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Students Honored at Middle School Awards Ceremony

On Friday, May 21, the Middle School held its Awards Ceremony to recognize the accomplishments of many of its members.
 
The 8th Grade inductees to the National Junior Honors Society kicked off the ceremony by each accepting their certificates confirming their strong academic work during their time in Sierra Canyon’s Middle School. 
 
2020 – 2021 National Junior Honors Society Inductees
 
Aguilar Fox, Diego
Engel, Melissa
LaChapelle, Hannah
Smith, Ella
Alon, Dylan
Epstein, Greg
Lala, Ria
Stromer, Willow
Banker, Sahil
Feldman, Eliza
Lerman, Maya
Sullivan, Sinead
Bello, Zahra
Friese, Ellia
Mc Nicoll, Liya
Tague, Nova
Bhuller, Joshvar
Gao, Ethan
Montes, Ethan
Theodoratos, Olivia
Bowens, Laila
Hemann, Peyton
Mostman, Camryn
Vairavan, Mallika
Cain, Christopher
Hernandez, Haylie
Paknejad, Ava
Van de Hende, Noor
Christian, Maggie
Iyer, Ethan
Romano, Aaron
Wissot, Abigail
Combs, D’Lila
Jaisinghani, Mohit
Rosenfeld, Tess
Wu, Katelynn
Combs, Jessie
Jones, Zoee
Samuel, Jalen
Zelinsky, Easton
Enbody, Mia
Kearney, Olivia
Serve, Melaina
 
Following these intrepid scholars, the administration celebrated the E-Sports team, the Inkslinger Publication, and the Middle School Math Team and competitors in several contests. 
 
First off, the Esports team enjoyed tremendous success this year, culminating in the following accomplishments:

  • Ayden Klionsky ’26 placed 1st in Fortnite
  • Krish Chawla ’26 placed 5th in Fortnite
  • Kharan Keswani ’26 placed 90th out of 203 players in Minecraft
  • The team of Cayden Cain ’26, Zev Winokur-Miller ’26, Mason Anderson ’26, and Ryan Leff ’25 on their Rocket League Team have achieved at a very high level, placing 3rd this year, and will be competing in playoffs during the week of May 31
The Inkslinger enjoyed another successful year of publication, ably led by Editor-in-Chief Justin Priluck ’25.  He was supported by contributors Mallika Vairavan ’25 and Ella Smith ’25. 
 
The Middle School Math Team engaged in many different contests this year and happily met those challenges with the greatest success they have ever experienced.  Please see the alternate Trailblazer article on math triumphs for all the students who were honored at the Middle School Awards Assembly. 
 
Finally, there are three signature awards for students deserving of special recognition.  The Emerging Scholar Award is granted to the student who has demonstrated profound improvement and embrace of academic achievement.  The Community Service Award is given to the student who has shown great dedication of time, effort, and industry towards philanthropy.  Finally, the Polymath is awarded to the student who has broadcast enormous engagement and talent in multiple subjects.  The 8th Grade recipients are:
 
Emerging Scholar
Bianca Coleman
 
Community Service
Jalen Samuel
 
Polymath
Mallika Vairavan
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Sierra Canyon School is a private, independent, non-sectarian, co-educational, college preparatory school for students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12 located in Chatsworth, California. The highly cosmopolitan campus community is reflective of the Greater Los Angeles area and the world at large. Students are empowered to realize their greatest creative, ethical, intellectual and physical promise through small class sizes, a diverse student-teacher culture and a family-like environment.