Armour, Sadee Armour, Jacob Baker, Brenna Clark, Marcus Dees, Ashley Gillespie, Dustin Guntle, Bobbi Hollister, Andrew Johnson, Jaclyn Jostes, Melissa Kersey, Ashley Lovelace, Sarah Lucas, Amber Meyer, Carl Miller, Sarah Moser, Cindy Myers, Laura Perry, Aaron Rench, Kiona Tri-ana, Troy Waller, Drew Wolfer, Matt Zucco. Sixth grade Jason Berg, Jordan Brown, Jordan Collins, Michael Crawley, Josie Damery, Zachary Fasick, Heather Grider, Alexander Head, Kraig Interial, Justin Marshall, Wynnton Meteer, Monica Payton, Robert Zedric. Freshmen Jordan Blankenship, Jim Bock, Josh Dun-mire, Ashley Guntle, Brittney Hite, Jessica Kersey, Brett McDaniel, Aaron Moma, Blake Noland, Brock Perkes, Cody Perrey, Heather Taapken, Chance White.

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Juniors JoBeth Sites, Samantha Waters. Sophomores Teresa Rankin, Abigale Bublitz, Christopher Bradham. Freshmen Dominic Dunham, Drew Moore. SECOND QUARTER High Honors Maroa-Forsyth High School Seniors Kyle Amettis, Karson Ammann, Logan Anderson, Erik Baker, Rachel Bragg, Heather Dale, Angela Edwards, Shannon Furrow, Darcy Hays, Adam Heckman, Leslie Hill, Jennifer Hubbell, Kyle Kapper, Ashlee Leggett, Kelly Mai lory, Andrew McClel-lan, Geri Olmstead, Heather Procarione, Nathan Roe, Jennifer Sarna, Kevin Sartain, Natalie Schick, Lori Sebok, Amy Shaw, Masa Suzuki, Alis-sa Tynan, John Wagner, Amanda Williams. Juniors Van Allison, Jonathon Balagna, Lauren Colee, Danielle Fozard, Logan Gates, William Griswold, Elizabeth Hamilton, Robert Hickey, Daniel Jacobsen, Anne Jaggi, Zachariah Maxwell, Ashley Santella, Brent Shields, Drew Sullivan, Molly Werner, Matthew Zelhart.

Sophomores Keith Chandler, Kathryn Czuprynski, Larry Gaugh, Megan Green, Anthony Hill, Mandy Mathew, Cody McClellan, Whitney Nelson, Thomas Painter, Erin Roe, Bradley Sill, Heather Sparks, Rie Suzuki, Brandon Weiss. Freshmen Andrew Bruce, Kristen Doerfler, Jason Eber-hard, Caitlyn Ejankowski, Amy Gagnon, Steven Griswold, John Halicki, Darrick Hays, Amanda Jobe, Jacqueline Kent, Casey Krimmell, Emily Larson, Rebekah Maxwell, Mackenzie Miller, Mallory Morrison, Thomas Robertson, Kelly Wheeler. Meridian Middle School Eighth grade Michelle Carr, Kristin Etnier, Ryan Miller, Teddi Moore, Elias Stein, Chelsea Wallis. Seventh grade Morgan Belskamper, Stephen Bock, Brett Calvert, Aubrie Cox, Jayne Gillen, Stephanie Hall, Sarah Henn, Lisa Murray, Travis Rosenkranz, Trisha Rosenkranz, Amy Walsh, Jacob Ward. Sixth grade Katie Nicholls, Zachary Ruot, Chelsea Stevenson.

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