2024 Eighth Grade Awards Ceremony at North Shore High School
Principal Dr. Ryan O’Hara and Assistant Principal Dr. Maram Mabrouk held the annual Grade 8 Awards Ceremony inside the North Shore High School Theatre on Friday, June 21, 2024. Faculty and staff proudly distributed awards and spoke highly of all the eighth graders. Congratulations to all the 8th Grade 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:
- Music Department Achievement Award: Kyle Wong
- Jazz Band Director’s Award: Tyler Harding
- Chorus Director’s Award: Avery Kopian
- Orchestra Director’s Award: Anne Kelly, Jamie Ko
- Chamber Orchestra Award: Avery DiMeola
- Select Ensemble Award: Kieran Goff
- Band Director’s Award: Alexandria Mastrantoni
- Excellence in Music Award: Evan Morsi, Yihan Li
- Dance Scholar of Year Award: Ashley Freidlin
- Masquers Theatre Award: Kieran Goff
- Art Award: Annelise Skamagas
- FACS Award: Yeimi Lopez Figueroa
- Physical Education Award: Delano Neal, Natalie Yoo
- Male Scholar Athlete Award: Julian Tirino
- Female Scholar Athlete Award: Alessia Marotta
Athlete Awards:
- Male Most Improved: Anthony Martini
- Female Most Improved: Annabella Misiti
- Female Sportsmanship: Julianne Koulouris
- Male Sportsmanship: Chase Conzelman
- Female Most Outstanding Althlete: Natalie Yoo
- Male Most Outstanding Althlete: Tyler Kaufman, Delano Neal
World Language Awards:
- French Award: Maizie Lippert, Zareen Rahman
- Latin Award: Anne Kelly, Tate Duffy
- Italian Award: Olivia Volz, Anthony Martini
- Mandarin Award: Madden Altman, Yihan Li
- Spanish Award: Angelo Scarola, Isabella Silvestrini
English Awards:
- Team 1: Natalie Yoo, Justin Popowitz
- Team 2: Avery DiMeola, Dimitrios Apergis
- Team 3: Madden Altman, Lucy Jackson
- Team 4: Rylan Kerker, Grace O'Neill
Math Awards:
- Team 1: Mariah Marrone, Alexander Pfeiffer, Nicholas Nyffler, Josephine Hecker
- Team 2: Justin Maxwell, Emil Samuels
- Team 3: Olivia Volz, Nicholas Tsimis
- Team 4: Tera Kim, Yasna Imran
Science Awards:
- Team 1: Olivia Silvestrini, Annelise Skamagas
- Team 2: Maizie Lippert, Anne Kelly
- Team 3: Kyle Wong, Megan Matthews
- Team 4: Elaina Huang, Lydia DeSanto
Social Studies Awards:
- Team 1: Daniela Agustin, Anthony Martini
- Team 2: Angelo Jesaitis, John Hosey-Rao
- Team 3: Georgia Deegan, Michael Winchester
- Team 4: Xenofon Kosmidis, Charlotte Passuello
- Committed Individual Award: Vanessa Lucas-Romano
Congratulations to all of the 8th Graders!! You worked hard, showed sportsmanship and dedication to athletics, excelled at music, the arts, and dance, shined in world languages, math, science, English, and social studies, made lasting friendships, and devoted yourselves to being the best you could be at North Shore Middle School. You will be missed by your principals and teachers, but we wish you continued success at North Shore High School and in the future! Keep discovering your dreams…Go Vikings Go!
Article and photos by Shelly Newman