From staff reports
BEAUFORT – The Beaufort County School District honored 108 high school seniors for outstanding academic achievement at Wednesday night’s annual Senior Scholars Banquet.
Senior Scholars are students who have been enrolled in a Beaufort County School District high school for a minimum of three consecutive semesters by the second semester of the senior year, and who have maintained a cumulative 3.5 grade-point average or higher, are ranked in the top 10 percent of their graduating classes, and earned the equivalent of an 85 percent grade or higher in college prep courses, an 80 percent grade or higher in honors courses, and a 75 percent grade or higher in advanced placement, international baccalaureate, or dual enrollment courses in all quarters of their high school career.
“We’re exceptionally proud of what these outstanding seniors have accomplished during their high school years, and we’re confident their successes will continue into the future,” Superintendent Frank Rodriguez said in a news release.
This year’s banquet speaker was Bluffton High School’s Karina Dorris, a native Bluffton resident and 2021 Senior Scholar, who is an honors nursing and psychology student at the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) where she serves as president of the USCB Fellowship of Christian Athletes, vice-president of the Public Health Student Organization, and freshman/sophomore president of the Honors Student Association. Also serving as a Math, Spanish, and English tutor at USCB, Dorris believes hard work is key to achieving one’s goals. She encouraged this year’s Senior Scholars to not be afraid of failure or rejection, but rather to embrace the opportunity to learn and grow from one’s experiences, never giving up.
2023 Honorees
This year’s Senior Scholar banquet honorees are Gaea Adams (BHS); Megan Alvarez (BHS); Yarely Amador (MRHS); Malani Anderson (WBECHS); Hunter Arquette (WBECHS); Anya Arroyo (MRHS); Elise Augustyniewicz (MRHS); Christian Babcock (HHIHS); Ashlyn Babkiewicz (MRHS); Caleb Batten (MRHS); Mackenzie Berbigler (BCHS); Madison Berbigler (BCHS); Lyndsay Borja (BLHS); Allison Bracken (HHIHS); Kody Briggs-Roberson (BHS); Amy Broome (HHIHS); Miles Brown (HHIHS); Jessica Buskey (MRHS); Illya Busorgin (MRHS); Kyrylo Busorgin (MRHS); Patrick Carr (MRHS); Sabrina Chavez (BCHS); Avery Chen (BLHS); Benjamin Christian (BHS); Courtney Clegg (HHIHS); Madelyn Confare (BHS); Christine Conte (BHS); Janeya Cox (WBECHS); and Saira Cruz Diaz (BCHS).
Also, Hannah Davis (BLHS); Michael Dennison (BHS); Gracen Denton (MRHS); Jack Dewey (MRHS): Catherine Douthit (MRHS); Trisha Duong (BLHS); Darlyn Estrada (BCHS); William Fielding (HHIHS); Thomas Finn (HHIHS); Connor Flood (HHIHS); Epifania Francisco Bautista (HHIHS); Chloe Fry (BLHS); Ella Gordon (BCHS); Noah Gorrell (HHIHS); Amya Gossett (BLHS); Shelby Gourley (MRHS); Cynthia Gudaitis (HHIHS); Blake Hager (HHIHS); Madison Hahn (MRHS); Laurel Hawkins (HHIHS); Madison Hebert (BLHS); Kristina Heskett (HHIHS); Megan Hewes (MRHS); Morgan Hewes (MRHS): Ja’niyah Heyward (WBECHS); Casey Hoogenboom (BHS); Andrew Hopkinson (BHS); Saul Huizar Ornelas (MRHS); Lucy Jackson (BLHS); and Julia John (BLHS).
Also, Darby Kinsey (BCHS); Kaydence Kintz (BCHS); Morgan Kronimus (MRHS); Evan Lessard (BLHS); Benjamin Lewis (HHIHS); Susan Livesay (BHS); Emarie Loia (BCHS); Emily Manzanares Cardenas (MRHS); Sara Markowitz (HHIHS); Joseth Martinez Estrada (BCHS); Makenna Mason (HHIHS); Thomas Maybank (MRHS); Tyler McGuire (BHS); Whitney McGuire (HHIHS); Brendan Michael (MRHS); Kyra Millidge (BCHS); Estefany Mondragon (MRHS); Ashton Morgan (BCHS); Logan Morgan (BCHS); McKenzie Morgan (BLHS); Kalyn Moultrie (WBECHS); Abigail Nance (MRHS); Vivian Nguyen (MRHS); Jason Ni (BLHS); Rachel Nix (BLHS); Rebecca Nold (BHS); and Sarah Nunez (MRHS).
Also, Faith Paxton (BLHS); Sophia Pellegrino (BHS); Lucy Peltz (MRHS); Allison Philpot (HHIHS); Victoria Polites (HHIHS); Tess Polites (MRHS); Anna Riddle (BHS); Nathanael Rios (BLHS); Brooks Risher (HHIHS); Nicole Robinson (BHS); Kathryn Ryan (BLHS); Lea Sheeran (HHIHS); Kaitlyn Shrewsbury (BLHS); Skylar Thompson (BHS); Tyler Thompson (BLHS); Trisha Tran (MRHS); Samuel Trask (BHS); Brooks van Esselstyn (MRHS); Charlotte Vyge (BHS); Kendal Wagner (HHIHS); Masani Ward (MRHS); and Hannah Wease (MRHS).
