Upper School Awards and Honors Ceremony
Students Recognized for Academic and Leadership Achievements
END-OF-YEAR AWARDS
Head of Upper School Stephen Popp was joined by faculty members and administrators on May 1 at the Upper School Awards and Honors Ceremony to present the following awards for outstanding achievement (grade levels are in parentheses):
English Awards: Danielle Pham (9); Quinlin Dixon-Lim (10); Oliver Kneen (11); Gurtej Gill (12)
French Awards: Sarah Serhan (Level 1), Julianna Banks (Level 2), Shaan Davis (Level 3), Zainab Sherwani (Level 4). David Timms French Award–Munachimso Uzodike (12).
World Languages Awards: Spanish: James McKenzie (9), Emily Chandler (10), Beatrice Portela (11). Senior Spanish Award: Camille Green. French: Yuliea Smarovozov (9), Pavitra Kotecha (10), Oliver Kneen (11). David Timms French Award: Amelia Davies. Outstanding Achievement in World Language for 12th Grade: Emilie Novoa.
History and Social Sciences Awards: Adelaide Herman (9), Rishi Wahi (10), Maya Robles (11). Outstanding Achievement in History & Social Science: Kyle Dunn. University of Rochester Frederick Douglass & Susan B. Anthony Award in Humanities and Social Sciences: Taylor Ellis
Science Awards: Zachery Dyke (9), Avery Nakahara (10), Erin Frankland (11); Magnua Haarseth (12). Computer Science Award: John Ritter. Tina Davies Outstanding Achievement in Science Award for 12th Grade: Changxin Dong; Rensselaer Award (Jr. Math & Science): Maddie Smith
Math Awards: Rebecca Juranek (9), Cathy Zhang (10), Evan Burchfiel (11), Anton Pavlov (12). Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics for 12th Grade: Changxin Dong
Cum Laude Society: 2018: Obielumani Amudo, Julianna Banks, Mary Bannon, Nicole Beck, Shiru Chen (honorary), Krishna Sarvani Desabhotla, Changxin Dong, Kyle Dunn, Sean Dural, Allison Eisner, Gurtej Gill, Andrea Gomez Lloret (honorary), Magnus Haarseth, Carina Masuelli, Elizabeth Morris, Calista Reese, Shilpa Rumalla, Gabriel Sanchez Ainsa, Grayson Sloop, Kathryn Tang.
Paragon & Inkblots Awards: Paragon Editor Award: Lauren Sands. Inkblots Editor-in-Chief Award: Maya Robles.
Interact Awards: President Recognition and Volunteer of the Year Award: Keelie Sinnott. Distinguished Service Citation: Oliver Kneen, Vendana Venkatesh.
Student Government: (President, Vice President, Service Rep, Social & Spirit Rep): Seniors-Sreya Nallusi, Nicole Beck, Shilpa Rumalla, Calista Reese; Juniors-Gerald Caraway III, Erik Burns, Uche Oguchi, Kate Fisher. (President, Service Rep, Social & Spirit Representative): Sophomores-Alexa Signorelli Cadan Hanson, Alina Gill and Avery Schlichter; Freshman-Hannah Paur, Sydney Lipar, Jenna Braun and Alessandra Ramirez
Student Body Association: Oriana Garcia, president; Hari Randhawa, vice president; Sakethram Desabhotla, secretary, Otega Amudo, spirit chair, Kaitlyn Harris, social chair, Rhyma Asim, student diversity liaison. Susan Teuscher, Susan Student 2 Student chair
Honor Council: Eric Grosser (chair), Gabriel Sánchez Air,Jason Lawrence (12), Rhyma Asim, Jessica Young (11), Zoe Tait, Rishi Wahi (10), Jay Suresh (9)
Habitat for Humanity Head Chairs: Mary Dunlap, Elizabeth Morris
Woodridge Scholar Award: Matt Krehbiel
Dragon Award in Academics: Jack Wilson (9), Taylor Threadgill (10), Davis Noyes (11), Jordan Smith, Jackson Rowley (12)
Citizenship Awards: Nicholas Harris, Katarina Endom (9), Avery Schlichter, Christopher Seymour (10), Lisa Alexander, William Staebel (11), Kaitlyn Harris, Hari Randhawa (12)
Top Scholar Awards: Sydney Lipar, Rebecca Juranek (9), Avery Nakahara (10), Divya Waugh (11), Class of 2018 Valedictorian-Obie Amudo
Additional Senior Awards will be presented at the Senior Dinner on May 22.
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