Awards of a nature that do not fit in the categories below.
US Awards
Junior Awards
Naomi Blank
Paul Chirkov
Tim Chirkov
Carl Wehbe
The Ricanne Hadrian ’78 Award
David Alexander
Erica Dabanka
Mia Shih
Tamar Weil
Community Council Award
Sophie Blackman
Claiborne Pell Award
Isaiah Suchman
Nancy Sizer Award
Jane Josefowicz
The Priscilla Wolff Award for Excellence in Writing
Anneke Cornelissen
The English Award
Sam Goldstein
Nathan Haronian
The Army Armstrong Math Award
Anna Clyne
Eric Tang
Edith Erlenmeyer Award
Jamey Mayer
Mira Pensa
Society of Women Engineers Award
Lila Rizvi
Will Augustyn
Elizabeth Gao ’11 Award
Luc Gaitskell
Tara Lecamwasam
Scholar Athlete Awards
Kate Keenan
Nate Fogarty
Senior Leadership Award
Taj Jensen
Talia Jellinek-Knight
Lieutenant Governor’s Award
Izzy Santana
The Spirit Giveth Life Award
Evan Harrison
Ella Rudisill
2021 US Presidential Scholars
Eric Tang ’21 (among 161 high school seniors nationwide).
Cum Laude Society 2021
Seniors
Sophia Blackman ’21
Nathan Fogarty ’21
Samuel Goldstein ’21
Ayush Gupta ’21
Jane Josefowicz ’21
Jakob Kase ’21
Darshan Mehta ’21
Giselle Virga ’21
Tahseen Younus ’21
Juniors
Anna Block ’22
Elizabeth Chivers ’22
Manolo Dal Bo ’22
Ruby Goldstein ’22
Jillian Iredale ’22
Ella Levine ’22
Emma Mirrer ’22
Zeah Pivorunas ’22
RI Academic Decathlon
Top scorer in the entire competition: Eric Tang, with an amazing 9 medals,
4 of them Gold.
Andrew Song tied Eric for Gold in Math
Josh Shin got the Bronze in Math
Myles Johnson got the Bronze in Interview
Amol Rathore also competed on this year’s team.
National High School Model UN Conference
Isaiah Suchman won an individual Award of Distinction for his role as Judge in the International Criminal Court
The Wheeler delegation won an Award of Distinction in the Research & Preparation category.
As one of the conference directors wrote: “Multiple awards of distinction is a big deal – Wheeler always impresses :)”
2021 Independent School Spelling Bee
2021 Rhode Island State Spelling Bee
Seoyon Kim, 8th grader, won both the Independent School Spelling Bee and the subsequent RI State competition and will go on to compete in the National Bee.
To get to the wider contests: After three days of competition, Seoyon Kim won the Wheeler contest by outlasting classmate Selina Kao with the word kookaburra.
Day 2 finalists
Yonas Krzystolik
Daniel Shea
Eloise Harvey
Selina Kao
Seoyon Kim
School finalists
5th graders
Yonas Krzystolik
Kush Patel
Indira Peckham
Daniel Shea
6th graders
Eloise Harvey
8th graders
Selina Kao
Jane Kennedy
Seoyon Kim
RI State Chess Champions
Upper School Championship Roster:
William Schroeder
Declan Allio
Sam Goldstein
Nathan Fogarty
Iman Khanbhai
Middle School Championship Roster:
Jacob Himelfarb
Ian Chang
Reid Wemple
Bodhi Becker
Bobby Colbert-Muetterties
Tomas Castano
Odysseas Pavlides
9 Wheeler seniors named among the 4,500 candidates in the 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
Declan Allio
Anna Cornelissen
Nathan Fogarty
Ayush Gupta
Nathan Haronian
Jane Josefowicz
Jamey Mayer
Katherine Noonan
Isaiah Suchman
Eric Tang
2020 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
Declan Allio
Anna Cornelissen
Jane Josefowicz
Darshan Mehta
Isaiah Suchman
Eric Tang
William Xia
Commended Students
Lucien Gaitskell
Samuel Goldstein
Ayush Gupta
Nathan Haronian
Jamey Mayer
Mira Pensa
RI “I Vote” Sticker Design Contest
First Prize, Sticker will be used statewide in fall elections
Isaiah Suchman
RI Law Day Essay Contest
1st place: Declan Allio
2nd place: Lilie Young
Upper School SY19-20 Awards
Junior Awards — honors positive contributions to classes: through being a role model for peers in classes, being invested in learning and scholarship, through demonstrating intellectual curiosity and breadth of knowledge, and attaining significant academic achievement.
Nate Fogarty
Chiara Guglielmo
Ella Rudisill
Isaiah Suchman
The Ricanne Hadrian ’78 Award
Honoring good citizenship in the community: extending oneself here on our campus, giving attention to others, demonstrating a mature attitude, being an excellent role model for behavior, being respected by both faculty and peers.
Evan Harrison
Tara Lecamwasam
Ronnie Parrillo
Mira Pensa
Community Council Award
Biomed Club — Mick Chivers, Yasmine Mechrefe, Hannah Singer
Claiborne Pell Award (History)
Alex Mirrer
Nancy Sizer Award (History)
Chloe Guo
The Priscilla Wolff Award for Excellence in Writing
Caroline Capozzi and Catherine Sawoski
The English Dept. Award
Mick Chivers
The Army Armstrong Math Award
Kat Chaltas and Daniel Shimberg
Edith Erlenmeyer Award (Modern Languages)
Zoe Rudolph-Larrea
Society of Women Engineers Award
Eric Tang and Jane Josefewicz
Elizabeth Gao’11” Award
Gaurav Rathore and Ashrita Iyengar
Community Service Award
Michael Barone
Scholar-Athlete Awards
Jack Mancini and Jaqueline Faulise
Providence Journal Award (Athletics)
Ross Cornelissen and Allison Paik
Senior Leadership Award
Rhessa Weber Langstaff, Arvind Sridhar
First Congressional District Leadership Award for Academic Achievement, Leadership abilities, and Community service
Maddie Lee
The Spirit Giveth Life Award — The Spirit Giveth Life Award is conferred annually by the Upper School Faculty on two seniors of different genders whose actions in their lives at Wheeler exemplify the community values we hold esteem: Integrity, Compassion, Responsibility, Respect for Learning
Ben Thornton and Elizabeth Poku
2020 RI Storymap Competition
Isaiah Suchman has won first place and $100 in the High School Division for the 2020 RI Storymap (GIS software) competition. His storymap will be entered in the National Competition.
National Mythology Bee
Gabe Oliva-Booth (5th) and Willie Kinnicutt (4H) received medals for their scores of over 90% on the exam, 8th Grader Quinn Kennedy earned a bronze medal.
Cum Laude International Honor Society
Class of 2021
Declan Allio
Anneke Cornelissen
Lucien Gaitskill
Nathan Haronian
Iman Khanbhai
Jamey Mayer
Mira Pensa
Isaiah Suchman
Eric Tang
Class of 2020
Michael Barone
Katherine Chaltas
Chloe Guo
Sherry Huang
Richard Kang
Ella Pike
Gaurav Rathore
Zoe Rudolph-Larrea
Gabriella Streisand
Model UN- NHSMUN in NYC
Isaiah Suchman earned an Award of Excellence as “Judge Suchman” in the International Court of Justice.
National History Bee
Austin Nolan Bidwell who won last year’s Boston Regional (elementary division) won the Bridgeport regional for 2020
5th grader Gabe Oliva Booth placed 6th
School Spelling Bee Winner
Laila Muhanna, Winner
Philip Spradlin, 2nd
Selina Kao, 3rd
Kush Patel, LS High Score
2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
Candidates
James Chivers (Mick)
Philip Cornelissen
Shivesh Mehrotra
Elisseos Papandonatos
Abigail Paull
Daniel Shimberg
Arvind Shridhar
United Way/Pop-Tarts Microgrant 2020
Junior Jane Josefowicz has won a $5,000 grant for her “Refugee Translation Assistance Project”
Model UN
Boston Invitational MUN
Alex Mirrer, Best Delegate Award as reporter for China Daily
Catherine Sawoski, Verbal Commendation as Food Service Director, Ad hoc Crisis Committee
2020 Nat Geo Bee
School Winner
6th Grader Philip Spradlin will advance to the State Bee in April.
7th Grader Seoyon Kim finished second.
Finalists:
4th
Theo Carman
Kush Patel
5th
Raahil Ganguly
Bobby Colbert-Muetterties
Austin Nolan Bidwell
Ty Scarcella
Cole Beattie
6th
Anika Mehta
Sabi Gonzalez
7th
Krish Devkota
8th
Ella Harris
Victoria Spradlin
Brown Model UN Conference 2019
Our delegation was made up of 10 Freshmen, 3 Sophomores, 2 Juniors and for the second year running, we were able to sponsor one Classical student. Students tackled difficult and relevant topics such as refugee resettlement, the feminization of poverty, the privatization of space, rights of prisoners, and the moral and ethical complexities of human genome editing. Two veteran delegates were awarded prizes for exceptional work:
Madison McDougall was awarded a Verbal Commendation for her spirited portrayal of Jean Jacques Marat representing the Third Estate in the Estates General (1789) Joint Crisis Committee.
Isiaih Suchman was awarded a Best Delegate gavel for his work representing India in the UN Climate Change Conference (2020).
Harvey School Hall of Fame
Wheeler Science Faculty member Bob Schmidt has been inducted into the NY school’s Hall of Fame in recognition of his time as a teacher, department chair and athletics coach.
2019 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
Philip Cornelissen
Delaney Foss
Chloe Guo
Elisseos Papandonatos
Arvind Shridhar
Brandon Zhang
Commended Students
Katherine Chaltas
Gabriel Insler
Shivesh Mehrotra
Alexandra Mirrer
Abigail Paull
Gavin Rardin
Daniel Shimberg
National Hispanic Recognition Program
Scholars
Alex Hojman
Juan Sanchez-Ayesta
