Athens Academy Graduates Honored by Faculty
Recent Athens Academy graduates Della Cummings and Everett Young were chosen as the recipients of the Faculty Award for Excellence at the Honors Day ceremony in May. This award is presented to two members of the senior class who have “demonstrated academic strength, commitment to learning, and overall excellence during their years at Athens Academy.” The Faculty Award for Excellence is the highest honor awarded by the faculty to a student for academic excellence.
Della Cummings was named valedictorian for the Class of 2009 and will attend Middlebury College in the fall. Everett Young was named salutatorian and will attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Carolina Scholar.