teacher. This teacher is selected by his or her peers, and the recipient is a representative of the Academy’s ideal of pursuing excellence in teaching. This teacher instills in his or her students not only knowledge, but also a love of learning, exemplifying the best of the profession.
Rebecca Morrow Snellgrove The James David Smith Award The James David Smith Award for Character is given by the Class of 2002 to honor their friend, David Smith, a member of the Class of 2001, who died tragically during his freshman year at college. This award commemorates David’s “true to yourself” character and is given to that senior who, through a vote of his or her peers, is felt to best exemplify the strong moral character, sense of responsibility, and standards of conduct that The Montgomery Academy tries to instill in all of its students.
The Betty Trawick McCutchin Award
Headmaster’s Award For The Pursuit Of Excellence
This award received its initial funding from the Class of 2006, many of whose members flourished within the Lower School environment that was the product of Betty McCutchin’s vision.
This is awarded annually by the Head of School to members of the graduating class whose integrity, attitude, and commitment–regardless of achievement– seem to represent best the Academy’s original and enduring value: the pursuit of excellence. In short, the award is intended to honor not just the destination, but the quality of the journey.
Mrs. McCutchin, Director of the Academy’s Lower School from 1979 until her retirement in 2000, believed deeply in the promise of healthy, balanced, hardworking children whose development could be built upon a foundation of certain key values: perseverance, motivation, personal responsibility, and integrity.
Garrett Alexandra Barnes
Samuel Wallace McLain
The award is given annually by the Head of School, Associate Head of School, and the Division Directors to that senior who has, over the course of his or her career at the Academy, best embodied those values.
Ann Mathews Hester
William Braswell Haynes
Cum Laude Induction Since 1969 Montgomery Academy has honored academic excellence by awarding membership in the Cum Laude Society to its highest-achieving students. Traditionally the induction ceremony has been part of Awards Night at the end of the school year. This year, however, the Academy has begun a new tradition: dedicating an entire assembly to honoring our school’s most accomplished scholars. Cum Laude membership is earned by the top 20% of the senior class and the top 10% of the junior class each year. Cum Laude is thus more selective than the better-known National Honor Society, which awards membership to all students whose grades fall within a certain range. Only three schools in Alabama have Cum Laude Chapters.
Seated from left to right: Julie Yoon, Garrett Barnes, Lilla Bea Granger, Miso Kim, Anne Louise Pass, Jacqueline Lee, Gaun Lee Standing left to right: Michael Choi, Cody Jones, Rachel Warwick, Scott Simmons, Lillian Roth, Sam LaPlatney, Elizabeth Kelly, William Haynes, Ann Hester, John Ahn, Rachel Lee, and William West
The President of the Montgomery Academy chapter of Cum Laude is Melissa Anderson; the Secretary is Betty Saunders. Juniors and Seniors inducted were: Jeong Hyun Ahn, Garrett Alexandra Barnes, Min Seong Choi, Lilla Beatrice Granger, William Braswell Haynes, Ann Mathews Hester, Cody Anderson Jones, Elizabeth Nichole Kelly, Miso Kim, Sam James LaPlatney, Gaun Lee, Junghyun Lee, Rachel Harrison Lee, Anne Louise Pass, Lillian Rebecca Roth, Christopher Scott Simmons, Rachel Ashlyn Warwick, William Cameron West and Yea Won Yoon.
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