HomeThe faculty of Grand County High School is pleased to announce that the GCHS students of the month for March 2013 are Deanna Irvin and Terrance Farnsworth.
Irvin, a junior, is the daughter of Ron Irvin and Mary Walker-Irvin. Irvin says her favorite classes are French and jewelry.
“I love languages, and French is kind of complex, pronunciation-wise, and I like jewelry because I love designing and personalizing art I can wear,” she says.
Irvin says her most challenging classes are physics and ceramics. “Physics is difficult due to all the laws and math, but it’s incredibly fascinating,” she says. “Ceramics is hard because I’m a perfectionist and always on my quest for perfection, I need up messing it up. But I still love both!”
Irvin says she hasn’t taken any college classes while at GCHS yet, but plans to enroll in a couple of courses this summer.
Irvin has been involved in various activities at GCHS, including National Honor Society, tennis, debate, band, drama, Quiz Bowl, Envirothon, Earth Club, HOPE Club, Science Club, Art Club, and Amigos Club.
“I have placed in debate events numerous times, and have also placed in Science Olympiad events,” adds Irvin, who also helped her Quiz Bowl team to a recent first-place finish at a tournament in Blanding. Outside of school Irvin has volunteered for Relay for Life and for the Moab Multicultural Center. She is also active in church activities and has worked as a vehicle washer at Canyonlands Jeep Adventures.
After high school, Irvin says she plans to attend college at the University of Utah, where she hopes to major in either psychology or medicine. “I also hope to be a roadie for the Vans Warped Tour during the summer following my graduation, as a fun and non-conventional summer job,” she says.
Farnsworth is a junior. He is the son of Jimmy and Layna Farnsworth.
Farnsworth says his favorite classes are seminary, wood shop, and band. He says that wood shop allows him the chance to “use my skills, talents, and what I’m taught to produce wonderful end products.” Farnsworth also lists band as his most challenging class. “It takes a lot of time to practice my clarinet to be able to perform my part well enough to contribute to the band and sound good,” he explains.
Farnsworth is active in Scouting and is currently working toward putting his Eagle project together. “I have helped several other Scouts carry out their Eagle projects, and also do a lot of other service projects through church, including cleaning up yards and roads,” he says, adding that he also enjoys working outside in the yard and garden. “It must be the farmer in me,” he says.
At school, Farnsworth has been involved in the school play, marching band, state solo and ensemble, and wood shop competitions. He has maintained a 4.0 grade point average throughout high school and is a member of the National Honor Society.
Farnsworth says that after high school he plans to serve an LDS church mission, after which he hopes to study agriculture or carpentry at the college level.