After enduring an unusual senior year and waiting patiently to walk across the stage in their cap and gowns, we are so proud of our hardworking seniors. Since only close family could attend commencement, we are sharing the awards our seniors received. We are proud of their accomplishments and cannot wait to see where they go from here! Way to go, Cougars!
LCA 2020 Graduates
Abigail Burns
Tori Calizo
Aaron Deming
Matthew Helton
Oak Janjaroen
Leo Liu
Aliesa McCrum
Landon Paris
Mason Roesner
Kendall Stevens
Parker Stewart
Sam Turner
Emma Zink
National Honor Society Membership in the National Honor Society is a high honor at Lakeland Christian Academy. In order to be in NHS, students must keep a 3.3 GPA and complete community service hours. The following senior members of NHS had the honor of wearing a special stole on their graduation gown.
Abigail Burns
Tori Calizo
Matthew Helton
Aliesa McCrum
Landon Paris
Kendall Stevens
Parker Stewart
Samuel Turner
Emma Zink
Daughters of the American Revolution Scholarship and Award
The DAR Good Citizens Award and Scholarship Contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. This award recognizes and rewards individuals who possess good citizenship qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism in their homes, schools and communities. These students are selected by their teachers because they demonstrate these qualities to an outstanding degree. Once a student is chosen as the DAR Good Citizen the student is invited to participate in the scholarship portion of the program. This consists of a personal statement and an essay. Each chapter chooses a scholarship winner from among the entries. LCA’s 2020 DAR Good Citizen won the scholarship for our local chapter.
Emma Zink
Senior Athletes of the Year
Female Athlete – Tori Calizo
Male Athlete – Parker Stewart
Outstanding Senior Student Awards
Outstanding Senior in Theatre: Aliesa McCrum
Outstanding Senior in Foreign Language: Kendall Stevens
Outstanding Senior in Bible: Landon Paris and Parker Stewart
Outstanding Senior in Health/PE: Parker Stewart
Outstanding Senior in Music: Sam Turner
Outstanding Senior in Math: Sam Turner
Outstanding Senior in Social Studies: Emma Zink
Outstanding Senior in English: Emma Zink
Outstanding Senior in Art: Emma Zink
Honor Presentations
Honor Cords - Cum Laude Seniors who earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5 to 3.699 graduated Cum Laude and had the honor of wearing white honor cords at graduation. The following members of the Class of 2020 have earned this distinction:
Victoria Calizo
Jianan Liu
Aliesa McCrum
Kendall Stevens
Honor Cords - Magna Cum Laude
Seniors who earned a cumulative GPA of 3.7-3.899 graduated Magna Cum Laude and had the honor of wearing silver honor cords at graduation. The following members of the Class of 2020 have earned this distinction:
Abigail Burns
Parker Stewart
Honor Cords - Summa Cum Laude
Seniors who earned a cumulative GPA of 3.9-4.0 graduated Summa Cum Laude and had the honor of wearing gold honor cords at graduation. The following members of the Class of 2020 have earned this distinction:
Matthew Helton
Landon Paris
Sam Turner
Emma Zink
Timothian Each year, the faculty and senior class of Lakeland Christian Academy choose seniors to receive the Timothian Award. This award is unique to Lakeland Christian Academy and is given to the senior or seniors who best exemplify Paul’s advice to Timothy in First Timothy 4:12 which says, “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.” This year we selected one young man and one young lady to receive the Timothian Award. The recipients received a medallion and presented a speech at graduation.
Tori Calizo
Landon Paris
Lakeland Christian Academy Cougar Excellence Award
The LCA Cougar Excellence Award is the highest award that LCA bestows upon a graduate. The recipient of this award represents the best qualities of an LCA education. To receive this award a student must have completed all credits required for a Core 40 education and must have attended LCA for at least two years. Students are considered based on eleven different areas which include: spiritual, critical thinking, leadership, academics, foreign language, fine arts, extracurriculars, resilience, interpersonal, attendance, and challenging coursework. Lakeland teachers have scored each student in these areas to determine the recipient of the Lakeland Christian Academy Cougar Award. The recipient received a medallion, a scholarship for $2000, and presented a speech at graduation.
Landon Paris