District Recognizes Student Achievements

The Moorestown Board of Education recognized several students—from elementary school on up—Tuesday for a variety of academic and extracurricular achievements.

High School

Finalist for the 2012 National Achievement Scholarship

• Olabode J. Adunbarin

Finalists in the 2012 Competition for National Merit Scholarship

• Leslie Fink, Alexander M. Ing, Emily M. Jarnagin, Thomas P. Kienzle, Zachary J. Morrow, and Kevin P. Zhang

William Allen Middle School

Seven students auditioned for the Junior High All-State Chorus and three eighth grade students were accepted:

• Jaya Mallela - soprano II section leader
• Colleen Young - soprano II
• Gwen Wilkie - alto section leader

The following students participated in auditions for the 2012 South Jersey Junior High School Band. Those in bold were accepted into the band:

• Tommy Burns, 8th grade - trumpet
• Kathie Jin, 7th grade - flute
• Jiongnan Liu, 8th grade - flute
• Maggie Mlynek, 8th grade - clarinet
• Sameer Parihar, 8th grade - tenor sax
• Liam Parsons, 8th grade - percussion
• Michelle Quien, 7th grade - oboe
• Heather Warren, 8th grade - flute

MATHCOUNTS competitors

• Eighth grade: Dilan TrivedI, Jessica Fan (placed third overall), Katie Tsai, David Kaye, Bela Delvadia, Anjali Patel

• Seventh grade: Julia Graham, Kathie Jin, Hanna Lee, Devin Trivedi

Upper Elementary School

• Anjali Akula, fifth grade, won third place in the NJAGC (New Jersey Association for Gifted Children) student Art and Writing Contest for her story and illustration, “Poverty of Resources.”