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.
(Note: Since the Berlin CSD Facebook page is a public page, you do not need a Facebook account to view the photo album)