Whiz Kids: Huntington Middle School Good Citizenship Award Recipients

This week’s Whiz Kids are the recipients of the Good Citizenship Award at . In the immortal words of Coach John Wooden, “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.” It is with this idea in mind that Huntington Middle School’s staff and faculty have pursued to not only prepare their students through academic advancement, but to prepare them with life lessons that foster the development of responsibility, compassion, trustworthiness and fairness. The recipients of the Good Citizenship Award are recognized not only for the service to the school, but also service to the school’s student body through anti-bullying and outreach, just to name a couple of their achievements.

Whiz Kids: Good Citizenship Award recipients at Huntington Middle School--Ishani Awasthi, Chuma Azinge, Jules Buenabenta, Blake Cabot, Dean Campagnolo, John Carter, Alexander Cate, Libby Chang, Matthew Chen, Mark Choa, Paola Diaz, Michael Dumont, Sandy Faure, Mohammed Haroon, Olivia Harrigian, Thomas Jett, Harika Kalidhindi, Garrett Kawaguchi, Bryan Lee, Jacqueline Lee, Daniel Lytle, Andrew Martin, Sophia Mora, Samia Nikou-Smith, Monica Oh, Justin Quon, Anthony Rodela, Sabella Singh, Lisa Wang, Mark Wicke, Kristen Wong and Tian Ji Zhou.

Whiz Kids’ Ages: 11 to 13 years old

Whiz Kids’ School: Huntington Middle School, grade 6 to grade 8

Whiz Kids’ Accomplishment: Students were recommended by their teachers and then selected based on their excellent overall citizenship.

Whiz Kids’ Awesomeness: The United States of America was founded on the guiding principles of service to country--a value that many of the young minds of the coming generations continue to uphold. This past Tuesday a select few of the Huntington Middle School student body came together to celebrate the tradition of service to school. A Good Citizenship Breakfast hosted by school Principal Dave Murray and school Counselor Mrs. Gonzalez honored the students who continue to exemplify the core values of good citizenship: honesty, courtesy, responsibility and service.

The breakfast was more than just an opportunity for the students to come together and celebrate how service to school makes an impact. The breakfast, the awards and the rewards (a Huntington Middle School license plate and two free movie tickets) serve as reinforcements of quality character and the necessity for future generations to actively involve themselves within their communities. More so, the wide diversity of students, student backgrounds and student experiences that comprised the Good Citizenship Award recipients continue to remind us of how important it is to connect with all the different facets of the community. The recipients of the Good Citizenship Award remind me of how proud San Marino should be as a community that we have fostered education of not only mind, but of morality.

Bonus Q

What are your favorite cuisines?
Of the three options (Chinese, Italian, and Mexican), Italian won the most votes.

Do you think you will see a female president in your life time?
85% of the recipients answered yes (an amazing statistic considering 60% of the recipients were young men).