SIERRA CANYON SCHOOL
ACADEMIC AWARDS ASSEMBLY
MAY 21, 2025
PROGRAM
Welcome Jim Skrumbis
Head of School’s List Stephanie Rubin Lindsay Koss
Community Service Leadership Award Lindsay Koss
This award is given to the student who demonstrates a deep commitment and passion for a project and/or non-profit organization and goes above & beyond recognizing community service hours. The recipient has shown initiative in working to sustain and promote the mission of his/her chosen organization/project and has served as a role model by inspiring others to do the same.
Trailblazer Award Jon Ellinghouse
Awarded to the outstanding male and female student athletes in recognition of their overall performance both on the playing field and in the classroom over the course of the past school year. Recipients of this award should be truly exceptional in each of the following areas:
• Athletic Achievement
• Scholarship
• Citizenship
• Trailblazer Spirit
Head of School’s Collection Award Rory Sloan
Presented to one senior for the purchase of a piece of art to be included in the permanent collection of Sierra Canyon School. The work of art, in any medium, is chosen by the Head of School from nominations by the Visual Arts Department and will serve as a legacy to the student’s remarkable exploration in the visual arts.
Alumni Award Mick Horwitz Howard Wang
Awarded to the senior who has embraced the community of the school, has displayed to his or her colleagues a supportive and engaged attitude toward the many opportunities offered at Sierra Canyon in and out of the classroom, and who can be counted on to continue his or her passion and dedication for the school.
Dyne Center Scholar Award Alice Kessler
Dyne Center Scholar is awarded to students who exemplify conviction of purpose, a steadfast dedication to personal and academic development, and embrace a growth mindset. The recipients have shown a thirst for knowledge, demonstrated initiative, and dedicated themselves to the pursuit of academic excellence.
Departmental Awards
These award recipients embody the following:
• Spirit of intellectual inquiry
• Enthusiasm and passion for the subject
• Engagement in extracurricular participation in that field of study
• Academic achievement
• Serves as a role model to others
• Desire to take full advantage of educational opportunities provided
English/Publications Noah Salamon
Visual
Performing Arts Chris Sampson
History Eric Fodor
Mathematics
Science
World Languages
Computer Science
Dr. Veronica Bryan
Tina Lee
Dr. Laura Connor
J.D. Devaughn-Brown
Book Awards
Brandeis University
The Brandeis Book Award is given to an outstanding high school junior in the top 10% of the class who demonstrates a commitment to civic engagement, community service, political activism, social justice, or volunteer work.
Dartmouth College
The Dartmouth College Book Award is presented to the junior who, by his/her academic achievements, personal example, leadership, and service, most typifies the ideals of Sierra Canyon.
Harvard University
The Harvard Book Prize is presented to the outstanding junior who combines excellence in scholarship and character together with achievement in other fields.
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins Book Award is presented to the junior who best exhibits the qualities and characteristics that form the core of the Johns Hopkins ethic. These qualities include a demonstrated desire for intellectual and moral growth; an uncommon interest in, and capacity for, independent and original scholarship; and the strength of character necessary to employ the results of their scholarship for the betterment of society.
St. John’s College
The St. John’s College Book Award is presented to a junior who has demonstrated intellectual courage, a dedication to the liberal arts, and Arete (virtue in the sense of one being the best one can be). The selected student thrives on knowledge and discovery, achieves excellence within a depth of curriculum, and demonstrates both thoughtfulness and intelligence in daily life.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
For more than 100 years, Rensselaer, in conjunction with high schools around the world, has awarded the Rensselaer Medal to promising high school juniors who have distinguished themselves in math and science. The medal was first presented in 1916 with two purposes:
1. To recognize the superlative academic achievement of young men and women, and to
2. Motivate students toward careers in science and technology.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania Book Award serves to recognize outstanding high school juniors who exemplify the characteristics of Benjamin Franklin, the founder of the University.
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California Book Award is presented to the outstanding junior who has demonstrated both an inspired passion for and a deep commitment to the study of history. A burgeoning intellectual, this student takes pride in the clear, thoughtful expression of ideas, whether in academic writing or in spirited discussion. Thirsty for both knowledge and understanding, this student recognizes that a close study of what has come before can often point clearly toward the challenges of the future.
Conclusion Jim Skrumbis
HEAD OF SCHOOL’S LIST – Fall Semester
These students have earned no grade below an A-
Class of 2025
Dylan Alon
Wyatt Becker
Joshvar Bhuller
Bianca Coleman
Carr Early
Gregory Epstein
Eliza Feldman
Myat Htet
Evan Kwok
Hannah LaChapelle
Ria Lala
Savannah Miller
Justin Priluck
Aaron Romano
Lucille Russell
Ella Smith
Willow Stromer
Alexandra Thau
Mallika Vairavan
Chung Heng Wei
Katelynn Wu
Qinghe Xu
Tyler Young
Ashton Zamani
Qiao Zhang
Class of 2026
James Browning
Maya Charuvastra
Chase Everett
Ziqiu Fang
Duoyong Gao
Aiden Gofnung
Dean Gofnung
Daniel Maya
Nikhil McGowan
Lincoln Moseley
Jonah Nadley
Emma Nassiri
Kellen Oliver
Nicholas Park
Joshua Pierce
Ruozhen Ren
Zeming Tao
Nathan Wang
Ruiyan Wang
Zijun Wang
Class of 2027
Samaya Bansal
Chloe Boghoskhanian
Sophia Cartio
Trey Cedergren
Savanna Cohen
Charles Cummings
Jack Davis
Lily Davis
Margaret Domzalski
Lucy Feldman
Nathan Gao
Brayden Goldstein
Zeke Greene
Logan Isfan
Aiden Jahng
Elijah Kwon
Owen Luo
Churan Ma
Jordyn Malek
Atticus Masuzawa
Andre Mazaheri
Thomas McCurley
Andrew Mostman
Kyndall Plaisted
Jayden Sharobeem
Olivia Shum-Koubek
Caden Silk
Penelope Silvia
Sarah Sobel
Calista Suzuki
Yunqi Tang
Sofia Vafi
Runyu Yang
Yinuo Ye
Heidi Zhang
HEAD OF SCHOOL’S LIST – Fall Semester
These students have earned no grade below an A-
Class of 2028
Emma Armstrong
Lindley Asmus-Kim
Baer Berlinski
Nikolai Bokin
Austin Craven
Helena DeForest
Reeya Dhanani
Xinyue Diao
Oliver Goffman
Lenny Greene
Yixiang Huang
Yulie Hutchings
Reyna Kojima
Sirui Li
Jael Long
Thomas Ludlam
Kathryn McCurley
Qinru Meng
Kingston Miller
Brooke Negrete
Roseline Oladokun
Zilin Ru
Tayyeb Saifee
Mikayla Tisdale
Runyi Wu
Yianna Zaky-Papantoniou
Harper Zelinsky
Class of 2029
Jake Bernstein
Jaelyn Block
Kareena Dalal
Sophie Dhanani
Brandon Engel
Emma Favinsky
Jiarui Guo
Narayan Headington
Mila Herwick
Samuel Kogan
Meliame Langi
Cooper Lesner
Cate Lewin
Madison Markham
Rentaro Masada
Chidi Odebunmi
Kennedy Oliver
Avni Pai
Jonah Plishner
Léah Rabbani
Priya Rahim
Gemma Rizzotti
Eva Rubin
Asher Schwartz
Graciela Soffin
Ella Studley
Chak Yan Sun
Akira Takayanagi
Vivienne Wiltgen
Class of 2030
Theodore Baker
Amani Bansal
Deron Braswell
Diana Costa
Adam Cummings
Layla Davis
Eleanor DeForest
Evelyn Downing
Calliope Everest
Lilah Farag
Brady Faulkner
Taura Freyer
Dylan Getz
Shayanne Gordon
Angelina-James Keller
Alexander Lam
Maxwell Lorenzo
Nylah Porter
Aiden Rabbani
Ayan Rajkondawar
Ryan Romulus
Taylor Silk
Brooklyn Spungin
Qingzhu Xu
Rena Zuang
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Class of 2025
Diego Aguilar Fox
Haley Allado
Noah Almany
Dylan Alon
Deavan Antoine-Dillon
Alexis Aronson
Christopher Cain
Meihong Chen
Naz Engel
Eliza Feldman
Myat Htet
Mark Kassabian
Jackson Kearney
Olivia Kearney
Evan Kwok
Hannah LaChapelle
Shane Lackman
Ria Lala
Guannan Lian
Sienna Martin
Savannah Miller
Sienna Miller
Emerson Moody
Ava Paknejad
Danica Quinn
Aaron Romano
Lucille Russell
Ella Smith
Jordan Spillman
Sinead Sullivan
Nova Tague
Alexandra Thau
Olivia Theodoratos
Mallika Vairavan
Logan Waks
Ruiting Xing
Qinghe Xu
Tyler Young
Ashton Zamani
Easton Zelinsky
Qiao Zhang
Zhewei Zhang
Class of 2026
Mason Anderson
Natalia Areliz
Anoush Avetikyan
Denise Barakat
James Browning
Emma Byun
Cayden Cain
Paloma Caruso
Brayden Charness
Maya Charuvastra
Krish Chawla
Baizhen Chen
Harper Davis
Zoe Dusig
Ziqiu Fang
Troi Ford
Duoyong Gao
Aiden Gofnung
Dean Gofnung
Enrique Guile
Toni Rae Gutierrez
Luke Haas
Merex Horwitz
Quincy Jelalian-Katz
Cy Joseph
Julian Katz
Anthony Kim
Eliyah Larry
Xinfei Liu
Zhanshuo Liu
Daniel Maya
Nikhil McGowan
Tristan Miller
Payton Montgomery
Lincoln Moseley
Jonah Nadley
Emma Nassiri
Alexis Ochoa
Kalyani Olive
Kellen Oliver
Sadie Onelum
Darya Paknejad
Nicholas Park
Ian Pflieger
Joshua Pierce
Ruozhen Ren
Finn Retsky
Jerzy Robinson
Olivia Rufo
Thiseas Sarris
Dino Scordia
Jordan Shtrum
Samuel Stoller
Zhengbang Sui
Sophia Tellis
Charley Veluz
Nathan Wang
Tiffany Wang
Lingling Xie
Eren Yabuki
CUM LAUDE SOCIETY
Class of 2025
Haley Allado
Dylan Alon
Meihong Chen
Margaret
Christian
Carr Early
Leia Edwards
Naz Engel
Gregory Epstein
Eliza Feldman
Ethan Gao
Zhiyu He
Myat Htet
Evan Kwok
Hannah
LaChapelle
Shane Lackman
Ria Lala
Hao Li
Ava Paknejad
Aaron Romano
Lucille Russell
Ella Smith
Jordan Spillman
Mallika Vairavan
Katelynn Wu
Qinghe Xu
Qiao Zhang
Class of 2026
Anoush Avetikyan
James Browning
Cayden Cain
Ziqiu Fang
Aiden Gofnung
Dean Gofnung
Daniel Maya
Nikhil McGowan
Lincoln Moseley
Kellen Oliver
Nicholas Park
Joshua Pierce
Ruozhen Ren
Finn Retsky
Zijun Wang
Nathan Wang
Shihan Xiu
DEAN’S LIST- Fall Semester
These students have earned a GPA of 3.6 or higher (weighted) with no grade below B-
Class of 2025
Diego Aguilar Fox
Haley Allado
Noah Almany
Alexis Aronson
Xavier Arrocha
Michael Baba
Edwin Bai
Jesse Bailey
Sahil Banker
Destiny Barragan
Zahra Bello
Meihong Chen
Margaret Christian
Noah Cohen
D’Lila Combs
Jessie Combs
Liani DeLillio
Chase Dem
Leia Edwards
Naz Engel
Jonas Epstein
Ethan Gao
Naomi Gee
Zhiyu He
Gavin Hightower
Ethan Iyer
Mohit Jaisinghani
Daron Jil-Agopian
Peyton Jones
Sean Jones
Zoee Jones
Mark Kassabian
Jackson Kearney
Olivia Kearney
Lucas Lehman
Charly Lesner
Tony Jau Bong Leung
Hao Li
Guannan Lian
Carter Lorenz
Becky Luo
Lauren Lynch
Sienna Martin
Liya McNicoll
Nevada Miller
Sienna Miller
Emerson Moody
Dequann Morgan
Andrew Nelson
Ava Nutt
Ava Paknejad
Nina Peyton-Johnson
Danica Quinn
Daniel Raab
Ashley Redd
Alex Roth
Jordan Spillman
Sinead Sullivan
Matthew Suter
Zoe Swinton
Nova Tague
Olivia Theodoratos
Mia Torres
Logan Waks
Xinni Wei
Ruiting Xing
Jae’on Young
Zydon Yuan
Easton Zelinsky
Zhewei Zhang
Jitong Zou
Class of 2026
Mason Anderson
Anoush Avetikyan
Cayden Cain
Kyra Carlson
Paloma Caruso
Brayden Charness
Krish Chawla
Shouyuan Chen
True DeSilva Jones
Alonzo Gonzalez
Alyna Gopez
Enrique Guile
Toni Rae Gutierrez
Luke Haas
Graelyn Heierling
Patrick Hill
Merex Horwitz
Zixuan Hu
Qunicy Jelalian-Katz
Mikhal Johnson
Harry Ju
Julian Katz
Anthony Kim
Eliyah Larry
Theodore Levin
Ruiyi Liu
Xinfei Liu
Zhanshou Liu
Sahhra Mazaheri
Carl McMullan
Anthony Mgdesyan
Tristan Miller
Payton Montgomery
Alexis Ochoa
Sadie Onelum
Darya Paknejad
Ian Pflieger
Alyssa Redd
Finn Retsky
Zion Rex
Madden Riordan
Jerzy Robinson
Olivia Rufo
Sophia Sarni
Thiseas Sarris
Dino Scordia
Jordan Shtrum
Samuel Stoller
Sophia Tellis
Damon Thomas
Tiffany Wang
Ryder Weathers
Lyric Wilson
Roman Winter
Lingling Xie
Shihan Xiu
Ronen Zaorano
Hongyi Zhu
Class of 2027
Olivia Aguilar
Andrés Aguilar Fox
Ella Asher
Jacob Barsoum
Yihan Chen
Weston Cohen
Conor Dick
Sara Dick
Phoenix Downing
Pucheng Du
Marcus Fovos
Thomas Gabel
Gabriel Jiatai Guo
Sterling Hollis
Evangeline Jeffries
MacGregor Kennedy
Zariah Kennedy
Ryan Koodish
Ella Kravitz
Alexandria Langley
Kaia Laug
Leah Lee
Jack Lenkov
Junhong Li
DEAN’S LIST- Fall Semester
These students have earned a GPA of 3.6 or higher (weighted) with no grade below B-
Wenxin Lin
Joshua Long
Adriana Mazaheri
Darius Mazzarella
Nia Melendez
Trevor Mertzel
Nirvaan Pai
Maximilien Rincon
Arpi Saryan
Shayan Shakaram
Colin Shelly
Ryan Slavett
Ryan Sobeck
Salaya Somboonkit
Yuqi Song
Adithya Venkatesh
Haicheng Wang
Richard Wesley
Kunyu Xiao
Liyue Xiao
Leighton Zamani
Class of 2028
Nelly Arjikyan
Sarai Azizad
Emily Boghoskhanian
Siana Brayboy
Samuel Carpenter
Jiya Chawla
Sydney Dervin
Thomas Duncan
Erik Ginsburg
Morgan Grier
Xinran Guo
Yiqing Guo
Liam Haas
Davis Hur
Taylor Hsu
YuTong Huo
Alysia Juniel
Arhaan Kapoor
Noah Lesak
Lucas Letts
Yutong Liu
Zavier Luo
Nylah Melendez
Mariah Moses
Austin Oliver
Nicolas Petrikin
Kailee-Dash Presley-Adkins
Ethan Schwartz
Vicky Shen
Xuanzi Shen
Micah Slade
Nuodi Song
Nuoya Song
Emmanuelle Spillman
Olivia Switalla
Tatum Thomas
Jake Waks
Cash Wiltgen
Class of 2029
Riley Allen
Devon Almany
Jasper Berlinski
Daisy Brown
Amelia Bzdak
Anaya Dela Fuente
Juniper Drootin
Charley Enbody
Nathan Englander
Jake Ford
Deidre Fovos
Charly Goldson
Ryder Gottlieb
Hillary Hess
Collin LaChapelle
Fynn Levine
Yuchen Lin
Adrian Marinescu
Madeline Maya
Jacob McNamara
Elias Miller
Hudson Miller
Lucas Noble
Christian Olano
Sydney Rincon
Ascher Ruf
Dominick Salamon
Savannah Sanders
Ruitong Shi
Scarlett Slipock
Olivia Sobeck
Matthew Yang
Milo Yip
Class of 2030
Zoey Bryant
Minghan Chen
Hannah Cohen
Emilie Drake
Maveti Faumuina
Ty Fishler
Scarlett Isfan
Emma Juceam
Sarah Lee
Yawan Li
Julianna Mendoza-Behrens
Emma Miller
Nathan Park
Sebastian Quinonez
Noelle Shum-Walton
Jesse Spungin
Sophia Wang
Liam Zeff
SIERRA CANYON SCHOOL
20801 RINALDI STREET
CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA