Grade 1-5 School Awards Ceremony

on June 11, 2025
5th grade band performance on stage

Members of the 5th grade and high school bands perform at the 2025 elementary awards ceremony

SSCS held its year-end grades 1-5 elementary school Awards Ceremony June 10 honoring students for achievement in academics, music, attendance and citizenship. Kindergarten students will be honored at their upcoming graduation ceremony next week. Thank you to members of the fifth grade and high school bands for their musical performances.

ATTENDANCE AWARD

Commendable Attendance

Students have no more than a combined 1-3 absences, tardies and/or dismissals, regardless of reason.

  • VERGIL JACQUOT
  • MILA ISSA
  • LANDON THURLEY
  • JOSEPH HOGAN

CLARK SPORTS CENTER 5TH GRADE IMPACT AWARD

Award given by Clarks Sport Center as part of an intensive, engaging youth leadership program.

  • ALEXA RAGGI
  • CAYDEN CLARK

MUSIC DEPARTMENT AWARDS

Fourth Grade Band

  • Most Improved: Daniel Richards
  • Conductor’s Award: Bastian Lynk and Evan O’Connor

Fifth Grade Band

  • Most Improved: Sammi Crewell and Arlen Posson
  • Conductor’s Award: Colton Starr and Kira Acosta
  • Fourth Grade Chorus
  • Most Improved: Matthew Edwards and Myles Lynk
  • Director’s Award: Timothy Simpson and Sasha Jones

Fifth Grade Chorus

  • Most Improved: Declan Clark and Jasse Cassidy
  • Director’s Award: Autumn Willoughby and Madailein Saunders

PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE

The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding commitment to academic achievement. To be eligible, students must earn a Grade Point Average between 90-100 and receive a recommendation from their teacher. As part of the criteria, recommendations have included activities in which the student demonstrates high motivation, initiative, integrity, intellectual depth, leadership qualities and/or exceptional judgment.

  • ELIZABETH HOLMES, JULIA RAGGI, WILLIAM SIMPSON, BRODY THURLEY, MASON CORNWELL, JAYDON DETWEILER, CONNOR JONES, ASPEN LAWTON, MAVEN ARMSTRONG, BASTIAN KELLY, AUBRIE RAGGI, MILA ISSA, SASHA JONES, EVAN O’CONNOR, LANDON THURLEY, OLIVIA CARPENTER, TIMOTHY SIMPSON, COLE DUCHARME, EMMA DYER, EIMYRJA SMITH, AUTUMN WILLOUGHBY, KIRA ACOSTA, BASTIAN LYNK, MARIA MESSIAS, DARREN RICHARDS, EMMETT CASSIDY and ALICE SMITH

PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

The purpose of this award is to recognize students that show outstanding educational growth, improvement, commitment or intellectual development in their academic subjects.

  • ANNALYN BOSS, JULIETTE HUBBELL, DAVID SALTSMAN, RILEY CLUTE, RYLIE BEAN, WESTON SHERMAN, GREYSON GRASS, JACK PARSONS, LINNEA CAIL, HENNRY YACOBUCCI, LEILAH NAJDEK, MATTHEW EDWARDS, DANIEL RICHARDS, NOAH LARKIN, AUGUST HARPER, PEYTON HORNING, AIDEN SHULTS, CAYDEN CLARK, VERGIL JACQUOT and MADAILEIN SAUNDERS

PRESIDENT’S CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Presented to students who demonstrate good citizenship on a consistent basis.   More specifically, students were nominated for this award that demonstrated, a positive attitude toward classmates, school, and community, that display an understanding and appreciation of civic responsibility, and possess strength of character and the courage to do what is right.

  • OLIVE BARBIC, MADDILYNN EDWARDS, MACKENZIE SINATRA, GABRIELLA CORNWELL, WARREN DUCHARME, SAVANNAH PATTS, CHARLOTTE FERRONE, AVALEIGH PUDING, KADEN KORONA, BASTIAN LYNK , DANIEL RICHARDS, MATTHEW EDWARDS, JACK PARSONS, JOSEPH HOGAN, MYLES LYNK, ALICE SMITH, BAILEY PUDING, ALEXA RAGGI and COLTON STARR

SECOND GRADE SPLASH LEARN MATH AWARD

Splash Math is a K-5 website that covers all the common core standards in Math. It is set up as an interactive educational game. It challenges students to work at or above grade level providing them the confidence and skills to advance. Mrs. Larkin’s 2nd class competed in a 10 week national contest. Each week they exceeded the goal set by Splash Math. The class placed 1st in New York State out of 4869 schools and 7th nationally out of 189,537 schools.

 Second Grade Participants:

  • JAYCE AVERY, RYLIE BEAN, JONATHON BECKER, AUBREE CARROW, GABRIELLA CORNWELL, MASON CORNWELL, JAYDON DETWEILER, WARREN DUCHARME, GREYSON GRASS, CONNOR JONES, ASPEN LAWTON, OLIVIA RAY LOUCKS, CALIANA NAJDEK, JACK PARSONS, SAVANNAH PATTS, WESTON SHERMAN and NIKOLAI WARNER

2025 MAKER FAIRE AWARD

Recognition given to students for outstanding achievement at the 2025 Maker Faire.

  • CALIANA NAJDEK, LEILAH NAJDEK, AUGUST HARPER, SASHA JONES, MILA ISSA, JULIETTE HUBBELL, BAILEY PUDING, EIMYRJA SMITH, KINSLEY HORNAUER, COLTON STARR, AVALEIGH PUDING and GABRIELLA CORNWELL

SHARON SPRINGS SPELLING BEE AWARDS

2025 Finalists Competing on Stage:

  • Baily Puding and Colten Starr (Grade 5)
  • Kaden Korona and Bastian Lynk (Grade 4)

 Second place Overall:

  • Baily Puding

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