2020 Watertown High School senior award and scholarship winners
July 1, 2020
The following is a list of students honored by Watertown High School with Senior Awards and Scholarships for 2020.
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 2020
Anna Aiello, Kevin Cardosa, Antonina Carton, Liam Carvajal-Janke, Anna Fabian, Evan Fleischer, Helen Gjino, Yeraz Kaligian, Gevork Karapetyan, Ani Manjikian, Anais Markwood, Liam McCurley, Saron Nebiye, Ashley Nygren, Danya Rifai, Lakshmi Thangaraj, Martin Tibets, Siranush Tolmoyan, Maia Vachon, Anthia Vrahliotis, Raymond Whitney, and Crystal Yapoudjian
Adobe Illustrator Certification
Dylan Hickey and Andrea McAdam
Agnes Barry Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Krishna Patel
Alfred Della Paolera Memorial Scholarship
Antonina Carton and Rose Muldrew
Allison Donovan Memorial Scholarship
Isabella Terzian
American Red Cross Scholarship
Jonathon Lucas
Amvets Post 14
David Abrahamyan and Ray Whitney
Anthony R Grassia National Honor Society/Cum Laude Scholarship
Elias Cherry-German
Anthony S. Ciulla Sr. Memorial Scholarship
Alyssa Carroll
Armenian Club
Benjamin Fiorentino, Mishleen Kerio, and Liam McCurley
Armenian Relief Society Leola Sassouni Scholarship
Ani Manjikian and Nicole Topanian
Arsenal Center for the Arts Sloane Scholarship
Helen Margaryan
Art Book Award: Excellence in 2 Dimension
Ella Pastore
Art Book Award: Excellence in 3 Dimension
Sarah Vail
Art Book Award: Excellence in Painting
Anthia Vrahliotis
Art Book Award: Excellence in Photography
Elias Cherry-German
Art Book Award: Excellence in Studio Art
Andrea McAdams
Aurora Pane Memorial Scholarship
Rachael Stokes
Beatrice Leeder Community Service Award
Caileigh Sullivan
Beverly DiMascio Scholarship
Caileigh Sullivan and Brianna Williams
Book Award Drama: Excellence in Technical Theatre
Antonina Carton
Business: Business Leader
Evan Britner
Career & Technical Education: Edward J. Francis Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence in CTE
George Gutarov
Cindy Waldron Cannon Scholarship
Sarah Vail
Class of 1949
Jack Edgely, Martin Tibets, Jonathan Lucas, and Mia Zarkadas
Community Service Century Award
David Abrahamyan, Lillian Arzumanyan, Devon Breen, Antonina Carton, Liam Carvajal-Janke, Shant Cimenian, Ryan Da Silva, Olivia DeKoster, Delanie Dunn, Anna Fabian, Helen Gjino, Dylan Hickey, Yeraz Kaligian, Mishleen Kerio, Ani Manjikian, Divya Mannan, Anais Markwood, Vicken Meneshian, Isaac Mugomba, Srinivasa Naraharisetty, Anna Papayannopoulos, Danielle Pellegrini, Madeline Poplawski, Rene Sargsyan, Ashley Shaughnessy, Isabella Terzian, Martin Tibets, Siranoush Tolmoyan, Maia Vachon, Sarah Vail, and Crystal Yapoudjian
Construction Technology Above & Beyond
John Moynihan
Direct Federal Credit Union’s Values in Practice Scholarship
David Abrahamyan, Emily Campbell, and Ashley Shaughnessy
Dora Castrucci Valentine Memorial Scholarship
Marialda Romei
Drama Book Award: Excellence in Drama
Vera Doob and Yeraz Kaligian
Engineering: Best All Around
Henry Hartshorn
English Language Arts Award: 12th Grade (AP)
Elias Cherry-German and Anais Markwood
English Language Arts Award: 12th Grade (H)
Oliver Eason and Evan Fleischer
English Language Arts Award: 12th Grade (L1)
Evan Britner, Jonathan Lucas, Ani Manjikian, Krishna Patel, Isabella Terzian, Siranush Tolmoyan, and Hatydzha Yelliyeva
Erald Sawyer Scholarship
Maia Vachon
ESL Achievement Award
Ryan Da Silva, Gerson Gomez Pocon, Mishleen Kerio, Brandon Latin Hernandez, and Nayara Rocha
Family & Consumer Sciences: Best All Around
Isabella Keuchkarian
Fleming Scholarship Fund
Yeraz Kaligian and Hatydzha Yelliyeva
Frank Peros Memorial Scholarship
Olivia DeKoster
Frank T. Capaldi Memorial Scholarship
Jonathan Lucas and Mia Zarkadas
Friends of Mary Kostikian Scholarship
Caileigh Sullivan
Glen R. Mastrangelo Memorial Scholarship
Juliana Cacia and Brendan King
Hai Guin Scholarship
Shant Cimenian and Isabella Terzian
Heather Zarkardas Education Scholarship
Brianna Williams
Heather Zarkardas Memorial Lacrosse Scholarship
Brittany Catsoulis, Lakshmi Thangaraj, and Mia Zarkadas
Hoyt Thurber Scholarship Award
Anna Fabian and Evan Fleischer
Hsu-Balzer Family Drama Award
Helen Gjino
Isgouhi Khalarian Memorial Scholarship
Siranush Tolymoyan
Jack Hahn Music Scholarship: Band
Kristen Beach and Helen Gjino
Jack Hahn Music Scholarship: Strings
Rachael Stokes
Jerry Cinar Athletic Scholarship
Emily Campbell
Jimma Pomponi Scholarship
Ryan Da Silva and Anna Fabian
John Hayward Scholarship
Lillian Arzumanyan, Victor Ivanov, and Ani Manjikian
John Philip Sousa Band Award
Liam Carvajal-Janke
Lt. Paul J. Sullivan Scholarship
Brennan Cook, Anna Fabian, Brian Manning, and Brianna Williams
Martha Fitzpatrick Memorial Scholarship
Srinivasa Naraharisetty
Michael & Vincenza Vinciullo Scholarship
Liam Carvajal-Janke
Michael E. Avtges Memorial Award
Anna Fabian
Middle School Memorial Scholarship: Burns
Evan Fleischer
Middle School Memorial Scholarship: Mooney
Brianna Williams
Middle School Memorial Scholarship: Oates
Divya Mannan
Miller/Tracy Children’s Foundation Scholarship
Josselyn Gonzalez-Teo, Dylan Hickey, Victor Ivanov, and Milagros Ortiz
Music Book Award: Excellence in Orchestra
Maia Vachon
Music Book Award: Positivity and Dedication in Concert Band
Devon Breen and Madeline Poplawski
Nancy Pipito Memorial Scholarship
Yeraz Kaligian
National Choral Award
Vera Doob
National School Orchestra Award
Anais Markwood
Outstanding Achievement in Arabic
Anais Markwood
Outstanding Achievement in Armenian
Anna Papayannopoulos
Outstanding Achievement in Italian
Evan Fleischer
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences: Anatomy & Physiology
Olivia DeKoster
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences: AP Biology
Rachael Stokes
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences: AP Environmental Science
Yeraz Kaligian
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences: AP Physics C
Anthia Vrahliotis
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences: Chemistry
Hatydzha Yelliyeva
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences: Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology
Siranush Tolmoyan
Outstanding Achievement in Sciences: Introduction to Medical Sciences
Krishna Patel
Outstanding Achievement in Spanish
Elias Cherry-German
Physical Education Senior Award: Individual Activities/Sports
Hakeem Hirji and Ashley Shaughnessy
Physical Education Senior Award: Personal Fitness/Wellness
Carlo Vosbigian
Physical Education Senior Award: Reach Out
Caileigh Sullivan and Hatydzha Yelliyeva
Physical Education Senior Award: Team Sports
Isaac Mugomba
R.E.A.C.H. Award
Delanie Dunn, Ryan Da Silva, Allison Kennedy, Nayara Rocha, Caileigh Sullivan, Carlo Vosbigian, and Mia Zarkadas
Radio/Television: Best All Around
Antonina Carton
Republic Services
Kristen Beach and Duncan Lepera
Rotary Club of Watertown: H. Nish Boyajian Memorial
Divya Mannan
Rotary Club of Watertown: Stephan C. Everett Award
Anna Fabian
Rotary Club of Watertown: Student Speaker Award
Antonina Carton
Rotary Club of Watertown: Domenic “Dick” Trabucco Memorial Scholarship
Nicole Topanian
Rotary Merit Scholarship
David Abrahayman, Liam McCurley, and Crysta Yapoudjian
Salutatorian
Elias Cherry-German
Salvatore and Maria Pizzi Foundation Scholarship
Ryan Da Silva
Seal of Biliteracy
Pargol Akbari, Elias Cherry-German, Guilherme De Oliveira, Josselyn Gonzalez-Teo, Ivan Kalachev, Mishleen Kerio, Brandon Latin Hernandez, Isaac Mugomba, Srinivasa Mahidhar Naraharisetty, Nayara Rocha, and Siranush Tolmoyan
Seal of Biliteracy with distinction
Liam Carvajal Janke and Hatydzha Yelliyeva
Setrak and Anne DerBoghosian Memorial Scholarship
David Abrahayman and Nicole Topanian
Sgt. Thomas J. Cannalonga/ Sons of Italy Visual Arts Award
Dylan Hickey
Social Studies Departmental Award: AP Psychology
Anna Aiello
Social Studies Departmental Award: Civics
Juliana Lavery
Social Studies Departmental Award: Honors Law
Evan Britner
Social Studies Departmental Award: Honors Psychology
Evan Fleischer
Social Studies Departmental Award: Psychology
Jonathan Salem-Chacon
Spiro and Efrosina Christo Memorial Scholarship For ELL
Mishleen Kerio and Hatydzha Yelliyeva
Thomas McGovern Scholarship
Gevork Karapetyan and Ashley Shaughnessy
United Electric Controls Scholarship
Evan Fleischer
Upit Family Memorial Scholarship
Crystal Yapoudkian
Valedictorian
David Abrahayman
VFW Post 1105 Scholarship
Oliver Eason and Madeline Poplawski
Watertown Art Association Scholarship
Olivia DeKoster and Andrea McAdam
Watertown Baseball Scholarship
Brennan Cook
Watertown Boys Youth Lacrosse
Liam Connelly, Brendan King, Liam McCurley, and Carlo Vosbigian
Watertown Educators Association Scholarship
Brendan King
Watertown High School Mathematics Teacher Award 2020: Alg II B
Relfa Amador Proano and Laura Howe
Watertown High School Mathematics Teacher Award 2020: AP Calculus
David Abrahamyan
Watertown High School Mathematics Teacher Award 2020: Calc H
Ani Manjikian, Siranush Tolmoyan, and Crystal Yapoudjian
Watertown High School Mathematics Teacher Award 2020: Math 12
Victor Ivanov and Brian Manning
Watertown High School Mathematics Teacher Award 2020: Statistics
Ryan Da Silva
Watertown High School Mathematics Teacher Award 2020: Stats H
Anaïs Markwood
Watertown High School Mathematics Teacher Award 2020: Topics in Algebra
Liam Connelly
Watertown Knights of Columbus Council #155 Memorial Scholarship
Mishleen Kerio
Watertown Police Association Scholarship
Cameron Carr and Anna Papayannopoulos
Watertown Softball Scholarship
Alyssa Carroll
Watertown Women’s Club Scholarship
Delanie Dunn and Jake Monahan
Watertown Yacht Club Memorial Scholarship
Danya Rifia
Watertown Youth Basketball Scholarship
Devon Breen, Brittany Catsoulis, Brennan Cook, Gevork Karapetyan, Ashley Shaughnessy, and Brianna Williams
Watertown Youth Soccer
Maximo Archila, Julianna Cacia, Anna Fabian, and Gevork Karapetyan
WHS Art Scholarship
Oliva Dekoster
WHS Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship: Sal Ciccarelli Memorial Award
Devon Breen
WHS Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship: Art Venezia
John Moynihan
WHS Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship: Bob Kaprelian (Founder’s Award)
David Abrahayman
WHS Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship: In memory of Norma Ciccarelli
Mia Zarkadas
WHS Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship: Joan and Joseph Berardi Award
Brittany Catsoulis, Liam McCurley, and Brianna Williams
WHS P.T.S.O. Scholarship
David Abrahayman, Caileigh Sullivan, and Crystal Yapoudjian
WHS Pride Committee
Lauren Amedio, Emily Campbell, Alyssa Carroll, Brittany Catsoulis, Emma Dickie, Juliette Keuchkarian, Andrea McAdam, Anna Papayannopoulos, Ashley Shaughnessy, Caileigh Sullivan, Lakshmi Thangaraj, Brianna Williams, and Mia Zarkadas
William C. Powell, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Devon Breen
William D. Corbett Scholarship
Anna Aiello
World War ll Scholarships
George Gutarov and Brian Manning
–July 1, 2020–
