Garden City High School seniors were recognized for their academic achievements and other important honors during the Senior Awards Night held on Wednesday, May 7. The event was held in the Commons Area at the high school.
Kansas Scholars are Shelby Armstrong, Katelyn Barrett, Kabir Bhakta, Hailey Brown, Taran Castro, Francisco Chavez, Justin Contreras, Eleanor Crotts, Joselyn Flores, Luis Guerrero, Piper Harris, Claire Heiman, Katie Heiman, Eiden Hinojosa, RaeLee James-Crist, Stephanie Juarez-Castillo, Phoebe Juhl, Avery Just, Vicky Le, Hajoon Lee, Sofia Madilo, Adrian Martinez-Bervejo, Kate McDonald, Kyler Metzen, Ruby Mueller, Hayden Nemechek, Kayden Pak, Lesley Ramirez-Chavez, Addison Seba, Riley Sekavec, Ethan Unger, Yocelynn Vargas, Kirby Vo, Kyleigh Whitehurst, and Ashly Zermeno.
Designated Kansas State Scholars are Shelby Armstrong, Justin Contreras, Stephanie Juarez-Castillo, Vicky Le, Riley Sekavec, and Kirby Vo.
Seniors that have achieved a 4.0 Grade Point Average include: Trisha Baluyot, Katelyn Barrett, Hailey Brown, Joselyn Flores, Danica Galia, Reyna Garcia Martinez, Grady Gleason, Piper Harris, Stephanie Juarez-Castillo, Vicky Le, Alyssa Lemons, Sofia Madilo, John Nguyen, Jolie Nguyen, Lyna Nguyen, Terry Nguyen, Khadiga Omar, John Oswalt, Kayden Pak, Connor Pilosof, Breqlynne Rhoades, Addison Seba, Riley Sekavec, Kirby Vo, and Kyleigh Whitehurst.
Buffalo Honor Scholars include: Shelby Armstrong, Lindsey Alarcon, Trisha Kim Baluyot, Katelyn Barrett, Rebekah Bingham, Hailey Brown, Gabriel Buruca, Taran Castro, Justin Contreras, Eleanor Crotts, Joselyn Flores, Danica Galia, Reyna Garcia Martinez, Grady Gleason, Piper Harris, Claire Heiman, Katie Heiman, David Holguin, Stephanie Juarez-Castillo, Phoebe Juhl, Avery Just, Jocelyn Kennedy, Vicky Le, Sofia Annekka Madilo, Benjamin Mahoney, Sonia Martinez Aguilera, Kate McDonald, Hayden Nemechek, John Nguyen, Jolie Nguyen, Lyna Nguyen, Terry Nguyen, Pilar Ortiz Cruz, John Oswalt, Michael Oswalt, Kayden Pak, Connor Pilosof, Darby Reimer, Addison Seba, Riley Sekavec, Kirby Vo, and Kyleigh Whitehurst.
Kansas ACT Scholars with a score of 32 or above are John Nguyen and Kirby Vo.
College Board (PSAT) National Merit- John Nguyen
AP Score 5 PUSH include: Kirby Vo, Vickly Le, and Pilar Ortiz.
AP Score 5 APEURO include: Kirby Vo and Vicky Le.
Commended Senior in Academies include: Arts and Communications students: Visual Arts, Jordan Humphries and Kallie Messenger; Performing Arts, Gabriel Buruca and Jolie Nguyen. Public Service students: Yuliana Godinez, Ben Mahoney, Gage Sorenson, and Chelsea Torres. Trade students: Dionisio Holguin, John Nguyen, Matthew Long, and Sebastian Castillo. Health students: Kirby Vo, Vicky Le, Kyleigh Whitehurst, and Kate McDonald.
The Kansas Governor’s Scholars include: Kirby Vo, Vicky Le, Joselyn Flores, Stephanie Juarez-Castillo, and Addison Seba.
Taran Castro and Kate McDonald received the KSHSAA Citizenship Awards.
Piper Harris and David Holguin received the GCHS Outstanding Senior Athlete Award.
Gold Seal of Biliteracy was Adrian Martinez-Bervejo.
Silver Seal of Biliteracy include Ereldy Cuevas Rodarte, Cynthia Arevalo Martienz, Mariela Loza, Emily Diaz, Jocelyn Rojas Marin, Reyna Garcia Martinez, Luisa Scalzotta, and Justin Contreras.
Foreign Language awards include: Joseph Miller and Mariela Garcia Dominguez - French; Justin Contreras - Spanish.
Foreign Exchange Students include Anna Katrina Lice San Martin, Silvia Greco, Sheila Martinez, Luisa Scalzotto, Samat Adilkhan, and Isabella Hunckel Novais.
Kyleigh Whitehurst received the Dale Dennis Excellence in Education Award.
The Marines presented awards to Shelby Armstrong and Grady Gleason Scholastic Achievement Award; Cate Wiese and Hayden Nemechek Athlete Achievement Award; and Emma Banwell Award for Music Excellence.
The school presented achievement awards to the seniors in the various academies.
Outstanding Students are Rebeca Icabalceta Oporta, Omar Olivas Ruiz¸ Darby Reimer, Lupita Tomas Matias, Katelyn Barrett, Taran Castro, Riley Sekavec, Hayden Nemechek, Justin Contreras, Sophia Madilo, Kayden Pak and Addison Seba.
Citizenship students are Joselina Chairez Alvarado, Ismael Mezta Garcia, Parker Fisher, Ava (Natalie) Gardner, Rebekah Bingham, Marvin Ramirez-Salvador, Joselyn Flores, Hailey Brown, Stephanie Castillo Juarez, Ashton Palmer, John Oswalt, and Phoebe Juhl.
Perseverance students are Sonia Monroy Miranda, Hajoon Lee, Memphis Campos, Ibrahim Reponse, Zarah Young, Kerry Kim, Luis Guerrero, Reyna Garcia, Roberto Corrales, Elva Soto, Alie Autufuga, and Valerie Jaco.
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Pathway Completers are Kaitlyn Gonzalez Marin, BioMedical; Braden Ermish, Business Finance; Evan Meza-McDermott, Comprehensive Agriculture Science; Natassha Sirichantho, Corrections, Security, Law, and Law Enforcement Services; Benjamin Mahoney, Digital Media; Terry Nguyen, Engineering & Applied Mathematics; Addison Seba, Health Science; Anthony Janas-Alvarez, Manufacturing; Jacob Knoll, Marketing; Sebastian Castillo, Power, Structural, and Technical Systems; Yuliana Godinez, Restaurant & Event Management; and Hanryson Le, Web & Digital Communications.
The Kansas CTE Scholar award recipients: Damaris Olivas-Arroyo, Biomedical; Gage Sorensen, Comprehensive Agriculture Science; Keagan Harms, Web & Digital Communications; Kirby Vo, Digital Media; Lyna Nguyen, Digital Media; Lindsey Alarcon, Manufacturing; Nivea Diaz, Biomedical; and Vicky Le, Digital Media.
KWCH-TOP of the Class is Riley Sekavec.
Students that received scholarships include: Monique Carmona, FHSU Schmidt Foundation Scholar; Alyssa Lemons, WSU James Scholarship; Ethan Unger, Leslie Ramirez-Chavez, Alidia Macias, and Michelle Ramos, Finnup; Katie Heiman, David Holguin, Olivia Holguin, and Kate McDonald, Buffalo Coffee; Jolie Nguyen, Lyna Nguyen, Kirby Vo, Vicky Le, Danica Galia, Pilar Ortiz-Cruz, Elisay Diez Miranda, Zennia Mendez-Vallejo, Lindsey Alarcon, Natalia Salvidres-Alcantara, Omar Olivas Ruiz, Salma Jama Hassan, Criss Fraire, Lunia Pierre, Alex Argueta, and Justin Contreras, Tyson; Kyleigh Whitehurst, KSHSAA True Blue; Eleanor Crotts, Mia Enriquez, Kyliegh Whitehurst, Lindsey Alarcon, Addison Seba, and Cate Wiese, Buffalo Legacy; Stephanie Juarez-Castillo and Kirby Vo, Community Foundation of SWKS; Lindsey Alarcon, Justin Contreras, Riley Sekavec, John Oswalt, Kelsey Kimbrel, and Michael Oswalt, Bernadine Sitts; Breqlynne Rhoades, Lindsey Alarcon, and Sofia Segovia Madilo, GCAEOP; Gage Sorensen, Ag Future; Kallie Messenger, Tristan Garcia, and Pilar Ortiz-Cruz, Josh Skipton; Olivia Holguin, Luis Guerrero, and Stephanie Juarez, LULAC; Olivia Holguin and Sofia Madilo, Chapter FF; Addison Sebba and Kelsey Kimbrel, Chapter IG; Pilar Ortiz Cruz, Chapter X; Zennia Mendez-Vallejo, Shelter Insurance; John Oswalt, Wheatlands; Stephanie Juarez-Castillo, Kyleigh Whitehurst, John Oswalt, Lindsey Alarcon, Addison Seba¸ and Yocelyn Vargas, Golden Plains Credit Union; Aniyah Merjil and Maya Tarbet, Lee Orosco; Khadiga Omar, CAMP; Vicki Le, Invenergy Scholarship; David Vasquez (early grad junior), GCCC Presidential Ambassador; Fabian Alvarado and Emilio Torres, Empirical Fully Connected; and Yaritza Alvarado, The Empirical Scholarship.