Palmetto’s 2022 Underclass Awards Night Winners

Ava Stuzin, Multimedia Photo Editor

On May 20, Miami Palmetto Senior High live-streamed their 2021-2022 Underclassmen Awards night. The ceremony was broadcast through the Palmetto activities YouTube channel at 6:30 p.m. The ceremony began with the book awards presented by CAP counselor, Linda Dwyer. Recipients of the award include:

Book Awards

James Codd (Rensselaer Polytech Institute Book Award)

Lucas Hudson (Princeton Book Award)

Abbie Lambert (Brandeis Book Award) 

Devica Shah (Wellesley Book Award)

Eli Underwood (Tulane Book Award)

Luke Yang  (Harvard Book Award) 

Ruby Tenbroek (Barnard Book Award)  

After the book awards were presented, PTSA president, Gina Vinueza, presented the PTSA sponsored awards. The first award that was presented was the PTSA-sponsored leadership award which recognizes students who show a well-developed sense of purpose and direction and the ability to lead others. Following the PTSA-sponsored leadership award, the PTSA service award was announced, which recognizes students who maintain an excellent academic record and have volunteered in many activities both inside and outside of school.

PTSA Sponsored Leadership Awards

Paulina Handal

Scott Gould

Leila Alkanchidi

Ava Graziano

Jordis Markowitz

Ruben Behar

Lukas Goldenberg

Matthias Martinez

Valentina Nicolini

PTSA Sponsored Service Awards

Morgan Shapiro

Tatiana Rodriguez

Robert Panate

Cooper Menachem 

Ethan Zabari

Carolina Medina

Jacqueline Banegas

Christina Perez

Brian Shirley

Matthew Lewis

Following the PTSA Awards, Assistant Principal Jesus Tellechea introduced the PAW award, given to highly-respected students for their outstanding character and sense of integrity.

PAW Awards

Alessandra Falcon

Zachary El-Assad

Luis Perez

Alexis Cohen

Natalie Rodriguez

Danny Fandino

Marly Young

Lexi Osman

Sydney Oren

Alexandria Browne

Catherine Green

Julius Talas

Samantha Elkins

Lorenzo Vinueza

Jordan Finkle

Cameryn Givens

Gianfranco Militello

Afterward, Assistant Principal, Daniel Barreras was introduced to present the Core Value Awards. The Core Value Award is given to students who uphold the core values of: honesty, cooperation, integrity, kindness, fairness, responsibility, respect, citizenship and pursuit of excellence.

Core Value Awards

Emma Sharp

Lilou Nicholas

Pamela Fuentes

Alexis James

Lorenzo Castillo-Rios

Kate Markus

Amy-Grace Shapiro

Alastair Page

Sara Kramer

Anna Levitt

Jasmine Judge

Paris Anderson

Michael Elkins

Ausar Meyers

Emily Olster

Activities Director and host of the awards show, Elizabeth Valero, then went on to introduce the departmental awards beginning with the achievement awards.

Achievement Awards

Joshua Greenridge

Leonardo Alarcon

Gerardo Valladares

Art Awards

Sophia Jarauta

Oliver Calero

Mia Rodriguez

Business Education Awards

Ava Reshefsky

Elizaveta Kozlova

Capstone Awards

Jean Blandon

Ella Pelz

Diego Espinosa

Dance Awards

Sloane Gelfman

Isabella Diaz

Halle Segarra

Drama and Technical Theater Awards

Sophia Arnau 

Michael Alvarez

Olivia Greenwald

McKinley Gorman

Joseph Ciccone

Ally Arnold

Gabriela Abreu

Ella Karakdze

Sebastian Soto

Family Consumer Science Awards

Delaney Zub

Ashley Marquez

Bethany DeFerrari

Health Science Awards

Natalie Cabrera

Arianna Monteleg

Kylee Zipsee

Foreign Language Awards

Doung Khanh

Isabella Culler

Sergio Ramirez

Sarah Clarkaruv

Akifumi Inoue

Luciana Gomez

Investigative Academy Awards 

Katerina Cepero

Cameron Gussin

Isabella Mcneil

iPrep Awards 

Alexander Ridao 

Marrissa Amador

Amber Garcia

Immersion Awards 

Daniel Alvarez

Gabriela Baptista

Nicol Cortes

Language Arts Awards 

Loik-Victo Lasango

Cassandra Pita

Gabriella Weiner

Mathematics Awards

Sabina Khizroev

Sunny You

Ting Jong

Music Awards

Alexandra Alfonso

Michael Acin

Isabella Fernadez

Newspaper Awards

Sara Paredes

Nicole Martin

Michael Angee

Physical Education Awards

Stanley Leger

Courtney Crosser

Charles Wellen

Science Awards

Sabina Khizroev

Alexa Fein

Isabel Duran

Alesandra  Massi

Social Science Awards

Benjamin Harris

Anna Levitt

Lucas Hudson

Television Production Awards

Lucas Anson

Justin Corman

Sebastian Soto

Yearbook Award

Sydney Lambert

Isabella Diaz

Amaya Jones

To finish off the ceremony, the Panther On The Move, Panthers of Distinction and Students of the Year Awards were presented.

Panthers On The Move Award

Jean Blandon

Katerina Salazar

Mia Shields

Zachary Bales

Emma Behar

Ziyah McGriff

Sophia Graff

Estefania Cerna

Panthers Of Distinction Award

Ava Goldenberg

Jillian Sanchez

Alexandra Shapiro

Devica Shah

​​Of the Year Awards 

Class of 2025: Brooke Wilensky

Class of 2024: Kylie Zimelman 

Class of 2023: Caroline Green