Distinguished Honor Roll - No grade less than 90.  Recognized each six weeks at the Six Weeks Award Assembly. A student must make no grade lower than 90 for 5 six weeks periods to be recognized for the Distinguished Honor Roll Award at the Awards of Excellence Ceremony in May.

Honor Roll - No grade less than 80. Recognized each six weeks at the Six Weeks Award Assembly.

Perfect Attendance - Counted present each day during 2^nd period. (ADA accounting period).  Excused doctor appointments do not count against perfect attendance. Recognized each six weeks at the Six Weeks Award Assembly for a 7th and 8th grade student.

Perfect Attendance Award - A student who is present each day during 2^nd period through the end of the 5^th six weeks will earn the Perfect Attendance Award at the Awards of Excellence Ceremony in May.

Teachers may choose to recognize students that have demonstrated excellence in some form in their classes. 

Awards may be presented by elective teachers or by academic departments, (math, English, science, social studies, reading).  These awards are given at the discretion of the teachers and may not be awarded every year. 

These awards are presented at the Awards of Excellence Ceremony in May.

Winners of these awards are students that exemplify the model WJHS student.  They consistently demonstrate respect for peers, teachers, administrators, and other staff and are proud of their school.  They are involved, always willing to help and are highly responsible citizens of the school community.

Award winners are nominated and voted on by faculty.

This award is presented at each Six Weeks Award Assembly to one boy and one girl from the each grade.

Winners of this award have demonstrated significant improvement over a period of at least six weeks.  Improvement may be in grades, behavior or both.

Award winners are nominated and voted on by faculty.

This award is presented at each Six Weeks Award Assembly to one boy and one girl from the each grade.

Winners of this award have demonstrated outstanding leadership in some form. Leadership can be demonstrated in many ways: team leadership, classroom leadership, club leadership, project leadership, leader among peers.  The winner of this award is perceived as a leader not only by teachers and staff, but also by his or her peers.

Award winners are nominated and voted on by faculty

This award is presented at each Six Weeks Award Assembly to one boy and one girl from the each grade.

 The winners of these awards are the boy and the girl with the highest grade point average for all classes each six weeks.

The grade point calculation starts over each six weeks.

This award is presented at each Six Weeks Award Assembly to one boy and one girl from the each grade.

 This award is presented on one 7^th grader each year at the Awards of Excellence Ceremony in May. 

The student selected for this award is nominated by 7^th grade social studies teachers and then voted on by the entire 7^th grade faculty.

Winner must consistently demonstrate the following characteristics: appreciativeness, cheerfulness, consideration of others, courteousness, dedication to task, dependability, friendliness, honesty, obedience, respectfulness, and scholastic performance.

Students scoring very high on their 6^th grade TAAS Math and Reading test are identified as Duke Scholars.  Standard for selection is set each year by Duke University Talent Search.

In the past, students have had to score a near perfect or perfect score on both tests to qualify.

Qualifying students are recognized at the Awards of Excellence Ceremony in May.

The Comfort Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presents this award to one 8^th grade student each year that has demonstrated excellence in the field of American History.

The candidates are nominated by the 8^th grade History teachers and then a committee of three, appointed by the principal selects the winner.

The winner is announced at the Awards of Excellence Ceremony in May

This award is presented by the Comfort Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to one 8^th grade student each year who has demonstrated excellence in the following areas: Honor, Service, Courage, Leadership, Patriotism. 

Each 8^th grade teacher nominates and rates on a rating scale, two students.  The winner is the student with the highest combination of frequency of nominations and the highest ratings.  The 8^th grade faculty votes in case of a tie.

The winner is announced at the Awards of Excellence Ceremony in May.