As our students settle into Semester 2, The Storm King School took a moment to recognize their hard work completed during the first half of the year. On the evening of Thursday, January 9, the school community gathered in the Walter Reade Jr. Theatre for the Fall 2019 Academic Awards. These awards, also known as the “Book Awards,” are a yearly tradition at Storm King where a student from each class is selected by their teacher for their outstanding achievement and given a personally-selected book.

In his opening words, Dean of Academics Dr. Tim 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 department chairs and faculty members of each academic discipline to the stage. The audience applauded as the smiling students came up to receive their books along with a handshake or a spontaneous hug from their teachers. The evening, attended by a full house of parents, students, and faculty, marked another great semester of academic achievement at The Storm King School.

 

 

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

Pre-Algebra: Isaiah Davis ’24

Algebra 1: Vincent Ianuzzi-Sucich ’24

Geometry: Warren Stone ’23

Algebra 2: Theresa Gormley ’22

Precalculus: Shuaijiaro Pan ’20

AP Calculus: Yujing Zhang ’20

 

 

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

Freshmen Physics: Pei-ling Chu ’23

Chemistry/Honors Chemistry: Zoe Buddie ’22

Advanced Chemistry: Sophia Grausso ’20

Biology: Miles Lucas ’21

AP Biology: Andrej Bujak ’20

Physics: Thinh Tran ’21

Environmental Science: Helen Shen ’20

Health: Edward Ianuzzi-Sucich ’23

 

 

WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

American Sign Language 1: Max Miller ’24

Spanish I: Vincent Iannuzzi Sucich ’24

Spanish III: Theresa Gormley ’22

 

 

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

Middle School Literature: Vincent Iannuzzi-Sucich ’24

Introduction to Literature: Angelynna Guzman ’23

US Studies-Literature: Anora Mahin ’22

Creative Writing: Miles Lucas ’21

Society and Self in Literature: Gabriel Valdes ’20

AP English Literature: Sophia Grausso ’20

 

 

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS:

Stagecraft: Kenna Stone ’20

Acting: Scout Zischke ’22

Dance: Brandon Despaigne ’21

Advanced Dance: Rory Tobin ’20

Video Production: Jianing Cai ’21

Music Theory: Jae Hyun Kim ’20

Piano: Dominique Gooden ’21

Vocal: Shayla Lawrence ’21

Guitar: Kylie Marshall ’21

Drawing & Painting: Ziqi Li ’23

Fashion: Yiwen Ji ’22

Global Studies Art: Robert Sun ’23

Advanced Studio Art: Miles Lucas ’21

AP Studio Art: Yuan Tian ’20

 

 

ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAM AWARDS:

ASP Base: Maya Graumlich ’21

ASP Geometry: Mason Popowitz ’21

CSP/AP CSP: Emmanuel Davis ’20

ASP Environmental Science: Michael McCullough ’22

ASP Creative Writing: Jenna Smith ’20

ASP Fundamentals of English 1: Connor Biddiscombe ’22

ASP US Studies History: Jan-Reijer Bagijn ’22

 

 

HISTORY & SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

Global Studies History: Kaitlin Bou ’23

US Studies History: Zoe Buddie ’22

ESL Global Studies History: Yuecheng “Cedric” Zhao ’23

ESL US Studies History: Aryna Karpova ’22

Comparative Government: Sofia Benoliel Nobrega ’21

Psychology: Anora Mahin ’22

International Relations: Dominique Gooden ’21

Advanced Microeconomics: Yujing Zhang ’20

 

 

ESL DEPARTMENT AWARDS:

ESL 1 Conversation: Yuecheng “Cedric” Zhao ’23

ESL Intermediate/Advanced Literature & Writing: Amy Wang ’21

ESL 2 Intermediate Conversation: Tsz Mut Chau ’22

ESL Intermediate/Advanced Conversation: Aryna Karpova ’22

ESL Senior: Yuwei Zhou ’20