• Class of 2024 – Rotary Club of Louisville's Unsung Hero Award

• Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students

• Louisville Girls Leadership Steering Committee Members

• High School Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) Conference - Representative elected Lieutenant Governor

• Middle School KYA Conference Representatives

• Middle School Governor's Cup Team

  • Estill County Turkey Bowl Quick Recall Tournament winner

• Middle School Quick Recall Team

  • Governor’s Cup - 2nd Place

  • District and Regional Governor’s Cup - 4th Place Overall and four State Qualifiers

• The Great History Challenge: 6th-8th Grade

  • Regional Qualifying team

  • 8 National Qualifiers with 5 Top Finishers

• 4th-5th Grade Quick Recall and Academic Team - District Governor’s Cup

• 2023 College Board AP School Honor Roll - Platinum Level recognition

• Farm-To-School Challenge Winner

• Middle School KUNA

  • Outstanding Speaker

  • Walden’s Outstanding Ambassador

  • Recognition as a Premiere Delegation

• High School Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

  • Writing

    • Gold Key

    • Silver Key

    • Two Honorable Mentions

• 2024 Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program

• 2024 Louisville Bar Association Summer Law Institute (full scholarship)

• Class of 2023 - College Board's National African American Recognition Award

• Class of 2023 – Rotary Club of Louisville's Unsung Hero Award

• Class of 2023 - Woman's Club of St. Matthews Annual College Scholarship

• 2022 KY Choral Director’s Association All-State Choir

• Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) Conference Representatives

• High School Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

  • Visual Arts

    • Honorable Mention

  • Writing

    • Silver Key

• Governor’s Cup – Quick Recall District

  • 1st place for Science written assessment

  • 2nd place for Science written assessment

  • 5th place for Social Studies written assessment

• Kentucky United Nations Assembly (KUNA)

  • Middle School - Premier Delegation, Outstanding World Expo Display, and Outstanding Ambassador

  • High School - Outstanding Ambassador, Passed Resolution in Voting Committee

• Kentucky YMCA Youth Association Y-Corps Program

• Murray State University Commonwealth Honors Academy

• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Rose Power summer program

• Governor’s School for the Arts - Architecture + Design

• Fifteen 2023 AP Scholars (Earned a 3 or higher on three or more exams)

• Six 2023 AP Scholars with Distinction (Earned an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams)

• Class of 2022 – 2021 Churchill Downs Winner's Circle Governor's Scholar

• Class of 2022 – Commitment to Centre College Cross Country and Track programs

• Class of 2022 – Rotary Club of Louisville's Unsung Hero Award

• Class of 2022 – Mayor’s Outstanding Senior Award

• Class of 2022 – Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Associate Committee Founding Member

• Class of 2022 – Norton Hospital Teen Board Member

• Class of 2022 – Youth Infusion Board Member

• Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) Conference Representatives

• High School Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

  • Visual Arts

    • Two Regional Gold Keys

    • Gold Key Portfolio

    • Two Silver Keys

    • Honorable Mention Portfolio

    • Three Honorable Mentions

  • Writing

    • Two Gold Keys

    • Gold Key

    • Silver Key

    • Honorable Mention

• High School Fund for the Arts grant to support Looking for Lilith Theatre Company's production of "Prevailing Winds: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisville"

• 2022 All-State Choir

• Kentucky United Nations Assembly (KUNA) - Two Outstanding Delegates and Outstanding Ambassador

• Class of 2021 - Commitment and partial scholarship to the University of Louisville Women’s Rowing Team

• Class of 2021 - Commitment to Bellarmine University Cross Country Team

• Class of 2021 - Four Division I Athletic graduates (Bellarmine University and University of Louisville)

• Class of 2021 - Two Actors Theatre of Louisville New Voices Playwriting Competition winners

• Three Centre Fellows award recipients

• Two Governor’s Scholars Program selectees

• 11th Grade - Berea College Carter G. Woodson Legacy Scholar

• 10th Grade - Conditional acceptance into the Educational Justice Activists Leadership Program

• 10th Grade - Louisville Girls Leadership Class of 2021

• Scholastic Art and Writing Awards - Regional Gold Key, Silver Key, and three Honorable Mentions

• AP Scholars - 8

• AP Scholars with Honors - 1

• AP Scholars with Distinction - 2

• Kentucky YMCA Youth Association – Kentucky Youth Assembly  (KYA) – Outstanding Bluegrass Bill, Outstanding Delegate, and Outstanding Media Delegate

• Louisville Magazine Super Kid

• Tri-State Middle School Honor Band

• ACDA All-State Choir

• Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts - Visual Art (Summer 2019)

• National Geographic GeoBee Regional Qualifiers

• Governor’s Cup (Grades 6-8) - District runner up and regional competition qualifiers • Written Assessments: First place in Arts/Humanities and Social Studies

• Governor’s Cup (Grades 6-8) - State competitors

• Scholastic Art and Writing Awards - Gold Key portfolio, Silver Key portfolio, Gold Key, three Silver Keys, and three Honorable Mentions

• Governor’s Cup (Grades 4-5) - 3rd place overall • Written Assessments: Composition (3rd and 4th place), Math (4th and 5th place), Language Arts (5th place), and Arts/Humanities (1st place)

• GEMS (Guaranteed Entrance to Medical School) at University of Louisville - Class of 2020 student recipient

• KMEA District Choir Festival - Distinguished rating (Grades 6-8)

• Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts - Visual Art and Creative Writing (Summer 2020)

• Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program (Summer 2020)

• Two Centre Fellows award recipients

• AP Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio Exam - perfect score (one of eighteen students in the world)

• Scholastic Art Awards: 1 National Gold Medal, 1 Gold Key, 1 Silver Key and 1 Honorable Mention

• National Geographic GeoBee - Walden Middle School GeoBee State Qualifier

• Governor’s Scholars Program participant

• Middle School State Governor's Cup Qualifiers

• Louisville Magazine Super Kid

• Kentucky YMCA Youth Association– Kentucky Youth Assembly  (KYA) – Outstanding Delegate Award

• KMEA District Choir Festival: Distinguished

• KMEA District Band Festival: First and Second Rankings

• Two National Merit Finalists (Scholars)

• One National Merit Semi-Finalist

• Middle School KUNA Conference: Outstanding Delegate, Outstanding Speaker and Delegation of Excellence Awards

• Governor's School for Entrepreneurs

• Scholastic Art Awards: 3 Gold Keys, 7 Silver Keys and 14 Honorable Mentions

• National Geographic Geography Bee - Walden Middle School Geography Bee State Qualifier

• Louisville Regional Science & Engineering Fair: Delta Gamma Award and 3rd Place in Physics & Astronomy

• KMEA District Choir Festival: Proficient

• KMEA District Band Festival: First and Second Rankings

• 4th-5th Grade District Governor's Cup: 4th Place Overall. Individual winners included 4th Place in Mathematics, 3rd Place in Language Arts and 1st Place in Arts & Humanities

• Governor's Scholar

• Kentucky Association for Academic Competition (“KAAC “) Middle School (“MS”) Quick Recall Governor’s Cup District Champions

• KAAC MS Quick Recall Team – Third Place Regional Governor’s Cup

• KAAC State-Level Governor’s Cup Academic Assessments: 10th Place Language Arts; 12th Place Science; & 34th Place Math

• KAAC Elementary (grades 4 & 5) District Governor’s Cup Quick Recall Runners-Up

• KAAC Elementary Regional Governor’s Cup Quick Recall 4th Place

• MathCON Nationals: 2 Bronze Medals (Four Walden students were among 500 students who qualified to compete in Chicago out of 45,000 nationally)

• MathCounts – 4th Place (out of 21 area-schools)

• Scholastic Art Award – 1 Gold Key; 2 Silver Keys; & 6 Honorable Mentions

• Kentucky United Nations Assembly (High School “KUNA”) – 3rd Place International Stage Performance; 1 Outstanding Delegate Award; & 1 Outstanding Ambassador Award

• Jr KUNA (MS) – 1 Outstanding Speaker Award ; & 2 Outstanding Delegate Awards

• Kentucky Youth Assembly (HS “KYA”) – 1 Outstanding Speaker Award; & 1 Outstanding Delegate Award

• Jr. KYA (MS) – 1 Outstanding Delegate Award

• National Geographic Geography Bee - Walden Middle School Geography Bee winners have qualified for state-level competition 16 out of the last 17 years.

• State & National Duke University Talent Identification Program (“Duke TIP”) Recognition

• Kentucky Association for Academic Competition (“KAAC”) Elementary (grades 4 & 5) District Quick Recall Champions

• KAAC Elementary Academic Team District Runners-up

• KAAC Middle School Quick Recall Governor’s Cup District Runners-up

• KAAC Middle School Academic Team – Third Place Regional Governor’s Cup

• Scholastic Art Award – 1 Gold & 2 Silver Keys, 2 Honorable Mentions, and an American Vision’s Nominee.

• Kentucky United Nations Assembly (HS “KUNA”) – Outstanding Ambassador Award

• Kentucky Youth Assembly (HS “KYA”) – Outstanding Delegate Award

• National Geographic Geography Bee - Walden Middle School Geography Bee winners have qualified for state-level competition 15 out of the last 16 years.

• State & National Duke University Talent Identification Program (“Duke TIP”) Recognition

• KAAC Elementary (grades 4 & 5) Quick Recall Governor’s Cup District Champions

• KAAC Elementary Academic Team Governor’s Cup Runners-up

• KAAC Elementary Quick Recall Team Regional Runners-up

• KAAC Middle School Quick Recall Governor’s Cup District Runners-up

• KUNA Outstanding Country and Outstanding Ambassador Awards

• KYA – Outstanding Delegate Award

• Jr. KUNA (Middle School) – Representing Cambodia - Best Proposal of the Assembly

• Jr. KUNA – Delegation of Excellence

• State & National Duke TIP Recognition

• Elementary Academic Team Elementary (grades 4 & 5) REGIONAL KAAC Governor’s Cup CHAMPIONS*** and Quick Recall Team Elementary REGIONAL Governor’s Cup CHAMPIONS***

• National Scholastic Art Competition - 1 Silver Key Medal Award

• Regional Scholastic Art Competition - 5 Gold Keys, 1 Silver, 2 Honorable Mentions, and a Gold Key Art Portfolio.

• First Place in Private School District Middle School Spelling Bee

• Jr. KUNA - Representing Pakistan, Walden’s proposal was selected to be presented before the General Assembly (comprised of a delegation of 1,000 students).

• State TIP Recognition

• KAAC Quick Recall Team Elementary REGIONAL CHAMPIONS***

• 8th-grade STATE CHAMPION Scholastic Challenge (2nd year in a row)

• KAAC Academic Team Elementary Third Place Governor’s Cup***

• Kentucky Youth Assembly (“KYA”) Outstanding Delegate Award – High School

• State TIP Recognition

• KAAC Quick Recall Team Middle School REGIONAL Governor’s Cup CHAMPIONS**

• KAAC Academic Team Middle School Third Place Governor’s Cup**

• 8th-grade STATE CHAMPION Scholastic Challenge

• DISTRICT Middle School Governor’s Cup Quick Recall CHAMPIONS

• DISTRICT Middle School Governor’s Cup Academic Team CHAMPIONS

• First Place in Private School District Middle School Spelling Bee

• Scholastic Art Competition - 1 Gold Key, 7 Silver Keys, 4 Honorable Mentions (2010 & 11 combined)

• State Duke TIP Recognition

• KAAC Quick Recall Team Middle School REGIONAL Governor’s Cup CHAMPIONS* (Made it to state “sweet 16”)

• KAAC Academic Team Middle School Second Place REGIONAL Governor’s Cup*

• First Place in Private School district Spelling Bee - Middle School

• DISTRICT Middle School Governor’s Cup Quick Recall CHAMPIONS

• DISTRICT Middle School Governor’s Cup Academic Team CHAMPIONS

• State & National Duke TIP Recognition

• DISTRICT Middle School Governor’s Cup Academic Team CHAMPIONS

• First Place in Private School District Middle School Spelling Bee

• Jr. Beta Quiz Bowl Runners-up (state convention of over 100 schools and about 2,000+ student participants)

• State Duke TIP Recognition

Footnotes

***2013 Regional Governor's Cup competitors: Anchorage Independent, Holy Spirit, Islamic School of Louisville, Nur Islamic of Louisville,
St. Albert, St. Athanasius, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Gabriel, St. Martha, St. Mary Academy, St. Paul, St. Patrick, and St. Raphael.
 
***2012 Regional Governor's Cup competitors: Anchorage Independent, Holy Spirit, Nur Islamic of Louisville, St. Albert, St. Athanasius,
St. Francis of Assisi, St. Gabriel, St. Martha, St. Mary Academy, St. Paul, St. Patrick, and St. Raphael.
 
**2011 Regional Governor’s Cup competitors:  Anchorage, Barrett, Crosby, Sacred Heart, Kammerer, Holy Spirit, Pace School, St. Patrick,
St. Leonard, St. Albert, Westport, St. Margaret Mary, and Holy Trinity.
 
*2010 Regional Governor’s Cup competitors:  Crosby MS, Sacred Heart Model School, St. Margaret Mary, Kammerer MS, St. Patrick School, Kentucky Country Day School (KCD),  Anchorage, Barret Traditional, Ascension, Holy Trinity, St. Albert the Great,  Louisville Classical Academy, St. Mary Academy, Holy Spirit, and Westport MS.