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LMMS Student of the Month is a Role Model

Her grades, attendance and attitude caused her teachers to nominate her for the award.

Name: Brielle Burkos

School: Eighth-grader at Lower Macungie Middle School

Accomplishment: May Student of the Month

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Key to Awesomeness: Good grades, good attendance and a good attitude all helped Brielle’s teachers elect her as the Student of the Month in May. They also said she is an excellent role model for other students in the school.

Brielle likes math, because she “is good at it.” She also enjoys social studies “because the teacher makes class time fun with lots of activities.”

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When not in school, she likes to play with her cousins and her dog, Snickers. Her dog, she said, is a rat terrier –“he looks like a Chihuahua, but is a little bigger.”

Brielle is also a member of the Emmaus Youth Association girls basketball team.

Upon graduation, Brielle would like to become a vet, because she likes animals, especially dogs.

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