Adysan Kern has been selected as a recipient of the NMSI Stem Star Award.

A daughter of Jeremy and Marti Kern of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Kern is a junior at Jefferson-Morgan High School.

Kern is a member of Science Olympiad, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Gifted and Talented Education, JM Concert Band, Envirothon, and Waynesburg’s First Church of the Nazarene’s Youth Group.

She is secretary treasurer of the Class of 2024, secretary of Leo Club, captain of the Jefferson-Morgan Varsity Cheerleading Squad, and treasurer of National Honor Society. She was secretary and field conductor of the JM Rocket Band.

Kern was an Intermediate Unit 1 Student Forum Officer, assistant coach of Jefferson-Morgan’s Division 1 Midget Cheerleading Squad, and was a delegate at the district conference in Butler, PA. She is a Senior Representative on Waynesburg First Church of the Nazarene’s 2022-2023 National Youth International Council and will attend the National Nazarene Youth Conference as a delegate in Tampa, Florida. Kern competed in the the Miss Rain Day Scholarship Pageant in 2022. She was selected as the Remo C. Bertugli, Scholastic Achievement Award recipient and was named Miss Personality.

“I am enrolled in AP courses to advance my education and prepare me for college. I have found them very beneficial because the curriculum is set up like it is in college. I find it rewarding to be able to learn more topics than the regular class. I also find it rewarding when I get an A or high grade in a class that is college level as a high school junior,” stated Kern.

Kern is enrolled in AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Government and Politics, and AP Language and Composition.