The Emmaus High School senior academic awards program was held May 25 in the Emmaus High School auditorium. The following students received awards:

Congressional Citizenship Award - Charles Dent Award: Cameron King

United States Marine Corp - Scholastic Excellence Award: Sameer Lal, Katie Xue

United States Marine Corp - Semper Fidelis Music Award: Kyle Kakareka, Crystal Wise

United States Marine Corp - Athletic Award: Katharine Bacher, Jacob Feiertag

U.S. Coast Guard: Kayla Apostolico, Vanessa Huber

Abbie Zukowski Scholarship: Mitchell Sterkenburg

Douglas A. Jackson III Scholarship: Jillian Santoro

Commitment to Excellence (Lion’s Club of Emmaus): Jordan Ferrel

Daughters of the American Revolution: Victoria Reichelderfer

Academic Excellence Awards (Earned 3.8 or higher GPA) Honor Grads: Ian Thomas Adams, Jarrett Ryan Alexander, Kayla Apostolico, Katharine Bacher, Julie Anna Benco, Vishnu Bhasker, Emily N. Bianchini, Morgan Blickley, Kevin Caverly, Elizabeth A. Chiyka, Meghan V. Cilento, Ryan Hays Cox, Samantha E. Cressman, Kelly Kathryn Curran, Andrew Robert Dapper, Allyson G. Davies, Ashley Elizabeth Day, Lena Elizabeth Derr, Genesis DuBon, Sherin Elhefnawy, Jacob Hunter Feiertag, Audrey Fissel, Jacob M. Gilbert, Colleen Grablick, Michelle Amber Gunn, Erica Ann Haas, Matthew Nader Hamati, Lindsay Harner, Zhuohong He, Rachel E. Heiney, Garret Alexander Hoffman, Vanessa Susan Huber, Michael Pastore Hurlbutt, Jocelynn Anastasia Kelly, Matthew Kermitz, Rohail Khan, Sameer Jay Lal, Gabriela N. Landi, Chloe Jane Lawrence, Gabriel Leblond, Jacob Daniel Light, Xiang Luo, Madison Louise Lysek, Nina Faye Cipres Mantalaba, Chloe Mathieu, Nicholas G. Mazzella, Cassidy McGee, Stephen C. Naab, Sanket V. Narayana, Victoria Rose Nielsen, Roland L. Nowak, Miranda K. O’Donald, Salvatore Pagano, Murphy Pan, Bianca Panunto, Ryan Patrick Paradise, Darsh M. Patel, Tu Pham, Joseph Polczynski, Nicholas R. Quinn, Karim Mahmood Rajmohamed, Victoria Tressa Reichelderfer, Cory Ross, Gerald E. Schlechter, Thomas Edwin Schlechter, Sneha Shankar, Micah Marie Slaughter, Kennedy Frances Spencer, Cyrina A. Swanston, Rachel Windsor Tessier, Michelle Truong, Steven Michael VanHorn, Elton Veseli, Sophia Wertz, Benjamin D. Whitby, Cameron Richard Widdoss, Sydney Mikal Wilcoxson, Bryn Emiy Wiragh, Katie Xue, Nicole Ellen Zelenak, Ying Zheng

Art Awards:

Outstanding Artist, Woman’s Club of Emmaus: Katherine Garcia

Art Department: Sally Baer, Aubrey Mitchell, Thomas Schlechter

Lehigh Valley Chapter of PA Guild of Craftsmen: Isabel Ordiway

Emmaus Arts Commission: Jacob Woods

Katie Kasinecz Memorial: Laura Vigliotti

Senior Art Work Framed: Maura Beuttel, Katie Hausknecht, Lauryn Teti, Laura Vigliotti

Athletic Awards:

EHS Scholar Athlete: Katharine Bacher, Ryan Paradise

EPC Scholar Athlete: Katharine Bacher (Track), Vanessa Huber (Basketball), Thomas Schlechter (Swimming)

Female Athlete Earning the Most Varsity Letters (9), Dolores M. Wanish Memorial Award: Cassidy Leight

Male Athlete Earning the Most Varsity Letters (8), Larry G. Hillegass Memorial Award: Ryan Paradise

Tri-Letter Award: Cassidy Leight, Jacob Feiertag, Ryan Paradise, Cameron Widdoss

Elisabeth “Betsy” Wilson Award: Katharine Bacher

Daniel M. Sachs Memorial Award: Ryan Paradise

Business Education Awards:

Outstanding Business Student (Lion’s Club of Emmaus/Business Dept.): Tu Pham

Excellence in Business Law, (Anonymous): Ashley Borger, Allyson Davies

Excellence in Computer & Business: Alina Burkhardt

Computer Science/Math Awards:

Excellence in Computer Science (Lion’s Club of Emmaus): Michael Hurlbutt

Excellence in Mathematics (Huber/Kistler Math Award): Sameer Lal

Drama Awards/Kid to Kid Awards:

Excellence in Dramatic Arts (Frank A. Macellaro Memorial): Jaeden Reppert

Drama Department Award: Catherine Ritter

Excellence in Musical Theater: Nicholas Quinn

Excellence in Theatre Arts Award (Sharon Glassman Scholarship): Victoria Reichelderfer

English Awards:

Creativity in Language Arts (Woman’s Club of Emmaus): Woman’s Club of Emmaus: Kevin McGee

Outstanding in English - General Prep (Gertrude Gordin Memorial Award): Sherin El Hefnawy

Excellence in Writing: Katharine Bacher, Nina Mantalaba, Nicole Zelenak

Excellence in Public Speaking: McKenzie Grube, Emily Lambert, Jennifer Leader

Excellence in English (Scott Saunders Memorial): Colleen Grablick

Collage Award: Xiang Luo

Journalism (Stinger): Colleen Grablick

Global Citizens Scholarship: Eh Tha Hser, Efrain Morales Perez

Family and Consumer Science Award:

Excellence in Family and Consumer Science (Woman’s Club of Emmaus/FCS): Laura Vigliotti

Fitness Award (Vince Magnotta Memorial): Matthew Kramer

Music/Band Awards:

Outstanding Vocalist - Female (Lion’s Club of Emmaus/Choral Dept.): Victoria Reichelderfer, Catherine Ritter

Outstanding Vocalist - Male (Lion’s Club of Emmaus/Choral Dept.: Nicholas Quinn

Outstanding Instrumentalist (Lion’s Club of Emmaus): Ryan Hynes

Benjamin Michael Albro Orchestra Award: Joanne Augustin

Emmaus High School Orchestra Award: Kristin Erle, Jennifer Leader

Emmaus High School Chamber Strings Award: Victoria Reichelderfer

Choir Service Award: Ourania Draklellis

Choir Spirit Award: Trevor Horn

Tri-M Leadership Award: Kristin Erle

Tri-M Service Award: Allyson Davies

Science Awards:

Outstanding in Physics: Katharine Bacher, Jessica Riedy

Excellence in Science (Robert E. Jepsen Memorial Award): Katie Xue

Social Studies Awards:

Excellence in Social Studies (Woman’s Club of Emmaus Harpster Award): Murphy Pan

Excellence in World Studies: Cameron Widdoss

Excellence in Study of Economics: Katharine Bacher, Katie Xue

Excellence in American History (Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War): Kelly Curren, David Hengeveld

Excellence in U.S. Government/Politics (Thomas J. Husser Memorial Award): Sophie Wertz

Humanities Award: Jaeden Reppert

Technology Education Awards:

Outstanding in Graphic Arts (Lion’s Club of Emmaus): Sienna Kasye

Outstanding in Technical Drawing (Lion’s Club of Emmaus): Samuel Buck, Benjamin Whitby

Tattler Yearbook Award: Konnor Durante

World Languages Awards:

Outstanding in French (Lion’s Club of Emmaus): Kenna Kita

Outstanding in German (Woman’s Club of Emmaus): Sydney Wilcoxson

Outstanding in German (German Club): Cassidy McGee

Outstanding in Latin (Women’s Club of Emmaus): Nicole Zelenak

Outstanding in Spanish (Lion’s Club of Emmaus): Genesis Dubon

Leadership Awards:

Leadership Awards/Service Above Self: Konnor Durante, Jacob Feiertag, Garret Hoffman, Gregory Jaindl, Madeline McGeary, Sarah Mohr, Joshua Purnell, Cyrina Swanston, Ying Zheng

Citizenship Award (S.A.R. Valley Forge): Chloe Mathieu

Lehigh Career and Technical Institute Award - Highest LCTI Class Rank and Continuing Education (Lower Lehigh Lion’s Club): Jarrett Alexander, Sarah Earnshaw, Kyle Moyer

Principal’s Award: Aubrey Mitchell