Tell City Jr.-Sr. High honors students of the month

Tell City Jr.-Sr. High School named Lillian Kleeman, Roman Perry, Evie Drake and Andrew Noble as its High School Students of the Month, giving Perry County families a late-school-year look at the students teachers said stood out for more than grades alone. The public recognition highlighted the habits the school wants to reward as classes wind down and summer begins.

Teachers nominated and selected the four students for what the school described as outstanding work, positive attitudes and dedication to success both inside and outside the classroom. A Tell City-Troy Township School Corporation post used similar language, adding that the honorees showed a strong commitment to the school community. Another district message said the students were recognized for demonstrating excellence in the classroom, positive attitudes and that same commitment to school life.

That emphasis matters in a school community the size of Tell City. Perry County schools lists Tell City Junior/Senior High School at 643 students in grades 7-12, with a student-teacher ratio of about 14 to 1, while William Tell Elementary serves 757 students in PK-6. In a district that size, a student-of-the-month post does more than fill a feed: it tells younger students what teachers value, gives families a visible sign that good habits are being noticed, and reinforces that school success in Tell City includes reliability, conduct and effort, not just test scores.

The timing also made the recognition feel like an end-of-year checkpoint. Tell City High School’s calendar listed a dead week beginning June 21, 2026, and the district calendar showed another dead week from June 28 through July 4. As projects wrapped up and students prepared for summer, the public post offered a final round of praise for four names that teachers said helped set the tone in the building. In Tell City, where the city traces its roots to 1856 and was established in 1858, school honors like this remain part of the way the community marks its own standards.