SIOUX FALLS – Tristan Jensen is a senior with a 4.0 GPA at Woonsocket School District taking college-level classes.

“I’ve known Tristan since she was in seventh and eighth grade, I’ve coached her in volleyball and basketball and I’ve been her teacher for the last five years, she is very good. She works hard and studies. She is very good at helping other students, she is one of the top,” said Woonsocket School District Math Teacher Dayna Rodriguez.

She enjoys volunteering, donating blood, and serving meals for banquets and churches.

“My family has always pushed me, my friends push me, my teachers push me, through all the sports, through all the communities I’ve been involved in. It has just really pushed me to keep going and get good grades and be successful in whatever I do,” said Tristan.

Tristan is passionate about helping the elementary staff in her free time working with younger students.

“She always goes above and beyond, she actually babysits my kids all the time too. So she definitely is up there. She’s an excellent person to be around in terms of school, an athlete like I say, she babysits my kids, she helps out any of us teachers if we need anything, she is definitely one that goes above and beyond to help anybody in the community,” said Rodriguez.

She plans to go to Mitchell Tech for Nursing.

“I love to help people in general, as you can see, in the classroom, I really do enjoy helping them, making sure they succeed and feel comfortable and feel cared for and that’s what I want to do to other people in the world,” said Tristan.

Tristan will receive a $250 scholarship from Central Electric Cooperative which is a Touchstone Energy Cooperative.

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On Wednesday, Nov. 2, Sanborn County’s Oral Interp teams traveled to compete in their respective district contests, Woonsocket went to Huron and Sanborn Central to Mitchell.

From Woonsocket, the students who attended the 6B District meet were Destiny Alameda, Emily Overson, Rain Swenson, Selena Alameda and Isaiah Schultz (Reader’s Theater); McKenzie Baruth and Jalyn Grassel (Duet); Bailey Feistner (Non-Original Oratory); and Emilie Lindgren (Humorous). Advancing to the 3B Region meet at the Event Center in DeSmet on Nov. 15 are Bailey Feistner and Emilie Lindgren.

From Sanborn Central, the students who attended the 4B District competition were Temperance Salathe (Storytelling); Layton Zoss, Cole Wilson, Carter Edwards, Ian Octavo, and Riley Kneen (Reader’s Theater); Casady Dean (Humorous); Miley Adams and Hudson Fouberg (Duet); Isabella Bitterman (Oratory); and Sidney Salas (Serious and Poetry). Advancing to the 4B Region meet were Isabella Bitterman in the Oratory categorys and Sidney Salas in both Serious and Poetry categories. Miley Adams and Hudson Fouberg were selected as alternates in the Duet category. The 2B Region meet will be held on Nov. 15 at the First United Methodist Church in Mitchell.

…See pictures in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!