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James Michael Cook
Early Life: James Michael Cook was born to Gregory Carl Cook and Carole Ann Cook. He started school at the early age of 3. He began excelling in school right away and was always in the front of his class. James began playing sports such as baseball, basketball, and soccer at the ripe age of 5. He was put in the "Gifted and Talented" classes right out of Kindergarten and excelled through them all the way into High School. He started doing plays at the age of 7 and was always a sprite and cheerful young lad. He won many awards with his creative Arts skills including winning in the Art 500. He got one of his first ever pieces put into the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. By the age of 12, James Michael Cook was in full mental form and was leading his class. He won his school's Spelling Bee in the 5th Grade. Once James arrived in Middle school he Began to take Advanced classes and was frequently the "Student of the Month." His teachers saw something special in him and always touted that he take harder and more challenging classes. As James entered high School, he became quite the social butterfly along with all of his accomplishments in sports and academics. James was part of several musical bands, playing instruments such as the Guitar, Drums, Trumpet, and also sang vocals. As James Matured in High School he became quite popular with his classmates. Around this time James was also excelling in computer classes as well as Math to go along with his Artfully gifted instincts. He Lettered in Varsity Soccer, Became the Prom King, and excelled in Calculus as well as making up his own classes towards the latter part of his High School Career. His skills brought him to be the Web-master of the Schools website as well as an ambassador for the new Informatics program at Indiana University. James Graduated in the top 10 of his class and was awarded an Academic Honors Diploma as well as the National Spanish Honors Society Award.