(KAIR)--Special recognition for an Atchison couple, selected to receive the Fidelis Award from Atchison's Maur Hill-Mount Academy.

Chosen for the honor are Jonathan and Shannon Mize.

The Fidelis award is presented annually, and was created to recognize individuals that have made a lasting impact on Maur Hill-Mount Academy in the spirit of Christ.

According to a press release issued by the private Catholic high school, he graduated from the school in 1987, and she the same year. At that time, it was operating as two entities, with Maur Hill serving the educational needs of boys while Mount Saint Scholastica did the same for girls.

Among the accomplishments noted listed for the Atchison couple's selection is Jonathan's long list of community involvement, including past role of leadership on the Maur Hill-Mount Academy Board of Directors, as well as his current service as a board member for the Atchison Area Economic Development Corporation, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, and his membership on the Atchison Advisory Committee for the Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust.

The couple will be honored during the League of St. Maur Annual Dinner, to be held on the evening of September 16 at the Kansas City Airport Marriott Hotel.

Also to be honored during the ceremony is the 2017 selection of Maur Hill-Mount Academy's Alumni of the year.

Chosen to receive that award is 1990 graduate Maureen Beckett, the daughter of Colleen and the late Edward Stork.

She remains connected with the school by serving on the Alumni

Association Board, a position she has held for the past several years, and intends to continue.