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Five St. Cecilia Academy seniors earned the Girl Scouts’ highest honor, the Gold Award, which recognizes young women who create sustainable solutions to community issues. The 2026 recipients were acknowledged at the Girl Scouts Honors Day on May 2.

St. Cecilia Academy senior Maggie Crosslin won her second and third state titles at the TSSAA Division II Class A Girls State Championships on May 20 in Knoxville, Tennessee. She placed first in the 3200-meter and 1600-meter races.

Two St. Cecilia Academy seniors were named 2026 Student Visionaries of the Year by Blood Cancer United, formerly known as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. As leaders of St. Cecilia’s Fight for Life Team, Tessa Hunt and Natalie Petroni were honored at the Nashville Blood Cancer United Grand Finale in February, having raised the most money in the Alabama/Tennessee region.

St. Cecilia Academy announced the top three senior awards during an Honors Week all-school assembly in April.  

St. Cecilia Academy recently became the first elementary or high school in Tennessee to be named a Newman Guide Recommended School by the Cardinal Newman Society.

Two St. Cecilia student-athletes took home top awards at the 2026 All Girls Freshman Nashville Metro City Championship for Track & Field hosted by St. Cecilia Academy on April 21. This was St. Cecilia’s third time to hold the event. 

St. Cecilia Academy senior Charlotte Crosslin was recognized by the Sertoma Club for her essay on AI and Free Speech as part of the annual Williams/Patton Sertoma Freedom Essay Scholarship Contest at their Awards Dinner on April 16.

On April 16, St. Cecilia Academy hosted an event celebrating the groundbreaking of a new 25,000+ square-foot Athletic and Wellness Center with more than 500 people in attendance, including the Most Reverend J. Mark Spalding, Bishop of Nashville.

Senior Grace Wehby was selected as this year's St. Cecilia Academy Colonna Club Literary Award recipient and was honored at their luncheon and award ceremony at Hillwood Country Club on April 14.