VALDOSTA, Ga. – St. John the Evangelist Catholic School (SJCS) recently honored its students, teachers, and faculty members at an end of the year awards ceremony. During the ceremony, the school’s Teacher of the Year, Staff Member of the Year and Eagle Students were announced.
SJCS Faculty and staff recognized Computer teacher Wanda Colyer with the 2019 Teacher of the Year Award.
Extended Day and Lunchroom Director Bethanie Bass was awarded the Staff Member of the Year award, as voted on by the school’s faculty and staff.
The Leona Abood Volunteer Award is presented to a member of the SJCS community who has honored the school with their extraordinary service and friendship. This year, the award was given to two volunteers, Bethanie Bass and Andrew Thomas.
The Eagle Award is the school’s highest honor, given to one student in each grade level each semester who demonstrates exemplary Christian character, perfect attendance and a positive appearance. This year’s recipients are: Jett Nixon, Christian Morash, Khloe Kalinowski, Adeline Morash, Samuel Nelson, Randa Gladwin, Camila Hernandez, and Dennis Savoie.
About Saint John the Evangelist Catholic School
St. John the Evangelist Catholic School, located at 800 Gornto Road in Valdosta, Georgia, provides students Pre-K 3 – 8thgrade with the highest quality education in a Christian setting. The school offers electives including Spanish, music, band, art and computers as well as religion in addition to extracurricular activities like basketball, volleyball, cross country, 4-H, science club and student council. Enrollment for the 2018-2019 is now open for new students. For more information, call the school at (229) 244-2556 or visit sjcsvaldosta.org.
COVER PHOTO: SJCS Eagle Award Winners Spring 2019 (left to right): Jett Nixon, Christian Morash, Khloe Kalinowski, Adeline Morash, Samuel Nelson, Randa Gladwin, Camila Hernandez and Dennis Savoie received the school’s Eagle Award for the Spring semester.
