Rockville High School conducted its annual Senior Scholarship and Academic Awards ceremony on Tuesday. A total of 106 seniors were honored and scholarships totaling $264,841 were awarded.
Here is a summary of the evening:
COMMENDATIONS FOR TOP 10 SCHOLARS (presented by State Rep. Claire Janowski)
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Kurt Annelli, Caleb Brownell, Erin Dlubac, Vincent Donofrio, Joseph Lucia, Sarah Lueckel, Peter Melander, Lisa Mueller, Jessica Petritus, Emily Sullivan
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
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Agricultural Education Award – Erin Dlubac
Walter “Sarge” Amprimo Memorial Scholarship – Erin Dlubac
Simon Lipton Memorial Award – Jessica Petritus
Richard O. Pease Memorial Award – Bradley Gale
Rockville Bank Foundation Agriculture Award – Bradley Gale
Rockville FFA Auxiliary Senior Award – Evan Beutel, Erin Dlubac, Bradley Gale, Rebecca Morrill, Jessica Petritus
Tolland County Agricultural Center Memorial Scholarship – Erin Dlubac
ATHLETICS
Athletic Director’s Honor Roll – Daniel Arcand, Megan McCollum, Kailynn Violette
Bamforth Family Scholarship – Jesse Cohen, Abigail Kaminski
Steve Bellinghiri Award (tennis) – Jesse Cohen, Hannah Hilton
Robert J. Bonadies Memorial Award – Megan McCollum, Connor McCullough
CAS / CIAC Scholar Athlete Award – Caleb Brownell, Kaitlyn Lajoie
Allen L. Dresser Award – Caleb Brownell, Laura Skoly
Martin F. Fagan Award (baseball) – Robert Gardiner
Whitney T. Ferguson III Memorial Award (soccer) – Muhammad Chudary
Matthew Gauruder Memorial Scholarship – Caleb Brownell, Erica Clayton, Colleen Donohue, Justin Piretti, Kailynn Violette, Timothy Wilson
Hood Sportsmanship Scholarship – Alicia Biske
Ross T. Knight Scholarship (soccer) – Olivia Tani
Kenneth C. Merk Memorial Scholarship – Kurt Annelli, Kaitlyn Lajoie
National Federation of State High School Associations’ Award of Excellence – Alicia Biske, Ethan Hotchkiss
Floyd O’Brien Memorial Scholarship – Bradley Gale
Physical Education Leadership Award – Muhammad Chudary, Megan McCollum
Thomas Quigley Memorial Scholarship Award – Timothy Wilson
Raymond E. Ramsdell Award – Kaitlyn Lajoie, Justin Piretti
Rockville High School Boys’ Soccer Booster Club Scholarship – Matthew Beaulieu, Connor McCullough
Rockville High School Dance Team Booster Club Scholarship – Jacqueline Gauthier
Rockville High School Football Booster Club / Bill Romanowski Scholarship – Geoffrey Barry
Rockville High School Girls’ Soccer Booster Club Scholarship – Sarah Provencher
Rockville High School Girls’ Volleyball Booster Club Award – Alicia Biske, Kailynn Violette, Courtney Wheeler
Rockville High School Lacrosse Scholarship – Justin Piretti
Rockville High School Softball Booster Club Award – Kaitlyn Lajoie, Christina Pettengill
Rockville Little League Scholarships – Matthew Beaulieu, Joseph Lucia, Timothy Wilson
Rockville Wrestling Continuing Education Award – Ethan Hotchkiss
Marsha Stevenson Memorial Hockey Scholarship – Justin Piretti
United States Army Reserve National Scholar / Athlete Award – Justin Piretti, Laura Skoly
Vernon Little League / Anthony Marchese Memorial Scholarship – Robert Gardiner, Lauren Silver
Vernon Youth Soccer Association Scholarship – Connor McCullough, Lauren Silver
BUSINESS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Edith T. Casati Memorial Scholarship – Laura Skoly
Julie Kukulka Memorial Scholarship – Justin Piretti
Thomas F. Martucci Memorial Scholarship – Jacqueline Gauthier
Outstanding High School Accounting Student Award – Samantha Perry
Rockville Bank Foundation Scholarship – Megan Gardiner
Senior Business Award – Abigail Godfrey
ENGLISH & DRAMA
English 12 Award – Abigail Kaminski, Ana Morales
UCONN Early College Experience English Award – Erin Dlubac, Megan McCollum, Lauren Silver
English as a Second Language Award – Alex Alvarez
Creative Writing Award – Megan McCollum
Advanced Creative Writing Award – Jesse Cohen, Rachael Nutt, Emily Sullivan
Creative Writing Independent Study Excellence Award – Megan Chabre, Hannah Gerhard, Allison Hawley, Lisa Mueller, Lauren Silver, Nicholas Thierfeldt, Danielle Rini, Courtney West
Young Adult Literature Award – Christa Hockenberry, Diana Ziolkowska
Michael Brady Memorial Award – Ryan Fujimoto
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE
Creative Sewing and Design Award – Jessica Cyr
Early Childhood Career Cluster Award – Angelique Graves, Christa Hockenberry, Ashley Mytych, Emily Vincze
Excellence in Foods Award – Abegail Dumais, Juanita Foster, Monique Logan, Sarah Veilleux
Family and Consumer Sciences Department Award – Ashley Mytych
FINE ARTS
Connecticut High School Outstanding Arts Award – Kirby Stalley (Music), Olivia Tani (Visual Arts)
Randall Fletcher Memorial Art Award – Julia Koper
Rockville High School Faculty Art Award – Olivia Tani
Senior Photography Award – Erica Clayton, Abigail Godfrey, Mariah King
Three Dimensional Art Award – Sarah Lueckel, Olivia Tani
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Peter Melander
Patrick S. Gilmore Band Award – Rachael Nutt
Samuel Goldfarb Memorial FAME Scholarship – Peter Melander
Leonard A. Lipman Memorial Scholarship – Kirby Stalley
Ernie Rock Memorial Music Award – Caleb Brownell
Rockville High School Marching Band / John Borovicka Scholarship – Ryan Fujimoto
Rockville High School Marching Band / William McManus Scholarship – Steven Lavoie
John Philip Sousa Band Award – Caleb Brownell
MATHEMATICS
Excellence in Calculus Award – Joseph Lucia, Peter Melander
Excellence in Statistics Award – Lisa Mueller, Jessica Petritus, Laura Skoly
American Mathematics Competition Award – Peter Melander
Math Team Award – Vincent Donofrio, Peter Melander, Lisa Mueller, Emily Sullivan
John F. Murphy Mathematics Award – Peter Melander
United States Air Force Math and Science Award – Peter Melander
SCHOOL COUNSELING
Robert Burke Memorial Scholarship – Evan Beutel
CABE Student Leadership Award – Erin Dlubac, Ryan Fujimoto
Congressional Certificate of Merit – Erin Dlubac, Peter Melander
D.A.R. Good Citizen Award – Lisa Mueller
Foreign Exchange Student Recognition Award – Bianca Dorrenhaus (Germany)
Michaels Jewelers Award – Vincent Donofrio, Sarah Lueckel
Mark Smith / John Williams Memorial Award – Alicia Biske, Elaina Marcotte
University of Connecticut Academic Awards – Kurt Annelli, Caleb Brownell, Sora Kim, Lisa Mueller, Jessica Petritus
Marianne Wellner Memorial Scholarship – Courtney Wheeler
SCIENCE
Excellence in Allied Health Award – Megan McCollum
Excellence in Anatomy & Physiology Award – Trixie Parcon
Excellence in Chemistry Award – Peter Melander
Excellence in Environmental Science Award – Joseph Lucia
Excellence in Marine Science Award – Abigail Kaminski
Excellence in Physics Award – Peter Melander, Jessica Petritus
SOCIAL STUDIES
Excellence in Contemporary Problems Award – Donna-Jay Stewart
Excellence in Economics Award – Peter Chrisikos
Excellence in Introduction to Law Award – Lisa Mueller
Excellence in Law and Order Award – Joseph Lucia
Excellence in Psychology Award – Joseph Lucia
Excellence in Sociology Award – Kathryn Anderson, Kurt Annelli, Allison Hawley, Courtney West
Excellence in ECE Modern Europe Award – Sarah Provencher
Philip M. Howe Memorial Award – Erin Dlubac
Arthur G. Lyon, Jr. Memorial Scholarship – Alicia Biske
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
Excellence in Automotive Award – Evan Beutel, Ethan Hotchkiss, Daianera Small-Cashman
Excellence in Graphic and Web Design Award – Jessica Antkiewicz
Kenneth W. Little Technology Award – Elaina Marcotte, Connor McCullough
Technology Education Excellence Award – Ethan Hotchkiss
Video Production Senior Award – Connor McCullough
WORLD LANGUAGES
Excellence in French Award – Emily Sullivan (French IV)
Le Grand Concours National French Exam Award – Emily Sullivan (Bronze Medal)
Excellence in Spanish Award – Alina D’Aguilar (Spanish III), Trixie Parcon (ECE Spanish V),
Diana Ziolkowska (Spanish II)
COLT Excellence Award for Spanish – Peter Melander, Lisa Mueller
National Spanish Exam Award – Peter Melander (Honorable Mention)
Eileen A. Murphy Foreign Language Award – Lisa Mueller, Emily Sullivan
NECTFL Award for Excellence – Lisa Mueller (Spanish), Emily Sullivan (French)
GENERAL SCHOLARSHIPS
John J. Bellino, Jr. Memorial Scholarship – Allison Hawley
Berkshire Bank Foundation Award – Sarah Lueckel
Lebbeus F. Bissell Scholarship – Caitlyn Landry
Center Road School PTO Scholarships – Mehrin Bhuller, Jessica Petritus, Clayton Trahan
Phyllis K. and Roy R. Cordner Scholarship – Mehrin Bhuller, Alicia Biske, Jessica Petritus
Exchange Club of Rockville Scholarship – Irene Darko
Martin F. Fagan Memorial Scholarship – Joseph Lucia
Charles Francis / Skinner Road School PTO Scholarship – Ethan Hotchkiss
John Julius Giulietti Memorial Scholarship – Anastasia Kamais
Alice H. Hammar Memorial Scholarship – Courtney Oliva
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving College Scholarship Program Award – Erin Dlubac
Italian Fraternal Society of New Britain Scholarship – Alicia Biske
Harry Kehoe Memorial Award – Caitlyn Landry
Knights of Columbus Scholarship – Kurt Annelli
Sara Humphry Lanciano Memorial Scholarship – Alisicia Belisle-Rosario
A. Chuck Landroche / Jerry F. Fitzgerald Leadership Scholarship – Courtney Oliva, Nicole Timbrell
Richard Lavatori Scholarship – Courtney West
Maple Street School PTO / Alice P. Abetz Memorial Scholarship – Lauren Silver
C. Arthur Mattson Memorial / Lake Street School PTO Scholarship – Erin Dlubac
Harriet K. Maxwell Scholarship – Elizabeth Royce
Northeast School PTO Scholarship – Jaylen McBride
P.E.O. STAR Scholarship – Erin Dlubac
Rosetta C. Pitkat Scholarship – Christa Hockenberry, Danielle Rini
Rockville Bank Foundation Vocational Award – Monique Logan
Tolland County Chamber of Commerce / Alice C. McPadden Scholarship – Alicia Biske
Frederic E. Turkington Memorial Scholarship – Pakeeza Khan
Vernon Arts Commission Scholarship – Cailyn Blonstein, Lisa Mueller, Rachael Nutt, Kirby Stalley
Vernon Center Middle School PTO Award – Kurt Annelli, Erin Dlubac, Sidra Khan
Vernon Education Association / Raymond Ramsdell Scholarship – Lisa Mueller
Vernon Garden Club Scholarship – Sylwia Danowski
Vernon Junior Women’s Club / H. Green Memorial Scholarship – Trixie Parcon
Vernon Lions Club Scholarship – Lisa Mueller
Vernon Manor Health Care Center Nursing Scholarship Award – Trixie Parcon
Vernon Police Union Scholarship – Steven Tarro
Morey and Helen McCarthy Miller Scholarship – Saqlain Ali, Alex Alvarez, Matthew Beaulieu,
Mehrin Bhuller, Alicia Biske, Cailyn Blonstein, Amber Boucher, Caleb Brownell, Muhammad Chudary, Erica Clayton, Melissa Colon, Nicole Curtis, Sylwia Danowski, Irene Darko, Erin Dlubac, Juanita Foster, Marissa Fujimoto, Melissa Hall, Christa Hockenberry, Ethan Hotchkiss, Sidra Khan, Sora Kim, Caitlyn Landry, Steven Lavoie, Elaina Marcotte, Peter Melander, Ana Morales, Son Nguyen, Calob Pina, Sarah Provencher, Luis Reyes, Elizabeth Royce, Haidar Sheikh, Lauren Silver, Emily Sullivan, Clayton Trahan
ADMINISTRATIVE AWARDS
Four-Year Perfect Attendance Award – Alicia Biske
Principal’s Award – Gilberto Cordero, Tyler King
Florence Whitlock Memorial Award
Class of 2013 Salutatorian – Lisa Mueller
Class of 2013 Valedictorian – Peter Melander
High Honor Roll Recognition (Q1, Q2 and Q3)
Alex Alvarez, Kurt Annelli, Evan Beutel, Alicia Biske, Jesse Cohen, Erin Dlubac, Vincent Donofrio, Marissa Fujimoto, Allison Hawley, Ethan Hotchkiss, Abigail Kaminski, Julia Koper, Kaitlyn Lajoie, Joseph Lucia, Sarah Lueckel, Megan McCollum, Connor McCullough, Peter Melander, Lisa Mueller, Rachael Nutt, Samantha Perry, Jessica Petritus, Sarah Provencher, Lauren Silver, Laura Skoly, Emily Sullivan, Olivia Tani, Clayton Trahan, Kailynn Violette, Courtney West
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