December 8, 2021- Elizabethtown Area High School seniors Abigail Rickabaugh and Matthew Sharp were named the Elizabethtown Rotary Club's Students of the Month for December. This program celebrates and recognizes student achievements by sustaining a culture of learning that values academic success and raises awareness of student contributions to the EAHS community.

Rickabaugh is the daughter of Jeff and Karen Rickabaugh of Mount Joy. As a junior, the high school inducted Rickabaugh into the prestigious T.H. Ebersole Chapter of the National Honor Society for exhibiting the four pillars of scholarship, character, leadership, and service.

Rickabaugh is involved in numerous programs at the high school. She plays the viola in the orchestra and Pit orchestra and she is finance officer for MiniTHON. Academically, Rickabaugh was recognized for outstanding achievement and growth in honors chemistry, geography, honors pre-calculus, human anatomy and physiology, honors English, and honors algebra as part of the high school's underclass awards program.Abigail Rickabaugh and Matthew Sharp

In the community, Rickabaugh can often be found at local nursing homes playing the piano for the residents. An accomplished writer, she has earned one first-place and three second-place awards in the Hershey Story Writing Contest.

Her plans after graduation include attending Penn State University – Mont Alto campus to pursue a degree in nursing. Rickabaugh has the ultimate goal of becoming a NICU nurse.

Sharp is the son of Greg and Susan Sharp of Elizabethtown. Also, having exhibited outstanding scholarship, character, leadership, and service, the high school inducted Sharp into the prestigious T.H. Ebersole Chapter of the National Honor Society in the spring of his junior year.

Academically, Sharp was recognized for outstanding achievement and growth in Computer-Aided Design and Drafting and honors design and fabrication as part of the high school's underclass awards program.

In the community, Sharp is active in scouting, where he earned the highest honor of Eagle Scout. He was also earned the World Conservation Award, 50th Anniversary EPA Award, and Den Chief Service Award for his scouting efforts. An aspiring engineer, Sharp placed fifth and sixth in the nation respectively for his entries in the Attendance Keeper and Terminal Project categories of the Phoenix nanoLine Contest.

After graduation, Sharp plans to attend a four-year college or university to study Mechanical Engineering in hopes of working in the robotics and automation field.

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