While Semester 2 of the 2018-2019 school year is well underway, The Storm King School took a moment to recognize the achievements of our students during the first half of the year. On Thursday, January 10, the school community gathered in the Walter Reade Jr. Theatre for the Fall Academic Awards Ceremony. These awards, affectionately known as the “Book Awards,” are a yearly tradition at Storm King where personally-selected books are given to students from each class offered at SKS by their teachers.

In his opening words, Dean of Academics Dr. Timothy Lance explained that these awards are designed to “uphold the principles of scholarship, creativity, perseverance, and character” and that “each year, the awards are given to students who are committed to the pursuit of excellence.”

To hand out the awards, Dr. Lance called the faculty members of each academic department on stage. The audience applauded as the smiling students came up from the audience to receive their books along with a handshake or a spontaneous hug from their teachers. The evening, which also included the induction ceremony for new members of the National Honor Society, marked another great semester of academic achievement at The Storm King School.

 

 

MATHMATICS DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

Pre-Algebra: Patricio De La Vega ’23

Algebra 1: Boxuan Sean Huang ‘23

Geometry: Maria Jose Alcantara Zalvidar ‘20

Algebra 2: Romee Choi ‘21

Honors Pre-calculus: Jiaqi Ding ‘20

Calculus: Yujing Sally Zhang ‘20

AP Calculus: Naunet Leonhardes-Barboza ‘20

 

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

AP Computer Science A: Derek Chen Liu ‘19

AP Computer Science Principles: Huanran Ho Dorothy Mao ‘20

Environmental Science: Tamar Haham-McGowan ‘19

Chemistry: Eva Tabunova’22

Honors Chemistry: Olivia O’Blaney ‘21

Advanced Chemistry: Guillermo Ramos Sanchez ‘19

Freshman Physics: Kristina Huang ‘22

Biology: Kaixing Angelica Li ‘20

AP Biology: Kolby Braxton  PG

 

WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

Spanish 1: Angelynna Guzman ’23

Spanish 3/4: Dominique Gooden ‘21

Chinese 1: Maria Jose Alcantara Zaldivar ‘20

American Sign Language 1: Sofia Tovar Monsalve ‘20

 

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

AP English: Zoe Stene ‘19

Society & Self in Literature: Maria Fedosenkova ‘19

Middle School English: Angelynna Guzman ‘23

Introduction to Literature: Jingwen Kristina Huang ‘22, Alex Neighbors ‘22

Creative Writing: Ricardo Semenza ‘19

 

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS:

Stagecraft: A. River Holasek ‘20

Acting: Stuart Hutzler ‘19

Advanced Studio Art: Yuan Jasmine Tian ‘20

AP Studio Art: Siyu Gloria Wang ‘19

Global Studies Art: Michael McCullough ‘22

8th Grade Art: Aiping Charolette Ji ‘23

Video Production: Riccardo Semenza ‘19

Drawing & Painting: Eugenio Sada San Jose ‘19

Fashion: Emily Elizabeth Kent ‘21

 

ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAM AWARDS:

ASP Algebra 1: Jack Kidd ‘22

ASP Pre-Calculus: Eugenio Sada San Jose ‘19

ASP US Studies History: Mason Popowitz ‘21

ASP Global History/Art: Michael McCullough ‘22

 

HISTORY & SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

US Studies History: Ethan Reed ‘21

Honors US Studies History: Miles Lucas ‘21

Global Studies History: David Moure Hernandez-Coronado ‘22

Advanced Microeconomics: Emmanuel Davis ‘20

Economics/Personal Finance & Business: Lorenzo Pretto ‘19

International Relations: Ricardo Semenza ‘19

Psychology: Kaixing Angelica Li ‘20

 

ESL DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

ESL 1 Intermediate Conversation: Pei-ling Ava Chu ‘23

ESL 2 Intermediate Conversation: Zhuoran Jeff Lin ‘21

ESL 2 Intermediate Literature & Writing: Virginia Yibu Shen ‘21

ESL Int/Adv Literature & Writing: Kaixing Angelica Li ‘20

ESL Int/Adv Conversation: Jianing Flora Cai ‘21

ESL Advanced/ Senior College Prep: Xilong David Ma ‘19

ESL Global Studies History: Angel Sosa Bueno ‘22

ESL US Studies History: Romee Choi ‘21