ST. TERESA’S ACADEMY

Honors and Awards Ceremony

April 20, 2016

2015-2016 Awards Ceremony

April 20, 2016

Introduction & Prayer Nan Bone

School Song STA Singers

University Alumni Awards Debi Hudson Liz Majors

Columbia University Book Award Caroline McDonald

Dartmouth Book Award Charlotte Cornell

Harvard University Book Award Linden O’Brien-Williams

Smith College Book Award Kathleen Donnellan

Wellesley Book Award Rose Genaris

Scholastic Awards Barbara McCormick

Advanced Placement Mary Hilliard Scholar Awards AP Scholar with Honor

Meredith Raymer AP Scholar with Honor

Erin Burroughs Delaney Meyer Ally Moore Sarah Wunder AP Scholar

Avila High School Invitational Eleanor Grever, 1st Place

Bausch & Lomb Emma Kate Callahan Honorary Science Award

Congressional Art Competition Eleanore Grever

Frederick Douglass & Susan B Emma Gustavson Anthony Humanities Award

Future Business Leaders of America Individual District Honors & State Qualifiers Bridget Graham Lorna Green Rhianna Jones Gabriella Mesa

Claire Molloy Mackenzie O’Guin Meredith Raymer Hallie Ryan Sarah Schaefer Haley Shaw Ceara VanBuskirk Molly VanBuskirk Individual District Honors Kristina Coppinger Mia Schloegel Team District Honors & State Qualifiers Erin Burroughs & Michaela Coleman Zoe Butler, Sarah Schaefer & Sal Scott Kristina Coppinger, Elizabeth Hagan, Isabela Solorio & Madelyn Winfield Team District Honors Catherine Ebbits , Lauren Fiss, & Taylor Staves Erin Burroughs & Casey Campo Mary Katherine Armstrong & Maureen Egan Meredith Raymer & Moira White Anna Hafner & Kay VanAsdale Audrey Davis, Georgia Mullins & Hannah Steen Bridget Graham & Anna Louise Sih Zoe Butler & Maureen Egan

Great Plains Math League Individual Rounds, 2nd Place Elsa Feigenbaum State Qualifiers Elizabeth Hagan

Missouri Latin Convention Vocabulary Test: Emma Gustavson - 5th place - Level 1 Sarah Cigas - 5th place - Level 4 Derivatives Test: Clara Swanson - 4th place - Level 2 Sophia Brown - 5th place - Level 2 Sadie Green - 1st place - Level 4 Grammar Test: Lia Biritz - 3rd place - Level 2 Sarah Cigas - 1st place - Level 4 Natalie Rose - 5th place - Level 4

Reading Comprehension Test: Emma Gustavson - 1st place - Level 1 History and Culture Test: Grace Marshall - 4th place - Level 1 Mythology Test: Grace Marshall - 2nd place - Level 1 Charlotte Sturr - 4th place - Level 2 Sophia Brown - 5th place - Level 2 Casey Campo - 4th place - Level 4 Oral Modern Myth: Grace Marshall - 5th place Costume: Emma Gustavson - 1st place - Female Grace Marshall - 5th place - Female Needlework: Emma Gustavson - 1st place Sophie Bunch - 2nd place Sophia Brown - 3rd place Painting: Emma Gustavson - 3rd place Impromptu Art: Sophie Bunch - 3rd place T-Shirt Contest: 3rd place

Missouri Scholars 100 Hallie Ryan

Missouri State High School Activities Association – District Solo & Ensemble Competitions and State Qualifiers

Outstanding Rating Reilly Donnelly Vocal Soloists Mary LePique Margaret Miller Emma Swinney Courtney Talken

Outstanding Rating Flute Solo Mary Kate Randolph

Outstanding Rating Reilly Atkins Girls’ Vocal Sextet Tone’Nae Toomer Elizabeth Hagan Maureen Havey Kaitlin Loman Mary Kate Randolph Exemplary Rating Hayley Burgess Vocal Soloists Lillian Cosgrove Rose Genaris Margaret Jordahl

Elise Malone Lillian McGonigle Isabella Pichardo Greta Sonnenberg Elizabeth Terril Exemplary Rating Rose Genaris Girls’ Quartet Isabella Pichardo Courtney Talken Elizabeth Terril

Missouri State High School Activities Association – Music Competitions

All-State Choir Connor Hodes, Finalist All-State Sight Reading Lillian Cosgrove, 1st Alternate Soprano Hayley Burgess, 2nd Alternate Soprano

Kansas City All-Metro Hayley Burgess District Choir Lillian Cosgrove Rose Genaris Connor Hodes Courtney Talken Lily Walsh

Kansas City Women’s Choir Gina Bisacca Mary LePique Isabella Pichardo

Kansas City All-Metro Elise Cressey 9-10 Honor Choir Lauren Daugherty Margaret Jordahl Margaret Miller Anne Schorgl Tone’Nae Toomer Chelsea Whitehead Katherine Willnauer

National Center for Women & Sophia Prochnow, winner & Information Technology Award national runner up for Aspirations in Computing, Emma Jensen, runner up Western Missouri & Kansas

National Hispanic Scholar Alison Munoz

National K-12 Ceramic Karen Crouch Exhibition Foundation

National Merit

Commended for Sarah Cigas the Class of 2016 Mary Hilliard Ally Moore

Finalists for Alison Munoz the Class of 2016 Margaret Queen Victoria Richardson

National Shakespeare Contest Maura Graham

Presidential Service Awards

Gold Award Emma Boxx Sophia Bunch Annabelle Colombo Amelia Finn Claire Franey Kate Jones Madeline Medina Mamie Murphy Tone’Nae Toomer

Silver Award Elizabeth Alderman Sarah Cigas Violet Cowdin Mary Hilliard Grace Kitts Eilis Leptien Lauren McCann Claire Molloy Eleanor Petree Margaret Queen Abigail Rose Katherine Scofield Kay VanAsdale Amanda Wesche

Bronze Award Sydney Baker Elizabeth Barton Cassandra Beechwood-Hall McKenzie Burns Emma Kate Callahan Colleen DeRuyter Catherine Ebbitts Maggie Fielder Allison Frye

Anna Hafner Pria Jean-Baptiste Jordan Klumb Caitlin O’Toole Darby Pedersen Madison Rubalcava Lauren Ryan Payton Seever Alyssa Seitzer Ceara VanBuskirk Molly VanBuskirk

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Elsa Feigenbaum Math & Science Award

Scholastic Art Awards

National Winner Iyanla Williams Ceramics

Regional Winners Gold Key Awards Jewell Allen, Ceramics & Glass Annie Bolin, Digital Art Mary Grace Campbell, Ceramics & Glass Caterina DeRousse, Mixed Media Sarah Ferron, Drawing & Illustration

Regional Winners Silver Key Awards Jewell Allen, Design Annie Bolin, Digital Art Amber Brownlee, Ceramics & Glass Lillian Corp, Digital Art Caterina DeRousse, Fashion and Drawing & Illustration Elizabeth Elm, Drawing & Illustration Sarah Ferron (2), Drawing & Illustration

Eleanor Grever (2), Drawing & Illustration, Painting Madeline Medina (6), Photography Olivia Michka, Drawing & Illustration Payton Seever, Ceramics & Glass Nicole Slocomb, Drawing & Illustration Margaret Sweeny, Ceramics & Glass Genevieve Wiedeman, Drawing & Illustration Sarah Wunder, Mixed Media Elizabeth Zirkel (2), Drawing & Illustration

Regional Winners Honorable Mention Caterina DeRousse, Painting Katherine Donaldson, Design Madeline Medina (8), Photography Olivia Michka, Drawing & Illustration Madison Rubalcava, Mixed Media Emma Runyan, Ceramics & Glass

Scholastic Writing Awards

Regional Winners Silver Key Awards Cara Gose, Writing Portfolio Julia Kerrigan, Personal Essay/Memoir Victoria Richardson, Short Story Madison Rubalcava, Flash Fiction and Poetry Clara Swanson, Flash Fiction

Regional Winners Honorable Mention Maureen Havey, Humor Victoria Richardson, Writing Portfolio & Poetry Clara Swanson, Short Story

United States Presidential Hallie Ryan, Candidate Scholars Program

STA Community Awards Barbara McCormick & Faculty

Campus Ministry

Commitment to Liturgy Molly Burns Lauren Ryan

Commitment to Service Caitlin O’Toole

Publications

The Dart Mary Hilliard Margaret Knox Victoria Richardson

The Teresian Ally Moore Carolyn Scheuler

School Ambassadors Elizabeth AldermanRachel AllardJewell AllenKara BlackJaclyn BlanckHayley BurgessSophie BurkeCasey CampoAudrey CarrollSarah CigasGabrielle ClementeElizabeth CounteeViolet CowdinSophia CusumanoMachella DunleaKatherine GreenMary HilliardConnor HodesMarguerite HodesMaryMichael Hough

Clare KenneyGabrielle KellerMegan KlinginsmithMargaret KnoxClaire McHughKailey McNettMeredith MulhernAlexandra MullinsKellie O’TooleDarby PedersenEleanor PetreeSophia ProchnowMeredith RaymerMadison RubalcavaHallie RyanLauren RyanKatherine ScofieldPaige SuholaskiAnniston TuttleMadeleine WattsMaureen Whittaker

Athletic Awards Mark Hough Ty Abney

Booster Club Award Kristina Coppinger Emily Laird Madeline Torti

Sister Harriet Elaina Bailey Koutsoumpas Award Eleanor Lueke

Pauline Reardon Award Rachel Allard Grace Kitts Delaney Meyer

Academic Excellence Awards Class of 2016 Barbara McCormick

Salutatorian Sadie Green

Valedictorian Sarah Cigas

Academy Woman Nominees Nan Bone Class of 2016 Katherine Mediavilla Madeline Medina Hallie Ryan

Academy Woman Hallie Ryan Class of 2016