COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – One of the Coldwater School District’s most prestigious awards has been presented to an eighth grader from Legg Middle School. This year’s Middle School winner of the Axner S. Olson Citizenship Award is Ella Budd, the daughter of Jeff and Rhonda Budd. Candidates were selected based on student nominations and votes from both students and staff at LMS. Characteristics such as leadership, fairness, helpfulness, and an overall positive attitude were considered in the voting process. This year the committee chairs were Diane Moyer and Deb Wilkinson.
The late Axner S. Olson devoted over 30 years to the education profession. In 1943, he became a teacher in the Coldwater Community School system and later assumed the position of Principal at Roosevelt Junior High School. Olson was instrumental in the planning and development of Legg Junior High School and served as its Principal from 1967 until his retirement in 1972.
Ella Budd has been a student athlete, in music, and part of the Youth in Government team and on the honor roll all 3 years at Legg Middle School. She will represent her class next year at CHS as the freshman class Treasurer and Student Council Representative. Outside of school she has been active with Tibbits and the Teen Advisory Board.
