Student Achievements

Student Achievement

AWARDS HIGHLIGHT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Benjamin Who (pictured above as con man Harold Hill in The Music Man) and Lea Voytovych (pictured below at the Singers concert) received Grand Recognition in the Duke TIP program.

DUKE TIP

The Duke Talent Identification Program allows high-achieving students to participate in high school level testing. Seventh graders who perform in the top 5 percent nationally on part of a standardized test are invited to take the SAT or ACT along with high school juniors and seniors. The test gives students another data point of academic ability.

GRAND RECOGNITION

Top 10% relative to high school upperclassmen

Lea Voytovych Benjamin Who

STATE RECOGNITION

Top 50% relative to high school upperclassmen

Alden Davenport Charles Donnell Sarah Margaret Hill Abigail Hou Austin Howes Sophia Hung Lucy Katz Andrew Konar Victoria Livingstone Simon Marquez Joseph Marshall Serena Moore Farris Murchison Michael Murphy Michael Nguyen Amelia Novotny Corbin Robinson Lauren Shu Scarlett Suffel Nelson Wong Ella Yu

CHESS TEAM

Only in its third year, the ROBS Chess Team continues to impress, achieving status as the second best elementary chess team in its division at the 2019 Texas Scholastic Super State Chess Championships. The team also placed seventh in the state’s Elementary Grand Champion Team Standing.

Top row (left to right): Patrick Guerrini, Tripp Goydan, Jayce Flowers,

Keon Kwauk, Wes Kozar, Fred Oates, Graham Johnson, James Santana

Front row (left to right): Adriana Popovic, Conner Lee, Evie Laskaris,

Thea Popovic, Niko Laskaris

SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING CONTEST

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the most prestigious in the country for young artists and writers. Work is judged on originality, technical skill, and personal voice or vision.

National Silver Key

Samantha Fowler, Personal Narrative Samantha Fowler is the

Regional Gold Key

Samantha Fowler, Personal Narrative Sophia Jazaeri, Personal Narrative Garrison Rabalais, Personal Narrative Ben Who, Journalism Ben Who, Journalism

Regional Silver Key

Danny Gilbane, Personal Narrative Christopher Karmonik, Personal Narrative

Regional Honorable Mention

Amy He, Personal Narrative

Hannah Jones, Drawing only ROBS student to receive a national Scholastic Writing award in 2019.

Danny Gilbane and Amy He serve as masters of ceremonies at the 2019 variety show, ROBS Has Got Talent.

NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM

The National Spanish Exam is administered to students in grades 6-12, most of whom are in high school. Students are evaluated with others taking the same level of Spanish, regardless of age or grade level. Gold medal winners place at or above the 95th percentile of students taking the exam. Silver medalists place between the 85th-94th percentile. Bronze medalists score between the 75th- 84th percentile.

SPANISH 2

GOLD MEDAL Samantha Fowler John Greeley Amy He Estefania Lopez-Salas Aileen Paredes Camron Baldwin Alden Davenport Patrick Sullivan

Yousuf Saeed

SILVER MEDAL Isabella Caruso Christopher Karmonik

BRONZE MEDAL Jalen Bradley Jeremiah Broughton Caroline Hankamer Elizabeth Reed

SPANISH 1B

GOLD MEDAL Naomi Capdeville Charles Donnell Grant Greeley Sarah Margaret Hill Austin Howes Lillian Jones Eloise Klaasmeyer Tori Livingstone Vilmos Lo Charlie Grace

Catherine Moursund Christopher Rivera Mary Sudduth Lea Voytovych

SILVER MEDAL Mya Broughton Caroline Girard Annika Haug Chandler Hollis Abigail Hou Mason Howes Sophia Hung Lucy Katz Mark Morris Michael Murphy Maximilian Palermo Amelia Novotny Elisha Rabley Lauren Shu Sebastian Vlahos Mary Louise Wareing William Wheless Benjamin Who Nelson Wong Leo Zeng

BRONZE MEDAL Nhu Chu Isabel Curran Jonathan Daniel Joseph Marshall Lilly Bella Meiss Farris Murchison Mary Shepherd Ava Sklar Rhyder Swen

SPANISH 1A

GOLD MEDAL Emma Chang Chloe Davis Bethanne Fitts Eva Misso Hashim Saeed Izzie Wheelock

SILVER MEDAL Amanda Brantley David Capobianco Joshua Freeman Scarlett Suffel

Robert Hamner Johnathon Li Lily Mach Corbin Robinson Vivian Turbidy

BRONZE MEDAL Daniel Fanning Ella Fox Stephen Gill Andrew Konar Serena Moore Bella Perdue Annie Wareing Alice Zhang

Naomi Capdeville

made a perfect score on the National Spanish Exam.

Anna Guerrini placed 15th in science at the state championship.

STATE MATH AND SCIENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Nine Raiders from the ROBS Math Club qualified for the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association state championship in San Antonio, which hosts more than 1,200 middle school students from across Texas.

Camron Baldwin Samantha Fowler Anna Guerrini Andrew Konar Johnathan Li Zaniya Prasla Ben Who Alice Zhang Oliver Zhang Science Science Number Sense / Math / Science Science Number Sense Math Number Sense / Math Number Sense / Math / Science Number Sense / Math / Science

Several Raiders also received special awards in regional meets this year.

Anna Guerrini Anna Guerrini Zaniya Prasla Ben Who 12th place in Science 18th place in Science 14th place in Math 19th place in Number Sense

YEARBOOK HONORS

In a publication almost solely recognizing college and high school yearbooks, the Balfour Yearbook Yearbook awarded ROBS an Honorable Mention for excellence in the production of the 2017-18 yearbook, the 11th consecutive ROBS yearbook to receive the award. The staff was led by Editor-in-Chief Kathryn Bragg and Assistant Editor Michelle Cai.

Henry Li Michelle Liu

ROBS HAS GOT TALENT

More than 30 talented Middle School students performed in the annual ROBS variety show. This year’s show had it all—from standup comediennes to concert pianists, a ukulele master, and more. An illustrious panel of judges award the four top spots, while the students vote to determine “People’s Choice” winner.

First Place: Michelle Liu, “Spring of Xingjiang” Second Place: Henry Li, “Nocturne in C# minor” Third Place: Scarlett DuBose, “Never Know” Scarlett DuBose

Honorable Mention – The Niew Niew Band: Austin Howes, Evelyn Mach, Lilly Mach, Ben Who People’s Choice – The Weekenders: Charles Donnell, Hudson Holthouse, Annika Haug, Michael Murphy, Lauren Shu