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<p>Wyoming Seminary presented awards to 23 outstanding Lower School students at the annual eighth-grade graduation ceremony held recently on the Lower School campus in Forty Fort. Awards were presented by Kevin P. Rea, school president; Dr. Kathleen Hanlon, Dean of Lower School; and Edward A. Plaksa, Lower School Coordinator.</p><p>Those presented with awards included two seventh-graders: Benjamin Fenster, of Shavertown, who received the Charlotte M. Sours Academic Achievement Award; and Kimberly Edmonds, of Exeter, who received the Charles Pfifferling, Sr. Memorial Prize for best all-around seventh grader.</p><p>Eighth-grade winners and their awards were Ameen Ali, Dallas, The Margaret M. Stack Memorial Award (French); Jakob Baur, Shavertown, The Bessie G. Atwood English Award, The Wilkes-Barre Day School Trustees Prize (best scholastic performance of the year), The Irma Meyer Award (excellence in art); Robert Beletsky, Wilkes-Barre, Blue Team Leader and winner of Blue-White Team Lower School Competition Cup; Camilla Caporale, Dunmore, The Margaret M. Stack Memorial Award (French); Aashima Chauhan, Shavertown, The Harold and Mollie Cruikshank Award (service and character); Charles Cox, Pittston, The Dartt Edwards Prize (sportsmanship); W. Richard de Luna, Dallas, The Margaret M. Stack Memorial Award (Latin); Ainsley Eidam, Dallas, Blue Team Leader and winner of Blue-White Team Lower School Competition Cup, The Mary Mazzitelli Memorial Music Leadership Award; Thomas Iskra, Wilkes-Barre, White Team Leader, The Kenneth and Suzanne MacArthur Award (excellence in boys&#8217; athletics); Raniya Khan, Jenkins Township, The Bessie G. Atwood English Award, The John D. Hughes Memorial Mathematics Award; Tracey Kindler, Dallas, The William M. Powell Prize (loyalty and school spirit); Andrew Mauriello, Duryea, The Margaret M. Stack Memorial Award (Spanish), The Anna M. Olcott Award (scholarship and conduct); Parker Mosley, Wilkes-Barre, The Peter Drapiewski Memorial Prize (integrity and intellectual promise); Maddie Olshemski, Shavertown, The Jane Pfifferling Dimond Award (excellence in girls&#8217; athletics); Helena Prusak, Shavertown, The Anna M. Olcott Award (scholarship and conduct); Gabriel Rampp, Hunlock Creek, The Paul Kafrissen Memorial Computer Award, The Karen Smulowitz Memorial Poetry Prize; Stella Rea, Kingston, The Irma Meyer Award (excellence in art); Amarinske Reitsma, Forty Fort, The William M. Powell Prize (loyalty and school spirit); Mikel Salas-Warner, Bloomsburg, The Clark Switzer Prize in History (critical thinking, concern for others, and creativity in study of history); Kelly Santo, Dallas, White Team Leader; Claire Stretanski, Shavertown, The Mary Mazzitelli Memorial Music Leadership Award; and Hamza Waseem, Dallas, The John G. Ruggles, III Memorial Prize (excellence in creative writing), The Clark Switzer Prize in History (critical thinking, concern for others, and creativity in study of history), and The Dr. Sheldon H. Kluger Memorial Science Award.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Seminary Lower School eighth-graders, along with two seventh graders, gather after receiving awards at recent graduation ceremonies. From left, first row, are Robert Beletsky, Ainsley Eidam, Kimberly Edmonds, Benjamin Fenster, Stella Rea, Jakob Baur. Second row, W. Richard de Luna, Claire Stretanski, Amarinske Reitsma, Maddie Olshemski, Helena Prusak, Kelly Santo. Third row, Tracey Kindler, Raniya Khan, Aashima Chauhan, Camilla Caporale, Ameen Ali, Gabriel Rampp. Fourth row, Hamza Waseem, Andrew Mauriello, Charles Cox, Mikel Salas-Warner, Thomas Iskra, Parker Mosley, Benjamin Carron. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/web1_SemAwards.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wyoming Seminary Lower School eighth-graders, along with two seventh graders, gather after receiving awards at recent graduation ceremonies. From left, first row, are Robert Beletsky, Ainsley Eidam, Kimberly Edmonds, Benjamin Fenster, Stella Rea, Jakob Baur. Second row, W. Richard de Luna, Claire Stretanski, Amarinske Reitsma, Maddie Olshemski, Helena Prusak, Kelly Santo. Third row, Tracey Kindler, Raniya Khan, Aashima Chauhan, Camilla Caporale, Ameen Ali, Gabriel Rampp. Fourth row, Hamza Waseem, Andrew Mauriello, Charles Cox, Mikel Salas-Warner, Thomas Iskra, Parker Mosley, Benjamin Carron. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div></div>

Wyoming Seminary eighth-graders receive awards