AVONDALE — It was a special evening in Leitner Auditorium on Tuesday evening as several Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (TJCA) seniors were recognized for their achievements during Senior Awards Night.
Below is a list of each award/recognition given:
A Honor Roll: Melea Jones, Daria McGinnis, Erin Murray, John Palmer, Elise Richards, Camden Sloan.
700 Club Induction: Rayney Maxwell, Dominik Mystkowski, Meredith Oliphant.
Academic Team Recognition: Dominik Mystkowski, Aidan O’Reilly, Jack Parker and Camden Sloan.
Michelangelo Award: Rachel Cobb
Mozart Award: Emma Buckner
Euterpe Award: Colby Hardin
Melpomene Award: Melea Jones
Theophrastus Award: Rayney Maxwell
Aristarchus Award: Erin Murray
Science Olympiad Cords: 1 year (Emma Mitchum, John Palmer, Madison Pruett); 2 years (David Oh); 4 years (Erin Murray, Dominik Mystkowski, Steven Norell, Mansi Patel, Camden Sloan.
Science Olympiad MVP Award: Camden Sloan
4-H Recognition: Stevie Brown, Carson Gilliam, Rayney Maxwell, Emma Mitchum and Zee Rempson.
Pythagoras Award: Eden Rollins
Hipparchus Award: Keeley Parton
Carl Friedrich Gauss Award: Morgan Wantuch
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award: Mansi Patel
Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society Cords: Heidi Abercrombie, John Anderson, Stevie Brown, Claudia DeArment, Isaiah Hicks, Melea Jones, Keanen Lehtma, Rayney Maxwell, Daria McGinnis, Emma Mitchum, Erin Murray, Dominik Mystkowski, Steven Norell, John Palmer, Mansi Patel, Alexandra Poole, Elizabeth Rempson, Elise Richards, Kaitlyn Rowe, Margaret Schweppe, Camden Sloan, Barrett Thompson, Noah Tucker, Faith Walker, Aydan Zuniga.
James Madison Award: Jack Parker
Adam Smith Award: Kaitlyn Rowe and Daysha Stephens
Calliope Award: Meri Oliphant
Homer Award: Melea Jones
Beowulf Award: Amari Pilgrim
Tacitus Award: Heidi Abercrombie, Rayney Maxwell, Emma Mitchum, Margaret Schweppe, Steven Norell.
National Latin Exam Recognitions: Magna Cum Laude: Mansi Patel; Cum Laude: Erin Murray
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Award: Spanish 3 - John Palmer; Spanish 4 - Daria McGinnis.
Joan of Arc Award: French 2 - Dominik Mystkowski, French 3/4 - Melea Jones
Plato Award: Dominik Mystkowski
Aristotle Award: Taylor Sinclair
Best Senior Thesis Paper: Meri Oliphant
Best Senior Thesis Presentation: John Palmer
Hildegard Von Bingen Award (Heroic Effort): Hayden Walker
Mercury Award (Perfect Attendance): Colby Hardin, Daria McGinnis
Odyssey Award (Academic Growth): Taylor Sinclair
Alexander the Great Award (Most Enthusiastic): Zavion Rodgers
Pericles Award (Leadership): Daria McGinnis
Cicero Award (Citizenship): Stevie Brown
Junior Civitan Scholarship: Keeley Parton
May Mist Scholarships: Megan Green, Aidan O’Reilly
Burgundy and Gold Scholarships: Melea Jones, Daria McGinnis, Emma Mitchum, John Palmer, Elise Richards, Margaret Schweppe, Camden Sloan.
Cedar Grove Lutheran Church Scholarship: Jake Willis
New Century Scholars: Bonnie Parker, Hayden Walker
Powers Merit Scholarship: Eden Rollins
Cleveland County Farm Bureau Sponsorship: Stevie Brown
Levine Scholars Program: Rayney Maxwell
Salutatorian: Mansi Patel
Valedictorian: Erin Murray
Gryphon Award (Overall Achievement in Academics, Leadership, and Citizenship): John Palmer.