Junior Book Awards on May 23, 2023

MLWGS held its Junior Book Awards Assembly on May 23rd and the following Juniors received awards. Congratulations, Dragons!

Award Student
Smith College Book Award Aashka Shah
Richmond Alumnae Panhellenic Book Award  

Avery Redmond

VCU Monroe Scholars Book Award-  Bharathi Kancharla
Rensselaer Medal- Eric Hu
Xerox Award for Innovation and Technology Andrew Eaton
Bausch & Lomb University of Rochester
Honorary Science Award
Yash Saxena
Univ.of Rochester F. Douglass and SB Anthony
Humanities Award
Lauren Blake
George Eastman Young Leaders Award Ethan Choe
Tulane Book Award Shabaz Wali
William and Mary Leadership Award  

Sophia Pareti

Harvard University Nishka Patel
West Point Leadership  

Isabella Kenney

George Mason Honors College Book Award Devesh Kumar
Rachel Carson Healthy Planet Award Matilde Quilici
VMFA Fine Art Award Lucie Bouton
Bear O’Bryan Book Award Jackson DeHaven,
Lily Postma,
Kasia Esmeralda- Wasiak, 
Isabella Kenney

 

 

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