Head of School Awards 2024
April 28th, 2024
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.
Big congratulations to all!
SENIOR AWARDS
ELLIE KNIGHT | 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. |
ANDREW GRINSFELDER | 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. |
STRATTON CHANES & JILLIAN LEARY | 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. |
JACOB LEWIS & ZANE WORTH | LEADERSHIP AWARD This award is given to the student who has shown outstanding leadership in the Pacifica community. |
Clem Herold, Seela Kapoor & | MULLIGAN AWARD This award is given to the student who volunteers for service to the Pacifica community above and beyond the call of duty. |
Sophia Fischette & Harper Mehl | 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. |
JONAS WILLIAMS | VALEDICTORIAN |
Stratton Chanes, Andrew Grinsfelder, Ellie Knight & | SALUTATORIANS |
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
MATH | 9th Liam Efron & Colin Sexton 10th Amy Wei 11th Doga Arier 12th Liam Rice |
science | 9th Raegan Mitchell 10th Tristan Carel 11th Zoe DeBenning 12th Josephine Tilford |
English | 9th Nick Constantine 10th Sam Roberts 11th Vyvien Estes & Roman Lenz 12th Ceana Adjoyi & Lilah Robinson |
latin | Latin 1 Andy Leal Latin 2 Aurora Malerba Latin 3 Amadora Paola Latin 4H Seela Kapoor |
spanish | 9th Miles Savage 10th Alek Yordanov 11th Rex Crabtree & Sage Ervin 12th Siena Safari |
history | 9th Jenna Kim 10th Austin Orso 11th Nicholas Mickelopoulos & Elijah Segal 12th William Reimers |
philosophy & theology | 9th Moses DeBenning 10th Jude Toren 11th Isabel Milner 12th Sophia Fischette & Zane Worth |
social science | AP Psychology Addy Mehl Minchin Center Jonas Williams |
VISUAL ARTS & FILM | 9th Moses Comer 10th Alek Yordanov 11th Jordan Clouse & Javin Woolen 12th Sean Goedecke & Elle Starratt |
PERFORMING ARTS | 9th Lola Pedzwater 10th Devyn Jefferson 11th Shelly Lee & Lexi Sexton 12th Sariah Mulitauopele |
ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE | 9th Evan Der & Connor Telehowski 10th Daniel Roberts 11th Drew Gerold & Roman Lenz 12th Timmy Carel, Stratton Chanes, Sophia Fischette, Andrew Grinsfelder, Chris Martinez, Harper Mehl, Logan Scott & Morgan Tambunan |
STEM SCHOLARS WITH DISTINCTION | Stratton Chanes, Sophia Fischette,Andrew Grinsfelder, Ellie Knight, Isabella Lingel & Jonas Williams |
ACTORS & ARTISTS COMPANY
Moriah willard | 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. |
SEAN GOEDECKE | OVATION AWARD SCREEN |
CLEM HEROLD | OVATION AWARD 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
JILLIAN LEARY | OVATION AWARD The Real Inspector Hound |
HARPER MEHL | OVATION AWARD The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
LEYLA RAMAN | OVATION AWARD Winter Art Gallery |
William reimers | OVATION AWARD Little Shop of Horrors |
LOGAN SCOTT | OVATION AWARD Technical Theater & Art |
ELLE STARRATT | OVATION AWARD Winter Art Gallery |
JOSEPHINE TILFORD | OVATION AWARD |
JONAS WILLIAMS | OVATION AWARD |
ZANE WORTH | OVATION AWARD |
HEAD OF SCHOOL'S LIST - FALL 2023
(9th Grade: GPA>3.8; 10th-12th Grade: GPA> 4.0)
Ceana Adjoyi
Sophia Ahrablou
Daphne Albert
Gabriel Albertson
Safi Alkadiri
Doga Arier
Sienna Baron
Tyler Bosco
Otto Briggs
Langston Brown
Anika Buford
Hunter Burkett
Tristan Carel
Timothy Carel
Andrew Carter
Stratton Chanes
Valerie Chimalpopoca
Jordan Clouse
Bailey Coleman
Nicholas Constantine
Rex Crabtree
Moses DeBenning
Zoe DeBenning
Evan Der
Anna Duboc
Liam Efron
Elyse Ennis
Sage Ervin
Vyvien Estes
Thomas Fay
Sophia Fischette
Jayden Garcia-Hagevoort
Drew Gerold
Nona Goddard
Sean Goedecke
Teal Greene
Andrew Grinsfelder
Joshua Hesse
Ming-Tse Hung
Bianca Iker
Seela Kapoor
George Karaghossian
Miles Keller
Jenna Kim
Ellie Knight
Sarah LaForge
Chenxi Lan
Jillian Leary
Matthew Lee
Tselot Lemma
Eleanor Lenz
Roman Lenz
Adelaide Levens
Jacob Lewis
Isabella Lingel
Aurora Malerba
Nicole Malin
Kaelen Manuel
Christopher Martinez
Violet Matthias
Addison Mehl
Harper Mehl
Nicholas Mickelopoulos
Isabel Milner
Raegan Mitchell
Jeffrey Molina
Andrew Morales
Anna Mori
Luke Norcross
Austin Orso
Amadora Paola
Allison Perez
Alec Pezo
Wesley Ransom
Samantha Ransom
Isaiah Razavi
William Reimers
Liam Rice
Samuel Roberts
Lilah Robinson
Theodore Rothchild
Siena Saffari
Keira Saqui
Miles Savage
Elijah Segal
Star Serfontein
Colin Sexton
Lexi Sexton
Luca Sone
Kanokpond Srijumnong
Elizabeth Starratt
Lucca Tabar
Morgan Tambunan
Connor Telehowski
Josephine Tilford
Ivor Tilford
Ethan Ting
Jude Toren
Alandra Ulloa
Luna Venegas
Wenxin Wei
Jonas Williams
Javin Woollen
Zane Worth
Melat Yohannes
Alexander Yordanov
Cyrus Zarrinnam
PRINCIPAL’S LIST - FALL 2023
(9th Grade: 3.5-3.79; 10th-12th Grade: 3.7-3.99)
Sinjin Askins
Noah Avoungnassou
Lily Battaglia
Zoe Battaglia
Yixin Cheng
Una Dida
Beck Ervin
Owen Grady
Liam Harris
Christopher Hernandez
Flynn Husband
Sam Jones
Sienna Kelly
Campbell Lang
Yu Muo "Thomas" Lu
Violet Ludwig
Nikolaus Mandl
Alexis Matino
Kai Mayer
Sariah Mulitauopele
Rebecca Nunez
Maxwell Palmer
Anthony Sitkovetsky
Moriah Willard
HONOR ROLL - FALL 2023
(9th Grade: 3.3-3.49 & 10th-12th Grade: 3.5-3.69)
Lia Agadjanean
Joshua Avoungnassou
Lucas Bye
Jaleea Coleman
Judah Gardner
Peyton Gendall
Caden Gendall
Levi Gibbons
Valerie Keating
Zara Magner
Mishell Mendez
Lola Pedzwater
Doone Polvino McKnight
Madison Roman
Avie Saini
Ashley Sandorf
Logan Scott
Oliver Siminoff
Alessandra Stango
Cameron Swist
Luca Szyszkowski
Morgan Thomas
Madeleine Todd
Luka Vasyanov
Cairo Williams
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