Elizabethtown Independent Schools is celebrating four Elizabethtown High School seniors for their recent achievement.
EHS Beta Club members Mason Baldwin, Jessica Chen, Olivia Paulsen, and Kate Shirts were each named winners of 2024 National Beta Scholarships, with each student receiving a $1,000 scholarship from the National Beta Club.
“It’s a student group that obviously academics is a huge part of it, but it’s also based on your character, leadership, and your service,” said EIS Director of Communications Chuck Jones.
EHS was the only school in the country to have four national winners.
“I think it speaks volumes for the school district that there’s four Elizabethtown High School seniors that won scholarships through National Beta, so it’s just such a strong program and they always do well, but this year they did exceptionally well,” Jones said.
Jones said watching these four students succeed is not a surprise.
“All four of them have worked extremely hard and they already know what their goals are ahead of them, and they just continue to drive towards those goals,” Jones said. “They have a desire and work ethic that is pretty unmatched.”
Baldwin plans to attend the University of Kentucky to study biology, Paulsen plans to attend the University of Louisville to study bioengineering, Shirts plans to attend Brigham Young University to study elementary education, and Chen is undecided but hopes to attend a New York-area school to study computer science.
