Student Recognitions

I have been TERRIBLE about getting a lot of recognitions up on my blog that are long overdue.  It is not a valid excuse, but at least part of the reason for the delay is the fact that I knew that I had more pictures on my camera and since moving I haven’t been able to figure out where I packed (and therefore unpacked) my camera cord.  :-)  It is always something, isn’t it?!?  Luckily I had some pictures on my phone so I was able to get to those pictures…

Congratulations to Patrick Archambeau who qualified for the State SKILLS Competition for presenting a speech regarding his involvement with the fire service program at the Delaware Area Career Center.

Anthony Bartko will continue playing football in college at Heidelberg.  Pictured is Anthony as he celebrated with his family, coaches, teammates and friends at a ceremony.


Lizzie Cherry celebrated her decision to play softball in college during a ceremony a few weeks ago.  Lizzie has decided to attend Denison University in the fall.  Congratulations!



Keeler Callahan and Nick Bortolani jointly celebrated their decisions to play college sports.  Keeler intends to swim at the Ohio State University and Nick will play lacrosse at Denison.  I’m proud of you both and excited for your future academic and athletic careers!


Students of the Month are honored by the Kilbourne faculty and staff for their academic achievement, good citizenship, and/or service to the school or community.  Students can only earn this recognition once in their high school career.

The March Students of the Month included Riley Brehm and Emily Cantrell and not pictured, Rosalyn Chen.


The April Students of the Month included (L to R): Alex Allison, Trent Angles, Hannah Vincent, Emily Cantrell, and not pictured, Joey Cipicchio.


The Importance of Being Earnest was a play performed last month and Jimmy Barbin and Jey Bukkapatnam had lead roles.  They did an incredible job in their performance and were funny, entertaining, and made the night a delightful evening.


For the first time this year WKHS created a FIRST Robotics Team who participated in a regional competition in Cleveland at the end of March.  This group worked countless hours to design and build a robot that would shoot basketballs into hoops of three different heights all while playing in conjunction with other robots from other teams and defending against opponent robots.  Six of my students were involved in the team efforts which included Jonathan Black, Sean Baumgardner, Iric Bernal, Nick Darby, Emrys Bennett and Alan Brophy.


Last week the students that were selected to serve on Student Council next year were announced and many of my students are among those who will be leading in this capacity.  Hannah Vincent will be the Student Body Secretary.  Nate Deagle will be the Senior Class Vice President and Naomi Barker will be the Senior Class Secretary.  The Junior Class officers includes Lauren Hedges as President, Dillon Castelli as Vice President and Michelle Ding as Treasurer.  Vaishnavi Dasaka will serve as the Sophomore Class Treasurer.  Additionally, the following students will be involved in student council as representatives of their respective classes: Sarah Adams, Lindsey Bauer, Jenna Boue, Rosan Eldadah, Grace Ellis, Tanner Atha, Amelia Boudinot, Joey Cipicchio, Danny Darby, Erin Dieringer, Elizabeth Borchers, Michelle Borchers, Steven Borchers, Kayla Boudreault and Emily Dodd.  Congratulations to each of you!


Three times a year students are inducted into the Socratic Society.  Staff members are given the opportunity to recognize students for excellence in one or more of the core Socratic values of Scholarship, Integrity, Personal Effort, Compassion, or Lifelong Learning.  Students are only eligible to be selected for this honor one time during their high school career.  On Friday morning 12 of my students were inducted into the Socratic Society – Zach Bloom, Addy Boyles, Jenna Boue, Meredith Schram, Amelia Boudinot, Sarah Ahrens, Maggie Barrie, Robyn Du, and Brianna Bare are pictured in the first picture.  Jorge Buendia is pictured with Mr. DiMauro, who nominated him for Socratic Society.  Not pictured, but also inducted into the Socratic Society included Andrew Cason and Perry Dilley.


Congratulations to each of you!  You represent WKHS so well and I applaud you and your accomplishments!