2006 Awards

High School

Each year, our students' outstanding achievements are recognized. The major awards and their recipients for the 2005-2006 school year are as follows:

Valedictorian: Nora Nicholson Weber. This award goes to the senior with the highest GPA in grades 11 and 12.

Salutatorian: In Suk Jung. This award goes to the senior with the second highest GPA in grades 11 and 12.

Best All Around Student: Anne Henderson.

Since 1929, this award has been given to the senior student who best displays scholarship, effort, leadership, participation in extracurricular activities, personal traits, cooperation with the school community, and contribution to residence life at Woodstock. The award's recipient is voted for by the senior class and the staff.

• Student Government Award: Suheil Farrell Tandon and Anne Henderson



• Centennial Shield: Grade 11



• Pratap Chatterjee Memorial Science Award: Cheon Ha Jeon



• Mathematics Award: not awarded



• Jimmy Cassinath Memorial Awards
• Writing: Nora Nicholson Weber
• Art: Priya SinghDeo

These prizes were first awarded in 1960 from a fund established by his father in memory of Jimmy Cassinath, a member of the class of 1958. Jimmy came to WS in 1951 and died of cancer in London in 1958. These awards are given in recognition of those students with creative ability in writing, art, and drama-areas Jimmy excelled and delighted in. A candidate's work of at least one full year is judged. No one student may receive more than one Cassinath Award in a given year.

• Drama Awards.
• Excellence in Acting: Raghav Chandra.



• Excellence in Stagecraft: Hae Won Jung

• Writing Awards: Thomas Jeffery, Clara Lee Swanson, Kristina Mall.



• Journalism Awards
• Writing: Kesang Chuki Chungyalpa.
• Production: Purnima Malik, Tanya Shrenik Shah, Noryang Lhamo Yeshi
  

• Music Awards
• Poad Music Shield: not awarded
• Mubarak Masih Indian Music Shield: not awarded
  

• Community Service Award: Pema Yangden, Harshita Mann



• Audiovisual Crew Awards: Maki Miura, Rebekah Blank



• Citizenship Awards
• Clifton Hostel: Joshua J. Pandian (10); Rubi Satinder (11); Connor James Lewis (12); Hae Won Jung (12)
• Midlands: Hilary Smith (9); Neetha Philip (10); Priya SinghDeo (11); Youdonla Gonsar; Tshering Yangden (12)
• Community Center: Hyun Hwan Ahn

• Champion House Award: Merlins House

Certificates of Outstanding Achievement

• Grade 12: Kannagi Bhatt, Dorien Ediger-Seto, Anshu Shamsher Giri, Harin Vijaykumar Gupta, Mansi Gupta, Anne Henderson,* Limayinla Jamir, Cheon Ha Jeon,* Hae Won Jung, In Suk Jung,* Connor James Lewis,* Prashant Masih, Rahul Mukerji, Sonya Grace Prasertong, Timothy Amis Smith, Suheil Farrell Tandon,* Varun Kumar Todi, Nora Nicholson Weber



• Grade 11: Smriti Agarwal, Masroor Mohammad Alam, Mhabeni Bona, Bhargav Chekuri, Elias Anand Dohne, Siddharth Gangopadhyay, Arpita Esther Herbert, Ye-Won Kwak, Nicole LeeAnne Lemire, Maki Miura,* Shobhit Niraula,* Priya SinghDeo, Clara Lee Swanson, Kiwa Takatsu



• Grade 10: Rebekah Marina Blank, Raghav Chandra, Jamyang Choedon, Sharon Kim D'Souza, Arushi Gandhi, Avash Dhoj Joshi, Ananya Kejriwal, Gonpo Dorje Lama, Aidan Mark Lewis, Boris Popov, Palzom Tenzing Pradhan, Abhik Setia



• Grade 9: Hyun-Hwan Ahn, Vedika Birla, Srishti Chandola, Amrita Kaur Dhillon, Rithambhra Garg, Sanam Khanna, Tanzing Namtse Lama, Atin Ramola, Samita Thapa.

(* certificates with pins)

• Mathematics: In Suk Jung

• Science
• Biology: Nora Nicholson Weber
• Chemistry: In Suk Jung
• Physics: In Suk Jung
• Environmental Science: Prithvi Ramakrishnan

• Social Studies
• Economics: In Suk Jung
• Indian History: Samridhi Vijay
• Computer Science: Timothy Amis Smith

• Foreign Languages
• Hindi: Rithambhra Garg

• Music
• Orchestra: Maki Miura
• Concert Band: Prashant Masih and Hae Won Jung
• Jazz Band: Rebekah Blank
• Choir: Rahul Mukerji
• Guitar: Nora Weber
• Indian Music: Aesha Vakil and Kumiko Akiyama

Elementary School

Ruth Shepherd Award for Creative Writing: Tenzin Jigmey Nepali

This award, established in memory of Ruth byparents Malcolm and June Shepherd, recognizes the third grader who shows most talent in creative writing.

Outstanding Academic Achievement Award

• Grade 1: Mari Lindeman
• Grade 2: William Reid, Miriam Dunn
• Grade 3: Shaurya Dhingra
• Grade 4: Hazel Ebenezer
• Grade 5: Aniketh Mohanty, Mok Young Kim

Staff and Employees

Winterline Award for Excellence in Education: Sharon Seto, Shannon Deyhle

This award is given by the Winterline Foundation to individuals who demonstrate innovative curriculum development or outstanding instructional technique, who organize or conduct exemplary extracurricular activity, or who otherwise motivate high student achievement or interest. This award encourages exellence in classroom teaching or staff-directed activity and inspires staff to produce students that will be citizens of the world.