awards ceremony

Middleton High School honored 30 extraordinary seniors during the annual Department Awards Ceremony on April 30 in the Black Box Theater. Students were selected by their teachers for their commitment to learning and for going above and beyond in their respective departments.

During the ceremony, Principal Peg Shoemaker and teachers from each department honored students with personal tributes. Teachers shared meaningful stories highlighting the hard work, perseverance and enthusiasm for learning the seniors have shown this year and throughout their time in high school. 

Below are the 2025 honorees.

  • World Languages: Justyna Jallah and Sofia Altuzar

  • Physical Education: Kailey Thorsen and Santiago Picasso-Gutierrez

  • Mathematics: Ethan Bo and Ray Feinberg

  • Business, Marketing, IT/CS: Nuha Khatri and Micah Hess

  • Technical Education:  Dawson Lehman and June Johnson

  • Family & Consumer Science: Cora Thomas and Samantha Kleinhenz

  • Art: Juliana Tamayo Jimenez and Braydon Statz

  • English: Nina Chan and Eunice Chang

  • Science: Megan Button and Owen Weisenberger

  • Social Studies: Giuseppe Mangano and Akshay Manna

  • Technical Excellence Scholarship: Stina Stavileci, Sophia Olesen, Matthew Phelps, Deborah Lau, Cora Thomas

  • Academic Excellence Scholarship: Li Ying, Venkat Peddinti, Harry Jin, Ray Feinberg, Ethan Bo

Join us in congratulating all the honorees and wishing seniors the best of luck as they prepare to graduate and start the next chapter of their lives!