Winston Academy Class of 2019 recognized several students recently.
Winston Academy Class of 2019 Valedictorian is Lauren Littrell. Salutatorian is Dade Bookout.
Dade Bookout has also been named STAR Student for the 2018-2019 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) M.B. Swayze Foundation, sponsor of the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program.
Established by the Mississippi Economic Council in 1965, the purpose of the STAR program is to recognize outstanding students and teachers in Mississippi through its Education Celebration. The theme this year is: Think, Grow, Succeed.
Bookout was honored during the annual Education Celebration on April 11, 2019, at the Jackson Convention Complex. The prestigious event is co-sponsored by: AT&T, Atomos Energy, Bancorp South, Barksdale Management, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi, Cooperative Energy, Electric Cooperative of Mississippi, Entergy Mississippi, Ergon, Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mississippi Power Company, Nissan North America, Inc., Sanderson Farms, Inc., Trustmark National Bank, Walmart and The Yates Companies.
Additional local support for the STAR program is provided by MEC members from communities across the state.
Star Students are selected on the basis of academic excellence. Both American College Test scores and scholastic averages are compared to determine the school’s STAR Student, explained Vickie Powell of Jackson, Senior Vice President of Foundations. “The STAR program encourages and promotes academic achievement among Mississippi’s high school seniors,” she said. Each STAR Student is asked to designate a STAR Teacher, the teacher who has made the greatest contribution to the student’s scholastic achievement. 330 STAR Students and STAR Teachers; the most in program history will receive recognition from MEC’s M.B. Swayze Foundation at the Celebration. The top 20 STAR Students – The All-STAR Scholars – will receive scholarships and their STAR Teachers will receive awards provided by the Kelly Gene Cook, Sr. Charitable Foundation.
Winston Academy also honored its Honor Graduates recently. Those Honor Graduates are as follows: Kaleigh Allen, Cortland Baker, Dade Bookout, Anna Claire Bucklew, Noah Dempsey, Ty Gentry, Hyt Hendrix, Jake Herrington, Bethany Higgason, Sidnie Hunt, Lauren Littrell, Anna Claire Morgan, Jaimini Patel, Blake Peterson, Glory Richardson, Lilly Sisson, Adam Thomas, Nash VanLandingham, Bryce Waggoner, Chandler Wells, Bailey Wood, Brian Woodward, and Anna Grace Woolery.
