March 2023 Fine Arts Student of the Month: Payton Taylor
Posing by the Speech Districts sign, state qualifer Payton Taylor celebrates her acheivments.
March 2023 Fine Arts Student of the Month is Payton Taylor. Payton is the 10th-grade daughter of Mike and Lindsay Taylor who is being recognized for her participation in group and individual speech.
Throughout her first two high school years, Taylor has been involved in: Speech, FFA, Student Council, NHS, and various sports. She claims that she has learned lots of leadership skills, how to be a teammate, responsibility and how to write positively. “Speech in particular has taught me how to be a stronger speaker and not have stage fright,” Taylor said.
She encourages others to partake in fine art activities because they are super fun and teach good life lessons and experiences you’ll need in life. She claims that being named Student of the Month for Fine Arts is a huge honor. “it’s nice to be recognized for something that’s not required to do.”She thinks that she has been honored with this title because of her participation and state trips in both individual and group speech.
In honor of her achievements, Lincon Savings Bank donated 100 dollars to the ADM scholarship fund.
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![Rhyan Miller is the April student of the month. Miller is the daughter of Charity and Rich Miller, and has maintained a 3.925 GPA. Her three favorite classes in high school have been drama as literature, Prostart II, and news journalism. Miller participates in cross country, theater, individual and large group speech, the prostart team, student council, NHS, silver cord, and track. She feels that her experiences in those activities have made her more extroverted, sharing that she is "not afraid of [her] own voice anymore." Miller plans to attend Winona State University to major in psychology and minor in political science. Her advice to others is to "Fake it 'till you make it." She feels she was selected as student of the month due to her increased active presence in the classroom. She is also thankful for the good parking spot. In honor of her achievements, Raccoon Valley Bank has donated $100 to the ADM Scholarship Foundation.](https://blackandredgister.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260427_104331-600x450.jpg)
