Eighth-Grade President's Award for Educational Excellence Virtual Ceremony

Eighth-Grade President's Award for Educational Excellence Virtual Ceremony

On April 29, Maple School shared a virtual celebration of the President's Award for Educational Excellence Assembly.

Superintendent Dr. Brian Wegley stated, "Congratulations to our outstanding students! We are exceedingly proud of you all! Thank you to everyone who helped put this recognition ceremony together, and don't miss Tim St. John's words of wisdom!"

 

This school year, fifty-four Maple School eighth-grade students were recognized for receiving the President's Award for Educational Excellence. This marks the thirty-fifth anniversary for this extraordinary program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

This award is designed to recognize students who have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher through sixth, seventh, and the first two trimesters of eighth grade at Maple School. Additionally, a student must also score at, or above, the 85th national percentile in mathematics and reading on the most recent achievement (PSAT 8/9) test battery.

"We feel it is very important to continue to recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of Maple School students during this challenging time. We were proud to create a virtual celebration video to recognize our President’s Education Award winners," said Principal Dr. Nate Carter.

"We believe that educating children in District 30 is a team effort, which commits us to continue the theme "I Couldn't Do It Alone," concluded Betty Holzkopf, assistant principal.

President’s Award for Educational Excellence 2020 Awardees

Keith Alexakos                Kieran Layland

Sophia Anguiano            Lauren Lee

Ellen Baek                      David Liss

Molly Becker                   Judy Marsh

Alex Burstein                  Rina Matsunaga

Victoria Caputa               Alexandra McGarry

Madhura Chavan            Stephanie Mei

Evan D’Souza                 Anika Moghe

Colin Davis                      Alexandra Mulvihill

Eli Dumanis                     Jason Murphy

Sarah Eisenberg             Anika Nangia

Mira Estrin                      Claire Noh

Ella Flamm                     SungMin Park

Lainie Fliegel                  Shaun Patel

Jeremy Ha                      Michael Schick

Sarah Hart                      Jiya Sheth

Aaron Haskin                  Elias Smith

Yaeji Hyoung                  Helene Sotos

Emma Jiang                   Gabrielle Swidler

Benedict Joseph            Naomi Szmuilowicz

Mina Kim                        Olivia Thursby

Jason Kim                      Karishma Thykattil

Nathanael Kim               Nathan Trosman

Anna Koziol                   Charlie Weiss

Maliha Kratz                  Roger Yang

Meha Kratz                    Nathan Kuncheria         

Joshua Zingerman        Audrey Lam

Micah Zuercher