ACADEMIC AWARDS Graduating Class of 2021 Awards

Fischer Award

Averi Garrity and Davis Kushner

The Fischer Award is presented each year to one boy and one girl of the graduating class who exemplify the standards of excellence which St. John Paul II strives to instill in all of its students: the achievement of academic excellence; the development of individual talents and abilities through athletics, fine arts or other extracurricular activities; and the demonstration of outstanding interpersonal skills and strong Christian values in their relationships with fellow students and the faculty.

Saints Award

Heger Davis and Katerina Escobar

Board of Directors’ Essay Award Winner

Mia Valenzuela

St. Sebastion Award (Athletics)

Heger Davis and Katerina Escobar

Tom Bevans Award

James Olson, Kindergarten

SCHOLARSHIPS

St. John XXIII College Prepatory

Jenna Beyer, Averi Garrity, Sammy Khoury, Mark Naddaf, Paul Naddaf, Rosemary

Neslony, Peter Rider, Julia Rodger, Mariana Rondon, Peter Sutton, Alyssa Zeidan

Strake Jesuit College Prepatory

David Calderon

Presidential Award for Academic Excellence

Presidential Award for Academic Excellence

These students achieved scores in the 95th percentile or above on the Complete Battery of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) and maintained report card grades of 90 or above in all subjects for the entire school year.

8th grade

Jenna Beyer, David Calderon, Viviana De la Rosa, Madeline Escobedo, Averi Garrity, Felipe Gui, Nathaniel Otis, Christopher Pietrak, Mariana Rondon 7th grade: Michael Cavers, Pablo Correa, Antonio De la Rosa, Elena Grillo, Audrey Hoang, Savannah Joy, Armaan Katarya, Paolo Leyco, Isaac Lowrey, Benjamin Nguyen, Emma Nguyen, Vi Nguyen

6th grade

Erica Beyer, Susan Bramanti, Mark Dominy, Rodrigo Estrada-Zenizo, David Guio, Mia Hernandez, Gia Le Cong, Chloe Nguyen, Joshua Nguyen, Victoria Nino, Diego Pruneda Hernandez, Teagan Sisemore, Caroline Solymosy, Carolyn Thorne, Alexander Van Saase, Ysabel Villesca, Eric Wedlake

5th grade

Cameron Alfred, Mariana De le Rosa, Miles Dunn, Ines Fournier, Andres Mendoza, Reese Nguyen, Martina Penzini Vesce

4th grade

Jayden Ahorukomeye, Veronica Alejos, Cayenne

Barrios, Beiyi Deng, AunaMarie Downey, Elizabeth Frew, Mathew Fruelda, Katia Hillier, Joanna Holicek, Lainie LeBas, Eugenia Mendoza, Max Mohrmann, Violet Moore, Nicolas Ocampo Quintero, Tobias

Rantow, Thomas Schwab, Blake Smith, Hailey Spencer, Ava Marie Wedlake