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Maranatha High School Honors Students’ High Achievements

The Maranatha Community recognized their top achieving students at the 2018 Maranatha Awards Program.
On Wednesday, May 23, Maranatha High School’s high-performing students were honored by the entire MHS community when they received various academic awards and recognition at the annual Maranatha Awards Program held in the Ambassador Auditorium.

For the 2017-2018 school year, students were honored in the following categories:

HONOR ROLL: (Gold, Silver, and Bronze levels based on GPA for each grade level): Recipients stood to be recognized
 
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE:

ENGLISH
  • The Shakespearean Wordsmith Award: Patrick Lee
  • The Orwell Award: Jackson Rothgeb
  • The C.S. Lewis Award: Karney Okuma
COMPUTER SCIENCE
  • Robotics Programming Award: Rebecca Well
  • Robotics Programming Award: Sky Assaf
  • Technology Achievement Award: Josiah Rojas
MATH
  • Excellence in Math at the Highest Honors Level: Russell Nakasone
  • Excellence in Math at the Highest Honors Level for Juniors: Hanna Jin
  • Superior Performance in Math: Stella Wang
  • MHS Winner of American Math Contest 2018: Charles Bai
  • CA Department of Education Award: Joshua Giarto
MODERN WORLD LANGUAGES
  • Confucius Award for Chinese Fluency: Brandon Handoko
  • Ben Bahan Award: Mackenzie Pam
  • Si Se Puede: Mikaya Kim
  • Fleur de Lis French Award: Brian Alhouse
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
  • Weight Lifting, Most Improved: Joelle Battles
SCIENCE/ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
  • Outstanding Life Scientist: Nate Nguyen
  • Most Outstanding Scientist: Hanna Jin
  • Outstanding Physical Scientist: Ethan Kita
  • Anatomy Dissection Award: Maddie Bove
  • Future Surgeon Award: Kylie Sacapano
PERFORMING ARTS
  • Triple Threat Award, Excellence in Singing, Dancing, and Acting: Allison Scoon
  • Outstanding Musician Award: Jennifer Treptow and Jae Yeon Hong
  • Excellence in Dance: Kristy Chu
SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • The Winston Churchill Award: Heidi Silk
  • The Thomas Jefferson Award: Jake Anderson
  • The Martin Luther Award: Angela Hsieh
SPEECH AND DEBATE
  • Orator of the Year: Trinity Moore
  • Debater of the Year: Mitchell Yeh
  • Impromptu Speaker of the Year: Jordan Belcher
THEOLOGY
  • Theologian of the Year: Benjamin Smith
  • John 17 Award: Reagan Atallah
  • Budding Theologian Award: Allison Chang
VISUAL ARTS
  • Excellence in Digital Arts Award: Cade Vanneman
  • The Master Artist Award: Sihan Zhao
  • The “Fine” Pencil Expert Award: Noah Erikkson
ATHLETICS
  • Senior Female Athlete of the Year: Ryan Greene
  • Senior Male Athlete of the Year: Chris Austin
  • Senior Female Scholar Athlete: Angela Hsieh
  • Senior Male Scholar Athlete: Nicholas Demonteverde
OLIVER HONORS INSTITUTE: freshmen members stood to be recognized
 
ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY:
  • ASB Leads: Tiffany Godley, Alison Scoon, Reagan Atallah, Claire White, Taylor Ota, Caroline Diehl, Caroline Tan, Michael Xiao, Irene Wang, Dani Shishoian, Eli Rodarte, Nils Heinstedt, Julianna O'Malley
  • ASB Officers: Lauren Argue, Trinity Moore, Elaine Babikian, Elsie Wang, Patil Yaccoubian, Emily Rajewski, Scott Wang, Hannah Whyley
  • ASB Representatives stood to be recognized
  • ASB President: Heidi Silk
 MINISTRY TEAM:
  • Ministry Team members stood to be recognized
  • Ministry Team Service Award: Kaley Sanchez
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY: members stood to be recognized
 
CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION: members stood to be recognized
 
AMBASSADOR CLUB: members stood to be recognized
 
SEA-PERCH ROBOTICS TEAM: members stood to be recognized
 
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS:
  • Commended Students: Nicholas Demonteverde, Charles Bai, Andrew Huang, Patrick Lee, Russell Nakasone, Josiah Rojas, Jackson Rothgeb, Josiah Sie, Kelly Huang
PATRICK BERNARDINI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Eli Rodarte
 
TOP GRADE POINT AVERAGES (each grade level, including Class of 2018 Salutatorian and Valedictorian):

Freshmen:
  • Third Highest GPA: Allison Chang – 4.555
  • Second Highest GPA: Hannah Beth Erlandson – 4.571
  • The Highest GPA in the Freshmen class: Joan Choi – 4.714
Sophomores:
  • Third Highest GPA: David Aren Minassian – 4.695
  • Second Highest  GPA: Samantha Tomi Wu – 4.760
  • The Highest GPA in the Sophomore Class: Sara Sueanne Wu- 4.782
Juniors:
  • Third Highest GPA: Erica De Guzman – 4.589
  • Second Highest GPA: Matthew Zachary Peng – 4.641
  • The Highest GPA in the Junior Class: Haina Jin – 4.731
Seniors:
  • Third Highest GPA: Nicholas Demonteverde – 4.66 
  • Second Highest GPA and Senior Class Salutatorian: Russell Nakasone – 4.720 
  • The Highest GPA in the Senior Class and this year’s Valedictorian: Patrick Lee – 4.725
Congratulations to each of these students for living out the mission and vision of our school!
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