On April 17th, Chester High School held the 1st annual Distinguished Yellow Jackets event in Colbert Gymnasium. This was to honor all the Distinguished Yellow Jacket recipients for their notable qualities and their extraordinary characters.
Recipients were nominated by individual teachers, who read their submission letters describing the qualities of the selected students.

Congratulations to all the winners, who include Ace Smith (Mr. Springton), Aden McFarland (Mrs. Hodge), Aidan Blechle (Mrs. Giesler), Ary Shipley (Mrs. Clendenin), Aubrie Medford (Mrs. Barton), Breanna Coffey (Mrs. Millburg), Briley Miles (Sra. Zeiger), Callie Davis (Mrs. Belton), Hanna Colvis (Mrs. Durbin), Jacob Handel(Mr. Wente), Jaiden Tucker (Mrs. Miles), Jesse Heath (Mrs. Hammel), Katelin Conway (Mrs. Miller), Koby Jany (Mr. Lochhead), Luke Kennedy (Mr. Bainter), Maggie Clendenin (Mrs. Brown), Marlin Ordonez (Mrs. Ruch), Mikayla Straight (Appel), Noah Wetzel (Mrs. Ponder), Olivia Vasquez (Mrs. Mueller), Peyton Dickson (Mrs. Justinen), Rylie Myers (Mrs. Boyd), Scott Bernachi (Mr. Bleche), Southern LaChance (Mrs. Carroll), Sydney Collins (Mr. Colonel), Thomas Lyons (Mrs. Hawkins), Will Welge (Mrs. Hankins), and William Schuwerk (Mr. Juenger).