J.A.C. Awards Presented to KDS Students

The Hunt's Spring Chapter, NSDAR, held its annual Junior American Citizens awards ceremony on Thursday, March 14, in Becker-Horton Hall. The theme for the 2023-24 contest was “Sparkling in the Stars with the 50th Anniversary of the NASA Space Shuttle Program”. Categories for this year's entries were short story, poem, digital art, stamp design, poster design, and banner design.

First Place National Winners in the group poster category Regan Hodges, Stephanie Ervin, Jordan Scott, and Maria Hurtado

Regan Hodges, 8th Grade, First Place State and Second Place Southeastern Regional winner in poster category.

State Award Winners

DAR High School state winners Caitlyn Willis and Jaylin Schrimsher

In addition to our state, regional and national winners, we would also like to showcase our local, KDS DAR School first place winners by category:

Creative Expression Poem

Logan Aaron 7th Grade

Short Story

Liam Rice 7th Grade

Digital Design

Hannah Caswell 10th Grade

Emma Mitchell 11th Grade

Stamp Design

Priscila Cox 12th Grade

Hudson Rice 6th Grade

Wyatt Snare 6th Grade

Micha Burton 4th Grade

Samuel Burton 2nd Grade

Jay Ratchford 5th Grade

Zoe McCoy 8th Grade

Kendra Anderson 7th Grade

Zoey DeMott 5th Grade

Roman Wilson 7th Grade

Ansleigh House 9th Grade

Sam Rice 7th Grade

Peyton Waller 5th Grade

Jathan Hughey 8th Grade

Robert Meckling 6th Grade

Levi Loudermilk 5th Grade

Flor Gonzalez 11th Grade

Poster Design

Trinity League Grade 12

Regan Hodges Grade 8

Chloe Haas Grade 10

Sayreth Martinez Grade 7

Katie Selvage Grade 7

Jordan Soverns Grade 7

Addison Stinson Grade 11

Banner Design

Stephanie Ervin, Jordan Scott, Maria Hurtado, and Regan Hodges 8th Grade

Samuel Harding, Kabram Allen, Raymond Hamlin, and McKEnzie Garner 7th Grade