Ridgefield High School Class Of 2021 Awards & Scholarships

Ridgefield CT

11 June, 2021

7:57 AM

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RIDGEFIELD, CT — The Ridgefield High School Class of 2021 will hold its 105th Annual Commencement on Friday at 5:30 pm at Tiger Hollow Field. Kenneth Cho is valedictorian, and Ellie Carter is the invited graduation speaker. In alphabetical order, the class of 2021 top ten scholars are Evelyn Carr, Ellie Carter, Kenneth Choi, Aidan Flaherty, Claire Griffin, Lucas Kaye, Michael Kovacs, Rory McGrath, Harriette Thomas, and Isabel Voellmicke. Ridgefield seniors were also the recipients of numerous scholarships: Agliardo, Nicholas Tiger Touchdown Club Scholarship Award Alessi, EmmaGirls Field Hockey Booster Club Athletic/Citizenship Scholarship Altopp, BeatriceFriends of Weir Farm National Historic Site Arent, SkylarGirls Softball Booster Club Citizen Scholarship Arnold, FaithRyan Meegan Memorial ScholarshipRidgefield Thrift Shop Scholarship Bichara-Guzman, GuillermoPTSA Department Award Breitenbach, AndrewPTSA Scholarship AwardRidgefield Thrift Shop Scholarship DiMiceli, BrendanRoma Pizzeria Scholarship Briones-Lopez, SantiagoRHS Soccer Booster Club Scholarship AwardRidgefield High School Athletic Advisory Council (AAC) Boys Scholarship Brodsky, StevenPTSA Department AwardRHS Soccer Booster Club Scholarship Award Bucci, KathrynRidgefield Administrators Association ScholarshipRidgefield High School Athletic Advisory Council (AAC) Girls ScholarshipRHS Student Government ScholarshipRoma Pizzeria Scholarship Buggy, MayaRidgefield Thrift Shop Scholarship Calabro, ChristianPTSA Scholarship Award Campos, JosephRidgefield Lions Club Scholarship Candullo, SiennaDavid E. Nichols Memorial Fund Carlson, SpencerPTSA Scholarship Award Carr, EvelynRobert Stanger / Regan Memorial ScholarshipDimitri's Academic Scholarship Carter, EllieMs President US Mentor RecognitionRoma Pizzeria Scholarship Carter, JacksonBettie Jane Third Memorial ScholarshipRyan Meegan Memorial Scholarship Chittenden, KellyRidgefield Basketball Association Leadership AwardRHS Soccer Booster Club Scholarship AwardRoma Pizzeria Scholarship Choi, KennethAnne S. Richardson AwardEdward L. Ballard Memorial ScholarshipExchange Club of Ridgefield Youth of the YearPTSA Department AwardRena Principi Memorial Scholarship Colucci, ChristopherRichard DiSalvo Engineering Scholarship Conciatore, MichaelErik F. Hoag Memorial Hockey Scholarship Conte, AudreyRidgefield Police Benevolent Association Scholarship Coraci, GianniTutoring Club Scholarship Coughlin, SheaRHS Service to Student Union Scholarship Craigen, ConnorPTSA Scholarship AwardCarey V. Depuy Kindness Scholarship - Art AwardFrances Demrick Scholarship Crowley, MaxwellCowin-Chapman Lacrosse Scholarship D'Alexander, BrettRidgefield High School Boys Lacrosse Booster Club Scholarship Dapkus, LukasRoma Pizzeria ScholarshipRidgefield Thrift Shop Scholarship Daugherty, WilliamPTSA Department Award Davis, KyraPTSA Department Award DeFino, IrisLisa M. Rodden Memorial Guidance Scholarship DeMassa, IsabellaCarey V. Depuy Kindness Scholarship - Cross CountryThe Sandy Hoddinott Scholarship DeMatteo, CharlesRidgefield Basketball Association Leadership AwardRHS Student Government Scholarship DeStefano, AlyssaGirls Softball Booster Club Citizen Scholarship DeStefano, OliviaRidgefield Old Timers ScholarshipTiger Hollow Scholar Athlete and Community Leadership AwardRidgefield Ladies Golf Association Award in Memory of Ann Powers2021 SPHERE Leadership Award (spherect.org) Devoe, AllegraCarey V. Depuy Kindness Scholarship - Cross Country Dillulio, AlexandraRidgefield Music and Arts Center ScholarshipRidgefield Arts Council Scholarship Dunphy, MeganRidgefield Woman's Club Scholarship Durmus, SelinAnne S. Richardson AwardPTSA Department AwardWadsworth Russell Lewis Fund Scholarship Esikumo, NatalieThe Hord Foundation ScholarshipMs President US Mentor Recognition Failla, AlexanderLisa M. Rodden Memorial Guidance Scholarship Federici, OliviaRobert and Catherine Wilder Fund Filippelli, AndrewRick Ligi Memorial Scholarship Flynn, KathleenRidgefield Basketball Association Leadership AwardChristopher M. Manno Memorial Scholarship for Academic and Athletic Excellence Ford, TaraPTSA Department Award Gagliardi, ShaneArmando "Matty" Pambianchi Memorial Scholarship Garst, DeanaRidgefield Music and Arts Center Scholarship Garst, ShelaghThe Evelyn Peeler Memorial Scholarship Gaydos, OwenRidgefield High School Boys Lacrosse Booster Club ScholarshipRidgefield Youth Football Scholarship Giordano, SydneySoccer Club of Ridgefield (SCOR) Scholarship Gotti, MadisonRoma Pizzeria Scholarship Green, JonathanRidgefield Lions ClubRidgefield Thrift Shop Scholarship Grey, AmosRidgefield Basketball Association Leadership AwardRidgefield Old Timers ScholarshipRidgefield Police Benevolent Association ScholarshipTyler Ugolyn Award Grey, JuliaAmerican Legion Post 78 Essay ContestEmma Sandhu Memorial Scholarship Award Griffin, GradyAnne S. Richardson Award Hartnett, JasonRobert Scalzo Memorial Scholarship Ho, TristanRidgefield Police Benevolent Association Scholarship Huff, LiamRoma Pizzeria ScholarshipPTSA Department AwardThe Company Honorary ScholarshipRHS Theater Boosters Club Scholarship Hunt, ConnorTiger Hollow Scholar Athlete and Community Leadership Award Jelkovac, JonathanPTSA Department Award Johnston, MatthewFrances Demrick ScholarshipPTSA Department AwardRobert Stanger/Regan Memorial Scholarship Kaye, EvanAnne S. Richardson AwardDimitri's Academic ScholarshipRidgefield Garden Club Kaye, LucasElizabeth Bigelow Ballard Memorial Scholarship Kaye, MaxwellLeona Bedient Crouchley and Charles D. Crouchley Jr. Scholarship Keaveny, BrianRidgefield Police Benevolent Association Scholarship Keppler, LiamRidgefield High School Athletic Advisory Council (AAC) Boys ScholarshipThe Jim Murphy Ridgefield Youth Wrestling Scholarship King, CharlesDiamond in the Rough ScholarshipRidgefield High School Athletic Advisory Council (AAC) Boys Scholarship Knudsen, KelleyRoma Pizzeria ScholarshipJeanne Smith Memorial ScholarshipNational Charity League ScholarshipRidgefield Rotary Club ScholarshipRidgefield Women's Club Scholarship Kovacs, MichaelPTSA Department AwardRHS Theater Boosters Club Scholarship Krishnan, AnirudhRoma Pizzeria Scholarship Kubrin, LucindaAnne S. Richardson AwardRidgefield Music and Arts Center ScholarshipThe Creagh Family Scholarship Lang, ChristopherDimitri's Athletic Scholarship Lebl, KatrinaRidgefield Youth Cheer Scholarship Macdonald, KaraRose M. Antonucci Scholarship Award McGrath, RoryCarey V. Depuy Kindness Scholarship - Cross CountryRidgefield High School Athletic Advisory Council (AAC) Girls Scholarship McKinley, EvaMcGroddy-Goetz ScholarshipRHS Soccer Booster Club Scholarship Award McLemore, SamanthaCarey V. Depuy Kindness Scholarship - Science Research Meenan, KaraMs. President US Mentor Recognition Michalowski, GraceRidgefield High School Athletic Advisory Council (AAC) Girls ScholarshipRyan Meegan Memorial Scholarship Mills, EthanRyan Meegan Memorial ScholarshipSoccer Club of Ridgefield (SCOR) Scholarship Mullins, LashawnnaThe Hord Foundation Scholarship Munson, TylerThe Company Honorary Scholarship Namiot, CharlesMcGroddy-Goetz ScholarshipRena Principi Memorial ScholarshipThe Ed Brennan Memorial Ridgefield Youth Football Scholarship Noonan, MackenzieRose M. Antonucci Scholarship Award O'Malley, EmmetRidgefield High School Athletic Advisory Council (AAC) Boys Scholarship Ogden, SpencerCaudatowa Garden Club Scholarship Patel, AaravRidgefield Old Timers Association - Tom Belote Memorial/ROTA21 SPHERE Leadership Award20 American Legion Post 78 Essay Contest Pepe, DiegoPTSA Department AwardRHS Service to Student Union ScholarshipRHS Soccer Booster Club Scholarship AwardThe Dr. Stacey Gross RHS Spirit Scholarship Peters, RileyCarey V. Depuy Kindness Scholarship - LacrosseCowin-Chapman Lacrosse ScholarshipGirls Field Hockey Booster Club Athletic/Citizenship Scholarship Riek, NatashaPTSA Department AwardRHS Soccer Booster Club Scholarship AwardRyan Meegan Memorial ScholarshipSoccer Club of Ridgefield (SCOR) Scholarship Roth, SydneyROAR Animal Welfare Schoenly, AstridDiane Caggiano Memorial Scholarship Shirvell, RyanRidgefield Woman's Club Scholarship Silliman, MatthewTutoring Club Scholarship Thomas, HarrietteDavis Education & Career Consultants LLC, Award for Spirit, Integrity and Leadership Tomasetti, RachelRidgefield Teacher Recognition Award Tonra, SarahRidgefield Guild of Artists Student Scholarship Trotter, JacksonFederal Reserve Bank Challenge Scholarship Vasconcelos, AnnaRHS Service to Student Union ScholarshipThe Peter Helie Family Scholarship Award Voellmicke, IsabelRidgefield High School Athletic Advisory Council (AAC) Girls ScholarshipRoma Pizzeria Scholarship Volkov, DmitriMichael Meltzer Memorial Music & Arts ScholarshipPTSA Department Award Walsh, LilyCarey V. Depuy Kindness Scholarship - Art Award Weiskopf, AshtonBilly Fuess Memorial ScholarshipTiger Touchdown Club Scholarship Award Westrick, AlexandraNCL Nutmeg Scholarship Wilson, MadeleineGirls Field Hockey Booster Club Athletic/Citizenship Scholarship Wong, MatthewPTSA Department Award Zipkin, HannahRidgefield Thrift Shop Scholarship Zvon, MichaelBusiness & Finance Technology Department AwardSteven M. Scott Excellence in Economics Award Members of the class of 2021 will be continuing their academic careers at numerous prestigious colleges, which include: Albertus Magnus CollegeAmerican UniversityAmherst CollegeAuburn UniversityAvans HogeschoolBarnard CollegeBates CollegeBinghamton UniversityBoston CollegeBoston UniversityBowdoin CollegeBrandeis UniversityBrigham Young UniversityBryant UniversityBucknell UniversityCalifornia Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoCase Western Reserve UniversityClark UniversityClemson UniversityColby CollegeColgate UniversityCollege of CharlestonCollege of William and MaryColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeDavidson CollegeDrexel UniversityDuquesne UniversityEastern Connecticut State UniversityElon UniversityEmory UniversityFairfield UniversityFlorida State UniversityFordham UniversityFranklin and Marshall CollegeHamilton CollegeHarvard UniversityHigh Point UniversityHoward UniversityIndiana University-BloomingtonIndiana University-BloomingtonIona CollegeIthaca CollegeJames Madison UniversityKent State University at KentLafayette CollegeLehigh UniversityLincoln Technical InstituteLoyola University MarylandMacalester CollegeMannes College The New School for MusicMarist CollegeMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMcGill UniversityMichigan State UniversityMiddlebury CollegeMoravian College New York UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorwalk Community CollegeNYU ShanghaiOhio State University-Main CampusPennsylvania State University-Main CampusPomfret School Pomfret, ConnecticutProvidence CollegePurdue University-Main CampusQuinnipiac UniversityReed CollegeRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRhode Island School of DesignRingling College of Art and DesignRochester Institute of TechnologyRoger Williams UniversityRowan University (Undecided)Rutgers University-NewarkSacred Heart UniversitySalve Regina UniversitySiena CollegeSkidmore CollegeSmith College (Psycholinguistics)Southern Connecticut State UniversityStonehill CollegeStony Brook UniversitySUNY at AlbanySyracuse UniversityTemple UniversityTexas Christian UniversityTexas Christian UniversityThe Culinary Institute of America- CAThe New SchoolThe University of AlabamaThe University of TampaThe University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleTrinity College DublinTufts UniversityTulane University of LouisianaUniversity of California-DavisUniversity of California-Los AngelesUniversity of California-San DiegoUniversity of California-Santa BarbaraUniversity of Colorado BoulderUniversity of Connecticut - StorrsUniversity of Connecticut-StamfordUniversity of DelawareUniversity of DenverUniversity of FloridaUniversity of MaineUniversity of Maryland-College ParkUniversity of Massachusetts-AmherstUniversity of MiamiUniversity of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of New HampshireUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Wilmington University of OregonUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of Rhode IslandUniversity of RochesterUniversity of ScrantonUniversity of TampaUniversity of TorontoUniversity of UtahUniversity of VermontUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonVanderbilt UniversityVillanova UniversityVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityWake Forest UniversityWashington University in St LouisWest Virginia UniversityWestern Connecticut State UniversityWilliams College