Macon East Academy held its annual upper school Honors Day assembly Friday, May 14 in the school gymnasium.  Honors Day is a time to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of the students in grades 7 – 12.  The Class of 2021 were presented scholarship certificates, a variety of awards, and their honor chords to be worn at their graduation ceremony.  The Senior class accumulated over $3.1 million dollars in scholarships this year. Macon East faculty and administration presented the following subject awards and special awards to the upper school students.

Macon East Academy Honors Day Academic Senior Specialty and Subject Awards 2021

Specialty Awards: 

  •  Valedictorian: Will Desmarais
  • Salutatorian: Jonathan Mathis 
  • Zeta Spence Memorial Award:  Will Desmarais 
  • Jack Cox Service Award: Tanner Moore
  • Hilda Story Teacher of the Year: Erica Hammonds 
  • Mandy Williams Christian Leadership Award: Jonathan Mathis, Hannah Parker
  • National Honor Society Leadership Award: Colby Cox 
  • Mu Alpha Theta Leadership Award: Aidan Steyer 
  • Lance and Shield Leadership Award: Will Desmarais, Grace McIntosh
  • Macon East Theater’s Award for Excellence:  Jonathan Mathis 
  • AISA Headmaster’s Association Award: Will Desmarais 
  • Barbara Lindsey School Award: Mary Hunter Wright
  • AISA Student Academic Team: Will Desmarais 
  • AISA Student-Athlete Award: Aidan Steyer, Hannah Parker, Tanner Moore
  • Jimmy Hitchcock Nominees: 
    • Senior High: Tanner Moore  and Georgia Blaze
    • Junior High: Chase Lashlee  and Katie Kitchens 
  • DAR Good Citizen Award Will Desmarais 
  • National Leadership I Dare You Award:  Jeremiah Carnegie
  • Spirit of the Community Award: Tyler Hodges, Landon Mobley 
  • Senior School Community Service Award: Mary Lawson Norton, Mary Hunter Wright, Will Desmarais
  • Heart of the Knight Global Service Award: Kirkland Pugh, Hannah Parker, and Aidan Steyer  
  • Alabama Boys State Nominee: Luke Noffsinger
  • Alabama Girls State Nominee: Rachel Major 
  • Alabama Lions High School Leadership Forum: McKinnon Hammonds and Ali Churchwell 
  • Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Award:  Anna Glynn Lott and Jack Jones
  • ALFA Youth Leadership Forum: Anna Watson, Matthew Kitchens, Wade Desmarais, Anna Glynn Lott, and Jack Jones
  • Distinguished Knight Award: Sarah Davis  

Spelling Bee: 

  • Fourth Grade 1st Place: Myla Robledo
  • Fifth Grade 1st Place: Eli Churchwell
  • Sixth Grade 1st Place: Kaci Armstead
  • Seventh Grade 1st Place: Elise Logan 
  • Eighth Grade 1st Place:  Julia Mathis 

Science Fair: 

  • 1st Place – Physical Science:  Matthew Simpson
  • 1st Place – Physical Science: Aubrey Smith
  • 1st Place – Physical Science: Adam Fitch
  • 1st Place – Biological Science: Gracie Strickland
  • 1st Place – Biological Science: Makayla Purifoy
  • 1st Place – Biological Science: Eli Churchwell 

Senior Subject Awards:

Senior High Art:

  • Art IV: Grace McIntosh 

Senior High Science: 

  • Environmental Science: Anna Perri Chumley
  • Physics: Will Desmarais
  • Anatomy: Kathryn Barker 

Senior High Math: 

  • Algebra III: Mary Hunter Wright
  • Calculus:  Will Desmarais 

Senior History: 

  • Government /Economics: Will Desmarais

Senior High English: 

  • AP: Will Desmarais
  • Honors English: Jeremiah Carnegie

 

7th -11th Grade Subject Awards: 

Senior High Science: 

  • Life Science: Peyton Baggott
  • Physical Science: Julia Mathis
  • Biology: Kaiden Byrom
  • Chemistry: Anna Glynn Lott
  • Anatomy: Luke Noffsinger, Trey Matthews 

Senior High Math: 

  • Pre-Algebra: Jackson Todd
  • Algebra I: Hunter Wren
  • Geometry: Kaiden Byrom, Ethan Jones
  • Algebra II: Anna Glynn Lott, Matthew Kitchens
  • Pre- Calculus: Luke Noffsinger

Senior History: 

  • Junior High History: Kaiden Byrom
  • U.S. History I: Jack Jones
  • U.S. History II: Luke Noffsinger 

Senior High English: 

  • Junior High English: Kaiden Byrom
  • Senior High Honors English: Jack Jones
  • AP English 11: Luke Noffsinger

Art:

  • Junior High Art: Cole Streetman 
  • Art I: Ethan Jones 
  • Art II: Alison Magda 
  • Art III: Luke Noffsinger 

Spanish: 

  • Spanish I: Anna Glynn Lott 
  • Spanish II: Abby Vinson

Computer: 

  • Junior High Computer: Mary Taylor May
  • Computer I: Colin Blount, Kacy Rutland 
  • Computer II: Ryan Russell, Kylee Smith 

Speech

  • Speech: Hannah Kate Hodges 

 

Following Honors Day, the students enjoyed a Coach Lott cookout and a Powderpuff game between the Senior and Junior girls!   There was a lot of excitement on the football field with all-star running backs, quick defensive plays, and the boys/coaches on the sidelines yelling for their classmates.