Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Young Achievers program has selected 2010-2011 winners from participating elementary and middle schools in Fayette County.  Each will receive a gold medallion, T-shirt and book bag.

This program honors fifth- and eighth-graders who serve as positive role models for their peers, demonstrate exceptional achievement in a variety of areas, exhibit good citizenship in their schools and communities, and maintain satisfactory records of school attendance and scholastic achievement. 

Holifield Photography sponsors Young Achievers in cooperation with the International Leadership Network, a nonprofit charitable organization.

Students are nominated by a principal, guidance counselor or teacher in the spring of their fourth- or seventh-grade year. All participants receive an award certificate and are photographed for displays at Fayette Mall and their local schools. The panels include details about each child’s accomplishments and photos depicting their interests, hobbies and activities.

Following are the 2010-2011 school winners.

Elementary schools / fifth-graders – Arlington: Katherine Slone; Ashland: Alexander Pickett; Athens-Chilesburg: Alex Welch; Booker T. Washington: Johann Wigginton; Breckinridge: Anthony Mason; Cardinal Valley: Forrest Dills; Cassidy: Abigail Magoola; Clays Mill: Karina Henson; Deep Springs: Jade Finley; Dixie: Ryan Landry; Garden Springs: Jemima Gervis; Harrison: Timari Johnson; Julius Marks: Usha Adhikari; Lansdowne: Sarah Cooper; Liberty: Kacie Hughes; Mary Todd: Jacob Arnold; Maxwell: Isabelle Booker; Meadowthorpe: Michael Wesley Elliott; Millcreek: Evan Kinniard; Northern: Claire Page; Picadome: Hannah Paige Lindon; Rosa Parks: Leila Abou-Jaoude; Russell Cave: Amia Warren; Sandersville: Omar Bojang; Southern: Joey Layne; Squires: Keirystin Peyton; Stonewall: Whitney Lowry; Tates Creek: Nicole Loy; Veterans Park: Claire Telfer; William Wells Brown: Tyanna Reid; Yates: Bailey Watkins. 

Middle schools / eighth-graders – Beaumont: Courtney Hausman; Bryan Station: Kennedy Weathers; Edythe J. Hayes: Emily Bramel; Jessie Clark: Jonah Andreatta; Leestown: Cassidy Webb; Lexington Traditional Magnet School: Bilal Shalash; Morton: Zachary Byrd; SCAPA at Bluegrass: Joel Nelson; Southern: McKenna Cox; Tates Creek: Dustan Taylor Jones; Winburn: Susie Smith. 

For more information, call Jim Holifield at (859) 396-7219 or email Jim@HolifieldPhotography.com.