for the record U. of Georgia Foundation Fellowship Lee Folk ’12 National Merit Scholar, was been awarded the Foun-
Lee Folk
dation Fellowship at University of Georgia.This award includes tuition support, study abroad in Oxford, England following the first year, travel-study grants for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years, research and academic conference grants, special seminars with faculty and visiting professors, spring break travel-study programs, and faculty and peer mentoring. He is one of thirty chosen for this program.
Appointment to West Point
Jalen Swett
Jalen Swett ’12 – The award presentation was made at the final EHS Awards Assembly by Lt. Col. (Retired) Bob Ogden, a 1983 graduate of West Point, who served in the Air Calvary unit and in the Tennessee Army National Guard before retiring after 22 years of total service. Swett will attend a year at West Point Military Academy Prep School before beginning four years of college at the Academy. He will then serve in the U.S. Army for five active years followed by three years of duty in the reserves. Swett was nominated by Congressman Jim Cooper and joins seven other TN appointees.
Princeton Prize for Race Relations
Lauren Elcan
Doni Lehman
Lauren Elcan ’13 received the Princeton Prize for Race Relations and Doni Lehman ’13 was also recognized for this honor with an honorable mention. There were only 29 winners in the country this year. Lauren attended a race relations seminar on the Princeton campus for a weekend in early May. She was recognized for her work that involved the expansion of Ensworth High School’s highly successful student-run Kids Academy for rural at-risk children to a second Nashville area site at Battle Ground Academy. Doni Lehman was recognized for her exemplary work at the Oasis Center, for her leadership at the diversity awareness program Camp Anytown and her involvement with Ensworth’s Project T.A.L.K. (Thinking, Action/Acting, Learning, Kindness) that brings students and parents together for substantive discussions of race and gender issues.
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EHS Girls State & Boys State Representatives Juniors who represented Ensworth High School this year at the annual conferences were: Lily Parrish & Doni Lehman, Girls State; and Rory Devine & Rajiv Patel, Boys State.
Governor’s Schools EHS Junior Jack Sheridan was accepted to the Governor’s School for International Studies. He joined students chosen from applicants throughout Tennessee for a four-week concentrated program at the University of Memphis in global cultures, languages and perspectives, that also includes six credit hours of college coursework. Peter Nordlund ’13, was named an Alternate for International Studies; and Savannah Williams-Radecic ’13, was named an Alternate for Art/Theater Governor’s Schools.
Moss-Oliver Award Finalist Nathan Watkins ’12 was a finalist for the Nashville City Civitan Club’s Moss-Oliver Award. The award honors an outstanding senior girl & boy basketball player for excellence in athletics, sportsmanship, academics, and his/her community leadership.