18 Under 18: Oliver Mason
Mazel Tov to Oliver Mason for being named one of Jewish Atlanta’s 18 Under 18 for 2024.
Oliver Mason, 17
Son of Barry Mason and Pamela Mason
Atlanta Jewish Academy
The list of Oliver’s academic, extracurricular, and charitable accomplishments is a long one. He’s deeply involved at AJA, where he has won awards in multiple departments as well as the Middot Award – which selects two students who best exemplify “exceptional character as a role model at AJA and demonstrate exceptional personal integrity and show respect for others at all times” – and is also leader of the school’s Beautification Club and Volunteer Initiative Club. He’s worked for four years with Friendship Circle of Atlanta, and is now on their Teen Leadership Board, and founded his own volunteer service, Giving Through Graphics, where he partners his love of graphic design with his love of community involvement to create flyers, logos, cards, and other designs for non-profit organizations. A burgeoning journalist at the same time, Oliver has written for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the school’s newspaper, Palette, at which his reporting earned him the Jewish Scholastic Press’ First Place Award for Ongoing Reporting.
Awards and Honor Societies
Yale Book Award (2024)
AP Scholar with Honor (2024)
National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist (2024)
AJA Tennis Legacy Leadership Award (2024)
Jewish Scholastic Press 1st Place Award for Ongoing Reporting (2023)
Friendship Shining Light Award (2023)
Georgia Math League 10th Grade First Place (2023)
AJA Spirit of Humanities Award (2023)
AJA Spirit of STEM Award (2022)
AJA Judaic Studies Department Award (2022-2023)
AJA Middot Award (2022)
Activities and Leadership Roles
Giving Through Graphics | Founder, Designer (2021-2024)
(2021-2024) | Editor-in-Chief (2024-2025), Photography Director and News Section Editor (2022-2024)
Friendship Circle of Atlanta (2021-2024) | Teen Leadership Board Member (2023-2024)
Jewish Telegraphic Agency | Teen Fellow & Mentor (2023-2024)
AJA Tennis | Team Captain (2022-2024)
AJA School Beautification Club | Leader (2022-2024)
AJA Volunteer Initiative Club (2021-2024) | Leader (2024)
In the City Camps “Tween Tech Academy” (2024)
Los Niños Primero Summer Educational Program (2022-2023)
G28 Robotics (First Robotics Competition) Member (2023-2024)
Graphic Design Internship in Israel at Harush Graphic Design (2023)
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