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George Mason High School Awards Ceremony 2003
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AWARDS PRESENTED BY
MR. MICHAEL HOOVER
Outstanding English Student: Aysha Twose, Kristin Sommers
Outstanding Lasso Students: Tamara Ashworth and Andrea Genovese Soares
Outstanding Tempo Student: Nichole Urbano
FALLS CHURCH NEWS PRESS SCHOLARSHIP: Drew Maier
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS PRESENTED BY
MR. FRANK MARINO
Excellence in Fine Arts: Hey Lim Kim
Excellence in Photography: Sara Sugrue
Band:
John Phillips Sousa Award: Cynthia Rose
US Marine Corps "Semper Fidelis" Award: Mark Murchie
Choral Music:
National School Choral Award: Kristin Sommers
Outstanding Vocalist Award: Joe Mauro
Drama:
Outstanding Contribution to the Theater Department: Jessie Jondrow
FOREIGN LANGUAGE AWARDS PRESENTED BY
MS. LINDA JOHNSEN
Outstanding American Sign Language Student: Caitlin Wright
Outstanding French Student: Aysha Twose
Outstanding Spanish Student: Tamara Ashworth
Outstanding Latin Student: Ashlie Peters
SOCIAL STUDIES AWARDS PRESENTED BY
MR. CHRIS PIKRALLIDAS
Outstanding Students in Social Studies: Phillip Newton, Dan Bray
Outstanding Model U.N.: Sara Kaplow
Outstanding "It's Academic": Dan Bray
University of Rochester Humanities/Social Sciences Award & Scholarship: Kaitlin Bottock.
MATH AWARDS PRESENTED BY
MS. LINDA GALOFARO
GM Outstanding Mathematics Award: Nick Huizenga
GM Outstanding Computer Science Award: Peter Iliev
Absolute Value (Most Improved) Award: Nora McCulla
RENSSELAER MATH AND SCIENCE MEDAL: Orie Bumgarner.
INTERNATIONAL CLUB SCHOLARSHIP: Zoey Wang
SCIENCE AWARDS PRESENTED BY
MS. MARY MCDOWELL
Outstanding Physical Science Student : Mark Murchie
Outstanding Biological Science Student: Anne Maynard
BAUSCH AND LOMB HONORARY SCIENCE AWARD & SCHOLARSHIP: Arya Namboodiri.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE MEDAL: Joseph Mauro
CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION AWARDS PRESENTED BY
MS. JAN RUHL
Business and Information Technology Award
Most Outstanding Business Student: Zoey Wang
Graphic Communications Award
Most Outstanding Graphic Communications Student: John Ruffino
Technical Education Award:
Most Outstanding Technical Drawing Student: Dustin Rottner
Career and Technical Education Program Completers:
Business: Luke Brew, Bonani Duma, Linda Phan, Zoey Wang
Graphic Communications: Eric Powell, John Ruffino, Joel Wray
Technology Education: Joel Ratliff, Christopher Reese
Career and Technical Education Completers
Arlington Career Center:
Diana Amaya (Emergency Medical Technology); Katherine Aylor (Automotive Technology III); Amanda Barr (Emergency Medical Technology/Physical Therapy-Sports Medicine); Paige Dorsey (Emergency Medical Technology/Physical Therapy-Sports Medicine); Bonani Duma (Travel/Tourism); David Gould (Aviation Technology); Erikka Hamer (Classroom on the Mall); Christine Hillegass (Physical Therapy-Sports Medicine); Christopher Huffman (Automotive Technology III); Stefanie Johnston (Advanced Biomedical Science); Megan Kirby (Early Childhood Education II); Maria Lara (Emergency Medical Technology/Physical Therapy-Sports Fitness); Chris McMaugh (Culinary Arts II); Melissa Pryor (Emergency Medical Technology/Physical Therapy-Sports Fitness); Richard Redick (Aviation Technology); Nina Richards (Technical Animal Science); Sandra Rojas (Early Childhood Education II); Astrid Salazar (Emergency Medical Technology/Physical Therapy-Sports Fitness).
ESOL AWARDS PRESENTED BY
MS. GRACE RISSETTO
ESOL
Most Improved: Beginning: Claudia Salmeron (El Salvador)
Intermediate: Jorge Trasmonte (Peru)
Kaleen Zhao (China)
Best Effort: Beginning: Evelyn Moruno (Bolivia)
Intermediate: Cheng Xu (China)
Edith Torrico (Argentina)
SCHOLARSHIPS PRESENTED BY MR. ROBERT SNEE, PRINCIPAL
MARIA ELENA NUDELL AWARD (by Mayer Nudell & Marilyn Cocogliato)
Stephanie Melkonian
J. ROGER WOLLENBERG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (by The Wollenberg Family)
Nadia Rahawi
THE BETH SPRAGUE "SPIRIT OF GEORGE MASON" AWARD (by The Sprague Family)
Stephanie Melkonian
JESSICA BLAIR SZYMANSKI SCHOLARSHIP (by The Szymanski Family)
Kristen Janski, Fahid Hasan, and Stephanie Melkonian.
DANA WOOD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (by The Wood Family)
Stacey Redick.
THE FRANKLIN DAY SCHOLARSHIP (by The Day Family)
Mark Murchie
THE SHEILA JONES MEMORIAL (by Doreen & Carrington Williams)
Betsy Breen
THE JANE DEXTER SCHOLARSHIP (by The Dexter Family)
Nadia Rahawi
FRANKLIN AND KENT THACKREY MEMORIAL (by Jessie Thackrey)
Tamara Ashworth
ESTHER SWIRE MEMORIAL (by Joe Swire)
Chris Sabbatini
THE MARY LEE TATUM SCHOLARSHIP (by Friends & Colleagues)
Kristen Janski
SCHOLARSHIPS PRESENTED BY MR. TIM GUY, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
THE BOB DUNBERG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (by The Dunberg Family)
Hoan Tchen
THE WOMAN’S CLUB OF FALLS CHURCH SCHOLARSHIP
Stacey Redick
BUSINESS IN EDUCATION (BIE) PARTNERSHIP/ SCHOOL-TO-WORK SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS
José Linares-Díaz, Doron Metlay, Sandra Rojas, and Vanessa Trasmonte
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN (AAUW) SCHOLARSHIPS
Anne Maynard and Nadia Rahawi
THE ODD FELLOWS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS (by Falls Church Lodge #11, in memory of
J.L. "Pop" Schneider)
Chris Sabbatini and Nadia Rahawi
PRESENTED BY MS. MARY ELLEN SHAW, SUPERINTENDENT
LETTERS OF COMMENDATION
Nine members of the Class of 2003 have received Letters of Commendation recognizing them as National Merit Commended Students. These students are: Tamara Ashworth, Betsy Breen, Jonathan Costa, Matthew Eddleman, Caroline Habicht, Michael Miller, Charmaine Nerone, Stacey Redick, and Christina Sedney.
PRESENTED BY DR. MONIKA BILBY, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION – GOOD CITIZENSHIP AWARD: Drew Maier
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - GOOD CITIZENSHIP AWARD: Grant Sabatier
WELLESLEY COLLEGE BOOK AWARD: Kaitlin Bottock
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE BOOK AWARD: Joseph Mauro
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE PRESIDENT’S BOOK AWARD: Arya Namboodiri
PRESENTED BY MR. ROBERT SNEE, PRINCIPAL
OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARDS George Mason Faculty
OUTSTANDING FRESHMAN GIRL Jennifer Jenkins
OUTSTANDING FRESHMAN BOY Pablo Calderón
OUTSTANDING SOPHOMORE GIRL Andrea Genovese Soares
OUTSTANDING SOPHOMORE BOY Chad O'Hara
OUTSTANDING JUNIOR GIRL Molly Slattery
OUTSTANDING JUNIOR BOY Joseph Mauro
OUTSTANDING SENIOR GIRL Christina Sedney
OUTSTANDING SENIOR BOY Daniel Bray