George
Mason High School Awards Assembly
June 7, 2005
ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT AWARDS
PRESENTED BY MR. MICHAEL HOOVER
Outstanding
Senior in the IB English Program: Alex Douglas and Fran Thielman
Outstanding
Senior in the CP English Program: Dan Burkey and Johnathan Sullivan
Outstanding
Contributor to the Tempo Literary/Arts Magazine: Nora Hemphill
Outstanding
Journalists for Lasso Online:
Technical
Editing: Eliot John Hagen
Photography:
Sara Sugrue
Outstanding
Reporting: Margaret Lipman
FALLS
CHURCH NEWS
PRESS SCHOLARSHIP: Rabita Aziz
VISUAL AND PERFORMING
ARTS AWARDS
PRESENTED BY MR. JOHN BALLOU
Excellence
in Fine Arts: Addison Blakemore and Marta Savova
Excellence
in IB Art: Jonathan Beyer and Claire Smalley
Excellence
in Visual Arts: Stewart Gregg and Alison Van Pelt
Excellence
in Photography: Danny Johnson and Daniel Burkey
Excellence
in Technical Drawing: Dustin Rottner, Fritz Langford and Elliott
Wertime-Walker
Outstanding
Contribution to Robotic Team 1418: Dustin Rottner, Nathan Ballou and
Alex Nette
Excellence
in the Study of Guitar Awards: Sam Tolliver, Maggie Mullins and Emily
Walden
Band:
Sophomore award: Elena Martinez
Junior award: Maggie Person
Senior award: Kathryn Allen
Most improved overall: Hunter Burkey
John Phillips Sousa Award: Nathan
Ballou
US
Marine Corps "Semper Fidelis" Award:
Daisy Torla
Louis Armstrong Award: Alex Nette
National School
Choral Award: Daisy Torla
Drama:
Outstanding Contribution to the Theater
Department: Todd Johnston and Daniel Burkey
Outstanding Contribution to the Stage Crew: Dustin
Rotter
CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION AWARDS
Technical
Education: Dustin Rottner, Matthew Scully, Daniel Sheffler, Andrew
Walsh and
Roth West-Alin
Business
and Information Technology: Steven Newhall and Ariel Toom
Arlington
Career Center: Alexander Borgman, Melanie Dasbach, Lena Griffin, Mery
Kanashiro, Horacio Morales, Marco Morales, Katlyn Rose-McCully,
Elizabeth
Miller, Colin Molano, Jane Nystrom, Stephen
Richards, Jermaine Robinson, Dustin Rottner, Steven Newhall, Brittany
Smith,
Ariel Toom, Margaret Torla and Jorge Trasmonte.
Most
Outstanding Business and Information Technology Student: Ariel Toom
Most
Outstanding Technology Education Student: Dustin Rottner
Most
Outstanding Career and Technical Education Student: Jane Nystrom
FOREIGN LANGUAGE AWARDS PRESENTED BY MS.
LINDA JOHNSEN
Outstanding
American Sign Language Student: Kristie Legg
Outstanding
French Student: Jasmine Lief
Outstanding
Spanish Students: Alex Douglas and Jorge Trasmonte
Outstanding
Latin Student: Irene Morrison-Moncure
SOCIAL STUDIES AWARDS
PRESENTED BY MR. CHRIS PIKRALLIDAS
Outstanding
Students in Social Studies: Jasmine Lief, Casey
Smirniotopoulos
and Omar Tanamly.
Outstanding
Model U.N.: Jasmine Lief
It’s
Academic/Scholastic Bowl Team: Alex Douglas
Humanities and
Social Sciences Award: Ryan Hinely
MATH AWARDS PRESENTED BY MS. LINDA GANTZ
Mathematics
Dilgence Award: Alison VanPelt
Mathematics
Achievement Award: Alex Douglas
GM
Outstanding Computer Science Award: Nathan Ballou
RENSSELAER
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MATH AND SCIENCE AWARD: Laura Shu.
SCIENCE AWARDS PRESENTED BY MR. DAVID APPLEGATE
Outstanding
Physical Science Student: Alex Douglas
Outstanding Biological Science Student: Alison
Van Pelt
BAUSCH
AND LOMB HONORARY SCIENCE AWARD & SCHOLARSHIP: Patranee
Sophastienphong
GEORGE
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF
ENGINEERING AND APPLIED
SCIENCE AWARD:
Laura Shu
ESOL AWARDS PRESENTED BY MS. GRACE RISSETTO
10th Grade Awards
Most Improved: Herberth Garcia and Katerut Laothamatas
Best Effort: Melissa Pena
Outstanding: Kemarut Laothamatas
11th Grade Awards
Most Improved: Rodrigo Campero
Best Effort: Sylvia Randrianasolo
Outstanding: Kapil Paudel
12th
Grade Awards
Most Improved: Nils Ek
Best Effort: Matilde Pena
Outstanding: Evelyn Moruno
George
Mason University
- Early
Identification Program Candidates
10th
Grade: Malik Dahanayake, Kevin Hartwig, Kahung Lai, Blanca Luizaga,
Attaphon
Sakprayoonpong
11th
Grade: Marco Almanza, Mubashir Kalhoro, Vadym Onshcenko, Elizabeth
Ortiz, Ben
Ramos and Bonnie Shum
12th
Grade: Sally Alcocer, Shana Boyles and Oscar Cordova
INTERNATIONAL CLUB AWARD
PRESENTED BY MS. SUZANNE PLANAS
INTERNATIONAL
CLUB SCHOLARSHIP : Rabita Aziz
PRESENTATION BY MR.
ROBERT SNEE, PRINCIPAL
MARIA
ELENA NUDELL AWARD: Jasmine Lief.
ABIGAIL BURROUGHS COMMUNITY SERVICE
AWARD: Nora Hemphill.
J.
ROGER WOLLENBERG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Madiha Khan
THE BETH AND NANCY SPRAGUE SPIRIT OF
GEORGE MASON AWARD:
Chad O’Hara and Mariah Mallon.
JESSICA B. SZYMANSKI MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP:
Nora Hemphill, Claudia Daisley and Alex Burnett-Greenstein.
DANA
WOOD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Rachel
Sweeney.
THE
FRANKLIN DAY SCHOLARSHIP: Dan Burkey.
THE
SHEILA JONES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:
Stephanie
Peters.
FRANKLIN
AND KENT THACKREY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP : Rabita
Aziz.
PAT
DOYLE SCHOLARSHIP: Jane Nystrom
PRESENTED BY MR. TIM
GUY, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
THE
BOB DUNBERG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:
Elizabeth Miller.
THE
WOMAN’S CLUB OF FALLS CHURCH SCHOLARSHIP: Alison Van Pelt.
THE
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FALLS CHURCH SCHOLARSHIP: Liana
Camper-Barry.
AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN SCHOLARSHIP: Natalie Krachman
THE
D.C.
AREA PHI BETA KAPPA ASSOCIATION AWARD: Dan McDonald
THE
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Jasmine Willis.
FALLS
CHURCH DONALD S.
FRADY MEMORIAL
COMMUNITY SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP
Bridget Hatfield and Mariah Mallon.
PRESENTED BY DR. MONIKA
BILBY, ASSISTANT
PRINCIPAL
PTSA
REFLECTIONS
Sofia Misenheimer, Nicholas Knodt,
Chelsea Caumont, Jennie Kaplan, Erik Dever, Lara Murray and Laura Lin.
DAUGHTERS
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - GOOD CITIZENSHIP AWARD
Nora Hemphill.
DARTMOUTH
COLLEGE BOOK
AWARD
Betsy Elliott.
BRYN
MAWR COLLEGE PRESIDENT’S BOOK AWARD
Emily Walden.
MOUNT
HOLYOKE COLLEGE
BOOK AWARD
Christina Parsons.
THE
WASHINGTON WELLESLEY
CLUB BOOK AWARD
Maggie Person.
WILLIAM
AND MARY LEADERSHIP AWARD
Emma O’Hara.
PRESENTED BY DR. LOIS BERLIN, SUPERINTENDENT
NATIONAL
MERIT RECOGNIZED STUDENTS
NATIONAL MERIT FINALIST: Alex
Douglas.
Letters of Commendation:
Daniel Burkey, Johathan Byers, Gwynora Hemphill,
Natalie Krachman, Caroline Leamon, Farrell Oxley and Andrew
Roller.
PRESENTED BY MR. ROBERT
SNEE, PRINCIPAL
OUTSTANDING
STUDENT AWARDS
Outstanding
Sophomore Girl
Agnes
Ek
Outstanding
Sophomore Boy
Will
Stewart
Outstanding
Junior Girl
Rebecca
Engberg-Pedersen
Outstanding
Junior Boy
Ryan
Hinely
Outstanding
Senior Girl
Nora
Hemphill
Outstanding
Senior Boy
Alex
Douglas
