2023-2024 Upper Campus Academic Awards Program

SIERRA CANYON SCHOOL ACADEMIC AWARDS ASSEMBLY MAY 29, 2024

PROGRAM Welcome

Jim Skrumbis

Head of School’s List

Lindsay Koss Stephanie Rubin

Community Service Leadership Award

Shelley Deutsch

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

Rock Pillsbury

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

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 Arts History Mathematics Science World Languages Computer Science

Noah Salamon Rory Sloan Dr. Ryan Staude 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.

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.

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.

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.

Wesleyan University The recipient of the Wesleyan University Book Award should excel at a rigorous course of study that includes courses at the most advanced level in at least two areas. He or she should demonstrate independent thought and creative thinking consistent with the spirit of free and energetic inquiry encouraged by Wesleyan University. The student should show extracurricular achievement, school leadership, community involvement, or commitment to the arts.

Conclusion

Jim Skrumbis

HEAD OF SCHOOL’S LIST – Fall Semester These students have earned no grade below an A-

Class of 2024 Katie Anderson Alexander Bai Lola Barris Cooper Davis Rose Domzalski Akasha Dukkipati Jia Le Emily Fei Lilian Fromkin Lucas Hori Anya Jones Jesse Lepore Yi Li Albert Luo Lance Matthies Logan Matthies Rafael Maya Bridgette Mertzel Kamto Nwabueze Dylan Ochoa Justin Pippen Jonathan Smyrnos Sydney Soussan Luke Swanson Taylor Treahy Camryn Vaughn Payton Vaughn

Class of 2025

Class of 2026

Haley Allado Dylan Alon Liani DeLillio Carr Early Leia Edwards Gregory Epstein Eliza Feldman Ellia Friese Evan Kwok Hannah LaChapelle Hao Miranda Li Savannah Miller Justin Priluck Daniel Raab Lucille Russell Ella Smith Willow Stromer Alexandra Thau Mallika Vairavan Katelynn Wu Qinghe Michael Xu Tyler Young Qiao Tiger Zhang

Anoush Avetikyan James Browning Cayden Cain Brayden Charness Baizhen Charly Chen Shouyuan Ricky Chen Aiden Gofnung Dean Gofnung Merex Horwitz Jackson Lara Shaun Shin Masada Daniel Maya Nikhil McGowan Lincoln Moseley Emma Nassiri Alexis Ochoa Kellen Oliver Sadie Onelum Nicholas Park Joshua Pierce Ruozhen Sophia Ren Finn Retsky Madden Riordan Dino Scordia Zeming Thomas Tao Nathan Wang Ruiyan Elsa Wang Tiffany Wang Zijun Danny Wang Shihan John Xiu Hongyi Shirley Zhu

HEAD OF SCHOOL’S LIST – Fall Semester These students have earned no grade below an A-

Class of 2027 Andrés Aguilar Fox Samaya Bansal Chloe Boghoskhanian Maya Cedergren Trey Cedergren Yihan Chen Savanna Cohen Charles Cummings Jack Davis Lily Davis Margaret Domzalski Phoenix Downing Lucy Feldman Brayden Goldstein Logan Isfan Evangeline Jeffries Zariah Kennedy Olivia Koubek Elijah Kwon Wenxin Vincent Lin Owen Luo Jordyn Malek Atticus Masuzawa Adriana Mazaheri Andre Mazaheri Thomas McCurley Trevor Mertzel Andrew Mostman Nirvaan Pai Kyndall Plaisted Maximilien Rincon Sydney Roberson Arpi Saryan Jayden Sharobeem Caden Silk Penelope Silvia Ryan Slavett Ryan Sobeck Sarah Sobel Alexander Soffin

Calista Suzuki Yunqi Nikki Tang Haicheng Michael Wang Leah Wetter Liyue Chris Xiao Heidi Zhang

Class of 2028 Emma Armstrong Baer Berlinski Nikolai Bokin Siana Brayboy Jiya Chawla Austin Craven Helena DeForest Reeya Dhanani Oliver Goffman Yiqing Daisy Guo Liam Haas Taylor Hsu Davis Hur Daliah Jil-Agopian Arhaan Kapoor Reyna Kojima Noah Lesak Rener Li Jael Long Thomas Ludlam Kathryn McCurley Qinru Alysa Meng Mariah Moses Alexander Noble Roseline Oladokun Nicholas Petrikin Addis Rohwedder Tayyeb Saifee Olivia Switalla Dru Wilson Yianna Zaky-Papantoniou Matthew Zaya

Harper Zelinsky

Class of 2029 Devon Almany Jake Bernstein Jaelyn Block Kareena Dalal Sophie Dhanani Charley Enbody Brandon Engel Emma Favinsky Nirvahn Fernande Narayan Headington Mila Herwick Samuel Kogan Collin LaChapelle Meliame Langi Cooper Lesner Cate Lewin Madison Markham Rentaro Masada Elias Matti Miller Lucas Noble Chidi Odebunmi Kennedy Oliver Avni Pai Jonah Plishner Léah Rabbani Priya Rahim Sydney Rincon Gemma Rizzotti Eva Rubin Ascher Ruf Savannah Sanders Asher Schwartz Graciela Soffin Ella Studley Akira Takayanagi Vivienne Wiltgen Matthew Yang

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Class of 2024 Katie Anderson Alishba Ansari Julian Areliz Charles Askerneese Juliana Azcarate Alexander Bai Lola Barris Kayla Blatt Samantha Borck Marquez Caruso Parker Chodorow Carmel Crunk Kaylanee Crunk Cooper Davis Sabrina De Leon Ruhai Ding Yuanhao Ding Rose Domzalski Akasha Dukkipati Maria Eduarda Fontes Samuel Faraci Santos Harrison Felipe Brady Fernandes Lilian Fromkin Gavin George Asher Gottlieb Lucas Hori Daniel Huang Anya Jones Krishan Lala Jia Le Fei Tao-Tao Lee Jianpu Liu Natalia Liu Claros

Albert Luo Kayla Malek Lance Matthies Logan Matthies RJ Maya Bridgette Mertzel Juan Morales Dylan Ochoa Nicholas Pham Alexa Potts Jaeden Pugh Rachael Reyes Arya Sadeghi Jack Shtrum Sienna Singer Luke Swanson Madeline Way Youyou Xie

Class of 2025 Diego Aguilar Fox Haley Allado Noah Almany Dylan Alon Deavan Antoine-Dillon Lexie Aronson Christopher Cain Meihong Chen Melissa Engel Eliza Feldman Myat Cara Htet Mark Kassabian Jackson Kearney Olivia Kearney Evan Kwok

Hannah LaChapelle Shane Lackman Ria Lala Guannan Lian Becky Luo 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

CUM LAUDE SOCIETY Class of 2024 Katie Anderson Alexander Bai Lola Barris Cooper Davis Rose Domzalski Akasha Dukkipati Emily Fei Harrison Felipe Asher Gottlieb Anya Jones Krishan Lala Yi Li Natalia Liu Claros Albert Luo Kayla Malek Lance Matthies Logan Matthies Rafael Maya Bridgette Mertzel Dylan Ochoa Nicholas Pham Jaeden Pugh Arya Sadeghi Youyou Xie Frank Yuan George Zhou

Class of 2025 Gregory Epstein Eliza Feldman Ethan Gao Evan Kwok Hannah LaChapelle Ria Lala Miranda Li Lucille Russell Ella Smith Mallika Vairavan Katelynn Wu Michael Xu Tiger Zhang

DEAN’S LIST- Fall Semester These students have earned a GPA of 3.6 or higher (weighted) with no grade below B-

Class of 2024 Juliana Azcarate Corbin Berghoff Kayla Blatt Samantha Borck Lola Brown Quincy Logan Butler Marquez Antonio Caruso Luke Casarez Parker Chodorow Chance Combs Cole Crawford Kaylanee Crunk Yuanhao Stone Ding Pengyue Hasen Dong Harrison Felipe Tatum Fisher Laila Fluellen Gavin George Kwazi Gilmer Asher Gottlieb Laura Hsu Daniel Huang Peyton Jackson Krishan Lala Tao-Tao Lillian Lee Sam Lenkov Jianpu Tom Liu Natalia Liu Claros Kayla Malek Halie McGinest Cameron Mitchell-Jones Kamsi Nwabueze Mykolas Petraitis Nicholas Pham Jaeden Pugh Danica Rach Arya Sadeghi

Jack Shtrum Sienna Singer Shanna Slipock Jaylen Sumlin Victoria Velloza Madeline Way Noah Williams Youyou Xie Yifan Frank Yuan Jiacheng George Zhou

Class of 2025 Wyatt Becker Joshvar Bhuller Christopher Cain Margaret Christian D’Lila Combs Jessie Combs Chase Dem Melissa Engel Jonas Epstein Yincheng Ethan Gao Parker Hamilton Zhiyu Eric He Myat Cara Htet Daron Jil-Agopian Jackson Kearney Olivia Kearney James Keefer Ria Lala Becky Luo Lauren Lynch Liya McNicoll Sienna Miller Emerson Moody Andrew Nelson Ava Nutt Ava Paknejad

Alessandro Paredes Nina Peyton-Johnson Aaron Romano Jordan Spillman Sinead Sullivan Matthew Suter Zoe Swinton Nova Tague Matteo Vatere Logan Waks Chung Heng Allen Wei Ruiting Jessie Xing Jae’on Young Ashton Zamani Easton Zelinsky Zhewei Jason Zhang Jitong Adeline Zou

Class of 2026 Mason Anderson Natalia Areliz Denise Barakat Emma Byun Kyra Carlson Paloma Raquel Caruso Maya Charuvastra Krish Chawla Harper Davis True DeSilva-Jones Zoe Dusig Ziqui Quinne Fang Devan Fernande Troi Ford Duoyong Nicholas Gao Alyna Gopez Zixuan Alina Hu

DEAN’S LIST- Fall Semester These students have earned a GPA of 3.6 or higher (weighted) with no grade below B-

Quincy Jelalian-Katz Mikhal Johnson Julian Katz Anthony Kim Hazel Klingenberger Ayden Klionsky Eliyah Larry Theodore Levin Ruiyi Liu Xinfei Faye Liu Zhanshuo Liu (Zachary) Carl McMullan Anthony Mgdesyan Tristan Miller Jonah Nadley Jaid Nilon Darya Paknejad Ian Pflieger Jerzy Robinson Olivia Rufo Thiseas Sarris Jordan Shtrum Armando Solorio Samuel Stoller Zhengbang Bruce Sui Sophia Tellis Lyric Wilson

Class of 2027 Olivia Aguilar Hannah Almany Layla Armstrong Ella Asher Nathan Bay Sophia Cartio Weston Cohen Conor Dick Marcus Fovos

Yinzhen Nathan Gao Zeke Greene Gabriel Jiatai Guo Demarco Hernandez Sterling Hollis MacGregor Kennedy Alexandria Langley Leah Lee Jack Lenkov Junhong Aaron Li Joshua Long Churan Olivia Ma Trent Malan Darius Mazzarella Shayan Shakaram Michael Shaw Colin Shelly Kenneth Smith III Jacob Soffin Sofia Vafi Richard Wesley Dré Whitfield Tianna Winston Guancheng William Wu Runyu Audrey Yang

Class of 2028 Sarai Azizad Samuel Carpenter Kristoffer Carranza Thomas Duncan Erik Ginsburg Lenny Greene Cole Harris Alysia Juniel Dylan Kravitz Cash Martinez Kingston Miller

Austin Oliver Ethan Schwartz Yuki Suto Mikayla Tisdale Maxim Vatere Alexa Vaziri Cash Wiltgen Zixing Max Zhou

Class of 2029 Jasper Berlinski Jake Ford Gabriella Lewin Adrian Marinescu Katya Markina Madeline Maya Jacob McNamara Hudson Miller Jonathan Parra Kassidee Smith Olivia Sobeck Maurice Toven Milo Yip

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