The Citizens of the Year awards are sponsored by the Children’s Trust of Alachua County and Clay Electric Cooperative. The Citizens of the Month awards recognizes one student from each elementary school in Alachua County. At the end of the school year, each school picks a Citizen of the Year.
This award by their teachers and peers, is based upon their scholastic standing, attitude, conduct, their contribution to the community (for example, 4H, Scouts, church) and their extracurricular activities.
Winners are published in the June 26, 2024 print edition of Mainstreet Daily News. Copies of the print edition are available at the Mainstreet Daily News office located at 100 NW 76 Dr STE 2, Gainesville, FL 32607 or view in the weekly E-Edition.
2024 Winners
- ALACHUA ELEMENTARY
Makenzie Simmons - ARCHER ELEMENTARY
Marshall Rodriguez - CHILES ELEMENTARY
Alexa Stern - FOSTER ELEMENTARY
Shreeya Narasimhan - GLEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY
Mark Hickman Jr. - HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY
Finley Powell - HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Brooklyn Ashraf - IDYLWILD ELEMENTARY
Hadeel Dagher - IRBY ELEMENTARY
Avery Graham - LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY
Olympia Bryant - LITTLEWOOD ELEMENTARY
Brayden Russell - MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY
Wanying Yu - METCALFE ELEMENTARY
Zion Hamilton - MICANOPY AREA COOPERATIVE SCHOOL
Hailynn Morris - NEWBERRY ELEMENTARY
Carter Foland - NORTON ELEMENTARY
Mya Mayes - PARKER ELEMENTARY
Lucy Thompson - RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY
Anna Teekpeh - SHELL ELEMENTARY
Aria Williams - SIDNEY LANIER
Milenys Sanchez - TALBOT ELEMENTARY
Leandro Perez - TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY
Payton Cheatham - WILES ELEMENTARY
Alex Chang - WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY
Bryan Davis
The Kiwanis Club wishes to thank its partners and supporters in this program:
The Children’s Trust of Alachua Co.
Kiwanis is a global organization focusing particularly on helping children.