Head of School Awards 2023
May 1st, 2023
This past week, Pacifica celebrated the academic and co-curricular excellence of the current student body at the annual Head of School Awards ceremony. The most prestigious awards are given annually to members of the graduating class, as well as other academic recognitions, including department awards, STEM, PACARTS, and Honor Roll distinctions. We had an amazing forty seven seniors make the Head of School list this year, which requires at 3.8 GPA or higher!
Big congratulations to all!
SENIOR AWARDS
MARY KACZOR | HOWARD AWARD Named after its first award recipient, Asiah Howard, this award is given to the female student who most embodies Pacifica’s mission by exemplifying an ability to “think and live well.” Specifically, this student communicates effectively, and lives a life of faith, character, and service, all while fostering friendship and unity while at Pacifica. |
XANDER CONSTANTINE | HAMMER AWARD Named after its first award recipient, David Hammer, this award is given to the male student who most embodies Pacifica’s mission by exemplifying an ability to “think and live well.” Specifically, this student communicates effectively, and lives a life of faith, character, and service, all while fostering friendship and unity while at Pacifica. |
Siena Burns & Sadie Kemmerer | RYAN AWARD This award is given to the student who displays the highest degree of perseverance, character, and heart (P.C.H.) in his/her involvement at Pacifica. |
michael belachew & GAVIN KELLY-MILLER | LEADERSHIP AWARD This award is given to the student who has shown outstanding leadership in the Pacifica community. |
Mia Symonds & Matthew Villarica | MULLIGAN AWARD This award is given to the student who volunteers for service to the Pacifica community above and beyond the call of duty. |
Joey Barnhart & Sofia fierro | SALAZAR AWARD This award is given to the student who pursues Christ with their whole mind and seeks to live out a Christ-like life. |
XANDER CONSTANTINE | VALEDICTORIAN |
SIENA BURNS, KAI ESPRABENS & CLAIRE GEROLD | SALUTATORIANS |
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
MATH | 9th Felix Lan 10th Drew Gerold 11th Jonas Williams 12th Julia Ocampo |
science | 9th Bianca Iker 10th Isabel Milner 11th Stratton Chanes 12th Gavin Kelly-Miller |
english | 9th Jenna Kim & Addy Mehl 10th Sage Ervin 11th Morgan Tambunan 12th Livia Cherry |
latin | Latin 1 Allison Perez Latin 2 Anna Mori Latin 3 Vyvien Estes Latin 4H Aidan Younger |
spanish | 9th Austin Orso 10th Nicholas Mickelopoulos 11th Jo Tilford 12th Xander Constantine |
history | 9th Jordan Clouse 10th Zoe Debenning 11th Ellie Knight 12th Micheal Belachew |
philosophy & theology | 9th Langston Brown 10th Elijah Segal 11th Sam Ransom 12th Aidan Younger |
social science | AP Psych Zoe DeBenning Minchin Center Tyler Clouse & Sebastian Elizalde |
VISUAL ARTS & FILM | 9th Aurora Malerba 10th Elijah Segal 11th Sean Goedecke & Naomi Pakianathan 12th Austin Micka & Mei Zhong |
PERFORMING ARTS | 9th Clare Younger 10th Mehra Parekh 11th Skadie Kosta 12th Olivia Mongiardo |
ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE | 12th Frances Abu Shanab, Sam Gandolfi & Mary Karaghossian |
STEM SCHOLARS WITH DISTINCTION | Frances Abu Shanab, Trey Barton, Michael Belachew, Kai Esprabens, Jordan Estes, Claire Gerold, Mary Karaghossian, Leul Lemma & Logan Roth |
ACTORS & ARTISTS COMPANY
OLIVIA ANGELO-TURMAN | FOUNDING ARTIST AWARD The Founding Artist award goes to the student who has best exemplified the life and practice of living life informed by artistic exploration. |
XANDER CONSTANTINE | OVATION AWARD The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
sofia fierro | OVATION AWARD 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
GAVIN KELLY-MILLER | OVATION AWARD 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
bella putnam | OVATION AWARD Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead |
christen ntanios | OVATION AWARD Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead |
quinn chryss-connell | OVATION AWARD SCREEN |
austin micka | OVATION AWARD SCREEN |
SADIE KEMMERER | OVATION AWARD Winter Art Gallery |
MEI ZHONG | OVATION AWARD 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
HEAD OF SCHOOL’S LIST - FALL 2022
(GPA 3.8 AND ABOVE)
9TH GRADE
Safi Alkadiri
Charlie Appel
Zoe Battaglia
Langston Brown
Tristan Carel
Bailey Coleman
Callum Ganz
Jayden Garcia-Hagevoort
Bianca Iker
George Karaghossian
Jenna Kim
Sarah LaForge
Chenxi Lan
Tselot Lemma
Violet Ludwig
Aurora Malerba
Nicole Malin
Addison Mehl
Jeffrey Molina
Austin Orso
Samuel Roberts
Jude Toren
Wenxin Wei
Alexander Yordanov
Clare Younger
10TH GRADE
Doga Arier
Joshua Avoungnassou
David Barats
Jordan Clouse
Rex Crabtree
Zoe DeBenning
Anna Duboc
Elyse Ennis
Sage Ervin
Vyvien Estes
Caden Gendall
Drew Gerold
Roman Lenz
Zara Magner
Violet Matthias
Nicholas Mickelopoulos
Isabel Milner
Anna Mori
Luke Norcross
Amadora Paola
Mehra Parekh
Allison Perez
Isaiah Razavi
Theodore Rothchild
Elijah Segal
Lexi Sexton
Kanokpond Srijumnong
Alandra Ulloa
Cyrus Zarrinnam
11TH GRADE
Ceana Adjoyi
Sienna Baron
Tyler Bosco
Timothy Carel
Stratton Chanes
Julia Drozdz
Sophia Fischette
Sean Goedecke
Andrew Grinsfelder
Christopher Hernandez
Clementine Herold
Flynn Husband
Ellie Knight
Jillian Leary
Isabella Lingel
Jael Martin
Christopher Martinez
Kai Mayer
Harper Mehl
Mikayla Moynihan
Naomi Pakianathan
Samantha Ransom
William Reimers
Liam Rice
Lilah Robinson
Star Serfontein
Luca Sone
Elizabeth Starratt
Morgan Tambunan
Josephine Tilford
Ivor Tilford
Madeleine Todd
Jonas Williams
Zane Worth
12TH GRADE
Frances Abu Shanab
Julia Anderson
Olivia Angelo-Turman
Joseph Barnhart
Ralph (Trey) Barton
Avery Baumgartner
Michael Belachew
Siena Burns
Keeyana Capellasoltani-Zhang
Steven Cathcart
Livia Cherry
Quinn Chryss-Connell
Steven Clouse
Xander Constantine
Brandon Criss
Sebastian Elizalde
Kai Esprabens
Jordan Estes
Amelia Gandolfi
Claire Gerold
Jude Grammer
Abbey Johnston
Mary Kaczor
Mary Karaghossian
Gavin Kelly-Miller
Sadie Kemmerer
Alexandra Kiner
Leul Lemma
Sofia Ludwig
Austin Micka
Julian Milner
Luke Molinari
Sophia Morales
Cody Muson
Christen Ntanio
Kaylin O'Neill
Julia Ocampo
Isabella Putnam
Logan Roth
Ashley Silver
Madison Sipes
Mia Symonds
Matthew Villarica
Charlie Wakeham
Kendall Wilken
Aidan Younger
Mei Zhong
PRINCIPAL’S LIST - FALL 2022
(GPA 3.5-3.79)
9TH GRADE
Anika Buford
Yixin Cheng
Valerie Chimalpopoca
John-Henry Ducard
Nona Goddard
Anniela Kahala
Sia Kresch
Dylan Mitchell
Sophie Popp
Luca Szyszkowski
Lucca Tabar
Luna Venegas
10TH GRADE
Hunter Burkett
Andrew Carter
Jaleea Coleman
Ming-Tse Hung
Miles Keller
Gerardo Monroy
Ethan Ting
11TH GRADE
Evangelina Brick
Seela Kapoor
Skadie Kosta
Jacob Lewis
Benjamin Lovett
Siena Saffari
Anthony Sitkovetsky
Cameron Swist
Moriah Willard
12TH GRADE
Luca Beccaria
Jackson D'Nelly
Sofia Fierro
Giacomo Frisia
Jude Kouyate
Tristan Manuel
Elijah McCollum
Evan Miller
Olivia Mongiardo
Lizabeth Monroy
Moony Warfield
Charles Widhelm
HONOR ROLL - FALL 2022
(GPA 3.3-3.49)
9TH GRADE
Shania Banks
Jack Rizza
Daniel Roberts
10TH GRADE
Adelaide Levens
Emma Tyler
11TH GRADE
Daphne Albert
Illan Borin
Judah Gardner
12TH GRADE
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