The 2020 Senior High Honors Convocation recognizes students for academic success and their service to our school and community. Congratulations to all of our outstanding students!
Course Awards
Seniors:
Emily Bouchard AP English Literature, AP Biology, Participation in Government, French V
Daniela Deapo English 12, Health, Meteorology
Noah Kerwin Physical Education
Jack Moen Religion 12, Spanish V
Nguyen Nguyen AP Drawing, Geology
Katelyn Oswalt Economics
Nathaniel Parkhurst Financial Algebra
Kadi Piagentini Life & Wellness
Alexis Pietrowski Physical Education
Antonio Scutari AP Calculus
Sarah Thompson Drawing & Painting III
Juniors:
Achot Aroman Drawing & Painting II
Brian Buttner AP US History, High School Band
Anya Collins Spanish III
Aidan Craner Introduction to Psychology
Michael Gaughan Sport & Ent. Marketing, Physical Education
Erin Kerwin French IV, Religion 11
Paul Kolenda Pre-Calculus, Physics
Amelia Lamendola Physical Education
Aine McIntyre English 11, Spanish IV
Sophomore:
Heidi Biernacki Religion 10
Sarah Boyea Physical Education
Ava DiRubbo French III
Patrick Hammer Global II PD
Kaitlyn Kibling Spanish III
Nazier Kinsey Physical Education
Victoria Parsons Religion 10, AP English Language, Algebra II, Chemistry
Paige Smith English 10, Drawing & Painting I
Patrick Towsley Global II
Freshman:
Savannah Williams Global I
Amarah Streiff Studio Art
Clare Ruddy Geometry, French II
Ashley Petragnani Algebra I
Catherine Keegan English 9 PD
Rhyan Hergenhan English 9
Brigid Hardick Religion 9
Faith Griffin Physical Education
Annie Gaughan Spanish II
Samuel Colella Global II PD, Concert Choir
Evan Cervantes Physical Education
Ryan Brady Living Environment
Citizenship Awards
Freshmen Citizenship Award Winners are:
Camryn Collins
Sarah Fink
Spencer James
Paul Owens
Sophomore citizenship award winners are:
Sarah Boyea
Emily Flynn
Patrick Hammer
Joseph McGarvey
Junior citizenship award winners are:
William Anderson
Brian Buttner
Josephine Shattell
Francesco Todeschini
Senior citizenship award winners are:
James McGarvey
Jack Moen
Emily Monroe
Katelyn Oswalt
Perfect Attendance
Grade 9:
Joe Adamo
Ryan Brady
Taysir Briggs
Norah Casey
Evan Cervantes
Faith Griffin
Spencer James
Allison Kerwin
Cleshaun Lively
Therese Murry
Keiara Odume
Ashley Petragnani
Isabella Rivera
Savannah Williams
Grade 10:
J’Brielle Bullock
Timothy Long
James Mack
Grade 11:
Paul Kolenda
Amelia Lamendola
Christian Ly-Gunn
Aisha Osbourne
Lauren Petrie
Axel Rivera
Katherine Ruddy
Francesca Todeschini
Grade 12:
Nguyen Nguyen
Katelyn Oswalt
Service Award
Freshmen –
Spencer James 53 hrs
Catherine Keegan 57 hrs
Roberto Scutari 62 hrs
Siobhan Kivlehan 75 hrs
Sarah Fink 80 hrs
Faith Griffin 100 hrs
Brigid Hardick 101 hrs
Therese Murry 118 hrs
Amarah Streiff 125 hrs
Sophomores –
Ava DiRubbo 131 hrs
Ashley Kochanek 161 hrs
Jordan Puchalski 221.5 hrs
Lukas Eckert 280 hrs
Paige Smith 641 hrs
Juniors –
Matthew Brunger 149 hrs
Alexia Chemotti 102.5 hrs
Amelia Lamendola 108.5 hrs
Dominick Chatas 111.5 hrs
John Galeazza 146 hrs
Axel Rivera 117 hrs
Andrew Schultz 146 hrs
Josephine Shattell 146 hrs
Will Anderson 158.5 hrs
Aine McIntyre 165 hrs
Francesca Todeschini 269 hrs
Seniors –
Derek Tetrault 133 hrs
Bridget Downey 134 hrs; She will also receive an Honor Cord for accumulating a total of 536 service hours
Jack Moen 153.5 hrs
Katelyn Oswalt No new hours this year, however, She will receive an Honor Cord for accumulating a total of 590 service hours
Nathanial Parkhurst 681 hrs this year alone; He will receive an Honor Cord for accumulating a total of 829 service hours
High Honors
From the Class of 2023:
Evan Cervantes
Camryn Collins
Jonathan Daher
Faith Griffin
Betrize Gurgol
Ryhan Hergenhan
Spencer James
Catherine Keegan
Allison Kerwin
Siobhan Kivlehan
Andie Leo
Bailey Mowers
Keiara Odume
Paul Owens
Ashley Petragnani
Dimitri Reynolds
Isabella Rivera
Anne Sardino
Regina Shattell
Benjamin Thieben
Savannah Williams
From the class of 2022:
Amelia Adams
Heidi Biernacki
Sarah Boyea
J’Brielle Bullock
Mark Collins
Anderson Corriero
Peter Dunham
Reese Evans
Andrew Janowski
Kaitlyn Kibling
Timothy Long
Madison Moen
Rachel Sherwood
Summer Smith
From the class of 2021:
Achot Aroman
Grant Baker
Matthew Brunger
Dominick Chatas
Tianqi Jiang
Jordan Kochanek
Amelia Lamendola
Michael Losi
Yisu Park
Lauren Petrie
Axel Rivera
Ashlee Robertson
Katherine Ruddy
Josephine Shattell
Francesca Todeschini
From the class of 2020:
Andrew Cervantes
Daniela Deapo
Noah Kerwin
Jack Moen
Katelyn Oswalt
Sarah Thompson
Principal's List
From the class of 2023:
Achol Aroman
Ryan Brady
Norah Casey
Samuel Colella
Sarah Fink
Annie Gaughan
Brigid Hardick
Therese Murry
Clare Ruddy
Amarah Streiff
Amelia Tkacz-Jimenez
From the Class of 2022–
Charlie Colella
Ava DiRubbo
Patrick Hammer
Ashley Kochanek
Victoria Parsons
From the Class of 2021–
William Anderson
Brian Buttner
Aidan Craner
John Galeazza
Michael Gaughan
Erin Kerwin
Paul Kolenda
Aine McIntyre
From the Class of 2020–
Emily Bouchard*
Nguyen Nguyen
Antonio Scutari
*Emily will be recognized with a plaque at graduation for maintaining a 94.5% average or above for all marking periods during the past 4 years at Bishop Ludden.
President's Award for Educational Achievement
Evan Haberek, Kadi Piagentini, Alexis Pietrowski, Robert Sexton
The President's Award For Educational Excellence
Emily Bouchard, Gryffin Hardick, Jack Moen, Nguyen Nguyen, and Katelyn Oswalt
Outstanding Peer Leadership
Emma Fiorino and Nate Parkhurst
Air Force Scholastics/Athletics Award
Andrew Cervantes and Amelia Lamendola
Air Force Math and Science Award
Brian Buttner and Yisu Park
Air Force Technology Award
William Anderson and Francesca Todeschini
Triple “C” Award
Dominick Chatas and Spencer James
NYS Comptroller Student Achievement Awards
Andrew Cervantes, Ryan DeVaney, James McGarvey, Nathaniel Parkhurst, Antonio Scutari, and Derek Tetreault
NYS Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Emily Bouchard – $1,500
Katelyn Oswalt and Antonio Scutari – $500
Music Awards
Congratulations to Brian Buttner for being selected to participate in the 2020 Sr. High All-County Chorus as well as the Sr. High All-County Jazz Ensemble
STEM Awards
The Bishop Ludden Science Olympiad squad scored the most medals in its 11 year history. 2020 Science Olympiad C Medal Winners and medals include Dom Chatas in Geologic Mapping, Green Generation, and. Solar Power, Mike Losi in Green Generation , Paul Kolenda in Designer Genes, and Astronomy , Isaiah Horne and Jordan Kochanek in Boomilever, Matt Brunger in Astronomy, Will Anderson in Machines and Designer Genes, Nguyen Nguyen in Geologic Mapping, and Tim Jiang in Machines. 2020 Science Olympiad B Medal Winners included Paul Owens and Ryans Brady in Circuit Lab, and Bronze in Experimental Design. Tess Murry and Sarah Fink paired for medals in Anatomy, Bronze in Write It Do It and Silver in Crimebusters. Jon Daher took Bronze in Experimental Design and medaled Ping Pong Parachute. Beatrize Gurgol scored in Ping Pong Parachute and. Meteorology. Isaiah Apps medaled in Meteorology , The teams were coached by Maxine Babcock, Grace Babcock, Will Anderson, Cheryl Hardick, and Michael Skanes.
The Bishop Ludden MasterMinds team scored invitations to three national tournaments with Small Schools Championships at the Ithaca Fall Invitational and Geneva Invitationals and won the Syracuse 2 Regional Title in both Varsity and Junior Varsity competition. Senior Gryffin Hardick three-peated as League All-Star, while Paul Kolenda was named for the second straight year. The JV team has won the title for three straight years. NAQT Ithaca Fall Invitational 2019 Small Schools Champions were Dom Chatas,Mike Losi, Gryffin Hardick, Paul Kolenda, Aidan Craner, and manager Isaiah Horne. Paul received the #3 Individual Player Award. NAQT 2020 Geneva Invitational Small Schools Champions were Dom Chatas, Gryffin Hardick, Paul Kolenda, and Aidan Craner. Paul Kolenda won the #4 Individual Player Medal. 2019-20 MasterMinds Syracuse League 2 Junior Varsity Champions were George O’Malley, Francesca Todeschini, Axel Rivera,Pat Hammer,Rob Burns,Paul Owens, and Ryan Brady, The teams were coached by Maxine Babcock
Coach Jerry Wilcox Scholarship Award
Allison Kerwin, Summer Smith, Michael Gaughan
Jack E. McAuliffe Achievement Award
Megan Cameron, Heidi Biernacki, Ashlee Robertson
Mary Elizabeth Rea Memorial Scholarship
Brian Buttner
David D. Didio Scholarship
Kaitlyn Kibling & Axel Rivera
Jeffrey M. McGuire Memorial Scholarship
Sarah Thompson
Patricia J. Drake ’82 Scholarship
John Owens
John G. Servatius ’85 Memorial Scholarship
John (Grant) Baker
Elizabeth Tully Scholarship
Alexandra Royal
Blue Cords
Emma Fiorino, Isaiah Horne, Jack Moen, Rose Morris, William Powell, Robert Sexton, Derek Tetreault, Megan Virkler
Green Cords
Bridget Downey, Gryffin Hardick, James McGarvey and Jack Moen
Gold Cords
Emily Bouchard
Jayden Burney
Liam Casey
Andrew Cervantes
Ryan DeVaney
Gryffin Hardick
Isaiah Horne
Noah Kerwin
Cassidy Lenchert
Jack Moen
Rose Morris
Nguyen Nguyen
Katelyn Oswalt
Antonio Scutari
Sarah Thompson
Megan Virkler
Class of 2020 Top Ten
10 – Noah Kerwin
9 – Andrew Cervantes
8 – Nguyen Nguyen
7 – Gryffin Hardick
6 – Liam Casey
5 – Jack Moen
3 – Sarah Tompson
3 – Antonio Scutari
2 – Katelyn Oswalt
1 – Emily Bouchard