On Friday, October 24, Athens Academy inducted 61 students into the National Honor

Society based on their qualities of scholarship, leadership, character, and service. The induction

ceremony followed the 48th annual Schacht Lecture, presented by Gretchen Corbin, president and

CEO of The Georgia Lottery.

Congratulations to the students who were inducted into the National Honor Society: Sumit

Alexander, Lucy Attaway, Evangeline Bina, Luke Bright, Clarke Buckner, Victor Burkins, Ves Butler,

Andrew Caldwell, Sean Cao, Abhi Chawla, Nicholas Chester, Madi Coley, Sophia Coppins,

Copeland Cowart, Benjamin Daniels, Audrey Davis, Jane Dorsey, Hardy Edwards, Milo Gabara, Izzie

Garth, Caddie Grow, Hayes Harriman, Charlie Hines, Alexandra Hutchinson, Wells Johnson, Land

Johnson, Connor Kane, Emma-Jane Kirk, Kendall Lawson, Khuong Le, Adam Li, Zhenxi Li, Chloë

Love Bell, Mason McCurdy, Landon McPherson, Chloe McPherson-Kim, Wael Meskine, Britton

Morgan, Lila Nasworthy, Bryce Paramore, William Parker, Millie Pugmire, Bo Rentz, Jack Roberts,

Eva Saraf, Addie Savage, Henry Scruggs, Preston Shaver, Tucker Smith, Nicholas Song, Sally Swann,

Buck Talley, Katelyn Thieme, Noam Thrift, Ruby Topple, Lucy Wages, Reese Walton, Ben Warner,

Margaret Anne Weaver, Owen Whitaker, and Griffin Woodward.

Membership in the National Honor Society requires the student to be outstanding in four

areas: scholarship, leadership, character, and service. To qualify for membership, a student must

be a junior and have attained a weighted GPA of 3.75, or a senior with a weighted GPA of 3.70. The

student must have demonstrated a capability for leadership in school and community activities

and must have fulfilled any elected or appointed office with responsibility. The student’s character

must be marked by honesty, responsibility, fairness, courtesy, tolerance, and cooperation.

Concern for others is demonstrated by the student’s willingness to serve the school and the

community by exemplifying positive qualities and attitudes.

Congratulations to these 61 new NHS members, and thank you to Ms. Corbin for sharing

her valuable insight and wisdom with our Upper School students!

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 58th 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, #6 private school in the

state of Georgia (out of 400+ schools), and #1 private school in North Georgia (Niche.com).For more information, please contact Kelley Cuneo, communications director, at

[email protected] or 706-433-2410.