Newtown High School Underclassmen Presented With Myriad Awards

On the evening of June 5, Newtown High School recognized underclassmen for their accomplishments this school year. Following are the students and the awards they received:

Thaddeus Adams, American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) Award; Akshay Agashe, AMC Award; Katharine Aiello, Mount Holyoke Book Award; Miles Aldrich, Library Service Award; Geoffrey Allison, Science Department Award for Excellence; Rockwell Anyoha, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude; Emma Atkinson, Michaels Jewelers Award; Christie Attanasio, Nurtury Award, Wellesley College Book Award.

Evan Batzer, National Latin Medal–Gold–Summa Cum Laude; Christian Beitel, National Latin Medal–Gold–Summa Cum Laude; Blake Bell, AMC Award; Theresa Bibeau, NHS Internship; Carra Buckley, Science Department Award for Excellence; Jacob Burg, Denison University Book Award, Michaels Jewelers Award, Lions Club Trull Award; Judith Carnali, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude.

Alexandra Clement, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude, Clark University Book Award; Julie DeAngelis, Connecticut Junior Science & Humanities Symposium; Michelle Deblasio, National Latin Medal–Gold–Summa Cum Laude; Elise DeRoo, Bausch and Lomb Award, Gettysburg College Book Award; Matthew Douglas, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude.

Stephen Dworkin, Columbia University Book Award; Jensine Eckwall, Art Department Book Award; Sarah Edwards, Art Department Book Award; Elizabeth Feltch, Vassar College Book Award; Melania Fitzgerald, Alexzander Hamilton Citizenship Achievement Award; Benjamin Ford, Library Service Award; Anthony Fragoso, AMC Award, Excellence in Chemistry Scholarship Competition.

Keegan Frobey, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude, AMC Award; Paul Garofalo, National Latin Medal–Gold–Summa Cum Laude, AMC Award, Science Department Award for Excellence; Jacqueline George, AMC Award; Harrison Gillis, AMC Award; Madeline Graham, Art Department Book Award; Harry Griffin, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude; Lauren Hanulik, Science Department Award for Excellence.

Christina Hartlett, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude; Wesley Hood, Connecticut Science Fair; Jacquelyn Hornak, NHS Internship; Dayton Horvath, Science Horizons, Society of Women Engineers Award; Jason Howell, Science Horizons; Biota Hung, National Latin Medal–Gold–Summa Cum Laude; Matthew Iassogna, AMC Award, Science Department Award for Excellence.

Allison Jagoe, St Michael’s College Book Award, Governor’s Scholar Semi-Finalist; Matthew Jones, National Latin Medal–Gold–Summa Cum Laude; Ivan Judak, Science Department Award for Excellence; Julie Kalt, Elmira College Book Award; Katherine Kelleher, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude; Linea Kemsley, AMC Award.

Samantha Kent, Connecticut Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude; Irene Koh, Art Department Book Award; Emily Korth, Art Department Book Award; Peter Kraus, Education Connection Regional Internship Program; Alyssa Krueger, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude; Grant Kurtz, Science Horizons.

Timothy Larsen, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude; Emily Lockhart, NHS Internship; Tyler Lones, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude; Emily Loose, Fairfield University Book Award; Bonnie Lundblad, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude; Colleen Lynch, AMC Award; Kelly Maher, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude.

Benjamin Mahoney, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude; Andrea Maret, Kodak Young Leaders Award, Business Department Book Award, Rensselaer Medal; Brendan Martin, Harold DeGroat Award, St Michael’s College Book Award; Keith McGrath, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude, AMC Award; Daniel McSweeney, National Latin Medal–Gold–Summa Cum Laude.

Lauren Morrissey, AMC Award–Honorable Mention; Bethany Murphy, National Latin Medal–Gold–Summa Cum Laude; Walter Murphy, Brown University Book Award; Claire Ober, Fairfield University–Excellence in Math/Science Award, Williams College Book Award, Arjun Mehta Scholarship; Felicia Pan, Science Horizons; Patrick Pennarola, National Latin Medal–Gold–Summa Cum Laude, AMC Award.

Zachary Pettengill, Education Connection Regional Internship Program; Zoe Rabinowitz, AMC Award; Jordan Reed, Emory University Book Award; Rebecca Reed, Science Horizons Fair/Symposium, Medusa Mythology Exam Award, Society of Women Engineers Award, Harvard University Book Award, AMC Award; Zachary Richter, Medusa Mythology Exam Award.

Rachel Rockwell, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude, AMC Award, Barnard College Book Award; Bridie Rubino, NHS Internship; Genevieve Santayana, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude; Jeff Schmidt, Science Department Award for Excellence; Tanner Schmidt, AMC Award; Amanda Sharpe, Education Connection Regional Internship Program; Colin Smith, AMC Award.

Calvin Song, AMC Award; Jillian Spies, National Latin Medal–Gold–Summa Cum Laude; Daniel Tibolla, AMC Award; Mary Alice Upshur, Education Connection Regional Internship Program; Catherine Urfer, Lions Club Trull Award, Smith College Book Award; Natalie Villa, AMC Award; Ivan Virovets, Connecticut Science Fair.

Michael Whitley-Rodriguez, National Latin Medal–Silver–Maxima Cum Laude; Nancy Wilder, Science Department Award for Excellence; Haotian Zheng, AMC Award; Jonathan Zigman, University of Rochester Book Award; Sadie Zukowski, College of the Holy Cross Book Award.