Barton receives Elks academic honors

Margo Christine Barton has been selected as a Sandpoint Elks Lodge No. 1376 student of the month for May for the Lake Pend Oreille School District.

The Sandpoint High School senior is the daughter of Jim and Lisa Barton of Cocolalla.

To be selected as an Elks student of the month, students must meet guidelines for character, citizenship, service, scholarship and leadership.

The Elks actively seeks to reward youth through many different programs including scholarship awards, Hoop Shoot tournaments, dictionary donations to third graders, drug awareness programs and many other activities and programs.

Sandpoint Elks Lodge awards thousands of dollars in scholarships and local students also received additional money in state and national Elk scholarships. The Elks are the third-largest awarder of scholarships in the county and several students have received significant scholarships from the state and national level of Elks.

Barton has spent her high school career participating in dance at Allegro Dance Studio and Sandpoint High School Dance Team. She finishes out the school year with a 4.2 GPA, is ranked 22nd in her class, on the honor roll and is established as a Top Scholar at SHS.

Margo plans to attend the University of Utah in the fall to participate in their Eccles Global Business Scholars program.