Adele Harrison hands out 8th grade awards

Adele Harrison Middle School in Sonoma bestowed the following awards on the 117 members of its eighth grade class this month.

Seal of Biliteracy Pathway Award: For successful participation in the Dual Immersion program.

Nicholas Cope, Jimena Crespo-Avila, Anthony DeTorres, Tristan Estrada, Zee Hubbard, Christopher Fonseca, Mauricio Guido-Corona, Remy Harrison, Finn Hartnett, Roberto Hernandez, Erika Huizar Rios, Alan Luna, Azul Noh, Olivia Paxton, Naybi Ponce, Rodrigo Barrera, Angelo Cano, Alejandro Carrillo-Dardon, Giselle Casolla, Fabian Solorzano, Jack Stambaugh, Esmeralda Tellez, Melina Zamudio, Alessandra Andress, Bryan Barajas-Zavala, Elio Escobar, Sherlyn Morales, Kyle Nield, Joaquin Rayner, Jasmin Rivas, Alex Rojas, Alexis Sanabria, Bella Theilan, Esmeralda Torres-Garcia and Julius Vasquez

Dual Immersion Bilingual Excellence Award: Award for Dual Immersion Program students who demonstrate excellence in both English and Spanish literacy.

Christopher Fonseca, Mauricio Guido-Corona, Remy Harrison, Finn Hartnett, Azul Noh, Olivia Paxton, Esmeralda Tellez, Melina Zamudio, Giselle Casolla, Kyle Nield, Jasmin Rivas, Esmeralda Torres-Garcia and Anthony DeTorres

Presidential Award: This award is given to students who maintained a 3.5 GPA or above for 8 of 9 trimesters and demonstrate high achievement in English and/or math as proven by academic data.

Ella Akre, Justin Amjadi, Kelsey Bauer, Lindsay Bilberry, Griffin Brophy, Margaret Brown, Kendall Clemons, Emily Crews, Carmela Cusick, Alexia Evoy, Maya Garcia, Tessa Gude, Mauricio Guido, Remy Harrison, Katherine Jewell, Sophia Knox, Lily Larbre, Izabella Manzo, Jared Mellinger, Kyle Nield, Devany Padilla, Olivia Paxton, Delaney Reynolds, Tegan Rhodes, Dominic Sciocchetti, Lars Wood, Melina Zamudio

Academic Excellence Award: This award is given to students who maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout their three years at Adele.

Justin Amjadi, Kelsey Bauer, Margaret Brown, Kendall Clemons, Vincenzo Girish, Remy Harrison, Katherine Jewell, Katherine Kiser, Sophia Knox, Jared Mellinger, Olivia Paxton, Delaney Reynolds, Teagan Rhodes

Muriel Owen Citizenship Award: This award is given to two students who exhibit the following qualities: honor, service, courage, leadership and patriotism.

Jasmin Rivas and Chris Fonseca

Soroptimist Achievement Recognition Award:

Esmeralda Tellez

Adele Harrison Fine Arts: This award is given to students who have exhibited artistic talent.

Maggie Brown and Delaney Reynolds

Adele Harrison Performing Arts Award: This award is given to students who have exhibited musical talent in band, chorus, musical and/or the school talent show.

Zee Hubbard and Justin Amjadi

Adele Harrison Student Body President Recognition:

Melina Zamudio and Kendall Clemons

Adele Harrison Department Award: This award is given to two students in each department (science, history, language arts, math, PE) who have exhibited academic excellence and effort with assignments and class participation during their three years at Adele.

PE: Kyle Nield and Kelsey Bauer, History: Izzy Janson and Vinnie Girish, Math: Leo Flores and Jared Mellinger, Lang Arts: Delaney Reynolds and Ramses Vazquez,

Science: Lily Larbre and Izzy Janson, Dual Immersion

History: Roberto Hernandez and Jasmin Rivas

Adele Harrison Program Awards: These awards are given to two students who have exhibited academic excellence and effort with assignments and class participation during their three years in their respective programs:

Multi-Age Program: Carmela Cusick and Dominic Sciocchetti

Dual Immersion Program: Olivia Paxton and Elio Excobar

HS Prep Program: Vinnie Girish and Maggie Brown

Adele Harrison AVID Excellence Award: This award is given to two students who participated in the AVID program and have the motivation and desire to prepare for entrance to a four year college or university.

Roberto Hernandez and Esmeralda Torres-Garcia

Safe School Ambassador Lifetime award: Given to those students who participated in SSA for three years at Adele Harrison:

Melina Zamudio, Olivia Paxton, Kendall Clemons, Kate Jewell, Thinley Sherpa, Gianna Paun

Musical/Dance performance award: Given to those students who performed in school musicals all three years at Adele:

Zee Hubbard, Alyah Reyes, Thinley Sherpa, Melina Zamudio and Alejandro Carrillo-Dardon

Accelerated Math Award: For successful participation in the Accelerated Math Program, completing three years of math (7th, 8th and algebra) in two years.

Ella Akre, Kelsey Bauer, Griffin Brophy, Carmela Cusick, Finnegan Hartnett, Izzy Janson, Lily Larbre, Jared Mellinger, Teagan Rhodes

Valley of the Moon Lions Distinguished Service Award: Given to one student who has shown school community involvement and leadership that exemplifies the school vision.

Melina Zamudio

Mrs. Adele Harrison Memorial Community Service Award: This award is given to two students who emulate Adele Harrison’s spirit of compassionate and dedicated service to the community.

Kendall Clemons and Remy Harrison

Dr. Van-Peeke Memorial STEM Award: This award is given to two students who not only show excellence in science, but have shown extra involvement in technology and/or the combination of science, tech, engineering and math.

Sophia Knox and Justin Amjadi

Adele Harrison All-Around Excellence Award: This most honorable award is given to two students who exhibit excellent academic performance, citizenship, and social skills for their time at Adele Harrison.

Olivia Paxton and Tegan Rhodes

School award information can be submitted to ourschools@sonomanews.com.