Six  junior high students were national winners in the Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku and Senryu Competition for Grades 7-12.  The winners were chosen from over 3000 entries.

The winning haiku are published in results in Frogpond, the journal of the Haiku Society of America and on the HAS website.. Each poet also receives a prize of $100.

Emily Green '01 won a 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting for a story aired on the Public Radio program This American Life about the impact of the Trump administration's remain in Mexico policy on asylum seekers. The award was the first ever given for audio reporting. Listen to the report here. Read more about the award in the AJC.

The high school Pi-Tech Club has earned the honor of becoming an official Troupe of the International Thespian Society, Paideia School Troupe 8953. The ITS is the only theater honor society for middle and high school students in the country. It has troupes in all 50 states and 13 countries.  The Pi-Tech Club provide lighting, sound and set design help to campus  theater events including high school Monday Morning Meetings, high school musicals, speakers, elementary plays and off campus productions.

Junior Vinson Martin was named an Atlanta regional winner of the Positive Athlete award. The award given by a national organization founded by former NFL player Hines Ward to recognize high school athletes for their athletic ability as well as their positive and supportive attitude for their teammates and sport. Vinson, who plays soccer and basketball for Paideia, is now in the running for the statewide award.