The week before graduation at The Storm King School is jammed-packed with events designed to conclude the school year on a positive note. One such event is the annual Academic Awards Ceremony. The 2018 Academic Awards were handed out on Thursday, May 31 in the Walter Reade Jr. Theatre. In his opening words, Dean of Academics Harold Heno explained that “each student we recognize tonight is committed to the active pursuit of excellence; each has developed habits and attitudes which will serve them well beyond today. Our faculty members, who have given many years to working with young people, celebrate this opportunity to lift up and emphasize the ideals of scholarship, creativity, perseverance, and character that are so important to our work and our school.”

The first awards to be handed out were the Book Awards, given to a student from every class at Storm King who was chosen by their teacher for their outstanding work. After the Book Awards, honors for athletics and 4-and 5-year seniors were also presented, followed by Junior Awards and Cum Laude Society Awards.

 

 

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT BOOK AWARDS:

AP English: Aryana Martin

Honors British Literature: Tiana Vasquez

Creative Writing: Owen Ng

Intro to Literature: Olivia O’Blaney

Society and the Self Literature: Sophia Grausso

Society and the  Self Literature: Lorenzo Pretto

Middle School English: Seth Vieira

US Literature: Steven Muller

Honors US Literature: Sophia Grausso

Contemporary World Literature: Michelle Chen

US Literature ASP: Thanya Chandran

 

 

WORLD LANGUAGES BOOK AWARDS:

Chinese 1: Naunet Leonhardes-Barboza

Chinese 2: Steven Muller

American Sign Language 1: Kylie Marshall

American Sign Language 2/3: Matthew Pelton

Spanish 1: Seth Vieria

Spanish 2: Dominique Gooden

Spanish 3/4: Dorothy Mao

 

HISTORY & SOCIAL SCIENCES BOOK AWARDS:

International Relations: Asia Raacke

US History: Jenna Smith

US History: Steven Muller

US History: Chris Chang

Honors US History: Samantha McCullough

Middle School History: Seth Vieria

Global History: Emily Elizabeth Kent

Government: Pierce Pramuka

Government: Jah’Bral Davis

Advanced Economics: Joseph Yihong He

Economics: Paul Cohen-Addad

Psychology: Jessica Zheng

Advanced Psychology: Joan Kakazi Kacyira

 

 

ESL BOOK AWARDS:

ESL Intermediate Writing: Steven You

ESL Intermediate: Sally Zhang

ESL Intermediate 3: Leonardo Zhou

ESL Conversation 3: Liwei Wang

ESL Writing: Jasmine Tian

ESL Advanced: Edison Zhou

ESL Composition and Literature: Ricardo Semenza

ESL US History: Jasmine Tian

ESL Global History: Michael Hong

ESL Intermediate 2: Alina Di

 

 

MATHEMATICS BOOK AWARDS:

Pre-Algebra: Mikey McCullough

Algebra 1: Emily Doles

Pre-Calculus ASP: Stuart Hutzler

Trigonometry: Sean Witte

Algebra 2: Savannah Buon

Pre-Calculus: Zoe Stene

Honors Pre-Calculus:  Sophia Grausso

Calculus: Jono Ganbold

AP Calculus AB: Michelle Chen

AP Statistics: Joseph Dawson

Geometry ASP: Igor Klimtsov

 

 

SCIENCE BOOK AWARDS:

Intro to Computer Science: Max Chen

AP Computer Science: Naunet Leonhardes-Barboza

Physics: Shengzhe Harry Sui

Freshman Physics: Steven Muller

AP Physics:  Wenxin Will Tian

Biology: Riccardo Semenza

AP Biology: Shania Roehrich

Environmental Science: Bridget Wickiser

Chemistry Honors: Morgan Papera

Chemistry: Linyin Wang

Middle School Science: Sofia Bove

Outdoor Adventure/Environmental Studies: Cody Ngwanza

Chemistry ASP:   Constanza Siclari

Earth Science ASP:  Paul Cohen-Addad

 

 

ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAM AWARDS:

ASP Base: Igor Klimtsov

ASP Base: Chris Chang

ASP Base: Emily Elizabeth Kent

ASP Base: Aidan Sweeney

 

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS BOOK AWARDS:

Acting: Jack Besterman

Voice/Solo: Morgan Papera

Voice/Choir: Caroline Hecht

Piano/Beginner: Grace Song

Piano/Intermediate: Uzay Polat

Piano/Advanced: Dominique Gooden

Advanced Music Theory: Scott Rolon

Guitar: Songjun Ning

Drums: Jae Hyun Kim

Dance: Giselle Morales

Advanced Dance: Elizabeth Pomeroy

Video Production: Can Tetik

Middle School Art: Juan Pablo Zuazua Chapa

Art & Culture: Miles Lucas

AP Art History: Dorothy Mao

AP/Advanced Studio  Polina Shklovskaya

Intro to Art: Jordan Yin Ting

Photography: David Ma

Drawing and Painting: Jessica Peishan Ouyang

 

THE STUART McLEAN DRAMATICS AWARD:

Scott Rolon

 

 

ATHLETICS HONORS:

The Pentagonal Award was given to 12 students for completing 5 varsity seasons:

Mohammed Akbaba

Jah ‘Bral Davis

Scott Rolon

Henry Aleman

Aryana Marin

Jim Ning

Zay Megias

Elizabeth Pomeroy

Grace Song

Can Tetik

Wenxin Will Tian

Bridgette Wickiser

Mingwei Yang

 

STORM KING SCHOLAR ATHLETES:

Will Tian

Aryana Martin

 

BEST SENIOR ATHLETE:

Mingwei Yang

 

Orange County Soccer League Scholarship:

Aryana Martin

 

 

5-YEAR SENIORS:

Braulio Ferreira

Mingwei Yang

 

4-YEAR SENIORS:

Henry Aleman

Jack Besterman

Tianyu Chu

Jah’Bral Davis

Boya Di

Xin Nie

Songjun Ning

Elizabeth Pomeroy

Scott Rolon

Yumeng Song

Can Tetik

Wenxin Will Tian

Bridget Wickiser

Yangshuo Wu

 

 

JUNIOR AWARDS:

New York State Comptroller Student Achievement Award: Tiana Vazquez, Caroline Hecht

New York State Attorney General’s Triple C Award for Character, Courage, and Commitment: Shania Roehrich, Lorenzo Pretto, Catherine Zheng

Smith College Book Award (My Life on The Road, by Gloria Steinem) for “Academic Potential and Commitment to Making a Difference in their Community: Caitlin Jones

Brandeis University Book Award (Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Alborn) for Social Action and Civic Engagement: David Lu

Dennison University Book Award (Scavenger Loop, a by David Baker) for Academic achievement and interest in pursuing the study of English Literature, Creative Writing or Poetry: Tamar Haham­ McGowan

The George Washington Book Award: Asia Raacke

University of Rochester Fredrick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award for “Academic Achievement in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Jessica Zheng

The University of Rochester Award for Innovation and Information Technology: A. River Holasek

University of Rochester Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award: Zoe Stene

University of Rochester George Eastman Young Leaders Award and Scholarship: Savannah Buon

The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Medal: Max Chen

 

CUM LAUDE SOCIETY AWARDS:

Jack Besterman

Joan Kakazi Kacyira

Yumeng Grace Song

Wenxin Will Tian

 

Congratulations to all our students who received awards this year, especially our graduating seniors. Special thanks go out to the department chairs and faculty who worked hard to make 2017-2018 another special year in The Storm King School’s 150-year history.