BY JESSICA STEELEY
Clarkston News Staff Writer

Clarkston seniors celebrated their academic accomplishments at Senior Awards Night last Monday, May 15.
Seniors graduating summa cum laude, a GPA between 3.8-4.0, and magna cum laude, a GPA between 3.5-3.79, received awards and some award recipients were also honored for community scholarships they earned.
Clarkston High School Principal Gary Kaul began the night with opening remarks, followed by Superintendent Rod Rock.
“Sitting before us, ladies and gentlemen, are some of the most accomplished young people in the state of Michigan, artistically, academically, athletically,” Superintendent Rod Rock said. “They’ve worked very, very hard for these accomplishments, they’ve achieved amazing things and so, I want to congratulate you on all that you’ve achieved.”
During his remarks, Rock told students to believe in themselves, no matter what happens, and to have no doubt about what they can achieve. He left them with the inspirational quote “What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” and thanked them for all they had done as part of the Clarkston community.
“I just want to leave you with three gratitude’s: I want to thank you for daring to dream, I want to thank you for putting in the work it takes to achieve at such a high level as you have, and I want to thank you most sincerely for inspiring me over and over again, because I’m blessed to watch you reach out for your goals and achieve them and I want you to know what an inspiration you are to me and to so many other people,” Rock said.
After remarks students were called up. Each shook Dr. Rock’s hand and had their accomplishments and scholarships read by Principal Kaul, who also informed the audience of what university each student will be attending and their intended field of study.
The event was attended by several school administration members from throughout the district, as well as representatives of Clarkston’s civic and religious organizations and local businesses that donate to Clarkston education.

Academic honors for high school graduates

Summa Cum Laude: Ryan Anderson, Sarah Austin, Kathryn Bannick, Emma Barnes, Laura Baumeister, Nadia Berman, Brian Blust, Kaely Bolio, Kristin Bouchard, David Carpenter, Samantha Carter, Tyler Chandler, Allison Clark, Cameron Cohu, Timothy Dalrymple, Ariana DeHerder, Catherine Denny, Emily Dettloff, Ryan Donnelly, Mariah Drye, Alyssa Dubre, Natalia Emerson, William Ephlin, Megan Farrelly, Alison Ferer, Morgan Ferguson, Drue Froeschke, Alexander Gavulic, Kole Gilbert, Alexandra Gladding, Stephanie Grimshaw, Olivia Groff, Benjamin Halcrow, Joseph Halligan, Annalea Hanslits, Alyssa Harbaugh, Natalie Harshman, Madison Hicks, Savannah Holcombe, Abigail Horning, Abigail Howell, Jacob Iwankovitsch, Katelyn Jewett, Mika Juuhl, Callista Keller, William Kenny, Riley Kloostra, Ryan Knight, Adam Kociba, Haley Koss, Madelyn Kowal, Joseph Kuczmanski, Lucas Lantero, Alexis Larose, Nathan Li, Marissa Lockwood, Joyce Lyman, Olivia Maday, Carl Matisse, Hallie McCaghy, Cameron McClelland, Mary McKillop, Benjamin Miller, Grayson Miller, Kayla Miller, Emily Moore, Jacob Moreno, Quang Nguyen, Kelly Nickelson, Aidan Nolan, Alaina Norrito, Elijah Olsen, Kari Ormsby, Ilham Osman, Kristen Page, Mitchell Page, Benjamin Parillo, Jean Parke, Devan Patel, Romin Patel, Joshua Peterson, Phoebe Peterson, Raymond Pistonetti, Lindsay Porter, Christian Pyscher, Ryan Renkiewicz, Jaimie Riemenschneider, Kathryn Rogowski, Renee Rogowski, Andrew Ross, Ana Rumstadt, Jacob Ryan, Noah Sampson, Olivia Sampson, Hannah Seaman, Daniel Sim, Sidney Sitar, Nathan Slater, Jordan Smearman, Sarah Snyder, Stephanie Sowers, Nicholas Stevenson, Nevin Strayer, Seth Stump, Mark VanBuskirk, Haley Velisek, Justin Verriest, Madison Walker, Margaret Warner, Lindsay Weber, Matthew Williamson, Madeline Wilson, Madeleine Wiscombe, McKenzy Woodworth, Kayla Yenshaw

Magna Cum Laude: Jacob Aberlich, Kendal Albrecht, Micah Angus, Joseph Beattie, Jacob Beck, Andrew Benedict, Jessica Bennett, Landri Berman, Dominique Bertollini, Sheldon Bourdeau, Nicole Brisse, Chloe Brueck, Maxwell Caine, McKenna Cameron, Matthew Cederman, Mackayla Crocker, Maximilian Dalka, Anne-Marie Dargay, Meghan Deardoff, Hannah Diffenderfer, Lucas Dishon, Y Duong, Rachel Eckhout, Daniel Ephlin, Zachary Ephlin, Savannah Finkle, Alexandra Fiori, Madeleine Foslien, Gabrielle Fox, Savanna Frederiksen, Carter Gale, Shayan Ghadamabadi, Kelsey Gilbert, Nathaniel Glise, Lauren Gonzales, Emily Greatorex, Aalayna Green, Nicholas Grohs, Alexandra Hadley, Madeline Hannon, Olivia Hardy, Jacob Hart, Jarrett Holtslag, Sydney Houstina, Kalei Hubert-McLennan, Simon Hunt, Sydney Jensen, Madison Jidas, Morgan Kanigowski, Lucas Keller, Jacob Klokeid, Sophie Kubli, Allison Layson, Sean Lemieux, Emma Lohmeier, Madelyn Lowney, Sean Martin, Spencer Mathews, Joshua McCaghy, Caymen McDaniel, Lauren McKay, Ethen McMichael, Will Mengyan, Caitlin Meredith, Samantha Mieczkowski, Michaela Moore, Meaghan Mulvihill, Joshua NassauYoung, Sophie Neale, Maya Neideck, Luke Oldford, Olivia Packard, Dylan Perry, Mitchell Piazza, Matthew Pierce, Donald Pinner, Jacob Proper, Thomas Purves Jr., Alexa Reynolds, Kellie Rietsch, Karissa Ritthaler, Cole Rudolph, Caitlin Schrank, Olivia Schuster, Ryan Shubert, Cameron Smith, Devin Spaulding, Carson Stottlemyer, Filippo Tagliacarne, Sabrina Tuson, Christian Uhlig, Brennan Vargas, Alexander Ward, Rachael Wenzlick, Joshua Whitt, Coley Wilson, Cassandra Winkler, Isabelle Wittebort, Rachel Wright

Honorable Mention: Marisa Daigle, Zachary Ferguson, Joshua Knotts, Andrew Kroll, Mary Marheine, Andrew Moss, Devin Radzwion, Ciara Waggoner, Remington Zaremba, Georgia Zelinsky