The following is a list of students honored during Watertown High School’s Senior Awards and Scholarship Night on May 30, 2019.
Thank you to all of the organizations for their continued generosity and support, and congratulations to all of the honored students.
Academic Excellence — Class of 2019
Joshua Theodore (Valedictorian), Nathan Follett (Salutatorian), Lucia Capone, Lauren Cole, Emily Danielian, Julia Farry, Albert Foun, Marissa Gorman, Julia Greim, Meron Hagos, Yoseph Hamad, Catherine Holt, Gabriella Venezia, Justin Viasus, and Christine Zhu
Outstanding Achievement in Arabic
Lucia Capone
WHS Wayshak Fab Lab Award for Digital Design and Resilience
Marco Libertini
WHS Wayshak Fab Lab Award for Creativity and Design
Levon Haroutunian
Principal’s Student Achievement Award
Honor Petrie
Massachusetts Elks Scholarship, Inc.
Kristen Tracy
Kevin Fitzgerald Scholarship
Christopher Iannetta and Kristen Tracy
Direct Federal Credit Union’s Values in Practice Scholarship
Lauren Cole
Direct Federal Credit Union’s Values in Practice Scholarship
Garo Melkonian and Hina Rafiq
Arsenal Center for the Arts — Sloane Scholarship
Vishan Karunaratne
WHS Wayshak Fab Lab Award for Problem Solving and Big Ideas
Derrick Lwanjo
William C. Powell, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Christopher Iannetta
Upit Family Memorial Scholarship
Lucia Capone
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences — AP Environmental Science
Trevor Russo
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences — AP Biology
Meron Hagos
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences — Anatomy & Physiology
Michael Case
WHS P.T.S.O. Scholarship
Elizabeth Allen, Justin Viasus, Christopher Iannetta, and Kristen Tracy
Watertown Women’s Club Scholarship
Bryan Ferreira and Honor Petrie
Watertown Knights of Columbus Council #155 Memorial Scholarship
Marissa Gorman
United Electric Controls Scholarship
Joshua Theodore
Spiro and Efrosina Christo Memorial Scholarship For ELL
Giovanni Antenor, Bryan Ferreira, and Sourin Simonyan
Site Council
Bandna Kaur
Miller/Tracy Children’s Foundation Scholarship
Emily Furtado, Nick Nardone, Christopher Peterson, and Alessandra Solari
Middle School Memorial Scholarship — Oates
Nicholas McDermott
Middle School Memorial Scholarship — Mooney
Christine Zhu
Middle School Memorial Scholarship — Laughrea
Julia Farry and Kristen Tracy
Middle School Memorial Scholarship — Burns
Catherine Holt
Fleming Scholarship Fund
Hina Rafiq and Sourin Simonyan
Erald Sawyer Scholarship
Lauren Cole
Belmont Pharmacy Scholarship
Robert Leonard
Anthony R. Grassia — National Honor Society/ Cum Laude Scholarship
Melanne Ghahraman
Allison Donovan Memorial Scholarship
Meghan Burns
Allied Waste Services
Catherine Holt and Trevor Russo
Alfred Della Paolera Memorial Scholarship
Christopher Iannetta and Phen Sarles
Watertown Educators Association Scholarship
William Duggan, Nicholas McDermott, Maxwell Nadeau, and Liam Rimas
Community Service Century Award
Mary Cimen, Peter Athanasopoulos, Anthony Chebli, David Danielian, Emily Danielian, Shannon Dunn, Bryan Ferreira, Nathan Follett, Melanne Ghahraman, Yoseph Hamad, Catherine Holt, Christopher Iannetta, Jhonatan Inacio, Shariel Joseph, Ruben Karapetyan, Bandna Kaur, Eva Khalil, Sajjad Khan, Selin Kugu, Neila Magliore, Michael Manoukian, Emma McGoldrick, Marcus Moore, Kate Myler, Irene Nagawa, Haralambos Papadopoulos, Miten Patel, Abigail Peterson, Honor Petrie, and Kristen Tracy
Beatrice Leeder Community Service Award
Ashley Lopez-Vasquez
Rotary Merit Scholarship
Meron Hagos, Christine Zhu, Levon Haroutunian, and Kristen Tracy
Rotary Club of Watertown — Domenic “Dick” Trabucco Memorial Scholarship
Christopher Iannetta and Olivia Lampasona
Rotary Club of Watertown — Student Speaker Award
Sukeina Attar
Rotary Club of Watertown — H. Nish Boyajian Memorial
Neila Magloire
Watertown Yacht Club Memorial Scholarship
Elizabeth Allen
Jimma Pomponi Scholarship
Christopher Iannetta and Shannon Munger
Setrak and Anne DerBoghosian Memorial Scholarship
Mary Boyaian and Andrew Hayek
Frank T. Capaldi Memorial Scholarship
Christopher Iannetta and Kristen Tracy
Hoyt Thurber Scholarship Award
Nathan Follett and Gabriella Venezia
Paul Bannon Memorial Award
Christopher Iannetta
English Language Arts Award — 12th Grade (L1)
Dante Greco, Madani Seyedsepehr, and Malovich Tyler
English Language Arts Award — 12th Grade (H)
Justin Viasus
English Language Arts Award — 12th Grade (AP)
Nathan Follett
Music Book Award — Excellence in Strings
Christine Zhu
National School Orchestra Award
Neila Magloire
National Choral Award
Daniel Van Ryn
John Philip Sousa Band Award
Lucy Capone
Nancy Pipito Memorial Scholarship
Elizabeth Allen and Lucia Capone
Music Book Award — Excellence in Concert Band
Robbie Leonard and Trevor Russo
Music Book Award — Excellence in Chorus
Phen Sarles
Jack Hahn Music Scholarship — Strings
Meron Hagos
Jack Hahn Music Scholarship — Chorus
Marcela Lopez-Romero
Jack Hahn Music Scholarship — Band
Catherine Holt
Art Book Award — Excellence in Photography
Trevor Russo
Art Book Award — Excellence in Graphic Design
Marco Libertini
Art Book Award — Excellence in 2 Dimension
Noah Ferraresso and Millena Szytko
Adobe Photoshop Certification
Samuel Mikulka
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences — Introduction to Medical Sciences
Anthony Chebli
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences — Astronomy
Aria Aghee
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences — AP Physics C
Justin Viasus
VHS Scholarship Award
Catherine Holt
Radio/Television — Lending A Hand
Abigael Peterson
Family & Consumer Sciences — Best All Around
Irene Nagawa
Engineering — Take the Lead
Graeme Kelleher
Construction Technology — Take the Lead
Olivia Lampasona
Career & Technical Education — Edward J. Francis, Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence in CTE
Julia Farry
Business — Team Player
Maxwell Juscen
Victor N. Loukas Memorial Scholarship
Christopher Iannetta
World War ll Scholarships
Max Bunnell and Brett Sutherland
Social Studies Departmental Award — Psychology
Danie VanRyn
Social Studies Departmental Award — Honors Psychology
Marissa Gorman
Social Studies Departmental Award — Honors Law
Trevor Russo
Social Studies Departmental Award — Civics
Christopher Iannetta
Social Studies Departmental Award — AP Psychology
Lucy Capone
Peter B. Clough Scholarship
Honor Petrie
Watertown Police Association Scholarship in memory of Sonny Whooley
Christopher Peterson
Watertown Police Association Scholarship
Jaylene DeJesus and Shannon Munger
Physical Education Award
Shannon Hughes and Luke Murphy
Video Production Awards (WCA-TV)
Ava Grillo, Diana Margaryan, and Abigael Peterson
School Committee Recognition
Olivia Lampasona and Honor Petrie
Agnes Barry Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Sukeina Attar
Tom McGovern Scholarship
Andrew Hayek and Abigael Peterson
Frank Peros Memorial Scholarship
Catherine Holt
Lt. Paul J. Sullivan Scholarship
Christopher Iannetta, Nicolas McDermott, and Gabriella Venezia
Hsu-Balzer Family Drama Award
Julia Greim
Beverly DiMascio Scholarship
Catherine Connors, Julia Farry, and Olivia Lampasona
Dora Castrucci Valentine Memorial Scholarship
Gabrielle Nolan
Watertown High School Mathematics Teacher Award 2019
Jose Aguilar, Sukeina Attar, Marlena Hache, Juliana Lavery, Sepehr Madani, Tyler Malovich, Shayla Neal, Shelby Pirozzi, Joshua Theodore, and Christine Zhu
Martha Fitzpatrick Memorial Scholarship
Nathan Follett
Drama Book Award — Excellence in Drama
Melanne Ghahraman
Arthur H. Milano Memorial Scholarship
Meron Hagos, Marcela Lopez-Romero, and Kate Myler
Anthony S. Ciulla Sr. Memorial Scholarship
Christopher Iannetta
Friends of Mary Kostikian Scholarship
Catherine Connors
Century 21 Adams Lawndale Scholarship
Patrick Corbett and Ruben Karapetyan
Sgt. Thomas J. Cannalonga/ Sons of Italy Visual Arts Award
Niki Hamidi
Rotary Club of Watertown — Stephan C. Everett Award
Gabriella Venezia
Rotary Club of Watertown — Lt. Paul J. Sullivan Scholarship
Catherine Connors and Bryan Ferreira
William D. Corbett Scholarship
Kristen Tracy
Watertown Middle School PTO Scholarship
Honor Petrie and Kristen Tracy
R.E.A.C.H. Award
Emily Furtado, Piper Hadley, Christopher Iannetta, and Mary Cimen
Michael & Vincenza Vinciullo Scholarship
Justin Viasus
Glen R. Mastrangelo Memorial Scholarship
Emma McGoldrick and Luke Murphy
Aurora Pane Memorial Scholarship
Ehsan Yaqhubi
Salvatore and Maria Pizzi Foundation Scholarship
Hagop Yazjian
WHS Pride Committee
Shannon Hughes, Max Bunnell, Julia Farry, Emily Furtado, Gabrielle Nolan, and Christopher Peterson
Isgouhi Khalarian Memorial Scholarship
Emily Danielian
Outstanding Achievement in Spanish
Catherine Holt
Outstanding Achievement in Italian
Marissa Gorman
Outstanding Achievement in Armenian
Garo Melkonian
Michael E. Avtges Memorial Award
Michael Manoukian
Watertown Art Association Scholarship
Lauren Cole and Vishan Karunaratne
Cindy Waldron Cannon Scholarship
Melanne Ghahraman
John Hayward Scholarship
Piper Hadley, Reem Hussein, and Honor Petrie
Class of 1949
Giovannie Antenor and Marlena Hache
Armenian Relief Society Leola Sassouni Scholarship
Mary Cimen
Heather Zarkardas Memorial Lacrosse Scholarship
Lauren Cole, Shannon Hughes, Honor Petrie, and Gabriella Venezia
Watertown Boys Youth Lacrosse
Joseph Biagiotti and Luke Murphy
Jerry Cinar Athletic Scholarship
Michael Manoukian
Watertown Youth Basketball Scholarship
Emily Furtado, Christopher Iannetta, Diana Margaryan, and Haralambos Papadopolous
Watertown Softball Scholarship
Kate Myler and Christine Zhu
Watertown Baseball Scholarship
Christopher Iannetta and Nicolas McDermott
Watertown Youth Soccer
Catherine Holt, Christopher Iannetta, Luke Murphy, and Justin Viasus
WHS Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship — Watertown Youth Hockey
Luke Murphy
WHS Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship
Yoseph Hamad, Olivia Lampasona, and Honor Petrie
WHS Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship — in memory of Norma Ciccarelli
Henry Papadopoulus
WHS Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship — Bob Kaprelian (Founder’s Award)
Mange Camara
WHS Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship — Art Venezia
Shannon Dunn
WHS Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship — Sal Ciccarelli Memorial Award
Christine Zhu
–June 25, 2019–