On April 25, Miami Palmetto Senior High held its annual Underclass Award Ceremony to honor outstanding freshmen, sophomores and juniors with awards highlighting their academic and service-based accomplishments. 

Class of 2024 co-presidents Ruben Behar and Rebecca Panagakos hosted the ceremony and announced the awards, alongside introductions by Principal Victoria Dobbs, Student Council President Clayton Detant, PTSA President Elyssa Lewis, the department heads and more.

Listed below are all of the students who received awards.

Book Awards

Tulane University – Sydney Lambert

Yale University – Scott Gould

Harvard University – Jean Blandon

Princeton University – Aayana Baid

Brown University – Jaya Castro

PTSA Leadership Awards

Gianna Torres (9)

Lucas Albert (9)

Andie Gussin (10)

Brooke Barnett (10)

Mia Shields (11)

Aiden Barreras (11)

Lucas Anson (11)

PTSA Service Awards

Zachary Lewis (9)

Savannah Sanin (9)

Sofia Rojas (9)

Zachary Cohen (10)

Gavin Linton (10)

O’Neill Cooper (10)

Sabrina Donet (10)

Alexis James (11)

Ava Stuzin (11)

PAW Awards

Danielle Gems (9)

Juliana Barreras (9)

Tristan Gettinger (10)

Daniel Mazer (10)

Stefania Militello (10)

Kate Kramer (10)

Zoey Brin (10)

Bowen Young (10)

Alexis Cohen (11)

Daniella Shapiro (11)

Zachary Bales (11)

Madeline Volpe (11)

Core Values Awards

Samantha Panagakos (9)

Juliet Isom (9)

Alex Sanglez (9)

Ploypaporn Sopawong (9)

Cooper Haller (10)

Yitzak Mashav (10)

Sophie Davis (10)

Tali Sinclair (10)

Matthew Mitchell (10)

Alexander Bellas (10)

Benjamin Martinez-Acosta (11)

Hillah Amozeg (11)

Achievement

Isabella Hernandez (9)

Michael Horvath (10)

Albert Jorge (11)

Art

Lilly Dunker-Joya (9)

Sophia Pichirilo (10)

Ruby Hadley (11)

Capstone

Haiden Clarin (9)

Madeleine Baldwin (10)

Haylee Hanson (11)

iPrep 

Carlos Ortiz (9)

Solomon Gordon (10)

Nicole Navarro (10)

Lucas Goenaga (11)

Grace Silberberg (11)

Forensic Investigative Academy

Sophie Perales (9)

Sebastian Garavito (10)

Ryan Cannings (11)

Social Science

Bria Sharpe (9)

Vedant Sharan (10)

Matteo Scalla (11)

Business Education

Andrew Wang (9)

Ava Reshefsky (11)

Family Consumer Science

Hannah Samole-Prager (11)

Health Science 

Anyelina Diazdelafuente (9)

James Gorman (10)

Eddie Rodriguez (11)

Dance 

Sloane Segrera (9)

Kayla Mayor (10)

Arianna Brueggert (11)

Drama 

Christina Pelaez (9)

Sophia Barlow (10)

Michael Alvarez (11)

Olivia Greenwald (11)

Drama Tech

Janae Fuentes (9)

Phoenix Mirzoyan (10)

Zoe Bland (11)

Sofia Arnau (11)

Foreign Language

Scarlett Rivera (9)

Estella Li (10)

Pailyn Ratanapaibul (10)

Alefe Oliveiraguerra (11)

Ryan Burch (11)

Immersion

Carmen Moya (9)

Maria Cuenca-Perez (10)

Valery Chacon (11)

English Language Arts

Maia Espinoza (9)

Prince Smith (10)

Michael Larionov (11)

Mathematics

Aida Khizroev (9)

Isabel Morejon (10)

Sabina Khizroev (11)

Music

Brooke Solomon (9)

Myles Messinger (10)

Jeffrey Lu (11)

Newspaper

Eleanor Harris (9)

Gabriella Alvarez (10)

Emilia Haus (11)

Yearbook

Emily Rubin (9)

Sophie Davis (10)

Zoe Tamayo (11)

Science

Maia Espinoza (9)

Janie Cai (10)

Joshua Cohen (11)

Television Production

Grant Hudson (9)

Nadiv Shapiro (10)

Peyton Byrd (11)

Panthers on the Move

Thibault Carbonell (9)

Azal Feghhi (9)

Nicolas Perales (9)

Syvie Kandell (9)

Indeah Lane (10)

Golden Brown (10)

Alex Perodin (10)

Katie Wu (10)

Yitzchak Shapiro (10)

Ava Oren (10)

Lilah Suarez (10)

Annika Adamo (10)

Panthers of Distinction

Madison Williams (11)

Brooke Wilensky (11)

Ava Graziano (11)

Katerina Cepero (11)

Jack Diemar (11)

Maddie Sakalo (11)

Most All Around Freshman

Lucy Dwyer

Most All Around Sophomore

Ruby Pelz

Most All Around Junior

Sara Paredes