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Underclassmen Awards Ceremony

Underclassmen Awards Ceremony

Underclassmen Academic Awards Ceremony was held on February 17 to recognize our Freshman, Sophomore and Junior students who have excelled academically in the 1st semester. Congratulations to the following students on receiving awards.

Honor Roll of Distinction is awarded to students who have maintained grades at or above a 93 for each subject in the fall semester.

Class of 2024 Honor Roll of Distinction
Elena Abreu, Leonard Aviles, Marlaina Clugston, Sonal De Silva, Emily DiPasquale, Alayna Giampolo, Alexander Gutierrez
Elizabeth Italia, Heather Jones, Kaitlyn Jones, Madison Kenney, Clayton Kulessa, Brielle Leinheiser, Emma Marchese, Madeleine McDermott, Elizabeth Podell, Christopher Powers, Michael Quinn, Jared Rice, Elizabeth Socha, Mason Utset, Samuel Webb, Natalie Zamirowski

Class of 2025 Honor Roll of Distinction
Elizabeth Achtau, Bennett Albers, Grace Bogacz, Michael Busa, Maggie-Frances Carr, Faith Cascella, Ilan Cekic, Mya Clarke, Sophia Cramer, Isabella Diaz, Gianna Dibari, Kiera Donegan, Eduardo Encarnacion, Lara Gabrielle Flores, Elizabeth Gaffney, Noelle Angelique Go, Mia Haddock, Rose Jackson,Tarun Kovoor, Jack Kydonieus, Angela Lansang, Ellie Marrone, Erin McCabe, Rebecca Method, Diego Nunez-Castaneda, Isabella Odina, Mariana Samuel, Nolan Schmitz, Caitlin Sheedy, Adriana Tattoli, Max Whittle

Class of 2026 Honor Roll of Distinction
Shaun Appert, Kiera Bailey, Jenna Cocuzza, Patrick Collins, Riley Daly, Samantha D'Angelo, Miah Fitzpatrick, Olive Foley, Marcel Girkhovskiy, Jenevieve Gopez, Skylar Hewitt, Mehakpreet Kaur, Mary Kerwick, Abigail Lobis, Makensie Meszaros, Caleb Rowlands, Dana Santos, Madeline Schmid, Jamie Werdal
 

Social Studies Department Awards

Advanced Placement European History - Diego Nunez-Castaneda

Advanced Placement MicroEconomics - Christopher Powers, Ava Romano

Advanced Placement Psychology - Brianna Graham, Elizabeth Podell, Sonal De Silva

Economics - Nathan Mayer

United States History I - Kelly Demsko, Tarun Kovoor, Alessandra Santoro

Honors United States History I - Kiera Donegan, Gabrielle Pie’

United States History II - Leonard Aviles, Zachary Duck

Honors United States History II - Emily DiPasquale

Advanced Placement United States History - Jared Rice

World History - James Falcone, Amirah Glanton, Dana Santos

Honors World History - Damian Hamm, Jimmy Iacona, Caitlin Powers

Introduction to Sociology and Psychology - Madeleine McDermott

 

Arts Department Awards

Art 1 - Leonard Aviles, Abigail Lobis

Fundamentals of 3D Design / Ceramics - Eduardo Encarnacion

Ceramics- Melissa Naranjo, Honors Art III, Mason Utset, Isabella Villarelle

Illustration - Jenevieve Gopez

Chamber Orchestra - Sarah Cain

Concert Band - Marlaina Clugston

Concert Choir - Sydney Wiltshire

Jazz Band - Samantha Wagner, String Ensemble, Chelsea Deutsch

Dance - Lara Flores

Dance Intermediate - Kara Lushbaugh, Callie Okamura

Digital Recording - Nicholas DiPalma

Film Production - Heather Jones

 

Math and Business Department Awards

Algebra I - Isabella Carrero

Algebra II - Patrick Collins, Samantha Wagner

Honors Algebra II - Caitlin Sheedy

Calculus -  Abigail Hwang

Pre-Calculus - Alayna Giampolo

Honors Pre-Calculus - Marlaina Clugston

Geometry - Bennett Albers

Honors Geometry - Michael Busa, Erin McCabe

Accounting - Olivia Popovic

Entrepreneurship - Cameron Burek

Advanced Placement Computer Science - Alexander Gutierrez, Madison Kenney

Integrated Computer Technology - Delanie Meszaros

Physical Computing and Robotics - Elizabeth Italia

 

English Department Awards

English 1 - Kiera Bailey, Mary Kerwick, Makensie Meszaros, Caleb Rowlands, Emma Sabo

Honors English 1 - Skylar Hewitt, Riley Kerins

English 2 - Isabella Diaz, Wyatt Moore, Elana Ruppersberger, Amelia Smith

Honors English 2 - Eduardo Encarnacion, Angela Lansang, Mariana Samuel

English 3 - Talon Arbizu, Kathryn Cottrell, Katherine Donovan, John Merluse, Alexander Rivera

Honors English 3 - Elena Abreu, Madison Kenney, Emily Klena, Elizabeth Podell, Mason Utset

Journalism 1 - Alexa Brown

Journalism 2 - Sonny Durkin

Public Speaking - Sophia Chopan, Skylar Hewitt, Sophia Komjati, Madeline Newkirk, Callie Okamura, Laura Parrott\

 

Physical Education Department Awards

Physical Education / First Aid - Brendan Appert, Leonard Aviles, McKenna Fisher, Carter Hillsdon, Kara Lynch, Madeleine McDermott, John Papp, Logan Phillips, Alexander Vilarelle, Samuel Webb, Christopher Young

 

Religion Department Awards

Religion 1 - Ava Fallon, Amirah Glanton, Jenevieve Gopez, Makensie Meszaros, Caitlin Patrick,Caleb Rowlands, Lena Scharibone

Religion 2 - Elizabeth Achtau, Olivia Borrero, Daniel Cutrupi, Amanda Fabian, Alyssa Fleurant, Shana Ignacio, Lauren Mersel, Margot Moskovitz, Elana Ruppersberger

Religion 3 - Molly Cleary, Christian Cruz, Alayna Giampolo, Madison Reda

Peer Leadership - Elizabeth Achtau, Sara Farnan, Elizabeth Gaffney, Margaret Harding, Annasimone Ibrahim

 

Science Department Awards

Biology Adriana Ciccarelli, Isabella Smith, Helen Woloshyn

Honors Biology - Emily DiPasquale

Advanced Placement Biology - Alessandro Scarlata

Chemistry - Bennett Albers, Kathryn Cottrell, Graiden Stoy, Darin Urstadt

Honors Chemistry- Michael Busa, Eduardo Encarnacion

Advanced Placement Chemistry - Jared Rice

STEM - Patrick Collins, Nina Encarnacion Sanchez, Ava Fallon, Joshua Guire, Honors STEM, Jimmy Iacona

 

World Languages Department Awards

French 1 - Nina Encarnacion Sanchez

Honors French 3 - Elizabeth Achtau, Madeleine McDermott

Italian 1 - Delanie Meszaros

Italian 2 - Mia Haddock

Honors Italian 3 - Alessandro Scarlata

Honors Italian 4 - Gian Luca Pugliese

Latin 1 - Emily Deussing

Latin 2 - Elizabeth Gaffney

Honors Latin 2 - Mariana Samuel

Spanish 1 - Kelley DeZutel, Zachary Malus, Dillon White

Spanish 2 - Kiera Donegan, Madison Fajardo

Spanish 3 - Nicholas Newmiller

Honors Spanish 3 - Emily DiPasquale

Honors Spanish 4 - Ingrid Lazo, Diego Nunez-Castaneda
 

Rave Reviews for ND's Blockbuster Musical "Newsies"

Under the direction of Artistic and Music Director, Louis Gibilisco, Notre Dame High School Performing Arts students once again delivered a spectacular, Broadway-worthy performance, this time taking on the hit Disney show Newsies.

Model UN Club Highlight

Notre Dame High School is proud to highlight the Model UN team efforts at their conference in Philadelphia.

Career Exploration Day

Notre Dame High School was proud to welcome back four alumni on March 2 for Career Exploration Day to share their success stories with students, and provide some insight on how Notre Dame helped shape their careers.

Thomas Black '23 On the Road to Eagle

The Notre Dame Community is proud to spotlight senior Thomas Black '23, who is on the way to becoming an Eagle Scout. The rank of an Eagle Scout is the highest rank achievable for the Boys Scouts of America.