MHS Honors Students for Academic Achievement

The academic achievement and effort of 140 students were recognized at Medford High School’s Academic Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, May 4.

Academic Excellence Awards

The following students, who earned the highest cumulative average at their respective grade levels, received Academic Excellence Awards in the following departments:

ENGLISH: Erica Budina, Lucas Mazzotti, John McElearney, Jr., Yuna Farah

HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE: Erica Budina, Jennifer Frederick, John McElearney Jr., Isaac Bears II

MATH: Erica Budina, Lucas Mazzotti, Roger Zurawicki, Daniel Beemon

SCIENCE: Kathy Nguyen, Elizabeth Liu, Roger Zurawicki, Katherine Kulik

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Erica Budina, Winny Kwong Sito, Brandon Breen, Catia Rodrigues.

Scholastic Achievement Awards

The following students, who earned the highest cumulative Grade Point Averages, received Headmaster’s Scholastic Achievement Awards:

GRADE 9: Lian Blake, Erica Budina, Abigail Candee, Jordan Harris, Elijah Kissman, Kathy Nguyen, Anthony Nguyen, Victor Oliveira, Sarah Ruemenapp, Shahrayz Shah, Binit Shrestha, Brian Teixeira, Vincent Tran, Leila Walker, Jean-Charles Zurawicki.

GRADE 10: Nicole Avella, John Bailey, Kylie Baker, Katherine Corneilson, Peter-Joseph DeGiovanni, Alison deRosas, Jennifer Frederick, Winny Kwong Sito, Elizabeth Liu, Lucas Mazzotti, Jane Pierre, Susan Smith, Kaleigh Smith, Anna Steele, Isabelle Thibault.

GRADE 11: Daniel Bozovic, Brandon Breen, Sean Connor, Jamie deRosas, George Leetch, John McElearney, Jr., Janet Nguyen, Jeannie Nguyen, Khang Nguyen, Anthony Nguyen, Michelle Nguyen, Arjun Sharma, Amira Soltani, Jason Trinh, Roger Zurawicki.

GRADE 12: Isaac Bears II, Daniel Beemon, Kelsey Buckley, Katelyn DiBenedetto, Jasmine Etesse, Yuna Farah, Katherine Kulik, Allegra Kurtz-Rossi, Emily Nixon, Leah Parrino, Mark Roberto, Catia Rodrigues, Divya Sahore, Jennifer Uang, Jemima Victor.

Outstanding Effort Awards

Teachers in the following departments presented Outstanding Effort Awards to these students:

ENGLISH: Salem Abdulkerim, Nahuel Acosta, David Cataldo, Hemily Correa, Jamie deRosas, Argeta Dhroso, Megan DiClemente, Thalita Dos Santos Canto, Andrew Furtado, Judith Grant, Brittani Lanzilli, Logan Luongo, Stephen Micale, Sarah Santos, Anthony Sarno, Lauryn Sheehan, Susan Smith, Wiktoria Tamburini, Darius Walker.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Seth Brownmiller, Peter-Joseph DeGiovanni, Karissa Finnigan, Jenny Labossiere, Jacqueline Luongo, Susan Smith, Denise Spinale, Mariam Taha.

MATHEMATICS: Brayan Alfaro, Cara Boyer, Brianna Butts, Kimberly Ellis, Rachel Faggiano, Shannon Froysa, Kristina Hillis, Patrick Kelley, Maxwell Kennedy-Reid, Allegra Kurtz-Rossi, Yonas Mehretu, Kyle Mulligan, Nicholas Murphy, Linh Nguyen, Audry Portillo, Lydia Regan, Gaelle Rigaud, Lauryn Sheehan, Brandon Sirkisoon, Alana Viveiros.

SCIENCE: Adam Auditore, Lindsey Bandoian, Lisa Bandoian, Elizabeth Biddiscombe, Roche Casseus, Shedena Casseus, Kin Chau, Thalita Dos Santos Canto, Yuna Farah, Billy Joseph, Rachel Keen, Jacob Liberty, Jesenia Lugo, Sean Lynch, Jessica Moreira, Denise Palmacci, David Resendes, Jr.

HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE: Brayan Alfaro, Paul Covino, Jr., Argeta Dhroso, Sarah DiMeglio-Harrington, Jennifer Fernandez, David Galvin, Brittani Lanzilli, Ashley LeBert, Sean Lynch, Arjun Sharma, Steven Moran, Alan Nagly, Irwyn Pedrosa, Brandon Sirkisoon, Mariam Taha, Meghan Vanstry, Nicholas Viola.

Special Awards

National Spanish Exam Gold Medals: Joao Couto, Maria Prodoscimo, Silvia Quinonez-Lopez, Kylie Baker, Jennifer Frederick, Winny Kwong Sito, Elizabeth Liu, Lucas Mazzotti, Jeannie Nguyen, Victor Oliveira

Bausch & Lomb Award: Roger Zurawicki
Chatham University Book Award: Janet Nguyen
Dartmouth College Book Award: John McElearney, Jr.
Harvard Book Award: Roger Zurawicki
Regis College Book Award: Brandon Breen
Rensselaer Medal: Arjun Sharma
Saint Michael’s College Book Awards: Jeannie Nguyen and Jason Trinh
Wellesley College Book Award: Jamie deRosas
Yale University Book Award: Khang Nguyen

– Submitted by Dr. Paul Krueger, MHS Headmaster