New Church Life July/Aug 2013 | Page 88

n e w c h u r c h l i f e : j u ly / au g u s t 2 0 1 3 Kees, Seung Bae Kim, Wesley Lockard, Brandon Magakyan, Zachary Odhner*, Viktor Pedchenko, Colin Rogers, Gregory Roth, Brandon Russell, Daniel Schauder, Dustin Smith*, Richard Smith, Joseph Sprinkle*, Scott Weiss, Schuyler Williams*, Seth Wyncoll. (* With honors) The valedictorian for the Girls School was Serenity Lee. Theta Alpha Gold Awards were presented to Michelle Bedford, Grace Cowley, Nicole King and Emily McQueen. The valedictorian for the Boys School was Luke Cory Boyce gives the commencement address David. Boys School Faculty Silver Awards were presented to Jay Eiben, Richard Glenn and Dustin Smith, and a Gold Award to Luke David. The commencement address – A Coach and a Winning Team – was delivered by Boys School faculty member Cory Boyce. (See page 369) Honorary diplomas were presented to: Lisa Asplundh, Denise De Figlia, Jeffrey Lites, Kenneth Schauder and Janice Shihadeh. At the Academic Awards the night before graduation, Academic Excellence Awards – for at least four department awards – were presented to: Marley Asplundh, Zachary Brock, Shannah Conroy, Jared Hyatt and Dustin Smith. The Emilie K. Asplundh Grant for the Performing Arts went to Leanna Zecher. At the athletic awards night, the Girls School honored: Outstanding Athlete: Nicole King Outstanding Sportsmanship: Laura Clymer and Lauren Asplundh Boys School honors went to: Payson Lyman Award for sportsmanship: Brandon Hill Stanley F. Ebert Award for outstanding athletics, academics and sportsmanship: Jay Eiben Britte Genzlinger was a National Merit Scholarship Winner and Kendra Halterman was a National Merit Commended Student. In Delta Mu, Aaliya Mapp was honored for more than 1,100 hours of community service, Ben Kees for more than 700 hours, Schuyler Williams for more than 300 hours, and 16 others for 200 and 100 hours. SWEDENBORG FOUNDATION Several staff changes have been announced at the Swedenborg Foundation as part of a reorganization and new strategic goals, including the appointment of Morgan Beard as Operations Manager. The new goals, adopted unanimously by the Board of Directors last year, 416