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impressively, she successfully introduced the
practice of mindfulness to help prepare her
students for games and practices.
ALEXANDRIA JORDAN, 17
The Booker T. Washington High School
student has committed her high school
career to the Army JROTC program. As a
fourth year member, she demonstrates her
leadership skills daily when guiding and
training the younger cadets.
JORDAN JONES, 18
Jordan has participated in numerous
service projects during his high school
career, including “SING,” a Lovett School-
sponsored inner-city volunteer activity.
He also works with RAFT-Chattahoochee
River Clean-Up, the Metro Atlanta Project
and Habitat for Humanity at St. Phillips
Cathedral and at Christ School.
SHAUN MOONEY, 7
The Holy Spirit Preparatory School second-
grader submitted one of his many jokes for
inclusion in a book published by United
Healthcare Childrens Foundation. Proceeds
from the book support grants for children
and their families who need assistance
covering their medical bills. Shaun went
on to become a promoter for the book,
including appearing on local news shows.
ANDREW ZACH, 17
Andrew, a student of the Marist School,
works as a legal aid for the DeKalb
County Teen Court. In this role, he helps
minors who have committed a crime by
providing an alternative to Juvenile Court.
He hears and argues cases and makes
recommendations for restitution, such as
community service or referral to county
programs.
NAIMATURBES, 16
The Westminster student is a board member
of the Fulton County Youth Commission,
and is president of the organizations health
committee. She’s also part of Circle of
Women, a student-run nonprofit dedicated
to increasing access to secondary education
for girls around the world.
LAUREN BROWN, 17
Lauren has been part of the Westminster
Service Corps, a student member of
the school’s fundraising committee and
community engagement team leader. She’a
also volunteered with Odyssey, the nonprofit
that provides education opportunities to
disadvantaged kids via summer camps.
STEPHANIE WILLOCK, 18
A senior at The New Schools at Carver,
Stephanie is not only her class’ vice-president
and parliamentarian, but also part of the
district-award winning reading bowl team,
a prolific speaker and poet who uses her
writing to inspire other students.
TITUS CARTER, 17
Titus joined L.E.A.D. (Launch, Expose,
Advise, Direct), the nonprofit that
empowers at-risk youth through baseball,
as an ambassador during his freshman year
at Douglass High School, but was later
removed for lack of commitment. However,
Titus recommitted himself by becoming a
mentor at Harper-Archer Middle School
and was allowed to return to the L.E.A.D.
program and is driven to become a better
leader for the community.
IZZY PITMAN, 17
The Paideia School senior is an accomplished
ultimate frisbee player and has taken her love
of the sport to the Middle East and coached
for an organization known as Ultimate Peace.
The nonprofit takes children from Muslim,
Christian and Jewish faiths and has them
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participate together on the ultimate frisbee
field.
CATE O’KELLEY, 17
A senior at Holy Innocents, Cate works
with the director of the school’s Program for
Global Citizenship and members of their
leadership team to bring Refuge Coffee to
campus to educate students and faculty
about local refugee-led social enterprise
initiatives. She is also working to create an
organization to enable Atlanta students to
collaborate on community engagement
projects.
SOPHIE GREENE, 18
Sophie has pioneered a relationship between
The Paideia School and The Connections
School of Atlanta by establishing and
teaching a class on using the search-
and-discovery app Foursquare. She saw
Foursquare as a great connecting tool for
autistic teens looking to be understood by
their peers and neurotypical students looking
to expand beyond themselves.
KAT LABENSKI, 16
Kat is an active leader of the Green Club
at Academe of the Oaks, where she also
volunteers her time working with the school’s
animals and dedicating her weekends to
working with Syrian refuges in Project Hope.
PATRICK SCHULMAN, 18
Patrick, a senior at Holy Spirit Preparatory,
created a new version of the school’s Classics
Club that works with Solidarity School, a
Hispanic mission and school for low-income
families in Sandy Springs. Every Sunday,
Patrick teaches classics to a devoted group of
elementary students.
ANDREANNA KITAS, 13
An 8th grader at Annunciation Day School,
Andreanna led the efforts of the National
Junior Beta and National Junior Honor
Societies to collect toiletries, blankets and
essentials for Hurricane Irma victims.
Because of Andreanna’s persistent efforts
and leadership, the organizations collected
enough items to fill the entire lobby of the
Dekalb County Police headquarters, plus an
additional $500 to be donated to the Red
Cross.
OLIVIA SILVA, 17
For the past two years, Olivia has worked
tirelessly and collaboratively to design, plan
and execute Woodward Academy’s Canned
Food Drive. From the theming of the drive
to the educational programming involved,
Olivia’s efforts have resulted in hugely
successful drives. nn
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