Holy Comforter's 8th grade class of 2014 (30 students in all) will soon graduate from 5 local high schools (Leon, Lincoln, Chiles, Maclay, and JPII) and Florida Virtual School. Although information is still coming to us about scholarships and awards that they have been awarded, we are so proud of their accomplishments that we could not wait to share it with you.

 

Individual Achievements of Note:

 

Ginger Lucas is John Paul II Catholic High School’s Class of 2018 valedictorian! She plans to attend the University of Florida as a Florida Academic Scholar and study aerospace engineering. She was also nominated for the Best and Brightest award for Science and Health. Congratulations Ginger!

 

Eli Murphy (Leon) was accepted in the FSU Film School, which has been described as ‘one of the top motion picture schools in the nation.’ Admission is extremely selective and competitive; in fact, this year they only accepted 18 students from 450 applications. Eli was also nominated for the Best and Brightest award for Technology.

 

Marshall Murphy (Leon) will begin his college career, next week, in New York City at NYU studying two years worth of French in 12 weeks before he spends his freshman year at NYU Paris in their Global Liberal Studies (GLS) program. 

 

Rebekah Hopkins (Leon) will be attending Belmont University in Nashville, TN where she received a merit scholarship to study Commercial Music/Vocal Performance. For the last 3 years she has been the lead singer of the local band, The Good Little Chickens.

 

The Florida State University Honors Program provides an enriched curriculum and special opportunities for exceptional, high-achieving students, and only accepts 400 students into its program from thousands of incoming FSU freshman. In fact, in 2017, this program average academic profile of the Honors Program applicants that were admitted was: 4.4 weighted GPA; 33 ACT composite; and a 1500 SAT total. Congratulations to Connor Klekamp (Leon), Kennedy Knisley(Leon) and Maddie Powell (Leon) for their acceptance into this prestigious program.

 

We have 2 graduates who plan to continue their athletic pursuits in college as well. Kate Carter(Leon) and Julianna Heuchan (Maclay) will both play soccer for Stetson University and Randolph Macon College respectively. Best of luck to you!

 

Overall, 77% of the HCES Class of 2014 will graduate with honors from their respective high schools.

 

Statistics by School:

 

The list of college acceptances is long, but we know that the matriculation list includes, but is not limited to: Belmont University, Emory University, Florida State University, New York University, Randolph Macon College, Santa Fe College, Stetson University, Tallahassee Community College, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of South Florida, University of Washington and University of West Florida.

 

Congratulations to the HCES Class of 2014! We know that their formative years at Holy Comforterset them apart from their peers and inspired them to Be the Difference during their high school career.

 

Senior Class of 2018 

Joshua Burgess

Kate Carter

Lucas Corbin

Matthew Dupree

Thomas Einarson

Sydney Esposito

Chase Graybar

Julianna Heuchan

Rebekah Hopkins

Sean Hounshell

Helen Huang

Jessica Johnson

Justin Johnson

Helen Kirbo

Connor Klekamp

Kennedy Knisley

Sarah Larsen

Ginger Lucas

Eli Murphy

Marshall Murphy

Johnathan Nolan

Bryan O'Neill

Hayley Parker

Nathan Philyaw

Maddie Powell

Parker Powell

Hope Pumphrey

Kyle Ringers

Gabrielle Sandvoss

Cassidy Schmookler