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Riverbend High School senior awards

Riverbend High School senior awards

Date published: 7/10/2006

Riverbend High School recognized the following students at a special ceremony:

Elena Alvarado, University of Alabama, National Hispanic Scholarship, Christopher Newport University Goodwin Scholarship.

Timothy Bates, Citizenship Award, DECA Award.

Jennifer Bayless, Christopher Newport University President's Leadership Program, VHSL Achievement Award, Fredericksburg Knights of Pythias 22, Elks National Foundation, Christopher Newport University Friends of Music, Outstanding Band Student, Sam Walton Community Scholarship, U.S. Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Award.

Thomas Beasley, Roanoke College Commonwealth Scholarship.

Amanda Biemolt, Belmont Abbey St. Benedict Scholarship, Monmouth College Alumni Award, Outstanding Social Studies Student.

Matthew Blissard, Old Dominion University Monarch Scholarship, Outstanding Visual Arts Student.

Jared Brafford, U.S. Marine Corps.

Jonathan Brennan, Lynchburg College Alumni Award.

Dustin Breon, Barbara Coble Scholarship.

Rebecca Brighton, Outstanding CGS Human Geography Student.

Kyle Brooks, Morgan State University Football Scholarship.

Jordan Bush, Outstanding Marketing Student, DECA Scholarship.

Kaitlin Cannavo, Radford University Scholarship.

Ronnie Carr, Outstanding Carpentry Student.

Nikki Carroll, Outstanding Orchestra Student, Outstanding Latin Student, Rappahannock Youth Symphony Scholarship, Randoph-Macon Presidential Scholarship, Randolph-Macon R.E. Jones Scholarship, Latin Scholarship, National Latin Exam Award.

Roger Catlett, Outstanding Technical Education Student.

Joshua Chamberlain, Outstanding EMT/Firefighter Student.

Matthew Chewning, Outstanding Drafting Student.

Sharone Christmas, AKA Shirley Fluellen Continuous Academic Achievement Award, U.S Marine Corps Academic Scholar, All Around Award, Leadership Award, School Spirit Award.

Emily Cizek, Outstanding CGS AP English Literature and Composition, Elks National Foundation Scholarship, Ukrop's Educational Foundation Scholarship, Harvard Faculty Scholarship, Princeton Scholarship, Yale Scholarship, Latin Scholarship, Fredericksburg Optimist Club, UVA Echols Scholars Program, Outstanding Latin Student.

Martin Clevenger, Outstanding Auto Service Student.

Cortez Cook, Mary Washington Hospital Educational Foundation Scholarship, Spotsylvania County Afro-American Teachers Association Rosetta Washington Memorial Scholarship, AKA Shirley Fluellen Significant Improvement Award.

Kyle Cothern, Outstanding CGS First Robotics.

Courtney English and Emily Cizek are Riverbend High School's valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for 2006. Courtney has lived in Spotsylvania County her entire life with her father, A.B.; mother, Lark; and brother, Cliff. She has danced since she was 5 years old and plans on pursuing a career in dance therapy. She attended the Commonwealth Governor's School all four years of high school and participated in the Summer Regional Governor's School Program for dance in July 2005. She will attend Virginia Commonwealth University in August with a major in psychology and a minor in dance. She hopes to take dance classes at Richmond ballet while attending school in Richmond. Emily is the daughter of Gregory and Ellen Cizek. She graduates from Riverbend High School and the Commonwealth Governor's School. She was a member of the National Honor Society, Latin Club, Student Council Association and the field hockey and cross country teams. She has studied piano at the Anderson Piano Studio for 10 years, performing in numerous competitions and recitals, and served as a concert usher for the University of Mary Washington orchestra and the Fredericksburg Festival of the Arts. She was the pianist for two weddings and accompanied various vocal and instrumental performances. Emily kept busy during the summers traveling to Atlanta with her youth group, touring Europe on a CGS trip, volunteering at a children's hospital in Norfolk and canoeing in a CGS Chesapeake Bay Trip. She will attend Princeton University in the fall, where she plans to pursue interests in public health and education.

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Date published: 7/10/2006