108 School District Five students named South Carolina Junior Scholars

For Immediate Release – June 28, 2021

108 School District Five students named South Carolina Junior Scholars

IRMO – 108 Lexington-Richland School District Five students have been named South Carolina Junior Scholars for the 2020-2021 school year.

Developed by the South Carolina Department of Education during the 1985-1986 school year, the SC Junior Scholars program is designed to identify eighth grade students with exceptional academic talent based on PSAT scores and other measures.

“The impressive number of students receiving this award points to the quality of educators and students we have in our district,” said Virginia Tate, School District Five’s supervisor of gifted and talented programs. “In a year of unprecedented challenge, these students have continued to work hard to excel. Their futures are certainly bright!”

The following is a list of South Carolina Junior Scholars from Lexington-Richland School District Five: Declan Abston, Gabriel Amberg, Aamina Azhar, Kaitlyn Bailey, Langston Barilla, Owen Bedford, Haley Berube, Cassidy Bigbee, Lilly Black, Alexander Brown, Jonas Bryson, Anna Kate Burrows, Blaine Bushman, Nicholas Brown, Rory Calhoun, Caroline Calore, Jade Cameron, Evan Canfield, Mattie Cantrell, Emily Carroll, Ella Carson, Dominic Cataline, Talon Chason, Ava Clark, Cooper Coler, Anusha Das, Madden Deal, Matthew Dimler, Alyssa Culver-Draper, Savannah Dubois, Aidan Duncan, Caralyn Ferris, Destiny Ferguson, David Floyd, Andrew Good, Gabrielle Goodwin, Madison Grant, LilyAnn Graul, Riley Graul, John Grooms, Robert Gunmere, Margaret Hamberg, Michael Handley, Samuel Heilman, Connor Hillen, Casey Joseph, Andrew Kulp, Preston Kunkle, Campbell Lamar, Sierra Lanfear, James Lewis, Mason Lewis, Jennifer Liu, Paulo Lombardi, John Malcom, Aiden Malsam, Vincent Marrone, Nolan Mayer, Nolan Mays, Rollins McClure, Halle McGuire, Olivia Meihofer, Skylar Mistoler, Mary Morrison, Brian Nickerson, Brodie Othersen, Seo Jin Park, Elli Parler, Krupa Patel, Andrew Phelps, Caroline Phillips, Giancarlo Pinelli, Elena Price, Bella Qian, Nakul Ranjith, Taylor Raymond, James Reese, Landon Reid, Gavin Rittgers, Gaines Roberts, Owen Roddy, Ethan Russell, Isabel Schreier, Maya Segura, Nishant Shah, Cameryn Smith, Laiza Smith, Robert Smith, Mackenna Starling, Ellie Stewart, Jacob Summers, Leo Sun, Arianna Thompson, Natalia Todaro, Campbell Todd, Charles Topinka, Corbin Urch, Skye Veil, Lucas Andrew von Ahn, Jessica Wang, William Wang, Justin Welch, Allie Wetmore, Riley Wisniewski, Asher Wokurka, Daniel Wolff, Jonguk Won, and Kaiyuan Xue, .

For more information on the South Carolina Junior Scholars Program, visit: https://ed.sc.gov/districts-schools/state-accountability/south-carolina-junior-scholars-program/

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