Underclass Achievement Awards

Good afternoon!

Earlier today, we presented academic achievement and academic commitment awards to a number of our students. The award winners are listed below.

The Underclass Academic Achievement Winners are:

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT	JUNIOR	SOPHOMORE	FRESHMAN	GRADE 8
English	Grace MacSween	Elise Croteau	Cecelia Schleinitz	Kylie Paul
ELL	Julia Jeronimo	Karen Hernandez Ramirez	Simonton Da Cunha	Samwail Girgis
FCS	Kelsey Prince	Stephen Sanches	Zoe Jones	Olivia Phillips
Student Services	Ashley Collins	Darienne Doherty	Xavier Hicks	Jack Moscatelli
Performing Arts	Ashley Greene	Quintin Hogan	Madison Arsenault	Carl Gallawan
Visual Arts	Katelyn Jones	Kalya Brooks	Maegan Morrissey	Kelsey Brooks
World Language	Grace MacSween	Elise Croteau	Cecilia Schleinitz	Kelsey Brooks
Mathematics	Manuela Morcos	Brandan Thompson	Alexandra Wojciechowski	Carl Gallawan
PE/Health	Jessica Labossiere	Maegan Morrissey	Stephen Sanchez	Max Martone
Science	Daniel Klos	Benjamin Wojciechowski	Cecilia Schleinitz	Julia Philbrook
Social Studies	Thomas Burke	Jocelyn Hinchcliffe	Cecilia Schleinitz	Carl Gallawan
Technology Ed.	Matt Boisvert	Wiley Kimball	Maria Lowandy	Avery Guillette

Academic Commitment Winners included:

ACADEMIC COMMITMENT	JUNIOR	SOPHOMORE	FRESHMAN	GRADE 8
English	Isabelle Phillips	Jeremy Okenquist	Austin Lucey	Julia Philbrook
ELL			Cesar Morales
FCS	Ella Correa	Jonathan Fabian	Maegan Morrissey	Joshua Pelletier
Student Services	Jackson Lambert	Elizabeth Vecchione	Brian Babin	Myah DeLang
Performing Arts	Jessica Labossiere	Drew Gauthier	Ava Turner	Isabella Nolan
Visual Arts	Lindsey Moss	Kiley Roberston	Lindsey Labossiere	Coral Young
World Language	Payton Nestor	Stephen Sanches	Peyton Bly	Lily Brayman
Mathematics	Joseph Bernard	Colleen Prior	Ava Turner	Zachary Roerden
PE/Health	Lindsey Moss	Abby Deary	Colin Caso	Casey Prior
Science	Katelyn Jones	Brenna Neill	Ava Turner	Megan Wingfield
Social Studies	Kristen Bangma	Samantha Kauzens	Jonathan Dow	Julia Philbrook
Technology Ed.	Brandon Biebault	Joe Costa Jeremy Okenquist	Cam Snay	Lexi Patterson

Beatta Esposito Character Award: Grade 8 student who is humble, selfless, puts others before self, hard-working, and caring; this award was presented to Samantha Hinchcliffe and Audrey Phillips.

Harvard Prize Book Award

Harvard Prize Book is an achievement award from the Harvard Alumni Association awarded to the outstanding high school student in the next-to-graduating class (junior year) who "displays excellence in scholarship and high character, combined with achievements in other fields."

• Ashley Greene

St. Michael’s Book Award

The book award recognizes your academic success and exemplary community service involvement. Your accomplishments embody our commitment to intellectual achievement, social justice and concern for others. These values started with our founding order, the Society of Saint Edmund, and continue to be a guiding principle for our students.

our award qualifies you for the following financial benefits:

• $50 Application Fee Waiver
• Book Award Scholarship - you must Apply to Saint Michael's before our November 1 or December 1 Early Action Deadlines. If accepted, you will be considered for the scholarship, which ranges from $13,000 to full tuition - so keep up the good work!

• Joseph Bernard & Katelyn Jones

Smith College Book Award

Smith College Book Awards recognize outstanding young women in your communities. Book awards are not only an excellent way to congratulate students on their academic and personal achievements, but they also increase Smith’s name recognition in high schools and encourage young women to consider Smith as their college choice.

• Meriam Abdel Nour

Rensselaer Medal Award

The Medal was first presented in 1916 with two purposes:

1. to recognize the superlative academic achievement of young men and women, and to
2. motivate students toward careers in science, engineering, and technology.

This merit scholarship, with a value of $25,000 per year, is guaranteed for four years (five years for the B.Arch. program or the Co-Terminal Program) for each Medalist who is accepted and enrolls at Rensselaer.

• Erin Newhall

Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science

Successful completion of freshman and sophomore year science courses and one semester of a junior-year science course.  (If a junior year science course is not offered, a one-year course in mathematics may be submitted.);
Academic excellence in science;
Rigor of courses taken in the sciences;
PSAT Math, SAT Math, and/or ACT Science/Math scores.
Winners of the Honorary Science Award are automatically considered for the Bausch + Lomb Science Scholarship, which provides each qualified student $7,500 per year (totaling $30,000 over four years).  Selection for this scholarship is competitive and is based upon the overall strength of the student’s application for admission to the University of Rochester.

Bausch + Lomb Science Scholarships are applicable only at the University of Rochester; they are not transferable to another institution.

• Kristen Bangma

George Eastman Young Leaders

This is a recognition award in which one student from each high school will be selected as the top nominee for consideration.  This award holds a merit scholarship value of a minimum of $10,000 per year upon acceptance, enrolling, and attending the University of Rochester.  The admissions fee will be waived as well.

You must demonstrate strong leadership experience at school and in the community, high grades and challenging courses, and extensive involvement in extracurricular activities.

• Tyler Washington

Frederick Douglass & Susan B. Anthony Award:

This is a recognition award in which one student from each high school will be selected as the top nominee for consideration.  This award holds a merit scholarship value of a minimum of $10,000 per year upon acceptance, enrolling, and attending the University of Rochester.  The admissions fee will be waived as well.

Criteria: You must demonstrate commitment to understanding and addressing difficult social issues, leadership and dedication to community action, strong grades and rigorous courses taken in the humanities and social sciences.

• Kevin Siefken

Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology

This is a recognition award in which one student from each high school will be selected as the top nominee for consideration.  This award holds a merit scholarship value of a minimum of $10,000 per year upon acceptance, enrolling, and attending the University of Rochester.  The admissions fee will be waived as well.

Criteria: You must demonstrate strong interest in innovation and/or information technology and a high level of achievement in this area; exposure to new technologies outside of school, such as pursuing serious work opportunities in local laboratories or industry; and leading other students to new approaches to old problems, e.g. business plans for fundraising; innovative community service; after-school activities; and best uses of internal communications tools such as chat and blogs.

• Thomas Burke