Shortly before the last day of school, Nation Ford High School, which opened last August, held its first awards program. The recipents are:

2007-2008 NFHS Graduates: Autumn Celeste Blackwell, Rashea Shaqunbra Boular and Ryan Edward Carley

Math Department Awards: Keystone Award, Matthew David Harvey; Cirrus Award, Mary Warner Mack; Phoenix Award, Andrew Stepen Petrina

Science Department Awards: Keystone Award, Timothy Andrew Daniels; Cirrus Award, Megan Marie Sibley; Phoenix Award, Regina Elizabeth Blackman

English Department Awards: Keystone Award, Lauren Michelle Macino; Cirrus Award,Matthew David Harvey; Phoenix Award, Indya Anita Melson

Social Studies Department Awards: Keystone Award, Jonathan David Witmer; Cirrus Award, Mary Warner Mack; Phoenix Award, Cody Dale Saylors

Business Department Awards: Cirrus Award, Kevin Loftus Coleman; Keystone Award, Chelsea Rose Jasper; Phoenix Award, Lauren Michelle Macino

Foreign Language Department Awards: Keystone Award, Leanne Renee Rapin; Cirrus Award, Jordan Michael Berry; Phoenix Award, Tony O'Neil Hall

Physical Education Department Awards: Keystone Award, DeWayne Allen Bunch Jr.; Cirrus Award, Matthew David Harvey; Phoenix Award, Casey Elizabeth Wood

High School 101 Award: Colleen Marie Cirillo, Patrick Casey Snipes

Falcon Awards: 9th Grade, Jonathan David Witmer; 10th Grade, Chelsea Rose Jasper; 11th Grade, Mary Warner Mack

Olympus Awards: 9th grade, Matthew David Harvey; 10th grade, Scott Robert Cole; 11th grade, Megan Marie Sibley

Band: Most Outstanding Junior, Megan Marie Sibley; Junior Achievement, Thomas William Longfield

Chorus:Director's Award, Madelyn Elise Weeks; Outstanding Vocalist, Logan Justice Lanter

Drama: Outstanding Thespian Award, Justin Michael Sebastyan; Outstanding Techie Award, Kellie Corrine Hare

Art: 1st Place Art "Greenway Earth Day" Show, Rachel Lynn Brown; 3rd Place "John Spratt Congressional Art Show", Michelle Lee Griffin; 1st Place

Literary Magazine Art Show, Rachel Lynn Brown

Principles of Engineering Tesla Award: Matthew Adam Kecken

Introduction to Engineering Design Tesla Award:Carrie Elizabeth Holt

Master Chef Awards:Scott Robert Cole, Kathryn McKenzie Morris

Early Childhood Education Role Model Awards: Emily Beth White, Kailagh Patrice Powell

Health Occupations: Sharp Award, Christie Elizabeth Zeitler; Helping Hands Award, Rebecca Lynn Wiley

Agricultural Science Leadership Awards: Harrison Ford Moyer, Kaylissa Dawn Riley

Graphics: Digital Art & Design Achievement Awards - Macy Lynn Simpson, Samuel Ross Johnson

TV Communications Director's Awards: Brent Pennington Cole, Jonathan Tyler Light

Journalism: Yearbook Editor Award, Thomas Robert Werner; Newspaper Editor Award, Sarah Alexa Metallo; Magazine Editor, Megan Mylissa Tench; Journalism Spirit Awards, Rory James Masterson & Lauren Taylor Johnson

Automobile Technology: Outstanding Effort, Justin Thomas Price; Most Improved, Amy Elizabeth Salmond

Junior Marshals: Jordan Michael Berry, Jennifer Renee Collins, Timothy Andrew Daniels, Sharon Margaret-Anne DuPree, Mary Warner Mack, Joshua William Owens, Nathan Ryan Seay, Megan Marie Sibley, Mikayla Ann Spitler, Madelyn Elise Weeks

Governor's Citizenship Award: Michael Elliott Hirsch

Furman Scholars: Joshua William Owens, Megan Marie Sibley, Madelyn Elise Weeks

Student Council: President, Michael Elliott Hirsch; Vice-President, Elizabeth Ann Liotta; Recording Secretary, Katherine Susanne Ott; Publicity Secretary, Kathryn Michelle Holland; Treasurer, Jennifer Renee Collins

Wellesley Book Recognition: Megan Marie Sibley

South Carolina Palmetto Boys State, Sponsored by the American Legion:

Judson Charles Abraham, Reid August Cruse, Timothy Andrew Daniels, Andrew R. Farag, Michael Elliott Hirsch, Samuel Ross Johnson

South Carolina Palmetto Girls State, Sponsored by the American Legion

Auxiliary: Samantha Rae Anderson, Katherine Susanne Ott

JROTC: Military Order of Purple Heart Award, Jonathan Matthew Hayman; Military Officers Association of America Award, Michael Joseph Petersheim; Women Marine Association Outstanding Award, Lee Marie Philbeck; Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice of Democracy Award, Michael Joseph Petersheim

Future Business Leaders of America: Daniel Brady Rogers, Kevin Loftus Coleman, Donald Norbert Iorio, Braden Taylor Keith, Jessica Davis Hunt,

Chelsea Rose Jasper, Tyler Scott Veazey, Ryan Brandon Taylor

Environmental Club: Julianne Belkis Cardenas, Sarah Alexa Metallo, Grace Elizabeth Bailey, Lindsay Nicole River, Christine Elizabeth Zeitler, Spencer O'Connell Pope, Justin AllenWeathers, Locke Louis Mouton, Taylor Lind Robinson, Elizabeth Jeanne Sochko, Chelsea Danielle Wascher, Suzanne Elizabeth Tapp