Athens Academy held its eleventh annual International Education Week Lecture and World

Language Induction Ceremony on Thursday, November 14, 2024. This year’s speaker was Ivan

Češković, a member of the Class of 1996 and the first alumnus to present the annual IEW lecture.

Mr. Češković attended high school in the United States before returning to his hometown of

Karlovac, Croatia, where he is currently the director of international business for Lana Printing.

Following Mr. Češković’s presentation, Upper School students were inducted into the World

Language Honor Societies.

Forty-six Upper School students were inducted into either the French or Spanish world language

honor society. Nomination is bestowed upon students who have demonstrated excellence of

accomplishment (a grade of 90 or higher) throughout three complete years of study of language at

the Honors Level with a natural interest in language study, global connections with other language

communities, and a desire to pursue global cultural competence. The following students were

inducted:

Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica/Advisor: Mrs. Marielle Newland

Robert Beckum, Charles Bennett, Josie Collins, Miller Cooper, Prince-Howard Currie, Guilherme

Damasceno, Penn Davis, Sofia Dean, Kathryn DeLoach, Ella Dillon, Wats Dorris, Alex Elkabbani,

Ellis Fiscus, Brendan Golish, Brooks Johnson, Hampton Johnson, Luke Kelly, Kate Langley, Zhenxi

Li, Caroline Marley, William McCleary, Clara McLanahan, Anshi Patel, Sophie Phan, Luke Phillips,

Tucker Rhodes, Luke Rutledge, Jack Ryan, Isabella Salguero, Charlie Sanderlin, Weston Smart,

Hudson Smith, Henry Stokes, Price Swann, Charlie Walton, Reese Walton, Kayla Wilkins, and

Sarah Woody

Société Honoraire de Français/Advisor: Dr. Nannette Mosley

Henry Thomas Garrard, Riley Harding, Kai Kelley, Camp Kinsler, Annie Luke, Remy Marty,

Bryce Paramore, and DJ Street

Pictured in photos:

DSC01835: International Studies Chair Russ Hovater with speaker Ivan Češković ’96 and Head of

School John Thorsen.French Honor Society: front row, Remy Marty, Annie Luke, Riley Harding; back row—Henry

Thomas Garrard, DJ Street, Camp Kinsler, Kai Kelley, Bryce Paramore

Spanish Honor Society: front row—Ella Dillon, Kathryn DeLoach, Sofia Dean, Penn Davis, Kayla

Wilkins, Brendan Golish; 2nd row—Alex Elkabbani, Luke Phillips, Ellis Fiscus, Anshi Patel, Luke

Rutledge, Miller Cooper, Josie Collins, Charlie Bennett, Robert Beckum; 3rd row—Sarah Woody,

Sophia Phan, Wats Dorris, Clara McLanahan, Caroline Marley, Zhenxi Li, Kate Langley, Brooks

Johnson, Luke Kelly, Hampton Johnson; back row—Reese Walton, Charlie Walton, Price Swann,

Henry Stokes, Hudson Smith, Weston Smart, Isabella Salguero, Jack Ryan, Tucher Rhodes,

Guilherme Damasceno

Athens Academy is an independent, co-educational school for students in K3 through 12th

grade, located on a beautiful 152-acre campus in Northeast Georgia. Now in its 57th year, Athens

Academy pursues its mission of “excellence with honor” through academics, athletics, fine arts,

and service and leadership. Ranked the #1 private school in Athens, #9 college prep school in

the state of Georgia, and #1 private school in Northeast Georgia (Niche.com).

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