Awards Programs
Awards Programs at Medford High School
- Students of the Month
- Honor Roll
- Academic Awards Ceremony
- Student Leadership Awards Ceremony
- Scholastic Awards Ceremony
- Senior Scholarship Awards Ceremony
- National Honor Society
Students of the Month
Every month teachers nominate students who have demonstrated extraordinary effort in the classroom. Then Submasters select one Student of the Month at each grade level, and the Vocational Director selects one Student of the Month from the Vocational School.
Honor Roll
Through the Honor Roll, students at all ability levels are honored for their classroom achievements: Highest Honors for a 3.6 to 4.0 GPA for the quarter on a 4.0 unweighted scale; Honors for a 3.4 to 3.59 GPA; and Merit for a 3.0 to 3.39 GPA.
Honor Roll 2011-2012 School Year
Academic Awards Ceremony
At this event, students are honored for their academic achievement, effort and improvement in the classroom.
2011-2012 Academic Awards Ceremony
The academic achievement and effort of 130 students were recognized at Medford High School’s Academic Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, May 2, 2012.
Academic Excellence Awards
The following students, who earned the highest cumulative average at their respective grade levels, received Academic Excellence Awards in the following departments:
ENGLISH: Adrienne Porrazzo, Mariam Taha, Kathleen Callahan, and Jamie deRosas; HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE: Avneet Bajwa, Erica Budina, Christian Healion, and George Leetch; MATH: Lina Hart, Cynthia Miguel, Erica Budina, Elizabeth Liu, Lucas Mazzotti, and Roger Zurawicki; SCIENCE: Adrienne Porrazzo, Victor Oliveira, Elizabeth Liu, and Roger Zurawicki; FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Sharma Jean-Jacques, Jadwiga Tamburini, Wiktoria Tamburini, Victor Oliveira, Elizabeth Liu, and Brandon Breen.
Scholastic Achievement Awards
The following students, who earned the highest cumulative Grade Point Averages, received Headmaster’s Scholastic Achievement Awards:
GRADE 9: Talia Andreottola, Avneet Bajwa, Matthew Beckshaw, Daria Eshelman, Megan Fung, Nicholas Giurleo, Kha Huynh, Kayla Joyner, Leanna Kantt, Clare Kelley, Raveena Longia, Cynthia Miguel, Adrienne Porrazzo, Brenda Quach, Callaghan Todhunter, and Alyssa Valentyn.
GRADE 10: Lian Blake, Erica Budina, Abigail Candee, Kin Chau, Jordan Harris, Regine Jacques, Elijah Kissman, Anthony Nguyen, Kathy Nguyen, Victor Oliveira, Audrey Ring, Shahrayz Shah, Vincent Tran, Leila Walker, and Jean-Charles Zurawicki.
GRADE 11: Nicole Avella, John Bailey, Kylie Baker, Katherine Corneilson, Peter-Joseph DeGiovanni, Alison deRosas, Jennifer Frederick, Nabonita Hoq, Winny Kwong Sito, Elizabeth Liu, Lucas Mazzotti, Kalsang Nangpa, Kaleigh Smith, Susan Smith, and Isabelle Thibault.
GRADE 12: Daniel Bozovic, Brandon Breen, Seth Brownmiller, Ariana Colozzo, Sean Connor, Megan Lauretti, George Leetch, John McElearney, Jr., Anthony Nguyen, Janet Nguyen, Jeannie Nguyen, Khang Nguyen, Arjun Sharma, Jason Trinh, and Roger Zurawicki.
Outstanding Effort Awards
Teachers in the following departments presented Outstanding Effort Awards to these students:
ENGLISH: Aicha Abdou, Salem Abdulkerim, Nicholas Adams, Hana Austin, Jessica Brady, Erica Budina, Shedena Casseus, Martha Estriplet, Reginald Fleurival, Jacqueline Harrington, Sean Lynch, Nicole Mortell, Peter Nardella, Karishma Patel, Deyvid Rocha, Taylor Salamone, Sarah Santos, and Susan Smith.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Marc Aime, AnaCarolina Araujo, Kylie Baker, Jessica Brady, Santina DelPrete, Cassandra Keddy, Jacob Liberty, Giana Marks, and Maria Prodoscimo.
MATHEMATICS: Patrick Breen, Shedena Casseus, Rebecca Chin, Santanna Clarke Palou, Hemilly Correa, Mary Kate Cullinane, Jose Thessie Elysee, Martha Estriplet, Sarah Fioroti, Sherby Germain, Giulia LaRocca, Giana Marks, Muhsin Mohamed, Lynzie Pierce, Samuel Prince, Nesa Riley, Owen Seamster, Anna Steele, and Nicole Taliaferro.
SCIENCE: AnaCarolina Araujo, Jessica Brady, Seth Brownmiller, Brendan Callahan, Kin Chau, Christina Coleman, Arianna DiSisto, Martha Estriplet, William Kostick, Naika Legros, Giana Marks, Linh Nguyen, Karishma Patel, Karishma Patel, Lynzie Pierce, Samuel Prince, and Nakiyah Shelby-Barnes.
HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE: Duphtalife Rebecca Alexis, Djivenchy Auguste, Josie Baily-Zona, Jessica Brady, Shedena Casseus, Susanna Clarke Palou, Raissa do Amaral Bezerra, Gasendy Dominique, Kelly Ferjuste, Arlo Grossman, Brooke Hanley, Kayli Lanzilli, Shamus Maunsell, Jr., Brian Moriarty, Sarah Santos, Julia Shoop, Kaleigh Smith, and Kumba Wahkor.
Special Awards
Bausch & Lomb Award: Elizabeth Liu; Chatham University Book Award: Kylie Baker; Dartmouth College Book Award: Nicole Avella; Harvard Book Award: Elizabeth Liu; Regis College Book Award: John Bailey; Rensselaer Medal: Alexander Leccese; Saint Michael’s College Book Awards:, Winny Kwong Sito, and Lucas Mazzotti; Wellesley College Book Award: Katherine Corneilson; and Yale University Book Award: Jennifer Frederick.
In addition, nine students earned Gold Medal Awards on the Spanish Language Exam: Jennifer Frederick, Lina Hart, Winny Kwong Sito, Elizabeth Liu, Lucas Mazzotti, Victor Oliveira, Bryan Peguero, Maria Prodoscimo, and Leila Walker; and three students received awards from the American Association of Teachers of Italian: Brandon Breen, Ariana Colozzo, and Bryan Silva.
Student Leadership Awards Ceremony
On this occasion, students are honored for their participation and leadership in Medford High School extra-curricular activities, for their success in state competitions, and for their contributions to the community.
2011-2012 Student Leadership Awards Ceremony May 17
More than 100 students will be honored at Medford High School’s Student Leadership Awards Ceremony, which will be held on Thursday, May 17, from 7:00 to 8:30 in the Caron Theater.
At this event, students will be honored for a variety of reasons. For instance, guidance counselors will present awards for outstanding records of community service in the Medford community. In addition, students will be honored for their exceptional achievements in state competitions and for their leadership in the school community in and extracurricular activities at Medford High School. The ceremony will also recognize students who will participate in Boys State in June.
Scholastic Awards Ceremony
At this event, students are honored for their outstanding achievement on Advanced Placement Examinations, the Scholastic Assessment Test, the Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test, and Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests.
2011-2012 Scholastic Awards Ceremony
Medford High School honored more than 110 students on Wednesday night, March 14, at this year’s Scholastic Awards Ceremony.
At this event, the faculty and administration recognized those students who have excelled on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests, the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), and the Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT). Also honored were students who have received awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation and those who have earned qualifying scores on Advanced Placement Examinations.
MCAS Awards
First to be honored were Grade 9 students who received an “Advanced” score on all three of the Grade 8 MCAS tests: English Language Arts, Mathematics and Science and Technology. Those students were Zachary Going, Reyna Gontaruk, Darren McFadden, Owen Seamster, Shaun Smith, Ivey Summers, and Callaghan Todhunter.
Also receiving awards were current Grade 11 students who earned an “Advanced” rating on all three MCAS tests: Nicole Avella, John Bailey, Kylie Baker, Thomas Calautti, Jeffrey Chambers, Andrew Chin, Katherine Corneilson, Peter-Joseph DeGiovanni, Alison deRosas, Blake Donnaruma, Esad Dzolota, Jeffrey Fargo, Scott Fenton, Jennifer Frederick, Maxine Harney, Christian Healion, Tenzin Kalsang, Winny Kwong Sito, Alexander Leccese, Bailey Lee, Julia Leonard, Elizabeth Liu, Maria Loutraris, Stephen Mahoney, Lucas Mazzotti, Kevin Nazzaro, Alexander Nguyen, Kevin Nguyen, Evan Nigro, Nicholas Patten, Jane Pierre, Kevin Seamster, Kaleigh Smith, Anna Steele, Trent Sullivan, Isabelle Thibault, and Meghan Vanstry.
PSAT and SAT Awards
Also recognized at the Scholastic Awards Ceremony were students who excelled on the Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT).
The Grade 10 students who earned the top combined scores on the PSAT last fall were Nicholas Adams, Erica Budina, Abigail Candee, Elijah Kissman, William Kwan, Anthony Nguyen, Victor Oliveira, Sarah Polcaro, Audrey Ring, Sarah Ruemenapp, and Leila Walker.
The Grade 11 students who earned the highest scores on the PSAT last October were Nicole Avella, John Bailey, Kylie Baker, Katherine Corneilson, Alison deRosas, Jeffrey Fargo, Jennifer Frederick, Elizabeth Liu, Lucas Mazzotti, and Jane Pierre.
The Grade 12 students who earned the top combined scores on the SAT I were Edward Brown,
Sean Connor, Rachel Keen, George Leetch, John McElearney, Jr., Janet Nguyen, Jeannie Nguyen, Matthew Perfit, Olivia Timmins, and Roger Zurawicki.
National Merit Awards
On the 2010 PSAT, Roger Zurawicki scored within the top 95th percentile, that is, he outperformed more than 95 percent of his peers nationwide. Because of his extraordinary level of accomplishment, he received a National Merit Letter of Commendation last fall.
Advanced Placement Awards
Students who earn a certain qualifying Grade on Advanced Placement exams are eligible to receive college credit for the courses for which they successfully complete the exams, thus earning “advanced placement” at many outstanding colleges and universities. This allows them to take more sophisticated courses during their freshman year in college, instead of the usual introductory courses.
Because many current Medford High School students took AP courses when they were sophomores and juniors, they have already received scores that qualify them for AP credit.
Recognized for their achievement on the Advanced Placement Chemistry Exam were Daniel Bozovic, Sean Connor, John McElearney, Jr., Anthony Nguyen, Janet Nguyen, Khang Nguyen, Arjun Sharma, Jason Trinh, and Roger Zurawicki.
Students who received Advanced Placement Awards for their performance on the Advanced Placement European History Exam were Nicole Avella, John Bailey, Kylie Baker, Thomas Calautti, Kathleen Callahan, Jeffrey Chambers, Katherine Corneilson, Peter-Joseph DeGiovanni, Alison deRosas, Blake Donnaruma, Jennifer Frederick, Christian Healion, Nabonita Hoq, Sarah King, Winny Kwong Sito, Alexander Leccese, Bailey Lee, Stephenson Lee, Elizabeth Liu, Stephen Mahoney, Lucas Mazzotti, Michaela Mitrano, Alexander Nguyen, Tina Nguyen, Martha Nkangabwa, Lydia Regan, Kevin Seamster, Kaleigh Smith, Anna Steele, Trent Sullivan, Isabelle Thibault, and Dimitrios Xanthopoulos.
Students who received Advanced Placement Awards for their achievement on the Advanced Placement United States History Exam were Moona Abdulkerim, Brandon Breen, Seth Brownmiller, Sean Connor, Daniel Costello, Jamie deRosas, Nicholas DiVirgilio, Kathryn Ellersick, Kimberly Ellis, Maxine Harney, George Leetch, John McElearney, Jr., Mackenzie Newell, Janet Nguyen, Jeannie Nguyen, Amira Soltani, Soumia Soltani, Kelly Sullivan, Olivia Timmins, and Roger Zurawicki.
In addition, forty-seven seniors were recognized for their success on the Advanced Placement Language and Composition Examination: Daniel Begin, Lauren Bennett, Kathryn Bowler, Daniel Bozovic, Brandon Breen, Edward Brown, Ariana Colozzo, Sean Connor, Daniel Costello, Christopher Dello Russo, Jamie deRosas, Nicholas DiVirgilio, Elkhansaa Elguenaoui, Kathryn Ellersick, Kathleen Elliott, Kimberly Ellis, Maxine Harney, Rachel Keen, Charlotte Kelly, Gabriella Ketema, George Leetch, John McElearney, Jr., Jolene McGlynn, Rebecca Melo, Mackenzie Newell, Janet Nguyen, Jeannie Nguyen, Anthony Nguyen, Khang Nguyen, Michelle Nguyen, Matthew Perfit, Andrea Perkins, John Petrella, Julia Pugliese, El Mehdi Sada, Arjun Sharma, Bianca Silva, Stephen Smith, Amira Soltani, Soumia Soltani, Kelly Sullivan, Olivia Timmins, Christina Tran, Jason Trinh, Doaa Usman, Rachel Walker, and Roger Zurawicki.
Nine Medford High School seniors have already earned qualifying scores on three Advanced Placement Exams and have already been named Advanced Placement Scholars by the College Board: Brandon Breen, Jamie deRosas, Nicholas DiVirgilio, George Leetch, Anthony Nguyen, Jeannie Nguyen, Khang Nguyen, Kelly Sullivan, and Jason Trinh.
Four MHS seniors have already earned qualifying scores on four Advanced Placement Exams and have been named Advanced Placement Scholars with Honor: Sean Connor, John McElearney, Jr., Janet Nguyen, and Roger Zurawicki.
These are distinctions usually achieved only by students after they have taken an additional battery of Advanced Placement Exams in May of their senior year.
Presenting the awards were Submaster Daniel Ross, Support Services Specialist David Blauch, Guidance Counselor Victoria Glasser, and Headmaster Paul Krueger.
Senior Scholarship Awards Ceremony
Through this program, students are recognized for the scholarships they have received from local, state and national foundations and from colleges and universities.
2011-2012 Senior Scholarship Awards Ceremony May 29
Medford High School’s Senior Scholarship Awards Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, May 29, from 7:00 to 8:30 in the Caron Theater.
On this occasion, the Guidance Department will surprise several seniors with announcements of local scholarships, as well as salute the students who have already learned of the scholarships that they have received from colleges, universities and civic organizations.
Families and friends are invited to attend.
National Honor Society
Students qualify for membership in the National Honor Society by establishing an exceptional record of scholarship, leadership, character and service.