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Middle Schoolers honored for 2019-2020

The Class of 2024 was honored in a drive through Moving Up event on campus and were also celebrated, along with other grades 6-8 award winners, in a video on Friday, May 15.
Rabun Gap celebrated the Class of 2024 on Friday, May 15 during a special Middle School Moving Up drive-through event around campus. The event marked the transition to Upper School for the class of 43 eighth-graders:

Maddox Anderson, Dierdre Black, Peyton Brady, Elizabeth Brenner, Nic Cardoso, Amelia Chastain, Nolan Conrad, Jansyn Davis, Annalise Fon, Lilly Godwin, Lydia Goff, Xiaowen Guo, Hyunseo Ha, Charlie Hall, Yumeng He, Manuel Hernandez-Plaza, Penelope Hilson, Kotono Izuma, Daniel Jones, Dawson Kirkland, Cyrus Manoogian, Isabella Martinez, Georgia Mattis, Aidan McMullen, Ruth Mecke-Lozano, Hannah Jane Mellon, Morgan Mescher, Avery Miller, Sophia Moore, Giselle Okwunakwe, Ephram Otey, Mattox Payne, Gracie Scott, Coleman Smith, Eli Stockton, Parker Stribling, Sidne Sullivan, Evan Thurmond, Angelica Vanflorcke, Stella Vogelbacher, Ellie Weatherly, Daniel Wu, and Sean Zavala

The Class of 2024 and all Middle School award winners in grades 6-8 were honored virtually through a video on Friday, as well.

Awards winners included:

Math Awards: 
Eighth-grade: Parker Stribling ‘24
Seventh-grade: Logan Brown ‘25
Sixth-grade: Zoe Killian ‘26 

English Awards: 
Eighth-grade Humanities: Elizabeth Brenner ‘24
Seventh-grade: Anni Geren ‘25 
Sixth-grade: Santiago Robles ‘26 

History Awards:
Eighth-grade Humanities: Maddox Anderson ‘24
Seventh-grade: Taylor Nickerson ‘25
Sixth-grade: Kendall Weisser ‘26 

Science Awards:
Eighth-grade: Yumeng Mandy He ‘24
Seventh-grade: Connor Lombard ‘25
Sixth-grade: Makenna Bilbrey ‘26

English Immersion Awards:
Eighth-grade: Xiaowen Vivian Guo ‘24

French Awards:
Eighth-grade (1B): Ellie Weatherly ‘24
Seventh-grade (1A): Julian Mulholland ‘25

Spanish Awards:
Eighth-grade (1B): Daniel Jones ‘24 
Seventh-grade (1A): Zimmie Killian ‘25 

Mandarin Awards:
Eighth-grade(1B): Penelope Hilson ‘24
Seventh-grade (1A): Lilly Godwin ‘25

World Language Wheel Awards:
Sixth-grade: Abigail Brenner ‘26

Art Awards:
Eighth-grade: Gracie Scott ‘24
Seventh-grade: Savanna Jones ‘25
Sixth-grade: Sarah Childs ‘26

Physical Education Awards:
Eighth-grade: Sean Zavala ‘24 & Angelica Vanflorcke ‘24
Seventh-grade: Bryce Phillips ‘25

Singers Awards:
Eighth-grade: Lydia Goff ‘24
Seventh-grade: Arabella Nepa ‘25
Sixth-grade: Caroline Carmack ‘26

Showstoppers Awards:
Eighth-grade: Ruth Mecke-Lozano ‘24
Seventh-grade: Kite Stribling ‘25
Sixth-grade: Allen Arbitter ‘26

Spirit of Rabun Gap Awards:
Eighth-grade: Georgia Mattis ‘24
Seventh-grade: Savanna Jones 
Sixth-grade: Abby Hartridge ‘26 
 
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Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School is a private, coeducational day and boarding school for grades Pre-K through 12. Centrally located between Atlanta, GA, Greenville, SC, and Asheville, NC, we prepare young people for college, career, and a lifetime of leadership and service.