Southland Academy participates in the John and Betty Pope Citizenship Scholarship essay. The theme for the essay was Patriotism in the United States. A Southland committee chose the best papers from the entire class and submitted them to an outside independent committee where the essays were evaluated and ranked from 1^st place to honorable mention. Shown are the recipients for the Pope Scholarship Essay winners: standing – Freddie Updike, Ragan Norman, George Wall, Alec Tan; seated – Katie Carver, Anslee Barnes, Sydney Payne, Priyal Patel.