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Student Awards Congratulations to several Montclair Kimberley Academy students who have been honored with Academic, Athletic and Service Awards. We could not be more proud of their hard work, dedication and the impressive feats they have accomplished. Among those awards given and the students that received them are:
S E NI O R AWA R DS COMMENCEMENT AWARDS The Marjorie Winfield Easter Award for sportsmanship, self-discipline and behind-the-scenes service: Sam Sobel The Ethel M. Spurr Award for cooperation, responsibility, service and citizenship: Ana Lucia Espinosa Dice The Rudolph Deetjen Award for athletics and academic achievement: Rob Strain and Amanda D’Allesandro The Robert Hemmeter Memorial Award for intellectual curiosity, love of books and sports and enthusiasm for living: Shelly Tsirulik The Peter R. Greer Character Award for the habits of truthfulness, honesty, kindness and promotion of mutual trust and friendship: Rachel Sobel Head’s Award for seniors who have made a unique contribution to MKA and have changed the school for the better: Leah Murphy, Charles Rilli, Emma Pacifico, Erik Zeug and Derek Kleinman
FACULTY AWARDS 12th Grade Avery Barras Distinguished Scholar (All A’s): Abby South, Yasaman Mahidi The Scott M. Johnson Memorial Award: Jack Besser
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The Everett Glenn Memorial Award: Lily Andres The Bud Mekeel Memorial Scholarship: Zoe Grace Raak The James D. Timmons Scholarship : Brittany Jones
DEPARTMENT AWARDS William Miller Prize in Science : Shelly Tsirulik Nazarian Prize for Mathematics: Morgan Booker The Downsbrough Science Scholarship : Ana Lucia Espinosa Dice The Margaret Jenkins Osborne Prize for Excellence in Science: Emma Bruce Barras Prize in English: Audrey Lane History Prize : Dillon Carroll World Language Prizese: French: Jake Sasfai (junior) Latin: Alex Cappitelli Spanish: Vikash Dodani Chinese: Isaiah Kramer Fine & Performing Arts Awards: Visual Arts: Emma Bruce Instrumental Louis Armstrong: Morgan Roberts John Philip Sousa Award : Kimmie Kerner Dance: Sadie Stuart Communications: Rachel Sobel Musical (Vocal): Kimani Freeman Strings : Grace Andres, Izumi Umeda
The National Young Arts Foundation Award: Hannah Kramer (Honorable Mention winner in Visual Arts) The Marilyn Faden Award for Excellence in the Theatre Art: Musical Theatre: Ross Turkington Drama: Emma Asher Technical: Sam Sobel
UND E RCL ASSME N AWARDS Mary K. Waring Scholars: Nisha Bhagwat, Morgan Booker, Julia Randall, Rachel Sobel, Sam Sobel, Lauren Yagoda Avery Barras Distinguished Scholars: Emma Bruce, Vikash Dodani, Ana Lucia Espinosa Dice
DEPARTMENT & FACULTY AWARDS Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal: Jacob Waldor The Frank Brogan Memorial Scholarship: John Gouwar The John Rabke Memorial Award: Alex Eiden The John Rabuse History: Alex Sandoval The Elizabeth O’Neil Feagley Award for creativity: Kate Renshaw-Lewis The MacVicar Prize : Mariam Abukwaik, Kate RenshawLewis, Matt Rubenstein
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Faculty Scholar Awards: 9th Grade: Grant Gonsalves, Simone Gulliver, Nyla Williams 10th Grade: Nico Espinosa Dice, Ethan Kuhl, Evelyn Wallace 11th Grade: John Gouwar, Josh Talbot, Jacob Sasfai, Jacob Waldor Community Service Awards: Bronze Class of 2016: Mallory Pease, Kennedy Robinson, Catherine Tsai Class of 2017: Reilly Cirenza, Alison Esterow, Max Goldfarb, Carly Hatfield, Hallie Ryan Class of 2018: Ishaan Bhalodia, Alex Frieder, Danielle Fuchs, Sukriti Krishnan, Rhea Saggi Class of 2019: Andrew Rosalund Silver Class of 2016: Isaiah Kramer Class of 2017: Michael Bromley, David Carcamo, Sarah Coffel Gold Class of 2016: William Bromley, Hope Buchan, Shelly Tsirulik Class of 2017: Rohan Abraham, Alex Eiden, Hannah Gross, Quinn Meistrich, Dominic Romeo, Shivani Rao
ATHLETICS AWARDS: Essex County Scholar-Athlete Award Recipients: Erik Zeug (Football and Lacrosse), Izzy Mendez (Field Hockey, Basketball, Softball) Klein Award: Christian Breitweiser ’19, Lily Pryor ’19, Nico Espinosa Dice ’18, (Soccer - Lacrosse), Kerri Mc Guire ’18, Ben Yanes ’17, Annie Wallace ’17, Joe Strain’16, Shannon Raff’16 NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete Award Recipien: Olivia Vaughn ’16 Men of Essex Awards: Kennedy Robinson ’16 Yogi Berra Museum’s Best Teammate Award: Ross Turkington 2016 MKA Varsity Award: Billy Hughes ’16 (Cross Country, Indoor Track and Track and Field), Izzy Mendez ’16 (Field Hockey, Basketball and Softball), Chris Sibilia’16 (Football, Ice Hockey and Lacrosse) Al Staph Award: Chris Sibilia ’16