Pioneer Middle school has had a Student of the Month Program for the past seventeen years. In honor of Ella Bainard and her and her contribution to the successful recognition of student merit, the program has been renamed, “The Ella Bainard Student of the Month.” This program allows each Pioneer teacher to nominate three students that they consider over achievers, or that go in the category of the month that they are in. If teachers have a student who doesn’t fit with the month’s theme, they can select another category from the list on page that it is located on the top of this page, or use Teacher’s Choice (Make up their own).