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The following 12 high school students from Bluffton have been recognized on the Apollo Career Center Honor Roll for the third quarter of the 2023-2024 academic year.

Bluffton High School senior Braeden Jordan has signed a Letter of Intent to play college baseball at Wright State University-Lake Campus in 2024-2025. 

Jordan is an all-NWC Centerfielder for the Pirates baseball team and a member of the Findlay Legion baseball team. He was also an all-NWC and All-District Receiver for the Pirate football team. Braeden is also an Academic All-Ohio for the Pirates. 

Jordan will join Coach John Bailey at the Wright State Lake Campus next fall and is undecided on his major.

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The work of two talented Bluffton High School art students will be on display at the 54th annual Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition, which will open on Sunday, April 21, at the Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus. The juried exhibition is comprised of creative expressions in the visual arts created by outstanding and talented students from Ohio's high schools.   

The February 2024 student of the month at Bluffton High School is Leah Klinger, daughter of Wesley and Mandy Klinger of Bluffton. 

Above) Dignitaries Ken and Kitty Keller congratulate Bluffton Lions on the 90th anniversary of their charter. Additional photos follow this article.

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Bluffton Lions Club celebrated the 90th anniversary of its charter with a banquet and program on March 5 providing both a history of the club and an international context for its future work.

The Bluffton High School String Orchestra earned a Superior rating at OMEA (Ohio Music Education Association) state orchestra adjudicated event held at Perrysburg High School on March 1.

The orchestra performed in class C playing "Arlington Sketches" by Elliot Del Borgo, "If Thou be Near" G. H. Stozel/arr by Carrie Lane Grueselle and "Echelon" by Katherine Griesinger. The orchestra is under the direction of Rachael E. Lewis. 

Students in the orchestra: Theo Andreas, Ben Hartzler, Cole Bowers, Avery Kinn, Zoe Shank, Maia Gearing, Liliana Liberato, Ethan Hoffman, Aaron Unashick, Lauren Bowers, Ellie Harzler, Claire Phillips, Eva McBrien, Katie Bauman, Sadie Combs, Daphne Johnston, Emma Miller, Leo Gearing, Emmitt Kidd, Leah Shadle, Laney Kiene.

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