GMHS Assembly Honors Award Recipients

The following are the awards and scholarships presented to George Mason Highs School students at a ceremony held in the school auditorium last week:

• English Department
  Outstanding English 12 IBH Student: Andrea Spakauskas
  Outstanding English 12 CP: Emille Parotta
  Most Improved English Student: Andrew Yancy
  Outstanding Tempo Staff Members: Arya Namboodiri, Mary Ryan
  Outstanding Lasso Online Students: Rabita Aziz, Stephen Twentyman
  Falls Church News-Press Scholarship: Michael Cary
  Visual and Performing Arts
  Excellence in Fine Arts: Lusina Sargsyan
  Excellence in Visual Arts: Emily Bowditch
  Excellence in Photography: Will Straub
  Excellence in Technical Drawing: Dustin Rottner and Nick Nodte
  Band:
  John Phillips Sousa Award: Edmund Jong
  US Marine Corps "Semper Fidelis" Award: Rahul Gupta
  Choral Music:
  National School Choral Award: Joseph Mauro
  Drama:
  Outstanding Contribution to the Theater Department: Greg Corbino and Annie Wanlund
  Outstanding Contribution to the Stage Crew: Nora McCulla
  Director's Award for Outstanding Service: Anya Solovieva
  Outstanding Service in Dance: Haley Chrisco
  Foreign Language
  Outstanding American Sign Language Student: Meghan Mondragon
  Outstanding French Students: Nadia Lushina and Karyn Graham
  Outstanding Spanish Students: Richard Arndt, Kaitlin Bottock and Joseph Mauro
  Outstanding Latin Student: Tiffany Moore
  Social Studies
  Outstanding Students in Social Studies: Kaitlin Bottock, Nadia Lushina, Joseph Mauro
  Outstanding Model U.N.: Rahul Gupta, Arya Namboodiri, Kaitlin Bottock
  It's Academic/Scholastic Bowl Team: Evan Cunningham, Rahul Gupta, Kaitlin Bottock, Joseph Mauro, Stephen Twentyman
  Chess Champion: Kevin Zhou
  Xerox Award: Jasmine Lief
  Math
  Mathematics Dilgence Award: Tanya Onyshchenko
  Mathematics Achievement Award: John Orie Bumgarner
  GM Outstanding Computer Science Award: Keith Rothman
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Math and Science Award:Alex Douglas
  International Club Scholarship: Tanya Onyshchenko
  SCIENCE
  Outstanding Physical Science Student: Lois Fairfax
  Outstanding Biological Science Student: Lucas Rabin
  Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award & Scholarship: Andrea Genovese-Soares
  GFeorge Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science Award: Alex Douglas
  Career & Technical Education
  TV Production: Tim Quinten
  Business and Information Technology: Sayed Abu Shark, Adam Dittmer, Kevin Funkey, Josh Sadtler, Brian Stenger
  Arlington Career Center: Mike Alcocer (Electricity I-II), Brett Blake (Automotive Technology I-II-III), Harsha Dahanayake (Electronics and Computer Technology I-II), Chris Epling (Air Force Junior Officers Training Corps I-II), Steven Gould (Color Photography II), Brian O'Connor (Technical Animal Science), Melanie Perera (Emergency Medical Technology), Andrew Yancey (Physical Therapy and Emergency Medical Technology)
  ESOL
  10th Grade
  Most Improved: Serbando Otoniel Salmeron and Claudia Salmeron (El Salvador)
  Outstanding: Bonnie Shum (China)
  11th Grade
  Most Improved: Matilde Pena (Chile) and Nile Ek (Sweden)
  Outstanding: Evelyn Moruno (Bolivia)
  12th Grade
  Most Improved: Fu Cheng Xu (China)
  Outstanding: Eui Chang Hong (Korea)
  George Mason University- Early Identification Program Candidates
  10th Grade: Marco Almanza, Mubashir Kalhoro, Rachel Lee, Simona Mahoney, Vadym Onyshchenko, Beth Ortiz, Ben Ramos, Bonnie Shum
  11th Grade: Sally Alcocer, Shana Boyles, Oscar Cordova
  12th Grade: Eugenia Cabrera, Andrea Montano ($1,000 scholarship to GMU for four years)
  Scholarships
  Maria Elena Nudell Award (By Mayer Nudell and Marilyn Cocogliato): Jessica Arrazola.
  Abigail Burroughs Community Service Award (By Frank Burroughs): Kaitlin Bottock.
  J. Roger Wollenberg Memorial Scholarship (By the Wollenberg family): Rachel Arrowsmith.
  The Beth and Nancy Sprague Spirit of George Mason Award (By Steve Sprague) Greg Corbino and Arya Namboodiri.
  Jessica B. Szymanski Memorial Scholarship (By the Szymanski family): Becky Roa and Jessica Arrazola.
  Dana Wood Memorial Scholarship: (By the wood family): Becky Roa and Maria Wood.
  The Franklin Day Scholarship (By the Day family): Nate McFarland.
  The Sheila Jones Memorial (By Doreen and Carrington Williams) Rachel Leonard.
  Franklin and Kent Thackrey Memorial (By Jessie Thackrey): Mary Ryan.
  The Mary Lee Tatum Scholarship (By friends and colleagues of Kristen Janski): Rawan Faramand.
  The Bob Dunberg Memorial
  Scholarship (By the Dunberg Family): Andrew Montgomery.
  The Woman’s Club of Falls Church Scholarship: Mary Ryan.
  The League of Women Voters Falls Church Scholarship: Christina Heupel.
  American Association of University Women Scholarship: Arya Namboodiri.
  The DC Area Phi Beta Kappa Association Award:: Arya Namboodiri.
  The Odd Fellows Memorial Scholarship: Amanda Harrington and Jessica Arrazola.
  Falls Church Donald S. Frady Memorial Community Service Scholarship (By the Falls Church Lions): William Bacon and Kaitlin Bottock.
  Special Awards
  Daughters of the American Revolution- Good Citizenship and Jessica Arrazola.
  Falls Church Donald S. Frady Memorial Community Service Scholarship (By the Falls Church Lions): William Bacon and Kaitlin Bottock.
  Special Awards
  Daughters of the American Revolution- Good Citizenship Award: William Bacon.
  Dartmouth College Book Award: Alex Douglas.
  Bryn Mawr College President’s Book Award: Andrea Genovese Soares.
  William and Mary Leadership Award: Chad O'Hara.
  NATIONAL MERIT SEMI-FINALISTS
  3 members of the Class of 2004 have achieved the honor of being named National Merit Semi-Finalists. These students are: Andrew Hipolit, Michael Cary and Joseph Mauro.
  LETTERS OF COMMENDATION
  10 members of the Class of 2004 have received Letters of Commendation recognizing them as National Merit Commended Students. These students are: Kaitlin Bottock, Michal Chojnacky, Lois (Louisa) Fairfax, Nora McCulla, Nathan McFarland, Spencer Patton, Lucas Rabin, Kelly Southern, Stephen Twentyman and John (Casey) Wenzeler.
  OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARDS
  Outstanding Sophomore Girl: Marie-Louise Jensen
  Outstanding Sophomore Boy: Bob Bumgarner
  Outstanding Junior Girl :Alison Van Pelt
  Outstanding Junior Boy: Chad O'Hara
  Outstanding Senior Girl: Kaitlin Bottock
  Outstanding Senior Boy: Joseph Mauro
  
  Sports Awards
  Boy’s Lacrosse
  Coaches Award: Tommy Pyne
  Most Improved: Zack Barrett
  Most Valuable Jack Lawlor
  Girls Lacrosse
  Coaches Award: Adina Pollack, Jane Nystrom
  Most Improved: Meghan Mondragon
  Most Valuable: Lena Griffin
  Baseball
  Spirit Award: Andrew Yancey
  Coaches Award: Joe Mauro
  Most Valuable: Will Straub
  Softball
  Coaches Award: Alison Van Pelt
  Most Valuable -Offense: Karyn Graham
  Most Valuable - Defense: Casey Smirniotopoulos
  Girls Tennis
  Most Valuable: Meredith Crosby
  Most Improved: Maura Ehmer
  Coaches' Award: Whitney Lemke
  Boys Tennis
  Most Outstanding: Alex Goetting
  Most Improved: Daniel Lim
  Most Valuable: Colin Ehmer
  Track
  Coaches Award: Leah Clark, Chad O'Hara
  Most Outstanding - Sprints: Agnes Ek, Niles Lashway
  Most Outstanding - Field Events: Sarah Stanley, Bob Bumgarner
  Most Outstanding - Distance: Luisa Fairfax, Orie Bumgarner
  Boys Soccer
  Most Outstanding - Offense: Peter Hamill
  Most Outstanding - Defense: Alex Fatovic
  Coaches Award: Brian O'Connor
  Girls Soccer
  Coaches Award: Amanda Harrington, Becky Roa, Alison Penland
  Athletic Boosters Scholarships
  Al Krueger Tennis Award: Colin Ehmer
  Arnold Seigfried Memorial - Girls: Luisa Fairfax
  Arnold Seigfried Memorial - Boys: Andrew Montgomery
  Jack Gambill - Girls: Becky Roa
  Jack Gambill - Boys: Matt Williams