25 Chatham High School Juniors Receive Academic Awards, Honors

CHATHAM, NJ — In the final week of the school year, 25 Chatham High juniors were chosen to receive CHS Junior Book Awards.

Every year, CHS honors a select group of students with college "Book Awards." College book awards are sponsored by select colleges for participating high schools and recognize juniors who have demonstrated some combination of academic achievement, leadership, service and character.

The Book Award recipients for 2022 are:

• Charlotte Bandekow
• Patricia “Baker” Carroll
• Isabel Chan
• Alexander Chatterjee
• Katelyn Crawford
• Georgia Delaney
• Axel DiDio
• Lukas Friedman
• Christian Greene
• Grace Hui
• Flora Jeng
• Andrew Li
• Carly McDermott
• Avery Nash
• Amy Pacchia
• Kareena Parikh
• Robert Palazzi
• Kyle Sielski
• Aditya Sinha
• Olvia Taccone
• Elena Wang
• Peter Wang
• Alex Weng
• Rachel Willians
• Jocelyn Xu

"This recognition is a clear indication that our junior recipients have made a positive impression in a short time at CHS," CHS Principal Darren Groh said.

In order to receive the award, students are nominated, and the recipients are chosen by a faculty committee. The traditional award is a book of special significance to the donating institution, and it is intended to inspire continued excellence in the pursuit of knowledge and service to others.

The awardees exhibit a combination of the following characteristics:

1. Dedication
2. Academic rigor and success
3. A strong work ethic
4. Leadership
5. Volunteer
6. Service efforts to school and community.

"Staff members have recognized them for their character and contributions to their classmates and to our school. Their work and efforts are appreciated," Groh said.