David Smith of Kennard-Dale High School is York County's Student of the Week

The votes are in, and York County chose David Smith as the York Daily Record and Hanover Evening Sun student of the week!

David, a junior at Kennard-Dale High School, is extremely hard-working every day. He is unfailingly kind and thoughtful to seemingly everyone at all times. His teachers nominated him because he is responsible, enthusiastic, and one of the hardest-working students.

She received 43.44% of the votes cast.

Congratulations to her and to all of the other students nominated by area high schools.

Also nominated were these excellent students:

This week's nominees:

Ethan Mickey, a sophomore at York Academy, recently completed his 10th grade Personal Project where he built a "Buddy Bench" for the Lower School.  He installed the Buddy Bench on the playground so that students who needed a friend to play with could be identified and invited to play.

Ranessa Taylor, a senior at William Penn Senior High School, received an award at the annual African-American Love Feast and is a Community Opportunity Scholarship Program student at York College. She is already taking classes at the college as a dual enrollment student. She is involved with music, theater, academics and more.  

Kayla Henderson, a senior at South Western High School, is an inspiring student who personifies resilience.  She is one of only 106 students in the U.S. to be selected as a recipient of the Horatio Alger National Scholarship.  Kayla is a Lenfest scholar and a Questbridge finalist as well.  She ranks in the top 2% of her graduating class. She is a standout in sports as she recently finished third in the state in wrestling and was also named as a captain of the team.

Emma Walker, a senior at Hanover High School, is a wonderful, brilliant and personable young lady who exemplifies the school's mission statement "Committed to Excellence." She is currently ranked No. 1 in the Class of 2024. She served as an Ambassador for the Washington Youth Summit this past summer. She is the Vice President of the National Honor Society and the Treasurer of the Key Club. She will be taking her talents to Texas A&M this fall to study animal science."