Academic award winners announced at ORR

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional High School has announced the academic awards for the class of 2022.

Awards were presented to:

English Language Arts

Certificates of excellence: Advanced placement English 12, Klara Whalley; Creative writing: Isabel Friedrichs; English 12 honors: Colby Gross; English 12A: Amanda Armanetti; Genealogy: Lila Hall; Media literacy honors: John Kassabian; Monsters, Murder and Madness Honors: Hannah Furtado; Monsters, Murder and Madness A: Jamie Mackenzie; Multicultural literature honors: Christopher Bell; Multicultural literature A: Emma Thayer; Sports Media: Steven Morrell; Theater: Makayla Semiao.

Department award: Isabella Correia.

Foreign language

Certificates of excellence: Advanced Placement Latin: Autumn Tilley; Advanced Placement Spanish: George Barry, Amaya McLeod. 

Department awards: Latin: Autumn Tilley, Spanish: Amaya McLeod. 

Mathematics

Certificates of excellence: Advanced algebra: Sawichaya Phimolmas; Advanced Placement calculus: Amaya McLeod; Advanced Placement statistics: Ethan Perez-Dormitzer; Calculus: Jillian Ferreira; Finite mathematics and statistics: Mia Hemphill; Precalculus: Ethan Scully; 

Department award: Amaya McLeod.

Physical education 

Certificates of excellence: Justin Allain, George Barry, Owen Bates, Magdalena Brogioli, Matthew Curry, Tyler Kelly, Zack Matson, Lucas Morrell, Jemberu Noyce, Zach Proffit; Hannah Rottler, Damon Smead, William Tirrell; Michael Tobin, Michael Valerio, August Vincent, Nathan Yurof.

Department awards: Magdalena Brogioli and Steven Morrell

Science

Certificates of excellence: Advanced Placement biology: Nathaniel Bangs, Emma Thorell; Advanced Placement environmental science: Amaya McLeod; Advanced Placement physics: Amaya McLeod; Anatomy and physiology: Hannah Rottler; Honors anatomy and physiology: Emma Thorell; Environmental interactions: Quin Kirby; Forensics A: Amanda Armanetti; Honors forensic science: Savannah Teixeira; Marine biology: Evan Correia; Physics A: Jamie MacKenzie; Honors physics: Julia Sheridan; 

Department award: Ethan Perez-Dormitzer; 

Society of Women Engineers: Amanda Armanetti, Amaya McLeod, Autumn TIlley. 

Social studies

Charles Washburn Award: Isabella Romig; 

Certificates of excellence: Advanced Placement psychology: Sawichaya Phimolmas; Advanced Placement human geography: John Kassabian; Economics: Michael Valerio; Honors economics: Ethan Perez-Dormitzer; History through film: Charles Richards; Law and legal system: Quin Kirby; Local history: Ava Hall; Modern American politics and government: Ethan Scully; Philosophy: Isabella Correia, John Kassabian; Psychology: Nathan Yurof; Sociology: Lila Hall. 

Department award: John Kassabian.

Technology and engineering

Certificates of excellence: Architectural design: Erin Besanscon, Jamie MacKenzie; Computer science: Colby Gross, Evan Correia; Engineering: Samuel Harris; Game design: Anthony Calderone; Multimedia design: Erin Besanscon, Isabel Friedrichs; Robotics engineering: Elijah Motta; Technical drawing, Lucas McElroy. 

Department award computer science: Colby Gross.

Department award tech and engineering: Elijah Motta.

Unified Arts

Certificates of excellence: Ceramics: William Baltz; Drawing: Autumn Tilley; Mixed media: Emma Levasseur; Painting: Taylor Green; Photography: Makayla Semiao; Textile design, Talia DeLeo; Visual design, Cole Burke; 

Department awards, visual art, Taylor Green, Autumn Tilley. 

Music

National school chorus award: Isabella Correia; John Philip Sousa band award: Angelina Vaughan; Louis Armstrong jazz band award: Caleb DeVoe; Stan Ellis jazz award: Nico Parker; ORR music director’s award: Nico Parker and Caleb DeVoe.

Department award a capella: Allison Ward. 

Department award, concert band: Angelina Vaughan.

Department award, jazz band, Caleb DeVoe.

Department award, chorus: Christopher Bell.

Child development/early childhood education

Certificates of excellence: Emma Thayer, Emma Wyman

Athletic department awards

Andrew J. Santos award, Michael Tobin.

Elliot Macomber Memorial award, Magdalena Brogioli, Madeline Wright.

Joao Rodrigues athletic award, Jennifer Williams.

Lester Teixeira athletic award: Steven Morrell.

Melissa Duarte memorial awards: Girls basketball, Emma Thorell; Girls soccer, Isabella Hunt; Girls softball, Katelyn Bellemare; Girls track, Julia Sheridan.

FOR Drama Club Awards: Christopher Bell, Hannah Furtado, Bailey Gosse, Taylor Green, Isabella Hunter, Kinsley Trout, Tyler Trudeau; Maxwell Tucker.

David R. Boyce memorial scholarship: Sofia Martins.

FOR Music Club awards: Christopher Bell, Isabella Correia, Alice DeCicco-Carey; Emily DellaCioppa; Caleb DeVoe; Edward Gonet IV; Spencer Merolla; Benjamin Preece-Santos; Charles Richards; Kinsley Trout.

Presidential Volunteer Service Awards

Bronze: William Baltz, Emma Pinhancos.

Gold: James William Coleman IV.

Nolan Gibbons Memorial Scholarship, JHS Drama Club: Emily DellaCioppa; 

Unsung Hero Student Council award, Stephen Old, Klara Whalley; 

Assistant principal’s award: Tyler Kelly; 

Superintendent’s award: Amaya McLeod.

Principal awards: 

National Merit scholarship program: 

Candidates special scholarship competition: Stephen Sauerbrey, Emma Thorrell; Commended students: Edward Gonet IV, Sofia Martins. Finalist: Amaya McLeod.

Ronald Reagan leadership medal: Edward Gonet IV.

Joan Walsh book award: Amaya McLeod.

Scholar athlete award: Marc Pothier.

Principal’s awards: Edward Gonet IV, Taylor Green, Emma Thorell.