Students Inducted into National Honor Society
On February 22, thirty-five Athens Academy students were inducted into the National Honor Society based on their qualities of scholarship, leadership, character, and service. The students were inducted following the Schacht Lecture, which was delivered by Dr. Gordhan Patel, Emeritus Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Georgia. This year marked 30 years for the Schacht Lecture, named for Athens Academy’s first life trustee, Dr. Elmer Schacht.
Those students inducted this year were Brant Batzer, Margaret Boyette, Dani Buchner, Bob Cowsert, Colt Crymes, Rose Dasher, Esther Deaton, Georgia Hawkins, David Himelick, McGee Hopper, Lillian Jones, Katie Kalivoda, Maggie Kellett, Michael Lai, Christian Lapp, Julie Liu, Matt LoParco, Mary Katherine Malone, Tom McArthur, David Millard, Kajene Murugathasan, Elizabeth Newcomer, Billy Pate, Anar Patel, Jason Patel, Sebastian Portes, Sam Preston, John Rock, Abbi Ross, Thomas Sanders, Christine Shaw, Supriya Singh, Ben Terry, Aaron Varnado, and Kena Vyas.