We held our first CSA Learners of Merit Awards Ceremony on Friday, November 1, 2024. Five categories are awarded each quarter, with nominations being made by CSA facilitators, and include Silent Scholar, Leader, Academian, Helping Hands, and Tolerance Ambassador.
The Silent Scholar works diligently, stays focused and on task, and excels at school even when it’s challenging. This person is willing to fight for what they desire and go beyond their comfort zone to seek out resources and solutions others would never try to find. There is one Silent Scholar per grade.
- Congratulations to Danny Boehm for being the Q1 Silent Scholar for 6th grade! The 6th-grade nominations were Danny Boehm, McCoy Brasher, Josie Lundberg, and Addie Rismiller.
- Congratulations to Carter Wilson for being the Q1 Silent Scholar for 7th grade! The nominations for 7th grade were Carter Wilson and Grayson Buske.
- Congratulations to Santana Soriano for being the 8th grade Q1 Silent Scholar! The 8th graders nominated were Santana Soriano, Max Lundberg, Lindsey Wilhelm, Aiden Gavan.
The Leader award is given to one learner across the grade levels, and Leader nominees take the lead when appropriate, guide learners to follow expectations, and lead by doing. This is a person with integrity, self-awareness, flexibility to adapt to unique or challenging circumstances, influence, empathy, courage, and respect.
- Congratulations to our Q1 Leader, Aiden Gavan! The Q1 nominations for Leader were Josie Lundberg (6), McCoy Brasher (6), Cami (Binx) Garrett (6), Grayson Buske (7), Wyatt Price (7), Daniel Santiago Bermudez Figueroa (7), Carter Wollow (8), and Aiden Gavan (8).
The Academian award is awarded to a learner in each grade, and this person is someone who completes work with excellence, does well, and earns high grades. Characteristics of an Academian are a genuine sense of curiosity and wonder, thirst for discovery, tenacity, and open-mindedness to different value systems and cultural norms. Learners display good critical thinking and knowledge management skills and can decompose and synthesize data, draw lines, and relate content to context.
- Congratulations to Gage Speakman for being our Q1 6th grade Academian! The 6th-grade nominations were Gage Speakman and Jagger Wellington.
- Congratulations to AC Johnson for being our Q1 7th-grade Academian! Nominations for 7th grade were AC Johnson, Carter Wilson, and Cayden Valerio.
- Congratulations to Graysen Krel for being our Q1 8th grade Academian! The nominations for 8th grade included Graysen Krell, Carter Wollow, Caiden Brown, Abeygail Martinez, and Tori Wilderer.
- Honorable mentions for Academian were Devon Slaton, Wyatt Price, Evan Boehm, Travis Cable White, and Angela Rojas.
Helping Hands award is given to one learner across the grade levels who is willing to help out at any time, no matter the situation. Someone with Helping Hands is compassionate, joyful, caring, and possesses a deep sense of community.
- Congratulations to Rickey Butcher for being our Helping Hands awardee for Q1! Nominees were Romeo Padilla (6), Zion Cole (6), Angela Rojas (6), Zac Padilla (6), Jack Shields (7), Jakob Ulinder (7), Carter Wollow (8), Alexander Burton (8), and Rickey Butcher (8).
There is one CSA Tolerance Ambassador honored each quarter who exhibits patience with all humans regardless of their differences, is forgiving of others’ mistakes (even if they happen over and over), listens carefully, and treats others with dignity and respect. This person also influences others to be more tolerant through actions or respectful words.
- Congratulations to Angela Rojas for being honored as the CSA Tolerance Ambassador in Q1! The nominees in Q1 for Tolerance Ambassador were Angela Rojas (6), Victor Marquez Salas (6), (6), Addie Rismiller (6), Daniel Santiago Bermudez Figueroa (7), Abeygail Martinez (8), and Tori Wilderer (8).
Our CSA Wall of Fame outside of the Makery is updated with the Q1 Learners of Merit. Please congratulate our CSA Learners of Merit if you see them in the halls at CSA!