On Monday, June 12, 2017, students in Grades 9-12 at Berlin Middle/High School were honored with various academic awards and scholarships. A list of awards and recipients is below, along with photos of the winners. Congratulations to all!

Berlin High School ACADEMIC AWARDS PROGRAM

JUNE 12, 2017

U.S. Marine Corps

(Presented by Staff Sergeant Drescher)

  • Distinguished Athlete Award – Alexander Flowers and Giannah French
  • Scholastic Excellence Award – Ioann Popov
  • Semper Fidelis Award – Hunter Harrison

 

Elmer A. Grogan Scholarship

(Presented by Commander Barry MacDonald)

  • Elysia Mars

 

Triple “C” Award

(Presented by Kyle Sponable, NYS Attorney General Representative)

  • Samantha Christensen-Tripi and Teresa Gonzalez

 

The BlueShield Scholar’s Award

(Presented by Tricia Murphy and Marie VanDenBurgh)

  • Samantha Hebert

 

Beth-Anne Steele ’86 Scholarship

(Presented by Heather Sicko Clifford and Tracy Grant)

  • Angela Bruce

 

Perfect Attendance Award (Grade 9)

  • Noah Crane
  • Jackson Flowers
  • Makenna Jansen
  • Brandon Rifenburg
  • Joshua Zlotnick

 

Perfect Attendance Award (Grade 10)

  • Greta Hermann

 

Perfect Attendance Award (Grade 11)

  • Tanner Billert
  • Breanna Brundige
  • Giannah French
  • Ryan Willis

 

Perfect Attendance Award (Grade 12)

  • Alexander Flowers
  • Ryan Gosse
  • Samantha Hebert

 

Questar III Rensselaer Educational Center Achievement Award

  • Garret Fiske, Construction Technology II
  • Breanna Brundige, Construction Technology I
  • Julia Goyer, Certified Nurse Aide
  • Sahara Young, Criminal Justice II
  • Maysen Alderman, Auto Technology I
  • Destiney Lavenia-Watson, Aviation Maintenance I
  • Trevar Hall, Academy of Information Technology II

 

Questar III Rensselaer Educational Center Craftsmanship Award

  • Shawn Houle, Automotive Technology I

 

National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) Inductees –

  • Maysen Alderman
  • Breanna Brundige
  • Garrett Fiske
  • Julia Goyer

 

Recognition of Two-year NTHS Members of NTHS –

  • Trevar Hall
  • Sahara Young
  • Michael Zlotnick

 

Rensselaer Education Center Scholarship –

  • Garrett Fiske
  • Trevar Hall

 

Underclassmen Awards

American Legion Boys State Award

  • Henry Ruebel

 

Capital District Society of Women Engineers’ Certificate of Merit

  • Amanda Despart
  • Domnika Popov

 

University of Rochester Frederick Douglass & Susan B. Anthony Award

  • Rachel Cahill

 

University of Rochester Xerox Award for Innovation & Information Technology Award

  • Amanda Despart

 

Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award

  • Vincent Scott

 

George Eastman Young Leaders Award

  • Parker Crandall

 

Elmira Key Award

  • Amanda Despart
  • Phillip Doin

 

Student Sage Recognition Award

  • Parker Crandall
  • Giannah French

 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal

  • Vincent Scott

 

Clarkson Achievement Award

  • Amanda Despart

 

Clarkson Leadership Award

  • Viktor Gerkman

 

Wells College 21st Century Leadership Award

  • Domnika Popov

 

Senior Honors Tassels (GPA of 84.5 and above)

  • Alyssa Bierwirth
  • Samantha Christensen-Tripi
  • Roark DeLeon Slattery
  • Jenna Dennin
  • Alexander Flowers
  • Sarah Jean French
  • Zoelle Gagnon
  • Teresa Gonzalez
  • Ryan Gosse
  • Samantha Hebert
  • Elysia Mars
  • Taylor Meyer
  • Samuel Mikit
  • Ioann Popov
  • Derek Riccardi
  • Christopher Salerno
  • Christina Shupe
  • Ashleigh Stevens
  • Michael Zlotnick

 

National Honor Society Awards

  • Alyssa Bierwirth
  • Samantha Christensen-Tripi
  • Jenna Dennin
  • Alexander Flowers
  • Sarah Jean French
  • Zoelle Gagnon
  • Ryan Gosse
  • Samantha Hebert
  • Elysia Mars
  • Taylor Meyer
  • Samuel Mikit
  • Ioann Popov
  • Derek Riccardi
  • Christina Shupe
  • Michael Zlotnick

 

2017 Department Key Awards

Art Department Key for academic excellence – Teresa Gonzalez

Art Department Key for outstanding performance – Alyssa Bierwirth

Art Historian of the Year – Madison Scott

 

English Department Key for academic excellence – Ioann Popov

English Department Key for outstanding performance – Alexander Flowers

 

Math Department Key for outstanding performance – Alex Flowers and Ioann Popov

Math Department Key for academic excellence – Vincent Scott

 

John Phillip Sousa Music Award – Taylor Meyer

 

Music Department Key for academic excellence – Alexander Flowers

Music Department Key for outstanding performance – Sarah Jean French

 

Physical Education Department Key for outstanding performance – Teresa Gonzalez and Ioann Popov

Health Department Key for academic excellence – Hayden Crandall and Melanie DeLaurentis

 

Science Department Key for academic excellence – Vincent Scott

Science Department Key for outstanding performance – Alexander Flowers and Ioann Popov

2017-18 Envirothon Team

  • Matthew Brown
  • Parker Crandall
  • Amanda Despart
  • Gigi French
  • Joshua Hendricks
  • Taylor Meyer
  • Domnika Popov
  • Ioann Popov
  • Vincent Scott

2017-18 Master Minds (JV)

  • Melanie DeLaurentis
  • Jackson Flowers
  • Gretta Hermann
  • Cayla Hungerford
  • Domnika Popov

2017-18 Master Minds (Varsity)

  • Alex Flowers
  • Ryan Mears
  • Sam Mikit
  • Ioann Popov
  • Vincent Scott
  • Andrew Shoemaker

Excellence in Physics Award – Amanda Despart and Domnika Popov

“Spirit of Science” Award – Derek Riccardi

New York State Science Honor Society

  • Alyssa Bierwirth
  • Alexander Flowers
  • Sarah Jean French
  • Ryan Gosse
  • Samantha Hebert
  • Elysia Mars
  • Taylor Meyer
  • Samuel Mikit
  • Ioann Popov
  • Derek Riccardi
  • Christina Shupe
  • Michael Zlotnick

 

Social Studies Department Key for academic excellence – Parker Crandall

Social Studies Department Key for outstanding performance – Taylor Meyer

 

Spanish Department Key for academic excellence – Vincent Scott

Spanish Department Key for outstanding performance – Adison Colin

 

Technology Department Key for outstanding performance – Derek Riccardi

 

Burt Swersey Award – Derek Riccardi

 

Senior Awards

DAR Citizenship Award Program – Alexander Flowers

The American Red Cross Life Share High School Scholarship – Sarah Jean French

Edith Grace Craig Reynolds Scholarship – Ioann Popov

Knights of Pythias Achievement Award – Hunter Harrison

31st Annual Scholars’ Recognition Program – Ioann Popov

New York State Comptroller Award for Academic Excellence and Civic Achievement – Sarah Jean French and Ryan Gosse

School Systems Federal Credit Union Community Service Award – Trevar Hall

New York State Education Department Scholarship for Academic Excellence ($500 scholarships) – Alexander Flowers and Samuel Mikit

New York State Education Department for Academic Excellence ($1,500 scholarship) – Ioann Popov

National Merit Scholarship Finalist – Alexander Flowers

Thomas Conklin Memorial Award

  • Jenna Dennin
  • Julia Goyer
  • Noah Roy

 

The 2017 Salutatorian Award is presented to the senior who has earned the second highest four-year grade point average. That senior is Alexander Flowers.

The 2017 Valedictorian Award is presented to the senior who has earned the highest four-year grade point average. That senior is Ioann Popov.

 

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