Scholarships, honors fill GMUHS 2016 Awards Night

The class of 2016 marches on stage to Pomp and Circumstance

The class of 2016 marches on stage to Pomp and Circumstance. All photos by Shawn Cunningham. Click any photo to launch the gallery.

Green Mountain Union High School held its annual Senior Awards Night on Friday, June 10. In addition to awards, the winners of a number of scholarships and the names of the salutatorian and valedictorian were announced. The awards and their recipients are:

THE CHESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT
Recognition and gift

  • Lucas Trask

TOM SPATER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
$1,000 renewable scholarships

  • Sarah Baker
  • Sarah Martel
Chester Fire Department Deputy Chief Bob McCallister presents a certificate to Lucas Trask

Chester Fire Department Deputy Chief Bob McCallister presents a certificate to Lucas Trask

SAMMY PIERCE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Unannounced amount

  • Sarah Martel
  • Heather Morse

AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY CHESTER POST #67 SCHOLARSHIP
$1,000 scholarships

  • Brennan Adams
  • Lucas Trask

3RD ANNUAL HEATH GORDON SCHOLARSHIP
$3,000 renewable scholarship

  • Madison Thomas

ST. CHARLES COUNCIL #753 OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
$500 scholarship

  • Alexandria Steele
Rotarian Jeff Ladd presents Robert Haseltine with a four year scholarship of $1,000 per year

Rotarian Jeff Ladd presents Robert Haseltine with a four year scholarship of $1,000 per year.

CHESTER ROTARY CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS
$1,000 scholarships

  • Sarah Baker
  • Lucas Trask
  • Megan Spinrad
  • Sarah Martel
  • Kyle Cyr
  • Robert Haseltine ($4,000 scholarship)

CHESTER HIGH SCHOOL/GREEN MOUNTAIN UNION HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
$1,000 scholarships

  • Heather Morse
  • Kaitlin Wells

MASONIC OLIVE BRANCH LODGE #64
Olive Branch
$1,000 scholarship

  • Brennan Adams
  • Mary Thompson

Edith Start Memorial/Order of Eastern Star
Unannounced Amount

  • Brennan Adams
Elaine Hart presents the Jay Hart Memorial Scholarship to Madison Thomas

Elaine Hart presents the Jay Hart Memorial Scholarship to Madison Thomas.

JAY HART MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Unannounced Amount

  • Madison Thomas

LUDLOW ROTARY CLUB
Daniel R. Kesman Memorial Scholarship
$2,000 Scholarship

  • Sarah Martel

PENNY WOODELL MEMORIAL AWARD
$1,000 scholarships

  • Alisha Dykes
  • Kaitlin Wells

WANTASTIQUET ROTARY
$500 scholarship

  • Sarah Martel
Maddy Bodin presents the Andover Scholarship to Kyle Cyr

Maddy Bodin presents the Andover Scholarship to Kyle Cyr. Bodin also presented a second scholarship to Lucas Trask.

ANDOVER TOWN AWARD
Andover Scholarship
Unannounced Amount

  • Kyle Cyr
  • Lucas Trask

Military Recognition
Recognition & gift

  • Jacob Dion

CHESTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
$350 Scholarship

  • Kaitlin Wells

LUDLOW VFW POST #10155
$500 scholarship

  • Sarah Martel
Rylee Ewald receives the English Department Pin from teacher Norm Merrill

Rylee Ewald receives the English Department Pin from teacher Norm Merrill.

WORLD LANGUAGE AWARDS
English Department Pin

  • Rylee Ewald

Foreign Language Department Pin

  • Rachel Spigel

Edward R. Murrow Award

  • Connor Rose
  • Heather Morse

MUSIC DEPARTMENT AWARDS
Music Department pin

  • Megan Spinrad
Connor Rose and Heather Morse receive the Edward R. Murrow Award

Connor Rose and Heather Morse receive the Edward R. Murrow Award.

John Philip Sousa Band Award

  • Sarah Baker
  • Heather Morse

National Choral Award

  • Madison Thomas

Drama Club Awards

  • Anna Huckins
  • Mary Thompson
  • Madison Thompson

Chester Academy Award for Music

  • Megan Spinrad
Guidance Counselor Allyson Oswald presents the Chester Education Association Memorial Scholarship to Kaitlin Wells

Guidance Counselor Allyson Oswald presents the Chester Education Association Memorial Scholarship to Kaitlin Wells.

HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION AWARDS
PE Department pins

  • Noah Distefano
  • Alisha Dykes

ART DEPARTMENT AWARDS
Art Department pin

  • Megan Spinrad

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AWARDS
Department pin

  • Sarah Baker

MATH DEPARTMENT AWARDS
Department pin

  • Sarah Baker
Sarah Martel receives the Ludlow Rotary Club scholarship from David Almond

Sarah Martel receives the Ludlow Rotary Club scholarship from David Almond.

SOCIAL STUDIES AWARDS
Department pin

  • Sarah Martel

Herodotus Award

  • Connor Rose

NURSING RECOGNITION
Red Cross Honor Cord

  • Reilly Knipes

DR. E. SHERBURNE LOVELL HEALTH CAREER SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
$1,000 renewable scholarship

  • Emily Castillo
Rachel Spigel receives the Chester Academy Medal for foreign languages

Rachel Spigel receives the Chester Academy Medal for foreign languages.

GMUHS BOOSTER CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
$1,000 scholarship

  • Robert Haseltine

HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS
$7,000 scholarship

  • Thomas Foster

BALLARD HOBARD UNIT #36 AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY PHYLLIS AGAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
$1,000 scholarship

  • Sarah Martel

AMERICAN LEGION WINDSOR POST #25 PCD ROY SWEET EDUCATIONAL AWARD
Unannounced amount

  • Heather Morse
Brennan Adams was one of two recipients of a American Legion Post 67 Auxiliary scholarship. The other was Lukas Trask

Brennan Adams was one of two recipients of a American Legion Post 67 Auxiliary scholarship. The other was Lucas Trask.

SPRINGFIELD GARDEN CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
$2,000 scholarship

  • Robert Haseltine

RIVER VALLEY TECHNICAL CENTER PROGRAM
Blue and white cords

  • Rachel Spigel, Audio Video production
  • Trevor Moore, Culinary Arts
  • Jasmin Ricketts, Culinary Arts
  • Alexandria Steele, Health Careers
  • Madeline Woods, Health Careers
  • Emily Ditzler, Human Services

Industry recognized credentials in their fields of study

  • Emily Ditzler, Human Services
  • Trevor Moore, Culinary Arts
  • Ryan Murray, Audio Video Production
  • Jasmin Ricketts, Culinary Arts
  • Heather Keith and Jon Clark present Kaitlin Wells with one of two Alumni Association scholarships. The other went to Heather Morse.

    Heather Keith and Jon Clark present Kaitlin Wells with one of two Alumni Association scholarships. The other went to Heather Morse.

    Nolan Rufa, Industrial Trades

  • Alexandria Steele, Health Careers
  • Madeline Woods, Health Careers

AWARDS PRESENTED BY RVTC
The Tom Leever Health Career Scholarship

  • Alexandria Steele

Student of the Year for Culinary Arts & Member of the National Technical Honor Society

  • Jasmin Ricketts

Student of the Year for Health Careers

  • Madeline Woods

Student of the Year for Audio Video Production

  • Rachel Spigel

HENRY V. HABER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
$1,039.08 renewable scholarships

  • Matthew Chambers
  • Rylee Ewald
  • Robert Haseltine
  • Sarah Martel
Senior awards night is always good for at least one fit of giggles as class officers Sarah Baker and Sarah Martel welcome the audience

Senior awards night is always good for at least one fit of laughs as class officers Sarah Baker and Sarah Martel welcome the audience.

ONE CREDIT UNION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SCHOLARSHIP
$500 scholarship

  • Alisha Dykes

CHESTER SNOWMOBILE CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
Unannounced amount & gifts for each

  • Matthew Chambers
  • Sarah Martel
  • Lucas Trask

JOHN AND MARY NOOR SCHOLARSHIP
$1,000 scholarship

  • Megan Spinrad

SPRINGFIELD LODGE #1560 ORDER OF ELKS
Unannounced Award

  • Noah Distefano
  • Robert Haseltine
  • Sarah Martel

VERMONT STATE ELKS ASSOCIATION
Unannounced Award

  • Heather Morse

REBEKAH ASSEMBLY OF VERMONT INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS
$1,000 scholarship

  • Robert Haseltine

SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS
Certificate of Merit for Honor in Science and Mathematics

  • Kaitlin Wells

SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS
Certificate of Merit for High Honor in Science and Mathematics

  • Heather Morse

SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS
Certificate of Merit for Highest Honor in Science and Mathematics

  • Sarah Baker

VERMONT GOLF ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP
Unannounced award

  • Sarah Martel

NICOLAAS A. LEYDS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Undetermined award – received upon college graduation

  • Matthew Chambers

EDWARDS AND DOUGLAS FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP
$1,000 scholarships

  • Lucas Trask
  • Alexandria Steele

CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF BRYANT GRINDER CO.
Undetermined award received upon college graduation

  • Kaili Osier

MACK MOLDING GOOD STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
$750 renewable scholarship

  • Sarah Martel

VERMONT SCHOLAR AWARD
Recognition & possible scholarship to UVM

  • Kaili Osier

VERMONT HONOR SCHOLARSHIP
$1,000 scholarship

  • Sarah Baker

FRANK M. & OLIVE F. GILMAN FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
Up to $5,000 per year renewable

  • Emily Castillo
  • Alisha Dykes
  • Cooper McCoy
  • Sarah Schleimer
  • Alexandria Steele

CHESTER ACADEMY SILVER PINS
Gold pins awarded at graduation

  • Lucas Trask
  • Mary Thompson
  • Madison Thomas
  • Megan Spinrad
  • Reilley Knipes
  • Alisha Dykes
  • Kyle Cyr
  • Emily Castillo
  • Anna Huckins
  • Jared Jackson
  • Kaili Osier

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY CORDS

  • Sarah Martel, president
  • Robert Haseltine, vice president
  • Kaitlin Wells, secretary
  • Sarah Baker, treasurer
  • Matthew Chambers
  • Kyle Cyr
  • Rylee Ewald
  • Heather Morse
  • Kaili Osier
  • Hannah Sheere
  • Megan Spinrad

FACULTY RECOGNITION AWARD

  • Harlem Geto
  • Matthew Mosher
  • Kaili Osier

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD
Plaque & recognition

  • Connor Rose

VALEDICTORIAN AND SALUTATORIAN

  • Salutatorian: Robert Haseltine
  • Valedictorian: Sarah Baker
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