May 19, 2005

The following students were inducted this week into the National Honor Society at YSHS, front row, from left: Sarah Finn, Elizabeth Brown, Tina Peters, Martin Bakari, Amanda Bush and Jessica Moore; middle row: Tina Chen, Nick Eastman, Anna Haller, Aaron Zaremsky, Jake Wishart and Will McCuddy; back row: Nick Rittenhouse, Tricia McLinden, Bethany Borbély, Seiko Yamashita, Hillary Livingston and Carey Dixon. Not pictured: Emily Dozeman, Jake Fulton, Darcy Hennessy Alban Holyoke, Lila Jensen and Duncan Silvert-Noftle.

Compiled by the Yellow Springs News

Yellow Springs High School honored numerous students at its annual awards ceremony Wednesday, May 18, at the school gym.

Among those honored was the Class of 2005 valedictorian Miguel Visbal, who won the $4,000 Edwin Foos Memorial Scholarship, which is administered by the Yellow Springs Lions Club, and a Ohio High School Athletic Scholar Athlete Award.

Class salutatorian Emily Foubert received the Greene County Youth Activity Fund Scholarship for $500, a Ohio High School Athletic Scholar Athlete Award and the Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award. Foubert also received a Presidential Scholarship for $13,500 per year from Beloit College.

Scott Keyes received the Yellow Springs Instruments Company Scholarship for $6,000, the Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award, the American Chemical Society, Dayton Section, 2005 Patterson Scholar Award and a Stanford Scholarship for $28,806 per year. Keyes also was named a National Merit Finalist.

Hillary Livingston received the John McConville Memorial Scholarship for $1,000 and a $750 scholarship from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Yellow Springs Lodge No. 279 and the Friendship Rebekah Lodge No. 873.

Lila Jensen received the $2,000 James A. McKee Scholarship from the Yellow Springs Men’s Group and the Ohio High School Courageous Student Award.

Charlie Cromer received the Principal’s Leadership Award, the Yellow Springs Arts Council Art Award, and a $750 scholarship from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Yellow Springs Lodge No. 279 and the Friendship Rebekah Lodge No. 873.

David Warren received the $2,500 GEM (Go the Extra Mile) Scholarship, the YSHS Metro Buckeye Scholarship for $300 and the Martha Dell Cadow Memorial Athletic Endowment Scholarship for $500.

Seiko Yamashita received a $750 scholarship from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Yellow Springs Lodge No. 279 and the Friendship Rebekah Lodge No. 873, and a Boston University grant of $24,600 per year.

Bethany Borbély received a $150 stipend from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Yellow Springs Lodge No. 279 and the Friendship Rebekah Lodge No. 873.

Kenneth Wilson received the Howard Kahoe/Dud Scott Memorial Scholarship for $500 and a $150 stipend from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Yellow Springs Lodge No. 279 and the Friendship Rebekah Lodge No. 873.

Will McCuddy received the $10,000 John Malone Scholarship, a new award, and a $150 stipend from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Yellow Springs Lodge No. 279 and the Friendship Rebekah Lodge No. 873.

Martin Bakari received a scholarship from the Shirley Mullins Endowment Fund and a Boston University Scholarship for $34,000 per year.

Alexis Levesque received a scholarship from the Shirley Mullins Endowment Fund and the Ohio Academic Scholarship for $2,205 per year.

Peter Lovering received a scholarship from the Shirley Mullins Endowment Fund.

Cooper Fleishman received a grant for $30,267 per year from Kenyon College.

Noah Woodburn received a Capital University Trustee’s Scholarship for $2,000 per year.

Duncan Silvert-Noftle received a Marquette Scholarship in the amount of $18,500.

Tricia McLinden received the Greene County Retired Teachers scholarship.

Paia LaPalombara received the Mary Jane Bachtell Memorial Creative Writing Award for $600, the Arla K. Smith Planting Peace Memorial Scholarship for $300, a Penn Grant for $20,500 a year and Ohio Grant for $600.

Tina Chen received the Rensselaer Award for outstanding math and science.

Cody Johnson won the Ohio High School Athletic Archie Griffin Sportsman Award.

Evin Wimberly received the Ohio High School Athletic Archie Griffin Sportsman Award.

Logan Sage won the Knowledge Works Award.

Eve GunderKline received an internship with Tecumseh Land Trust after writing an essay on reasons to protect or preserve farmland.

Sarah Finn received the $1,000 Dr. Englefield and Dr. Fang Scholarship.

Julia Swisher received a $1,000 scholarship from an anonymous donor.

Joseph Lurie received the Wright State University Raider Scholarship for $1,500 a year.

Kyle Truitt received a $4,000 Photography Portfolio Scholarship and grants to cover college tuition.

Dustin Baker received a Sinclair Community College Tech Prep Scholarship for $3,000.

Jacob Fulton received the WBZI Scholarship for $500, the Distinguished Student Award, President’s Award of Educational Excellence and Klein Tool Award.

Andrew Stillwell-Current received a Sinclair Community College Tech Prep Scholarship for $3,000.

Noah Watkins was awarded a Sinclair Community College Tech Prep Scholarship for $3,000.

Nathan Badger and Hanorah Campbell were named to the National Technical Honor Society.

The following were 2005 Scholastic Art Awards recipients in the regional contest: honorable mention: Emily Foubert (photography), Joey Lurie (video) and Glenn Reed (video); silver awards: Erin Silvert-Noftle (photography), Levi Armstutz, Erik Bean and Laura Hyde (video); gold; Kyle Truitt (photography) and Sonny Thomas (video); and portfolio gold: Austen Willis (photography). Kyle Truitt was an award winner for photography in the National 2005 Scholastic Art contest.

Regional winners in the 2005 Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition: for painting: Morgan Laurens; photography: Rhiannon Carver, Sarah Finn, Emily Foubert, Laura Garcia, Zach Grim, Maggie Krabec, Paia LaPalombara, Kyle McEvoy, Rachel Neal, Erin Silvert-Noftle and Austen Willis; film/video: Sonny Thomas and Joseph Lurie. Sarah Finn and Sonny Thomas were winners in the State Governor’s Youth Art Exhibit in photography and film/video, respectively.

Toby Cromer and Georgia Alexander were winners in the 2005 Buckeye Film Festival.

Having met the criteria established by the Ohio Department of Education and YSHS, the following received Honors Diplomas in recognition of their academic achievement and commitment to excellence: Martin Bakari, Bethany Borbély, Charlie Cromer, Emily Dozeman, Sarah Finn, Cooper Fleishman, Emily Foubert, Jacob Fulton, Darcy Hennessy, Lila Jensen, Scott Keyes, Maggie Krabec, Paia LaPalombara, Megan Lents, Alexis Levesque, Hillary Livingston, Will McCuddy, Tricia McLinden, Nick Rittenhouse, Duncan Silvert-Noftle, Miguel Visbal and Seiko Yamashita.

The following met the necessary criteria for the Award of Merit, which provides students with an opportunity to receive recognition for their educational achievements: Martin Bakari, Bethany Borbély, Charlie Cromer, Emily Dozeman, Sarah Finn, Cooper Fleishman, Emily Foubert, Jacob Fulton, Darcy Hennessy, Lila Jensen, Scott Keyes, Maggie Krabec, Paia LaPalombara, Megan Lents, Alexis Levesque, Hillary Livingston, Joe Lurie, Will McCuddy, Tricia McLinden, Clara Peters, Duncan Silvert-Noftle, Olivia Smith, Miguel Visbal, Evin Wimberly and Seiko Yamashita.

The following students received the Academic Letter Award for maintaining a 3.6 GPA for the school year’s three quarters: ninth grade: Miriam Barcus, Kyle Buchwalder, Max Buchwalder, Rosa Dixon, Lara Donnelly, Christopher Dorn, Danielle Doubt, Zac Katz-Stein, Peter Keahey, Jesse Rothman and Andrew Stratton.

—10th grade: Carly Bailey, Tobey Cromer, Olivia Dixon, Mary Hyde, Michaela McCuddy, Devinne Melecki, Sarah Reed, Mori Rothman, Erin Silvert-Noftle and Alex Visbal.

—11th grade: Nate Badger, Bethany Borbély, Elizabeth Brown, Amanda Bush, Tina Chen, Carey Dixon, Nick Eastman, Laura Garcia, Anna Haller, Rachel Neal, John Pamplin, Tina Peters, Jacob Wishart, Seiko Yamashita and Aaron Zaremsky.

—12th grade: Charles Cromer, Sarah Finn, Cooper Fleishman, Emily Foubert, Alban Holyoke, Lila Jensen, Scott Keyes, Maggie Krabec, Paia LaPalombara, Megan Lents, Alexis Levesque, Hillary Livingston, Will McCuddy, Jessica Moore, Rie Pedersen, Nick Rittenhouse, Duncan Silvert-Noftle, Miguel Visbal and David Warren.

Two YSHS TEAMS (Test of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) squads placed second and eighth, respectively, in the regional rankings. The YSHS Team A also ranked sixth in the state and seventh in the nation for schools of similar size. Team A includes Tina Chen, Charlie Cromer, Carey Dixon, Cooper Fleishman, Scott Keyes, Paia LaPalombara, Miguel Visbal and Aaron Zaremsky; and Team B includes Amanda Bush, Sarah Finn, Emily Foubert, Matt Halm, Will McCuddy, Tina Peters, David Suzel and Jake Wishart.