ISS Students Honored for Achievements

Throughout the year, Indian Springs School students take part in scholarly and artistic competitions at the regional, state, national, and even international level. More than 100 students were recognized during Awards Day 2016 for scholarship, National Merit, leadership, academic, service, artistic, and other noteworthy achievements. Recognitions included:

Student Recognitions

Indian Springs School Named Scholarship
The 2016 Andy Abroms Memorial Scholars
Caroline Baker ’18, Eliza Black ’18, Carolyn Calvert-Grimes ’18, Joey Cleverdon ’18, Ada Cohen ’18, Grace Ji ’17, Iyassu Kebede ’17, Amy Li ’18, Tenniel Miao ’19, Rachael Murdock ’18, Christian Owens ’17, Lexie Rueve ’17, John Carter Simmons ’17, Alexi Touloupis ’17, Connor Walker ’17, Odetta Yang ’17

Recognition of ASSIST Students
Vito Aberham ’18, Valentina Cordoba Balcells ’16, Matyas Jakubu ’17, Sofia Raible ’18, Rebecca Schmieder ’17
 
Language Distinctions

National Spanish Examination
Spanish I 
Gold – Vito Aberham ’18, John David Haws ’20, Labdhi Mehta ’20, Rebecca Schmieder ’17
Silver – Cate Dawson ’20, Hyo In Park ’19, Jing Wang ’19
Bronze – Ashton Dudley ’20, Shanden Fifer ’19, Cher Hu ’18, Nomiah Keyton ’17, Devin Patel ’20, Ally Stallings ’19, Charlie Zhang ’19
Honorable Mentions – Trey Atkins ’20, Justin Chapman ’18, Carson DeSocio ’20, Alice Goff ’20, Mia Karle ’19, Nadia Lane ’19, Chloe Miller ’18, Deven Patel ’20, Jessie Riha ’20, Ryan Scott ’19, Laura Sovacool, Cody Zhou ’19
Spanish II
Bronze – Graham Alexander ’18, Donald Wilson ’19, Dylan Le ’20, Nada Shoreibah '19
Honorable Mentions – Molly Webb ’19, Sarah Niles Simmons ’19, Oliver Shao ’17 Oliver Shao, Schuette Sophia ’16, Pearce MacLeod ’19, Alexandra Lohrke ’18, Kenneth Jiao ’18, Sam Dillard ’19, Will Davis ’19, Leanna Coffey ’19 
Spanish III
Gold – Delaney Porter ’18
Silver – Mark Romero ’18 
Honorable Mentions – Joseph Copeland ’17, Liz Jones ’18, Amy Li ’18, Noah Walton ’18, Gavin Young ’17 
Spanish IV
Silver – Alice Zhang ’18, Jack Teschner ’17, Davis Tyler-Dudley ’17 
Honorable Mentions – Cheska Romero ’16, Sam Jones ’17, Lynn Berger ’17

National Latin Examination
Latin I
Summa Cum Laude Gold – Matyas Jakubu ’17 
Maxima Cum Laude Silver – Ben Standaert ’20 
Magna Cum Laude – Gio Garza ’20 
Cum Laude – Scout Carruthers, John Slaughter, Ryan Standaert ’20 
Latin II
Magna Cum Laude – Carolyn Grammer ’18 
Latin III
Summa Cum Laude Gold – Henry Goff ’18, Evan Brandon ’18 (*Henry and Evan have won three consecutive gold medals on the National Latin Exam. Should they achieve the same next year, they will receive additional, rare commendation from the National Latin Exam Committee and the American Classical League.)
Maxima Cum Laude Silver – Jack Teschner ’17, Vivian Wei ’17, Abigail Mathis ’18 
Magna Cum Laude – Lauren Jones ’18
Cum Laude – Alice Zhang ’18 
Latin IV
Maxima Cum Laude Silver – Ulysses Keevan-Lynch ’17 
Magna Cum Laude – Connor Walker ’17

National French Examination
French – Level I
Silver – Bob Bao ’18, Tenniel Miao ’19, Molly Frohsin ’20 
Honorable Mentions – Lune Zhang ’17, Brianna Jones ’19, Evan Dunbar ’20
French – Level II
Silver – Kendall Owens ’19 
Bronze – Emery Walton ’19
Honorable Mentions – Hayden Dunbar ’17, Keller Maharrey ’17, Spencer Robinson ’19, Carol Zhou ’17, Liv Komisar ’19 
French – Level III
Silver – Eliza Black ’18 
Honorable Mentions – Joey Cleverdon ’18, Tate Shuttlesworth ’18 
French – Level IV
Bronze – Issy Schwiebert ’17 
Honorable Mentions – Christian Owens ’17, Peter Scalise ’18 
French – Level V
Honorable Mention – Mira Walker ’16

2015 CCTV-Français International Contest 
Fifth Place – Alice Zhang ’18

Chinese Proficiency Test (or Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi)
HSK 6 Certificate (highest level of examination)
Valentino Lim ’18
HSK 5 Certificate
Luke Hillegass ’20
HSK 3 Certificate
Anna Kolorz ’16
 
2016 "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition (Montgomery)
First Place - Kennedy Simes ’17
2016 "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition (Southern USA)
Honorable Mention - Kennedy Simes ’17

Youth Chinese Test
Certificates from Level 1 to 3 (out of 4 levels)
John Noone ’19, Katie Beth West ’18, Liam Malone ’19, Kadie Jacobs ’19, Logan McFadden ’18, Luke Molbak ’19, Griffin Gray ’19, Kate Bryant ’18, Hal Rogers ’18, Galen Fleet ’18, Daniel Kim ’17, Elquis Castillo ’16 

Additional Honors

U.S. Senate Youth Program
Runner-up, State of Alabama – John Touloupis ’16

Poetry Out Loud Competition
School Winner – Ashlynn Berry ’16
School Runner-up – Bennett Atkins ’18

Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards
Writing Portfolio – David Hobdy ’16

Scholastic Writing Awards
National Silver Medals – Julia Fleisig ’16, Mira Walker ’16 
Regional Gold Keys – Caroline Borden ’16, Julia Fleisig ’16, David Hobdy ’16, Kristin Toms ’16, Mira Walker ’16

2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Ken Jiao ’18 (advanced to the international fair after placing first in Health and Medicine at the Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair) 

2016 Alabama Science and Engineering Fair
Junior Division
Behavioral and Social Sciences, First Place – John David Haws '20 
Engineering, Second Place  Ben Standaert '20
Chemistry, Third Place  Labdhi Mehta '20 
Environmental, Honorable Mention  Julia Goldberg '20 
Medicine and Health Sciences, Honorable Mention – Deven Patel '20
Senior Division
Energy: Chemical, First Place – Bela Patel '18
Medicine and Health Sciences, Second Place – Ken Jiao '18 
Microbiology, Second Place –  Danielle Wu '18 
Chemistry, Third Place –  Nada Shoreibah ’19
Special Awards 
U.S. Army Science and Engineering Awards Program
Danielle Wu '18 (Senior Division), Ken Jiao '18 (Senior Division), Deven Patel '20 (Junior Division), Ben Standaert '20 (Junior Division)
Broadcom Masters
John David Haws '20 (Junior Division), Ben Standaert '20 (Junior Division)
Alabama Geological Society
Labdhi Mehta '20 (Junior Division)
Association of Energy Engineers
Bela Patel '18 (Senior Division)
Julia Goldberg '20 (Junior Division)

2016 University of Alabama Robotics Competition
4th Place - Luis Bendix '16, Sofia Raible '18, Kelly Parker '16, Sadie Graves '16, Jiangtian Luo '19

2016 Chemistry Olympiad
Scored in top 10 in the Birmingham region - Bob Bao '18, Davis Tyler-Dudley '17*
*Davis Tyler-Dudley advanced to compete on April 25 in the 2016 National Chemistry Olympiad Examination. The national exam requires American citizenship to participate.

Mathematical Association of America Competitions
American Mathematics Contest (AMC) 10/12
Placed in Top 5% Nationally (invited to compete in American Invitational Mathematics Examination) – Allen Xu ’17, Joon Soo Sea ’17 
One of 300 Students (and only student in Alabama) invited to compete in American Mathematics Olympiad – Joon Soo Sea ’17

University of Alabama High School Physics Contest
3rd Place in Team Competition – Oliver Shao '17, Allen Xu '17, Yifan Wang '17, Claire Chen '16
Placed in the Top 10 for Problem Solving – Oliver Shao '17, Allen Xu '17, Yifan Wang '17, Yuzhao Pan '16
1st Place All-Around for First-Year Competing Students – Oliver Shao '17

Congressional Art Competition 
First Place – Emery Walton ’19 (Recognized on Awards Day by Special Guest Margaret Kloess representing Congressman Gary Palmer, Alabama District 6)
Honorable Mention – Josh Scarborough ’16

Invited to Special College Programs                                                      
University of Georgia, Honors Program, The Foundation Fellowship (the University of Georgia’s most prestigious scholarship – McKenna Barney ’16
University of Alabama Honors College Fellows Program – Emily Hooker ’16

Key Club
The Paul Sexton Communication Award and the Robert F. Lucas Outstanding Lt. Governor Award – Sarah Brabston ’16

Leadership      
                                        
Capstone Leadership Academy
Bela Patel ’18, Mark Romero ’18

DAR Good Citizen’s Award                                                                       
Rob Pulliam ’16

Youth Leadership Forum
Emma Turner ’17, Joseph Copeland ’17

Youth Leadership Shelby County
Matt Lash ’17

Alabama Girls State Delegate – 2016 Session
Emma Turner ’17

Alabama Governor’s School
Joseph Copeland ’17 

National Merit Scholarship Program                                                          
Letters of Commendation
Julianne C. Baker ’16, Mira Walker ’16
Finalists
McKenna Barney ’16, Ashlynn E. Berry ’16, Claire Chen ’16, Daun Lee ’16, Michael O’Malley ’16, Rob Pulliam ’16, Cheska Romero ’16
National Merit Citizen Watch Scholarship
Rob Pulliam ’16
National Merit $2,500 Scholarship
McKenna Barney ’16

ISS Director Gareth Vaughan also announced the 2016 Senior Class Commencement Speakers: John Touloupis ’16, Mira Walker ’16, Julia Fleisig ’16, Cheska Romero ’16.

Congratulations to all!


 
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