Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Announces Inaugural PRIDE Awards – Students Honored for Positivity

For Immediate Release
February 4, 2025

Thomas Jefferson Elementary’s first PRIDE Awards winners for Positivity pose with their certificates alongside principal Tricia Holmes and school counselor Charlie Vogt.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – Piggy-backing off of a similar program as sister middle school Orchard Valley, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School has instituted the PRIDE Awards. The first awards were presented for the P in PRIDE, and that stands for “Positivity.”

The following students were recognized for being pillars of Positivity at TJ:

Kindergarten: Cooper Dacenko, Olivia Waters, Bryce Doyne, Victoria Miner, Blaine Bourquin.

Grade 1: Katelyn Williams, Blake Lummis, Zelda Douthit, Alexander Winkles

Grade 2: Edward Yakacki, Savanah Pollart, Maggie Dever, Finnegan Terch-Dapper

Grade 3: Dominic Miller, Raelyn Deal, Arya Ramirez, Benji D'Auria

Grade 4: Haya Ahmed, Santino Sebastiano, Lucas Storey

Grade 5: Aubrey Couch, Noah DeVivo, Gabriella Henderson, Lillian McKillop

Congratulations to these students for their great work!

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