Monticello High School Graduates 116 Students
A large crowd attended graduation exercises at Rose Bowl Field Saturday night, and 116 students received their diplomas.
Steven Bradley, the top student in the class, gave the valedictory address. Mr. Bradley was also the recipient of the Band Boosters and Hurricane Booster clubs scholarship awards. Both those booster clubs partner with the academic booster club to present the scholarship.
Ami Labriola, the student with the second highest average in the class gave the salutatory address. Miss Labriola is the recipient of a Baptist Heritage Grant, John Demette Standifer Scholarship and Mercer University Merit Scholarship.
Other students who were recognized both as being honor graduates and Beta Club graduates like the valedictorian and salutatorian include Katherine Laura Andrews, Luke Allen Bales, Brandon Kade Barger, Brittany Nicole Benedict, Juvenal Bermudez, Amanda Rochelle Cameron, Kalee Alyce Carr, Matthew Christopher Chupp, Erica Jill Cline, Heather Danielle DeBoer, Taylor Marcus Fields, Katie Lynn Gardner, Brittany Anne Jones, Paul Hunt Kelly, Jr., James Brady McMichael, Kirsten Morgan Mote-Patterson, Walter Hyman Rabon, III, Tony Robert Seawright, Jr., Quintavius Jaron Stokes, Alvarez LaGuardia Thomas, Jr., and Alexis Mashae Williams.
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Of those graduates, the oneswho had scholarships announced in the graduation program included Katie Gardner who received an art scholarship; Brandon Barger who received a Brewton Parker College Presidential and Wrestling scholarship; Heather DeBoer who received the FFA Alumni scholarship and a Lancaster Trust Scholarship; Brittany Benedict who received the Georgia Southern Honors and LEAD scholarships as well as the Outstanding Member FBLA Scholarship.
Also, Taylor Fields who received a Mercer University academic scholarship; Luke Bales and Erica Cline, Lancaster Trust Scholarship; Alvarez Thomas, Reinhardt University Academic and Athletic Scholarship, and Quintavius Stokes received the Georgia Association of Housing & Redevelopment Authorities scholarship.
Also, Sharika Pennamon who received a West Georgia Tech
Scholarship; Tony Seawright who received a Jackson Lake Homeowners Association (JLHA) scholarship; Brady McMichael, John Demette Standifer scholarship, Lancaster Trust scholarship, Nancy Jones scholarship, and Toccoa Falls College academic scholarship, and Juvenal Bermudez who received a scholarship from the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
Other scholarship recipients included Joshua Cedric Stone, Atlanta Metro College Athletic Scholarship; Joshua Lee McMichael, JLHA scholarship and Lancaster Trust scholarship; Johnathan Coke Bell and Quintara Cyn’tia Standifer, Lancaster Trust Scholarship, and Carlie Allison Evans, Point University Merit Scholarship.
Hannah Grace Cheely, and Brittany Lee Shumway were also honor graduates. Jimmy Daniel Cheek, Kristopher Ray Eddleman and Mercedeze Lajoie Williams were Beta Club graduates.
Other graduates included Danielle Nicole Allison, Sarah Elizabeth Andrews, Jamie Marie Arnold, Mitchell Cody Bishop, William Skyler Blankenship, Cierra Monique Boykin, Destin Anthony Lee Breaux, Christin Jade Brown, Travetta Shantrell Brown, Kevin Lamar Camp, Xavier Damon Chapman, Brandon Markeece Clark, Cory Allen Cochran, Thomas Michael Cooper, Marisa Emily Dalton, Mauriceya Daijana Davis, Keri Lathasha Davis, Levi Austin Dukes, DeShaun Michael Edwards, Shunterrell Keyundra Epps, and Zachary Tyler Estes.
Also, April LeAnne Fuller, Shelby Brook German, Austin Taylor
Gibbs, Ethan Tyler Gibbs, Jeremiah Kenyada Grier, James Jarriel Greenway, Shane Dillon Griffith, Amber Jade Grizzard, Hali Amanda Holman, Kadesha Kashawn Jeffries, Shakeel Malik Kimmins, Adam David King, William Edward Kitchens, Jr., and Chastity Paige Knight.
Also, Erica Leann Layton, Racheal Nicole LeCroy, Rachael Chasidy Hope Lloyd, Brandon Jermaine Lynwood, Xavier Davis MacCaughey, Steven Thomas Mares, Jr., Fredrick Maurice Marks, Nicholas Gabriel Martin, Kahla Cheyenne Mason, Rodriguez Deonte McGuire, Ramando Jerrod Miller, Carrie Lynn Mitchell, Trever Dillon Mitchell, Christopher O’Neal Morris, and Sammy Lewis Mullinax, Jr.
Also, Aaron Matthew Nelson, Gregory Deonte Norwood, Angela DeAnn Ogles, Joshua Mark Partlow, Austin Wayne Pierce, Thomas Gabriel Plymel, Caleb O’Bryan Porter, Timothy Scott Postlethwait, Clinton Ramsden Pound, Christopher Jorael Rauda, Cody Austin Reece, Laura McKenzie Reeves, Saydi Lynne Sadousky, Kristen Sarah Paige Scoggins, Alex Khalil Smith, Shakela Cantrell Standifer, Gregory Lee Stewart, Joshua Cedric Stone, and Marquell Quontavious Strozier.
Also, Matthew Jason Tally, Jason Nicholas Tarleton, Chelsee Javonne Thomas, Christopher Montez Thomas, Paige Shamane Thurman, Diamond Tripp, Zachary Wayne Truskosky, Justin Van Horn, Alfonso Victrum, Jr., Aubrie Lynn Wages, Jamie Dawn Watson, Kristin Yvonne Westbrook, Kelly Marie Wiles, Wyatt Olin Wilkins, Jonathan David Williams, Roberto Torroes Williams, Shaquille Torrez Wright, and Feiyi Xu.
Several of the above students were National Technical Honor Society graduates, class officers or class representatives as well as the other honors listed.
Jasper County School Superintendent Dr. Mike Newton presented the diplomas to the students after Principal Howard Fore presented the class.
Kristin Westbrook, senior class president, was the first to speak at the ceremony, welcoming everyone there. At the end of the ceremony she led the turning of the tassel.
Alexis Williams, senior class vice president of graduation gave the invocation. Quintara Standifer made special presentations. Morgan Mote-Patterson, Senior Class Vice President of Awards gave the benediction.
Torchbearers for graduation were Olivia Aldridge and Amanda Kelly. Ushers were Brenda Bautista, Gabriela Bautista, Victor Bautista, Ellie Bowden, Chelsea Kamplain, Katalin Laszloova, Yeny Padron, Allison Scroggs, Emily Sorrow, Shekenia Thurmond, Jemiyah Warren, and Ke’ausha Warren.
Graduation advisors were Amy Scroggs, Michael Cooper, Howard Fore and Chris Savage.
Jasper County High School students who qualified for the HOPE scholarship, pending final grades, include Katherine Andrews, Luke Bales, Brandon Barger, Brittany Benedict, Juvenal Bermudez, Steven Bradley, Amanda Cameron, Kalee Carr, Jimmy Cheek, Erica Cline, Heather DeBoer, Taylor Fields, Katie Gardner, Ethan Gibbs, Brittany Jones, Hunt Kelly, Ami Labriola, Kahla Mason, Brady McMichael, Christopher Morris, Morgan Mote-Patterson, Tony Seawright, Quintavius Stokes, A.J. Thomas, Alexis Williams and Mercedeze Williams.
