The Jim Thorpe Lions Club held its annual student awards dinner to honor eight Jim Thorpe Area High School students as Students of the Month over a seven-month period of the past school year. The students are chosen by the faculty. The criteria stresses they do not need to have the best grade in a particular subject, only that they have the desire to succeed in the given subject. Front, from left: Matthew Green, January, music; Mathew Day, October, business education; Sierra Locke, April, foreign language Spanish; Antonio Madera, November, physical education; and Steven Counterman, March, technical education. Back row: Jim Thorpe Lions Club President Sandy Gallagher; Student of the month for April, Ian Decker, foreign language German; and Lions Club Education and Youth Chairman Ron Sheehan. Missing from photo are Leticia Mercado, February, art; and Margaret Holloway, May, computer technology. VICTOR IZZO/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS