001Uh good evening. Uh my name is Michael Monahan. I'm the uh proud principal of Exit High School and on behalf of all of our administrators, teachers, staff, I want to welcome all of you here tonight for our uh annual academic uh awards evening. It's uh sort of the kickoff to our celebration season as we celebrate um the class of 2025 as well as uh the scholars from uh some of our underassmen as well. Um, I certainly want to be the first to congratulate all of our award winners and honores uh for your hard work uh and talent and everything that you've done uh to be here. But it's a good night for us all to get together because none of us get to the places that we really want to be without the help uh
002and support of other folks and the folks who are here uh to share this night with you. certainly um uh are going to congratulate you as well. So before we begin, I would like to invite up to the stage Emily Hood and Evan Cooer to sing our national anthem. Please stand. Oh, say can you see by the dawn early light, what so proudly we held at the twi Twilight last gleaming who brought stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight. For the ramparts we watched were so gallently streaming. And the rockets red, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night, that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star spangled yet for the land of the free and the home of the [Applause] brave. Thank you. That was wonderful. Uh so
003the format of the format of the evening um we lead off with a couple of our larger awards, larger group awards uh to honor some of our senior um uh senior scholars. Um that'll be followed by our junior book awards and then we will have our individual academic awards from our various uh academic disciplines. So our first uh award to give out tonight is the presidential the president's education award which is given to seniors of outstanding academic academic achievement who have earned a unweighted cumulative GPA of 3.5 to 4.33. So from the White House, congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 President's Education Award. The first lady and I are pleased to join your teachers, family, and friends in recognizing this wonderful achievement. For more than 40 years, this award has honored students who have
004exhibited exceptional work ethic and determination. My administration remains committed to a culture of excellence in our country where hard work is rewarded and the enormous potential of our students is unlocked. In this vision for a strong American future, students like you who represent the best of traditional American values like piv perseverance and in individual achievement will go on to become influential leaders, innovators, and pillars of our society. Our nation will look to you for guidance and leadership. Together, we can and will launch the greatest and most successful era in the history of our country, a true golden age. We applaud the families, educators, administrators, and other community leaders who have been there for you every step of the way. You have made them all proud, especially your parents and caretakers who want the best education
005for their children. As you pursue your dreams and passions, we wish you continued success. We look forward to seeing all that you accomplish. President Donald Trump. So now while I will in I will introduce our presidential education award winners. I'd ask that uh as your name is called you come up to this side of the stage and come across. You're going to receive a pin which you will you can w you should wear at graduation. After the ceremony tonight, we'll have the certificates out in the tables. you saw when you when you came in. So, you can get those. I'll be uh calling folks up in uh several groups to go to go through this. So, our presidential presidential education award winners are Maya Albertelli, Avery Allard, Grace Arshen, Alan Barado Rodriguez, Julia Baxter, Marley
006Beltree, Elsa Bishop, Lucia Bonafiti, Genevieve Bourke, Matthew Bulb, Clara Bubin, Amelia Buckley, Hayden Bullins, Jacob Kaine, Riley Callahan, Sawyer Camel, Taylor Capel, Elizabeth Carlson, Hannah Cass, Marley Shabbat, Amelia Cop. That's our first group. Our next group of presidential education award winners, Sadi Courier, Brienne Daly, Emerson Davis, Elizabeth [Music] Dean, Jacquellyn Detour, Jacqueline Detour, excuse me, John Diamanti, Margaret Dobra, Logan Ducharm, Quinn Dugas, Amelia Angler, Henry Evans, Kira Fehee, Elizabeth Federspiel, Reed Fischer, Nola Fletcher, Isabelle Govin, Shannon Gered, Shayla Girkin, Jackson Green, Lily Gradziki, Anna [Applause] Gun. Our next group of presidential education award winners, Sarah Hansen, William Hartford, Beatrice Hatch, Kyra Hayes, Dylan Hills, Callum Hworth, Isabelle Hunt, Grace Huang, Olivia Ia Hang Meline Justina Connor Jorski Teeshi Johnson Drew Jum Allan Khan Jude Kenir Thoren Kirsten Guyire Jaclyn Curry, Olivia King, Nadia Kizich, Justin
007Nolles, Elsie Kf Our next group of presidential education award winners, Marshall Lazawitz, Elias Levit, Griffin Lechner, Brennan Lee, Olivia Levitzki, Anna Lieberman, Avery McDonald, William Manx, Spencer Man, Lexi Marrick, Isabelle McCormick, William Mroy, Nate McNeff, Sarah Medllock, Lola Mchio, Beatus Melo, Aiden Messier, Emma Mons, Kyle Morgado, Elizabeth Morardi, Bella Monroe. [Applause] And our next group of presidential education award winners, Ella Schlloer, Avery Sher, Cecilia Murray, Fletcher Nevu, Haley Okaine, Amber Orleans, Da Ostruff, John Pastori, Pastori, Reese Patton, Stella Peacock, Bridget Peterson, Maxwell Pitcher, Cameron Paniki, Riley Postage, Allison Record, Tavian Redy, Delaney Roach, Lauren Rotor, Hannah Rothman, Clara Rosenbleleaf, Molina Roth, Penelopey Schaefer, [Applause] And our final group of presidential education award winners, Carly Shrimp, Ava Seagull, Maline Sani, Meera Simon, Susanna Sllos, Ella Smith, Llaya Smith, Hayden Sparks, Cedric St. Amand Armand Isaac Stewart,
008Jacob Thomas, Noah Thomas, Elizabeth Tuttle, Parker Tuttle, Albany Veian. Yeah. W Parker Vance, Grace Weed, Jerry Welton, Andrew White, Leonardo White, Edgar Wolf, Shirley Yang, Alexa Z, [Applause] Go right here. Let's give one more round of applause for the presidential award winners. Uh the next group of honores are our scholarship award winners which go to seniors of high academic achievement with a cumulative unweighted GPA of 3.33 to 3.49. I will call uh these award winners up in groups as well. So, our scholarship award winners Anders Arbergast, Daniel Batstone, Tyler Bland, Matteline Bolan Dixon, Eliza Butser, Brianna Bby, Cole Caparelli, Andrew Carbono, Michael Karen, Theodore Cinderella, Finley Cool, Nicholas Derby, John Deborah, Corby Durge, William Forier, Brooke Fowler, Samuel Ged, Alexandra Gerard, Samantha Grainard, [Applause] Our next group of scholarship award winners, Caleb Gley, Jack Harrington,
009Nev Hood Haw, excuse me, Jacob Johnson, Ayla Kayes, Juno Kerber, Abigail Kensky, Mave Lin, Brody McCrae, Jonathan Mong, Kylie Okonnell, Ryan O'Keefe, Nathan Paron, Morgan Peterson, Charlotte Powley, Brody Pru, Evan Putnham, Braden Ree. [Applause] And our final group of scholarship award winners, Madison Sanborn, Morrison Soya Lamarice, Hayden Schmooler, Bowden Smith, Colin Steckler, Finley Thomas, Julia Ferrani, Abigail Ward, Hunter Whitehead, Sophie Young, Haley Sarabico. [Applause] And let's give one more round of applause for our scholarship award winners. And once again, your pins are to be worn at um graduation and your certificates will be out on the tables out front um as you leave um today for you to get. Uh next up are our junior book awards. First is the Bowden College Book Award, which goes to a young man or woman with extraordinary service
010to the common good and an unusual passion for inquiry, discovery, and innovative thinking. This year's Bowden College Book Award goes to Victor Adsatski. Uh, next is the Endicott College Book Award. A student must be a high high school junior with a min minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 know and exhibit strong leadership skills inside and outside of the classroom. This student must also have a desire for hands-on learning through internships, experiential learning, and have college aspirations in their future plans. This year's Endicott College Book Award goes to Aadia Lassard. [Applause] Uh, next, the Harvard Club of Boston Book Award. This goes to a young man or woman who exemplifies excellence in scholarship and high character combined with achievement in other fields. This year's Harvard Club of Boston Book Award goes to Evan Coocher. Uh, next is
011the Lasal. University Book Award. The excuse me, the Lasal University Book Award honors students who embody the Lasal Motto of Repuls NSIA, ignorant of of defeat. Students must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and have actively participated in extracurricular activities. The recipient should consistently pursue the greatest version of themselves. In short, they never seem to quit. The recipient of this year's LEL University Book Award is Nicholas Akuna. [Applause] Uh, next is a St. Lawrence University Book Award, which goes to a young man or woman who has displayed a significant commitment to community service. This year's St. Lawrence University Book Award goes to Maline Clark. [Applause] Uh, next is the St. Thomas University book award. Uh, which goes to an individual. Aside from academic achievement, awards are given to those with demonstrated commitment to social responsibility
012and leadership in the arts, eg not just the fine arts, but the arts and humanities more broadly through their studies and if applicable, extracurricular involvement. Uh, this year's St. Thomas University book award goes to Emily Hood. [Applause] Uh, and Next is the Yale University Book Award, which goes to a young man or woman with outstanding personal character as demonstrated by leadership and service to school or community, an intellectual promise that is sparked by a passion for knowledge. This year's Yale University Book Award goes to Anna Hos. [Applause] Uh, next up we have our departmental awards. Um, and I know you've been asking yourself, will he ever stop talking? I am going to stop talking now. And I'm gonna ask first and foremost first uh Mr. Mark Toby from the math department to come on up
013and give the math awards. Each year the mathematics department recognizes outstanding student achievement in mathematics decided upon by the EHS math department. Uh the award is sponsored by the New Hampshire Teachers of Mathematics which is our local chapter of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Uh the department is honored to recognize the achievement of two juniors and three senior students this year. Uh this year our two junior students are Alp Maltagloo and Austin Hollish. And our senior winners this year are Lucia Bonafiti, Elizabeth Federpiel, and Cedric St. Armond. Mr. How Uh, next I'd like to invite uh, Mr. Dan Violet of our English department to give out his awards. All right. Okay. The uh, Elizabeth O'Neal Award is named in honor of a former English teacher here at Exert High School. And this award
014recognizes a student in the senior class who exhibits exemplary skills in reading, literature, and writing with enthusiasm and passion. And this year, the English department um chose two deserving students for this award. And it's my pleasure to present the Elizabeth O'Neal Award to Lucia Bonafiti and Shayla Girkin. [Applause] Uh, Next, I'd invite uh Mr. Joel Oasitz up to the stage to give out his theater awards. [Applause] Good evening. My name is Joel Wasich and I have the honor of directing the exit high school drama program. Congratulations to all of tonight's honores as well as everyone supporting and celebrating them here and at home. I've had the joy of collaborating with each of the following graduates since their freshman year at EHS. Even as they kicked off their high school careers, wearing masks and practicing social
015distancing, this group was undeterred and they seized every opportunity to learn, grow, and create together. Tonight, we celebrate their accomplishments as both theater students and theater artists. The kindness, curiosity, and perseverance demonstrated year after year by these eight individuals are their collective superpower. They are fantastic theater makers. Even more significantly, they are proven leaders and good friends. I cannot wait to cheer them on as they continue to soar on many more stages. Please join me in applauding the following students for excellence in theater. Amelia Buckley, Brienne Daly, Erin Faria, Shannon Gered, Sam Graner, Mera Simon, Felix Sllos, and Hunter Whitehead. Congratulations. [Applause] Uh, next up I'll invite uh Jen Ramsey and Neil Leas to the stage. stage to give out our coral awards and our unified arts awards. I'm not sure which one's next. Oh,
016it's okay. Good evening, folks. My name is Neil Levis, one of the health and physical education teachers here um at Exit High School. We have a couple of awards this evening. Um we have three health education or excellence in health education awards. Um, our three recipients this year are Amelia Bonafiti, Maya Denine, and Hannah Rothman. In addition to the health education award, we have uh three awards for excellence in physical education. These students don't just demonstrate the physical characteristics of all of the things we're trying to uh develop here at Exit High School. quality leadership skills, communication, collaboration, and a really good sense of uh of leadership. So, our three award recipients for excellence in physical education this year, Juan Bueno, Jackson Tuker, and Penelopey Moss. [Applause] And finally from myself, I have uh two
017awards for our art department. Um our first award uh from the art department this year is our excellence in art and this recipient is uh or the this award will be um presented to Molina Roth. And our final award for the art department, artistic achievement award. And this is awarded this year to Khloe Hartnett. [Applause] Good evening. My name is Jennifer Ramsey. I'm the coral director here at Exer High School and I have two awards for excellence in coral education. The first is the National School Coral Award, which honors excellence in coral musicianship, outstanding contributions to the coral program at Exit High School. This year's recipient is a three-year member of the vocal ensemble, a four-year member of the NHMEA All State Choir, and has shown incredible growth as a musician, and a valuable member
018of our EHS choirs. I'm honored to present this award to Parker Vance. Congratulations. [Applause] Our second award is the Fred Wearing uh director's award. Fred Wearing was a very famous coral director. This is for a student demonstrating outstanding leadership and citizenship leading to the advancement of the choirs at Exit High School. This recipient has often accompanied um our choirs on guitar as well as singing, is a two-year member of the NHMEA All State Choir, and is a talented and very humble musician. This award goes to Caleb Greley. Caleb can't be here, so I will accept the award for him. Thank you. Uh, next I'd like to invite up to the stage uh, Miss Jennifer Jacobe and Emily Ellis to present our world language awards. [Applause] Okay, perfect. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Jennifer
019Jacobe. I teach French here at Exit High School. And on behalf of the World Language Department, I would like to announce the French award and the Spanish award. So this year's French uh award goes to Reese Patton. Ree is the shining star of the French department. He is enrolled in French five honors as well as Spanish four honors and is planning on studying international business at Northeastern University next year. Reese did a two-week summer study abroad on the French Riviera in 2023 and just came back from his trip to Paris where he stayed with his host family for 10 days. He scored fifth in New Hampshire on the national French exam and we are very proud to give him this award. Please congratulate Reese Patton. This year's Spanish award goes to Ellie Federspiel. It is
020rare to find a student with all of Ellie's qualities. She is profoundly intelligent yet notably humble. She is thoughtful about her work and leads by example in the classroom. In her Spanish classes, she has always been extremely capable with the language. She takes risks and pushes the limits of her language skills. But what stands out for us beyond her linguistic ability is her understanding of the importance of language in the world and how the study of language relates to all other pursuits. We know that she will bring this outlook with her beyond these walls and wish her luck in everything she aspires to. Ellie, gracias Portoroimas felicares [Applause] This year's recipient for the Latin Award has uh been a member of the National Latin Honor Society for four years in a row. Um has participated
021in the Granite State Curtammen, which is a competition among local schools. It's a quiz bowl type of competition covering Latin grammar, vocab, mythology, history, and culture. Um, at the intermediate and advanced levels. Uh, the student has also won numerous awards on the national Latin exam from level two all the way up through advanced poetry, cumlude certificate, two silver maxima cumlades, and one gold sama cumlude medal. I'd like to present this award to John Pastori. [Applause] Uh, next I'd like to invite up to the stage uh, Beth Caputo from our social social studies department to give out the social studies [Applause] awards. The Molly Stevenson Awards honor a legacy rooted in the true spirit of social studies education. As a dedicated teacher, Molly Stevenson believed that the study of history, economics, culture, and civic life wasn't
022just about learning facts. It was about preparing students to be thoughtful, engaged members of their communities. Through her teaching, Molly encouraged her students to ask hard questions, to see multiple perspectives, and to take meaningful action in their schools and communities. This award recognizes students who follow in her footsteps. Those who bring the principles of social studies to life, not only in the classroom, but also through their leadership, advocacy, and everyday actions in the world around them. This year, the grade nine award goes to Grace Sllayton. The grade 10 award goes to Ava Kasenuay. The grade 11 award goes to Sophia Wheeler. and the Grade 12 award goes to Beatric Hatch. [Applause] Youth and Government has two awards this year. The Youth and Government Legislator Award goes to someone who expertly prepared and defended his legislation
023at the conference. This award goes to Jack Williams. The second award. award is the youth and government delegate award and this goes to someone who engaged in thoughtful and respectful civic dialogue and debate both in committee as well as during the full house session. This award goes to Morgan Reset [Applause] The Model UN Outstanding Delegate Award goes to Jack Paci. Jack has demonstrated exceptional leadership, diplomacy, and collaboration throughout his four years at Mod UN. He consistently contributed insightful solutionoriented speeches and played a key role in drafting and negotiating resolutions. Congratulations. All right, I only have one more and Mark Toby is going to come up to help me give out this award. The Roots Award is a new award we're instituting this year um which honors students who strengthen the foundation of our community. These
024individuals have shown a deep commitment to fostering connection, supporting others, and helping our shared spaces grow stronger, more inclusive, and more resilient. Their actions remind us that true change starts by nurturing what lies beneath the surface by planting seeds of kindness, belonging, and courage that will support generations of students to come. We are proud to recognize this year's Roots Awards recipients, Hannah Cass and Beatress Mela. [Applause] Uh, next I'd like to invite uh Liz Morris uh to the stage to give out the science awards. [Applause] On behalf of the science department, it is my pleasure to recognize the following students for their dedication, hard work, interest, and aptitude for the study of science. These students are at the top of their class for science because they not only excel in science concepts, but also have
025extraordinary skills in math, language, and critical thinking. We are so proud of their achievements here at EHS, and we can't wait to see what they discover in the future. My first award is for the society of women engineers. These are presented to female students who show aptitude and promise in the field of engineering. These are presented to honors Nev Ha. [Applause] The Society of Women Engineers High Honors Award goes to Sarah Kate Hansen. Thank you. And the Society of Women Engineers highest honors goes to Elizabeth Federiel. [Applause] The Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology is awarded to a member of the class of 2026 who has best demonstrated the following qualities. A strong interest in innovation and or information technology as well as a high level of achievement in this area. Should this student
026this student will be considered for an annual scholarship of at least $5,000. This 2025 Xerox award goes to Andrew Allen. Heat. Heat. [Applause] The Bowshin Lom Honorary Science Award is presented along with the University of Rochester and the Xerox combination as they have a long history of innovation. This award is a symbol of the university's commitment to discovery, analytical thought, and process. The Bowen Lom award goes to a member of the class of 2026 who has best demonstrated consistent high achievement and rigor in all science classes. Similar to the Xerox award, should this war winner apply to the University of Rochester, the application fee will be waved and he or she will be considered for an annual scholarship of f at least $5,000. The 2025 Boschinlom Honorary Science Award goes to Austin Holl. [Applause] The
027wensier mathematics. ICS and Science Award. Since 1916, the Wensler Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, has presented Wensler Medals for two purposes. First, to recognize the superlative academic achievement of young men and women, and second, to motivate students towards careers in science, engineering, and technology. This year's nominee for the Wler Medalist is a member of the class of 2026 who has distinguished him or herself in the areas of science, and mathematics. In doing so, this award winner has demonstrated the potential for success in challenging academic settings and consistently excelled in both mathematics and science. Should the winner of this award apply to Wler Polytechnic Institute and gain acceptance, then he or she will be guaranteed a minimum of four sorry $40,000 merit scholarship per all four years. The Wensler Medal nominee for 2025 is Mitchell
028Merson. The anatomy and physiology awards are given annually to students who are superlative in the study of anatomy and physiology. ology and excel in this very difficult subject. This year, there are two award winners for the honors anatomy and physiology award because both of these students were excellent and worked very hard and I just couldn't choose. So, I would like to call to the stage Taylor Capel and Emma Russet. Welcome. [Applause] And the last award that we're presenting tonight is for college preparatory anatomy and physiology award. And it is my pres my pleasure to present this award to Emmy Davis. and you were great. Well, I guess we know a few folks will be applying at the University of Rochester and RPI certainly right next year. Um, at this time, I would uh like to
029give a few uh thank yous. Um, first and foremost, I'd like to thank um Charlotte Mazraa down here, one of our administrative assistants who helped put this whole thing together. Thank you, Charlotte. And Jenny Steawich, my administrative assistant, who kind of makes everything go for me. Certainly, I also want to thank uh Mr. Jamie Saler up here on the stage who um helped me out tonight. Thank you very much. Uh and I want to certainly thank um our superintendent of schools, Dr. Esther Asbel, all the members of the Exra Regional Cooperative School Board, and all of the community that supported us so well. Um, as we close this evening, um, I certainly want to once again congratulate all of our award winners. Um, for our, uh, graduates, our class of 2025. You still got a
030couple of weeks left, so stay strong. Finish strong. And um I think all of you award winners might want to just give a little round of applause to your uh folks and family members who supported you all this time. So how about that? So uh this concludes our academic awards uh for this evening. Uh thank you all uh for your attendance and I wish you all a good night. Thank you. [Applause]