This year is the 83rd, annual presentation of the WISE Courtesy Award established by the late Mrs. F. M. Wise, who specified that a cash award be presented to the most courteous senior boy and senior …
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This year is the 83rd, annual presentation of the WISE Courtesy Award established by the late Mrs. F. M. Wise, who specified that a cash award be presented to the most courteous senior boy and senior girl during the annual Mexico High School Christmas assembly.
The 2021 Wise Courtesy Award winners are Amelia Denham and Aiden Bingham seniors at Mexico High School.
Amelia resides in rural Mexico with her parents Chris and Robbin Denham. Amelia is currently the current president of FFA. She has been a member of band and jazz band fora all four years. She has been in student council all four years and currently the vice president of the senior class.
During her freshman and sophomore years she participated in the YAG program, and softball. She has been active in FCA and ASTRA and 4-H during her high school career.
In Amelia’s junior and senior year she has been a member of the National Honor Society and the varsity tennis team. In addition, Amelia has been the track manager since her freshman year and she currently is wrestling manager.
She enjoys reading, movies, hunting, fishing, music and hammocking.
After high school, Amelia plans to use her A+ to attend State Tech’s physical therapy assistant program then pursue her master’s degree to become a child life specialist at Missouri University in Springfield.
Aiden resides in Mexico with his parents Danny and Bridget Bingham. Aiden has been the eSports president for the last two years, being involved in eSports - Smash Brothers since freshman year. He was on the Smash Brothers team who placed third in the state last year.
Aiden has been active in computer science classes for four years. He is the moderator for Discord Server for the computer science department. He is involved in mentoring and volunteering for Special Olympics and is currently a TA in the special education department. He is an active participant in the cadet teaching and the A+ program. In addition, Aiden is a member of the National Technical Honor Society.
Aiden currently works from home as a video editor for various YouTubers and is still honing his craft. He plans on using his A+ to attend State Tech in Linn, where he plans to study computer programming.
