Chesterton High School seniors honored at annual Senior Honors Night



Duneland Education Foundation Awards: The Duneland Education Foundation presented several scholarship awards to students at Senior Honors Night on May 15. Recipients were Erika Ekblaw, Duneland United Churches Resale Scholarship; Olivia Montes, Ralph D. Ayres Memorial Educational Scholarship; Emma Vetroczky, Kathryn Pokorny Memorial Soccer Scholarship; Jorana Banseviciute, Dr. Dan Keilman Memorial Scholarship; Allison Fry, Kathryn Pokorny Memorial General Scholarship; Atmikha Jeeju, Duneland Education Foundation Scholarship; and Jacqueline Ringler, Adam D Laughner Memorial Scholarship. Back row, Meg McCarel; and Jennifer and Garland Laughner, parents of Adam Laughner BRIDGET MARTINSON/DSC/photo

Duneland Education Foundation Awards: The Duneland Education Foundation presented several scholarship awards to students at Senior Honors Night on May 15. Recipients were Erika Ekblaw, Duneland United Churches Resale Scholarship; Olivia Montes, Ralph D. Ayres Memorial Educational Scholarship; Emma Vetroczky, Kathryn Pokorny Memorial Soccer Scholarship; Jorana Banseviciute, Dr. Dan Keilman Memorial Scholarship; Allison Fry, Kathryn Pokorny Memorial General Scholarship; Atmikha Jeeju, Duneland Education Foundation Scholarship; and Jacqueline Ringler, Adam D Laughner Memorial Scholarship. Back row, Meg McCarel; and Jennifer and Garland Laughner, parents of Adam Laughner BRIDGET MARTINSON/DSC/photo

Chesterton High School hosted the annual Senior Honors Night on Monday, May 15, 2023 in the CHS Auditorium. Dozens of students were honored with a variety of awards and scholarships.

Department Awards

Department awards went to: Aubrey Isakson, Business; Ben Shaffer, Business Technology; Jackson Dudek, International Baccalaureate; Giovanni DePasquale, English; Giana Raffin, Family and Consumer Science; Mark Booth, Industrial Technology; Foreign Language: Robert Lee, American Sign Language; Samantha Williams, French; Abbigail Atrosh, German; Edith Estridge, Japanese; Kathleen Pampalone, Spanish; Ian Cones, Mathematics; Brayden Gray, Music; Bridger Fowler, Physical Education; Ella Girzadas, Science; Riley Hawksworth, Social Studies; Devin Sain, Special Education; Caitlyn Piskula Visual Arts; and Alyssa Dunlap and Aidean Torres, Athletes of the Year.

Memorial Awards: Among the Memorial Award winners at CHS Senior Honors Night on May 15 were, front, left to right, Bridget Raffin, Thomas Dubach Memorial Scholarship; Lorraine Vinet, Field Station Cooperative Preschool Scholarship; Bryce Biddle and Genene Engels, Porter County 4-H John Keller Memorial Scholarship; Kendra Ritchie, Gloria Rector Memorial Scholarship; Caden Brum, Mitchell A. Winey Memorial Scholarship; and Aerianna Wolford and Jackson Tuck, Laura E. Volk Memorial Athletic Scholarship. Back row, Presenters: Bill McCarel, Thomas Dubach Memorial Scholarship; Brenda Campbell, Field Station Cooperative Preschool Scholarship; Mark Babcock, Mitchell Winey Scholarship and Rick Volk, Laura E. Volk Memorial Scholarship. BRIDGET MARTINSON/DSC/photo

Memorial Awards: Among the Memorial Award winners at CHS Senior Honors Night on May 15 were, front, left to right, Bridget Raffin, Thomas Dubach Memorial Scholarship; Lorraine Vinet, Field Station Cooperative Preschool Scholarship; Bryce Biddle and Genene Engels, Porter County 4-H John Keller Memorial Scholarship; Kendra Ritchie, Gloria Rector Memorial Scholarship; Caden Brum, Mitchell A. Winey Memorial Scholarship; and Aerianna Wolford and Jackson Tuck, Laura E. Volk Memorial Athletic Scholarship. Back row, Presenters: Bill McCarel, Thomas Dubach Memorial Scholarship; Brenda Campbell, Field Station Cooperative Preschool Scholarship; Mark Babcock, Mitchell Winey Scholarship and Rick Volk, Laura E. Volk Memorial Scholarship. BRIDGET MARTINSON/DSC/photo

US Military Cords were presented to Holly Baldner (US Army), Ethan Becker (US Army), Ian Burgos (US Army National Guard), Kaden Rudd (US Army), Samuel St. Marie (US Army), Roland McLemore Jr. (US Navy), Zachary Roof (US Navy), Logan Benedict (US Army National Guard), Kara Lahaie (US Army National Guard), and Nicolas Stephan (US Army National Guard).

Academic Scholar Awards are given to seniors who have earned a 3.81 GPA after seven (7) semesters. These students have received a maroon and gold cord to wear at graduation and will receive an honor sticker for their diploma. Academic Scholar Awards were presented to Saanya Agarwal, Abbigail Atrosh, Grace Bamber, Jorana Banseviciute, Bryce Biddle, Katie Billings, Brayden Blouir, Gretta Burke, Andrew Carpenter, Grace Carpenter, Lucy Castro, Rachel Cohen, Ian Condes, Theresa Connors, Makayla Cox, Hannah Crews, Kacey Culkin, Cecelia Dardeau, Rosedeep Deol, Giovanni De- Pasquale, Jackson Dudek, Freedom Eiden, Ethan Elliott Halinski, Connor Engels, Genene Engels, Edith Estridge, Aidric Fitzgerald, Johnathan Fleming, Isaiah Fowler, Allison Fry, Gina Geenen, Cally Gemeinhart, Ella Girzadas, Colby Gossman, Elizabeth Gray, Matticyn Gropper, Owen Guest, Conner Guthrie, Meghan Haggerty, Fabio Haiduc, Sophie Hamilton, Gigi Hanner, Riley Hawksworth, Alexander Henderson, Ryan Higgins, Joshua Hoover, Max Houghteling, Matthew Hruskocy, Lucy Huffman, Ingrid Hurst, Aubrey Isakson, Blake Kemp, Ethan Kirkham, Lanie Kitchel, Emily Knight, Allison Kobialka, Olivia Kozak, Nicholas Larsen, Aubrie Li, Tanner Lipka, Matthew Long, Mackenzie Major, Marcus Malapanes, Leonidas Manta, Marie Matunas, Sonja Mayer, Abigail McCarthy, Riley McCormack, Payton Mohoi, Kathryn Nelson, Lena Niebler, Maggie Oksimowicz, Cadence Orange, Kathleen Pampalone, Scott Pejic, Tyler Peterson, Bridget Raffin, Giana Raffin, Ellen Rath, Jacqueline Ringler, Alexandra Rodriguez, George Rone, Owen Rutherford, Christine Sathitamorntham, Lilliana Sensibaugh, Kara Sessions, Ria Sharma, Saffron Shrum, Alyssa South, Elle Stone, Audrey Stricker, Alison Stringham, Bowen Summer, Maizy Swanson, Bryce Thoma, Petra Tilden, Sophia Tracy, Jackson Tuck, Emma Vetroczky, Lorraine Vinet, Olivia Vogel, Jenna Werner, Emily Willis, Samantha Williams, Bridget Wisdom, Chloe Wisniewski, Christopher Woods and Reese Zubeck.

School & Community Awards: Recognized at Senior Honors Night on May 15 for receiving the scholarship awards were, front, left to right, Grace Bamber, Quinn Barnewall, Danielle Chisko, Isaiah Fowler, Riley McCormack, Tyler Peterson, and Lilliana Sensibaugh, Duneland Teachers Scholarship; and Maizy Swanson, Duneland Teachers and CHS Alumni Association Scholarships. Back row, Kim Stento, presenter of the Duneland Teachers Scholarship; recipients Saanya Agarwal, Gretta Burke, Allison Fry and Erika Ekblaw, CHS Alumni Association Scholarship; and presenter Mike Anton, CHS Alumni Association. BRIDGET MARTINSON/DSC/photo

School & Community Awards: Recognized at Senior Honors Night on May 15 for receiving the scholarship awards were, front, left to right, Grace Bamber, Quinn Barnewall, Danielle Chisko, Isaiah Fowler, Riley McCormack, Tyler Peterson, and Lilliana Sensibaugh, Duneland Teachers Scholarship; and Maizy Swanson, Duneland Teachers and CHS Alumni Association Scholarships. Back row, Kim Stento, presenter of the Duneland Teachers Scholarship; recipients Saanya Agarwal, Gretta Burke, Allison Fry and Erika Ekblaw, CHS Alumni Association Scholarship; and presenter Mike Anton, CHS Alumni Association. BRIDGET MARTINSON/DSC/photo

Academic Rings were awarded to: Saanya Agarwal, Abbigail Atrosh, Katie Billings, Gretta Burke, Andrew Carpenter, Grace Carpenter, Ian Condes, Theresa Connors, Makayla Cox, Giovanni DePasquale, Jackson Dudek, Ethan Elliott Halinski, Connor Engels, Edith Estridge, Allison Fry, Ella Girzadas, Matticyn Gropper, Fabio Haiduc, Gigi Hanner, Riley Hawksworth, Ryan Higgins, Max Houghteling, Matthew Hruskocy, Ingrid Hurst, Aubrey Isakson, Mackenzie Major, Leonidas Manta, Sonja Mayer, Kathleen Pampalone, Bridget Raffin, Giana Raffin, Ellen Rath, Kara Sessions, Saffron Shrum, Bryce Thoma, Petra Tilden, Sophia Tracy, Lorraine Vinet, and Samantha Williams.

5% Awards included Ian Condes, Saanya Agarwal, Riley Hawksworth, Giovanni DePasquale, Lorraine Vinet, Ingrid Hurst, Fabio Haiduc, Matticyn Gropper, Max Houghteling, Sophia Tracy, Allison Fry, Gigi Hanner, Grace Carpenter, Ryan Higgins, Bridget Raffin, Giana Raffin, Aubrey Isakson, Chloe Wisniewski, Jackson Dudek, Ella Girzadas, Katie Billings, Kathleen Pampalone, Abbigail Atrosh, and Sonja Mayer.

IB Stoles were earned by Gretta Burke, Jackson Dudek, Joshua Hoover, Ella Kollman, Abigail McCarthy, Ronald McLemore, Kathleen Pampalone, Ariel Rodriguez and Samantha Williams.

Art Certificates were awarded to Makayla Cox, David Freites, Dawnn Gaboian, Lucy Huffman, Adeline Janowski, Marisa Kaiser, Aubrie Si-Mei Li, Griffin Medley, Caitlyn Piskula, Isabella Pitts, Olivia Potts, Kendra Ritchie, Madelyn Russell, Petra Tilden, Taylor Renee Wise, and Kiley Wismiller.

Business certificates were awarded to Victor Cerda, Colin Crooks, Kacey Culkin, Dylan Dietrich, Genene Engels, Carlton Glover, Gabriel Gonzalez, Conner Guthrie, Atmikha Jeeju, Matthew Keane, Ethan Kirkham, Jacqueline Ringler, George Rone, Benjamin Shaffer, Raj Soundrarajan, Jack Sparks and Ethan Troy.

Indiana Governor’s Work Ethic Certificates were presented to Bryce Biddle, Theresa Connors, Erika Ekblaw, Genene Engels, Allison Fry, Brent Gengnagel, Gigi Hanner, Maya Marten, Jacqueline Ringler, Kendra Ritchie and Jackson Tuck.

Scholarships and Awards

Special awards included:

Ralph D. Ayres Memorial Education Scholarship – Olivia Montes

Bailly Elementary PTO Scholarship – Jessica Moore

Chesterton High School Alumni Association Scholarship – Saanya Agarwal, Gretta Burke, Erika Ekblaw, Allison Fry and Maizy Swanson.

Chesterton-Porter Rotary Club Scholarships – Ian Cones, Maizy Swanson and Saanya Agarwal.

Delta Theta Tau Scholarship – Erika Ekblaw and Emma Vetroczky

Thomas Dubach Memorial Scholarship – Bridget Raffin

Duneland Education Foundation Scholarship – Atmikha Jeeju

Duneland Kiwanis Indiana Foundation Scholarship – Giana Raffin

Duneland Teachers’ Scholarship – Maizy Swanson, Danielle Chisko, Riley McCormack, Grace Bamber, Quinn Barnewall, Isaiah Fowler, Tyler Peterson and Lilliana Sensibaugh

Duneland United Churches Resale Scholarship – Erika Ekblaw

James W. & Betty Dye Scholarship – Ian Cones, Ryan Higgins, Giana Raffin, Ellen Rath, Sophia Tracy, Emma Vetroczky, and Chloe Wisniewski

Elks Lodge 500 Most Valuable Student Scholarship – Giovanni DePasquale

Evans Foundation Chick Evans Scholarship for Caddies – Matthew Hruskocy

Field Station Cooperative Preschool Scholarship in Memory of Liz Scott – Lorraine Vinet

First Trust Credit Union Scholarship – Erika Ekblaw and Saanya Agarwal

Gloria Rector Memorial Scholarship – Kendra Ritchie

Christel R. Helmchen GAPP Scholarship – Bryce Biddle

Kappa Kappa Kappa Scholarship – Ian Condes, Aubrey Isakson and Maizy Swanson

Dr. Dan Keilman Memorial Scholarship – Jorana Banseviciute

Adam Laughner Memorial Scholarship – Jacqueline Ringler

Lotus Reach Scholarship – Erika Ekblaw

Manuzzi Family Scholarships – Maggie Oksimowicz (Music) and Genene Engels (Trade/Technical/Business)

National Honor Society Scholarship – Matticyn Gropper and Laila Ibrahim

Next Generation Hoosier Scholarship – Kathryn Nelson and Maizy Swanson

Peer Leader Scholarship – Owen Guest and Grace Bamber

Kathryn Pokorny Memorial Scholarships – Allison Fry (General) and Emma Vetroczky (Soccer)

Porter County 4-H John Keller Memorial Scholarship – Bryce Biddle and Genene Engels

Porter-Starke Services Foundation Impact Scholarship – Emma Vetroczky, Erika Ekblaw and Caden Brum

Westchester Intermediate PTO Scholarship – Jessica Moore

Mitchell A. Winey Memorial Scholarship – Caden Brum

Laura E. Volk Memorial Athletic Scholarship – Aerianna Wolford and Jackson Tuck.

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