Summa Cum Laude Graduates Honored

• The following comes from Prince William County Schools. It is unedited. 

Over 400 seniors will be graduating summa cum laude from Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) this month, with scholastic success stories coming from every PWCS high school. Students earn the distinction of summa cum laude by attaining a grade point average of 4.0 or higher, a score that is obtained by receiving top grades through all four years of high school.

The summa cum laude graduates were recognized at a School Division ceremony held at the Hylton Performing Arts Center on June 6. School Board Chairman At-Large Milton C. Johns, School Board member Don Richardson (Gainesville), Superintendent Steven L. Walts, members of the Superintendent’s staff, and high school principals and administrators attended. 

“The students we are honoring this evening have invested hours, days, and years in pursuit of academic excellence,” said Walts. “These students have reached for a very high goal and achieved it.” “These summa cum laude scholars are an inspiration to all of us. They represent our World-Class Education,” said Johns, addressing the audience. The students and their schools are listed below.

 Kevin Ababio, Aladdin Abdulbaki, Tahsin Anwar, Kelly Arias Cardenas, Hussna Azamy, Hallel Paraluman Basco, Clarissa Cho, Lindsey Daniels, Courtenay Davis, Bre'ana Deen, Anuj Desai, Sarah DeSilva, Curtis Einsmann, Jouella Fabe, Alecia Gaddis, Christina Gilligan, Molly Haskell, Jennifer Heins, Alexandria Hess, Carlos Jimenez Salomon, and Viswanatha Karlapati. Also from Gar-Field High School, Amritpal Kaur, Stuti Kharel, Aimee Lacasse, Chan Lee, Kristina Li, Amir Malik, Jack Miles, Nora Molina, Erick Orellana Morales, Natasha Patterson, Marynet Po, Hirza Raza, Nicholas Reeves, Benjamin Richards, Mariam Sankoh, Robert Schilpp, Mehreen Shahid, Natalia Stewart, Mashal Temory, Brittany Thomas, Kathleen Tolentino, Quocan Vo, Marta Woldu, Tiffany Woods, andSarah Wooten.

: DeVante Allen, Emily Baer, Sarah Bennett, Katherine Bolander, Mahwish Burney, Jordan Bushong, Christopher Coleman, Morgan Cooke, Victoria Ferrara, Kelsey Fortune, Paul Fredenburgh IV, Crystal Golden, Jacob Harnage, Kelli Hutchison, Moneeb Iqbal, Jee Hyun Jun, Lauren Kinneberg, Afi Kumaka, Keith Langhauser, Roberto Lozier, and Megan Lubash. Also, Ashley Marinacci, Ryan McGreal, Valerie Mensah, Christopher Millikan, Shaila Morales Ayala, Amy Nelson, Gregory Nelson, Jaimie Porta, Leslie Reynoso, Dianne Sands, Emily Schaeufele, Celina Sena, Kevin Tatum, Carter Tavaglione, Rebecca Vroustouris, Mason Wallin, Taurionah, Wilkins, Stephanie Williams, and Ishan Zaman.

Freedom High School: Emmanuel Abebrese, Akwasi Asante, Jacob George, Raven Moreland, Barbara Navarrete, Tiffany Queen, Ashika Shrestha, Mariama Wurie, and Hye Ri Choi.