Student of the Week goes to Spokane high schooler

All votes have been counted and that includes votes for our next Student of the Week.

This week the title goes to Olivia Christenson of Spokane High School, who balances various extracurriculars while still challenging herself in the classroom.

Christenson is involved in volleyball, cheer, track and field, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Future Teachers of

America and student council. When it comes to academics, she takes Honors English and earns dual credit at Ozarks Technical Community College. After high school, Olivia plans to go to college and become a speech therapist. After high school, Olivia plans to go to college and become a speech therapist.

Student of the Week is an initiative by the News-Leader to highlight the academic achievements of local area high school students. Nominations for students who have shown outstanding academic and school achievement and community service are gathered from administrators at participating districts in the Ozarks.

The readers voted for who they thought were the best of the best in our poll.

The April 1 nominees were ...

Besides Christenson, here's who else was nominated.

Brooklyn Adney, Strafford High School: A straight-A student, Brooklyn currently has a weighted GPA of 4.28. She is a member of Future Business Leaders of America where she qualified for state competitions this year. Brooklyn also participates in the National Honor Society and Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. Balancing academics with athletics, she also competes in track and field and is on the basketball team.

Connor Diamond, Springfield Public Schools' Study Alternative School: Described as an exemplary student, Connor earns outstanding grades and is always punctual. He leads by example by always remaining extremely respectful and polite to other students, staff and faculty.