Tallulah Falls School honored on Dec. 13 students, faculty and staff for excellence in 2023 at an assembly.
“It is a pleasure to honor outstanding members of the TFS community through these annual awards,” President and Head of School Larry A. Peevy said. “Congratulations to the honorees for their contributions and commitment to our TFS community.”
Eighth-grader Keely Franks of Lula was chosen as the outstanding middle school student of the year.
Jo Kimbrel was announced as the outstanding middle school faculty member of the year.
High school senior Susie (Sivheng) Sun of Clarkesville was selected for the outstanding upper school student of the year.
Liz Baracco was named outstanding upper school faculty member of the year.
Jon Benson and Brandi Wood were selected as the outstanding staff members of the year.
Michael Rogers was named the Light in the Mountains honoree which is given to the outstanding senior staff member of the year.
Winners of the Christmas card art contest were honored at the ceremony. Junior Raegan Duncan of Martin designed the winning card for the upper school
Eighth-grader Stella Radford of Clarkesville designed the winning card for the middle school.
Second place for the upper school card contest went to freshman Sophie Smith of Clarkesville. Third place was given to senior Ashlyn Yaskiewicz of Sky Valley.
Second place in the middle school card contest was seventh-grader Emily Savage of Alto, and third place was seventh-grader Guy Kennedy of Eastanollee.
“This is a wonderful way to showcase student talent,” Peevy said. “We send over two thousand Christmas cards with the first-place winners’ artwork on each one.”
