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GCA Celebrates Over 250 Student and Staff Awards

GCA Celebrates Over 250 Student and Staff Awards
Hailey Borden
GCA Students Pose with Awards

 

Gilbert Classical Academy held their annual Awards Ceremony on April 22nd - celebrating the achievements and dedication of over 250 students, staff, and volunteers.

Members of the GCA community were recognized for their academic success, athletics achievements, commitment to leadership, and dedication to volunteerism.

During the ceremony, 16 award categories were presented:

  • Department Awards - The selection of these awards involves careful consideration by the various GCA Departments. They thoughtfully discuss the students who have truly shone this year, leading to a comprehensive list of worthy individuals.
  • .Volunteer of the Year - Each year, GCA staff collectively nominates and selects one individual whose generosity and selfless commitment have stood out.
  • Spartan Athlete Award - Presented to a junior high and high school student-athlete who exemplifies academic and athletic excellence throughout the school year and consistently displays The GCA Way.
  • Principal Leadership Awards - This prestigious award is presented to students with outstanding leadership qualities and academic performance throughout the school year. 
  • Virtue Awards
  • Socrates Award - Inspired by Socrates' belief in self-discovery and the power of acknowledging what we don't know, the Socrates Award honors an educator who fosters a similar spirit of inquiry in their classroom and on campus.
  • Spartan Appreciation Award - Recognizes a support staff member who consistently goes above and beyond for our GCA community. 
  • Spartan of the Year - Awarded to a student nominated by GCA teachers and staff for their dedication to others and how they disadvantage themselves to advantage the community.
  • Senate Leaders
  • National Merit Scholars - Awarded to students who scored in the top 1% of all students nationwide on the PSAT, SAT, and National merit Qualifying Test.
  • 2025 Valedictorians - Awarded to students who have exemplified academic excellence throughout their high school journey and have earned a perfect record of all A's.
  • GCA Hall of Heroes - Awarded to the Legion to earn the most points throughout the school year.  
  • Legion Awards - Given to the legion member who has shown leadership, compassion, and engagement in the legion, includes everyone, and models what it is to be a Spartan.
  • Golden Scholars - These students have earned an outstanding unweighted GPA of 3.8 or higher.
  • The 100, 150, and 200 Club - Awarded to students with outstanding academic growth who have achieved substantial increases in their PSAT scores since the previous year. 
  • Swim and Dive Championship Ring ceremony

Over 250 GCA students, staff, and community members were celebrated during the ceremony.

Department Awards 

Junior High and High School

Physical Education - Taylor Wheeler
Spanish - Javen Chen
Art - Rati Tabatadze
Theater - Kendalyn Atencio

High School

Social Studies - Jackson Peterson
Science - Conner Daneshkhah
Mathematics - Mackenzie Adcock
English - Makenzie Adcock
Latin - Caitlyn Dees
Music -  Colin Ray

Junior High

Social Studies - Grace Carvalho
Science - Tia Pifer
Mathematics - Munachiso Okoli
English - Vaishnavi Shah
Latin - Sanjesna Jesu Nazarene Sangeetha
Music - Lydia Knight

Spartan Athlete Award

Junior High

Girls - Munachiso Okoli
Boys -  Connor Bondi

High School

Girls - Marie Felicia Cristobal
Boys - Sotris Katsanos

Senate Leaders

Junior High Tribune Winners: Nick Mineccia and Aden Wakefield
High School Junior Counsel: Freya Bajaj
High School Senior Counsel: Mary Maguire

Virtues Award

  • Brandon Kooner
  • James Klauba
  • Hobey Hartman
  • Munachiso Okoli
  • Mila Steege
  • Aiden Wakefield
  • Aaron Andrade
  • Korbin Appell
  • Jasmine El Masri
  • Ella Mbuya
  • Sasha Penunuri
  • Rati Tabatadze
  • Dahna Tao
  • Ayden Thielsen

Socrates Award

Roslyn Knight

Spartan Appreciation Award

Samantha Levy

Spartan of the Year

Conner Daneshkhah

National Merit Scholars

Conner Daneshkhah

GCA Hall of Heroes

Brough’ Brufhalos

Volunteer of the Year

Toni Maguire

Principal Leadership Awards

Thorsten Anderson & Noelle Strait-Constandse

Valedictorians

  • Bhavani Arvind
  • Caitlin Chua
  • Conner Daneshkhah
  • Zoey Emmert
  • Aidan Feirstein
  • Pranav Kodali
  • Jackson Peterson
  • Rati Tabatadze
  • Elaine Tang
  • Alexander Tangpan
  • Merissa Wongso
  • Farhan Islam
  • Wenrui Xu
  • Jennifer Chen

Legion Awards

  • Ameziane - Apocalyptic Alpachemists - Jada Espinoza
  • Brough - Blazing Broughalos - George Valencia
  • Bloxham - Bloxam’s Blackwidows - Thorsten Anderson
  • Cheer - Cheer’s Cheerleaders - Arshiya Mohamed
  • Culley - Culley’s Cobras - Komalpreet Chadha
  • Delecki - Delecki's Demigods - Jose Fuentes
  • Dodder - Dodder's Dragons - Emily Dong
  • Gary - Gary’s Griffins - Tahani Kozerski
  • Gibson - Gibson’s Gladiators - Aleena Thomas
  • Glenn - Glenn’s Gorilla’s - Ryan Roco
  • Hill - Hill’s Hammerheads - John Gailey
  • Johnson - Johnson’s Juggernauts - Annie Huynh
  • Joslin - Joslin’s Justice League - Rory Lendzion
  • Maas - Mickey Maas’ Massive, Medieval, Magical Mafia - Ashleigh Voiles
  • Pettit - Pettit’s Punishers - Kaylee Bushor
  • Roso - Roso’s Roosters - Maria/Jennifer/Elise
  • Russell - Russell’s Rats - Jackson Peterson
  • Ryan - Ryan’s Reynolds - Hannah Han
  • Scatena - Scatena's Savages - Stephanie Hein
  • Tidwell - Tidwell’s Teletubbies - Ayan Bhatia
  • Tantalo - Tantalo’s Tortugas - Michelle Owsley
  • Sprinkle - Sprinklles Sprinkles - Paul Cristobal
  • Wall - Wall’s Wildcats - Sophia Wong
  • Watson - Watson Wizards - Amanda Tran

The 100, 150, and 200 Club

  • Hammer, Corianna N.
  • Usrey, Olivia K.
  • Pokharel, Jessica
  • Cork, Ethan
  • Njuguna, Christine M.
  • Wu, Wangzhaoqi
  • Arendt, Kiley M.
  • Parmar, Shivang
  • Nguyen, Madeleine Phuong-Anh T.
  • Vu, John T.
  • Marshall, Ian C.
  • Baker, Nicholas J.
  • Dhillon, Manraj S.
  • Saavedra Garcia, Diego
  • Kamau, Jamille Ethan
  • Alarcon Contreras, Aolani
  • Yu, Bella J.
  • Bloxham, Samuel A.
  • Brignone, Gianno
  • Gata, Mira G.
  • Mlunjwana, Luyanda R.
  • Tang, Iris Y.
  • Muruvanda, Natalia M.
  • Baleme, Charles A.
  • Slay, Brenden O.
  • Jeraige, Elio
  • Anderson, Oliver J.
  • Huq, Areeb A.
  • Uribe, Carlos S.
  • Jones, Kyle M.
  • John, Joshua
  • Bhatia, Esha
  • Aslam, Armaan
  • Maarouf, Sammy I.
  • Wendell, Illiana F.
  • Cristobal, Paul-Matteo D.
  • Phan, Jason P.
  • Swenson, Bryleigh S.
  • Walker, Kaleb A.
  • Carlson, Blake E.
  • Tomco, Ryker K.
  • Plumb, Zachary J.
  • Starling, Olivia C.
  • Higgins, Bryson V.
  • Kephart, Sophie G.
  • Sham, Yat Hei
  • Gurr, Enoch S.
  • Bhatia, Aryan D.
  • Cruz, Ethan R.
  • Abdulwahab, Ziad A.
  • Sotoa, Malosi K.
  • Stuart, Kirsten Leanne F.
  • Trejo, Sophia M.
  • Adcock, Madison R.
  • Patel, Bhaarvi A.
  • Salloum, Kiyan S.
  • Salian, Nikhil S.
  • Chow, Maxwell V.
  • Sienkiewicz, Scarlett R.
  • Tran, Anh
  • Gomez, Kaylee C.
  • Wallen, Ava E.
  • Dahman, Chase A.
  • Garland, Nevin S.
  • Thomasson, Casey
  • Wahl, Carter O.
  • Chavez Kocsis, Devin C.
  • Bajaj, Freya
  • Skiera, Rayna E.
  • Emmert, Alexis L.
  • Chen, Javen
  • Rice, Nicholas J.
  • Torrey, Zoeanna
  • Lakhanpal, Aarav
  • Irizarry, James D.
  • Ferguson, Lincoln
  • Merkuri, Elizabeth
  • Guymon, Aspen J.
  • Wheeler, Taylor S.
  • Andrade, Aaron S.
  • Johnson, Nash R.
  • Cole, Duncan M.
  • Kelto, Audrey M.
  • Hernandez, Isabella M.
  • Ha, Thu A.
  • Thomas, D'Angelo S.
  • Tzeng, Evan S.
  • Barlics, Glen D.
  • Wong, Sabrina P.
  • Penunuri, Sasha I.
  • Trimmer, Devlin M.
  • Prasad, Shreya
  • Hanson, Teresa A.
  • Okoli, Chigozie D.

Golden Scholars

  • Reese Bense
  • Mae Carmichael
  • Janelle Chang
  • Brock Dillard
  • Damien Gonzalez
  • Simon Kinnaird
  • Myla Ledbetter
  • Hailey Long
  • Avril Ni
  • Aashi Parikh
  • Laxmi Patel
  • Ilina Salian
  • Sharon Schuessler
  • Arnav Shah
  • Vaishnavi Shah
  • Arshaq Shaik
  • Mila Steege
  • Aubrie  Stratton
  • Kaylee Thielsen
  • Keilani Torbert
  • Thorsten Anderson
  • Sushank Aragam
  • Alicia Azbill
  • Mia Bhatia
  • Chase Carlson
  • Vincent Czajka
  • Mackenzie Feirstein
  • Ava Gonzalez
  • Mason Hammer
  • An Huynh
  • Shadman Islam
  • Sanjesna Jesu Nazarene Sangeetha
  • Makenna Johnson
  • Sophia Knight
  • Munachiso Okoli
  • Noelle  Parker
  • Tia Pifer
  • Yiyang  Sun
  • Dahna  Tao
  • Everett  Ulrickson
  • Skylar Victorino
  • Ethan Waldo
  • Sophia Westcott
  • Carina  Xue
  • Allison  Yates
  • Nora Alarie
  • Aaron Andrade
  • Tanaaz  Arefeen
  • Abigail  Baker
  • Vincenzo Bernasconi
  • Aaron Chan
  • Sai Satwik Chekka
  • Sabrina Chung
  • Catherine Dinh
  • Jordan  Garding
  • Aspen Guymon
  • Thu Ha
  • Sophia  Hajiha
  • Hobey  Hartman
  • Ennis Ingram
  • Nash Johnson
  • Andrew Lawson
  • Lucas Liu
  • Madelyn Martinez
  • Ella Mbuya
  • Talia Mbuya
  • Elizabeth Merkuri
  • Nikolai  Oskowis
  • Sainy Patel
  • Sasha Penunuri
  • Nathan Pudenz
  • Zoe Reyes
  • Madison Riley
  • Anjolie Sell
  • Mason Smith
  • Owen Stuckey
  • Ayden Thielsen
  • D'Angelo Thomas
  • Zoeanna Torrey
  • Evan Tzeng
  • Caroline Udall
  • Asha Weiden
  • Taylor Wheeler
  • Oliver White
  • Kyla Wilton
  • Sabrina Wong
  • Steve Wongso
  • Madison Adcock
  • Freya Bajaj
  • Aryan Bhatia
  • Carter Carmichael
  • Parker Chavez
  • Javen Chen
  • Maxwell Chow
  • Allegra  de Bruin
  • Caitlyn Dees
  • Prisha Dhiman
  • Jayden Dong
  • Alexis Emmert
  • Kennedy Emmert
  • Paul Gailey
  • Nevin Garland
  • Amaya Garrard
  • Anghelo Ivan Gata
  • Gabriella Hanna
  • Zadok Hutchins
  • Joseph Irizarry
  • Dallin Johnson
  • Sophie  Kephart
  • Emma Kusz
  • Nathaniel Leach
  • Caden  McCraw
  • Lennon Mikan
  • William  Milla
  • Zaydan Mirza
  • Bhaarvi Patel
  • Hector Ramos
  • Mackenzie Redford
  • Aveline Scilley
  • Yat Hei  Sham
  • Mayank Sharma
  • Juan Franco Sinoc
  • Hanna Skiera
  • Rayna Skiera
  • Olivia  Starling
  • Kairos Torsina
  • Anh Tran
  • Michael Wang
  • Ethan Wilke
  • Makayla Wolfgang
  • Jayden Yates
  • Nathan Yu
  • Kiley Arendt
  • Esha Bhatia
  • Samuel Bloxham
  • Gianno Brignone
  • Silvia Carminati
  • Ethan Cork
  • Paul-Matteo Cristobal
  • Carolina De Moura Baptista
  • Jotham Demellow
  • Manraj Dhillon
  • Ava Fay
  • Mira Gata
  • Meher Jammi
  • Joshua John
  • Kyle Jones
  • Jamille Ethan Kamau
  • Zawadi  Kariuki
  • Aubrey Kloepping
  • Mary Maguire
  • Declan Meyers
  • Luyanda Mlunjwana
  • Paul Mueller
  • Madeleine Phuong-Anh Nguyen
  • Christine Njuguna
  • Bakari Nzou
  • Shivang Parmar
  • Ilse Penunuri
  • Ethan Peterson
  • Jason Phan
  • Jessica Pokharel
  • Gracelyn Provost
  • Iris Tang
  • Bao Gia Han Tran
  • Shiloh Ulrickson
  • Olivia Usrey
  • George Valencia
  • Sarena Venti
  • John Vu
  • Illiana  Wendell
  • Sophia  Wong
  • Melanie Wu
  • Wangzhaoqi Wu
  • Max Xue
  • Bella Yu
  • Anthony Zhu
  • Makenzie Adcock
  • Irfan Alam
  • Bhavani Arvind
  • Kendalyn Atencio
  • Ayan Bhatia
  • Angelina Bui
  • Angeline Bui
  • Jennifer Chen
  • Caitlin Chua
  • Maria-Felicia Cristobal
  • Conner Daneshkhah
  • Adam Dennis
  • Emily Dong
  • Zoey Emmert
  • Aidan  Feirstein
  • Emmalie Gibson
  • Aiden Hall
  • Hannah Han
  • Stephanie Hein
  • Cindy Huynh
  • Ayan Islam
  • Farhan Islam
  • Kiara Johnson
  • Alexandra Katsanos
  • Pranav Kodali
  • Brandon Kooner
  • Analise Kresge
  • Terry Li
  • Joseph Medina
  • Aidan Meyers
  • Arshiya Mohamed
  • Alicia Nguyen
  • Phil Ni
  • Gokce Ozturk
  • Dharma Patel
  • Jackson Peterson
  • Neah Pyon
  • Devan Schroeder
  • Noelle Strait Constandse
  • Rati Tabatadze
  • Elaine Tang
  • Alexander Tangpan
  • Ashleigh Voiles
  • Merissa Wongso
  • Wenrui Xu
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