Richland One honors Middle School and S.C.
Junior Scholars
Two hundred eighth-grade students were recognized as Middle School Scholars (MSS)
and S.C. Junior Scholars in a special ceremony held April 19 in the Dreher High
School Auditorium.
Richland One’s Middle School Scholars
(MSS) program is designed to encourage and
reward academic excellence among Gifted Academic
and Artistic students. Students must take three
or more Advanced Academic Program (AAP) courses
each academic year, maintain an overall 3.4
grade point ratio in AAP courses, have no grade
below C in non-AAP courses and earn two points
for participation in extracurricular activities
each year.
The S.C. Junior Scholars program, sponsored
by the South Carolina Department of Education,
identifies students with exceptionally high
scholastic achievement and intellectual ability,
based upon their performance on the Preliminary
Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) in the eighth-grade.
Identified students are provided opportunities
that will facilitate their intellectual growth,
broaden their individual interest and promote
their scholastic achievement in ways not currently
available in the school program. Such opportunities
are provided during the academic school year
or summer following identification in the eighth
grade and continue throughout high school.
Seventy-six students were honored as S.C.
Junior Scholars, 47 were honored as Middle
School Scholars, and 77students were honored
as both Middle School Scholars and S.C. Junior
Scholars. Honorees are listed below by school.
Alcorn Middle: South Carolina Junior Scholar
and Middle School Scholar: Bethany Pearson;
S.C. Junior Scholar:: Stephanie Corbett and
Lolita Gayden
Crayton Middle---South Carolina Junior Scholar
and Middle School Scholar—Kelsey Ballance,
Sarah Bishop, Susan Blake, Frank Brown, Victoria
Buckingham, Elizabeth Danner, Theodore Dubose,
Margaret Flatt, Elizabeth Garrison, Rachel
Grimes, Anna Hegquist, Alexandria Howard, William
Jeter, Boris Klaric, Dylan Kornegay, Ann Lesslie,
Michael Levinson, Allison McCullough, Ada McKinney,
Melissa Montemayor, John Murphy, Christopher
Muthig, Travis Muthig, Theodore Podewil, Arielle
Rapoport, Lindley Ridgeway, Magill Thomas,
Hannah Van Patten, Emily Williams, Tanner Woodrow
and Zoe Woodrum; Middle School Scholar—William
Bradshaw, James Knudsen, Denishia Macon, Billy
Mounce, and George Zourzoukis.and South Carolina
Junior Scholar—Jameelah Bullock, William
Cauthen, Virginia Connell, Andrea Depew, Melanie
Edwards, Grace Faulkenberry, Richard Gahagen,
Matthew Getz, Kathleen Grady, Ebonii Green,
James Hipp, Alice Hollaway, Christopher Jackson,
Justin Lewis, Elizabeth Martin, Sarah Mason,
Nathalie Matthews, Anthony McGlawn, Emily O’Boyle,
Virginia Ollis, Kevin O’Quinn, Kenneth
Page, Alexander Robichaud, Daniel Scruggs,
Emma Short, Jacquleen Skinner, Lauren Smith,
Savannah Sox, Chelsea Storey, Christopher Taylor,
Harry Walker, Lekeshia Washington, TwaMaine
Watson, John White, Anna Williams, and James
Wilson
Gibbes Middle: Middle School Scholar— Courtny
Downing and South Carolina Junior Scholar—Christian
Johnson
Hand Middle: Middle School Scholar and S.C.
Junior Scholar— E. Stanton Adkins, Eric
Bailey, Alannah Duncan, Lala Ek, Joseph Ellis,
Vanessa Grier, Ariel Guinn, Everett Hamilton,
Alexander Hill, Rachial Hollis, Renee Leatherman-Aelioin,
Ryan Lee, Marie McGwier, Berkeley McKeown,
Macon Morris, Mary Morrison, Elizabeth Myers,
Alexx Niblock, Meagan O’Keefe, Christopher
Pruitt, Kaitlyn Rainwater, Hilary Riley, Deanna
Santoro, Ellison Sharpe, Roddey Smith, John
Sniezak, Savannah Sparks, Gordon Stiglbauer,
Daniel Stone, Mary Tilden, Henry Tomlinson,
Michael Utsey, Sarah Van Zee, Virginia Whitlark
and Carrie Zornes; Middle School Scholar—Luke
Berson, Chelsey Elliott, Brionne Grandison,
Jennett Griffin, Layla Gumati, Catherine Higgins,
Brittany Jacobs, Ellen McDuffie, Embre Scurry,
Samuel Shannon, Kistler Ulmer, Kathryn Vickers,
Lee Walker and Lauren Wright; and S.C. Junior
Scholar—Derial Anderson, Kayli Asbill,
Michael Barron, Kristin Bloom, James Chappell,
Gregory Crabtree, Samantha Howard, Zachary
James, Latoya Jones, Daniel Kellogg, Annabel
Lang, Roxanne Lenzo-Zimmerman Matthew Martin,
Kelley McLean, Patricia Priester, Alexander
Safran, Mackenzie Smith, Shayla Stewart, Dhana
Todd, Andrew Watson, Casey Wentworth, Kiara
Williams and Jay Zenger
Hopkins Middle: Middle School Scholar and
S.C. Junior Scholar, Latonya Williams, Middle
School Scholar: Samuel Baxter, Maria Kawaguchi
and Raquel Weston; and S.C. Junior Scholar:
Mary Cipriano and Jeana Thompson
W.A. Perry Middle: Middle School Scholar— Sabrina
Boozer, Precious Lyles, Roosevelt Dunlap, Asia
Harris, Jonathan Jones, Donte Massey and Breyon
Willliams
St. Andrews Middle: Middle School Scholar
and S.C. Junior Scholar—Kevin Burgess,
Geneena Donaldson, Sharae Moultrie and Linsley
Thompson; South Carolina Junior Scholar—Keya
Jackson, Desmond Johnson, Kristie Jordan and
Jubriel Meneses
W.G. Sanders Middle: Middle School Scholar
and S.C. Junior Scholar—Eboni Stafford
and Caitlyn Willliams; Middle School Scholar—Courtney
Anderson, Latoisha Green, Hope Jackson, Allen
Smith and Jamie Wright; S.C. Junior Scholar—Marcus
Briggs and Justin Davoll
Southeast Middle: Middle School Scholar and
S.C. Junior Scholar —Casey Dike, Johnathon
Dodson, Daniel Doyle and Addison Harms; Middle
School Scholar—Octavia Anderson, Porcha
Bailey, Delariate Durham, Jessica Harris, Whitney
Hudson, Shawanna Jones, Michele Mazzarella,
Jessica Moore, Kindra Singleton and Jasmine
Wilson; S.C. Junior Scholar—Rhakia Davis,
Brittany Etheridge, Keith Hair, Katherine Halajcsik,
William Hatfield, Maggie Malloy and Devin Washington