PARIS – Students of the month for January at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School are Alicia Botto-Hatch, freshman; Matt Frost, sophomore; Brandon Conley, junior; and Samantha Menzel, senior. This is the seventh year of the Oxford Hills Rotary Club’s sponsorship of this program.

Each month, high school staff nominates students who they feel have “made a difference in their classroom.”

The goal of the program is to reward teamwork, positive behavior, extra effort and good student citizenship. The program is coordinated through the Oxford Hills Community Education Exchange and is part of the character education curriculum at the high school.

The nomination form lists character traits from which to choose when nominating students and explaining why that particular student exhibits those traits.

The four students were praised for their work ethic, positive motivation, kindness and compassion toward other students and willingness to volunteer in after-school community events.

The students’ names and picture are placed on a plaque that hangs in the hallway across from the school library. Each month the four students have lunch with the principal and on Jan. 3, they were honored at a Rotary breakfast.

In addition this year, each student received their own individual plaque donated by George and Jean Rubly of Lake Region Awards.