Isabel Althoff speaks to JA third graders (from left) Lila Eubank, Addison Comer, Isabel Althoff, Patrick Robinson, and Blake Jones about life in Germany. 

Confessions of a German exchange student: “I can’t imagine my life without sweet tea.”

Isabel Althoff’s friends were scattering to multiple countries on different continents-to New Zealand, Australia, France, and the United States. And the fifteen-year-old resident of Mainz, Germany had her heart set on traveling, too. She wanted to study in Canada.

After all, her mother had been an exchange student, and in her home country, popular international exchange programs for high school students abounded.

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Academy Honor Rolls
Seventh Grade
Skylar Alexander, Ashton Berry, Elliott Butler, Jasmyne Cleaver, Lucy Clement, Camille Couey, Mary Beth Dyess, Camille Felder, Avery Hederman, Erin Hederman, Ramey Hogue, Katherine Kelly, Megan Lacey, Sean Lackey, Lexi Lomax, Anne Marie Lundy, Ashley Manning, Kit McCormack, Preston McWilliams, Brandon Miller, Gabrielle Morris, Reese Overstreet, Charlotte Palmer, Will Spence, Webb Strickland, Mary Parker Williams

Eighth Grade
Avery Anderson, Blaine Bowman, Hadley Brennan, Sam Ciaccio, Grayson Hewes, Will Laird, Braden Lewis, Dolph Maxwell, Gracie Meck, Jeffery Richburg, Maggie Smith, Olivia Stringer, Emma Ward, Brehan Whitehead, Morgan Williams

Ninth Grade
Alexandra Barlow, Lizzie Bowman, Gabrielle Bradford, Mary Kathryn Brogan, Grace Cartwright, Conley Chinn, Mary Hunter Johnston, Grace Parry, Sahil Patel, Travis Rogers, Elizabeth Scott, Malon Stratton, Livvie Strickland, Nancy Usey

Tenth Grade
Allie Brown, Sarah French, Georgia Gibson, Dalton Gibson, Robyn Hadden, Sydney Hays, Parker Kennedy, Abbey Lindsay, Rose Maxwell, Tyler McClellan, Hannah McCowan, Glennis McWilliams, Hayley Murphy, Annalee Purdie, Amanda Ray, Alexis Ridgeway, Davis Rippee, Clarke Wilkirson

Eleventh Grade
William Bell, Kristen Clower, Caroline Duncan, Maris Hardee, Danielle Hodges, Hannah Jane LeDuff, Jake Manning, Suzie Raines, Mary Brooks Thigpen, Will Tribble, Will Varner, Ann Elizabeth Walker, Leighton Whitehead, Matt Whitfield

Twelfth Grade
Reagan Bartley, Blair Bush, Austin Carroll, Robert Cragon, Ashley Gnam, Grace Golden, Meliah Grant, Andrew Hanebuth, Rebecca Hardee, William Hontzas, Daniel Kennedy, Duncan Maxwell, Kelsey Oswalt, Mosam Patel, Lucy Paige Rogers, Ally Thigpen, Ben Tribble, Sarah Martin Tucker, Hayes Walker, Dannie Waller

Honor Roll
Seventh Grade
Ashlyn Adair, Shields Armstrong, Addison Avdoyan, Eeshaan Bajaj, Cianna Brewer, Ashley Brown, Samantha Brown, Ellie Brent Cartwright, Rebecca McRee Costas, Daniel Courtney, Jack Crisler, Sara Wilson Fielder, Sarah Fisher, Owen Fracchia, Jarvon Gaines, Charlie Gautier, Jack Gideon, Ansley Hill, Celeste Knighton, Francie LeDuff, Nayan Malhotra, Richard Newman, McKinna Powell, Emory Rhodes, Walker Rippee, Mary Lindley Tharp, Will Thomas, Will Whitfield, Venice Williams

Eighth Grade
Bryan Barksdale, Janise Bennett, Caroline Childress, Hannah Collums, Sophie Creath, Sara Thomas Easley, Frances Anne Fortner, Jack Gnam, Cailynn Gregory, Hannah Hardin, Katherine Hudson, Lacey Irby, Baker Kirkland, Emma Lucas, Meredith McClellan, Elizabeth McCubbins, James McLemore, Mary Mitchell, Gage Morgan, Kennedy Neal, Liv Noble, Lindsey Nosef, Walker Pedigo, Warren Scott, Lillie Walker, Sarah Grea Walker, Anna Claire Williams

Ninth Grade
Parker Alexander, Hope Berry, Mary Kate Brown, Catherine Burford, Kathryn Butler, Emily Earle, Chelsea Francois, Abigail Giddens, Parker Gilbert, Callie Hall, Grace Herfurth, Emily Iupe, Abbie Knighton, Claire McClure, Milla McCormack, Ambie McCoy, Emily McNair, William Mitchell, Kassidy Neal, Elizabeth Payne, Michael Payne, Joyia Petty, Meredith Roberts, Olivia Rule, Savannah Stevens, Phillip Talley, Gracy Thomas, Mitchell Tyner, Caroline Watson, Dray Willson, Kayla Young

Tenth Grade
Isabel Althoff, Mary Chosen Caples, Madison Carroll, Kendall Cockayne, Matthew Faulkner, Daisy Ford, Kathleen Giddens, Ford Gordon, Kyle Kantor, Camryn Kestenbaum, Ben McDowell, Caroline Nall, Avenell Newman, Rebecca Nosef, Mary Ousley Owen, Allan Thomas Pickle, Sam Rhodes, Avery Smith, Cory Tirman, Abigail Tyner, Jack Virden, Lucy Waller, Ford Williams, Hannah Wootton

Eleventh Grade
Hunter Berry, Blake Brennan, Madyson Brown, Caroline Burford, Elizabeth Burford, Gordon Campbell, Matthew Campbell, Annie Edgecombe, Grady Fisher, Gavin Funderburg, Haley Hodges, Maggie Hubbard, Steven Irby, Allie King, Harvest Pelletier, Tori Roberts, Thad Scott, Chrisshawn Turner, Lauren Williams, Martha Rose Wright

Twelfth Grade
Peyton Adams, Palmer Barefield, Alexis Brantley, Alex Brown, Henry Brown, Will Brown, Mary-Morgan Coburn, William Crasto, Katie French, Meg Gordon, Samantha Hill, Allison Douglas Manning, Hannah McCrory, Madi McNair, Zack McWilliams, Anderson Miskelly, Felicia Payne, Asher Pickering, Avery Porch, Morgan Scott, Zack Tucker, Thad Varner, Colin Welsh, Lake Wilkinson, Denver Wilson, Alexa Zouboukos

(From left): Ford Adams, Hannah Hudson, Gordon Campbell, Sarah Allen Bowman, John Sharp Kirk, Maris Hardee, Hayes Walker, Meg Gordon, Duncan Maxwell, Sarah Martin Tucker, Emily Sigler, Hayden Tierney, Reagan Bartley, Daniel Kennedy, Allie King, KC Lucious, Sam Rhodes, Ford Gordon, Abbey Lindsey, Matthew Faulkner

The 2014 Winterfest Court was presented Saturday between the girls’ and boys’ basketball games. Seniors Sarah Martin Tucker and Duncan Maxwell were named Winterfest Queen and King.

The seniors in AP English Literature have been busy creating video projects in small groups.  Each team chose a scene from Hamlet and acted it out, adding their own theme or style.  Click below to view a couple of their creations including one inspired by the film Inception and another with a Harry Potter vibe!