2007 Awards

Each year, outstanding achievements by our students and staff are recognized in many ways. Many have been established to honor the lives of teachers or students, and are much sought-after. The major awards and their recipients for the 2006-2007 school year are recorded below:

High School

Valedictorian: Smriti Agarwal. This award goes to the senior with the highest GPA in grades 11 and 12.

Salutatorian: Arpita Esther Herbert. This award goes to the senior with the second highest GPA in grades 11 and 12.

Best All-Round Student Award: Maki Miura.

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: Sunaina Kuhn.

Pratap Chatterjee Memorial Science Award: Smriti Agarwal.

E. E. Miller International Award: Priya SinghDeo.

Centennial Shield: Grade 12 (GPA=3.26).

Champion House Award: Merlins.

Jimmy Cassinath Memorial Awards:

• Writing: Not awarded
• Drama: Radhika Malhotra
• Art: Shael Joon

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.

Music Awards:

• Poad Music Shield: Maki Miura
• Mubarak Masih Indian Music Shield: Arpita Esther Herbert

Community Service Award: Gonpo Lama, Khala Ongdi

Hiking Awards: None awarded

Citizenship Awards:

• Clifton Hostel: Shaswat Vaidya (12), Benjamin Rapgey Basnet (11), Shahid Judge (10)
• Community Centre: Aman Khanna (9)
• Midlands: Kesang Chuki Chungyalpa (12), Candida Dhanaraj (11), Michelle Rosangliani Ralte (10), Jennifer Wu (9)

Writing Awards: Mhabeni Bona, Ella Sydney Duncan, Alisa Magdalena Kamber

Journalism Awards:

• Writing: Aidan Mark Lewis
• Production: Akari Ono

Audio-Visual Crew Awards: None awarded

Drama Awards:

• Outstanding acting: Shubhashish Bhutiani, Anchal Lochan
• Stagecraft: Shael Joon

Hiking Pins: None Awarded

Certificates of Outstanding Achievement

Mathematics

Smriti Agarwal

Science

• Biology: Smriti Agarwal
• Chemistry: Jigme Tashi Sherpa
• Environmental Science: Xiomara Bender
• Physics: Smriti Agarwal

Social Studies

• Economics: Arpita Esther Herbert
• History: Kathryn Callill McCaskey

Modern Languages

• Hindi:Not awarded
• French: Boris Popov

English

Mhabeni Bona

Music

• Orchestra: Han Sol Lee
• Concert Band: Karen Ranney Edlefsen
• Jazz Band: Rebekah Marina Blank
• Choral: Kiwa Takatsu
• Indian Music: Nicole LeeAnne Lemire

Scholastic Achievement with Silver Pin (3+ Awards)

Grade 12: Masroor Mohammad Alam, Siddharth Gangopadhyay, Arpita Esther Herbert, Maki Miura, Shobhit Niraula

Grade 11: Avash Dhoj Joshi , Ananya Kejriwal, Boris Popov, Abhik Setia

Scholastic Achievement

Grade 12: Smriti Agarwal, Xiomara Bender, Ipsita Bhatia, Mhabeni Bona, Bhargavi Chekuri, Akansha Garg, Alisa Magdalena Kamber, Nicole LeeAnne Lemire, Kathryn Callill McCaskey, Priya SinghDeo, Kiwa Takatsu.

Grade 11: Rebekah Marina Blank, Jamyang Choedon, Gonpo Dorje Lama, Aidan Mark Lewis, Anchal Lochan Megha Maniar

Grade 10: Vedika Birla, rishti Chandola, Amrita Kaur Dhillon, Karen Ranney Edlefsen, Rithambhra Garg, Mitali Gupta, Sanam Khanna, Charisma M.S. Kundan, Tenzing Namtse Lama, Raisa Sanjana Rahman, Atin Ramola, Lalrinngheti Sangsiama, Samita Thapa, Trung Thanh Ton

Grade 9: Raag Bhatia, Kirsten Carolle Howard, Temjenmoa Jamir, Ennuri Jo, Eun A Jo, Aman Khanna, Chang Yoon Lee, Han Sol Lee, Sung-Oh Moon, Joshua Remsanga, Aradhana Joanna Roberts, Sheetam Samal, Tokuji Tanaka, Aditya Todi, Jetsuen Wangmo

New National Honour Society Members

Grade 9: Aradhana Joanna Roberts, Joshua Remsanga, Eun A Jo, Pem Chhoden Tshering, Han Sol Lee, Yoon Jung Yi, Jennifer Wu, Jetsuen Wangmo, Sahil Jain, Aditya Todi, Tokuji Tanaka

Grade 10: Cassilda Dhanaraj, Rachit Kumar, Sanam Khanna, Atin Ramola, Akshay Kamal Agarwal,

Grade 11: Chagan Sanathu, Ananya Kejriwal, Megha Maniar, Anchal Lochan

Elementary School

Ruth Shepherd Award for Creative Writing: Quentin Dercon

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

Outstanding Academic Achievement Award

Grades 1/2: Aiden Hugg

Grade 3: Quentin Dercon

Grade 4: Lalrinhlui Sangsiama

Grade 5: Ugyen Tseomla Lama

Staff

Winterline Award for Excellence in Education: Rosalie and Alan Howard, Brian Dunn

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 excellence in classroom teaching or staff-directed activity and inspires staff to produce students that will be citizens of the world.