James Seifert, grade 12, has been awarded a four-year Legacy Award by the Elks National Foundation Trustees, for the 2011-15 academic years.  The award, worth $4,000, is awarded to an outstanding scholar who has proven that he or she exhibits “the core values of the Elks National Foundation: knowledge, charity, community and integrity.” Seifert may be recognized at the Elks National Convention in Phoenix in July.

Seifert will sing in the National Association for Music Eduction All-National Honor Choir in June. They will be singing at the Lincoln Center in Washington, D.C., walking distance from the White House.