2021 Eighth Grade Awards Ceremony

Principal Robert Dennis and Assistant Principal Brendan Nelson held the annual Grade 8 Awards Ceremony on June 22, 2021 inside in the North Shore High School Theatre. Faculty and staff proudly distributed awards and spoke highly of all of the eighth graders. Congratulations go out to all of the award winners.

Kudos to all of the students for all of their hard work and dedication to their studies at North Shore Middle School. Please see below for the award winners:

• Team Academic Award: Kalista Lin, Julianna Gaeta, Christian Gisonda,  Samantha Maler, Grace Ryan
• Math 8 Award: Gregory Nemirov, Miller Snow
• Geometry Award: Benjamin Notaris, Courtney Yee, Rishi Malhotra, Aaryan Vira, Ashley Holden, Caroline Winchester, Eli Weseley-Jones, Graham Lippert, Isabelle Lee, James, Brissenden, Samanatha Hsieh, Seamus Hughes, Sebastian Park, Wenqi(Peter) Xaio
• Biology Award: Julia Gannon, Nicoletta Laino, Wade Livingston, Braedan Schoenhofen, Maya Samuels, Kevin Lucas-Romano, Alexander Pietraru
• Science Research Award: Eli Weseley-Jones
• English Award: Courtney Yee, Julianna Lopez, Anneliese Broccolo, Victoria Perez, Kristen Arena, Connor Darouvar, Maria Michael
• Social Studies Award: Thomas Reynolds, Yousef Wali, Nathan Strong, Oliver Schweiger, Paul Panagos, Raymond Lin, Natalya Golia
• Non-Team Academic Award:
• French Award: Lukas Costello, Alison Friedman
• Italian Award: Natalya Golia, Gianna Stella, Benito DiGiuseppe
• Latin Award: Samantha Maler, Elliot Bryant
• Mandarin Awards: Caroline Winchester, Thomas Reynolds
• Spanish Award: Grace Ryan, Alexander Pietraru
• Art Award: Madison O’Donnell, Lilah O’Sullivan, Charlie Vadnai
• Band Director’s Award: Aaryan Vira, Erica Jud
• Chorus Director’s Award: Samantha Glatt
• Orchestra Director’s Award: Peter Xiao, Sebastian Park
• Jazz Band Director’s Award: Wade Livingston
• Chamber Orchestra Award: Graham Lippert
• Music Department Achievement Award: Eli Weseley-Jones
• Select Ensemble Award: Ginger Sanborn
• Theatre Award: Samantha Glatt
• Physical Education Award: Alexandra Basile, Ryan Lau
• Scholar Athlete Award: Grace Ryan, Alec Bagdassarian
• Sportsmanship Award: Caroline Winchester, Tristan Segal
• Most Outstanding Athlete Award: Elizabeth Aurre, James Peterson
• Most Improved Athlete Award: Maya Samuels, Gianluca Sferrazza

Congratulations to all of the 8th Graders!! You will be missed and will do great at the high school!

Article and photos by Shelly Newman