On Friday, May 15, Garrett High School held their annual Academic Celebration to honor various achievements by students during the 2025-2026 school year.
Below are the awards presented during the even held in the PAC:
MOST IMPROVED STUDENT: This student has shown continuous improvement within the course. Improvement can be within academic achievement and other important student success skills, such as attendance, time management, organization, study skills, and participation.
Math: Hadley Flotow
Science: Kylie Bergman
Language Arts: Kaleb Baron
Social Studies: Noah Hess
CTE: Laynee Caldwell
CDP: Adalynn Morgan
Fine Arts: Gabriel Smith
Spanish: Gavin Valdez
APC: Mason Riccus
THE STUDIOUS AWARD: This award honors a student who takes ownership of their learning and is focused on academics. They are engaged and actively participating in class.
Math: Abigail Hill
Science: Emma Sumner
Language Arts: Lucy Oyer
Social Studies: Owen Haynes
CTE: Jordan Davis
CDP: Henry Oyer
Fine Arts: Violet Kosmatka
Spanish: Gabryelle Kline
THE GRIT AWARD: Awarded to the hardest-working student, the Grit Award recognizes the student who exhibits an extraordinary work ethic among their peers. This student has taken on the challenge to overcome any barriers by displaying perseverance, rising above difficulties, and focusing on overall growth and success.
Math: Mia Lopez
Science: Henry Oyer
Language Arts: Jordan Davis
Social Studies: Ashton Gong
CTE: Tobyn VanDyke
CDP: Tana Steffes
Fine Arts: Samantha Wingate
Spanish: Kauena Dircksen
APC: Emerson Sewelin
STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD: This student represents the quality skills of an effective leader. Your Student Leadership Award recipient has established themselves as a leader through their participation both in and out of school extracurricular activities. This student also displayed leadership skills by positively influencing their peers through positive behaviors in and out of the classroom.
Math: Chloe Warfield
Science: Aaliah Berry
Language Arts: Jacob Thrush
Social Studies: Sofia O’Dell
CTE: Wyatt Lash
CDP: Ty Bickley
Fine Arts: Maddison Terry
Spanish: Abigail Hill
APC: Carlie Thomas
CHARACTER AWARD: This award focuses on the character development of Students. This student shows exceptional characteristics such as trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. The recipient of the Character Award goes to the student who can always be trusted to do the right thing even in the most difficult situations. The student is positive and kind to their peers and educators.
Math: Michelle Kilgore
Science: Wesley Blaker
Language Arts: Corissa Kennedy
Social Studies: Isaiah King
CTE: Abigail Werling
CDP: Jace Hanel
Fine Arts: Kendra Kelham
Spanish: Lennon Hoeffel
APC: Emma Feller
THE ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD: The Above and Beyond Award honors the student who has gone the extra mile to achieve their goals. This student takes full advantage of the vast opportunities available while participating in high school courses. They see the value in dual credit, guest speakers, field trips, internship opportunities, and more. Students are willing to push themselves to take on new challenges. This student has used their summers to the fullest through coursework, volunteer service, or work experience.
Math: Andrea Newman
Science: Chloe Zuehsow
Language Arts: Emma Coffman
Social Studies: Kaleb Deck
CTE: Javin Bailey
CDP: Colton Wood
Fine Arts: Michelle Kilgore
Spanish: Joshua Knepper
APC: Dillon Chisholm
UNDERCLASSMAN OF THE YEAR: Awarded to a freshman, sophomore, and junior who demonstrates the successful qualities of being a successful student. We encourage that not only academics be taken into consideration, but overall study skills, school participation, and positive behaviors be considered.
Math:
Freshman: Lucy Oyer
Sophomore: Wyatt Lash
Junior: Ashton Gong
Science:
Freshman: Carlie Thomas
Sophomore: Wyatt Lash
Junior: Isaiah King
Language Arts:
Freshman: Emerlynn Toney
Sophomore: Aryka Kramer
Junior: Remington Winebrenner
Social Studies:
Freshman: Emma Feller
Sophomore: Lennon Hoeffel
Junior: Avery Traylor
CTE;
Freshman: Ethan Terrell
Sophomore: Aryka Kramer
Junior: Sofia O’Dell
CDP:
Freshman: Draden Knight
Sophomore: Henry Oyer
Junior: Sebastian Aguilar
Fine Arts:
Freshman: Bradey Cagle
Sophomore: Owen Fast
Junior: Chloe Zuehsow
Spanish:
Freshman: Lucy Oyer
Sophomore: Kylie Bergman
Junior: Madaline LaPato
APC:
Freshman: Avery Leech
Sophomore: Eli Wright
Junior: Alex Guzman
ACADEMIC TEAM INTRODUCTIONS:
Math: coach David Stevens - Ashton Gong, Lucie White
Science: coach Dustin Sewelin - Brady Cagle, Greg Freeze
English: coach Jonelle Furnish - Kylie Bergman, Kendra Kelham
Spell Team: coach Jennifer Fast - Owen Fast, Noah Jones, Ali Perkins, Samantha Wingate, Chloe Zuehsow
Fine Arts: coach Jennifer Fast - Owen Fast, Noah Jones, Alie Perkins, Samantha Wingate
Social Studies: coach Bill Thomas - Kylie Bergman, Kaeuna Dircksen
Cyber Patriot: coach Bill Thomas - Kylie Bergman, Colton Wood
SPANISH AWARD:
The National Spanish Exam is a prestigious, online, voluntary competition for 6th-12th grade students in the United States that’s sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. It measures student proficiency in Spanish through reading and listening comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar with tens of thousands participating annually.
Sophomore Joshua Knepper has earned a bronze medal on the 2026 National Spanish Exam. This is a great achievement, placing Joshua in the top students nationwide who participated in this challenging, voluntary competition. We are proud of his dedication to mastering Spanish. Congratulations Joshua!
TRI KAPPA AWARDS: The Garrett Alpha Chi (Ki) Chapter of Tri Kappa honors three juniors each academic year for excellence in Art, Music, and Science. GHS department leaders select the top junior for their subject area, and the Chapter recognizes the students with a certificate and adds their names to engraved plaques on display outside of the Performing Arts Center.
For excellence in Art - Danica Reynolds
For excellence in Music - Chloe Zuehsow
For excellence in Science - Ashton Gong
ACADEMIC DREAM TEAM: The GHS Academic Dream Team is made up of the top two students in each class. For the 2025-2026 school year, your Academic Dream Team is…
Grade 9 - Class of 2029 - Emma Feller & Lucy Oyer
Grade 10 - Class of 2028 - Chloe Warfield & Emma Coffman
Grade 11 - Class of 2027 - Owen Haynes & Rilyn Flotow
Grade 12 - Class of 2026 - Abigail Thomas & Josephine Knepper
