2021-22 Bonneville High School Sterling Scholar Application Link

Both vocal and instrumental music applications must be submitted via email to Mrs. Berni by 3:00pm on October 25th.

Applications for the remaining categories must be submitted via email to Mrs. Berni () no later than Friday, October 29 at 11:59pm. Mrs. Berni will send out confirmation emails (during school hours), so you know your application has been received. Most interviews will be held the first week in November and nominees will be announced on November 10.

How do I become a Sterling Scholar?

The Sterling Scholar Awards are open to Utah public high school seniors. It is expected that each school will nominate one candidate in any of the 14 categories. Each school may nominate only one nominee in each of the 14 categories and a nominee may be nominated in only one category. The selection process and nomination of nominees as Sterling Scholar nominees is left entirely up to each high school. Sterling Scholar officials consider a nominee a high school senior if he/she will be graduating with the senior class during the year 2022. For more information, you may review the Sterling Scholar Handbook.

High school seniors who attend college classes full or part-time or are classified as foreign exchange nominees are eligible for the Sterling Scholar Awards. However, the program is designed to recognize scholastic achievement in Utah public high schools. To be selected a Sterling Scholar nominee, students must have extraordinary scholarship scores as well as service in leadership and community service/citizenship opportunities at their Utah public high school. It is up to each school to determine if an individual has been in attendance enough to experience these leadership and community service/citizenship opportunities. Each Sterling Scholar nominee’s entire school experience will be considered, although emphasis will be placed on the high school years.

High school officials are urged to nominate scholars for categories in which the nominees are genuinely interested and qualified.

Ultimately, selecting nominees is the responsibility of the school principal and not the Deseret News or KSL Broadcast Group. No specific method of selection is required, although the process outlined below provides an excellent opportunity to encourage scholarship. Accordingly, the opportunity to apply to the Sterling Scholar program should be open to as many nominees as possible. The following procedure is encouraged to determine each school’s Sterling Scholar:

Principal selects and assigns a committee of school faculty, including a Sterling Scholar coordinator, to administer the nomination process of public high school seniors for Sterling Scholar Awards participation.
The committee should create a questionnaire that is distributed to nominees as a guide for evaluating activities, achievements and ambitions within an area of high school education that is characterized by one of the Sterling Scholar categories.
The completed questionnaire and supporting materials should be submitted to the principal and/or assigned committee for review. Departmental advisors should be contacted for aid in nominee recommendations based on the submitted questionnaire and additional information.

Ultimately, the principal will determine which individual in each category will be submitted as the school’s official nominee.

PLEASE NOTE: The Deseret News and the KSL Broadcast Group do NOT take part in the selection of nominees. All questions must be directed to the school and NOT the Deseret News or KSL Broadcast Group. All inquiries must be handled by the school coordinator, principal or assistant principal, who is responsible for contacting the Sterling Scholar director for clarification (this includes parents, nominees, teachers, etc.).

Past Recipients

2021-2022 BHS Sterling Scholars

	Bella Larsen - English
$Coleman Vasas Math$	Coleman Vasas - Math
	Isaac Staten - Social Studies
	Kai Hurst - Science
	Stephanie Backman - World Languages
	Fischer Bowcutt - Computer Technology
	Sydney Evans - Skills & Technical Sciences
	Natalie Harbertson - Family & Consumer Sciences
	Kaden Richter - Business & Marketing
	Ryan Park - Speech/Theatre Arts/Forensics
	Shayla Florence - Vocal Performance
	Luke Bowthorpe - Visual Arts
	Gavin Smith - Instrumental Music
	Alyiah Ryan - Dance
2020-2021 BHS Sterling Scholars
	Spencer Heywood - Business/Marketing
	Malin Scharman - Computer Tech
	Madison Johnson - Dance
	Madysen Gailey - English
	Allison Bird - FACS
	Cal Cornaby - Instrumental Music
	Laura Lindquist - Math
	Jared Moss - Science
	Joseph Dwyer - Social Science
	Macy McCormack - Speech/Theater/Forensics
	Trinity Gross - Visual Art
	Brecklyn Noble - Vocal Performance
	Alexandra Michaels - World Language
	Sam Archer - Skilled/Technical Education
2019-2020 BHS Sterling Scholars

	Ben Laughter - Mathematics
	Courtney Cutler - Dance
	Douglas Williams - English
	Dylan Hunter - Vocal Performance
	Hudson Iverson - Visual Arts
	Katelyn Halbritter - Science
	Kaylee Morgan - World Language
	Leilani Christensen - Family And Consumer Science
	McKenzie Leininger - Social Science
	Nicholas Evans - Computer Technology
	Olivia Stephens - Skilled & Technical Education
	Sage Speth - Speech Theater Forensics
	Thomas Davies - Business And Marketing
	Zane Chavez - Instrumental Music