Each year the National Catholic Educational Association honors the achievements of Catholic elementary school graduates throughout the United States. The NCEA's Distinguished Graduate Award is given in recognition of an alumni member who has made a significant contribution to American society and/or the Catholic Church which reflects favorably on the education that person received at his or her Catholic Elementary School. 

Distinguished Graduate nominations are accepted in the fall, and the recipient is honored at our school Mass during Catholic Schools Week. We invite all CTKCS alumni to this Mass and a coffee social following Mass.
 
The recipient of the Distinguished Graduate award are based on the following criteria:
 
An individual that has been enriched with CHARACTER.
An individual that has connected with the COMMUNITY.
An individual that has been cultivated by KNOWLEDGE taken from Catholic schooling.
An individual that has made a commitment to SERVICE of others.
An individual whose life has been rooted in FAITH.

We have been honored to present the Distinguished Graduate Award to the following alumni:

2022 - Leigh Saye Rice
2021 - Fr. Nicholas Napolitano
2020 - Monica Kalifeh Kurth
2019 - Dailey Barnette Wilkinson
2018 - Phillip Berry
2017 - Whitney Bain Wingbermuehle
2016  - Hanna Dodd Miller
2015  - Gary Cowles
2014  - Mary Green Francis
2013 -  Fr. Fred Boni
2012 - Rosie Saye Swanson
2011 - Dawn FlemingThomas
2010 - Miriam Hairston Bailey
2009 - Regina Nelson Florey
2008 - Derek Roh
2007 - Kathy Barnette Barr
2004 - David Arnold
2003 - David Guarisco