Steven Behr, principal of Tamaqua Area School District's elementary schools, has released the names of students earning honor roll status for the first marking period of the 2015-16 school year.

The list includes students from the Tamaqua and West Penn elementary schools.To be eligible for high honors, students must earn straight A's. To earn honors, students in grades four through six must earn four A's and two B's, while third-grade students must earn three A's and one B.HIGH HONORSFifth grade: Nathan Fannock, Sean Fisher, Timothy Fritzinger, Ashlyn Houser, Matthew Jones, Grace Kinder, Samuel Kunkle, Alexxa Kowalski, Brandon Long, Riley Lusch, Riley MacMillan, Cian McLaughlin, Katie Miller, Marissa Miller, Christina Modesto, William Puckette, Daeja Riddick, Alexis Squyres, Gianni Valentine, Ryan Vecolitis, Jonathan Ulicny, Brooke Williams;Fourth grade: Luke Behr, Manuel Bohorquez, Sammy Breiner, Destini Denning, Ethan Di Bonifazio, Justin Eidem, Maddison Hazlett, Sarah Hope, Nicholas Hydro, Jathan Krall, Layla Kunkel, Ryan Lusch, Amelia McArdle, Peter McGlinchey, Nathaniel Melnick, Carly Minchoff, Shaina Ristilla, Rebbeca Rodgers, Hunter Ruch, Brianna Snyder, Jack Tharp, Jason Walker;Third grade: Cooper Ansbach, Huda Bajwa, Andrea Betz, Brody Boyce, Bradyn Brothers, Amanda Chen, Declan Coleman, Leah Crowley, Avery Dietrich, Cadance Fannock, Kendra Forster, Emma Frohnheiser, Ava Hess, Talia Markiewicz, Aidan Milkovits, Tammilyn McGeehan, Iggy Neifert, Samantha Plasha, Brooke Riley, Kolbe Robb, Kimberly Rudy, Autumn Scott, Vincenzo Valentine, Matthew Vecolitis, Wendall Ward, Zachary Yenser, Andrew Yulanavage.HONORSFifth grade: Jonathon Barr, Nelson Bensinger, Kadence Dietrich, Kyra Dekorte, Jacob DeMarco, Helen Florea, Mason Job, Jayden Kubert, Eileen Lusch, Zachary Markiewicz, Anna McCabe, Lucas Milot, Gracie Nallon, Alexander Nattress, Sabrina Nguyen, Aaron Rolko, Anthony Stalgaitis, Leah Turner, Sommer Welker, Hailey Williams;Fourth grade: Emily Antonio, Makayla Bartenope, Kevin Bazan, Nicholas Di Bartolo, Alexis Bowman, Alexis Buchala, Spencer Dennis, Krysten Derr, Brianna Duffy, Allen Dunbar, Gabe Erbe, Spencer Gerber, Ella Gimbel, Jesse Gormley, Lacey Gruver, John Heffelfinger, Jeremiah Heimbach-Harmony, Morgan Kistler, Graycee Kovalchick, Lillian McNutt, Livia Miller, Dade Nallon, Isabella Napolitano, Marcus Roseland, Gracie Slane, Alex Steigerwalt, Thomas Tucker, Matthew Welsh, Seth Whitehead;Third grade: Nick Barron, Michayla Bast, Keenan Cook, Lyma Dunbar, Gabby Eroh, Audrey Florea, Isabella Fort, Declan Franz, Abigale Genery, Jade Genery, Anna Graver, Matthew Grasso, Zoe Grebe, Chloe Harrison, Jacob Hehn, Luke Kane, Kaleb Kmetz, Tyler, Koch, Addison Krall, Levi Kunkel, Nicole Kunkel, Julia Lawfer, Noah Mateyak, Evan McLaughlin, Sara Morgans, Maximus Najarro, Michael Rascavage, Jordan Rehrig, Nadiah Schade, Carter Watson, Maya Weimer.