The first RJSHS Panther Choice Awards program was held on Monday evening, May 2, in the beautifully decorated “Red-Carpeted” gym. Each staff and faculty member chose his or her student to be the recipient of the Panther Choice Award for this school year, presented the award to the student being honored, and briefly explained why the student was worthy of the award.
Invitations with an RSVP for the students and their families were mailed for this red-carpet event.
Those presenting and those honored are as follows: Pat Kemp—Chandara Vanna; Jessie Baker—Tony Pacheco; Scott Blackerby—Tess Bellamy; Brandon Blake—Nicholas Scarbrough; Rex Booth—Jaylyn McMurry; Brian Brown—Shayla Oberhausen; Blake Crabtree—Spencer Statton; Kaylee Crowder—Addie Mosier; Kaleb Crowe---Annabelle Cruz; Jennifer Myers for Charlsie Daniel—Colene Day; Jennifer Dyson—Javier Canales;
Whitney Ferguson—Emma McReynolds; Lauren Fynboe— Haley Elliott; Bethanie Hargett-Slack—Madison Rose; Calvin Head—Nick Bellamy; Chris Holloman—Kaleigh Epley; Andrew Jones—Destiny Daniels; Lauren Lehman—Daysha Sitzman; Jessica Lowery—Alex Hughes; Jennifer Myers for Vicky Mathis—Maggie Cockrell; Daniel McCrocklin—Brandon Johns; Andrew Mclean—Chris Williams;
Robbie McLellan—Kirk Spooner; Tyler Meacham—John Carter Myers; Eve Meyer—Courtney Fulcher; Susan Meyer—Jennifer Wilkerson; Jennifer Myers—Devin Dodson; Tanya Mullen—Stephen Mayes; Tracy Naylor—Parker Jones; Ruby Rager—Krisiana Barker; Heather Rickman—Madison Creek; Pete Ries—Ducati Duncan;
Jennifer Rogers—Phillip Wilkerson; Lisa Rose—CJ Borden; Cyndi Sanders—Ashley Cancino; Tina Shoemake—Antonio Chavez; Drew Teel—Casey Edwards; Corey Waters—Jacob Naylor; Paige Winders—Mary Ann Hamilton; Ashley McGinnis—Jalonda Wells; Kim McDaniel—Austin Bradley; Honorary Panther Choice Award and Governor’s Scholar Recipients—Sam Cundiff and Brennan Hughes.
Principal Kim McDaniel had this to say about the evening: “Thanks again to all of you for your participation! I am forever grateful to all of you. It was some of the most genuine and loving reactions I have seen from educators. I hope you understand how much these 43 students and their families were impacted by your kind, thoughtful words!
“I know I also tell you thanks for all you do, but I truly hope you understand how much I mean that! This event was great, and I have already made myself notes for making it bigger and better next year!”