State Honors Outstanding High School Students at Scholars Dinner
--Seventy-three seniors recognized for exemplary academic achievement--
(Dover, De.) Top students from Delaware’s 38 public and charter high schools were honored this evening as exemplary scholars of the graduating Class of 2008 by government and education officials at the annual Secretary of Education’s Scholars Dinner held at the Sheraton Inn and Conference Center in Dover.
The scholars were nominated by their principals and selected for the honor based on a record of academic excellence as well as community service. Many students recognized this evening have received awards of state, regional or national significance. Tonight’s dinner is meant to give recognition to the students for their many achievements and to encourage them to continue to strive for excellence.
“Tonight, we honor 73 incredibly talented young men and women who will soon continue their academic journey,” said Lillian M. Lowery, Ed.D., Secretary of Education. “These amazing high school seniors will further their studies to become physicists, engineers, doctors, lawyers, teachers and artists. They have the tools, the talent and the will to make a difference not only their lives but in the lives of all of us here tonight. I wish each of them continued success in their future endeavors.”
In addition to Former Secretary Lowery, guests included Senator Thomas R. Carper; Teri Quinn Gray, Ph.D., President, State Board of Education; Mary Pinkston, Delaware’s Teacher of the Year for 2010; Senator David P. Sokola; Representative Teresa Schooley; members of the House and Senate; representatives from the business community and higher education.
Listed alphabetically by school district, the scholars are:
Appoquinimink School District: Jacob Degler, Jessica Harrington and David Matera, Middletown High School
Brandywine School District: Julianna Mollica and Melissa Samworth, Brandywine High School; Philip Burstein and Sherya Jammula, Concord High School; and Peter Andrews and Haley Hirzel, Mount Pleasant High School
Caesar Rodney School District: Jonathan Abbott, Erin Frick, Rebecca Marshall, and Elisabeth Wilson, Caesar Rodney High School
Cape Henlopen School District: Sarah May and Rachel Sadowski, Cape Henlopen High School
Capital School District: George Gallo III, Allison Gerni, and Angela Hui, Dover High School
Christina School District: Andrea Gobei and Inyong Yea-Seong, Christiana High School; Katrina Bleeker and Fidelia Bernice, Glasgow High School; Perpetual Baffour, Anna Dmytrenko, and Elizabeth Truong, Newark High School
Colonial School District: Zara Chaudhary, Brianna Furness, Kaitlyn Laws and Sarah Travers, William Penn High School
Delmar School District: Jazmine Brown and Heather Conaway, Delmar Middle & Senior High School
Indian River School District: Lacey Firlein and Gabriella Jenkins, Indian River High School; Amin Lo and Sean Peasnall, Sussex Central High School
Lake Forest School District: Elizabeth Baker and Jeffery Sullivan, Lake Forest High School
Laurel School District: Christopher Cutsail and Sierra Spicer, Laurel High School
Milford School District: Julie Wersebe and Christopher Wolfe, Milford High School
New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District: Jaime Duca, Marisol Hernandez, and Danielle Holden, Delcastle Technical High School; Luis Osorio and Frank Sulpizio, Hodgson Vocational Technical High School; Jeanine Mowbray and Ebony Peterson, Howard High School of Technology; Samantha DiMartine and Erin Furman, St. Georges High School of Technology
POLYTECH School District: Ashley Brizendine and Dorronda Bordley, POLYTECH High School
Red Clay Consolidated School District: Adam Brown and Amanda Stout, Cab Calloway School of the Arts; Caprice Torrance, John Dickinson High School; Jacob Farrell, Michail Smith, and Brandon Springer, Alexis I. duPont High School; Allyson Flanagan and Paul Helck, McKean High School
Seaford School District: Haley Quillen and Tuyet-Nhung Nguyen, Seaford High School
Smyrna School District: Emiley Conboy and Melissa Hubert, Smyrna High School
Sussex Technical School District: Jonathan Sharman and Emily Southmayd, Sussex Technical High School
Woodbridge School District: Jere’Hutson, Woodbridge High School
Campus Community Charter School: Shannon Speed
Charter School of Wilmington: Billy Huang and Jessie Yuan
Delaware Military Academy: Zachary Brown
Maurice Moyer Academy: Jasmine Johnson
Pencader Business and Finance Charter School: Andriy Vavasov
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