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GRADUATION OUTCOMES A Presentation Graduate is: A Woman of Faith Intellectually Competent Dedicated to Working with Others Committed to Personal Growth

AWARDS CEREMONY a celebration of who we are becoming Monday, May 19, 2025 Digital Program

A Woman of Faith Campus Ministry Campus Ministry Magnificat Award

Service & Immersion Senior Service Award The President’s Volunteer Service Awards

Class Level Award: Woman of Faith Award Faculty, Staff and Students nominate students and then one student at the Frosh, Soph and Junior class levels is selected.

Awardees have been observed actively living their faith through ethical decision-making, community service and participation in a faith-filled community.

Distinguished Honor: The Lindsay Parkinson Memorial Award Established by the Parkinson family to honor Lindsay’s memory, this award is given to a student who shows persistence and grace under pressure, as Lindsay did. She was dedicated to faith and family.

Dedicated to Working with Others Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging General Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

Presentation Ambassadors Club PAC Senior Service Award

Class Level Award: Dedicated to Working with Others Award Faculty, Staff and Students nominate students and then one student at the Frosh, Soph, and Junior class levels is selected.

Awardees have been seen engaging as active and informed citizens, being stewards of the environment, collaborating and resolving conflicts respectfully, treating others with dignity, and as leaders, they have employed "Not Words, But Deeds" as their model for leadership.

Distinguished Honor: The Presentation Leadership Award

This award recognizes a young woman who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in school activities.

Distinguished Honor: The Carmel Vaudagna Memorial Scholarship Each year this scholarship is given to a student who truly exemplifies the motto, “Not Words, But Deeds” like Carmel Vaudagna, a dedicated alumnae parent who passed away in 1977.

Distinguished Honor: The Jennifer Martin Memorial Scholarship Jennifer Martin was a beloved faculty member at Presentation for many years. She was committed to the Presentation community and this scholarship was established by Jennifer’s parents to honor a senior who has made noteworthy contributions to the community.

Distinguished Honor: The Sr. Thecla Memorial Scholarship This scholarship is given to a student who wishes to pursue a career in education and like Sr. Thecla, she is known for her deep love and genuine concern for others.

Intellectually Competent General Excellence by Academic Department English Outstanding English Student Outstanding Writers

Mathematics Outstanding Math Student Pythagoras Award Euclid Award

Modern Language Outstanding French Student Most Enthusiastic French Student Outstanding Spanish Student Most Enthusiastic Spanish Student

Religious Studies Outstanding Religious Studies Student

Science The Rachel Carson Award for Scientific Curiosity and Outreach

Social Science Inspiring Social Science Student Award

Visual Arts Outstanding Visual Arts Student Visionary Artist Leadership

Yearbook Editor-In-Chief Award

Honors Societies National Honor Society California Scholarship Federation Lifetime Members with Service California Scholarship Federation Seymour Memorial Award Finalist National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists National Arts Honor Society Tri-M Music Honor Society Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society Math and Science Academy

Class Level Award: Intellectually Competent, the Curiosity Award Faculty, Staff and Students nominate students and then one student at the Frosh, Soph and Junior class levels is selected.

Awardees demonstrate extraordinary curiosity and an intrinsic motivation and thirst for knowledge.

Valedictorian

Committed to Personal Growth Athletics Presentation High School Scholar Athlete Outstanding Student Athlete

Central Coast Section Scholastic Achievement Performing Arts Excellence in Dance The Director’s Award The Ella Fitzgerald Award Excellence in Theater Arts Excellence in Technical Theater

Robotics Exceptional Robotics Member

Speech and Debate Outstanding Competitor Outstanding Speech and Debate Team Member

The Dean’s Award

Class Level Award: Committed to Personal Growth Award Faculty, Staff and Students nominate students and then one student at the Frosh, Soph and Junior class levels is selected.

Awardees take responsibility for their own growth, appreciate hard work, own their own mistakes, recognize the importance of a healthy lifestyle and are taking pride in who they are becoming.

Distinguished Honor: The Alison E. Smith Memorial Scholarship Alison’s family and friends established this scholarship after she lost her battle with cancer. It is awarded to a student who has persisted through hardship with dignity and grace.

Distinguished Honor: The Alyssa Messier Memorial Scholarship This scholarship is awarded to a senior who persevered through challenges and embodies the exceptional enthusiasm that Alyssa Messier demonstrated at Presentation.

Distinguished Honor: The Christina Asbury Memorial Scholarship Christina did everything despite being very ill while attending Pres. The scholarship is intended for someone who shares many of the same traits that Christina possessed: enthusiasm, passion about Presentation, a positive outlook on life, and friendly to all.

Lasting Impact Award This award is given to an educator who has had a profound and personal impact on the lives of the students.

Outstanding Teacher Award Every year students choose a member of our faculty who is exceptional in the classroom.

Special Presentation Our Highest Honor: The Nano Nagle Award This award is the school’s highest honor. It is given to a student who exemplifies the best in a Presentation graduate. She is intellectually competent, dedicated to serving others, committed to her own personal growth and a woman of faith.

Special thank you to all of our memorial scholarship donors.

General Excellence by Academic Department General Excellence in English Must have an English GPA of 4.5 or higher and an A or A+ in at least two semesters of AP English Literature or Honors English 3 and 4.

Ritika Appanagari Kritika Dwarakanath Catalina Enriquez Shreeya Goyal Sophie Li

Keira Maffeo Aashna Prasad Raime Ramanan Viviana Rodrigues

Scarlet Sanders Riya Shah Leila Sharafkah Aliya Tapucu

General Excellence in Spanish The Modern Language Department wishes to recognize the achievements of the following students in Spanish who have earned an A average or higher in the department, taking 4 years of the language or the highest AP class offered.

Fernanda Avila Aramis Ibarez Micaela Barr-Gutierrez Toni McIntire Jasmine Chang Sophia Meissner Gianna Conti Allyson Nguyen Enia Guerra Lauren Pe Benito Grace Hau Xochitl Reyes

Riya Shah Leila Sharafkah Ximena Torres Cabrera Olivia Tumacder Cristina Young

General Excellence in French The Modern Language Department wishes to recognize the achievements of the following students in French who have earned an A average or higher in the department, taking the maximum course offerings for 4 years or at the highest AP course offered.

Katarina Avlijas

Scarlet Sanders

Aliya Tapucu

Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish or French Students who receive this award honor their dedication to language, culture and community.

Ximena Amezcua Veronica Ritika Appanagari Fernanda Avila Katarina Avlijas Micaela Barr-Gutierrez Gianna Conti Enia Guerra

Ana Sophia Hernandez Jessie Hernandez Noopur Jain Keira Maffeo Isabel Padilla Xochitl Reyes

Scarlet Sanders Riya Shah Aliya Tapucu Ximena Torres Cabrera Olivia Tumacder Cristina Young

General Excellence by Academic Department General Excellence in Math The general excellence in Mathematics goes to students who have at least a 4.5 GPA in math and have taken at least through AP Calculus AB.

Zara Ansari Katarina Avlijas Rishika Bajaj Saanvi Bapat Jasmine Chang Melissa Chen Harika Chodavarapu Avni Desai Kritika Dwarakanath Catalina Enriquez Enia Guerra Julianna Haynes Allegra Hua

Amitha Inturi Jiya Jagani Noopur Jain Anika Kanagala Ananya Kidambi Teagan Kubota Megan Lepow Sophie Li Varsha Maipady Ishana Manikandan Neetu Mathews Grace Mills Vega Nanduru

Yana Perelman Stella Pham Neyha Pradeepkumar Ayana Ramasubban Bridget Raymundo Viviana Rodrigues Srinjoyi Roy Chowdhry Maddalena Saglimbeni Samrithi Balaa Saravanan Tanisha Srinivasan Sabrina Yang Jingru Yu Siyuan Zhou

General Excellence in Social Science The General Excellence in Social Studies Award goes to students who earn the highest Social Studies GPAs over their 4 years relative to their peers. The award is given to the top 5% of the senior class.

Rishika Bajaj Saanvi Bapat Shreya Bedi

Kritika Dwarakanath Nicole Kheyfets Samika Murthy

Vega Nanduru Raime Ramanan

Marie Curie Award for Outstanding Science Achievement The General Excellence in Science Award is given to those students who have demonstrated all-around strength in their science education by earning a 4.5 gpa or above in at least FIVE years of science, including at least 1 AP.

Sophie Li

Aliya Tapucu

Visual and Performing Arts Scholar The recipients of the Visual and Performing Arts award goes to students who have completed at least 6+ semesters of visual/performing arts courses, have participated in 2+ years in programs like Dance Company, Jazba, Theater, A Capella, National Arts Honor Society, have attended a non-Presentation Community artsrelated event each semester, and have participated in VPA-sponsored service events at least once per year.

Fernanda Avila Camille Kowalski Iva Barbir Alicia Lee Maia Collins Mary Lore Elizabeth Durand Keira Maffeo Kritika Dwarakanath Sophia Meissner Kai Figueroa Rhianne Pacifico Gladys Franco Melano Tabitha Paigen Noopur Jain Paloma Pires

Aashna Prasad Mikey Purtell Bridget Raymundo Leila Sharafkah Aliya Tapucu Olivia Tumacder Valeska Victorio Cristina Young

Special Recognitions National Honor Society Members of National Honor Society must have a cumulative unweighted GPA of 3.5 throughout the year, be enrolled in at least 1 advanced Honors or AP course, have leadership experience, and complete at least 5 hours of service learning for the school year.

Seniors who meet these requirements will have the opportunity to wear an NHS cord at graduation.

Sumehra Addnan Zara Ansari Ritika Appanagari Fernanda Avila Aarushi Biswas-Gupta Kritika Dwarakanath Grace Hau

Noopur Jain Alicia Lee Megan Lepow Varsha Maipady Rhianne Pacifico Karina Pallikala Evani Purohit

Bridget Raymundo Samrithi Balaa Saravanan Riya Shah Aliya Tapucu Mia Tran Gracie Vierra

California Scholarship Federation Lifetime Members with Service Community service is an integral part of all clubs and organizations at Presentation; therefore, the Presentation chapter of CSF seeks to honor those members who have engaged in service hours. Members with Service: Students who earn membership for at least 4 semesters (excluding freshman year associate membership) AND complete 5 hours of service for 4 semesters will be recognized with a CSF Honor Stole and Tassel at the graduation ceremony.

Zara Ansari Kritika Dwarakanath Ritika Appanagari Grace Hau Saanvi Bapat Noopur Jain Micaela Barr-Gutierrez

Megan Lepow Sophie Li Lina Nguyen

California Scholarship Federation Seymour Memorial Award Finalist Building on the principals of a CSF Lifetime member, the Seymour Memorial Award was established to honor the founders of the California Scholarship Federation, and is regarded as one of the highest scholastic honors given to high school students in the state of California. Each year, there are only 50 students who earn this esteemed distinction.

Ritika Appanagari

Saanvi Bapat

2025 National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists To be named a National Merit Semi Finalist is a distinction that places a student in a group representing about ½ to 1 percent of all the U.S. high school graduating seniors who took the PSAT in the fall of their junior year. A finalist must submit an application with an essay as well as a school recommendation. Presentation’s finalists:

Calista Hua Noopur Jain

Rhea Kumar Sophie Li

Karina Pallikala

Special Recognitions National Arts Honor Society Recognition The National Art Education Association began the National Art Honor Society program to inspire and recognize students who have shown an outstanding ability and interest in art. NAHS members are students who are enrolled in art courses each year, hold a 3.0 GPA or higher, complete service hours, and attend meetings regularly. The students receiving this honor cord are also members who use their efforts to attain the highest standards in art scholarship, character, and service and to bring art education to the attention of the school and community.

Kyle Counts Alyssa Gruenberg

Olivia Tumacder

Noopur Jain

Tri-M Music Honor Society Recognition The National Association for Music Education Association began the Tri-M Music Honor Society program to inspire and recognize students who have supported the ideals and aspirations of the Tri-M Music Honor Society through continued service and interest in solo and ensemble performance in their school and in their community.

Kritika Dwarakanath

Paloma Pires

Valeska Victorio

Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society The Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society recognizes students who have been a member of Mu Alpha Theta for 2-3 years, have attended a math contest and colloquium each semester, and tutored math each semester.

2 years - recognized with a pin

Sophie Li

3 years - recognized with cords

Zara Ansari Bridget Raymundo Viviana Rodrigues Aliya Tapucu Cristina Young

Central Coast Section Scholastic Achievement Recognition This significant achievement is given to deserving senior student-athletes who maintain a minimum 3.5 GPA (unweighted) while participating in interscholastic athletics.

Fernanda Avila Savannah Haynes Saanvi Bapat Calista Hua Micaela Barr-Gutierrez Sara Khandelwal Aarushi Biswas-Gupta Arushi Kharbanda Katelyn Brouwer Kavna Krishnan Jasmine Chang Teagan Kubota Muriel Eng Megan Lepow Shnaya Engineer Sophie Li Catalina Enriquez Toni McIntire Isabella Fonseca Samika Murthy Grace Goodwin Athena Navar Grace Hau Allyson Nguyen Julianna Haynes Fianna Orman

Chloe Pagonis Lauren Pe Benito Miriam Ramakrishnan Morelia Rojas Huerta Scarlet Sanders Anisha Singh Aliya Tapucu Sai Shreeya Vetsa Gracie Vierra Tracy Wong Karen Yanashita

Special Recognitions Math and Science Academy Recognition We would like to acknowledge and congratulate the following students for their commitment and dedication of time to our Presentation Math and Science related extracurricular and curricular programs as members of the Math and Science Academy.

Students earn membership points for their involvement in a large number of Math and Science related programs such as Robotics, Mu Alpha Theta, Math and Science Independent Research, Women in Stem Careers, Girls Who Code and more, as well as for attending Math and Science Colloquiums and participating in on campus Math contests. Membership is divided into 4 levels, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.

Bronze Members The following students have earned 10 points or more and have qualified as Bronze Members and they will be awarded a certificate.

Jacinda Bateman Lasya Boddapati Alexandra Boesenberg Muriel Eng Ashley Gopar

Uyen Hoang Hoai-Trang Hoang Penelope Johnson Meg Mulcaster

Amelia Paramo Maddelena Saglimbeni Haley Teeramaythawit Himani Vaidya

Silver Members The following students have earned 15 points or more and have qualified as Silver Members and they will be receiving a Certificate and pin.

Melissa Chen Natalia Correa Jiya Jagani

Megan Lepow Sophie Li Thien-Hoang Nguyen

Daria Popescu Iman Sagarwala Samrithi Balaa Saravanan

Gold Members The following students have earned 25 points or more and have qualified as Gold Members and they will be receiving a certificate and pin.

Eleanor Carcione

August Chen

Zaria Shahabdeen

Platinum Members The following students, in addition to having earned 25 points or more are currently taking an AP level Math or Science course and have qualified as Platinum Members, our highest level of achievement. They will receive a medal and certificate.

Sumehra Addnan Ritika Appanagari Sneha Arun Rishika Bajaj Aarushi Biswas-Gupta Harika Chodavarapu Jeanelle Dao

Avni Desai Kritika Dwarakanath Noopur Jain Ananya Kidambi Venice Le Ishana Manikandan Aanya Mehta

Celine Mneimneh Diya Nanduri Haripriya Ramakrishnan Bridget Raymundo Aleeza Sagarwala Nishika Sethi Joana Shinners

Thank You for Joining Us for the 2025 Awards Ceremony!