The Foundation for Excellence in Public Education in Athens names nearly three dozen recipients for this year’s student awards. One student from each school in the Clarke County School District is a recipient of the 2024 Eve Carson Award, named in honor of the Clarke Central High graduate who was murdered in 2004 while attending the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
From the CCSD website...
The Foundation for Excellence in Public Education in Clarke County (FFE), a longstanding partner of the Clarke County School District, has announced its 2024 student awards, which were presented to students in recent weeks during schools’ end-of-year ceremonies.
Every year, the FFE awards several thousand dollars to CCSD high school juniors and seniors who are chosen by school staff for their excellent work and dedication to their education. The organization also awards one student from each school’s exiting class (grades 5, 8, and 12) the annual Eve Carson Humanitarian Spirit Award. The award honors the memory of the late 2004 Clarke Central High School graduate, and each school selects the student who best exemplies her qualities as described by the FFE: “Eve Carson exhibited a selfless generosity that one yearns to achieve in a full lifetime. Her unconditional positive regard for all people, caring, encouragement, acceptance, open-mindedness, genuine love, and practice of inclusive acts of kindness to all are examples of the qualities that this award is recognizing and promoting.”
The Arthur Moog Middleton Writing Awards for High School JuniorsRuby Calkin, Cedar Shoals Wyatt Meyer, Clarke Central The Charlotte and Claude Williams American History AwardsFlor Bazarte-De la Luz, Cedar Shoals Molly Suggs, Clarke Central The Stephen Castile Memorial AwardsIsabel Chastain, Clarke Central Finn McGreevy, Cedar Shoals The Marge Schneider Science AwardsKai Anderson-Bernabe, Clarke Central Ana Mowrer - Cedar ShoalsThe Gregg Lewis Scholar Athlete AwardsWinners:Caroline Orbock, Clarke CentralJason Zhang, Cedar Shoals
Runners-up:Patrick Allen, Clarke CentralIsabella Morgan, Cedar Shoals The Taylor Family Dual Enrollment AwardNatasha HarleyJonathan WilliamsClassic City High School Student of the YearOnnestee Sims
Eve Carson Humanitarian Spirit Awards
- Barnett Shoals Elementary - Zara Smoot
- Barrow Elementary - Josie Crim
- Bettye H. Holston Elementary - Cayden Gillespie
- Cleveland Road Elementary - AnnaMarie Thompson
- Fowler Drive Elementary - Itzel Hernandez-Albarran
- Gaines Elementary - Allison Ramirez-Dita
- Howard B. Stroud Elementary - Tristan Taylor
- Johnnie Lay Burks Elementary - Breyl Martin
- J.J. Harris Elementary - Giovanni Barron-Aguirre
- Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary - Xiomara Corrales Mejia
- Timothy Road Elementary - Kennedy Gates
- Whit Davis Elementary - Kerrington Holliday
- Whitehead Road Elementary - Leslie Ulloa-Mondragon
- Winterville Elementary - Leigha Young
- Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle - Kaydon Jones
- Clarke Middle - Avery Lewis
- Coile Middle - Riley Freeman
- Hilsman Middle - Lucca Fleenor
- Cedar Shoals High - Nayla Villafana
- Clarke Central High - Katherine Queen
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