CHS names top students for Class of 2020

Clarendon High School has announced the Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the Class of 2020 are Harmond Drenth and Trenton Smith.

The Salutatorian for CHS is Trent Smith, son of David and Buffie Smith. He has a weighted GPA of 5.776.

Trent was very involved in extracurricular activities during his high school career. He was a member of the Bronco Band his freshman and sophomore years, a member of the State UIL Basketball team his freshman year. He competed in UIL Academics all four years and advancing to regional competition in math his freshman through junior years, was a member of the Student Council all four years serving as president his senior year, and member of the School Health Advisory Council all four years and a member of the Clarendon FFA his junior year.

Trent has been honored both in school and in our community. He was chosen as a CHS Servant Leader by his teachers all four years, he was a member of the local chapter of the National Honor Society his junior and senior years, served as president of his class his sophomore and junior years, was an A Honor Roll student his freshman and sophomore years, and an A/B Honor Roll student his junior and senior years. He has received many Honor C’s over the years and has received his Associates degree from Clarendon College in addition to being named CHS Salutatorian. Most recently he was named as Clarendon Chamber of Commerce Young Man of the Year.

Trent has also been involved in giving back to his community through community service. He participated in the American Run for the Fallen, served veterans at the school’s annual Veterans Day celebration, was a participant in Shattered Dreams Alcohol and Drug Awareness program, has helped light up the courthouse at Christmas, aided in highway cleanups, helped with the canned food drive and helped put flags out at the cemetery to honor our veterans.

Trent’s hobbies include playing video games, swimming, hunting, traveling, and hanging out with friends.

Trent plans on attending West Texas A&M University where he plans to major in Business Management.

The Valedictorian for this year’s graduating class is Harmond Drenth. He is the son of Tanya Bell and Jade Drenth and has a weighted GPA of 5.86.

Harm played football and baseball ever since enrolling in CHS, his sophomore year, and has been witness to and be a part of a lot of success in those sports as well. Harm has also participated in UIL events every year, as well as made it to regionals every year, and most definitely would have this year as well.

In addition to being valedictorian, Harm is also graduating with my associate’s degree from Clarendon College. This was made possible through the CHS dual credit program. Harm has received Honor Cs in several subjects: English II Pre-AP, Geometry, Algebra II, Spanish (Dual Credit), and was expecting several from this year.

Harm was able to participate in and help organize the canned food drives at CHS to donate to the needy. He also helped with the recycling program, collecting the recycling around the school. However, he was most proud of volunteering in the IT department of CHS. He assisted Mrs. Anderberg, Mrs. Grahn, and Mr. Noble with various tasks, and actually had a period dedicated to this.

They were a great help and provided Harm with references for college requests as well as practical experience.
Harm’s hobbies include computers, video games, and technology as well as vintage automotive repair and restoration.

Harm will be attending Baylor University for a degree in Computer Science, as a member of their ECS Scholars program. This will give Harm faculty mentoring as well as guaranteed internships in his field of network and computer security. Harm has a full ride through merit-based scholarships.