President's Awards, Citizenship Honors at the High School

Dozens of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School students were recognized by the President’s Education Awards Program at the high school’s honor night, held June 2. The program, sponsored by the US Department of Education, honors those students who have achieved high academic goals and demonstrated a dedication to learning.

The President’s Education Awards Program consists of two honors, the President’s Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence and the President’s Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. The Academic Excellence award is bestowed upon students who, among other qualifications, achieve the equivalent of a 3.5 grade point average. The award for Academic Achievement recognizes students that show outstanding educational growth, improvement or intellectual development in academic subjects.

In additional to the President’s Education Awards Program, several Martha’s Vineyard High School students were also honored with the American Citizenship Award.

“Too often, disruptive students command attention while the students who follow the rules and conduct themselves appropriately go unnoted. The American Citizenship Award is designed to recognize the students that consistently exhibit the kinds of behaviors we want to see displayed in our schools and in our communities,” according to the National Association of Secondary School Principals. “The American Citizenship Award can be thought of as recognition by the principal that "I caught you doing something GOOD!"

The 2010-2011 Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School honorees are noted below.

PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR OUSTANDING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

• William Anderson
• Cole Bilodeau
• Olivia Cameron
• Benjamin Ciciora
• Molly Ciciora
• Danielle Cleary
• Hallie D’Angelo
• Vivian Ewing
• Camila Fernandez
• Molly Fischer
• Emma Forbes
• Douglas Fraser
• Michaella Gaines
• Erin Gosson
• Evan Hall
• Marry Harrington
• Olivia Higham
• Mary-Louise Howelll
• Sarah Johnson
• Tova Katzman
• Jessica Kelleher
• Hudson Klebs
• Emily Lowe
• Mitchell Lowe
• Lauren Lucas
• Jill McHugh
• Harrison Meacham
• Crystal Miske
• Gillian O’Callaghan
• Alicia Oliveira
• Naomi Pallas
• Kristin Parece
• Marie Penicaud
• Amelia Pennington
• Bennet Schwab
• Thomas Sederholm
• Jillian Sedlier
• Kira Shipway
• Anastasia Thibodeau
• Rebecca Tilton
• Justine Tucker
• Theodore Van Gerven
• Heather White
• Anna Yuen

PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

• Amoy Anderson
• Samantha Billings
• Angela DeBettencourt
• Megan Dreyer
• Evan Eagan
• Hannah Elias
• Conor Estes
• Jesse Fogg
• Griffin Gardner
• Ashley Girard
• Caleb Gray
• Ashley Gwynn
• Genevieve Hammond
• Kenneth Handy
• Isaac Hurwitz
• Collette Jordan
• Mariah Mackenzie
• Brian Montambault
• Anthony Piland
• Taylor Rasmussen
• Daniel Reid
• Anna Sylvia
• John Wadleigh

AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP AWARD

• Amoy Anderson
• William Anderson
• Shawna-Kaye Brown
• Larissa Cacique
• Benjamin Ciciora
• Angela DeBettencourt
• Megan Dreyer
• Evan Eagan
• Celeste Ewing
• Jesse Fogg
• Emma Forbes
• Douglas Fraser
• Michaella Gaines
• Ashley Girard
• Genevieve Hammond
• Mary Harrington
• Randall Jette
• Sarah Johnson
• Tova Katzman
• Haley Krauss
• Zachary Lammie
• Michael Leahy
• Emily Lowe
• Mariah Mackenzie
• Rykerr Maynard
• Jill McHugh
• Salvadore McNamara
• Kyle Mercer
• Crystal Miske
• William Nevin
• Alicia Oliveira
• Justin Oslyn
• Naomi Pallas
• Kristin Parece
• Amelia Pennington
• Corey Perrotta
• Anthony Piland
• Rachel Pires
• Taylor Rasmussen
• Dylan Rice
• Toby Riseborough
• Gleyzielle Rodrigues
• Amanda Rose
• Sarah Swift
• Anastasia Thibodeau
• Rebecca Tilton
• Mary Vogel
• John Wadleigh
• Heather White
• Jocelyn Williams