Dighton-Rehoboth Honors Seniors at Annual Celebration of Excellence

Over 60 members of Dighton-Rehoboth’s Senior Class received scholarship money at the school’s annual Celebration of Excellence, held on Tuesday, June 2nd at Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School. In addition, the school’s annual departmental awards were given to the most deserving student in each discipline.

Dighton-Rehoboth’s Academic Medalists will have their names added to the school’s Academic Hall of Fame:

Art: Emily Moran
Helena M. Kennedy Medal (Business): Emily Fredette
Science: Alex Rebello
William Grover Medal (Social Studies): Daniel Medeiros
Elinor Smith Mathematics Medal: Brandon Tran
Music Medal: Julie Hass
Margaret Kammerer Halliwell Medal (Foreign Language): Gavin Turner
English Medal: Rebekah Philip
Physical Education Medals: Male-Galen Garafolo Female- Julie Araujo
Phoenix Award (Guidance): Tara Dwyer
Marcille Medal (Industrial Arts): Matthew Kucia

The following students received Outstanding Performance Awards for their work in the following vocational pathways:
Normal Manchester (Automotive)
Ben Silvia (Carpentry)
Jeffrey Botelho and Tanner Oliveira (Drafting)
Leah Rickey Early Childhood Education)
Robert Sullivan (Marketing)
Daniel Johnson (Machine Technology)
Shana Childs (Office Technology)
William Barresi (TV Production)

The salutatorian of the Class of 2015 is Rebekah Philip. The valedictorian this year is Brendan Henrique.

The Beatrice Kammerer Award, given to a senior who best exemplifies honesty, humility, responsibility and consideration of others, was awarded to Fiona McCann.

The John A. Berger Award, given to a senior in the Career and Technical Education program who has shown the most improvement, was awarded to Courtney Swanson. The Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators Award, was also given to Leah Rickey. The Nathan Lawrence Medal, given to the most outstanding student in the CTE program, was awarded to Leah Rickey.

The James Frates Medal, awarded to a senior NHS member who best exemplifies the qualities of scholarship, leadership, service, and character, was given to Brendan Henrique.

Rachel Sousa received the Principal’s Award in recognition for outstanding contributions to the school and Jonathan Eddy received the President’s Award for showing tremendous growth and commitment to academic excellence.

The Robert T. Roy Medal, awarded to the most outstanding member of the senior class, was awarded to Rebekah Philip.

All members of the National Honor Society will be designated as such by wearing the ceremonial white cord and tassel. These students have been recognized for their excellence in academics, in their time at Dighton-Rehoboth. They have also been recognized for their outstanding leadership skills, their service to others, and their outstanding character. The following members of the Class of 2015 will wear a white cord and tassel for their membership in National Honor Society:

Julie Araujo
Ryan Ballirano
Carly Bell
Nicholas Bellevance
Samantha Brown
Alyssa Carlson
Matthew Couture
Jaimie DeSousa
Jonathan Eddy
Emily Fredette
Garrett Garofalo
Hannah Gluchacki
Rachel Harris
Brendan Henrique
Mckenzie Kapsimalis
Nathan Kowalski
Fiona McCann
Daniel Medeiros
Rebekah Medeiros
Emily Moran
Jeffrey Muri
Meaghan O'Connell
Rebekah Philip
Christien Quevedo
Jason Ramos
Alex Rebello
Kimberly Ribeiro
Leah Rickey
Mia Rogers
Bram Stebbings
Courtney Swanson
Sophia-Su Szydlowski
Quentin Small
Corey Snook
Anthony St. John
Brandon Tran
Bryan Tran
Austin Trivett
Gavin Turner
Margaret Waterman
Alexandra Weddell
Nicholas Wood