Eve Carson Award Winners

By Anisa Sullivan Jimenez

The Foundation for Excellence in Public Education in Clarke County has announced the winners of the 2013 Eve Carson Award. The award was established to honor the life of Eve Marie Carson, a 2004 honor graduate of Clarke Central High School, and to promote a humanitarian spirit in the youth of the Clarke County School District. 

“Eve represented the very best of us, and it is in that spirit that we honor those Clarke County students that exhibit similar compassion and caring for others,” said Mona Robinson, president of the Foundation for Excellence.

Winners are selected from each school in the Clarke County School District and are in 5th, 8th or 12thgrade. Fifth graders receive a $50 gift card, 8th grade winners receive a $100 gift card and seniors receive a $250 cash award. The winners for 2011 are as follows:

Alps Road Elementary School - G’Niya Brown

Barnett Shoals Elementary School - Sachio Goodie

Barrow Elementary School -Caroline Sartor

Chase Street Elementary School - Emily Parks

Cleveland Road Elementary School - Diego Villafana-Escobar

Fowler Drive Elementary School - Daryon Redic

Gaines Elementary School - Angela Ghimire

J.J. Harris Charter Elementary School - Marilyn Alva-Arroyo

Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School - Jimena Somilleda

Stroud Elementary School - Aaliyah Watson

Timothy Road Elementary School - Kayla Devereux

Whit Davis Elementary School - Ansley Guntermann

Whitehead Road Elementary School - Carlos Mazariegos-Alvarez

Winterville Elementary School - Eve Williams

Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School - Lauryn Waters

Clarke Middle School - Caroline Caldwell

Coile Middle School - Sharon Gonzalez

Hilsman Middle School - Enrique Robbins

Cedar Shoals High School - Erin Hollander

Clarke Central High School - Dory MacMillan

Classic City High School - Michael Strother

In addition to the Eve Carson Award winners, the Foundation also announced winners of two other student awards.

The Gregg W. Lewis Memorial Scholarship is given each year in honor of scholar-athlete Gregg Lewis, a 1988 graduate of Clarke Central High School. The award is given to one male and one female student for $500 each who have participated in athletics all four years and have lettered in at least one sport. The scholar-athletes with the two highest GPAs are selected. This year’s winners are Patrick Humphreys and Grace Byrne, both from Clarke Central High School.

The Marge Schneider Memorial Science Scholarship is given in honor of Margaret (Marge) Lex Schneider to honor her service to science education in the Clarke County School District. The Schneider Memorial Scholarship is given to a science honors student who is active within the school or community at each high school. The award is for $250. This year’s winners are Di’Vennci Lucas from Cedar Shoals High School and Max Germain from Clarke Central High School.