Vote for the Louisville-area high school Student of the Week

The five nominees for Courier Journal Student of the Week are described as active and extraordinary.

Read about them and help select the best of the best. Voting is open until noon Thursday, May 2. You can vote at the bottom of this story.

High school principals, teachers, guidance counselors and district officials are invited to nominate students each week based on outstanding achievement or community service.

We will announce the top vote-getter each Friday.

The nomination period and poll voting will open every Monday and close at noon each Thursday. Students will be featured online and in the Sunday Courier Journal. Schools can nominate students using this link: http://bit.ly/3SaSNOZ.

Learn about the Student of the Week nominees:

Madilyn Clunie, North Harrison High School: Madilyn will be attending University of Southern Indiana where she received a Presidential Scholarship. She will be majoring in elementary education. Madilyn is a three-sport athlete in volleyball, basketball and tennis. She has been an active member of BPA, Science Olympiad, FFA, and 4H.

Eva Hidalgo, Portland Christian High School: Eva is an excellent student. She is also a mature young lady who cares for other students, having an empathetic nature that is unique for someone her age. She has excelled on the softball field. But my impression of her as a student in my classroom affirms her as an extraordinary young lady who focuses on her faith, her family and friends, and a desire to learn.

Jenin Badwan, Fern Creek High School: Jenin is a senior who does so much for the Creek. She is on the yearbook staff and actively around at events capturing memories for her classmates. She is also excelling in the classroom and knocking out her goals of being accepted to college and even receiving scholarships. She is incredibly helpful to all adults in the building. Despite ongoing strife in her home country of Palestine, she has kept her head up here at school and even been open to informing her peers of her amazing Palestinian culture. We appreciate her and know she'll do great things in the future.

Valentin Chavez, Southern High School: Valentin is a senior machine tool student at Southern High School who takes great pride in his work. He recently competed in the statewide SkillsUSA competition for machining against other high schools throughout the state of Kentucky and earned the first-place award. He currently co-ops for Samtec Inc. and plans to work toward a mechanical engineering degree after high school.

Madison Alford, Oldham County High School: Madison is a 4.0 student who has been a leader in our district's STEM Engineering Academy and Creative and Performing Arts Academy (CAPAA) for visual art. She will represent Oldham County High School at this summer's Governor's School for the Arts in the area of visual art. Madison is involved in a wide variety of extracurricular activities. She is a three-year member of the girls' soccer team, a member of our school's chapter of the National Honor Society, and she is active in her church's youth ministry program.

Reach News Clerk Gege Reed at greed@courier-journal.com.

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