Department Awards 2020

The following information is based on The Evanstonian’s knowledge of department award recipients as of May 8. *Corrections are noted at the bottom. 

Career and Technical Education Awards

Coral Norris Award

Donna Renteria

The Winifred Guthrie Anderson Early Childhood Education Award

Kaiana Joseph and Jacynda Torres

Vivek Likhite Award

Tatayana Moore and Amarani Roja

English and Reading Awards

Barbara Pannwitt Creative Writing Award*

Zoe Parker

Bruce Mitchell Short Story Award*

Calvin Brickner, 1st place tie

Chloe Hammock, 1st place tie

Asher Baron, 1st place runner-up 

Sarah Faibishenko, Honorary mention

Hannah Gallagher, Honorary mention

Madison McGuire, Honorary mention

Marie-Claire Davis Creative Writing Award

Corbin Kimrey

Mary L. Taft Best All-Around English Student

Maia Hadway

William B.K. Beatty Achievement Award

Sylvi Imrem

Fine Arts 

Speech Arts 

Margaret Crowley Award for Forensic Leadership 

Ana Glassman

Senior Theatre Tech Award 

Mayher Matharu

Wanda B. Mitchell Theatre Award 

Alex Nimrod

Music 

National School Orchestra Association Award 

Joshua Ahn

Traugott Rohner Memorial Orchestra Director’s Award 

Julia Elise Bozza

Louis Armstrong Jazz Award 

Julian Brookfield

Dr. Richard Rosewall Memorial Music Scholarship 

Aidan Calkins

Director’s Band Award 

Mateo Campoverde-Fordon

National School Orchestra Association Award 

Gaby Danijarsa

John Phillip Sousa Band Award 

Ulo Freitas

National School Choral Award 

JeanneVyes Idzikowski

Wildkit Band Award 

Emma Johnson

Trautwein Music Scholarship 

Milo Johnson

Pat Gilmore Band Award 

Milo Johnson

Semper Fidelis Award (Marching Band) 

George Krupkin

Traugott Rohner Memorial Orchestra Director’s Award 

Brendan Danile Long

John Philip Sousa Band Award 

Grey Miller

Director’s Choral Award 

Zeenat Njoya

Semper Fidelis Award (Marching Band) 

Samuel Tannen

Louis Armstrong Jazz Award 

Ryan Tharayil

Quincy Jones Award

Ethan Thuo

Visual Arts 

Patrick Beighley Memorial Awards 

Damian Franchere

Catherine Stallings Memorial Award 

Cecilia Goodman

Louise Goffe Memorial Art Scholarship 

Maia Hadaway

History and Social Sciences Awards

Bernard Mattson Award

Sophia Weglarz

Jack Rakove Class of 1964 Award

Kennedy Nichols

Nadine J. Clark Award

Aldric Martinez-Olsen

Phil Roden Community Service Award

Aldric Martinez-Olsen

Mathematics and Computer Science Awards

Eleanor D. Kornhaber Mathematics Award for Women

Erin Watson

John Benson Scholarship

Jacob Platnick

Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics Award

Ronan Soni

Ross Freeland Scholarship

Noah Lieb

Josua Lipman

Sandy McDermott Memorial Scholarship

Jenny Aguilar, Ulo Freitas, Grace King, Sophie Weglarz

The Eugenia Brelias Scholarship

Michelle Hernandez

Physical Education, Wellness & Driver’s Education

Red Sudgen Award 

George Durand 

Adapted Leader 

Damien Franchere 

Meghan Vanasco

Senior in PE 

Olivia Levitas 

Aiden McMahon 

Laurel O’Hare

Senior Leader 

Maxwell Morton 

Steven V Turner Award 

Maxwell Morton 

Science Awards

Chemistry Scholarship 

Celeste Marter

Carol E. Beatty Award

Chloe Smith

Craig Smith Environmental Science Award 

Esther Orlov-Mayer

Guenther Kolb Biology Award

Chloe Chow

Society of Women Engineers Award

Alexandra Hurd, Mayher Matharu

Robert L. Hall Chemistry Award

Brendan Long

Robert B. Horton Physics Award 

Ronan Soni

World Languages/Bilingual Award

Margaret M. Beatty World Languages Award

Volodomyr Nevirkovets

*Corrections:  The Evanstonian’s virtual issue published on May 14  incorrectly identified the recipients of the Barbara Pannwitt Creative Writing Award and the Bruce Mitchell Short Story Award. This year’s Barbara Pannwitt Creative Writing Award recipient is Zoe Parker. The Bruce Mitchell Short Story Award recipients are Calvin Brickner and Chloe Hammock. First place runner-up is Asher Baron and honorary mentions are Sarah Faibishenko, Hannah Gallagher and Madison McGuire.